Daily Republican., 1879-04-07

pulled Temples body out Of the car,
risge track.
The strange part Of it is that two
year ago last April on Sunday, this
man Drnby, the individual who per-
formed this deed Of humanity for Tenn
pie, should be on the same day Of the
week in nearly the same day Of the
month, of these subsequent years, killed
upon almost the same spot where lie in
human kindness drew from danger Of
desecration the bleeding form Of his
friend Temple. Almost the first ones
upon the spot after the news Of the
murder had been spread extensively,
was Walter Finn, in company with
one Of the other prisoners. Sergeant
Dolan and juryman Eugene Lynch
were present at the time, and noted
with some interest their actions and
the latter heard Finn exclailn over the
dead body: "Why he looks as much
like William DENLY IS to be DENLY
himself" 1t was shortly after this
that Finn was arrested as being q
principal in the crime.
The prisoners srs all young men,
about twenty and twenty-one years Of
age and sll have parents. Although
never fguring in the police court, they
are known to the officers as parties who
bear the closest watching. About the
time they we're arrested, officer Jones,
III company with several other officers,
proceeded to the farm Of Randolph
Peters, who lives about two miles from
Market street bridge, and arrested the
three young men who were with Dem
by. They were very much praised,
es pecially Alonzo Demby, whs was 50
badly injured that it was with the
greatest difficulty that he could be
brought. This young man had one eye
completely slsssd and the ether badly
damaged, besides sustaining other 81.
rious injuries. Samuel Clark and
Charles Washington were each cut
badly about tho head, injured as If
with some sharp instrument. The ar
rest OF these three was brought about
by the finding Of young Demby's coat
BY the side of his faith or, and the ha. Of
enc Of tho other young men in the
ditch where the old man had been
thrown.
Perry Demby, as the evidence 'of
Randolph Peters goes to show was an
old man who had come to this city from
Smyrna, where his family had been
raised. He was respected and looked
up to by all his fellow workmsn as
sons would to father, and would frem
him take all manner Of just oensure
in tho spirit in which it was given.
After the cultivating season would
close, Perry, who generally saved his
money, would 90 back to smyrna,
where he had one child living and live
through the windower and care for the
education of the boy. His age has not
been learned to certainty but no
is supposed to be over sixty.
THE JURY.
About ten o'clock the coroner having
secured all the witnesses that were
necessary proceeded to the spot. Tho
following gentlemen he summoned as
jurors and being all present were
sworn over The corps as it lay upon the
embankment: Thomas J. Bennett, fore
man; Jordan A. Wilson, William d.
Wiley, John Otto, Theodore Mahoney,
George Mccall, Eugene Lynch, Reece
Pyle, William H. Quinn, John McCaf.
frey, j. S. Traphagan, Frank Pinker-
ton, John D. Pierson, Joseph Lentz,
Samus Smith, f. B. Caulk, and Char
les L. Sparks.
TAKING EvrDENCR.
After viewing the body and examin-
ing closely til. evidences of conflict that
were so indelibly impressed on thu soft
yielding soil at the edge of the ditch,
they decided to adjourn to meet at the
City Hall, and to there hear Whatever
evidence that was to be presented. 1t
was about eleven o'clock before the
Jury got together. The first witness
was Elmer Ridgway, who being sworn,
testified: | was coming to town in a
milk wagon this morning. Saw the
deceased lying in the road on the
causeway; when | came in town
| told an officer who was standing
in front of the hall that there was a
man lying OH the causeway in the mid
die of the road.
James Ridgway, being the next wit
ness testified, that between five and six
o'clock met man at Hare's Corner
road who told me there was man fro
zen to death on the causeway. When
| reached the spot didn't get ou. of
the wagon; sent my brother the pre-
cpding Witness to the hall to inform
the police. The man was in the mid
die of the road with his face towards
Wilmington; the side of it on the
ground his head was lying to tho left
OF the road going this way. | didn't
know who the person was | met at the
IIarss Corner road he was carrying q
picture, and was a white man.
Sergeant John +. Dolan, sworn: This
morning |, with Mr.. Eugene Lynch,
viewed the body; while OH our way
there we met three colored girls. One
of them informed me that her mother
chad heard a number of men lighting,
and heard one of them say: Lets kill
the s-h' and heard another reply:
NO, not here; let's take him up farth-
er.'" went to McManus' saloon and
one of the McManuses told me that they
had put four men out of their saloon on
Saturday night; these men We subse-
quently arrested. On going towards
the bridge Mr.. Walther told me that
he had heard them fighting. There
was colored woman over there who
recognized one Of the men as being
person who attends bar in McManus'
saloon. heard OF the affair through
Mr.. William White, a milk man, at
Front and Shipley streets at half past