Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-26

CONTINUATION OF THE TRIAL OF AHnES AND WET
Ell FOR MURDER-THE DEFENcE AN AIIBI.
Reported for The Commercial.
New CASTLE, Nov. "a.
| In our telegraphic report we had proceeded
| AZ far as the testimony Of James L. Townsend
in behalf of the State in the Ahren casa. He
| testified follows Am Constable on the
| night of the 10th of August had Just returned
from Middletown l WAS informed that there
was a man lying dead at the switch Nicholas
Barlow, myself and some others went and found
| the man lying in a ditch by the west side line
| 800 yards from kirkwood station; took
him to the station and locked him up in
| freight car; when got to where the man was
| lying found awound in the right side OF the
head near the temple went to Squire Wilson
and ordered a warrant for Ahren and Weitel who
was supposed to have been guilty got posse
ana went to Ahrens house about ~ O'Clock and
| got them both from bed went back to Town
| send and passed the place where the man was
| lying d. G. Rhoads said this is the place
| where the body !" Weitel said Yes, the
man WAS sitting here but we did not throw any
| stones"
DIR. Geo T. Chamberlain sworn Am prac-
| tisipg physician made the post norton exam
| nation on the BODY of the deceased found
| depression the skull the skull was fractur-
| ed it q lacerated bruse the wound was IA
| tai,
Here the State rested when W. @. Spruance.
Esq opened in defense OF Ahren and B. Nieds,
defense is ali abb.
AT the re-assembling OF Court, 8 clock the
| examination of witnesses was begun.
Dennis Ahren called Know George Wei
tel took him from an orchard to work ON the
road until 18th Of August he was an indus
trious, peaceable man Weitel was i'll my porch
| when my wife went to Conways.
| Thomas Scott sworn Live at Middletown I;
was at Lorels Drying House, cloee to Black bird
station Ahren came there On the night of the
19th OF August, about f. NJ. ; he stayed all
hour in pleasant convereation but nothing
about any trouble with tramp
Richard Warren, Jr.. sworn : Know Patrick
| Ahren, and saw hun that evening at Black
bird station talked there, but nothing
was said about any trouble ;
heard female voice from the II. Il. Ahren
went over to the woman, vino vas his mother.
Annie Ahren sworn Am mother of Patrick
| Ahren he is 20 years old ; he is the second of
eight children : remember 18th Of August had
supper at Pat ate his supper with the men
and dressed himself and went out in a little
while | went out to the station with pitcher OF
milk to take to Mrs. Conway's saw crowd
standing there; | called, "paddy, are you
there y lie said 'yes !" asked him
to go with me to Mrs. Conways
he SAID he would go we walked along the rail
got to Conways. they sad Paddy had been
there / said, =" He came with me !" along the
way nothing was said about tramps was at Com
/, ways ~ OF IL minutes was waiting for down
it was dark when went away from Oonway's
/, we all wont home, eat watermelon and went to
bed Paddy with US and Weitel in the barn ar
ter II o'clock heard a knock at our door, and
awakened my husband went down and saw Mr..
Townsend aud several men there l asked what
thee wanted Townsend asked if Paddy was in
| said Yes, Why" he said there had been a
man hurt and that Patty and George had been
charged l called Pat and as he did not wake
went up aud shook him he said what is the
matter2' l told him Mr. Townsend wanted tc
see him; he said, 60 well, | will get up and &c
down and see him !" they got Weltei from the
barn.
John Ahren sworn remember the night of
August % went with mother to Mrs. Conway's
nothing said about tramp heard Of a trouble
next morning. John corroborated his mother.
Catherine Conway testified: the night tho TRAMP
was found dead, AlIren came to her door about
| O'Clock; he WAS standing at the door; my hus
band was meuding his boots and Paddy joked al
him for not buying new pair; he then asked
for Murphy, boarder, who was not in, aut
| started as l thought around the house to cal
| him; he was no more than gone when his mother
| came in, she staid about 10 or II minutes wheI
she started home; the down train had then pass
ed; when went out with her, Patrick Ahren wa,
| waiting outside; went with Patrick, his mother
and John and Danny as far as the Il. Il. bridg,
| on their way home.
George Conway corroborated the preceding
| witness as to Ahrens presence at his door, aut
| his mothers coming aud going know Weitel
told him to come and see me- aud look out as
had bad dog believe him to be Il quiet, in
4 duatrous man.
Robert Fulton testified as to time Of train No
| being at Townsend at 7.50 and that this traiI
had to go oil on siding to let other trains pass
there was great deal OF shifting there durin,
this season on the side tracke, as it was peacl
time and the cars did not ran on their time Of
ten.
J. Samuel Townsend testified as to the frequen
shifting of cars and had often seen them hurlet
violently down the side track against other cars
He also spoke OF Ahren's remarkably good char
acter
James McCarty sworn know Didwell; La,
conversation with him ;he told me he did not 10
Ahren or Weitel do anything to the tramp; nev
1. er told Bidwell it would not hurt his evidence t
= say he did not see them do anything to til
tramp.
John Il. Price isworn Bidwell told me Ii
only saw Ahren throw one stone, and that di
not hit him; Bidwelrs reputation for truth
bad.
VIM E. Riggs testified to TESTERS bad reputo
ar ton.
IN Bernard Sweeney sworn Jester told me q
Clayton, before this trouble, that he bad la
s. a revolver for Ahren and that he had lis
some trouble with him.
g. Jacob Richardson, George d. Collins, job
Naylor, john Mahoney, and William T.. Evan
=, testified to Ahren's good character.
y Bernard Sweeney testified to Jester's bad rep
utatiou and said he would not believe him on b
oath.
The defense here closed, when the State calle
to James @. Townsend to prove letters good repr
taton but did not succeed well.
The State closed at about 8. 80 z. NJ. and coun
sci then proceeded to argue the case and wer
- so doing when your correspondent left for Wi
mlngton on the 6.20 train
NO VERDICT AT 10 O'CLOCK.
g. The argument of counsel was concluded
about nine o clock, on Wednesday evening, an
given to the jury that night, who at once retire
for deliberation upon their verdict At !
o'clock. this morning. the jury had not returned
W Yesterday it reported that they stood ten fC
- conviction to two for acquttal. The latest il
u formation from New Castle states that the
are,equally divided, this morning, between We
Il dict OF acqnittal and manslaughter
7. MORE ARMS ARRIVED Sixty stand OF arm
have just arrived for the German hIilital
Y Company, that being the number OF men no
enrolled, including the sergeants, but not il
cludiug the captain, lieutenants, drummer an
fifer. The arms are the Springfield breecl
loading rifles,