Evening journal., 1890-08-28

took his knife and cut it
open, throwing the leather cover to the
ground. He was questioned as TO where
he had found it BY neighbors, and sus-
picion began to Turk in the neighbor-
hood He went back to where he had
thrown the black jack cover, got it,
replaced the lead in it and
made the experiment of trying
to throw II from the place where Mr.
MeKees team had been hitched after the
accident, to the blackberry bush in
which it had been found. Ths blackjac
fell about two feet beyond the bush
in which they had found it.
He acknowledged that it might
might have been dropped by negro and
that it was the second blackjack he had
found, the first having been found on
Third street in Wilmington. He could
not identity the blackjack as belonging
to Mr. Mckee, and said he had always
found him a very nice kind of man.
When asked If he had the blackjack he
said he had not, that he had given it to
Chief of Police Swiggett
William Hall said: "0n the evening
of July IA was at work on pig-pen at
the end Of my garden several hundred
feet from the scene of the accident. Ny
boy was along with me holding q torch
while drove the nails. heard screams
My boy jumped out of the pig-pen and
wanted to go, but / called him back and
would not let him 90, as / sup
posed it was nothing serious. The
screams were kept up steadily for about
minute ] then heard a voice say
Ny God what shall | do2 NV wife's
Il I'D I sia1l ta
when / got to the bridge Mr.. Mckee was
walking up and down holding his head in
his hands, in great grief and he told me
his wife was killed. He walked into the
middle Of the stream and stood there,
and followed and found Mrs. Mckee in
the water, face downward, with her
head lying up stream. She moaned
slightly as I lifted her fro n the
water, with the aid OF Mr..
Mckee. We placed her face down
ward on the bank and rolled her to get
the water out of her but none seemed to
come. She made a slight movement OF
the arm and | told him she was not dead,
and rubbed her hands, arms sad face
/ but it was of no use
There was a stone in the stream near
where she fell | think Mr.. Mckee said
Braeken's, ran into fence between the
bridges and struck the bridge,
at the scene OF the fall.
He said the horse kicked, but
he did not know whether the kick OF
striking of the bridge was the cause OF
her being thrown from the carriage
did not examine the wagon. / later
noticed that the wagon tracks
l
struck the bridge, aud could find nc
scratches upon the side of the bridge to
look as If had been run into l also looked
for the place where the wagon had left
the road and run into the fence up the
road, but could find no such place He
said the scream seemed to come from q
person who was being choked, but upon
being questioned, acknowledged that he
had never heard a checking person
scream. He could have heard runaway
If there had been one, but heard no
sound indicating such thing.
Charles Hall, young son of William
Hall, corroborated his fathers evidence.
He gave some further evidence saying
that when he asked Mr.. Mckee if he
should take his horse to get the doctor,
Mr.. Mckee said:
1 OI 0ou sake uOn take bnat morse
He has killed one person already"
The horse showed no inclination to run
away and only SHE'D once while lie was
driving it and that was due to the fact
that he was over careful in his driving.
BE went first for Dr. Court
land at Front and Franklin streets
and failing to find hin
got DR.. Fahey and returned
Mr.. Mckee seemed to be in great grief
Mrs. Mary J. Hall said that she heard
the screams for about two minutes
but a large dog was bowling al
the time near by, and she heard NJ
words Mr Mckee appeared to M
like man who was overcom,
with grief and was suffering great ments
pain. The only impression they had a.
the time was that j. was an accident NJ
one had ever suggested to her that there
had been foul play
This was the last witness examines
and the jury adjourned until 29O o'clocl
this afternoon.