The Cecil Whig., 1886-08-07
THE BILLY THE JOKER" CASE AGAIN
Julius Gotfney, the Witness for the State,
Tells His Story for the First Time.

y His Account of the Early Phrases of rh.
+. Plot and Reads Found Conflicting
Read Valves Hearrpg-Mannon ant
Read Re-Committed, and Goffney Held
N in Default of > 200 Bail as il Witness.
$ Although George Mannon, and Pau
II Read have been confined in ,jaila number
t of weeks charged with the murder OF
VIM. Green alias "Billy the Joker" they
;, had not been given a hearing before a
t justice of the peace up to Tuesday of this
!. week. On that morning at IL o'clock
Magistrate y. }. Scott met Albert Con-
stable, Esq, counsel for Mannon, r. C..
Thackery, Esq, counsel for Read and
States Attorney Daniel Bratton at the
sheriti7s Office. Very few persons knew
that the long postponed hearing was to
take place and other than the counsels
there were only present, Mannon's father
and few others. Read after consulting
with his counsel waived a hearing. Man
mons hearing was then proceeded with
although the young prisoner was not
brought from behind the bars. Goffney
the young mulatto who has turned states
evidence was brought out to testify
against Mannon. 1t is understood that
the object of the defence in not waving
a hearing after allowing it go SO long was
to find what Goffney would swear to.
Gotfney is a light colored mulatto 26
| nt hnt
RED. Like Read he has an impeachment
in his speech and shutters considerably.
lie admitted that he first suggested the
crime. Having been in Chesapeake City
during February he bought whiskey of
BILLY the Joker" On returning home he
told Paul Read that Billy had money, and
said lets go get it," Paul asked him
how he knew and he told him that the
people in Chesapeake City said so. Paul
then wanted to go. Gof1ney told him not
to hurry tor 'we'll be in Elkton Jail soon
enough Gotfney's story of their going
to Blly's place in February and his cut
ting stick to strike Billy with agrees
with that told the WING reporter in the |
latter part OF May by Paul Read. Gotf- |
| ney, however, says that Read wanted |
badly for them to kill him and wanted
the stick for that purpose. Go:fney told
Read when the Latter proposed it that he
had come for gut full OF whiskey and
had got it. This disagrees with Reads
yarn. The latter said that Gotfney asked
him twice if he would strike him and he
replied no, Gotfney said that Paul told
him he was no account, and that lie knew
one, (meaning Mannon) that would DO
it. Read in his story said that Goffney
said to him when We go again we will
see if George Mannon won't go along; he
has heart enough for to kill him; you
haven't heart enough to kill anything"
Read in his story said that Julius had in
formed him that he had told George of
the proposed robbery who said he
would go. Gotfuey said on the witness
stand that the first talk that he and Man
hon had about the matter was on Monday
evening March 18th the day before the
deed was committed, when Mannon came
to him and asked him when Paul and he
was going to make that run. Gotfney
says he made strange of the matter pre-
tending not to know anything about it
and said, what run ~ Mannon then
told Goffney that Read had told him
about the plot. Gotfney told Mannon he
had better leave it alone, Mannon said
he wanted money and they three could
get 1t. Gotfney told him that was a bad
way to get it. Gotfney told Read and ,
Mannon that eff you do you will have a
penitentary snap. and hanging snap as
sure as hell is hot and you'd a damn ,
sight better not CO. Read in his con- ;
iesslon couple of months ago said that ,
they started to go on the Saturday night =
WfGsSedi35 she Jt8aiis,o" rd Vas uGv cu,u. c
witness stand. Goifney's story of his re-
fused to go on Tuesday night agrees with f
that told by Read. They wanted him to
90 along as it would take three to do the ,
one to rob him. They left Gotfney and ,
did not afterwards talk with him {
about the matter. John Edwards, after ,
wards told Goffney that Mannon aud ,
Read.had told him about the murder.
Edwards proposed to him that they
should get the money from Read aud
Go!fney stole it from him. There were
$40, which he put under stump. Read
+,l 4 nd hlt
tune telling gipsey had said that light
complicated man had taken it and two
women knew of the affair. Gotfney said
there were more light complected men
than he John Edwards told Goffney that
Read and Mannon intended to kill HIM.
Goilney tried to buy Mr.. Mannon's re-
volver and when he refused to sell it
went to Baltimore where he bought 2
pistols for himself and pistol and a
knife for Edwards. Gofney also spent
some of the money in the dance halls i'll
Baltimore and got very drunk. After
Goflney returned home he and Edwards
divided the balance of the money. Gotf-
ney sent Paul SO when he requested it.
He asked him where the hell he got che
money. Read told him it was none of his
business. Edwards told Goflney that Read
had told him that he could stand behind
that boy (Mannon) and make him do
ANYTHING. Mannon was held for court.
Goflney was held in $1,000 bail as a wit
ness.
Analysis of Sure Growth Super
Phosphate.
STATE LABORATORY, Delaware College,
NEWARK, Del, June 22d, 1SSG. |
Results of Analysis Of a sample of
Sure Growth Super Phosphate, manufac- |
tured by d. Scott Il Bro, Elkton Md,
sampled at Newark, Del.
Per CT. Lbs. Per Ton |
| Ammonia .................. 2-46 49, 1886
| Available PhoSp Acid. ....1O.67 2l34 1921
lnSoluhle " i.3l So 3l5
! Comparative commercial value per ton
t2UnO lbs. $50,
using the following tigures:-Ammonia,
Is cents per ID; Available Phosphoric
Acid, cents per ID; lnsouble Phos
pnoric Acid, in Mixed Fertilizers, 4
cents; in Acid Phosphate, cents per lb.;
Phosphoric Acid in Ground Bone, cents
per ID; Potash, cents per 10.