The daily gazette., 1879-05-21

road calling after some colored 1en 70
come back as they were theIf n1snoes
the colOred man had q bund1s yaaf1
wrapped up in paper did mot heer 4im
sneak or groan; we went back 70 ~
saloon, but did not see anybody ON tne
road; the prisoners and Wm.Ailen ~eee
in the saloon when we rot back. il9S44,
Rebecca Deering testified that she ~
at McManus' house on the night q ~
5th of April heard . noise Abode A1H
O'Clock went out and ssw thre9 or 50R
men there did not reg0cnise them =.
these men going towards ta1D Mt1Oey -
saw three cOlorcd men running eoWep
New Castle saw man lying tDfhqeooA
but could not tell whether b w.. W1eo
or black was standing inthe si1o4ol
of the saloon when / saw all thi6 '4S1Ak
McManus, his brother, his brotheT-1osloW
and Thomas Garaghy were IN the lho1o
at the time !; saw them 30 out, help -
man up from the road, and take himso4
towards New Castle they ca1ne bqsk -
about five minutes; afterWard4 ~ ~
prisoners In the saloon, but did mot h1ar
them say anything shout having hAA .
fight with some cOlOred n1onI; W6oq -
McManuses and Thomas Gasaghy weQt
out to the man lying In the road, heafa
Mrs. Scha6ner say TO them, "For G0dP's
sake pick that man up" ."''f'''"'-'s - I"
Thomas Leonard. COL, SWORN :-LiD
over Market street bridge on the wegt
side of the road was at home on the
night of the murder was aroused hyA
noise an of persons fighting ousefde lsid
in bed five or ten minutes, and than went
to the window saw three c0lored men
running along the road, towards New
Castle, with fence palines ntheir handD;
two white men In their shirt slesves, ,canee
running after them, saying, "Oo0e badk,
we are your friends :" these men Gtlpped
when they got little past my house, and
one of them asked me If saw three col
ored men running along the road eaSd
"yes )" the three cOl0rod men seoppoo af
the railroad and commenced cursing,
when the white men started towards
them and they commenced running again;
/ did not see them any more; the Two
white men came back, and met q man
who had Perry DENNY with him; knew
it was Perry by his voice, but I did not
know the other men; the men put fsffy
down by the fence on the other sitle 81
the road, and ono Of them said ~What
have you got about you :" Perry ~,
"You can do what you please, yoQ can
kill me, you can cut my throat, but I'll
stay by you till die" They left aiaele
Perry close TO the fence, and u they
started away, he scrambled 10 his fe6t
and said, "Oh, you needn't, know y0a,
I'll sue every one Of you tomorrow" ths
three men then went towards town ono
of them saying, "You damned - Of .
D." Perry went along the road, and
watched him as far as the railroad tkon
went back to bed. s- ~ w
On cross-examination the witness IT,
ted that the man who asked him II he
saw three colored men running did not
say to him that there was co1dred man
down the road. [NorE-EdWard No
! Manus had testified that he told Thomas
Leonard there was . colored man down
the road in trouble. ''iA'"f,
John e. Smith, COL, who lives next
door to the previous witness, corrobo-
rated his testimony in relation to sooaag
the three colored and two white m0n
running past towards New Castls; saw
the old man Demby coming along the
road with another man, but the other
man did not come as far as my houSe:
the other two men won't back 10 ths
other man; the man with Perry DENNY
stopped at Louisa Berry's house; re-
manned at the window, and heard the
men ask the old man Demby IL he he'd
anything about him; heard the old man
say, "Whatever you're going to do. DO
it now; I'll die, before 1 rum" Perry then
got up and came along the road towards
New Castle, while the other men went
towards 1SnHs ss to! town; as Perry passed my hcuse
know you all, and In have you an o.
morrow morning; you hate to zee .
peaceful man walk the road" Do mot
know the other men, but are positive
Trey were white men. 80.
Edward Anderson, COL, testified that
on the morning of Sunday April 9Th, he
was coming home, about one o'clock
bridge; when he turned into the cstioe-
| way, he met . man, near AcNanus'
| place; did not know the man; he Woa m
his shirt sleeves; he was coming to Warde
me, and then he turned back and voot
| up on the steps Ofthe saloon; there voso
about ten men In the road 10 front Of Nc
| Manus' saloon, fghing; there slso $500
ed to be fighting inside: some Of the nen
outside seemed to have been nut ont.
some Of the party started on soVrris
Wilmington and one Ofthem said "Oome
on, Koppsy, we've licked one black son
of-a-bitch, tonight, and we can Mck
another" cannot recognize any Of the
| crowd.
Mr. Gray objected to the Attorney.0 0en.
eral bringing out this kind Of tsgslmosV.
- 1t WAS entirely irrelevant. the prison.
ers not having been proved to 81 n this
party. while the time alleged wag unofe
than an hour after the mann eyents Verc
proved to have taken place.
The Att3rney-G General ipslsted tb.xis
was proper testimony, - the expreeolen
"Koppsy," connected the prisonera n 4
slight degree with the party, Is ono Of
them was named Kspp. III INA
Mr.. Gray insisted that the vituem had
al, after asking the witness to rcpeat IN
name several times, still mAintn, ~ that
it was "Koppsy." - - -
The Court ruled ont this mart of th.
testimony, as it was danRerons In il ta,.
dency, and the men were 0n friHl S,r
their lives. ,f.,.L - -~ -SA
Witness was then Questioned n to IN.
time this affair occurred in frout a ~
Manus', and ha proved positiyslv. ~ ~
striking Of the bells that Ii WIS ons
o'clock. '' 80 sS-s
Sallie Taylor, sworn =Liyeda n NJ
Walther's on the 9th Of April: Thssrd ::
fuss that night, nor saw any.
Alice Miller was sworn And ..,a ~.
lived at Walther's but did not So ~ h.sr sr
of any fuss or fight ON the nieht az = Mi
9TH; saw Kopp, Smith and Monshsr -
Walther'r that night. - S''-@''r ~
VIM. T. Jones, Sergeant Of porc. ~,