The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-01-03

q was seen croaching behind bush. Il
arose and dashed toward Lizzie, VIII
J screamed and ran. He grabbed her wit
his left arm and with his right arm
stabbed her. Katie knew the man;
was Wesley Warner. He ran towar
Pine street. Lizzie ran q short distanc
and fell. She was picked up and carrie
to Mr.. Bryan's residence.
Harry Matlack knew Lizzie Peak 70
the first time on the night of the murde
meeting her in front of Pennock's hote
and then going to the bicycle railway
He started for home with the girl and he
companions, and on turning into th
South Pemberton road, the party wake,
single file, Matlack ahead and Lizzie mex
On nearing bush be saw man in
crouching position. As Matlack passe,
on the man arose and started down tn
line. His left side was toward witness
who did not see any knife. Lizzie startet
out in the road. the man after her, ant
catching her, raised his arm and struck
Matlack knew Wesley Warner and recog
nlzed him as the man who arose from th'
bushes and struck Lizzie. After tn,
striking, witness went to look after thu
| girl and found her lying on the ground
She was dead After carrying the body
to Mr.. Bryan's, Matlack went. with others
after doctor and an officer.
Thomas Shinn testified that he knew
Wesley Warner and also was slightly &C
quainted with Lizzie Peak. He saw
Wesley right after the fight at the Fal,
on Thursday. On the night of the
murder, witness met Katie on Pine street
She called his attention to carriage in
which Lizzie was seated. He was one
of the party who went to the South Penn
berton road. where man was hiding. The
testimony from this point was the same
as Matlack's After the woman was
struck, witness supported her short
distance, and then laid her on the ground.
A man was coming along and Shinn recog-
nizing him as Warner, started in pursuit,
but the latter ran to fast too be overtaken.
Chester Stroud corroborated Shinn and
Matlack.
Joseph F. Bryan was walking out Pine
street on the night of the murder. A
party of young folks was going the same
way. 1t was very pretty starlight night,
but there was no moon. After witness
entered the yard at bis home, he stopped
to see where the young people were going.
They turned into the South Pemberton
road. He waited about three minutes
when he heard scream. He heard some
body say, IF you hit me, I'll knock you
down." Hearing footsteps of somebody
coming down the road, Mr.. Bryan stepped
out and met man. what is going on ~
said witness. They're fighting me" was
the answer in distinct voice. The man
went on toward town, Bryan going up the
road, where he found girl lying on the
ground. She was taken to the house of
witness, but was dead before she reached
there. Bryan then came to town to look
for an officer At Zelley's hotel, failing to
find an officer, he started down Water
street, where he noticed man on the OPP
posite side of the street. Hello" said
Bryan, whats your name ?" my name
is Jones, and am going for doctor" was
the reply of the man who then briskly
started down the street. He did not APP
pear TO be staggering, and as he passed
under an electric light witness noticed the
size of the man, bis hat, etc., and he be-
lieved it was Wesley Warner.
The wife of Wesley Warner was called,
but the Court ruled she was not compe-
tent to testify against her husband.
Harry Powell, one of the boys who
found the knife, was the next witness.
WINS Rossell picked the knife up, and it
was taken to Frank Bryant, who gave it
to Officer Severns. He recognized the
Carrying knife as the weapon, which he
SAID was picked up near the front wall of
Trinity graveyard.
Twins Rossell found a knife in Trinity
burying ground the day after the murder.
1t lay on the ground as if thrown there.
thursdays proceedings opened with
DIR. William P. Melcher on the stand. He
assisted DIR. Parsons make a postmortem
examination Of the body of Lizzie Peak.
The body was first examined for external
marks of violence. Wounds we're discov-
cred on the left neck, near the collar BONE
II was q punctured or stab wound one
inch in length. penetrating the skin and
muscles of neck to depth of two inches.
The internal jugular vein was completely
severed. the left subclavian artery nearly
So The left side of chest was found to be
filed with clotted blood. The brain
showed no evidence of disease. heart and
lungs normal, abdomen, liver, kidneys,
ETC., all healthy. In the judgment of DR..
Melcher, internal hemorrhage, the result
of the severing of the jugular and subclav.
ian arteries, was the cause Of death. The
severing was the result of a wound caused
by sharp instrument From all the in
dications of the wound and the conditions
Of the body, witness was of opinion that
death ensued in minute after the stab
bling.
DR.. Richard Fl. Parsons was the next
witness He was aroused about one o'clock,
on Sunday morning, September Is, by
officer Severns, who said his medical SER
vices were needed at the residence of
Joseph f. Bryan. He at once went there
and found the body of girl with wound
in her neck. Life had departed, and after
telling Mr.. Bryan to send for the coroner,
DIR. Parsons went home. The doctors tes-
limony on the postmortem examination
was the same as DIR. Melcher's.
Daniel A. Sweeney testified that he
lived on Pine street, about 100 yards from
the saw mill bridge. In the neighbor-
September II, he was walking on Pine
street, when he heard screams, which
were not at first distinct, but later he
heard the exclamation "Ohln repeated
several times. Thinking perhaps some of
the neighbors were in trouble he ran up
Pine street. and when near the grave
yard, he discovered man walking at a
good gait on the opposite side of the street.
what is the matter ?" called Sweeney.
There was no answer, and witness repeat
ed the question, receiving the reply Are
you with us, or against US ~ Sweeney
again asked the trouble and the man
said. Il know who you are" and came
across to Witness right under an electric
light. What is the difficulty :" said
Sweeney. The man said: the Peak girls
were going home when somebody jumped
from behind the bushes and struck one
Of them, and also struck me-" Then he
said he was himself stabbed, and pulled
up bis vest to show where he was stabbed.
"You are not cut" said Sweeney. "Yes, !
am" said the man. WELL" said
Sweeney, ''you had better look for medi-
cal aid" Sweeney and the man then
walked down Pine street together, the
man doing the talking and telling
Sweeney that he had been going with the
girl for four years, and also telling his
troubles, to which witness paid little at
tention.
John L. Severns, one of the Mount Hol-
ly policemen, was out Main street on the
night in question, and his attention was
by man running up the street
on the opposite side. He went under an
electric light and witness recognized him
as Wesley Warner.
Charles Durand met Warner on the
first day of the Fair and the two walked
up town together. Warner requested
Durand to try and get him job, which
the latter promised to do, saying he would
see Warner the next day. 1t was We'd
nesday when he did see him, and
Warner had not been drinking. The
next time he saw him was Friday. War
ner was Scared up and SAID he had been