The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-10-23
Court Proceedings.


Com. VS.. Frederick Krom. Larceny.
Prosecutor, L. c. q N. Co. Not guilty.
Com. VS.. Joseph Drumbore and Orlando
Kemerer. Assault and battery. Prosecutor,
Peter Bachman. True bill.
Com. VS.. Benz. Walker Fornication and
bssIardy. Prosecutrix, Addie A. Krause.
True bill.
Com. vs.. Gabriel Schinke. Perjury. Pros
secutor, Joseph Otto True bill.
Com. VS.. Thomas Dowdel. Murder True
bill.
Com. VS. Thomas McNeaie. Assault and
battery. Prosecutrix, Margaret McNeale.
No true bill.
The report of the jury on the bridge over
Mud Run in Penn Forest township was ap-
proved.
The report Of the jury on the bridge over
Mud Run, above Francis YundCs saw mill,
was approved.
Com. VS.. Solomon Gerhart and John
Englehart, Supervisors Of Packer township.
Nuisance. True bill.
Com. Va. Edw. Rodgers. Larceny. Prose
cutor, G. j. j. Carter. Not guilty.
ORPHANS COURT.
Resolutions by the members the Carbon
County Bar on the death of Gen. Charles
Albright were ordered to be spread upou the
Minutes.
Reports in the estate Of Daniel Kleckner
aud Wilson Miller. Conhrmea nisl.
Reports IN the estates ul Thomas P. Fish.
er, Richard Jenkins, Susan Leidy, George
reasure, Elias L. Dreisbach, Patrick Nc.
Kenna and Jacob Snyder. Confirmed ab-
snlutely.
The accounts in the following estates were
confirmed nisi Richard Jenkins, Frank
Niece, James Carrgan, john Gace, Thns
Duncan, william Gwillym, P. L. Sebbach
and Catharine Serlinger, deceased.
MURDER TRIAL.
On Thursday afternoon the case Of Thorn
as Dnwdall for the murder Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Ray caine up for trial. The murder was
committed uu the night of the 10th ult.,and
the circumstances are still fresh in the minds
OF our citizens.
Mrs. Ray was an aged woman who lived
alone in a dilapidated hovel ON Upper
Broadway, Mauch Chunk. Her mangied
body was found on the morning OF Sept
l7th with evidence that she had been bru
tally murdered.
1t was known that ThOmas Dowdall was
i'll the habit OF calling upon the ola woman
occasionally, aud on the night of the muir
der he was seen at her house very much
intoxicated by Messrs. f. NJ. Mulhearn,
Alfred uaines, W. II. Kuntz and others,
and shortly after the murder touk place he
wos seen To throw away bloody shirt as
he escaped from the rear of the house,
Marks U blood were also found upon the
clothing he wore when arrested the next
morning and many other circumstances
pointed to him as the guilty man.
The prosecution was conducted by Dis
tlict Attorney L. r. Siewers, assisted by 5.
| lha ,l..Ia Il
ed by John Kline ANA VIM. Nj. Rupshcr,
Esqs
Dowdall is an Irishman about 46 years
old, against whose peaceable character moth
ing has ever been said except that he was II
drinking man. lie was luburer for the
l.. & s. Railroad Company.
The following jury was drawn:
joseph Hunscker, franklin township !
| Richard Williams, Audcurled VIM b.
Kemerer, Franklin township; Patrick Der.
mott, Nesquehonlng; G. Z. Rapp, Parry
vile; Alexander GraVrr, Franklin; San-
MWzer, Muuch Chunk township; Il. f.
I"lord ,Lehghtnn;L. Kuehner, Penn Forest;
John Ash, l.. Towamensng Edwin Stroh.
Towamenslngj Henry Smith, l.. Towa-
menslng.
George VanRunk and Z. II. Hohl saw
Dowdall on the night oi the murder dIsap
| pear IL MIS, ltdN D mouse as lIlOugn lie luil
grne in. They also heard some persons
quarreiug 10 the house.
Messrs. Albert Haines, W. II. Kuntz and
E. NJ. MuIhearn, Esq, had thelf attention
attracted 10y the noise IN the house aud the
door being opened tn their knocking they
! found Thns. Dowdnll there.
! Mrs. Polly llaines, Miss Mary Haines and
Miss Ella Halnrs, heard the quHrrclIug in
and saw Il man come out at the back part Ol
the house aud throw his SHIRT away.
John Shorty aud Joseph Vanhurn fond a
pair ui blood smcared Imnts he had worn the
night before, in Duwdull's house, and VIII
liam Sherry found on the nil back nf Mrs
Rays house a bloody shirt recogui2ed as
DowdalI's.
Dr. B. ) Erwin. who made tho post NOR.
TEN testified that Mrs. Ray died from lh,
effects oi the abuse she had received.
The case was gwen t" the jury on Sntnr
day Hltrrno,m.aId ai,cr II short absence they
retulned Int" court amt rendered verdirl
ol guilty OF murder IN the second degree"