Daily Republican., 1881-10-05
FOURTH EDITION.
TIE o. y. DISTRICT TCOURl.
Tho case Of walter Burroaghs
ntlll ON trlaI-rhe defence open
their side Of tho ease.

Court opened at the usual hour thi,
morning and continued the care 0
Walter Burroughs.
Thomas +. Rooney swoin--live II
Chester at present, but lived in South
Wilmington, in the second ward, q
the time OF the election.
l was present at the polls on election
day, but did not hear the conversation
between Burroughs and the unknown
l know William Hill, saw him a. th.
polls between the hours Of II and 9 il,
the morning. Where was Hill wher
you saw him?" asked MIR. Patterson
but Mr. Lore objected, and urged thai
the counsel had no right to ask any
thing about him AZ he had not beel
brought into the sase. The court how
ever decided that 1t was a proper ques
tion. The witness resumed-I saw mir
standing on the corner near the p rolls
talking to several persons. believe
him to live in the Eighth Ward; l did
no; see him attempt To vote; the las
place | saw him was on the corner.
Heut to the Holly Tree Inn, and wber
came back Burroughs " as arrested
Cross-examiuei by MIR Lore--I d,
not know if Hill is still in this city: ht
told me a month before the election
that he lived in the Eighth ward.
Redirect-Ho told me that liz came
here in a boat, and was going TO work
Tor Jackson Il Sharp; saw him once
or twice previous to the election, but
have not seen him since. "Do you
think that you could identify the man
if you saw him" ." II could"
Mr.. Lore produced man answering
the description given by the witness
of the man Hill. ana asked him, "is
this the man "' "No SIR" answered
the witness. Mr. Lore asked him a
few more questions and developed the
fact that he had been u deputy mar.
shal on that day. When Mr.. Lore had
tnlshed with The witness, Mr.. Higgins
suggested chat the witness remain on
the stand until the defense trut oul som.
body else 70 be Identified.
Edward Fietc her swurn--Dn the md
OF last November resided in South
Wilmington; wa, at the polls on elcc.
ton day and saw Burroughs and Hi
engaged in conversations; | first saw
HUI in the Eighth Ward aDont twc
weeks before the election; did not sce
him again until the day of the election.
Cross-eAanin ed Saw him in the
Eighth ward, he had man with him,
| did not look particularly at him, had
no previous acquaintance with him,
heard he man that was with him call
HIM by name. When | saw him on
election day Walter Burroughs was
taking with him. wasa deputy mar.
shal on election day. | have never seen
Hill since election day. Joseph l..
Carpenter sworL--I was % collector of
County Taxes in 1880. | have the name
of William Hill III the Eighth ward, he
Is property holder.
Mr.. Lore objected to receiving any
more evidence regarding William Hin,
as the prosecution h - failed to connect
hlm with the case.
The Cour. decided, that as the de-
fence hal endeavorei to show that
tilere was no such man as William
Hill. the prosecution had perfect right
To show that there was such man.
The examination of the witness was
resumed. The William Hill that have
On n.S books is a property holder and
resided at No, Ill last Sixth street,
dont snow Of any other William Hill.
Wi liam Heal sworn-l was at the
election held on the Ind of November
last. at Second and Walnut streets. |
was ~ the window rs a challenger.
CrusS--eXamihed by Mr.. Sharpley for
the detelce--the election was held at
tI al ~ Df xrI ~
knowl as the FELTON, House. DO not
know of the part Of the buliding where
the election was held being used as "a
private residence.
Duunis Gallagher recalled-The cleo
tion was not held ia the place where
appointed, as there was a child laying
dad in the hotel portion Of the house:
when MIR. Fsldheimer informed me OF
the death in his family, | saw Mr. Gray
and made arrangements 10 ho.d the
election there. 1t was all in the same
building and have always known it
as "a part OF the FELTON, House.
tn eros lex animation by Mr.. Sharp
ley t Ell to pring out any new facts.
William Feldleiner worn-I reside
at Sec nd and Walnut streets in this
city, own the property: it is known
as the FELTON, House think the pro-
perty is the same siZe now as it was
when bought it. The part occupied
by Thomas Grey on Walnut street, is u
p .rt Of the Felton, House, and was used
as such anti! the 10Th day of March 18.
II, when rented il to him. He is my
tenant and own the whole building
(deed produced. } | identity that deed as
Que | receive. frt nj Mr.. Stidham when
l bought the property. know very
littleanOut the election as had child
laying dead III my house at the time.
The Uni ed States rested then case,
and Mr.. Turner opened for the defence,
and addressed the jIry reciting the
counts of the indictment and what had
been testified to by the witnesses for
the prosecution He then stated that
he expected to bring witnesses to dis
prove all that had been said.
CharleS II. e. Bedford sworn: Was
a collector Of counly taxes in 1880.
There was Il tax paid for William Hill
IN the Second ward Don't know Hill;
don't know who paid his tax; great
many taxes are paid for people | don {
KNOW.
VIM. III. Porter sworn: | live in
South Wilmington; was at the Second
ward polls on election day; | saw Bnr-
roughs aud stood and talked to him for
sometime; Burroughs said to me Emer-
son will arrest me to-day If he gets the
chance Objected to by Mr.. Higgins.
Mr.. Burroughs and were standing
together tor an hour and half, previ.
GUS to his arrest, and nothing was said
about voting; he left me and | started
across lie street when Emerson arrested
him. N"tbing was said by either Of
us abou' voting; he could not have said
auy thing to any one without me hear
ing it; Emerson and GLASGOW were not
within ,ix feet Of NJ while we were
taking; lid not see Emerson when he
arrested him, | saw him afLerward.
Cross examined by Mr.. Patterson. l
have lived in this city about three
wears; have known Walter Burroug 's
for two years; was not a voter; | was
at the polls as a deputy sheriff; was
talking with Burroughs from abOuh