Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-21

nd told me his occupstion and about cooper J
Ious know if Taylor was in the carriage or mott
iesrd nothing they said TO each other.
Samuel E. gdrnsti, StrorH Live in Newark,
De . and lived there in July have met Taylor !
snew Mackey he was medium sized man oil
40 lbs, was lame in right leg on July zSrn saw
dackey and TAYLOR together st Deer Park Hotel
I was Tuesday morning saw them next a
Hotel, one hour after, situated $40
gds. from Deer Park Hotel; Taylor was st
Deer Park Hotel between aud clock. and be-
fore New London stage left saw Taylor before
and after also went down the street after saw
Taylor and Msckey saw Mackeys team in front
pf Washington Home sss M~cksy on the
porch sat and talked with him he asked me
10 take drink did 20 did not see Taylor then
Mackey and / wen. into bsr-room We ooth
drank whisky-s.rsIght, Msckey paying for 1t
turRed sssnud aud saw Taylor then at the other
eudof tho bar whiting hsckey asked him up 70
dring and Taylor drank ]. ]. Strickland was be-
hind the bar | cannot say what the drink vas
the main street when l nrst saw hum Taylor
was nearer 70 The porch door by which we en-
tered SAW nothing pass between Taylor and
Mackey until they both got IN Mscksys buggy %
leave Newark Taylor told Strickland he Would
be back back in An.honror two II saw them drive
sTsy don't know who wss driving s.dackey hk1
on, think dark clothes, don't know OF what
material when they left they drove on In the /
direction OF ogletown the mare they hsd was
brown and the carriage was buggy have not |
seen Msckey sisce, but have seen Taylor did
not see DR.. Columbus Henry that morning
Gross Examined Know Mackey better than |
TAYLOR hrst cav him at Deer Park saw Mack |
ev frst was not doing anything addressed |
him told me he brought passenger 70 train |
last night and rested over 1t WAS IN resding
room spoke to him did not see him drink
after some time saw Taylor | was talking with
5 msu when Taylor came up Bradley address
ed him aud also Msckey was mot there
About 10 80 a N. went to get the mail for Deer
Park saw Msckey's in front Of Washing
ton House MAckey was on porch he told me
he was selling phosphate then hs went IN
and took drnk don't know when Taylor cams
in. butMsckey called him up to drink Msckey
said "Joe. come take something y Msckey
handed out cent piece and two cents and said,
JAckey thst will do; won't II Jackey sslo
| 'Gness 50 3" that was all he paid for Tsyiors
| drink then We went out on the porch Taylor
| and Macxey then returned to the bsrToom were
there i've or ten minutes. then they returned to
the porch Strickland with them, Taylor telling
| Strickland they would be back in short time
they went of quietly in the direction OF chrls-
/ tiAna.
DIR. Columbus Henry sworn Liyein Newark
did not know Mackey nor Taylor ; drove from
| Newark TO Cnrisusns- July 2sEh. left Newark
Tuesday morning after crossing Pen. a Del
road caught aud passed carriage shortly after
| passing heard some one drive up behind me
whipping horse they passed me, when hat
blew of they stopped. and passed heard
them coming whipping horse ! drove up kept
out OF their NAft lfAe1 70 pass tnc bhe W. A4oe
| succeed they tried to pass me again near MAT
TINS farm l DID not let thempsss near Chr1s-
| tiAna they tried to pass again but did not zuc-
coed they stopped at the old hotel and at the
corner don't know who we're in that carriage
the horse was dark blown think the wagon
was York one Philip Marvel used 10 keep the
hotel they stopped at !; / was Is minutes coming
! from Newark to Christizns saw one man lead
| ing the horse to the pump afterward don
know who the man was saw no other man nesi
I 81. ,.~vfa HAN I in
stopped on the other corner from Christians
! Hotel.
.JohA Strickland, slrorn - Live in Chester
I County last July wss a. Newark, at the Wash
i lngton House, and tended bsr Robert Sirlek
labd kept it; was there in the latter part ofJuly
. remember Maekey and Garrett coming in on:
day in July to get drink think Taylor was II
. the room then all three drank Mackey pai'
1 for drinks saw them leave think hseke!
4 drove York wagon, with brown mare up
: the house Taylor and Mackey got into the car
| rage together to go away ; l WAS on the porch
n Taylor asked me before they went away whA
: time dinner would DO ready told him abou
: IL 80 he said he thought he would be back
= aud asked me 10 take charge of his yalse
then they drove towards Cnrstisns, MAcke
). driving; never saw Msckey -afteri bAv
: not seen Taylor until brought in Court Taylo
= never called for vAlise; it was Jnly 2s, abou
= Ii A. NJ Taylor was dressed in light pants hi
i coat was neither very dark nor very light
=, Msckeys suit was dark did not notice thei
q clothes particularly Taylor s the larger man
!. the two Mackey is lame have known bot
y ~ Cross-examined l have known Taylor Is year
~ at least and Mackey more than years ; bot
3 men lived near my neighborhood never saw u
d TWO men together before they we're 81 Aewarl
" in my life don't know whether they were fnen6
=. or not never knew any difficulty between then
- July 25sh Msckey and Garrett came IN and toe
.. drink it was in the morning don't kno
4. exactly where Taylor was then think he was
r. right hand by the bar Taylor was there Il
Al night before and spent the night at WAshingtt
4 House took his breakfast there that morning /;
- was about g. M When Mackey and g arret tool
in drink Mackey asked Taylor 10 take a drini
s Mackey told me he tried TO get in the night befo
- and could not get in. 30 he went 10 Deer Par
~ pad for the FIRST drinks with quarter; gave III
% q five cent nickel; then he handed me five cen
L. back for Taylor's dupk next drink taken befe
NJ they left rAylor settled for aud SAID Heres 2
!, vaise, / will settle when coge back for dinner
Il don't know Mrs. Scar; don't know how long G
- | valise remained, but it wa- given to the Depu
no Sheriff rec1lect Taylor telling before he II
o5 that he had coa1ed Maekey to take him
,eT far as the culyert, and perhaps IS far as W
ne mngtou where he had euit Of clothes.
~ GeorgiAns Bullen sworn Live in Christian
an lived there in July saw Taylor there on il
M % b. Tuesday, with another man at my hous
i 4 saw them come up in falling top buggy, III
~ lor driving think don't know the name
40 the other man. bnt he was q lame man and u
- er than Taylor when Taylor got out he to
tLa the bucket 10 water the horse the other N
- told hun not to water the horse Taylor said
'ra was only going to wash out his mouth
asI other man then got ont aud the horse was
10 ken around the house supposed Mackey VI
81 on the porch Taylor came 10 window and tall
~ OF old acquaintance he afterwards told me
- was in the lightning rod business and wan
- I board for three men and two horses told
ISat to see my husband said he WAS going near
Georges. and would see my husband Mac
.s.u came partly into the bar room we don't sell
snd toxicating liquors Taylor told me il Mac
brt asked for liquor not TO give him any they "
90 at nv house about three quarters Of an hour
nil saw them leave Mackey got in first hims
m Taylor then got in Taylor, think. drove a
ron. towards Elkton have never seen Mackey 81
he nor Taylor until now there was boy mai
Will Truitt around my house at that time TT
,sss came II for brush TO clean Msckeys paI
nar Taylor was sober when they came, Mackey
aies der the influence Of liquor.
!, ~ Cross-exsmIned have known Taylor,
- 4Iackey was stranger TO me have known
MT. lor since we were childran lost sight Of
e. until last November the horse was dark
nca lor told me that il Mackey came in not to
rant him lquor Taylor told me he was going 20
tha Bear and from thence TO St Georges Z
an TAILOR hal the reins nothing was said a
exchanging horses while was near them.
,.as Walter Tmtt sworn When they drove
~ the horse was watered / took the horse ;
- an. lor got out aud helped Mackey out Taylor
von driving when they came up this was at
: ~ Bullens Hotel | get a broom and Ma
~ brushed himself he had blue coat and
and turned up around it was top buggy, witt
, va up it was a reddish horse aud looked as
:" | I, ,ad baau drivpu hal1 when thew got in