Daily Republican., 1878-12-07

them to be placed upon the docket, an
I'm Respect to the memory Of the decrease
adjourned the superior Court until IL
morrow at ter O'Clock.
/ AFTERNOON SESSION.
Court re.assem bled at 3 o'clock.
AdolpIus Brown sworn;-Am dis
tanty related 20 IIa,Iey, have know
him for n or Is years, was forlneri.
connected viii the freight department
of the Delawarr railroad; in Nov. lsG
he came to Delaware and commence,
as brakosman OF a pasrn train an,
afterwards baggage master; he seem
ed to look upon the dark side Of thing,
often consulted me Ar tu'his chance ia
q better position; talked az if he wa
not doing wnil rnought seemed dis
cuuragnd detected and talked as il hj
friends tit nut care enough ior him
haven done anything 'or him, as tim,
passed neti "a this dsinrri0n gr0#In
on him; 7omH times when he cmna o
nae wu.4 put h.nod, tell hm tprau,e
again. iId u1t feel Ike hpa.mg hua a.
q u-.n"st n1s an & -ay Whrlrr-aaI
Paa7Ii#lhae Of temperament Hrre -e
llArE, nG. think Gase witnessed
mataln@ similar n h5a father.
Ep5ratm Einanhoa@e testified. 4Ht
a BaPaslmiuI-}er and aprrmo m4aafH.
tai with Bgoan SOME i2Faus ao.koeu
juH up ~ tn tjun ln fft fer Haiur.
noticed on The oaa h4ud laat hu wa-
particularly Kind aai osHsiag. h1t At
tDr same iIun frIt sad ~ notice thal
Eat he had a malaaeaoIy l9sggrd look
+ where There Is tendency 10 la.
t.g. WAS not aware that This w..
aac.9'v Increased.
oalmu a. iIodsuan. aurn. A..
MASTER merl.amst gh. T.. W. NE..
Z Company. Brown aHau#' 10 ma fur
.n.l1ym'ot IN .If rnlun from HGu~
lid unt give b.4 aupIogmrt. IU ua.
In. 3 ua "as 4 FL L05Ir,tw4 w. na4
ls interview inn njm.h- a-h.d .n u
p job as imm.u ard it t wu@U.t .Js.
.m thai, 5iF.' MIN auytniu- tuJl 2o
.HJ go 10; he was r0.uar ..uauo4rtu1.
ia aH embarrassed conditions iii .af
'.' anything gagtia1lan r.-u,m. hi.
mimi, aamo io contact with u.m lwt Or
hrro lul.- "a week for Iour T. years.
wouldnot say thought hIm b. MAJ
not accountable fer his actions. 10 speak
II plain words | would say than h. waa
Iot a man Of good comman sense whru
le applied to me for a job.
Mrs, Hannah Furry, sworn ;-On the
afternoon of the day of the wrrcking Of
ho train, Harley seemed melancholy,
le washed his feet and asked for some
hing to wipe thom on when the towel
vas lying right by him; went. away
saying good bye that was
something unusual for him.
William Brannan, sWorn:-Liveo on
treet in South Wilmington; saw Brown
n the afternoon Of that day when he
anne ont Of the house walked with him .
Third and Church streets: he said II
IN going up to the city;" said he ex-
'e"ted job; he hasn't told me vet Who .
~ "HH E'lhS w Nhi h lbT OF WllHl ne /
'as going to do. tie looked tlrhtv and .
could get no satisfaction out of him;
e charged from one topic to the other:
= asked if thought he could get a
'b down where worked; | told him
"Iidn't know and that he had better
'me and see: took him to be man
not good sound sense
Cross eXamned:-lIad koown him
ut two weeks; | never could get any
'oi sound sense ont Of what he did
".
William H. Qninn, sworn: was on the
)roner's Inquest at the examination Of
arley Il. Brown the Jury was sworn
the dead house Of the +. W. x B.
}. where the bodies Of the two at that
ne unknown men We're; afterwards at
oil room whore the bodies of the !
glneer and fireman lay; the first saw G
Brown was on Monday afternoon
len he attempted to oshow to the Jury
w he had placed the obstruction on
e track; he could pace from one side b
the track to the other; he looked l.
ggard aud depressed in spirits; he Is
| not look frightened; he made
ttenent to the Jury in this Court
IN alte" the jury came here; he made II
: statement iu a child like manner.
The Court here stated that that kind re
evidence was after the offence had
an committed and was not admissible.
q. Lore quoted authorities that such
Idence was relevalent. The Court :,
al ly decided in favor Of the admis- m
n Of such evidence. a.
'ohn P. Moreland, sworn:-Was on in
inquest; Harley G. Brown was sit st
& in the car looking out the window, m
ing his fingers; when he got out at in
ymont, he picked up the tie, and w
ar handling it he began again to nib oh
at his fingers. | came with him
en- they brought him to New Castle;
looked wild; even while here he
lld bite his fngere and then the e,V
of the hat; thought he acted fool pe m
ly. I'll
ross-examined: Game back with
jury; stopped with Brown at the in la
of Fourth street; there were about ~
euty-five persons about the car;
Legg or some one told me to stand Coz
he door, let no one in as they feared
le body would come in and mob
wn, don't know whether he was ST.
to distinguish right from wrong. at
oseph B. Nickerson, sworn:-Was me
The inquest of the jury, was with wi
m at Claymont; he showed how the tn,