The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-04-04

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= ne eo"- 80. Ia, .iope bed the gate for him
just the evening before ieN - -"
sions Dolkey said he gent -, - -. 80
asked the cause of her ieah' N w 49,.
stated sit might have d ed HOv leieui'aiy near
disease :" DR.. Alleman respOr'eu He '""' H inc
doctor had only looked al inc Gu u i"1e anu Sd"
blue marks about the ears above 'ne llsnt eye, my
wife and Mrs. Gebenslcl2en VIC " D"iAe9 oii
Tuesday to see the corpse the te's hesi'ateu W
show it. but finally consented " Dody was lying
in the garnet, covered with hoF Se-Dlahket even
with her familiar acquaintance W Flh the chllu' she
scarcely recognized the remains Decause OF bruises
and discoloration.
Daniel S. Hamm sworn known DoIKey very
well; live about miles f rom mum; saw Minnie
once or twice; while at Dolkeys ON one occasion
heard the step mother talke very severely to the
child; told the father then that believed he was
mistreating the child; he said mo- we must whip
her fearfully nearly every day because she don't
listen" her face was then black ana blue.
Conrad Eisenkraut sworn: Live half mile from
Dolkeys; know the family WELL and passed the
house frequently; saw the child poorly c.ad-bear-
headed, bare footed thin clothing saw the step
mother hit Minnie on the head with her open hand;
Michael Lutz and went to Dolkey's house one cold
day this winter and found him skinnlng COW
which had died for Luntz; we went into the house.
and saw the little boy playing with doll; asked
the boy where Minnie was; "up stairs, he said;
asked if she had doll up there TO play with; the
boy said she had not and dare not come down; the
day Minnie died Dolkey came to my house quite out
ofbreath and said he wanted to rest he down. and
1 asked him what was the matter; he said Minnie
died this morning. l asked him if she had been
sick and he said no. she opened the gate for me last
evening said there must have been something
wrong-she must have frozen, or something else was
wrong; he said there nothin wrong; she had
got into the habit of eating raw corn; the child
would not listen and he had to punish it to train
it; said ne had punished it too much Minnie fell
from the hay NOW and bruised her face.
DIR. H. Alleman sworn: Knew Minnie Dolkey at
sight; called at her fathers house after she was
dead; the body was in the loft had gown on
observed nothing particular, except a bruise over
the right eye and discooration of both eyes and
both ears her fingernails were black and blue
made no examination of the body except feeling
the feet found them tumerfied; family said they
kept the child very close because they did not want
it to associate with certain characters; said they had
not whipped her for two weeks the living child
seemed afraid and suppose they had their children
trained not to speak to strangers.
After the examination of witnesses was conclud-
ed, DR.. Spangler handed the autopsy to the jury.
After consultation, the jury rendered the follow
! ing verdict:
THAT the said Minnie Dolkey came TO her death
that one Charles Dolkey, and Mrs. Charles Dolkey.
having not the fear of God before their eyes, and
being moved and seduced by the instigation of the
devil did feloniousy and violently cause the death
of the said Minnie Dolkey by starvation and mali
cious and violent beating, and other cruel treat
| ment."
On the strength of this verdict +. s. linn made
information against Dolkey and his wife before JUS
tice Sell who caused their arrest at once. Officer
Gebensleben served the warrant, and the Squire
! committed them to Jail.
The greatest excitement prevailed throughout the
| town and community when it became known that
the coroner had made an examination of the body
and its condition revealed. Saturday morning there
were about 900 persons in and around the 'c4uire's
office. eager to hear the testimony, and numerous
thIeats of lynching the parents expressed. large
crowd of people followed the party to the lookup
on the road to which Mrs Dolkey became violent
the face. She also attempted to assault several o.
! the witnesses When taken from the lookup to the
railroad station, the crowd even greater, and
before the train left which bore the man and wife
to JAIL there WERE perhaps, 400 people present, tc
get a look at the person who could infict such pun
! ishment upon child. AS the couple entered the
car. there were loud expressions of lynch the
| fends" hang them up they ought to be hung,
| &C.
The case will be presented to the grand jury al
the converting of the Quarter Sessions court this
month