The daily gazette., 1877-05-11

returned home on the opposite side from
where Temple was found and did not
see anything.
-examine6-Temple and Rhodes
would cuss one another about most any
thing. Temple called at my house nearly
every night; he kept his tools there; Tenn
PIES wife has been living at service in Phil
adelphia. She did not live with Temple
but some women where Temple stayed.
Mary Duckery sworn:-I am the wife
of Joseph and mother of Lucinda Duck
cry; knew both Temple and Rhodes for
some time; remember the night Temple
was found dead. Mrs. Williams told us
Mitchell; Hopkins, myself and Others
went down; could not see him;lwent back
next morning; body had been moved;
saw Temples throat was cut; when Mrs
Williams first gave us the alarm she said
some one was dead or drunk up the road;
don't remember whether / then said L
knew who it was for / was so scared at
the idea that some one had been killed.
(The Grand Jury here returned into
Court with batch of bills and were dis
charged until 10 O'clock, a. m, tom or
row.
Elizabeth Williams sworn;-I live in
Lobdelr's house in the opposite part from
Duckery's knew Temple but slightly: do
| not know Rhodes; remember when pem-
| pie was found L called to the Duckerys
that night; a man had'called to me and
asked me if all my family was home as a
| man was lying on the road with his
throat cut, drunk or dead; dou't know
who the man was; ! went TO Duckery's
and Hopkins and then went down to
dead body; Lucinda said "mother, its
Jim Temple" Lucinda and her mother
were leaning over the body; Lucinda said
mother here's Jim Temples watch and
pistol; did not see how Lucinda got
them; we then went home; went back
Sunday and the body was moved; at night
it was lying out in the road.
| Mitchell Hopkins, sworn:-live on
LobdelPs in the house next to Duckery's;
knew Temple; not acquainted with
Rhodes; was home that Saturday night
writing letter; heard some one calling;
opened the door and found Lizzie VIII
hams and she told me what the man had
told her and asFed him to go with them
for company; after we got in the cause
| way we found the body in the carriage
track near a gate post; Lucinda said.
"Its Jim Temple."' said "his head is
nearly cut Off" 1 saw pistol, watch
and little bundle in one ofthe Duckery's
hand; saw a chain like this one docking
at a chain handed him) at the City Hall;
did not see any knife; Lucy and her
mother were in opposite side of the body,
bent down close and were talking; don't
Il
the pistol out Of side pocket.
Cross-eXamlned-Ni was not real
dark but dim. 1 had to put my face close
down to see; the body was lying across
the road; 1 was at the head, Lucy and
her mother on each side and Elizabeth
Williams at the feet; body was kind OF
on back and sides: the Duckrey's were
leaning over the body, saw them take
the things from the body; L was more in
terested looking at the face than the
body; 1 did not watch the Duckrey's Is
Temple was lying on right side more thar
bank, and his hands outstreched.
David q. Rose, sworn-Received infor
nation Sunday, April 2Ist that mar
was murdered on New Castle road. Johr
McCafterty and went out the causeway
1t was on the eastern side of road; founC
stone near pool of blood; then wen
up near TO Duckreys; met Perry Demby
who told me he had moved a man the
proceeding night as he was going home
Mrs. Duckrey told me to arrest Rhodes
and would have the right man; did not
see any Indications of scuffle near the
body, but saw footprints and also hand
prints on the fence; went back to Will
mington and got Mr.. Fox to get the body
| (here some clothes were shown,) These
are the clothes recognized by Lucinda
as Rhodes; when found at Rhodes moth
er's they were wet and bloody; l had ;
knife delivered to me by an officer, (knif,
shown and identified as the knife.)
Cross-eXamined-I went to the body
on Sunday morning a little after six. TIL,
body was near the blood not more thai
12 or 10 feet off; saw no signs of a Scuffle
, 1t is sandy road much travelled. l die
not get the clothes myself nor the knife
but did get the Stag near the blood; tner'
is no Stag on this road until you g9t tC
the Hares corner road; don'tknow where
comes from, it must be hauled there.
Perry Demby. sworn-I live at Ran
dolph Peters, past Duckrey's house
. know both Temple and Rhodes remem
Der seeing the body in the road ON tha
night; my son and 1 were together
"what is that, said, it looks like man
let us take him out of the roads or he will
be run over" did not know he was dead
or would not have touched him; it wa!
then about 10 or IL O'Clock; went on tt
, my home; told at these houses where
Duckrey's lived; some of them said j
/, must be Jim Temple; 1 said no for
knew him; in the the stable in the morn
ing, Mr. Wilson and 1 talked about it
he said my horse was scared; met a maj
| in the morning who told me it was jim
Temple that was killed; the body was
where 1 left it the night before; there
was blood where we moved the bod,
/ from; he was lying on his back ap
, parently.
Crosss-examined-It was between 10
and II p. IN, when saw the body in tn,
broad first; the head was toward the rail
road and feet towards the river; we plac.
ed the body on the pathway, on the left
hand side coming from Wilmington; af
/ ter left the body there l told at the
house in which Duckrey lives that ther,
was some one on the causeway drunk OIL
! dead drunk; did not say that there was 6
dead man there; the people in Duckrey'
house and the Others had their heads ou
! OF the window; some one instantly re
) marked i'll reply, it must be Jim Temple
. Caroline Burris sworn We live at foo
) | of Tatnall street, and work at Grubb'
, hotel-know both Temple and Rhoads, saw
: Rhoads at my fathers two or three days be-
fore the murder. l asked him for the loaI
, of his knite to cut my corns he said he
would, aud thae it was as sharp as {
razor. took the knife and cut my cut my
corps with it, and l remarked to him tina
| it was as sharp as a razor 4; he then saiC
| "yes by God, always keep 1t that way.
, He then took it and sharpened it on my
slipper and said 81 am going 10 show damn
dirt with It," The.knife was a barlow knife
half the handle iron, aud ths other white