Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-10-17

finally spoke to Shull after he had left
the boat, and Shull said, "How is
things?" and Moore said, 'sAll right"
Shull had small boat.
Isaac Moore said he was down on the
marsh with Samuel Jenkins at the time
he was indicted. Went down there to
watch his boat; also, to see that nobody
took anything. Saw Howard Shull with
his boat. the 'Eliza Carlisle" and Mon
roe Wallen and small boy. The "Car-
Isle" was lying within twenty
yards of the Mason" Saw three sget
in their small boat and board the Mason"
and saw them open the 'Mason's" cabin
and pass some things out to the boy and
he laid them down.
| AS soon as they got the things from the
| ''Mason" aboard the "Carlisleu they cast
| off and drifted up to the vicinity where
the witness was. He and his party had
| been down there all night watching their
| boat, to keep Shull from stealing it.
On cross examination Mr.. vanSyckel
wanted to know why he didn't go up and
| stop Shull from doing this thieving.
| The witness hesitated with his answer
and Mr.. VanSyckel said, s'why didn't
you stop him; you said you had your gun
with you; he didn't steal anything from
you-why didn't you stop him?"
He would have found out soon
enough, it he had stolen from me,n was
| the answer
"Oh," said the lawyer, you didn't care
how much he stole from others, so he
didn't steal from your"
''Well you see how it is" was the wit
ness apt reply.
! John Hickman testified that Jenkins,
Moore and Will. Hickman went up in
his boat to watch the sMason." He
afterwards assisted in looking in the
marsh for goods and found pair of oy-
ster tongs. He also went up to the
Carlisle and saw Shull on board of her,
but did not endeavor to ascertain if there
was any stolen goods with him.
William Hickman said he went down
with Jenkins and Shull and saw Shull,
Monroe Wallen and the boy, go aboard
the 'Mason," saw the two men 90 down
the companionway.
He fully corroborated Jenkins testi-
mony.
With Will. Hickman the State rested
and the defense opened by calling
Howard Shull to the stand.
He said he was an inmate of the County
Jail; his home was in Chester, before thai
it was in Delaware City and Pennsgroye
and before that at Turkey Point, Downe
township, where he was born. His
father was Charles r. ShulI.
On July 2 1894 he was up the Oronoco
creek with his boat the ''Carlisle;" his
crew was Monroe Wal'en and boy; he
came up TO the "Mason" where he had to
board the "Mason" to run line around
her to make sail for his own boat, the
wind being to the westward; he did not
break into the Mason nor pass any
thing out of her; was aboard of the boat
only long enough to paas his line around
! the rigging; did not see the men Jenkins,
Moore and Hickman, but Jimm e Warfu]
come aboard OF him; shortly after. how
ever, he saw them and asked Jimmie
who they were.
The men then came along side in their
row boat. Jimmie Moore also came
aboard the Carlisle" They sailed down
the creek with him distance, and then
they cast off their boat and went back.
On cross-eXamination he said he was
convicted in this Court in 1876, and sent
to the county Jail, and in the same year
he was again convicted and sent to the
| PYiS 20 l., T.
was also under a half dozen other indict-
ments at the present term and there are
still large number of warrants out for
him. He said he did not know he was
wanted in Delaware for robbing the
Moore Bros. store at Leipsic; he admitted
that he had been arrested in Delaware
gave bail, and had forfeited his bail.
His answers to the Prosecutors ques-
tions didn't make his case look at all
better.
Solomon Warful, who testified for him
said that he had been aboard of the Gar
Isle" June 30th, looking for net which
he he'd lost; he saw nothing on board OF
the Carlisle" but what he thought prop.
erly belonged there.
The jury went out in this case and
another was at once moved against him
that of robbing Mahlon Mulford's boat.
Tuesdays Session.
Court opened at 2.50 with case of How
ard Shull, for larceny of articles from the
oyster boat of Capt. Mahlon d. Mulford.
There are four similar indictments
against Shull. The jury on first indict-
ment came in just before the noon recess
with verdict of guilty, as charged. This
Indictment was for larceny from the boat
of Belford Candy.
On the second Indictment several wit
nesses testified to having seen Shull's
boat only in the vicinity of Capt. Null
ford's boat, which had been left alone in