Evening journal., 1895-05-02
MARSHALL PRICES ORDEAL.
GUARDS PATROL DENTON TO PRE-.
VENT A MOB GATHERING.

The Varying Phases ia the Cass-Dr. Du-
hadnway's TestimoBx-FrAnk Friend and
Charles Stevens also on the Stand.
DENTON, Md, May 2.-The court room
where Marshall e. Price is on trial for
his life. charged with the murder of
Sallie K. Dean, was so densely pscked
yesterday that II was impossible to get
In or out.
Guards patrolled the town all night
and kept close watch on all suspicious
characters. Every precaution was taken
to prevent surprise OF the jail by q
mob, not that 1t was seriously thought
that an attempt at lyrchiDg be mad
but only to be on the safe side.
Frank Friend, colored, who lives hut
short distance from the place where ssl-
lie Deans body was found, Was the FIR IT.
witness put on the etand when the trial
was resumed yesterday. On the morning
of the murder, he said. he was at
work gearing up seine. He had taken
some old seines In two peach baskets
from his house TO the barn between 7
and o'clock In she morning
1t Is understood that In one of Prices
confessions he said that he had seen
Frank Friend 90 from the house to the
barn with a peach basket In his hand,
and it was intended TO prove that Friend
actually did go from the house to the
barn with the basket
Charles Stevens, brother of J. Kemp
Stevens, one OF the counsel for the
defense, said that Price had taken dinner
with him on the Friday following the
murder and seemed somewhat excited
When Price received q cup OF coffee he
| placed IL on a plate on the left aide of
his plate, remarking at the tims that he
uaed his loft hand for almost everything
that no used his knife with his lei 6 hand
but that he wrote equally well with bis
left and right hands. He had mentioned
also that the bruise on the girls hesd
WAS on the left side.
DIR John Duhadaway. the physician at
Harmony, who made the first examina-
tion OF Miss Saflie Deans body after the
murder. testified that Price was left
handed man. He said he had known Miss
Dean from her infancy and described her
| injuries after the murder. These, he
said, consisted OF a bruise extending z
from the left temple to her ear. a
cash across her throat about Eve
inches across severing the jugular vein
on the left side and severing the wind
pipe. The cut had evidently been made
from right to left as it was deeper on
the right than on the left, and that it had
continued on the left side uutil 1t had
cut the girls coat collar The power Of
the blow increased Rs it proceeded
The question was raised rs to whether
the physician could tell whether she Shac
been fsloniously assaulted. He sad he
could not tell with absolute certainty,
| I..,k I. hoH auerr ~aaan,a 20 hml4aUa /,
had not been. Had he been present, hl
said, when the body was sxhumed aud
had he seen 1t in a good STATE
of preservation he would be II
position to testify upon thu
point at issue Recurring 10 th'
subject of the wound Ia the chtld'
throat, he said that the knife which hRt
been found at the scene Of the murde
could, Ia his opinion. have made IL, anS
that the wound indicated that it hRI
been made by either left han led person
standing behind the murdered girl, or
right handed man, facing, or standing O
kneeling over the girl while lying on tn
ground.
DR. Duhadaway in reply to Mr. Brown
question said that on February 23, 1894
he missed a bottle of chloroform which
was similar to that found at the scene o
the murder Mr.. Brown asked witnes
several questions about his house beip
broken open. Mr.. Russum objected. and
In reply 10 an inquiry as to what 1t wa
Expected to prove, Mr. Bro wn reptile
that he expected TO show hat article
taken from DR.. Duhadaway's hous
had bsen seen In Prices possession
Mr.. Russum objected ard Mr.. Brow
Withdrew his question, but asked th
nature OF he conversation DR. Duhas
away had had with Mr.. Charles Ted
about the crime. Mr.. Todd said, col
tinued DR. Dubadaway, ''that it was b
theory hat the person who had killed II
girl came ont OF the woods near ii
bridge, followed her mp the hill an
dragged her into the bushes. and thi
when the person who killed her wi
known be thought it would be the san
person who broke into my house, sto
my instruments my watch and kill'
my dog"