The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-01-25

wallace told OF the wounds found on the
head-any one of which would have been
sufficient to cause death. On the back of
the head one blow had crushed in the skull,
the size of a dollar, causing conclusion of
brain. Two or three blows on the right of
She head had also caused conclusion of the
brain. Any one of the blows would have
caused death. A sedge hammer that had
been found in the engine house after the
murdcr-waS produced, and when asked if
that could have produced the wound DR..
Wallace stated that it could. DIR. Walac,
suited that certain spots on tho sledge, he
took to be blood marks. Tho wounds on the
side of the head could have been made with
the bcvcl end OF the sledge. while the wound
on the back of the head was evidently made
by the face of the instrument.
TRusss ACTION AT THE DRY DOCK.
George W. Peterson was next put on the
stand, and testified as to his residence in
Chesapeake City, for twenty years past and
his employment at the dock as II carpenter.
Il" gave a description of the buildings ON the
dock, and stated that on thc day after the
murder two sicdGc hammers We're found il
the engine m. Hammers were generally
kept there, he said When shown the ham
mer found there and now in the custody o;
the otiicers-sa said he was satisfied that it was
one Of the two found there the Gl;;y after the
murder. In speaking OF the oil Jug found
broken on the floor Of the house Peterson
testified that the jug was usually kept on a
Shell i'll the rear OF the house, and that it
would be a place If it were thrre-iiflicul.
70: any one not acquainted with the huilding
to find at night unless they had Il light. The
boat of Captain Camp he testified was lying
Mt the end OF the dry dock, about one hundred
and fifty feet from the engine house. The
engine house was about two hundred yards
distant from any dwelling. Peterson said
that he had seen Captain Camp the afternoon
before the murder Thursday when he Camp
was working about his boat 1t was about
four o'clock when he saw him last He
testified that Truss was about the engine
house and dock all that Thursday after
noon and he-Iruss-lef5 the place about
quarter of five o'clock saying that he thought
it was about time to stop work for the day.
He-Pcterson worked about a half hour
longer and then went home noticing that
Truss had gone away leaving the door of the
engine house open. Hp-Petorson not
close 1t when he left. He -Petcrson-returned
to work on Friday morning about quarter
oE seven o'clork-'He first noticed the engine
house door ,prn. II" went into the shop.
when Truss came to the place aud asked him
ii he had opened the engine house door
Peterson said that he had not, when Truss re-
Piled that neither had he. Mr.. Peterson fur
thcr stated that two shoyels were usually
Kept in the engine house. one of which he
thought was the one produced in court.
This was the shovel found there on the day
after the murder, on the handle of which the
officials claim were marks of blood and mud
and the impressions OF hand from which
several fingers had been amputated)
Upon cross examination Peterson stated
that the door OF the engine house had been
locked with a pad lock, a key to which he
of the jury of inquisition.
Truss then went out, and returned in few
minutes and said that the house had been
broken open. Peterson testified that Truss
did not seem surprised at the house being
entered.
1t was then raining, and we sat for while
in the shop. | went to the shed and started
to work. Truss came there in a few minutes
and said that he guessed he would 90 up to
Mr. Deiberts and feed the horse. He came
back after awhile and pulled wagon out OF
the shed and painted the panels, and then
drew out the no-top buggy and washed it.
When l saw the body of Captain Camp in
the water both hands were in the pockets OF
the overcoat, and it was lying face downward
Did not see the blood ON the dock until his
attention was called to it. Then saw blood
on two chips five or six feet from the engine
house door and then found trail of blood to
the corner OF the shed, where there was "a
considerable pool and larger pool between
the shed and the water. Some one had
picked up the pocket book eight feet from
where the large pool OF blood was found.
TRUSS CALLED AT HER HOUSE.
Mrs Harry Buckwith. OF Chesapeake City,
was the next witness. She stated that she
resided on Charles street, the second door
below the house occupied by Truss and his
wife, whom she had known as neighbors for
the past year. She recolected the Thursday
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