Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1895-04-04
BRDGEToN N J., THURSDAY. APRIL H. 1885,
DARE rs HELD
IN $500 BAIL.


Mrs. Percy Bishing is Positive
that Dare is the Man Who was
in the House.
Lest Wednesday at the Sheriff's office
Dayton Dare, charged with breaking,
entering and burglarizing the house of
Percival Nichols, on the 18th inst, WE
given hearing before Mayor Appel.
gate.
The office was filed with those in
terested, and the States case was pre-.
sented by Prosecutor Logue.
The prisoner was brought In from
jail and was represented by James e.
Ware.
Dare sat In an arm chair near the
centre of the room, and while wit.
nesses were giving testimony he ever
took his eyes from their face. He
seemed to be perfectly cool, and by
only a slight sneer upon his face,
could 1t be indicated that he was par
ticularly interested In the case.
He was shabbily dressed, with
heavy short coat, striped pants, heavy
plow shoes, and carried his dark cap
in his hands.
Of course the interest centred In
the testimony of Mrs. Bisbing. Her
husband was first upon the stand, and
he established the necessary proof
that a burglary had been committed,
giving In detail the ever ts of the
evening as already told by the news
papers.
Mrs. Bisbing was next sworn, and
she exhibited courage and determine
tion. She . a pleasant looking young
woman, and during her examination
was perfectly collected. and during
the running fire of cross.examination
by shrewd Mr.. Ware, she was positive
plain and entirely free from embar-
rassment.
That she is lady of nerve is shown
by the positive action upon the night
of the robbery, when she boldly led
the way up stairs to search for the
man known to be In the house, but
she told the story without any show
of bravado, and gave the impression
that she was perfectly sincere.
She told the story of the discovery
that the house had been entered, of
the meeting of the burglar, of his
blowing the light ont, held In her
hand, of his darting past her and of
his subse quent escape through the
window upon the side portico, and of
his jumping then to the ground.
Her descriptions were very positive,
and as she turned and looked full at
Dare, she said, 81 am so positive in
my convictions, that can say I be
lieve sincerely that this is the man in
the house on that night. I say this
after due deliberation, and realizing
what the conse quenoes of the assertion
may be to him"
1t was dramatic moment. As she
said these words she never took her
eyes off of Dare's face. He returned
the gaze but finched, and before the
recital OF the sentence had been fin-
ished, permitted his eyes to drop to
the floor.
In her cross-examination, Mrs. Bis
bing said that she did not have a good
look at the side face of the prisoner
during his escape, but she looked upon
his back, and she noticed the head,
the stopped shoulders, the height, the
weight, and peculiar halting manner
10 his gait as if he was favorlng one
foot. She owned that she had thought
another man had been the guilty party,
and at one time believed she could
have identified him, but later she had
an opportunity of more closely inspect
Ing the suspected one, and had said
Immediately that he was not the man
Last Sunday she saw Dare down at
his cabin. As she came up behind
him she saw sure that he was the man
and was positive In her identified tion.
There was no further evidence, as
the Prosecutor thought 1t necessary
only to have a prinaa facie case.
Mr.. Ware contended strongly that
the State had made no case against
Dare. but Mayor Appelgate thought
the case should 60 to the Grand Jury,
and the bail was fixed at $500.
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