Middletown transcript., 1874-11-28
SATURDAY MORNING, NOV. %, 1874.
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had the body buried Saturday. Aug. l
in the Potter's field: saw the body
since. on August 9Th: | had the body
disinterrcd and / held another inques
on that day: it was the same body
had formerly buried there was cloth
ing taken from it: there is piece o
the pantaloons. and part Of the shirt
at the second inquest James Mackey
claimed it a his brothers body.
(The CATERS, part Of the pants and
vest were produced and offered in eyi-
dcnce
Cross-examined lit was about I
p. NJ. when | first saw the body: DR..
Ashcraft found neither the skull nor
scalp injured: at the disirterment the
Doctor made regular post mortem ex-
animation the next examination sh,w-
cd that the body was in a state of de-
composition. the face swollen and turn
ed dark, but not fallen in.
George Holman sworn Il folio sed
the Deputy Coroner to Drawyer's
Creek: I saw, the body: was one of
the Jury: the body was taken out OF
the water and put into boat and ex-
amined then it was put in box,
nailed up and we all went home I: / did
not see it again until August 9th: |
recognized it by the clothes and the
leg being bent: | am positive it was
the same body l had seen before.
DR.. Ashcraft sworn Live at Odes-
sa: was summoned to attend an inquest
at Drawyer's creek, July last: made
an examination Of the body: examined
the head particularly: could not find
auyrvound on the head /: the skin was
swollen and discolored | saw no marks
of violence l made another examina-
ton August 9th. and examined the
scalp and found the skull uninjured !:
DR.. Stroud was with me, we did not
examine the lungs or stomach: there
was dislocation in one Of the wrists !:
I found one Of the joints stiff
Cross examined-I did not observe
the wrist on the first examination dis
location Of the wrist might occur Ctpea
living or dead body.
DR.. P. v. B Stroud, swora-Live
at Parksburg. Pa: knew Taylor and
Mackey, saw Mackey last alive July
9th: the next time I saw him was on
August 9th, dead: recognized him
from his general appearance, clothes,
teeth and lame leg. He had just two
incision teeth in hi. upper jaw, which
is a rare occurrence He had stiff
ness in the left knee, I recognized his
tobacco box: saw him 60 away on the
evening Of July 9th. driving sorrel
horse next saw the carriage August
7th, at Mr.. Roberts, in Middleton.
recognized it, and took it away next
day, identified the harness at Miller's
hotel in Wilmington.
Thomas Goode, sworn-Live in
Parksburg, Pa, R. A. Mackey was
nv brother-in-law He left my place
at 6 P. M, July 9th He had a
sorrel horse and second hand buggy:
the latter was my property. Got it
two weeks after from DR.. Stroud. | last
saw nv brother-in-law alive on the 9th
of July he came to my house and
changed his horse for mine saying his
his horse Yves tired
Charles FloydswornTLived at Chat
ham for the two past years, | am
tailor, within the last year | made a
diagonal Chesterfield coat for Mackey
that was between the 11th and 18th Of
July 1873, Il have never seen that coat
since, I put his two initials 'R. )" and
en-" inside Of the coat with white
cotton on top and black onsthe bottom !:
/ put them in at my own option. L
would know the coat (The coat was
produced that was taken from Taylor)
that is positively the. coat and these are
the initials I put in.
James Hammil, sworn-Reside in
Lewisville Chester county. Pas, lived
there 2Sth Of July knew.R. A. Mack
ey. and also knew Taylor: went to
Ohio with Sheriff Armstrong for the
purpose Of getting Taylor. Before
going, got a requisition fsom the
Governor Of Delaware found Taylor
there in jail: got there on Saturday
and on Monday following, Sheriffs Arm
strong and Rowe, Taylor and myself,
came on. l had conversation with
Taylor in jail, and allusion was made
to Mackey's death. I asked him why
he was there. He said be had been
arrested on . false charge. He said
he met Mackey at Newark and rode
with him to Christiana, thence to st.
Georges he said they were driving
along and ran into tree and threw him
out. He got out to lift the carriage
around. and led the mare across the
bridge and came back but did hot see
Mackey: I asked him why he did not
give the alarm; Be said there is where
he did wrong. Then be said be got
into the wagon and drove through
Odessa to Middletown he did not
stop in Odessa / asked him what he
did with the team he last had, and he
said he had left it at Mr.. Miller's, in
Wilmington.
II being 8. Is CLOCK, Court adjourn-
ed until 10 o'clock Monday morning j..
MoNpAY.-James iHammil continued
said when he was coming to
the bridge hs;ran agaiast tree throw
ing Mackey out upon the ground: he
(Taylor) got out, lifted the carriage
around and led the mare over the
bridge and took drink out of bis bot
tie: came back and could not see him
got in the wagon and drove on to Mid
dletown: asked why he did not give
the alarmI esyowY 9E}.THAy
He said there he had done wrong
asked him how he came to get Mackays
coat: he said that they had taken their
coats off prior to coming to the bridge.
I think this is all the conversation we