The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-05

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the hill i'll sight OF the river We saw several
{ persons i'll boat some distance from shore
7 beckenug to us to come to them: ] with
several others Went ont to where they Were
and found a body in the water feet upward:
turned il over and recognized II as Nichu-
las Nu.lckcr, the missing man. his pants
We're hanging loose ana took hold of them
. to take him ashore when found that he
! was held fast by Some, hing or other; ! then
reached down and got hold of a chain. haul
! ed in on it and broke its hold; when pull
ed II i'll | found an anchor attached 10 1t:
towed the body ashore and examined il:
the chain had been wrapped four times
around the neck; there was also halt-inch
+ grass rope fastened around the neck 10y
moose and drawn tight this WAS about one
half of an ordinary ploW line: his vest WAS
turned over his head; | am not sure wheth-
( er the rope was passed through the arm
. holes of the vest or not; john Futty and
some twenty others We're there: | afterwards
( pointed out the trail made 10y the body to
Mr.. Falls, the surveyor: Mr.. Nu'lckers
body had not changed much when found
except that it had swollen: his head WAS
crushed in and the skull broken; his hair
was sticking full of sand burS; there was Il
cut OH the side of his neck though it had
/ been snagged while being hauled over the
! ground; | afterwards gathered from the
trail a number of corn stalks and other
! things which | marked with my initials:
my house is from 4 half to three-quarterS of
mile from Nplcker'S, ON the North East
road; saw the wagon of .ArrantS pass my
house, on Tuesday morning, between 6 and
! o'clock: ArrantS generally takes the Elk
/ ton road when going to market: thought
that morning that he was going to IanraS-
: ter. as had heard he intended going There.
and observed to some of my fImly that he
was late starting: don't know for certain
whether -\rrantS was in the wagon that
morning or not; did not see him: il was his
team and he usually drove ii: NulckerS
! house is 4 story and a half high, poor
place: there are three or four windows down
stairs: of those III main room one is on the
east and one on the north side: in the shed
! there is one on the south side; from the
window in the shed a person could see from
eighty to Il hundred yards.
/ By tie dettnce. There is also Il shed at
! tached to the house on the side next to the
! stable; the track of the dragged body in
/ llery's lane was mainly i'll the center of
! the roadway.
At this hour, $40 p. NJ, the court ad-
iourned until Tuesday morning. The jury
/ were given in charge Of Il bailiif' and We're
taken tn the Howard House where supper
was served and they Were provided for
for the night.
SECOND DAY,
/ Court met At half past nine o'clock, Judges
/ Wickes and Stump on the bench. Mrs.
-irrants, wife of the prisoner on trial, was
! in court with her two children. She looked
/ pale and distressed. The examination of
! witnesses on part of the state was resumed.
/ The first one called was
! .J0mcS Z. Bdr,oN. who ,lepoSed aS follows:
! Reside i'll ElkiOn: WAS at scene OF Nucker
! murder on Thursday. Sept s: Went with
/ States Attorney and was shown trail by Alb
/ Hylaud aud others, beginning between IL
! fence and rick OF hay: followed it through
orchard to fence, down fence To corn field,
over field To swamp and wood, throug n there
/ to field, over his 10 lane, and down lane to
its end: there is gate at each end OF lane: il
is called Illery lane: the track was in cen
! Ter OF line in some places, i'll others on side of
the carriage way: on the trail in thicket
among the brush found il leaf: others
/ picked up other things: the leaf lr,d spots
on it, OF what | took to be blood: ! also saw
, another leaf and a stick or two marked in
/ same manner; In center OF trail was Il stone
/ on hat stone found human hair: wrap
ped up and marked the hair and delivered
II to the States Attorney: Il piece OF earth
was cut ont and took charge of il and de
llNtlttl IL W 'NldttS ATTORNEY. Oh InlS faTIn
was also marks like blood was III Nu.iclerS
/ house: in he stove saw some matter that
| thought was wOulen substance burned up:
the ciudrr held its original shape: took
charge OF il and pur II i'll Il box: at request
, of States Attorney sawed out Il piece of Il
half rail given me and gave one of the
pieces 10 the sheriff: all IheSe things put
i'll Il box. tied up and delivered the box to
Sheriff for States Attorney; | also wrapped
! up Two shirts and Il pair nf pants: one >hr.
/ was calico the other white muslin OF linen:
found no men : clothing i'll the house; there
are three rooms III the house, two below and
+ one above: there are two windows in the
front room on the side next river road, one
in back room on South side towards the ap-
4 Pile orchard: from the house Il person could
he going over the trail; on the trail
along the fence the ground was overgrown.
Hn III" "cfeH'c. The lower room of the
main huilding vas used :tS Il general room:
( the she'd room as Il bed room; there. is
I window in the LATTER room on the South side:
the trail ran in full view of the house: there
was broken cup i'll the stove: | also pre-.
served piece Of Il gate on which there were
marks like blood.
Herman J,frie$, sworn: | reside in Elk.
: ton: was i'll Elk Neck on jury of inquest,
ON NFicker murder, on sept. I: Went over
the body trail: found seventeen cents in
4
and seven pennies; there We're sand burrS on
! the trail crossing the first field, corn and
/ truck We're growing in field, the corn was
! next the fence; | found on Il grape vine
what took to be blood marks: cut it of
I and marked it.
! .John FNttu, sworn: Reside in Elk Neck,
! near the river; am farmer; | have a small
/ boat, sixteen feet in length. On Monday
/ Sept. }, We Were loading clay upon a vessel:
..,n !
! intervening: was al landing again, Tuesday
morning, about sun rise; one boat was then
. missing: the boys afterwards found il on
/ Wednesday morning, adritI on the river:
I they (ArrantS, Ackers and my boy) went
! after il and brought it in; it was the miss
I ing boat when | saw it first it was Il good
/ distance of: presently Preston Ackers came
running TO and said they had found a
. man III the river, Went with them and 1T
shore opposite met .\b. Hvland and others
| body was brought ashore; examined il d:
! identified it rs Nuicker: the head was bad
! ly mashed in; had on pants and shirt:
rope and cable We're on him. anchor and
! chain shown that is the anchor and chain
| that was on him; the chain was wrapped
! around his neck three or four times: knew
/ Nulckcr we'll; he WIS an ordinary sized
man; would weigh perhaps 100 To 100 lbs:
| Hickman 5 house is the nearest to Nulcker' 5
, nr. that side there is Il heavy wood bttween
| the body was swollen and dark, offensive and
| much scratched; the shoulders We're red and
marked: Mr. Nulcker had no family living
with him; he was seventy years or more of
age; his hair was light, mixed with gray
| By tie dcf"nS". On Monday eve. Sept. j.
il was high water about four 10 tive O'Clock.
cecil Whitaker, sworn Reside in North
East: was on the Norlcker jury of inquest ::
we found piece of rail rail shown that
| Is the rail, this was 4 piece of fence rail
about five feet long and quite heavy when
| | found the rail it had marks like blood up-
! on 1t: other marks We're on the fence: saw
the rope taken from NolckerS neck: lrope
shown looked like that: This was Il piece of
| grass rope about ! 10 ;; inch i'll size the.
body of Noelcker Vas swollen: The shoulder
was bruised: there We're sand burrS in his
| hair.
Preston .lkerS, sworn: Live with Mr.
! Anthony George, on Elk river, in the Neck:
on Tuesday morning. Sept, 9TH, boat was
missing, Went on hunt OF it on Wednesdays
Chas ArrantS and John Futty were with
me; brought the boat in: on way home to
shore saw the body of a man in the water:
could see him: Went within fifteen yards of
| il: told Mr.. Futty: this was about ten
| o'clock: saw Mr.. Hyland and others bring
the body ashore: did not recognize IT,
DR.. Honseherpcr, sworn: Reside in North
East: made an examination of the BODY of
1 Nicholas Noelcker Il chain and rope We're
| around his neck: to the chain was an an
chor: the vest was pulled over the head and
the rope passed through the arm holes:
! the body was swollen and decompoS..,l: there.
were scratches on the back and breast
arms and shoulders and Il cut on his neck !:
the skull was mashed in, extending from
the eye back: the fracture wa, three 10 four
inches by one and allalf inches in Siz.. il