The daily gazette., 1879-04-08
THE VERDICT.
Five Young Men Charged
with the Demby Murder.
KOpp, Flynn, NlOnag h an, Smith
and William Allen the
Guilty Parties.
A SHOT AT THE SOU TIL SIDE
RUM MILLS.

What the Closing Evidence Revealed
The Prisoners Decline to Make any
6tdtement--The Jury Arrives al a
Verdict, Gires a Suggestion to the
Mayor, and AJourns.
On account of the revolving character
of the murder of Perry Demby, COL, on
Saturday night, and the respectable fami-
ly connections of the parties suspected of
the murder, great public interest has
been excited over the affair, and large
crowd assembled around the City Hall
when the jury met again at 7:30 o'clock
last evening.
All the members Of the jury being
present, the examination of witnesses
was promptly commenced, and was con-
Quoted with exactness and detail by
Deputy States Attorn y, II. X. Pening-
ton, Esq. The main facts of the investi-
ton will be found detailed in the evil
dence, which IS given below:
Mary Shafner, sworn Il live in the
house next to Guthrie's carriage factory !;
l heard noise Saturday night, but do
not know what time 1t was. l awoke
and went to the front window; my hus-
band held the window down for some
time, aud asked him to raise 1t, but he
would not as he did not wish TO know
any thing about the fuss; told him to
hoist the window because | was afraid
they had killed a man; he hallooed to
the party making the noise; and they
cursed him told them 10 stop beating
the man, aud then they walked off (;
there seemed to be six or seven in the
crowd; cannot say positively; do not
know what color the Den were the
men that ran up the road seemed to be
the fugitives, and the attacking p,rty
went over toward the bridge, and left a
man all doubled up, in the road then
there was a party OF four or five men
came out of the house next to where
live; ! asked them to pick the man up /;
l asked my husband to go down, but he
would not ) the party picked the man up
and took the IL an toward New Castle !;
cannot say whether the man walked or
not they took him tow ard New Castle /;
think the party that took the man up
was not gone long; heard them when
they came back did not hear them
say any thing. i did not know whether
the same party that took the man up
the road were the ones that came back,
as was in bed one Of the party was in
his shirt sleeves ono of the men that
went toward Pasehall's, wanted TO come
back some one said to one of the at
tacking party, "he will squeal," and the
other said "Smith, you won't go back to
that man any more tonight" did not
| hear auy other name mentioned but
Smith.
The witness was then examined by Ii.
r. Pennington, Esq, and testified as fol-
lows:
The ma ure of the no Sc that awoke me
was fighting; the party was IN the center
| of the road in front of our house the
assailants seemed to be the larger num-
Der; they were beating aud kicking the
man they had down; l saw man down
after the crowd lett; after the fight there
seemed to be six or seven men going
toward the bridge; the party that came
out of McManus' house were the ones that
carried the man up the road.
John l.. Robinson, sworn Live at the
foot of Market rect bridge did not see
any OF the affray; was not at eitaer Of
the saloons saw live or six parties pas
sing on the draw of the bridge; | was on
the bridge; cannot tell who they were
as was about ten or twenty feet from
them knew Geo. Kopp; l think he was
one of the 3arty on the bridge; | do noi
believe know Griffin Smith tThe priso
ners were brought up aud the witness
recognized Kopp as Que of the party Thai
were on the bridge, but could noL sweal
AS to the others.) | was Oh The south side
of the bridge went to within twenty
feet of the party and they seemed to be
wrangling among themselves; they did
not STAY long as officers Whelan and Glib
bons came over and routed them; some
went over the south side, and one pa sed
by the officers 1 went to the bridge house
and staid therr. about ali hour, went to
bed about l O'clock; when l left the
bridge house no one was in charge Of the
Ibridse; Mccormick and Sam Lackey
we're on the bridge while was there;
was not off the bridge after / went dowI
there until | went to bed; heard M
scuflling down the road did not tel
off GER Gibbons that the party that saw
were known as the "board yai d congress-;
l did not give the officer any names.
| Edward Crawford sworn:-Live at thu
corner of Second and West streets; wal
across the bridge on Saturday night
went into Walther's place about l0 ant
came out about 10:45; there were sever
Of us together; met the others at the cor
ner of Second and Orange street; we al
belong to the Fame Active Association
we all Kept together during the evening
bought a keg of beer and went down Il
Clayton's office and drank it; we thei
went to the Green House; staid ther'
about three quarters of an hour; we theI
went over the bridge 10 Walther's; two
or three parties were there at the time
there weIe two or three ladies' In there
the boys were pretty funny; when | lef
there Kopp and Smith were in the bach
room lying on settee; myself and L"o
pard Smith left together; when we wen
ont together 1t was l0:45 o'clock, ana W.
struck for home; left Monaghan, Kopp
Fhup, and Walter Smith in the r2om;w'
came to the railroad and went along :,
Ora.ge street and up Orange to Second
| left Smith and went TO the Fame I'm
!. qine House; have not seen any Oh th'
. parties since, except Leonard smith.
John Kelly sworn Was ever TN
bridge on Saturday night abousy O'Clock
I went to McManus' saloon. The testi
: mony of the witness corroborated tnaI
I.ha rracadinp witnesses, who teStlene'