The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-03-28

house. Went into the hall and raised up the
oil cloth by tho door. Found three ten dol
lar bills. Made search OF the premises the
night OF his arrest, Monday night Jan. 9Th
Found purse containing $50 in the sewing
machine drawer. Told Truss Of it-he said
it was money he had saved up and given to
| his wife on Friday, after the murder Talked
with Truss on tho afternoon OF his arrest in
his yard, he was saving wood. seymour and
| went there to question him in regard to
breaking open Of the engine house, He said
he went to the engine house at seven O'Clock,
and when h came around the corner Of the
shop, on Friday morning saw that the door
had been broken out, and th0n he went into
the office, and there talked with Petersen
who was in there. Peterson said he thought
| Truss was in the engine house. Truss said
he then went to the stable to feed the horse.
/ Did not 90 first to the engine house. seeing
that il had been forced open, although he
| had charge of it. Was with the horse three
quarters of an hour. and did some other
things before he went to the engine house.
Truss repeated his statement about going TO
tho engine house. This was about 7.3G in the
evening that he made this statement 10 get
him to the hotel Seymour and | went to his
house and told him that the States Attorney
wanted to see him First spoke to him about
the burying of Il dog some days before the
murder Truss had buried it with long
| handled shovel, got no blood on him he said
rs he did not touch the dog. He had on the
/ I,, 4 l,ut l,
dog in. Had gloves on too. he said The
evening OF the murder he said he had seen
Captain Camp about 30 O'clock. He left
the dock TO go to the stable. Came back,
! locked the engine house and went to his house
about ten minutes Of six, and ate supper.
Then sat down. read the paper st yed II
while and at 7.30 went to the post Office, ut
the time the last church bell ringing. Came
back to the house about quarter TO eight did
not 20 out again. Afternoon day of arrest -
made an investigation around the engine
house. Back of the fly wheel found pair
wet recently. as on the inside they were
frozen. Raned little on Friday and blew
mp very cold. freezing weather. Monday was
very cold. The boots had mud On them. and
something that | took to he blood. Where
the body was found-cnginc house door to
cdge-hard and graye!!y. but along the water
b in" soft, and one would get mud on their
boots there going there. The tide made the
mud. Also found clothing. on the driver Of the
engine was an old blouse. saturated with
what | thought 20 he lubricating OIL Back
of the boiler was found II pair OF old paints.
They We're shown to Truss at the hotel. First
the boots. Truss said the first boot was not
his. The second boot he said was his.
Afterward he admitted that they were his.
When talking of boots nj first he said his boot
| had a hole in 1.-THE first one did not, but Il
| hole was in the second onc--lnd he
acknowledge its ownership. He said his
boots were back of the fly wheel of the engine
whore. we found them. l searched him. He
had in money 1852 beside two old coins. He
said nothing then of the money at the house.
Then something was said of searching the
house. He then said he had always saved
money-but did not mention having money
until tho searching OF the house was brought
| hI lp.ii 'iptHlHS lEt llOLSi. one ttTllct
being the shirt he had worn on the day of the
murder-a pair of blue overalls and three
blouses The shirt was u light one. There
was 4 stain on the breast OF the shirt which |
took to be blood. \ place was cut out of one OF
the sleeves. A cane was picked up in the
engine house. 4 shovel was found on Satur-
day, was was not present at the time. On
tn" handle of the shovel appeared blood and
mud marks. A hand seemed to be imprinted
on the handle, stains showing marks Of q
hand from which parts were gone. / did not
find the shovel. The impression of the hand
was onlya portion. The marks on the handle
are not as clear now as they were. said Shoril
Mackcy when the shovel was exhibited to tn,
court. Sheriff Mackey said that one of The
hands of Truss was short Of three fingers
Sheriff Mackey did not feel able to say
whether the hands of Truss could have mad,
the marks. Truss held up his right hand anc
which had only the index finger.
Truss said that when he went to the shoI
the sledgo hammer was lying in the door tn,
handle lying partly out. He said he sci j
back where it belonged. Truss said on th'
coroner's jury several times that some peopl,
around there were trying to get his position
When You think SO why do You not say who
you suspect Of breaking into the shop? SaiC
he thought but it didn't do to think too loud
He seemed to think that the parties tha
broke in the house had committed the murder
After his arrest he spoke Of his innocence
Truss stated that he thought some enemy o
his had done it. | think it was Harry Nanc,
and Andy Spittle he suspected. On Wednes
day he sent for me in jail. He said 90 anc
arrest Jim Moore and you will have the man
| said | would send the States Attorney, anG
that official did 80 and get Truss statement
A large grip containing boots and Other
articles OF clothing were shown. us above
mentioned. took the boots to DR.. Wormley
of Philadelphia, and had them examined
Also took shirt and sledge and other article.
of clothing. At or very close to engine house
l found what looked like blood, it traied to q
point back of work shed where there was d
pool of blood, and Off toward tho water wa.
another smaller pool. The face of the corpse
was scratched indicating that the body haG
been dragged Among the articles tax, /
from Truss was the promissory note to Del
bert.
wM. $. EVANS. STATES ATTORNEY.