The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-01-29
The Murder Trial.

! Times, writing from Mauoh Chunk, under date
OF January 2l5t, gives the following very inter.
esling sketch Of Judge Dreher and the counsel
engaged In the trial Of Michael Doyle tor the
murder OF j. p. jones'
Il" Tho great murder case is starting OF quite
~ slowly Ms mu the BeaCher-Tilton trlal, and
there arc almost as many incidental discussions
oetween counsel over trivial details. The tedl.
the week and ii ;ore the tfS fairy ststs vii III
glance briefly at the personnel OF the Judges ana
| counsel. Judge Samuel S. Dreher President
Judge OF the district comprising Monroe and
| Uarooi 9 counties mas been on ths bench alnoe
ls11 He was elected from Monroe County1b by "A
unanimous vote, rare compliment IN district
where Rartizan feeling Is ,yorY strong. He IL
about MY years OF age, and Is OF calm eqtiab
| and dispassonate temperament. lie Is evident.
| " familiar with the law and pracuce, but list.
| ems patiently To- even the most prollx statement
| ot objections, often t.ivIal and immnterial mud
| aitords every opportunity TO fortify such oblec.
tons by evidence and argument If these prI.
| s0ners dQ not have fair and impartial trlsl IL
| VIII not be through any fault OF Judge Dreher
| The associnte judges are James gOnston and
| Daniel Wentz AS u the counsel for the Com.
monwealth the District Attorney Edward r.
| siewersl IS young lawyer who has yet TO a.
| the presence OF so many old and efpinent oopD.
| seOrs. Upon General Charles Albright, Tex.
part OF the work OF preparing the case for the
commonwealth: He mas gone into an exhaus-
tive study Of Molly Magu reism, and Is said to
| have brought out some startling fact1 lie ex-
| amines tne Jurors and witnesses and II an alert,
energetic aud ready debater. The Hon. y. w
|
| arguments thus lar in reply to the mutifarious
objections OF the defense or in support OF objec.
| tons made by the commonwealth. HIS massive
head, covered with thin white locSs and his
grave JUDICIAL manner, lend weight md dignity
! 10 his always effective speeches. bon. Allen
| craig, of this borough has not yet spoke in the
| case, but has the reputation Of being an able
lawyer, aud stands hgn among the back.coun-
try farmers whence the jury IS drawn. He 10
said to be very persuasive speaker. ON the
SIDE Of the defense Hon. Lynn Bartholomew and
John Ryaf, OF Schuylkfil, have figured most
conSpouOuSly thus FAR. The former makes the
objections. examines witnesses and does ali the
skirmishng, as well as some Of the best speak.
ing. rho Presiding Judge had frequently u
restrain his lmpetuosity and make him wait un.
III minutes could be taken down before the oil.
clal stsnographer was In attendance. Ryan
makes the heavy arguments. and talks with
declsi On and much legal force. though in some.
what mOnOtOnOus and dry manner. He is n
DrOthe OF exit Ryan. Hon. j as. b. Riley,
the present member Of Congress from Schuyl.
kll county. Is a young man wlGh q good head,
and IN few short speeches has shown himself
70 be very ready ana haent speaker. Messrs.
III ID mel KHlbfuS and f. NJ. M ulhearn, OF Mauch
Chunk, have not been heard vet but KalDfus
is a brilliant speaker who Will probably reserve
himself for a great effort before the Jury"
FRIDAY.
Court assembled at o q. .m., and after disposinR
OF some few matters, adjourned. purauanJ TO
OirectiOns on Thursday y. n., 20 meet at o'clk
: The first thing in order was a motion offered
by prisoners counsel to SET aside the panel Of
jurors selected as per order Of Court ON Thurs
day, Of wnluh the tollowingl ~ copy:
E Commonwealth In the Court OF oyer & Ter.
rs. 7 for the County Of Carbon.
q Anu now. January 2ist, 1876, he defendant.
! Mlohael j. Doyle, comes here mio CoueJ IN his
= own proper person and moves to set ASIDE the
mel OF Jurors, selected under an OrCer Of Court
| ior special venire for tale lie circumstRntiUus
for the reason tnat said j1rors were not selected
q aud summoned by the sheriff OF SAID county.
4 | And tins he IL ready to verify and prove and
a MIcHAEL j. DOYLE.
" The Commonwealth traversed tne above mo.
~ Won in the following language: ...-
: And now, same day, Il. r.. Siewers, District
HhttoTncy, tTaverses the facts set forth IN the
n above motion, 80 far as relates to the selhotiOn
of the sand Jurors and says that such SELECTION
. was made by the Sleriff OF sad county person.
ally ana not otherwise, and that as TO the sum-
n nOning Of the SAID Jurors, the same was per-
formed by the SAID Snerlff and his duly author.
lied deputies- Il. r. SIEwERs,
several authorities we're cited on both sides
ana without further argument the Court over
ruled the motion, and sealed n bill OF exception
for the defendant: The empal leliug Of the J1ry
lows; 80
William Bloss jr,, Lower Towamensing,
Jonas Beck East Penn.
o joel Strohi, Towamensiug
I Daniel Boyer Jr., Franklin.
Daniel RamalY, Lower To wamensing.
> Abraham Henry, Franklin.
Levi West, Kldder.
Lew straub, Lower Towamensing. .-.
y Henry Long, MahoninR.
Pettr OaeeSmau, WeathArly.
Thomas A. Williams, Tehghton.
n Drake II. Long, LelhghtOn.'
10 The Jury having been sworn. the District At
tOrney proceeded to open the case and laid the
facts before them which the Commonwealth ex.
g, | pgSteI to prove. AT the conclusion OF his re
Ia marks. the Court adjourned Til Saturday at .
20 o'clock am
% Court opened at am, aud the following tes.
- tImJny was elected: .r'
,e John U. Rutter called and sworn Showed
Is mgps OF the topography ofcOunty about Ashton.
Mrs Margaret Murphy Cal cd and sworn
Testified to giving mlk 60 the three men; asked
them II they were 40 Il5oodng ior work. and they
II see them till 18th Of sept again In Mauch Chunk
ar JuL The prIsone. STOOD up and she Recognized
d John n Evans called and sworn Is black
J. smith: saw me men on the day before murder
y witness; all had dark clothes ol,--Ilely had nc
beard same as now, Dove har beard as now
n and Kerligdn same as now, saw prisoners IT
" MluGh CnunK ia and again in Court in Oct
as Oruss.ex ,mIneu -Dlun't speak TO aly one be
10 tween ling and the time / came to M Iuci
e CnunK; heard OF Jones UeIng Xxi led Oy Jhret
al men; cam, give the names OF any One who Nj X
" ed with me aOont The kIling Of Jones siuce Ii
John DICK called and sworn: Laved at No
ar anu 10 nUwj am BLACK ,mltn was aG work Il
-, my shop on 81 OF september one stranger cAm'
W mo my snOp tnat ddy-the larger one saw thi
be man tne next day la the lookup AZ Tamaqua; J
X. Evans was IN the shop TOO, between tn
hours OF 9anG % cart exactly say.
CTOs i-exanIned Doyle was dres +ed In black
saw HIM about hvs mluutes-loOked at hun an
tnen went to wOrk agaln, took a special view O
him because he is a gOod-lOokIng aud we'll DuiI
man. Hoard OF che Allling af6er O'Clock saln
uAyi uOnU remember VINO tOlC me OF the KILLING
he one came and to me ana Evans ABOUT it; dom
he | know whether he was good looking am no
so bad looking whom rubbed up littie-tlau gn
" rerli can't say how often 1 have talked alb bju
ia the kiDing
-" John Dale cal ed and sworn Lived at No.
ART and do stll my business greaslng cars; stranp
m ers came mo the Oii-house; 1t was IN the fore
noon about yards from the blacksmith shoI
ss saw Kelly talk to the driver; the big sat a
a the oll-house saw tine two go up the dii he1p
they came DOWN again saw tne small man
Ter think they went toward tine Orea GER.
lei Cr0ss.eXamlned.-Saw them ABOUT minutes
ed men did nothing when sitting on the log; was
,hs yards away when L saw them. Heard OF til
" killing uOOut 1885 in the morning the repor
on was that Jones was killed; they were after CIV
meni didnG tell nybOdy that knew OF seein
a. three men; was seht for TO come to Mauch en-
nd TO AlOi lglts office told Albright one had
cap Oh, another a square coat on and dar
an whiskeIs; was In Albrghts office twice wen
IN. 10 AlDrlRhts the second time for the same pul
at pose, 10 give description. l recognized the pr
re- sOners ia prison. thought they were l00kin
~ Tor wnrk; KnrTiyan came down the bank wit
,vn tie other men can't say how he was DIRE SCI
Us lOOAeI at his face while he was coming dow
tno Oank. Was at AlbrighEs Office on TUESDAY
ne 5epI. 7Jh, was there again erday, and tOl
net hlm Jhe same again; uOnt bhlnk he read u
I'D me.
ad Aaron Hoffman sworn Live at Summit Hi
ne ! saw three men, was on Top OF dirt bank; sa
fer them at the oil-nouSe, SAT down don't kno
rD wnat they dId there were two can't tell no
M | tueY were dressed had hats SAW che three
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