Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-11-28

taking the StovO and the Plea o. pipe from The
house 10 the CITY Han. A4 n
OUO@-eEAminsd- last ssw the pipe At the City
Hall, thla mcrnipE. HGl goa
Poplar, on Nov. ., TO arrest prisonsEs; otAceEs
BeTnhardt, Brady and Carberry were there, Brady
told ne 10 take the articles from theEe-dilhes,
knives and forks, &c.s-to the City HAL, gos 10.
formatioa that these men had goae 70 9Th ana
Kirdwood, took things up The hall, and thaa witn
Carbery, Bernhard and Hope. went 10 9th and l
Kirkwood, heard footsteps in this house, when |
the Officers came up tried to get in but found the
DOOR fastened. went 70 yard, got ON ahed window,
found kitchen door fastened, went to fr0nt door,
man came and unlocked u, went IN and found |
prisoners In SeCond story front roon. the house
was not farnished, ths men were stauding up one
with coat on his arm, and umbrella IA his arm,
arrested aud took them to the hall, went back and
saw Bsmhardt take fear pistols from the fireplace
| In the paTlOr, (tWO pistols we're produced and
/ shown 70 the CouIO.
| fThe Attorney General directed the pls'o,s 10
be unOadsd, which was done, amidst considera
bic trep datlon and dodging Of heads
Pistols were in the fireplace OF the room under
/ tho one In which the men were found, keys were
found there also, pistols have been IN my custody
ever sdce, filed some marks on the keys, tried one
key IN the front door of the house aud 1t lifted the
| lock.
Cress-e1amined- Did not try to unlock auy 9th
| er door with the key, took among other things
from house at 9th aud Poplar two cans OF con-
densed milk, one can was already opened, and
portion Of its contents used, did not lind the pls-
tols until after the msn we're taken to the hail,
don't know who had charge OF the house during
the interval.
Andrew Bsrnhardt, recalled--Went with Legg
aud Others to make the arrest, when l went Into
the front room heard noise Of something coming
down the Ane, aud saw the Fash of the descending
pistols, said nothing, but went up stairs and saw
the men, leveed my revolV VeT and told them 10 sur
render; one man said, 'turn that thing away, off,
Ger, we'll surrender" then arrested them; after
eI,y and
found the pistols in the fire place Of the front
room (the other two pistols, key, penhOlder
J few cartridges, which were also found in the
fire place, were prOduced.) Lcgg and Mr.. Tindal
wore present When l TOOK the things out !; also
took out small wisk saw aud noticed, when
the articles fell down the fue, that they were pi
tolls.
Geo. II. IlndalI sWorn-Built and nov own the
house at 9th and Klrkwood streets, aaW the Office
: at the door, gave BaTuhardt key aud he opened
9 the door, the otcers brought four men out, whsI
. the men were brought out locked the door, 1 af
terwards opened the door when the oiilceTa cam'
back, and let them in, saw BernhArdt take the ar
ticleS from the Sue. On Tuesday, Nov. 4, gen
tlemanly lOoklnN man with brown whisksFa. Fath
ar stout, brown oVcrcoat, came and inquired abou
. the house at Ninth and Kirkwood, tbs man exam
ined the house, returned and rented 1t, paying
4 months rent in advance, the receipt was given il
y the name Of j. Wright, the man said he Waute'
the house for his brother.
Alexander White sWorn-Myself and sister
OWN the mouse AZ MIMI 00Q EOplAK BtE3eEAa Oh
10 not TCnt the house the last time it was rented,
e key vas shown the witness. which he recognises
IL as the key Of his house.)
=. Cross-examined-in answer 10 NJ. O'Byrns
"a question in references 10 the identity Of the key
NJ know the key by the same reason that knoV
n you are Mr.. O'Byme, last saw the key in u
Court room, it vas handed 10 me for recognition
ne said then that believed It to be the key OF ii
n house ct Ninth and Poplar, this Was the rst tin
co had seen the key since the house was Fente'
IN about the middle OF October, the key at that tin
81 was in the possession OF the tenant OF adjoiI
ing house. haVO not, during che interval tried Il
oi key n the door Of the house.
10 Josephine White sWorn-1 gave q receipt q
the rent % the house at Ninth and Poplar street
ne thu renhE gave the name OF @. H. Andrews, sJ
he callsd on the l4.h Of October, the man said th
OF he wanted the house fDr his broiher-a Cover
Let ment clerk at Washington, be was q short, stO
= eyes Q mixture between blue and dark gray, dal
~ elothing large brown oYercoat and Silk hat, "a
cA: him on Saturday morning, November 9Th, the d
NO after the attempted robbery he came 10 tho hou
and talked to my mother, do not think can n
pun ognIze the man nov, neither Of the prisoners
30 the maa.
zen s Mn Mary Ann White, swoFn-Am the vi
-. ~ Of Alexander White; saw the man who rent
ZEN the house ct the time it was rented conVers
With him halfAn hour; be came 10 the hos
vas again On Saturday Nov. Sths about IL.
o'clock. Mn White was about 10 detail I
VII result Of the interview, hal the couas for the
he objected on the gFound that II was the char
nc nc Ter Of prOsumptiVs or bearsay evidence as
nd recled against the prisoners at the Bar.
Of Court directed the examination 10 proceed
the The man said the chimnies Of the house v,
me defective, and asked IL Mr.. White had been
the the house this morning; said didn't kno
nts called Mr.. White into see him. Htf M
Alexander White, rec illed-Went into /
.Ss .h room where the tenant was he asked IL h
isS b6en 10 the house this morning; he then asl
on. if Carberry had been hurt the night before Il
not he said that some repairs were necessary 10
It house he rented; said he was going TO Washi
ton 10 remain until Tuesday and wished no
and 10 20 10 the house unti his return; has not b.
Plar TO the house since. ''
After examining several other witnesses,
he Court took a recess until 3 O'Clock.
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