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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-12-11
WALTER W. PRESTON.

He tried to sign his name but was unable to
do 50. He was entirely rational. | wrote as
nearly as could, his exact language. The
statement was read to him and he assented
to it.
Joseph P. Wilson and Charles E. Creswell
were present and witnessed the dying declara-
ton.
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THE WHITAKER MURDER CASE
TRIED BEFORE THE COURT-A
FULL REPORT.
The Stale Claims a Verdict of Murder
i'll the First Degree.


On Wednesday morning the case of William
L. Bowling was called for trial. This case,
the incidents of which are still fresh in the
mind of the people, seems 10 have lost none
Of its interest, as the Court House w"s throng-
ed with spectators. States Attorney Preston
is assisted by Mr. 5. Webster Bradford, while
Messrs Harlan & Webster and eX-Judge
Maynadier appear for the defense. y large
number o! Witnesses have been summoned on
each side, and it is probable that the case will
occupy the attention Of the court for several
days.
At the call of the court, the prisoner was
brought into court and took his seat in the
dock lie was neatly attired and presented
composed and even cheerful state of mind.
His long confinement has had 4 noticeable ef-
feet upon him. lie listened attentive!y to
the long arrangement, as il was distinctly read
by Clerk W. 5. Forwood. Jr. At the close OF
the reading. the counsel for defence entered
special plea that the grand jury which found
the indictment was not legally constructed
according TO the provisions of the Code art
81, section :. which states that no person is
competent to act as juror, who is party to
any case which may come up for trial during
the term for which he is summoned to act as
i juror. Tue plea WAS dcmurred to by the
State and the demurrer sustained. general
demurrer was then filed to the indictment and
to each count thereof, and the plea Of Not
Guilty. entered.
After the prisoner had plead to the indict-
ment, the counsel for defense asked for re-
cess until Thursday morning for the purpose
of interviewing newly discovered and highly
important witnesses. The request was grant
ed.
Ga Thursday morning the prisoner eXercis-
e his right of election and chose to be tried lie
fore the Court instead of jury. The attend
ance was unusually large and the interest
IN the case seemed undated. The
prisoner was accompanied by mis- brother. who
took a seat by his side. BY request of the at
torneys. the witnesses for both the prosecution
and defense were excluded from the court
room.
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Showing the existing Indebtedness
OF the Society innlnlint Or nv. rnilnns
Leaving a balance on
hand with which to pay
premiums amounting
SI2S 55


In offering premiums the Society reserves
only such proportion of the premiums offered
as the financial condition OF the Society will
permit. All other debts must be paid in full
if there are sufficient funds This loss of
l,1O9 30 must, therefore, fall upon the eX-
hibitOrS. unless some means can he devised to
borrow the amount. As to whether this can
be done will, no doubt, largely depend upon
the action of the Stockholders ut their annual
meeting in January.
The Directors desire to say further that the
receipts for the year 1896. in spite OF the in
clement weather of Tuesday and Wednesday,
would have been ample to- pay all expenses,
but the debt of former years and the interest
on Indebtedness of former years which had TO
be paid out of the receipts for 1886, together
with the cost of absolutely necessary repairs
and improvements TO the grounds and build
ingS. which will inura to the benefit of future
years, and not to sum greater than the pres
Cnt Indebtedness OF the society. as VIII appear
by reference to the following statement,
Balance of note due from 1895,
paid October 3, lS96......... $500 90
Interest on the Indebtedness Of for
mrr years paid out of receipts for
1SD6...... 90 10
Necessary repairs and improve
ments to buildings and grounds. 526 81
Slab 50
Deduct total Indebtedness of the
Society 1,lO9 80
BOB 30
Showing that the Society would have at this
time all of its debts paid Tor the year 1886, in
Guiding premiums now due. and net balance
to it, credit OF ,O3 %, if it aad not been re-
quired to pay the items above mentioned.
BY order of
THE DIRECTORS.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-12-11
JAMES A. LYLE.

am Justice of the Peace. l went up to
Whitaker's place on Sunday, August 2d, in
company with the States Attorney,and found
Whitaker lying on the porch. l thought he
was in very bad way. He made a dying
statement which was taken down by Mr..
Preston. (The paper was identified by the
witLess.) He said he didn't think that he
could recover. The paper was read to him.
He was very tremulous and when he tried TO
sign his name he fell back. Mr.. Preston
signed his name and | witnessed it. That
was between three and four O'Clock on Sun
day afternoon. lie did not seem to me to
have any doubt about his condition. The
statement was taken down verbatim. lie
knew he was dying.
lie assented to the statement and seem per
fectIy satisfied with it. 1t was in his own
language as near as it conld be. No one ex-
amined him but Mr.. Preston. He was sworn
both before and after the deposition was
made.
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EMF.
OFFICE OF TIE hartford COUNTY AGRI-
CCLIURAL AND MECmA NICAL SOCIETY.

OFFICE OF TIE hartford COUNTY AGRI-
CULTURAL AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY.
BEL AIR. MD. December ], 1896.
Owing to the fact that the DIRECTORS ma inc
Society Will bc unable to pay the premiums in
Full unless some arrangements can he made to
borrow sufficient money for this purpose, they
have deemed it advisable 10 submit IA summary
of the financial condition of The Society i'll aG-
vance of the Secretary'S detailed statement.
which will be presented to the stockholders at
their annual meeting i'll January and will at
that time be acted upon by them.
The total disbursements and indebt-
cdneSS of the Society during the
year 1896 including premiums
now due amounts tO...........- ....... St, 163 80
The total receipts for the year 1856
from every source, including al
prOXimate amount to he received
from the State amounts to........... 5,613 40
Showing the existing Indebtedness
OF the Society, including premiums
now due to 49,. 100 90
The amount due by the
Society fC premiums is 81 ,23S 10
Deduct from this the
present Indebtedness of
the Society 1900. l,lUJ 80
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said that he knew that damage had been
done, that he had lost from 500 to $50 worth
of goods during the past year. MIR. Whitaker
| said to him ''you are not home most of the
time" and Sked him when he was going to
move. He replied "neXt week" Mr..
Whitaker said, You have told me that sever
al times''
Bowling said that he could stay there for
year if he felt so disposed. Whitaker replied,
Then | will have to use other means" To
this bowling answered, ''You had better not,
it may cost you dear if you do He then
said, Il don't know that you have any right
on the place. You had better go" Whitaker
said, ''Come boys we had better GO" Dowl-
ing said, "rll be damned if you hadn't better
90" as he stepped off of the steps with gun
in his hands. Whitaker jumped behind tree
and said, ''What have | ever done to you to
deserve anything like this - bowling with
his gun in his hand said, "Damned If L don't
kill you. Whitaker begged him not to shoot
Not more than three or four seconds elapsed
between the shots. We four-Charles Whit
aker, Harry Whitaker, myself and bowling
were all that were present
On cross examination Mr.. Murphy being
asked if he knew certain parties who were
named to him said he did, and mentioned
several persons for whom he had worked.
Referring to The case, he said, alt was the
first time l had been on the place for five or
six weeks. | was not in the habit of visiting
Downing. We were about forty feet from
him when he sat on the door-sill with his feet
resting GU the step. The first conversation
was about the weather. | think Whitaker
asked him when he was going TO move. He
told Bowling that the fruit trees were being
broken up and the place was going to rack,
generally. lie had no objection to Bowling
remaining there, but he was away from home
so much. bowling claimed to have lost from
500 to $3.50 worth of goods during the pas;
year. Bowling said he would move in day
or two. Whitaker replied, "1ou have told
me that before several times" 81 am going
this time" When Whitaker threatened him
with other measures, he said, ''If | were you,
! wouldn't. 1t may cost you very dear" |
did not hear him say he would move as soon
as Jim came to help him move the heavy
things, nor that he Lad the key to house he
had rented fro II Mr.. Glenn, at High Point. |
was not over thirty feet from Whitaker when
he was first shot. When Bowling threatened
to shoot Harry, | left.
On redirect examination witness said that
he bad not warned Whitaker not to go to |
Dowling's place on that Sunday, as he had no
occasion TO do so. He never knew or heard |
of any i'll feeling between the parties.
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BOB 30
Ofice B01yd If SchOoi Commissioners,
BET Ay, Nd, Nor. 18th, 1896
ANNUAL STATEMENT
Or THE
Board Of County School Commissioners
OF HARTFORD COUNTY,
For the Fiscal Year Ending July 31st, 1896

Published in accordance with the require
ments of Sec "a, of State Public School Law.
For an iteInized account of every expenditure
made at each school of the county, taxpayers
are referred to the Annual state Report, soon
to be published. Copies of the same can be OBJ
tanned, free of cost, at this Office as soon as re-
...ai..
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RECEIPTS.

Statement of Receipts and Disbursement!
for Public school Purposes for the
Year Ending July 3Ist, 1896.
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Excess of Liabilities over Assetts....S 793 40
JOHN d. WORTHINGTON,
Treasurer
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JAMES MURPHY,

live on Mr.. Charles Whitaker's place and
lived there at the time of the shooting, which
occurred on August %. twas Sunday. Mrs.
Whitaker went to.church. After dinner Mrs.
Whitaker asked me to 90 over to the Bowling
place and gather plums. Mr. Whitaker,
Harry and myself started and went across
the old orchard to Dowiing's place. There
was no path and we walked through the field.
| We crossed the fence with MIR. Whitak er
leading. Bowling went into the house with
an armful of wood. Mr.. Whitaker and
Bowling greeted each other. He took his
wood in the house and came out and set down
or the doorstep. They talked about the
weather, crops etc, for some time and
Mr.. Whitaker spoke of the damage which
had been done to the fruit trees, bowling
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-04-10

The Bainbridge township conyen.
ton was fairly well attended on
Monday. Ii was called to order by
Committeeman J. +. Friedman, and
+. L. Betz chosen Secretary
Precinct committeeman 10 serve
for the next two years were chosen
. follow:
Pre-. No Alloys Sprauer.
John T. Huther.
The following were made dele
gates 10 the County Convention
Tuesday: W. w. Kendall. John
Dick, JOS Schroeder, Ed. J. Kelnpf.
John Lorev. l. J. Gasser, Andrew
krempp. Sr., G. p. Wagner. Jaco b
Burger, Jr., VI. A. Sweeney. r. F.
Milburn, J. P. Sab, p. A. Guckes.
Nat Eckert, Conrad Eckert. A. NJ
Hochgesang. j. P. Huther, Jos
Shuler, and Albert Bohner.
Convention then adjourned.
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Official Vote Of the Democratic Dubois
County April 1896

NAME Or CANDIDATE.
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Adjourned Friday last to Wednes
day. and viii adjourn on next Sat
urday for two weeks. The following
shows the disposition of causes VI
to adjournment.
State vs. Chis. Harder: inroxica
ton; nollied on account OF absence
OF Alb. Nicholson, prosecuting wit
ness.
State vs. Hobson Bailey: assault !:
plea guilty; fine 81.
State vs. Andrew Klein: A & B.
with intent; jury after being out
over 80 hours, report failure to
agree, and are discharged and cause
continued.
Jay DeBruler was admitted and
sworn As member Of the bar
CIVIL CAUSES
; H. Ledgerwooi ct al. " T.. C.
Bixler. ct a.. continued with leave
10 sell real estate on terms hereto
fore ordered.
Minnie Stewart W Harley B.
Stewart. ct al. judgment for t245.-
90, and making judgment a first
lien on real estate
Wesley G. Robinson admir- ct Of
Smith Robinson, decd vs. VIM. NJ
Harris ct al judgment Of foreclosure
for 81 1857.
Chas. Honey, ct al vs. John
Hardwick, ct al; order 10 enforce
mechanics lien against Defendants
in favor Of Honey for s157.33: in
favor OF Mat Gerhard for 1859 81:
IN favor OF Stratman for $50. So: in
favor Of Roettger for 81 10; in fay
or OF L. Hines Lumber Co. for
1856 b, and making all a lien up
on the real estate mentioned.
John H. Kamnon vs. Christ,
Ahrens; continued
State ex rel. Nancy Seigler vs.
Alfred c. Krutsinger, ct al: dis
missed on written agreement. a,
cost Of defendant.
IT, b. Simmons vs. Joseph Buch-
art; Judgment for 1850
Anton Berger. admir- est. Of An
ton MART, decd, ordered to sell
real estate.
John II. Lansford vs. Ara Rose.
ct al Judgment Of foreclosure for
$lls-6i now due, and $l23.2O on
second note.
Jos. E. Buchart VS. John Hollo-
well, ct al. dismissed.
The guardian Of minor heirs Of
John r. Klingel. decd, reports
sale OF real estate 10 Catharine Kreu
tor slll.65 cash; sale confirmed,
and the other tract 10 same person
Tor $sO.s5; sale confirmed.
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l desire TO express TO the Democratic
voters OF Jasper who voted for Inc las,
Saturday for the nomination for Town
Clerk my heartfelt thanks for their good
Will, and also those who voted for nv
opponent my regards for their personal
courtesy, and assure them all that | Will
heartily support the ticket nominated
and invite all of them. especially the
nominees and their friends. to call AT
my shop over >payd's store. and examine
my stock Of fine samples for tailoring
and see what nice nit | will guarantee
them for very little money,
Ever Your obedient servant.
j. p. HrrHER, the + ailor.
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The Easter tide has come ane
gone, and April showers are her,
again.
John Geisler is happy; it is q
bouncing baby boy.
Our Sabbath school was re-organ.
zed last Sabbath. with Mack Harris
Superintendent, T.Hays, Assistant
Success TO the school.
We had game Of base ball here
last Sunday, (Which should not
have been.) The Needmore bows
beat the Portersvile team.
The Easter entertainment bv the
Christian Endeavor, was well car
RED out. The children all did well
and all seemed pleased with the
rabbit eggs" which they received.
The box supper, on Easter Mon
day night, at the Workmen's Hall.
was largely attended, and quite a
number Of ladies bought boxes.
The string band rendered some
music. The first prize for the most
graceful walking couple was award
cd to ~ b. Coffman and J. A. Cox.
The second to c. CrandalI and
Annie Rudolph.
Walter Mcdonald, Of Illinois. is
visiting his grandma, Of this place.
The election passed of quietly at
this place.
Dr. Pair has come again to curl
village to stay. Dock thinks there
Is no place like Portersville.
Mrs Eva Traylor, Of Orwell.
was visiting her mother Of this place
Tuesday. CT
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lnthe matter Of the estate OF Marrare,
Hagen. Deceased.
In the Dubois Circuit Court. March
term, 1895.
Notice IL hereby given. that George
Nix, as Admr. Of the estate Of Marvare,
Hagen deceased, has presented and fiIed
his account and vouchers in finsI settle.
ment Of said estate. and that the same
Will come up for the examination and
action Of said Circuit Court. on the iarh
day Of April, ls9i. at which time all heirs
creditors or Iegatees Of said estate are
requir-i to appear in said Court and
ahow cause, II any there be. why -aid
account and vouchers should not Sc an.
proved. and let all heirs. leea,ees ami
other persons interested appear ana
make proof OF their claim to any part Of
-, GEORGE Nix. Admr
WITNESS my hand and the seal Of sa;d
Court, at Jasper, Indiana, this oath dav
Of March, lss. HERxAS ECKER. Clerk
IHArLoE 4 HrsrER, Atty's.
March q, Isg6.-2ts