Evening journal., 1892-02-05
THE PRISONERS ALIBI-
Attorney Ward Brings up Witnesses
to Save Blackburn.

Court reconvened as 2.5O CLOCK yes
terday afternoon Every seat in the room
was occupied and the aisles we're nileo
with interested spectators.
John shutter, colored, pleaded guilty TO
murderously asssulting Rev. eamael
Ambrose at Delaware City on November
26
stealing a carriage robe from Charles T
Maroney on January 5, pleaded not
guilty
John Fltzmaurice, white pleaded not
guilty to the theft of some clothing from
William g. Price, OH November "A
Patrick DougheTty, white, pleaded not
guilty to stealing $3.50 from JOHN w
Fidderman, aniinmaye Of New Castle all,
on Christmas DAY.
Cbrles Smithmoss, colored, pleaded
guilty to carrying concealed deadly
weapons.
After pleading the prisoners we're r.
manded to their cells
These matters disposed Of Harry Sea
mans resumed his place on the stand
under cross-examination by Mr. Ward.
He said.
81 didn't see exactly what direotion
Blackburn came from when Inexperienced
me at Bakers morocco factory Jonn y
Cook heard him tell of his dream we
looked at all the box cafs on each size
until we reached lbs baggage car we
simply held the 2autern up 70 see II they
were locked Walter cried all the way
m Lord street, | think it was from ex-
citepent l did not 60 In Gardeners
house the first time. he carried the
lantern in and | stopped outside. The
door was open. He looked at his wife
aud then he came out. Then 1t was
told him to tell the GARDENERS or the
coroner of tae finding OF the body While
we walked he did not say anything; just
cried all the time. We went back 20
GARDENERS house. We walked in.
Blackburn took his wife out in the yard
aud told her something. She came In
crying Then they al came to me and
couldn't tell them anything didn't
want to hurt their feelings. Then they
rushed off to she car and left me sitting
there Blackburn led the way with the
lantern. They brought the body back
and laid it on the settee. Blackburn and
fingered at the house for while and
then we went MP to the steps Of Bakers
morocco factory with the officers There
we were put in the patr u wagon. Officer
Lucas had me, l was arrested on sus.
picion
"The baggage car was unlocked
Blackburn did not say anything about
going to skip or run away or anything
intimating it"
LOCATION OF THE CAR
Joseph Durham, assistant yardmastei
OF the p, w. & B. railroad, testified
that the car was on the middle trask OF
old Swedes' Church siding. He though tb'
car WAS there two days before October Is
He was there several times while the ca
was there. Il suppose there were thirty
cars there on all three tracks. The ca
was taken away two or three days after
wards, but | can't say Just when 1t wa
taken away"
John Cook, storekeeper at Seventh
anu Onurcu sIreehs, was sworn, ana sald
''Ssamans and | were on the co rne
when Blackburn came up. He told u
about the boy being lost and that he lai
down at o'clock and dreamed that Eddi
was down around I'll old church in ID
cars on the siding He stated that he ha
seen q man taking the child down Lor
street towards the railroad the Afternoon
before. BE knew the mai, and he had th
boy for bad purposes, / asked him VII
he was. he said he would not tell b
name, but that we would see it in th
papers next day.
"Seamans proposed twice to go and loo
for the boy Blackburn did not propos
It. l told them that hey had bette
take a lantern for if they stuck thei
heads in a dark car somebody woul
knock them off.
HE DID NOT SEEM WORRIED
James Keith, fagman at Brandywir
bridge, testified to Blackburn borrowiu
-, he's he,
it for He did not think BlRck5ur
looked worried. 3"
WARD FOR THE Defence.
At 8 SIS o'clock Il H. Ward opent
for the defence. He said:
IF it were not for Bella Scott I shou
feel inclined to let the case Test rigl
here. This prisoner loved the dead DO,
named his son after him, and shared h
last penny with him the day upon While
he was killed. There was no motiv
norris it alleged that there was a motiv
1--WE propose to prove to you th
Bella Scott is the worst woman who hi
ever attended this court. That she
here to swear away this mans life 4
the considerat' on Of 81 day. We sha
prove to you that she has a motive +
giving this testimony, and we will in
peach her testimony on every point
1--WE propose to prove an alibi We Ct
account for every minute from o'cloC
on Wednesday evening.
You have all had strange dreams II
prisoner had thoughts of Eddie Gardin
ana the HAZEL crime when he lay dow
20 sleep. Therefore such dream is ri
unnatural. He told McKegney of 81
dream because he WAS the man who al
covered the man Hazell outraqing u
decency of the buys.
This branch Of the Blackburn fami
have peculiar faith in dreams. He 10
them of his dream and they urged him
60 down to the Iai road and see If he W
locked in the cars fearing that simil
outrage had been perpetrated upon hi
and he had been left there to starve Ac
ing upon this suggestion he made /
preparations to search. The telling
that dream was the act OF an innoce
man"
Martin Gardiner was the first witne
for the state. de said.
ri u am the brother Of Eddie Gardin,
II My sister and | went to Belle Ssot
il house on Friday morning. MY sisi
asked her what kind Of man 1t was s
II saw carrying the boy. She said he W
tall and thin aud had black moustacl
N do not rscollect that Belle Scott 81
anything about his clothes. Wal
never had a moustache
Il saw Walter on Thursday night.
was at our house talking To nv eister