The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-05

Mr.. Law :, two miles OF; had my machine;
Mr.. lItchCuck and another man were with
me: we Slept at the hay stack; saw Arrants
. in the morning i'll Il covered wagon with TWO
horses: asked him where Mr. Noelcker was
said he did not know had not seen him hut
that his wife had >err him the evening he
fore; -Arrants gave Us a drink of whisky:
this was about an hour after sun rise
By the defense. Have threshed for Mr..
ArrantS; he looked that morning like a
man who had had Il good nights rest he
was calm and composed.
T2o%. HtcAcoch. sworn: Reside five miles
below North East; was with Mr.. Harris at
NoelckerS on Monday night, Sept. 9TH saw
Mr.. .ArramtS next morning: Mr. Harris ask
ed where Norlcker was; lie answered he did
not know, had not seen him, but his wife
had heeTening previous; he gave us adrink
of whisky: irrants did not drink he was
snber: could see the stables from the stack
where our machine stood.
BH Hc dtten$". Mr.. .ArrantS looked like =
man who had had Il good nights resi-
ThaS. e. CRITTERS state -tH0racy, sworn:
The article delivered to me by Mr.. Hyland
was Il corn stalk with blood marks upon it,
this placed in Il box with other articles; II
piece of grape vine | marked II. j. also Il
bunch of hair from Mr. Barroll; these
also put in he box: the piece of earth | cut
was also put III this box: piece from the
club or rail | also pm with these: all We're
delivered TO DIR. Jos. G.. Richardson, of
Philadelphia: also the broken cup; they
We're given To him for analysis; the shirt
&c. ! did not have in my possession:
| think there was piece from the gate de-
livered to DR., Richardson by the Sheriff.
PrcJ. .JoSc,h Il. Rich0iTiSoa, sworn: ! re
side in lhiadclphia at 1885, Chestnut street;
am Il teacher of microscopy: have made it i
~ tnr vI.lr m IA "a Ia.
lShed works ON the subject: my discovery
i'll relation To the discrimination OF human
blood corpuscleS from thuS,. of animal blood
by microscopic power is mentioned in the
report OF the Centennial Medical Con-
grcSS i'll 1876 as one of the two important
discoveries in this connection made during
the past century. The Professor who is of
world wide reputation in this department
of science, gave Il Very interesting eXplana
( tion of the process of distinguishing be-
tween the blood of various animals, for the
jury benefit. | have received from States
Attorney the following articles having
blood stains: Il white and Il figured shirt, Il
triangular board, piece of earth, Il corn
stalk, several leaves, chip from Il fence
, rail- Nc: on the white shirt the blood was
Sleeps blood; on the figured shirt and pan
tIloouS the blood stains We're too faint for
, microscopic examination: on til" part of Il
fence rail the spots We're not the blood of
any OF our common animals. but cores
pond to human blood; on the clud of
earth the spots correspuud-d to human
, blood: ON the piece of stick the blood cor
responds to human blood; on the corn
stalk the spots correspond TO human
blood; the hair appeared To he human hair:
the leaves did not show satisfactorily the
presence of human blood; the charred re-
mains under The microscope proved to have
been Il cotton fabric: the chip of rail show
e,i satisfactorily the presence of blood cor
responding to human blood: blood stains
! exposed To moisture and then dried become
indi>tinguishable; the corpuScleS are de
/ Stroytd and the fibre becomes a homogeneous
mass: the corpusces of human blood vary
slightly.
By Mc detencc. The blood corpuScles in
the same persons differ in size: some may
be double the size OF others. | will not say
positively that any of the spots were human
blood. ThoSt the piece of rail, on the
! c.od Of earth and on the piece OF stick We're
not the blood of any domestic animal used
as food, nor of any bird or fish, but cores
ponded to human blood.
7hoH0S B,VSoa, swnrn: Reside in Elk
Neck: know VIM. j. .irrantS; saw him at
Georges store, Monday, Sept. 9Th: asked
HIM if he WAS going To Wilmington: he
said he going there next morning. |
said ! was going 10 start early. He said he
wanted IL get of early, too. left about 1
in the morning. ArrantS overlook me a
mile this side of Hare'S Corner. Went on
to W iliHihgtoh t"GeiIitr anu lett there TO-
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passed his house ON Tuesday morning; We
. had no agreement To go together.
EH III" "c't"r' he SHIRT ArrIntS took
on WAS muslin one; 1t had some spots OF
blood on 1t. Both stopped III Elkton ON
WAY back on W ednt>ta\ evening. l Gld
not notice anything strange iii his appear
:tnce on Tuesday llurning. He told me he
had 70 20 10y way of North East Us he had
no lock on his wagon Samuel Harris was
present 1T GeorS' store when We were
talking.
HNoD .UiaJU, sworn; Resided in Elktou
during Spptembrr last Went 10 The scene
of the. murder SAW ON the trail hair sun
4 po.ed to be human hair. and stains unnu
leaves and on a rail which | Supposed to b,.
blood. \ horse could not pass over the
trail without leaving certain evidence OF IT.
! saw no horse tracks Got Il shirt and pair
of uautS from the house of Mr. Groves
Mrs Arraut's father: went there in com
pany with the Sheriff with Il search war
rant
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lime wa, there. Pants shown him |
can't swear that these are Mr.. Arrants
pants.
n.,,,. ,r.. shawn i,t.r nI,;,.h .h,. ;l.ntit.I
I a. RI. cl,,b;n,r ,f' \y,n / ,rr,u,s
/ Milton W"Hdn, recalled: The pants and
! shirt shown the preceding witness are the
! articles | got from the clothes line ut the
4 house Of Mr.. Groves. Heard of them being
there by questioning Mrs. ArrautS. Search
! WAS made for male clothing ut ArrantS'
/ house ON Friday after the murder, but none
! was fon3d, at least no shirts OF pants. |
! Went TO the JAIL with Mr.. trotherS. Mr..
ArrantS was stripped. | saw on his shoul
| der an abrasion of the skin. Arrants said
a bug had bitten him. There were three
! distinct atrasl"nS; these We're on his right
/ shoulder and presented the appearance of
/ hll>terS. lie sad he was bitten by the bug
/ i'll Wilmington. DR.. lamar atterward eN-
/ amined him. saw at that time scratches
,,,,na ,.orts ranI;a,; nv, .cr,,rhinc h,;t
! ;m ;iIrstr,,;n,, i, ba scr,t,had nm and I,,.,,
/ ,,.L;i.. th, ,u,,.i,s ran ,rnund tl,.. Ien
GutLr E,Irur, Ths nrisnncr iii not ra-
! r,,.., .,,i,, h;,,,..lf ia II II ,,;li;rrl,
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/ The hour of three having arrived the
! ,,urt ,l jnurnp1 mill six n'rinrk
!
'"'r' re'N>e'i"eu Ill " ci"'h +. NJ ana
/ proceeded with the case OF State IS. W IN.
! j. ArrantS The first witness WAS
fbo,.,ox TUc,,y who Janosed ,s f,lIows. I
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| Arr,n,s, hnns,.. l,nn,,. I'm. b.,. haa,, tn
! hi. ho,sn ,hnut Ibra,. ti,n..s. w.,s Inst thar.
| ON sunday ,tt4rnoou fnnr or ~. weeks ha-
! fore the murder. my wifi. and Arr,ntS had
| some conversation: She asked him how he
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