The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-05-06

oner, and jury consisting of James L. Burke
foreman, John j. Reddington, l.. H. Ascher
field, Edward NJ Mitchell, VIM. A. Fahey,
Walter NJ. Smith, William G. MITCHELL r. X.
Pennington, Everitt J. Bradfeld, Isaac
IIecht, John T. Riley and +. L. Mitchell. A
verdict generating the railroad was rendered
by the jury.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION
ERs.-The County Commissioners were in
session Monday and Tuesday
The following certificates were issued: j.
r. Denbow, culvert, Sl6.04 Jacob Livezey,
same, $40. 40; James C. Bell, extra on Como
wingo hill, $500; George w. Richardson,
magistrate S12.95.
| A petition was received from Edward III.
Hall and others to pension George Brown and
wife, of the LIST district, also one from Horatio
Nelson and others to pension Wesley Dagan,
colored, of the 4th district.
The Board visited the Almshouse and found
everything in a satisfactory condition. Com
missioners Bateman, Hope and Moulsdale
were appointed to inspect the Forest road
built by Henry Cullum.
The majority report of Joshua W. Jarrett
and William T. Clark, commissioners APP
pointed to locate private road for Mrs.
Frances E. Ayres, was confirmed.
Personal. MENTIoN-Miss Laura Lee has
been sick for four months with grip, at the
residence of her brother-in-law, Mr.. Henry
Wilson, near Thomas Run.
| Mrs. Mollie Wells, who has been spending
some time in Baltimore with friends, has re-
| turned home
| Miss Ella Taylor and Miss Rose Armiger,
of Baltimore, spent their Easter holidays with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Wells, near Aberdeen.
Mr. W. dec Ravenel, of the U. s. Fish
| Commission, who has charge of the shad
Matching operations at the Battery, in Chesa
peake Bay, below Havre de Grace, has re-
moved his family from Washington to the
station. Mr.. w. Crawford Norris, of Bel Air,
is employed at the Battery, under Mr.
Ravenel. |
Col. Robert II. Smith, of this county, has
been elected trustee of the McDonogh Farm
School.
Mr.. John Hood, of Acme Hall clothing |
house, Baltimore, made business trip this |
week through Hartford, stopping at all the |
principal towns. He was accompanied by his |
WIFE
ALFRED STOUT SENTENcED.-Alfred Stout,
the colored man convicted in the Circuit Court
here, last February, of the murder of George
Dittmar, in Cecil county, in February, 1891,
was brought into court on Monday and SEN
fenced by Judge Walters to be hanged by
the neck until he be dead, on such day as the
Governor may fix. Stout listened respectfully
but did not appear to realize the dread import
of the Judges words. On Tuesday Stout
was taken to Elkton and turned over to the
custody THE Sheriff of Cecil county. Stout's
case was before the Court of Appeals but was
dismissed for the reason that an act of As
sembly approved April Sth, 1892 changed the
law and practice regulating appeals, requiring
judgment to be entered before an appeal can be
prayed in criminal cases. The act makes no pro-
vision for pending cases. Accordingly, Stout's
counsel, Messrs. Crothers and Warburton, of
Elkton, and Maynadier, of Bel Air, will again
take the case to the Court of Appeals, on the
ground that one of the jurors before whom
the case was tried, being taken SICK was sepa-
rated from his fellow jurors, although he re-
manned in charge of deputy Sheriff.
1t is stated that Stout, upon returning to the
Jail after sentence was pronounced, manifest
ed much feeling and spent part of the night in
earnestly praying aloud
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ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIS.-Last Satur-
day afternoon the passenger train from York
to Baltimore, on the Baltimore and Lehigh
Railroad, ran into an open switch few hun
bred yards south of Minefeld station. When
within 80 yards of the switch Engineer Guy
ton seeing that it was open reversed his en-
CINE, put on the brakes and jumped off. He
was slightly bruised. The engine ran into an
empty gondola car that stood on the switch.
The other end of the car was against tree.
The car was smashed in at both ends but the
resistance was sufficient to stop the train,
which did not leave the rails. The front part
of the engine was broken. Conductor bod
son, who was opening the door at the time of
the collision, was thrown forward violently,
and one of his fingers being caught in the
door crushed so badly that amputation
was necessary. 1t was found that some one
had taken the coupling pin from the gondola
then opened it.
The railroad company Immediately offered
a reward of 800 for the arrest and conviction
of the person who committed the act, and on-
Monday Sheriff Calder and Deputy Sheriff
Hughes arrested at the Rocks of Deer Creek,
Charles Espey, young man about 10 years
of age. The warrant was upon the informa-
ton of Mr.. John Chatterton, to whom, it is
alleged, Espey confessed that he had broken
the switch. 1t is also stated that Espey was
seen running from the switch when the train
was approaching it. Espey was taken before
Justice Richardson and waiving an examina
ton was committed to Jail in default of $500
bail.
DEATH OF Mr.. WILLIAM YoUNG.-Mr. Viii
liam Young, a prominent member of the Bel
Air bar, died suddenly at his home in this
place, at four o'clock Wednesday morning,
from a kidney affection which was of long
standing. Mr. Young returned from Bal
timore city, last Sunday night, and com
planned of not feeling well. He remained
in the house but was not considered seriously
i'll until Tuesday night. His son-in-law, DR..
y.
ardson and DIR. j. NJ. T. Finney were with him
when he died.
Mr.. Young was GA years of age and was born
in Baltimore city, his father being the late
William s. Young. When he was young
man the family removed to Hartford
county, to the farm near VanBibber Station,
Abingdon district, now belonging to Mr.. Jos.
f. Bateman. Mr.. Young became clerk for
the late William F. Pannell, proprietor of the
Hartford Iron Furnace, and occupied arespon-
sible position with Mr.. Pannell for many
years. In 1858 he was elected County Sur
veyor and in 1867 was elected Sheriff of Har-
ford county, at the time the present Constitu-
ton of the State was adopted. At the end of
his term he read law and was admitted to the
bar on March 4th, 1870 He soon acquired
considerable reputation as brilliant speaker
and quick, ready lawyer. He was engaged,
in late years, on one side or the other of near
ly every important case tried here, and fire.
quently practised in the courts of Baltimore
city, the adjoining counties and in the Court
of Appeals.
Mr.. Young was genial man, possessing
fund of anecdote that made him an agreeable
addition to any social gathering. In politics
he was an answering Democrat and was fire.
quently called upon for campaign speeches.
He leaves a widow, four sons and four daugh-
ters His sons are Messrs. John S. Young, a
member of the Hartford bar James G. Young,
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