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

to Il woman and child going to the boat, ''how
many officers are there in this town. The
woman said three. The man said there
would he some one suffer in town before mo~l-
ing. Monday afternoon Mrs. Truss saidto Mr.
Truss that il they had IL Waterman last night
the would have caught tn" man. aa the
pistol had been taken tack to thu boat and
laid on the table
WINFIELD BROADWAY.
Winfield Broadway testified that he was II
brother in-aw of Truss and boarded with hin.
| He said he found u cane which lookri like
/ the ONE found in tIe onGiur--pDln, aud had
taken it and thrown it on Truss, w,vdpilu in
! the summer. II" said h" could not state for
sur, if it WIS the same cane. tut looGed like
| it. | WAS nj Truss house ON the night Of
! the murder, and ate my supper about :
| o'clock Truss and his wife and myself sat
down tO.ether. Truss was the fret to got
| through. and he went out and | did not 30"
| him any more that night. / was with SherlT
Mackey when he found the $50 in the sewing
machine drawer.
ALDRICH GIBBS.
Aldrich Gibbs, colorod testified that he
| found on Friday afternoon a ring Of keys.
on Front Street between George and Charlie.
Streets. rot far from an alley which runs
| past tho homo Of Truss. The evidnnca WIS
to prove that if Truss had conn tilted the
murder he went out of his way to reach
| home. and could have lost the Keys where
| they were found.
| DIR. KARSNEP.
DR.. william C.. Karsner testified to the
wounds on tho head of the vi tim, and. in his
| opinion. any one of them wo nd have pro
| duced death He did not thiuk Camp lived
4 mi nf hA trCt utr I.
| thought that the slcd.e-hammsr wa- the
instrument used and saw the blood spots on
tho same. He Il so testified to going with
Sheriff Mackey to Truss's home and the
finding of the $50, as indicated in the letter
| from Truss to his wife. which, however. she
| never received.
GEORGE LOTHIAN.
George LOTHIAN. of Chesapeake City. tc~,i
| fled to finding the cane and shovel in the
engine-house the day after the nu.rdsr WA
! known, and that Truss left The bilding when
he brought the cane out from the coal-bn
| Truss stated that he had never seen The
cane before. Testified that he had made II
| search OF the cabin with others, but could
not find the revolver Truss told Loymnu
that he thought man weighing about $50
| pounds committed the murder.
JOHN METZ.
John Lett, said TrIss was used to hau'-
ii
| blacksmithing.
| GEORGE W. PETERSON.
George Peterson carpenter at the dry dock
repeated in the main, his testimony ut the
hearing. He got to tn" dock shortly before
| 7 o'clock and saw the engine house door an 4
window open. Thought Truss was abou1
and called, climbed in window of the Office
and made II fire Truss came in ahout ten
minutes and opened the door. Asked Peter
son, if he had opened the engine hous".
| Truss went out and came back in three or
four minutes and said nothing was missing
| Truss left shortly after to feed Deibert's horse
| Truss came back painted Il wagon brown
washed II carriage and was around mt differ
ent times during the day. Peterson was
working on Camps boat and needed him
toward noon and felt worried at not seeing
| him. Saw him last about 1 p. M, the day
before. Truss left before Peterson did ON
the End. but probably came back to close up
rs that was his practice. Towards O'Clock
on the 3rd. Mrs Deibert called him to the
dock to see drowned man whom she and
| her little boy saw there. Peterson said he
would go and tell Squire Vandegrift, saw
Truss in his yard and told him that the man
was drowned and he Peterson thought
it was Camp. Truss and Mrs. Deibrrt
were in the Office when he came back. He
thought Truss helped to carry Camps body
| into the engine room. Did not hear him Oh
Jet to bringing the body there. The fore
| man of the jury had it moved to the office
Peterson described the fastening of the door.
| The shutter or shutterwindow which fas-
| tened inside was shown in the court Court
| then adjourned until Friday.
Peterson recalled Truss to got his tools Off
the boat. Found them in the office or shop
when he returned from Vandergrifts.
George Fl. Queck was to have shown the
tho hasp of tho engine house door but lost it
on the way up. One shown him in court bv
Mr.. Crothers was just like it but smaller. 1t
was folding hasp. fitting n plate staple
which was put ON with nail. The staple had
| been drawn out but the hasp was not twisted
nor cracked.
G. d. Strickland testified that Chesapeake
! letters for North East left Ekton at s. 2S A.
m. and SIG p. m.
Lynch recalled. Could not say whether he
came to Elkton on Jan. 3rd. on the or II
o'clock train from North East. If on the
| former could not have gotten Mrs. Truss's
letter. il it was then at North East Got it
after d p. m. that day. The State here
| closed
For the defence. Winfield Broadway recol-
lected Albert Constable Jr.. asking Mrs.
Savin about Truss being at her house on Jan.
IND, at night. She said she could not say
yes or no. Mr.. Constable confirmed this but
told OF her telling him on seeing her again
that she had recolected it just after he had
left her. She gave some details OF his STAY Mt
her home that evening which was from about
6 to 7.30 p. m.
Bennett Savin, 8 years old. thought his
uncle Harry was at his mothers the night
before the dead man was found at the dock.
Knew his mother was folding clothes but
could not tell anything that was said or done
by Truss, nor cold he recall that Truss was
there the next night or any other one night
though he often came there Of evenings and
stayed some time. The defense closed here
and argument was begun at minutes Of u
O'Clock. Mr.. Evans opening Tor the State
COURT TO-DAY.
Upon the converting Of court to-day the
closing arguments will be made by the coun-