Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-11-26

dressed heard Of Nacksy's death four or ave
days after | could not recognise these men.
joaeph Roberts, sworn II am q surveyor and
craftsman; have recently male . survey Of
Drsvysrs Creek brdgs. Gar. Roberts explained
the BRIDGES ws1lh y II feet inches, aud u, d
LONG. The wing walls to bridge on nortA
arc 10 r. Z M the other 10 IT. Q in. The toy u
railing % . + IN. from the aoor Of the bridge
The flooring projects y In. Tho distance frod
flooring 10 the water whom ! took the nAeAsuq
was H. inches, tho water then lacked 10 inaln
Of high water a. indicated by tho abutments- x
the northern extremity Of the wing wall the ~
cent 10 gradual There is ditch on the outside
q the ea,ess1g beswRn Y md the b..sh. Ths,
sa' s sas N F fss ss. Of dss Z s.ss a.
| 2 feet Nathan Farrell showed me the point
where he said he stood when he saw the carriage
July 28th. 1t was1i yards from the South end
.r .ss . ssa 81 s:sass Csc Ss RI
carriage that day 1t was SO rods from the
bridgA Tbs disianss from where the 'caffikxS'
was whom RebeccA Farrell hrst saw to where she
was f4efknkts ap,AssA Whore Msctsy's body
There il . channel between tho bar and shore.
When Ltonkd che survey ne tide was running
up. could zoe the bar afser I got done ~
hours after could DOT sss the bar. From thes
bridge to where 4, the body VA found is about 800
Cross examined The spread Of the marsh
on this draft is not actual uesSurementS the
road to the creek is 150 feet whom we got thskt,
there was enough wafer over the bar to float .
skin !; when first commenced to measure from
the abutments to the end o! the wing there
was mud without water, but not dry mud this
| WAS on the south side on the north side there
Was lime water; am familiar with the Geogrs-
ply Of the lower part Of the county from the
kNfA d. H..
the course Of tho stream from the mouth to
the Delaware river il miles and half think,
Here county atlas was brought to show the
tortuous character Of Drawyers Creek) Rebeccs
Farrell could not see the carriage from where
she stood about 80 feet from tho bridge.
Charles II. Wight, sworn Lived at st.
Georges. July 2s; not personally acquainted
With Taylor, but have seen hum 1 saw him At
Ut. Georges last summer I saw hun there with
another man did not Nee him come, 1t
with me abotn some matters, the start
cd to go and wanted the man aaa4 was w1e,
him to go, Taylor picked him up and put him in
the carriage, Taylor unntched the horse and the
had Oh stsel iored clothes they lad falling.
top buggy and bay marc, the horses head was
not headed towards Odessa, Taylor took the
reins,t carriage was turned and drove towards
Odessa, the carriage top was Gown; didn't know
whether there were curtains or not; have never
seep Mackey since that day, saw Taylor the next
Thursday, coming from the direction of Odessa
no one was with him. he had different rig; he
had ~ old buggy and light bag mare. saw
Taylor first about Q or yexrs ago, Taylor had
on about the same CLOTHES when he returned
that Thursday. ..,... mo-, .|
Cross Examined .--ssw Taylor ct St. Georges
Scr 10 years ago, He represented himself to be
in the lightning rod bra,sess On Ivy " whom
met him and had conversation With him, there
we're not many people around, Harry Clark and
| were talking there in the porch, when TAYLOR
put him in the carriage he made some remark
and got ont, Taylor put him in again aud got In
friends, when saw him on Thursday was stand
ing on the Hotel porch he spoke TO me. The horse
and wagon were different from what he had
Tuesday. made no particular examination Of
the horse Think he stayed about hours, 1t
was near shutdown when he left first he came
back and asked Mr.. Riggs TO let some one drive
| HIM 81. Georges, Mr. Riggs furnised him Isabel
"a Jackson and he would not accept him then
he got back in the wagon andstartei to go.
| went home then this is my full knowledge Of
Charles Floyd WAS called and requested to
retire from the Court room for few minutes.
Henry j. Rowe, sworn Live in Crawford Co.,
State OF Ohio; l am the Sheriff Of that
or Aug. IL last at Bucyrus; got letter on
Saturday evening Oh Monday naR arrested
him near the hat and shoe factory between IA
and Z. NJ took him to jail arrested him on
the receipt OF a letter charging him with murder,
| (the letter was here produced.) When arrested
him he had light pants and dark coat He was
in our jail for week, Sheriff Armstrong and
James Hamil were with me, Sheriff Arm
strong rnmg +p produced Ssdo :, reaaistion from
had on the coat described in tile letter
and took it from him, it matched with piece
Of goods enclosed In the letter. l told him he
had the mans coat on, and he said it might be
the same goods ! went up town and met Nc
a .nFh To aud \
any letters in the back OF the coat. went back
and noticed. "R NJ" where the name had been
stitched in and thread picked out (the coat
was here produced). The coat has not been in
my possession since Hamill had charge Of
it. After finding the letters in the
coat l went in and asLed Taylor what r.
NJ. meant, he said to the best of my
knowledge, Rogers and Butchers manufac-
ture that was all that was said, this was the same
day arrested him, did not know the name of
the murdered man at that time; mad a conyersa-
ton couple Of days after; had got q paper stat
ing Msckey's murder, and Taylor told me that
lilo and Mackey were riding along and had been
on big drunk and coming to bridge and 60
ing across Mackey WAS driving and licking the
horse; they had been driving hard all the round;
when they crossed the bridge, Mackey pulled
the horse to one side: Taylor took the
reins, stopped the horse and got of to hold the
horse and Strengthened him and told Mackey to
get on and lift the hind part Of the wagon
around. Mackey got on and instead of doing
tins sat down ON the wing of the bridge. Tay-
lor sad he then heard splash in the water and
started and he, (raylor) went and caught the
horse and tied him to o tree /; went back TO look
FOR him but could not find him. Mackey was
out of sight he then got in and drove OF. /
(foye) then told him you had better have raised
an alarm and got the man out. He (Tsylor) said
ne knew he did wrong in not doing 80 that is
all Taylor asked me II intended TO take back
the coat; said il they wish it; gave the coat
to MIR. Hammll and got it from him this morn
ing.
Cross examined The letter wss the sole res-
son why arrested him; II was in broad day.
light he was walking in among the piles in the
cooper shop when came through the gate;
told him to stop as he WAS the man for whom
had been looking all morning; he walked right
up to me and did not attempt to escape; (here
the counsel read the letter to Sheriff Rowe III ar
rested him and held him till Armstrong came
on the Saturday night after got $3.50 reward
$500 more from the State; Mackey and have;
settled; Hammil sent the notice Of the reward
he came with the Sheriff to identify him, whom
took this blue coat from him, aud Mcbride
brought him light coat /; I think he wore this
Nathan farrell s,corn Lived at Drawers
Bridge Ga ~ OF July was in the corn field /
saw carriage about p. NJ. two men were in
the carriage; they drove up to the eastern side
Of the bridge; saw man get out dressed in light
clothes in little while heard splash
looked up and saw man standing on the south |
wingwall looking into the water had a full
view Of the man l looked again and the man |
and carriage were gone the carriage stopped in
the centre Of the bridge /; I might recognize the |
man by the build but not by his features / think
he is lighter featured than Mr. Bayard.
F Cross examined. l stood about the same
place that ar. Roberts had on the draft i was |
down by the bridge and saw the carriage tracks /;
did not go down purposely to see the tracks
cannot tell how many carriages pass the bridge |
in day when looked down the carriage was |
obstructed, but could see the man l looked |
mp minute after heard the splash thought |
the man was drowning dog the top of the |
carriage was up heard no other sound but |
splash my sight is good.
Rebeccd Farrell s,corn am wife of Nathan |
Farrell live by Drawers Creek; remember |
seeing the carriage; there were some bushes |
that stopped my seeing the carriage when first |
heard it; there we're two men in the carriage.
one driving the other lying in his lap; the tor OF
the carriage was up; the man driving had on a |
dark coat; the man lying down was in his shirt |
sleeves the horse dark bay and walking: |
the carriage came by about 4 or 5 p. NJ; tile |
man driving looked back a. me; my eyes are good.
Cross examined the top OF the wagon was up, |
also the curtans the man in the carriage looked |
back at me until ! stopped looking.
Le,cis =. Mcdonnell aoorn Lived at Mid |
dlctown last July know Maokey and TAYLOR |
saw Taylor July 29th, about p. NJ, at Middle, |
town, in front Of stables he was standing by |
carriage did not see him leave saw him talk |
ing but to whom do not know the carriage |
was buggy with a top the horse was gray /. |