The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-24
Port Deposit Rocks.


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SUDDEN DEATH, ErC.
roRr Dlrosir .iuly II.
Port came near adding one 30 the lo,ig
| lust of murders which have occurred in
! Cecil county of laFc. The facts rs given
us show that Jarrett Dites. colned, ON
| Sunday afternoon secretcd himself in the
! house OF James Coihns, also col"red.
! One Of the children who entered the
room irl which Dites was concealed be-
came alarmed ut his presence and called
Justify to its father, who was outside, that
there was man in the huuSe. Collins
came in and ordered DiteS to vacate his
premises, which he seemed 10th to do.
4 violent alteration cuSued. Collins
ran 10 the wood pile for an axe. DiteS
seeing that he wunld be seriously dealt
with if he remained longer, endeavored
to effect his escape. Collins returned
with his axe as Dites was plssln2. ont of
the door. but, seeing that lie could not
reach him. in hIS rage he huYl"a the axe
a. i''ii'E So ili''' az ''Ffi, lftti'N
tie right shoulder blade, iIfiic5iug a
wouGsi five inches i'll length. \ number
OF ncighh3rS, attracted 10y the confusion.
int"rielcd and hurried Ditcs away. His
condition was for a while critical! 1t is
not known what motive prompted Dites
to enter Collins house, but it is runort Il
that the wife Of the latter is implicated
On Saturday night last Il valuable
horse and mare were stolen from the field
of George ). and Stephen Winchester,
farmers. residing near Frcnchtown.
erty, but so far no trace of it has been
found. Qnite a number of horses have
been stolen in this ncighborhood in tie
last few weeks, none of which have
been recovered, and it is evident that
there is skilful and well-oroanized band
of thieves engaged in these Expectations.
who leave no trace by which they can be
detected. Most of the farmers and others
who own valuable stock are exercising
extraordinary care for its pcotcctio ion.
On Friday afternoon last an elderly
man took passage on the canal boat An
ME at lIavre de Grace for Wlight>ville,
Pa. When about three miles north Of
Havre de Grace the old man was seen TO
suddenly fall in the forward part of the
boat. The captain ran to his assistance.
He was inSensible Mhea taken up. and
died in a few minutes. Ga reaching lap
idum the boat was tied ul' aud squire
Hughes notified of the occurrence, who
summoned Dr.. Nirdin and a jury of in
quest. Tho doctor examined the body
and discovered Slight wound near the
right eye received by the fail; but did
not deem it i'm ,'Ortant, and gave it as his
opinion that the man died from heart
disease. After examining tie captain
ans. crew OF the boat, the jury rendered
verdict Of death from natural causes.
The man was comfortably clothed and
had six or seven dollars III his pocket.
News of the occurrence reached North
East, in this county, and on Saturday
Baliii George Mckinney went to Lapi-
dum and recognized the body as that of
stephen Johnson, of that place He had
the remains properly prepared and
shipped To his late home. Mr.. johnson
was about sixty, four years of age, aud
leaves a widow but no children. lie was
well known, aad was on his way 20
WrightSvilc to visit friends
Six canoeists arrived here on Sunday
morning in their tiny crafts on their way
10 Baltimore. They started down the
Susquehanna from Harrisburg, Pa, on
Saturday.