Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-21

New CAsrLx, Nov. 81
Court opened at 10.
Judges Wootten, Houston, and Wales on the
bench.
Taylor was brought In the dock looking very
cheerful, and after calling the jury, the case OF
State Us. Joseph Taylor proceeded as follows |;
Charles b. Wright, sworn Lived at st.
Georges, July 28 ; not personally acquainted
with Taylor, but have seen him ! saw him at
st. Georges last summer saw him there with
another man did not see him come it
was In the afternoon, Taylor was talking
with me about some matters, then start
ed TO 60 and wanted the man that was with
hum 10 go, Taylor picked him up and put him in
the carriage, Taylor unhitched the horse and the
man got out, Taylor put him In again; Taylor
hsd on steel colored clothes, they had falling
top buggy aud bay mare, the horses head was
not headed towards Odessa, Taylor took the
reins the carriage was turned and drove towards
Odessa, the carriage top was down; didn't know
whether there were curtains or not have never
seen Msckey 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 an old buggy and light bay mare. saw
Taylor first about or years ago, Taylor had
on about the same clothes when he returned
that Thursday.
Cross Examined Saw Taylor at st. Georges
or 10 years ago. He represented himself to be
in the lightning rod business on July 28 when /
met him and had conversation with him, there
were talking there in the porch, when Taylor
put him in the carriage he made some remark
and got out, Taylor put him in again and got in
himself on the of side, thought they were
{. lends, 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. II
was near shutdown when he left first, he came
back and asked Mr.. Riggs TO let some one drive
fur aoI bal
| la Jackson and he would not accept him then
| he got back In the wagon andstarted to go.
| went home then this is my full knowledge OF
| the case.
Charles Floyd was called and requested to
retire from the Court room for a few minutes.
| Henry J. Rowe, sworn Live in Crawford Co,
| State Of Ohio: 1 am the Sheriff Of thai
County since January last i arrested the prison.
er Aug II, last, at Bucyrus; I got letter or
Saturday evening on Monday next arrested
him near the hat and shoe factory between L
and P. NJ. took him to jail 1 arrested him OIL
the receipt of letter charging him with murder
| (the letter was here produced.) When arrestt {
him he had light pants and dark coat, He wal
in our jail for week, Sheriff Armstrong aud
James Hamill were with me, Sheriff Arm
strong produced requisition from
| from the Governor OF Delaware; Tayloi
| had on the coat described in the lette
| and took it from him, it matched with pieot
of goods enclosed in the letter. told him HI
| had the mans coat on, and he said it might b'
the same goods went up town and met Nc
| Bride a cousin of his and was asked il noticed
any letters in the back of the coat went bsol
and noticed. "R M" where the name had beer
stitched in and thread picked out (the Goa
was here produced) The coat has not been il
my possession since Hamill had charge o.
1t. After finding the letters in the
coat / want In and asked Taylor what R
NJ meant, he said to the best OF N,
knowledge, Rogers and Butchers manufac
ture that was all that was said, this was the sam
day / arrested him, / did not know the name o
the murdered man at that time; mad q converse
ton couple Of days after; had got paper stat
ing Mackey's murder, and Taylor told me tina
he and Msckey were riding slong and had beei
on big drunk and coming to bridge and go
ing across Mackey was driving and licking tn
horse; they had been driving hard all the round
when they crossed the bridge, Mackey pulle,
the horse to one side: Taylor took tn
reins stopped the horse aud get on to hold til
horse and Strengthened him and told Mackey +
get OF and lift the hind part Of the wsgo
around. Mackey got of and instead Of dom
this sat down on the wing OF tho bridge. Tay
lor said he then heard a splash in the water an
went back but conld not see hun. The hors
started and he (raylor) went and caught tn
horee and tied him TO q tree went back to loo
for him but could not find him Mackey wa
out OF sight he then got in and drove on.
(Rowe) then told him you had better have raise
an alarm and got the man out. He (Taylor) sal
he knew he did wrong in not doing so. That