The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-29


We concluded to purchase a gallon, eacl
r to pay for half. Billy set ont bottl
which contained whisky and black berr,
wine. | took pretty large drink ant
George a small one. Then | run m,
: hand atO my pocketbook and took ont
t dollar and Il quarter and asked Georg,
e for his. George made out he could not
' find enough money to ray for his half {
gallon. told George he ought to have
known that before he made Billy poul
out %2'Inn in the jug. told Billy he
, wonl II have to pour Georges half back
| had ptii my share. Billy asked George
, what 81" - he come there to buy
whisky for il he hadn't money to pay for
it, au! told him to get ont and not come
back any more. George and Billy then
talked roughly to each other. | picked
up the ius and started out saying ''Iets
GO At that time heard tho
soCND OF THE FIRST BLOW
of the hammer on Bil!y's head, and look
Ing b 'c@ SAW Billy on the bed George
grah Billy's watch from where it was
barge; near the bed. George told me
to gct his trousers aud search the pock-
cts ald then struck hini 4 second time
wi,& he hammer. told George could
not n:,i hts trousers, and at that time
Gg"r-a struck him the third time and
| took . Jew cigars which were on box
ih,M George caught hold of BILLY and
pulled him off the bed on to the floor and
found his trousers on the bed. | took
them and searched the pockets. In the
| hip pocket i found a calico bag with
money il it. George found his money
purse Oh the bed. lie put it in his pocket
and we STATED ont. | carried the
satchcl and he took the jug. We started
at once for home. We crossed the locks
going back. was afraid of falling off
into the water We stopped and
COUNTED TIE MONEY BY Moonlight
near Cayots. There was four or five
dollars in silver in the purse. In the
bag was found a roll of grecnbacks to
had some business to attend to and would
keep the silver. | was to keep the green
backs until things got quiet, Then we
would divide them. | spent about go
OF the money III Cecilton and E!ktcn. |
The other $2i5 were stolen from my
vest pocket where kept them while | |
was cutting wood one Sunday at John
Edwards. suspected julius Goilney of
taking the money. | was told that Goif- |
ney had said that he took it. He after
wards talked some of what George and |
had done. | heard OF it and told George
who said he was going to leave. Then
he came to me and wanted to borrow my
pistol saying he was
GOING To KILL GOFFNEY
Tor putting out the report | wouldn't
lend it to him. lie told me he wou!d
get come whisky and give Goifney
dose of poison in it. Before he got to do
1t he drank the whisky up. George then
told me be would get Perry Sewalls Jr S.
gun and load it with six fingers of anu
milton and shoot Got'ney. He was per-
suaGed not to do it. George told me
before he left he had told one of his sis
ters all that had happened in order that
she would help Linn get his clothes out
OF the house without the rest of the
family Knowing it. George also told me
that he had to tell two of his cousins all
about it i'll order to get the money with
which 20 leave. lie afterwards told me
that they had advised him to leave. He
left sunday night April 11th, by way of
Middietown. George sent word to NE
FOR Gods sake to get out of the way
l left the neighborhood on Monday APP
ril 12th.
Maunon refuses to be interviewed. He
has been reported, however, as stating
that on Tuesday night the 10th of last
March he and the negro, Paul Read,
started to Chesapeake City with the in
tentlon Of getting whlskey from Billy" ,
"a the way the colored man stumbled
-"m me- which as has been proven
was lost oy Chf Sal'~-'-o- CITY mechanics.
|
1t was picked up aud carried ON ., t,o
'Jokers $ cabin. Billy" measured them
out quart of whisky but they hadn't
the money to pay for it. After some dis
pute Billy leaued over to pour IT, back
when Read struck him on the head with
tie hammer. He turned and received
several more blows from the hammer in
Reads hands, who grabbed the pocket
book. Maunon's mother was insane and
vas for a considerable while in an asy lum
She died at home in that condition. One
of Manncn's grand parents it is also said
was insane 1t is said that the Pinker
ton detective who was working up the
case WAS not on the right clue and that
he had not suspected Mannon who vol
UNFAIRLY gave himself up.
Read when asked who he wanted for
counsel talked as if he hadn't thought
much about it, and said something to the
effect that lie would just stand by his
story. He has since. however, sent for
prominent lawyer.