The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-02-28
TRIAL 0F TINE TRAIN RoesGas


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sl-The trial of Morgan and >-arvy
the alleged Aqua ,r-ck train rubt--r.
began h-rr to-day. stafford Court
House ). mure liAc place " here = trair
might b- successfully held up thar
where the perpetrators of one of In,
most daring train rubb-ri,- on record
are To be tried. The court hou>- the iAil
the clerk. house. two .iorrs and
one other house constitute the vii
lagr. IL j. four tuil-, from th,
road, in the most thinly >rttl~sl
part "f the county. and has lonely
drcary aspect. To-day. however
IT l. throns-d with country pcopl- and
others Morgan aud >-arC-, w-r- taken
by sheriff Kennedy from the fr,-.l-r-
ick>burg jail ~ an early hour thi.
morning Ia the depot 10 wait IA. ArriN-
! al If the train With them Ner- sup
erini.ndeni- Ilindc aud E>tr-- of
rinAerton'> agency and thr,-- guard,
The Who'll. party wrr- armed with
Winchester repeating shot guns. fer
There have been rumors of an attempt
I'd Rescue.
Morgan was brought into court ct,
his cot 10y Percy 'rutchiicld. the ~
press messenger h- robbed. The ruun-
srl filed tw" pleas in abatement. one
because TN. grand jury that indicted
him was not property constituted. one
"i it, members being a postmaster aud
under the Virginia law not competent
Ia serve a juror: the other b,'cau--
the indictment did not change IA.
same oiien-. for which Morgan Ma ~
tradIi-d, and that a man could not l-
tried for an oiirn>" "i her than ior v hirh
lac wa> eNtradit-i. The common
wealth moved la reject both Il-a- and
after argument the court rejected
them. The dri.ns. excepted aud then
moved 10 quash tk. Indictment alle..
ing that IL Was had 10y reason of du-
pliciiy and mis- sjoind-r of counts. Thi.
motion was most -laborat.l Ia argued
10y Col. shay for three quarters of al
hour, AT which time he suspended and
the court took rccrs> for dinner.
After r.c.s>, counsel Tor the d-f-n~.
Resumed argument on the motion I.
| quash the indictment. ". = Thomas
who l. assisting the prosecution. re-.
| Piled, and Then the commonwealth at.
| tornel. W hlt-, stated Ia hr courts that
he never hesitaied Ia own up Ia mie.
take and he thought that last count ia
the lndIct charging conspiracy io rob
should be- quashed.
The court then qua>h.d the la>i
count and overruled the motion &,
| quash the other counts Ia which IN.
counsel for the defense excepted.
Tonight heavily armed guard oc.
| cuple- the cell each of the men orrupy
and guards patrol the outside of Ihs
jail while lanterns hang all around ii
and light up the whole premises.
| The Trial In Progre.. at stafford Cour,
House
| STAFFORD. 4. II. Va, Feb. aI.-Mor.
gan and Searcey, the train robbers
spent last night in their cells, and b,
the side of each mans cot sat grim
eN-Confederate with a Winchester riff.
across his lap, while outside in Ia.
nght of a lamp that swung from each
door of the Jail walked some of pinker.
tons best men,
AT 10 o'clock this morning .Judg.
Ashton opened court and rendered hi,
| decision on the demurrer To the indict-
| ment. lie sustained the demurrer { % { d,
fourth count of the Indictment ant
overruled IL as To othcr counts. To which
ruling the defense excepted. Tn,
counsel for the defense moved {,
squash the Indictment "a il stood and
demurred to il also. Both mot ion.
were Overruled. Mr.. Shay, the pris.
Oner's counsel, then IN an earnest
speech moved for a continuance of th.
case on the ground that certain mate
rial witnesses for the defense were alb.
sent. The names of them were furn.
ished and Col. Shay stated that non.
of them were in the State of Virginia
This motion was resisted by Mr.
Seymour White, Commonwealth !
attorney and overruled by th.
court. Morgan was arraicncd an,
pleaded not guilty, and then the iur,
was empanelled. The witnesses fol
Morgan, whose absence was made In,
ground for continuance are:
CIV. sullivan, Charles Low. william
Green. Il. Parker, James Clark. Blu
menthal Row and Richard Mckanc.
Judge Ashton opened the Afternoon
session of his court at 3 o clock, and or
dered the jury to be sworn To try tn,
Issue and charges, which was done
and then the prosecuting attorne,
began his opening statement of TIA
facts Of the case which occupi.'
an hour. He was followed by Stat,
Senator, William 4. Little. Jr. VIII,
Hlade the opening stat einents Tor tn
defense, and was severe in his arraign
ment Of both the Adams Express "a
and the Pinkerton force for the par
they We're taking i'm assisting tn
prosecution. saying that Pinkertol
charged six dollars an hour for taikin,
to hands of chief lieutenant. who Ie,
the detective forces at the Homestea'
strike and took part in that massacr.
He made a forcible and eloquent pl.
for justice To his client and that he b
given the benefit of every doubt.
At o'clock Mr.. Gallagher. the en
gineer Of the train and the first wit
ness, was put on the stand. His eyi
dence. in substance, was that two me
| appeared on his engine, how or fror
| where they came, he could not say an
at the point Of their pistols made hin
and the firemen get off the engine an
sit on the bank while they robbed ia
express car. Then they made the fire
man put on coal and uncouple the Ell
. gine on which they went off. witnes
was subjected to severe crpss-examina
I tion, vixen the conrt adjourned till u
morrow morning. Ii is thought tina
e Searcey will be put on the stand tomor
row and make a clean breast OF th