Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-10-17
WHOLE NO. 1883

then moved. On this Indictment Shull
is charged with breaking into the boat of
Capt. Mark Orr, and stealing therefrom
| goods to the value of about SO, in March,
'93, while lying at the mouth of Florida
| creek, near Steep Bank. The Prosecutor
| stated that the reason this case dated back
as far as '93 was because Shull has been
fugitive from justice up till this time.
| The jury on the second Indictment
against Shull came in with verdict of
guilty.
In proving, on the part OF the State, that
| Shull has been a fugitive from justice,
several constables and Justices were put
on the stand, and the evidence, as pro-
duced by them, showed that Shull had
evaded arrest many time s, and on some
occasions has passed through quite mar
row escapes, even having been shot at.
Shull was finally captured by Constable
| Lore.
Lawyer VanSyckel, counsel for defend
ant Shull, made most pathetic and en-
phatic plea for acquital of Shull, at least
on this Indictment. The other two ver-
diets had gone against him, and he wanted
at least acquital this time. The jury re-
tired and soon returned with a verdict of
| guilty.
The third indictment against Shull was
then considered without jury, together
| with an additional two or three prison
ers.
Joseph and William Facemire changed
their plea from not guilty to guilty, of
stealing chickens from Anna Page.
Levi Coulter. Howard Shull Samuel
Weldon, Eldridge Hickman retracted
their plea of not guilty of chicken steal
ing and entered plea of non vult. Mon
roe Wallen also retracted his plea of not
guilty of perjury and entered a plea of
non vult.
Court adjourned for the day.
! Wednesday Morning.
The first case moved this morning was
a chicken stealing case, in which Jesse
Pagan was the defendant. He had been
indicted, together with Howard Cawman,
for stealing four chickens from Mrs.
Rachel Vanleer, who lives near the
Beaver Dam, between Newport and
Dividing Creek.
Cawman pleaded guilty, and Pagan
was put on trial; he was defended by T.
w. Trenchard.
Mrs. Vanleer was put upon the stand,
and testified that four chickens were
stolen from her last March; they were
returned to her by Constable; she iden-
tilted them. She was asked where the
chickens were now and she said she sup
posed they were here, in Court.
Prosecutor Logue asked Constable Car
man if the chickens were here, and the
Constable replied they could soon be pro-
duced. ~
The Court caused merriment by inuuir-
ing ifthe poultry was dead or alive. They
were alive. Mrs. Vanleer said they were
hens and were worth dollar apiece.
4 Constable Carman testified to finding
the hens at Jesse Fagan's, from descrip-
ton given by Mrs. Vanleer.
Constable Lore corroborated Constable
Carman's testimony. He said Pagan
stated that he had bought the chickens
from Howard Cawman, by trade for a
pair of boots.
Howard Cawman, who had pleaded
guilty, and turned States evidence, took
the stand. He said he was 20 years old,
and knew Jesse Pagan, with whom he
used to live. He said he took the chickens
from Mrs. Vanleer about a week after he
had quit living with Pagan. He gave
them to Pagan for the boots.
I The defense was that the chickens were
honestly traded for by Jesse Pagan with
Howard Cawman; that Cawman had
stated he had got them for his mother,
Mrs. Cawman.
Jesse Pagan was put on the stand and
testified that Cawman brought the chick
ems to his house in payment for q pair of
boots, previously bought, representing
that he had brought them from his
mothers.
He told pretty good story in support
of this assumption.
Mrs. Pagan was called, and closly
questioned, but she stuck closly to the
same story which her husband had told.
Richard Coulter said that Howard Caw-
man told him he got those chickens from
his mother Mrs. Cawman, or "Salr' as
the boy always lovingly calls his
mother.
Belford Candy didn't know anything
of importance, only that Cawman had
said he traded the boots with Pagan, and
Pagan had told him the same, Levi
Coulter said that Cawman had told him
that he had swapped four chickens with
Pagan for pair of boots, but he did not
say where he got the chickens from.
Attending the synod
The Presbyterian ministers of this city,