The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-02-26

W.
His beard has grown considerably since th'
publication of his portrait in The 1fgiS, bu
not enough to materially change his appear
ance. He appeared in good 81 hits and chat
ted pleasantly with his wife and children, who
sat in the court room with him.
On Wednesday the panel was completed,
the jury selected being as follows: William
Oliver, H. Clay Stewart, B. Frank Cathcart, A bel
w. Patterson, Samuel W. Cooling, John May
Scarborough, James o. Gorrell, Philip II
Kroh, Matter Standiford, John ". Forder,
Charles w. Roberts and William T. Clarke
Mr.. Preston made the opening speech for
the State, aud Mr.. Weissager for the defence.
The first witness was
| JAMES l.. LEONARD.
al live at Iona Gloucester coHnty, New
| Jersey, and lived there on the 18th day of
December, 1896. | am a farmer and nursery
man. On the morning OF the 18th of that
month, went to my barn and found the sta
BILE door ajar. | went in the stable and found
that two of my horses and some harness was
|
| that my light market wagon and blank cts
were missing. The horses were in the stable
/ the night before, ! am sure. The stable had
been locked and the staple had been broken
off. started at once for Philadelphia. On
the jamb Of the stable door were marks which
| looked as if they had been made by sharp
instrument. The door is made OF soft white
! nina at nupa IN and
Camden and Immediately followed the tele
grams. l did not advertise. / saw an adver-
tisement in the paper which described my
| team in general way. On Wednesday, about
| noon, of the week following, | received let
| ter from Camden that my team was in Bel
| Air. l came here and found it, and all my
| property except set OF light driving harness.
| found the property in stone stable kept by
| Mr.. Flowers. l picked out my horses and
wagon without any trouble. The wagon had
a new Imprinted tongue in it. neither offer
ed nor paid a reward Mr.. John Ii. Fisher
neither asked nor received any reward from
me. Iona is about twenty-five miles from
Philadelphia. have driven there with light
load in between four and five hours. Kaighn's
Ferry is nearer, being between twenty-three
and twenty four miles. never drove over
the route to Conowingo. l was at the hear
ing before Justice Barnes. Hoon and Davis
were both present. although did not hear
their evidence. 1t was my team which | re-
covered. believe Mr.. Fisher was there when
| identified the team.
Cross offered no reward and
none was offered in the advertisement. Mr..
Fisher claimed no reward. He claimed fee
to reimburse him for money he had spent. l
did not refuse to pay him. did not have
sufficient money to settle with him and get
back home. | saw bystander offer to pay.
He did not pay it then. | have not been paid
one cent to come here, nor did | refuse to
come and testify unless received a stipulated
amount. | was assured that would not have
to lose by the operation. There was no speci-
fed sum named. | came to Bel Air with MIR.
Robert &. Richardson, who met me at Aber
deem. / can't say when | first met Fisher.
We went into the stable in 4 crowd. did not
testify before the grand jury here. l did in
New Jersey. / went to the stable to look for
my team because it was said that team sup
posed to be mine, was there. | went to no
other stable There were, | judge, from six
to ten horses In the stable at the time. No
one directed me to my horses. went by my
self and recognized my horses. / retired
about eleven O'Clock on Friday, December IL,
and went to the stable morning at half
six"
WILLIAM II. DoRELI..
81 live at Camden, New Jersey, and did SO
in December last. l am a collector for the
Delaware River Ferry Company. l was on
duty Saturday, December 12. The boats run
from Kaighns avenue to Chester street ferry.
The boats both start at A. NJ. / was at the
ferry at five O'Clock on Saturday morning. |
saw Hoon, the prisoner at the bar, al the fer
ry that morning. The man called Davis was
with him. l afterward saw them both at the
Jail and recognized them. On the morning OF
the 18th | was preparing to start the IS
boat. Hoon drove the team in and l directed
him which way to go. Davis came In at the
gate and Hoon stayed in the wagon. Davis
paid the ferriage. We are notified every day
or night by telegram or telephone or private
message II nything is stolen that We must
look out for them. had seen both Of these
men cross tie ferry before. l have been in
the employ of the company about five year.;
The manner in which they came into the ferry
aroused my suspicion. Ordinarily one drives
to the roadway, gets his check and goes on
board the boat. | saw them both and am
positive of my Identification. They had bay
horse and dark horse. The ferry is connect
ed with the Camden and Atlantic City Rail-
way, and the electric plant has about three
hundred lights. had never seen Hoon with
team before that morning Davis never
opened his mouth, but banded me the money.
| did not notice the condition of the team"
Cross EramiRdtiOH.-'I was on duty and
went off at & A. NJ. The boat was to go to the
down town ferry. The driveway is about I64
feet wide. Hoon's wagon was ON the street
out of the gate. The gate was opened at four
O'Clock or few minutes earlier. Hoon was
sitting in the wagon when | first saw him.
The curtains Of the wagon were down ON the
side next to me. Hoon had no whiskers at
the time, only moustache. | am not able to
describe his dress, my business being to look
at his face. No other wagons went on board
from that side of the river on that trip. The
The early morning travel from November TO
May is light. l waved my hand for him to
come on and stood at the gate looking at him
as he passed. At the gate the man who paid
me was about two feet from me, the man in
the wagon about five feet"
LEWIS H. STARR.
| II live at WoodGerry, and am prosecutor of
| the pleas for Gloucester county, New Jersey.
| The common law Of England is part of the
| governing law of New Jersey. The common
law definition of larceny is still in full force
| and effect in that State"
| WILLIAM STEWART.
81 am tender for the Conowingo Bridge
| Company, and was such in December last.
saw the team cross the bridge on Sunday,
don't remember the date; it was low, covered,
| spring wagon. / saw but one man with it. He
was the one called Davis. The team went on
| up the hill and lost sight of it. Ibid not leave
| the house The team had one black horse and
one bay. ] saw them about eight O'Clock A.
NJ. ] did not see Hon."