The daily gazette., 1877-04-23
the piece of iron Stag before mentioned,
were taken by the Coroner. u -
rHeMuhpERER ARREsrrD. 90.

VI
BetweensS and o'clock in the morn
ing, officers Jones, Cloud and McIlhenny
went to the house of John Rhodes, col,
i'm the rear of $40 e. Sixth street. and ar
rested him on the charge of being the
murderer. Rhodes was eating his break
fast at the time, but he coolly arose and
said. "All right, III gowith you," and ac-
companied the officers to the hall, where
he was confined in one of the cells. After
wards his house was agaiD visited, and
some OF his clothes still wet and bloody,
were found hidden under the bed.
/ When Rhodes was confined in the cell
his shoes were removed and taken to the
scene OF the murder, where it was found
that they exactly fitted the footprints in
the road leading from the spot where the
murdered man was found. 9si
THE MURDERER's CONFESSION.
AT first Rhodes denied his guilt, and
said that he was in Hedgeville all Satur-
day night, but afterwards, ia converse
tion with Peter b. Blake, he made full
confession, giving all the horrld circum-
stances of the murder, but claiming that
he committed the deed in self-defense
He made his confession to Blake, and af-
terwards to the Coroner's jury, in the
most nonchalent manner and seemingly
without the slightest remorse.
LUCINDA DUcKERY DISCHARGED.
After the inquest the colored woman,
Lucinda Duckery, who was arrested on
suspicion, was discharged, the jury fail
ing to find her guilty of any completely in
the murder. This woman was the mis-
tress Of the murderer for severalyearspast
and has had three children by him. The
appearance of Temple and the partial
transfer OF her affections to him, was the
cause of the enmity on the part Of Rhodes
and the ultimate murder of his rival.
The other circumstances of the horri
BILE affair and the full confession of the
murderer, will be found at length in the
evidence adduced at the Coroner's in
quest, as gwen below: ''" '.r
''' THE INQUEST. 't
AT two o'clock in the afternoon the
Coroner empanueled jury and selected
the City Hall as the place of meeting.
After electing Col Peter Mccullough
foreman, and p. j. Babcock clerk, the
following witnesses were examined:
LUCINDA Duckrey, Sworn-I saw James
Temple on Saturday morning, he came
to where l was at work and brought
some marketing telling me to hurry home
as he would be outsoon. AS / was start
ing home in the evening after John had
shut up, Rhodes met me and asked if 1
was going home,.l told him yes, he then
said will go along with you. We start
ed and on the way we met my father.
stopped and told him that Temple WIS
coming out to the house during the even
ing; was carrying string of cat fish,
and Rhodes was carrying the market
basket, Father did not see him as they
are not on speaking terms and he is not
allowed to come to the house.
The first knew of the murder was the
woman that lives next door knocked at
our door, and said that there was man
killed down the road
Immediately said to my mother that
it must be Temple. The only reason l
had for saying so was because he had not
come to the house as was his usual Gus
tom of Saturday night. When the
woman knocked at the door l was lying
across the foot of the bed with my shoes
of, waiting for father to come home. We
did not meet any one on the road with
the exception of my father. Rhodes did |
not go to the house with me. I,left him
at the forks of the road, and ran from /
there to the house. When we got to the |
forks he asked me stop and talk with |
him, this l refused to do. He then said |
to me "that man Temple must he at your
house," L did not hear any fuss, never |
was married to him but had two children
by him. He did not say that he was 60
ing to watch for Temple.
Last Thursday night Rhodes came to
where | work, and looking over the fence
said there was one s-n of b-h in this /
town that he wanted to fix, and then he |
would get out. Do not know whether he
he had knife or not, did not see any
razor. Never knew them to have fuss,
did not tell Rhodes that Temple was I
coming to our house last night; when / |
met father l told him that Temple was |
to the house. L did not make |
any bargain for Temple to come there. |
He never came into the kitchen where / |
work to see me.
THE MURDERER CoNFEssEs.
The next person called was John
Rhodes the murderer, who made the fol-
lowing voluntary statement:
My name is John Rhodes Last Sunday
night week went over with Lucy, as we
were going ont Temple was coming in.
After l left Lucy ,apd turned around to
come in saw him lying along the road
with two bricks in his hands. l crossed
over to the opposite side of the road. He
started after me and said you s-n of b-h |
if l can't get yora to night L can some |
other time. 1 there started to run and
left him. Last night went over and l
left Lucy about 100 yards from the house,
we stopped to talk few moments and
she had bottle of whlskey, and offered
me a drink. then started in town, and
when Just beyond Garasche's lane, met
Temple coming towards me, and when
he got nearly up to me he said you s-n
of b-h, have got a good chance at
you to night there is no one around, it is
a lonely place, and / am going to kill
you. AT the same time he ran his hand
down the inside of his coat, and drew
out started to run, and he
ran after me; he had bundle under his
arm which he dropped, In running 1
stumbled against a tree, and looking
down saw stone. picked it up, and
hurled it at Temple, triking him on the
side of head. He fell after which start
ted to go and he raised up, and said. "new
is nv tfme," at the same time raising his |
arm. stopped, and when he got ON his
feet tripped him, and as he felfto the
ground l looked down and saw a knife,
lying at his side; STOPPING down picked
it, up, and cut him. ] drew it across his
throat, after i had made two cuts he
raised head up,I put my hand on his fore
head and pushed it downito the ground,
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