The daily gazette., 1877-05-12
n FIRST EDITION..
THE COUNTY COURT.
THE RHODES MURDER TR1A1,

| iDhNch ALL IN-DEPUry ArroR.
AN'Af'ehNEhAL ROBINSON OPENS FOR
| THE STATE. 0
~ NEW CASTLE, May II, 1877.
1,,aa Hourt met at 10 o'clock this morning
tbe uaSes Sesoh Thomegys, Houston and Wales on 81
State VS.. John Rhodes. col for +,o
tinued: P'o' COL, con-
reter Blake testified to having a con-
VersaIon with Rhodes in a cell at tho
oity Hail, after the latter was arrestad.
loid the prisoner that if he had done n q
ueeo IN self-defeDse he had better nro. S,n.
cure a lawyer. 'o' pio-
Here the State desired to hand To wit
ness statement previously made by him
oelore the Cororer's jury ia order To re-
iresh MS memory, but Mr.. Bird, for the
sustained by the Court. was
Resuming his testimony. Blal.e ra,o+od
The Interview between himself and
hhodes, during which the latter confess
9u 10 killing Temple, but said he had
done 1t in self-defense.
Joshua Nj. Clayton testified to finding
the knife with which the deed was co,p'
m'tted, in ditch by the roadside, the
morning after the murder.
Pohce officer Wn Jones, ,sworn-Went
10 the scene or the murder between six
ana seven O'Clock the next (Sundavl
morning; look to the west side of the
ROAD ana saw tracks a. though man had
Jumped over; measured the tracks with a
rule; followed the tracks to the ditch
where 1t looked as though the man who
made the tracks had jumped in; when 7
went down to Rhodes house, found
some OF his clothes hid away, quite wet:
afterwards went out with Rhodes, Shoes
actly. '"'A' ca
Peter j. Babcock, who acted AZ clerk
TO the Coroner's jury, testified that
hhodes made a statement at the inquest
In winch he admitted killing Temple, but
sald that he did It in self.defense.
Thomas Demby testified to hearing
Rhodes make threats against Temple'
previous to the murder; heard him once
say, as Temple passed by, "that is d-n
son-of-a b-h, If / had my way would
kill him"
P.J. Babcock, being recalled, testif fled
to going out to Duckery's house, with
the Coroner and Deputy Coroner, and
hnding there watch and pistol, which
Lucinda Duckery and her father said be-
iOngeu 20 temple.
Sergeant Whelan, of the Wilmington
police, bestif I'd that two or three weeks
before the murder, Temple came to the
police station and wanted warrant for
a man who had tssaulted him; witness
thought that the man Temple then ac-
cused of making the assault was Rhodes.
The State here rested their case and
Mr. Bird opened for the defense, in a
brief address to the jury.
The first witness was Emma Hopkins,
who swore that on Monday, before the
18th of April, Rhodes and Temple had a
quarrel in her house, and that Temple
snapped pistol at Rhodes and threaten
ed to kill him; Temple also said to
Rhodes, "mind, you have me to watch,
now" Temple started the frss.
Margaret Ellis, sworn:-On the Mon
lay before the murder Temple came to
my room and asked me if l had seen
Rhodes: said no; he SAID "Rhodes is
always around Lucy Duckery, and l am
going to put his light OUT" Temple pull
ed out pistol ano said, ''this is my big
log; he never goes back on me-" once
Jaw Temple, with razor in his hand,
chasing Rhodes along the street, ,inHedge-
vile.
Court hara tn0k a rooaSs unt;1 q oJoIooI,