The Cecil Whig., 1881-09-10
THE lSoI ESl.

Justice benjamin, of North East. was
promptly notified, and he Immediately
started with Constable Deford to the scene
of the tragedy. States Attorney CrotherS
was also notified hy telegraph, but from
some delay on the part of those who had
the dispatch and knowing the important
contents of it should have attended to its
delivery, it remained two hours i'll Elkton
before finding him. and a colored man came
up from North East and told him of the
circumstance, and he had engaged his team
before he received the telegram. We make
this mention to show the cause of Mr.. C.'s
late arrival ut the scene. ON his arrival
there with Justice Scott. he found that JUS
tice Ben Ijamin had impanneed Il jury and
was proceeding properly with the inNeSti9a-
tion.
The jury sworn We're: T. T.. Williams,
foreman. II. Clay Hart, Jonathan Groves,
G. y. Whitaker, J. w. Purner, AbSalom
Herman LETTERS, George Steigle, j. Futty,
Richard Curry, Philip Ricards. The only
witnesses examined were Andrew Hickman,
Thomas Crouch and Mrs. ArrantS.
These witnesses only testified as to the
whereabouts of the murdered man on Mon
day afternoon, and Mrs. .trrantS said that
somewhere about o'clock Nolcker came to
the door aud asked her for some milk and
bread, which she gave him and he sat on Il
bench in front of the house to eat and drink
it. She was sick and went to her bed room
and laid down: Il little while after this she
saw him pass the window going toward the
stable, and about fifteen minutes after this
| her husband came TO the house; lie ate sup
per and Went to the harm to feed his stock;
he returned to the house after doing this
and at about halfpast eight went to bed
He got up before daylight and his wife of
! fered to get his breakfast. He told her not
! ID do lS bn did wish tn iSru hnr
and he would get it himself He said he
wishs to make an early start for Whining
| ton with his peaches. This is the last she
! saw of him.
| The jury, after careful deliberation, and
after eXaninin" the body and hearing the
| testimony Of lir. ioUsekeeper, who had
examined the wound, rendered q verdict. as
| follows: THAT on the night Of September
| 9TH, 1881, Al or near his residence, in Cecil
county, &c. ".ichp tGIclter GalGc to his
death by a blow received Iii the front por-
tion of his head, from Il blunt instrument in
| the hands of some person or persons I'M
| known TO the jury and it is further appar-
ent to the Jury that the body of the said
| Nolcker was dragged from his house to the
| Elk River, where he was sunk and anchor
ed, and that on Wednesday, September Ith,
! following the body was found
! The States Attorney has l,ecu indetatig ga
/ to unravei the lpystery, and .Le people of
/ the entire neighuOrhood, who APE much cx-
cited over the terriblG crime, haye been and
are giving HIM every possible aSSlStance i'll
T.. detecting the uernetr:ltGr. Strong SuSn-
clouS circHmSi aiiCoS certainty i0,ut - t>Ii..
Arranrs as the murderer, and while the
chain OF evidence is 50 far purely Circum-
Stantia, yet the chain in its connecting
links is strong, and while wishing To do no
iI,In a \ tn,
dice against him, the facts. rs far rs lcvrl-
! oped, will be given. and the different links
OF evidence gathered on the spot and from
. peOL, ,G II t.. ueirllhQrh0od ara certainly of
interest Il. Cir ta;tGLis alid win ,,e ,,yl,. as
the reporter who accompanied tie stat e.
| Attorney gathered them up and noted them
TROUBLE BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
Arranls has been ut enmity with Nolckel
for some slime Whose fault it was we know
! not, but Il few weeks since he was held tn
bail i:,r bis annearanrc nj court, which
shorty meets, Il! 4li.tei llG ,i.algt aI as
sault'ou Nolckcr', and III the same dine was
required TO give bail to Keep the pence to-
ward him. lie has had frequeit ,Iuarrel~
with him and has said that N0Icker would
! have to leave, rs he should not allow him
in tie house. The latest dispute appears tc
have L..,. ".cLt he Eeat v liCil was in
tic sr3Uiid i!et6re ( rrfniS rHGrHt tiele ;,nd
about division al ih, ptnii,4 ni lie peaches
Arrants returned from his trip TO vii
mington, on Wednesday night, and his
bondslnan, Mr.. Drenueu, advised him to @,
to the Jail with him and to await the return
of the Sheriff. which he did. His team wa>
left at Prices Hotel, and in the wagon was
:ctnI . sh.irt marked with spots Of blood
v hi,C Ws.ivir9 loi III, .,ie.Ih Lo u,u l.ot
Know th!.t 'ha- vias :.ccrse,i o-f Ii ursiei and
he talked Nth any one yihG diiS: ry1 Kim