The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-08-28

@ pn Saturday night, August 1an H."
cnpa's -'l Dsli's pear Mariottsville, HowarG
sean'yi was arrested at Henrylon .'a,,l'
s NJ Me baltimore aud Ohio Rnilsa,d ,'''l
falf'o'lsyille, charged with plariag Sr nea'
w upon Tue track Of the Baltimors' AMI IA.
't'i.'loAa' lie was taken to Ellien,t Ci,, III
'n'se committed for the sction III ,he ~ a'.,
ionhly authorities On Tuesday nj Iss ~, 'so,'
=. VI committed 20 Jail here, ma on Tne,Jas
v, nihg No had a hearing before Jnst;co 81
" a, falaler Geo. NJ Pcareo and Ia,ne.
y Sohd appeared Tor tho defence. and Cbas
u S'u ;, Tor The prosecution, iu the absonce or
Il - 1lenningi States attorney. OWING a.
wy '4uiNer OF witnesses and spectators the
Wy vas beard in tho courthouse.
$50 Mnrningslar testified that he ran n
.,oiN engine on the Baltimore & Ohio rail.
, nNl' IN July 81 he was comine cast will n
LEU % t"eaiyeight loaded cars. and inst
"1o't the CHARLOTTESVILLE tunnel discovered
INNING wrong about the engine. and on
'o 10y, oht saw IRE lying He then stepped
~, ~ me bunker and discovered a crosttie.
~ JACK INTO the engine, blew for down
brakes aud reversed the engine. stamina, ii, =
Tram near tho mouth Of the tunnel lis a.
h'u'ned the engine aud found a crosstie wed,,a1
" under tho pilot, and had the tie been 90
,oo' lnriher under il must have thrown tbe
VAN RON The track Tie tic was ono that
ueH heeh used, and was a sound one. Tho
llA'' was running on curve when he discny.
,',l the uei and he thought il could no, have
9eoW long between the time the engine struck
'he We and the ime he observed il.
At,emus Hepp gave evidence regarding tho
,It"1'9n ol Tho railroad, going TO show that
W., 1utnse was committed Ia Carroll county
M'ohael J. Cofcomn testified that be was a
ue'ee.iFo OF the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad
'nu was sent 10 discover who had placed The
9p''Iueilon upon the track He Disguised
himself as a tramp and Left tho cars near Mar.
hv'NVilei and walked to that point. where A
pole raising had taken place that day. Not
.ee'ng ms man there lho had gained snme
information previously about Sehmanl he
walked up the track 10 Henryion. A freight
tram Has passing aud q man and boy were
standing on the platform The man shook
ms u.s. ai The train and swora that be would
put something Ia lrout Of them harder than
a uAn 10 hiL torcuTan sicppcl upon the
platform and asked for a chew Of tobacco,
which the boy gave him lie entered into
conversation With SChman and told him that
h' was op bis way from Wheeling to New
o'h' ~hctg he lived, and had been put oil
'bo twia. SehmAu said he could pul him op
hEAlni and Corc0ran asked how. Schman
A''d hc would put tie ia front Of them.
No'coran asked him it he ever did that, and
Sehmhp said that he had on the last Saturday
night week, or last Saturday in July, that they
bad struck friend OF bis, Billy Boxall, and
Doc wanted revenge. Corcoran had bottle
OF whisky with him, and he aud Sehman
drank several times, the boy having been told
ln 20 home by Sehman. torcoran told Sch.
man That his name was Boyle. and Sshman
sara his namo was Hartman Sehman C0rco-
ran seemed anxious 70 20 10 New York, aud
Scumau asked him 10 20 home and sleep with
nun aud be w0uli get him on the train.
t1tcor4R walked OF With him, and observing
7cbman remove his pistol from his hip to bis
SIDE pocket, pretended 10 be afraid aud said,
90 on would no. NIL a poor tramp, would
yoat lol have drank my whisky and have
4pl twenty ccats; ! will give you all have.
fui, yuur pistol oai and let me sec IT. Sch.
man pated out his pistol when Corcoran
grabbed 80 aud covering Sehman with his
own hnd sehmau'a, told him if he opened bis
mouth be Wou.d blow bis head on. lie took
sehmGn down to the station house on the
railroad where be showed him his detective s
badge, The neNi train Was stopped and Sch.
mon was iAkta to ia, 90 Eilicoti city, and
tq1rriiy brought 10 this city.
t9rcuran was eXamincdby the defense, who
made hlm their witness, hut nothing Of i'm.
F9rauee was brought out. other than what is
stated above, There were fifteen witnesses
sworn, eleven for She prosecution and four
,os tho defense, bat only three were exam.
,ued. Seaman was holA for the action Of the
grand larj Ut the next term OF the Circuit
Court, sn November, and vas committed to
jolt ia default Of 5000 bail