The daily gazette., 1879-04-07

BODY of James Temple, who was killed
by John Rhodes, was found on Sunday
morning, April 22d, 1877. Another Gu
rious part Is that on the night Of Temples
murder, Demby, while going home, saw
the body lying IN the middle Of the road,
and supposing it TO be drunken man
drew it to one side, so as To remove 1t
from the path of passing teams.
WHO THE SUPPOSED MURDERERs ARE.
Finn, Kopp, Monaghan and Smith, the
four parties who are held on suspicion of
causing the death of Perry Demby, are
all young men between the ages of 1S
and 20 years. Finn and Kopp drive coal
wagons for Frank d. Clayton, Monaghan
drives funeral carriaghes for the various
livery stables, ar. Smith works at paint
ing.
THE INQUEST.
About 1890 O'Clock the Coroner's jury
assembled in the City Hat, aud pro-
ceeded to hold an inquest. The follow
ing gentlemen composed the jury:
Daniel Smith, E. B. Coult, Chas. E.
Sparks, j. A. Wilson, VIM. B. Wiley,
John Otto, Theo. Mahoney, George Nc
Call, Eugene X. Lynch, Reece Pyle,
Thos. J. Bennett, Vim. II. Quinn, John
McCafirev, j. S. Traphagen, Frank Pin
kerton, Johu d. Pierson and Joseph
Lentz. Thos. j. Bennett was made fore
man and Eugene X. Lynch Secretary.
The minor details of the affair, and
the facts on which the suspicious are
based, will be found in the evidence of
the various witnesses, which is fully
given herewith
Elmer Ridgeway Coming to town
this morning, saw aman lying 10 the road
between $50 and @ o'clock; when we
got to town told an officer in front of the
hall the man was lying near the middle
of the road, on one side of his face, his
feet toward to the right hand ditch; did
not get out of the wagon; just before we
got to the body we met man coming
towards us with bundle and large pic
ture frame hi told lis that man was
lying dead in the road.
James Ridgeway, sworn:-As l was
coming to town this morning, met man
at Hare's Corner, who told me that a
man was lying in the road frozen to death;
but did not get out of the wagon, but told
brother when we got to town to go to the
hall and inform the policemen; the body
was lying in the middle of the road, the
head lying toward Wilmington did not
know the white man that we met.
Sergeant Dolan, sworn This MORN
ing after l was over viewing the body, land
when coming in town, with MIR. Eugene
Lynch, colored girl Informed me that
her mother heard II party quarrelling
and one said slet us kill the s-of a b.,
another spoke ap and said, "do not let US
do it here but take him further up;" /
then went to McManus' saloon and they
told me that they had put four parties
out about IL o'clock, and Emile Walther
also told me that he heard them quarrel
ing with the colored men. The colored
woman said she thought one of the par
ties tended bar for McManus; when we
found the body it was lying about the
middle of the road; saw the foot prints
in the ditch; saw foot prints from the
ditch to where it was lying; from the
marks on the bank of the ditch it looked
as though some one had dragged himself
up.
Sergeant Jones, sworn This morning
after the O'Clock report, boy met Off
Ger Dinsmore and told him that a man
was lying over on the road dead or drunk ;
Dinsmore and went over and found that
the man was dead; it looked as though
there had been apretty hard scutfie; could
not see any fair foot prints, noticed the
ditch looked as though some one had
been in there; Mr.. Dinsmore found a
piece of tobacco; he gave it to me and
laid it on the mans head; myself,
Dinsmore, J. W. Carey and Neil Glib
bon's went out to Randolph Peters farm
and brought In Alonzo Demby, Chas.
Washington, Samuel Clark, all colored ;
DENNY is son of the deceased DENNY
ma lie statement; he told me that about
1l:30 last night going out of town they
| were attacked by four white men near
Market Street bridge; they stood and
fought with them until they got too hard
for them, and then started to run; they
came out from the sidewalk, and one said
"haloo old man Demby," and: hen they
commenced fighting the white men were
standing in front of Walters saloon the
last that he saw of his father they had
him down and then he started and run
the colored men were slightly under the
influence of liquor; l found coat lying
near the body which was identified by
the son as his coat, the hat | took out OF
the mud belongs to the old man the son
said he wore the coat into town last night,
aud his father bought new coat for him.
Officer Brickle, sworn While going
down town this morning about q O'Clock
was told a man was dead over the bridge;
started and then came hack received in
formation that led us to arrest the four
men; when l was bringing Finn he
asked me how I knew he did it, and !
told him that was arresting him on sus-
picion.
Hattie Berry, COL, sworn Il saw some
men standing in front of our door and
four men in their shirt sleeves; live over
Market street bridge left hand side; they
were telling man to get up, and he
colld hardly speak, one said "don't let's
kill him here but take him further up; y
when saw the fuss l was up 81 airs look
ing out the window; it was moonlight
aud 1 could tell that they were white; l
could recognize one ofthem it was quar-.
ter of l2 o'clock what first attracted my
attention was the men running up the
street like parcel of horses; the one
could recognize was standing in front Of
McManus' door in his shirt sleeves. (Flinn
and Kopp were brought in but the wit.
ness did not reco.nize either of them
Then on motion of Mr.. Quinn the two
McManuses were brought before the wit
ness Edward McManus was recognized
as the man standing in front of the house
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