Daily Republican., 1878-12-04
ssUh COUNTyCOUK

Hariey.G. ErOwa Arraix"ed f"'
Capital Cr,mcs An Inhexibi
Jury.
Gore 3pondence OF the REPUBLICAN,,
New CASTLE, Dec. 3D.
Court assembled this morning at |
O'Clock. Judges Comegys, Houston
Wootten and Wales ON the bench.
This being the commencement of tn
court OF Oyer and Terminer, there wa
marked increase in attendance.
The Grand Jury Were called and re
tirra to their chamber
Mrs. Amelia Dodson, William New
eou,be and PULP Vincent, we're al
raighed under an indictment of an as
sault with inten, to kin James Jones
oolored.
Mrs. Dodsoii was dressed in black
with no article oi ad"rnheht upon he
person. She and the boys all appeared
perfectly possessed and answered mo
guilty" in firm and clear tones. ,'has
Is. Lore and George Gray APPEARED tol
the defence; John b. Pennington, At
toraey General will conduct th, trlal
on the part OF the state.
Geo. Draper, co!., was next arralgned
for the murder of John Wilson at Mid.
dletown on the 22ud OF September. He
appeared to be about twenty-five years
of ase, and OF rather an intelligent ex.
preston OF countenance. He came ou,
neatly dressed and appeared but littl.
agitated.
Brought cut with Draper was VIM
Harris, COL, for the murder of Isaa,
Hopk ms, col, on December 10Th, 1877.
He is OF dwarti>h figure, repulslve ap-
pearance, and about tour feet in neigh
In reply TO the question Of guilty OF
not guilty II they botn returned neg
alive answer.
Henry G. Conrad was appointed by
the Court as Draper's counsel, and BEN
Jamin c. Nields was appointed To rep.
resent William Harris.
Harley II. Brown was next called.
At eleven o'clock he was brought
from his confinement in charge OF the
tipstaves. From his appearance i'll the
dock it was clearly manifest that his
incarceration had told ieartully upon
his constitution. During the period OF
his confinement his mental anxiety had
bren,great and because of this his coun
tenauce plainly gave violence OF the
intensity OF that agony. His face was
IA al Itt Ia Ia,
dressed in back suit the same IN
which he was clothed when he was
confined in the cells in Wilmington,
In his spotita> shirt front he wore
several gold studs. He also wore col
lar and black tie, and his general ap-
pearance was such as to elicit the ut
most sympathy from all.
Whlle the indictment was being read
Ar listened attentlvely, and when CUES
toned as to his suilt he quietly hui
firmly replied mot guilty"
GLOW will you be tried'" asked the
clerk
By God and my country" he al
swered in the same tone.
The indictment charges him with
"unIawtully and maLlcionsly" placing
= cross tie upon the rack OF the =. ".
x -. X. X. company on the 29th o.
June last, whereby tram was thrown
from the track and the engineer George
Bales was killed.
VIM. Hou-h, Christian Krangh and
y, Babes Jr. Were also killed but their
names were not specified in tn. indict
nlent.
Che 3. b. Lore will appear a, coun.pi
for B'"wn. ia" trial has been Set 10!
Thur ,ay next, and the witnesses IN t.r
case "-re discharged until that day.
The "ltneSs". in the DraprI and Harris
murd Gases were discharged until TO-
morrow morning, when i'll all probabrl.
lty on of the cases vii! Dr taken up
tOl trial.
No day has been fixed Tor the 'lial Of
Mrs. Dodson and "the Hoys,' but the
COUNSEL for the def nee stated that tLy
would without dOub. be rpaIt for tn.
court IN the early part OF next week.
The capital crimes having been d.,
posed OF for the present, n the absence
OF other business, the court took Ilp tn
civil list
A jury wa sworn III the inqu>itiop
case OF Nathaniel Tomllson against
Bowers, Dure X Co... to establish the
amount claimed by the plaintin al
S3o1.}6 Including interest The amount
had been obtained by the dDf4nuqnt.
AID this action OF the plaintitt Is one Of
l"plrvln
! he jury in tn" noughnrty will case
came down a; l2.25 p. H.. after being
o4' "A hours. with til" report that tupy
could not -r1e. They were then dis-
until to morrow at IT. o'clock.