The daily gazette., 1874-11-23

Creek I saw the body; I 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
did not see it again until August 9Th |
I recognized it by the clothes and the !!
leg being bent am positive it was |
the same body had seen before.
DR.. Ashcraft sworn Live at Odes- |
SO was summoned to attend an in |
quest at Drawyer's creek, July last !; |
made an examination of the body |
examined the head particularly /; could
not find any wound on the head The
skin was swollen and discolored l
saw no marks of violence | made
another examination 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; found one OF the
joipts stiff.
Cross cxamined-I did not observe
the wrist on the first examination; dis
location of the wrist might occur to q
living or dead body.
DIR. p. V. b. Stroud, sworn-Live at
Parksburg, Pa; hnewTaylor and Mack
ey, saw Mackey last alive July 9th;
the next time I saw him was August
9Th dead; l recognized him from his
general appearance, clothes, teeth and
lame leg. He had just two incision
teeth in his upper jaw, which is rare
occurrence. He had stiffness in the
left knee, recognized his tobacco box
/ saw him go away on the evening OF
, July a9th, driving sorrel horse; next
saw the carriage August 7th, at Mr..
Roberts, in Middletown, recognized it
and took it away next day, identified
! u the harness atMiller's hotelinW lining
! ton,
. Thomas Goods, sworn--Livc inParks
o burg, Pa. r.. A. Mackey was my broth
er-in-law. He left my place at q p. NJ
: July 27th. He had a sorrel horse anc
l loaned hand buggy; the latter was IN.
}, property. Got it two weOks after iron
: DR.. Stroud, last saw my brother-in
law alive on the 9th of July; he cam
> TO my house and changed his horse
4 for mine saying his horse was tired.
= Charles Floyd sworn-Live at Chat
.t1 ham for the two past years, am tai
o lor within the last year made diage
% nal Chesterfield coat for Mackey; tina
h was between the 18th and 18th of Jul
l. 1878, have never seen that coat sine
,. l put his two initials ''R." and I'M" il
: ~ side of the coat with white cotton O
I top and black on the bottom; put theI
1t in at my own option, would know tn
" coat. (The coat was produced that wa
u taken from Taylor) that is positivel
;; the coat and these are the initials l pr
II Ia.
~ James Hamnil, sworn-Rsside in Levi
Vile, Chester county, Pa. ; lived there 23t
SIS OF July knew r. f. Mackey, and uli
le knew Taylor went to Ohio with Sheri
" Armstrong for the purpose of getting Ia.
lor. Before going, got requlsition frol
sa the Governor of Delaware found Tayh
~ ~ there in jaii; got there on Saturday, and
NJ Monday following, SheriGs Armstrong M
lie Rowe'1TsvIor and mvsalf came on. hp
a conversation with Taylor in Jail, and ail
an sion was made to Mackey's death. asks
go him why he was there. He said he ha
xs been arrested on false charge. He sa
I he met Mackey at Newark and rode wi
% him to Christiana, thence to St. George
he said they were driving along and he RI
4" into tree and threw him out. He got o
'n- to lit tho carriage around, aud lad the ina
ch across the bridge and came back, but d
ny not see Mackey asked him why he d
ed not give the alarm he said there Is whe
ne he did wrong. Then he SO d be got into t
wagon and drove through Odessa to Midd
sSa town he did not stop in Odessa l ask
'ed him what he did with the team he last hi
ICY aud he said he had left it at Mr.. Miiler's,
re Wilmington.
TO 1t being Gl5 o'clock, Court adjourn
y : until 10 o'clock Monday morning.