The daily gazette., 1879-11-15
The LOpitOL Cases
COMING UP At THE NOVEMBER TERN
OF OUR COUNTY COURT.

OF OUR COUNTY COURT.
Our County Court opens the Novem-
beT term on Monday, 18th instant. The
term is not likely to continue so long as
the previous semi-yearly sessions, owing
to the fact that much OF the minor crimi-
nal business was done away with at the
Court of Quarter Sessions, which was
held for the first time III September las.
The capital cases coming up will be
found briefly revised below.
The Rowe murder case will attract
more attention than any other owing 10
the fact that the whole case is Of Da-
ture to excite great local iuteres. Rich
ard IL. Rowe, the victim, was member
Of City Council. He, in company with
Martin Coleman, man who worked
for him, and two negroes, went into
Hugh Dugan's unlicensed saloon at
Fourteenth and Head streets, on Satar-
| day evening, May 81. He and Cole
man were talking, Edward McGaughey
came in in an Intoxicated cond lion.
Dugan aud lie had some words, when
| the former went out in the bar room,
and, getting pistol, returned in a mo-
ment and fired, seemingly at Mceaughy,
but the bullet hit Rowe in the head and
killed him. These were the facts ad
duced before the Coro ner's jury, which
excluded all newspaper men from the
inquest. A week or so after this Ser.
geant of Police, WIN. A. Jones and
Attorney General Pennington started
out to investigate and found half.
brother of Edward McGaughey, wht
swore he was present at the shooting
and that he saw Dugan fire directly al
Rowe, and then aim at McGaughey
who lodged and ran. Stories Of DugaI
being jealous of Rowe and McGaughe!
ON account of his wife, gave strength Il
the belief in this mans tale, aud wrap
ped the case in doubt, which even
trial in colut may not dispel
The case Of The boy-homicide, VIM
Brown, COL, will also excite some inter
est. Brown was IL years of ago, ant
the murder was committed in Jessup'
Lane, over in Brandywine village, ol
The evening Of Saturday, June 9th
Brown was playing base ball with som
negro companions, when lie and Sam
David Batson got into dispute and h
hit the lad with the bat, from the effec:
of " hich he died in au hour or two. Tn
two boys had been engaged in man.
quarrels and the lads in that neighbOr
hood had made a practice of imposing
upon the young murderer.
he case of Harry B. Brannon, charg
ed with rape on the little seven-yea
daughter of James Morris on July 26I b
is really the gravest case coming up, an
it will undoubtedly terminate with
verdict of "guilty" for the accused. Th
horrible circumstances still fresh IN til
minds of our citizens, need not be re
prated here. Brannon was COMMITTEES
to Jail on Oct. 4.
William Allen, alias Jim Good, 70
completely IN the murder of the old negr
Perry DENNY will be tried, and whethe
the new Attorney General will follo'
the precedent established by the late In
cumbent by abandoning the ease, or wi
try it to the end, remains to be seei
Kopp, Finn, Monaghan and Snit
were tried last May, but A lien, escapin
capture, was not arrested until June. ii
was then committed to Jail.
Another rape case in addition to tn
one Brannon will be tried upon will ais
be called. 1t is that of John B. Stewart
the Wilmington baker, charged with a
tempted rape on Ella Conahan, girl ]
years old. 1t is alleged that the attemI
took place May 1lth and Stewart admi
ted the charge at tho hearing befoI
Magistrate ONeil. The girl was d.
mestc IN his tStewart's) house.