The daily gazette., 1878-12-07
OUR COUNTY COURT


,ngs OF Court subsequent to those pub !
iished yesterday are as follows:
MIS- Louisa Earnest testified that he
was boarding with her at the time Of the
accident he was confined to his bed
from the effects.
olias =. Brown sworn: Am brother
OF the prisoner live in West Gorham,
Me. On the 22d of last June we were
cutting trees together, and while doing
TINS the branch OF a tree fell upon him,
Knocking him senseless shortly after
this blood oozed from his right ear he
was senseless ten or fifteen minutes
Alter that he became very melancholy
and remained so until he left Maine
he went back TO Delaware. In the first
part of June, the prisoner, his father,
and myself were farming in partnership.
In February fast he and | were cutting
wood, when | noticed him standing in a
peculiar way; and sometime afterward,
when narrowing, he sat down with his
head resting upon his hand he said his
head felt bad.
AT one O'Clock the Court took recess
until three. During the dinner hour the
Court remained in session to act on the
resolutions to the memory of Samuel NJ.
Harrington. The resolutions were of
fered by Mr.. Patterson and were the
same as those presented at the session of
the United States Court. They were
seconded by Levi Bird, Esq, with appro-
pirate remarks. The Court then ordered
them to be placed upon the docket, and
in respect to the deceased adjourned the
Superior Court until tomorrow at 10
o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Court re-assembled at o'clock. Adol-
phus Brown sworn Am distantly rela-
ted to Harley have known him fourteen
or fifteen years; was formerly connected
with the freight department Of the Della
ware railroad in November, 1864, he
came to Delaware and commenced as a
brakeman on freight train after that
he became a brakeman on passenger
train, and afterwards as baggage-master
he seemed to look upon the dark side of
things often consulted me as to his
chances for better position talked as
if he was not doing well enough; seemed
discouraged and detected and talked as
if his friends did not care enough for him
to do anything for him. As time passed
| noticed this detection growing on him
some times when he came to me | would
put him off; would tell him to come
again ; did not feel like treating him as
business man can't say whether such
peculiarities of temperament were heredi-
tary, but think l have witnessed some
thing similar In his father.
Ephraim Rittenhouse testf fed: ! am
Baptist minister, residing at State Road
Sfatinn. haparna t.,I xuith IN
some II years ago; knew him up to the
time he left for Maine; noticed on the
one hand he was particularly kind and
obliging, but at the same time felt sad to
notice that he had melancholy haggard
look, like where there Is tendency to
insanity; | was not aware that this mel
ancholia increased.
Stllman A. Hodgman sworn: Am
master achinist of the =. w. & B. II.
Il. Co.; Brown applied to me for employ
ment on his return from Maine did not
give him employment; did not think he
was as fit objected toy; 1 had an inter-
view with him; he asked me for a job as
fireman, and if / couldn't give him that
give him anything We had to do; he was
rather down-hearted in an embarrassed
condition; did not see anything particu-
lar regarding his mind; came in contact
with him two or three times week for
10 or 12 years; ! would not say l thought
him man not accountable for his ac- |
tions; to speak in plain words l would
say that he was not man OF good COM |
mon sense when he applied to me for |
job.
Mr.. Hammond Furry sworn: On the |
afternoon of the day of the wrecking |
Harley seemed melancholy; he washed |
his feet and asked for something to wipe |
them on, when the towel was lying right |
by him; went away without saying good |
bye" that was something unusual for |
him.
William Brannon sworn Live on A |
street, South Wilmington; saw Brown on 1
the afternoon of that day when he came |
out of the house; walked with him TO |
Third and Church rtreets; he said, 81 am
going up TO the city" SAID he expected |
lob; he hasn't told me yet who he expect
ed to work for, or what he was going to |
do; he looked tiighty and 1 could get no |
satisfaction ont of him; he changed from
one topic to the other; he asked me If |
thought he could get n job down where
worked: told HIM l didn't knew, and |
that he had better come and see; L took
him to be a man of good sound sense.
Cross.examined Had known him |
about two weeks 1 never could get any |
good sound sense out of what he did |
say. w.
the Coroner's inquest at the examination
of Harley e. Brown; the jury was sworn |
at the dead house of the p. w. & b. Co., |
where the bodies of the two, at that time |
mix nown men were after in the oil room |
where the bodies of the engineer and
fireman lay the first l saw of Brown |
was ON Monday afternoon when he at.
tempted to show to thejury how he had |
placed the obstruction on the track he |
paced from one side, of the track
to the other !; he looked haggard and de-
pressed in spirits he made statemeN
to the iury in this court room after the |
iury came here; he made his statement IN
a child like manner.
The court here stated that that Hnu OF
evidence was after the offence had peen
committed and not admissible Mr. Lore
ouoted authorities that such eylaence
was relevant. The court finally DECIDED
IN favor of the admission ofsuch evidence
.Iohn S. Morelaud, sworn; was on the
inouest; Harley G. Brown was sltnng IN
tha thaa ueS'ii car looking out the window, biting
his fingers; when he got out at Claymont
he picked up the tie and aIter nanunng
if if ne began again to nibble at his fingers
Cross.examined: Came back with the
;rrv. stonped with Brown at the loot OF
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