The Morning herald., 1877-04-23
Butchery and jealousy, '',, =,
Arrest and Commitment
Of the Murderer, II ,"..oe' ...~ !
THE VICTIMS THROAT ctr
AND SKULL FRACTURED. o.,,. -''
Confession Of the Murderer. e
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Confession Of the Murderer.
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The city was thrown into rage of excite
ment yesterday morning by the finding OF
tne body OF colored man named James
Temple with bis head almost severed from
his body and his skull fractured, lying IN
the causeway about half mile from II 9
city limits, by milkman named White,
he was coming into the city with milk. NJ.
White at once notified the police, snd off,
GERS Cloud and Jones went to the scene Of
the murder, and found the body. '9e2@n9
Lucinda Duckery was there, ana noticing
blood on her shawl, she was arrested. .
Coroner Rose and his deputy Mr.. McCsf-
ferty were speedily on the ground and gath.
ered up enough Information to promptly
cause the arrest of the murderer at his res
tdence Sixth and Walnut streets, back of
Anderson's stove store. A subsequent visit
to bis house was made and the wet clothes
Of Rhodes were found hidden under o.he1
garments. - =,
| THE SCENE OF THE MURrER,
| There is no better known place to our
citizens than the causeway. Its beauty in
summer has never failed to draw attention. 4
broad and level road lined with row of
maple trees along each side, lonely for the
most part, was the place for the murder.
1t was here the murderer met his victim
and having first fractured his skull, then
nearly severed the head from the body. Il
was one Of the most brutal murders which
tas ever taken place in this country, and
sent thrill of horror through the whole
community. Great crowds of people aocksd
to the scene, gazing with horror on the
great patch of dried blood in the middle of
the roadway, and peering with curious
ewes upon the footmarks in the adjoining
field, when the soft earth received the ,elI.
tale imprint of the murderers shoes a. he
bounded furiously away from his bloot y
work. ''.' t'""a '=-' '"" -
The weapon which did the bloody work
was found in ditch along side the road.
about eleven O'Clock In the day. r Blood
marks were on the fence where the flyipp
felon laid his bloody hands upou The
rails as he crossed into the fields. Great
crowds hung aroung the City Hall all tho
day and evening discussing the matter.
The Coroner empauelled jury which
met at one O'Clock P. NJ, with Colonel
Mccullough as foreman, and Peter j. Bah.
cock as Secrecy. After long session the,
adjourned to meet at 7N o'c,o *, when ,t .
following investigation was had:
Lucinda Duckerey sworn and examined.
saw James Temple Saturday m mor,,Jpr. 70
brought me some marketing to the r..
taurant, Front and Shipley streets--telli,
me ITO hurry home, as he would be out
soon:" then met john Rhodes, he said.
"what hurry are you 10, that man TempIr
is waiting FIR you;" had kept company
with Rhodes but had quit; he came with
me as far as the forks Of the road at aboas
9 o'clock IN the evening: ! met my father
on the road; the last time saw Temple
alive was 1T 3 O'Clock IN the afternoon: early
this morning went 10 see Temple: TIE
blood on my shawl got on 1t then. ,,',, r,.-.
THREATS TO KILL, l.. 49,,
Last Tuesday evening Rhodes said
[speaking Of Temple] ''there ts one s-n Of
b-h have gotto kills" Rhodes wore
on Sunday black coat, black pants and q
light calico shirt; clothes shown witness-
l identify these as Rhodes; know them
az | have mended them; the first beard
OF the murder was from q woman living
next door, who said man was killed: I
thought 1t was Temple who was killed, I
am employed ut John McC:ees', Front aud
Sbipley, and live on the Hare's Corner
road In one Of LobdelPs tenement houses.
Peter Blake, barber, sworn.-At about
"a O'Clock this morning was going to my q.
shop, Henry Hinson was on the corner of
sixth ana walnut street, and said there
was man murdered over the bridge; he (,
told me 1t was James Temple, went to
Fifth and Market streets to see about ii;
here was crowd going down Market ct
and went with them; beioseI rot to the
bridge met two girls; I asEed If there
was . man dead over the bridrts nd thew
said It WAS Jim Temple, 1 then went ahu
saw him lying on the east side of the road:
l knew him; there were tracks from the
body to the ditch; Lucy Duckery who was;
there said to Jacob Storkey, "Uncle Jake
did you ever see such . sight," and she
said "here Is the stone he struck him With"
an officer then asked her what she knew :
about 1t and she said nothing; he sAid,o
"what is the blood doing on your shawl.s
and she said, ~ got that BY lesnin. over
him." the officer said, ''the blood On shs
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