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he did, adding, that 'Dc Lords got him.
and data oil I know about it, dey aint
got no cause to rest me for aint done
nuthin." TBg7-.E4y9
lie further stated that on the night Of
the child's death he was alone in the
house with the exception Of his four
children. .,t..
His wife had left him some six months
before and the only other member Of the
household ut the present time is q grand
mother who came to help him move.
lie attributed his agitation and at
tempted Assault Oh Detective McVey, at
the time Of his arrest, to surprise and in
dignatiOn at the officers charge and
their appearance at his homo.
lie claims that tho charge against him
ia absurd and that he can prove his in.
nocence OF the charge.
Ho stated that he had never been ar
rested before and was we'll known to
many people and the etorekeepsrs in
New Castle, having dealt wish them for
some five years.
Doman Originally y came from Maryland,
and be Is burly negro, very dark, about
five feet eight inches in heighth, and
weighs in tho ssighborhsod OF 1856
pounds. .-au.. .y.
He has = scar on his right shin and
wore. when arrested, cap, light brown
sack coat, overalls and gum boots.
On being searched after his arrival At
the Jail by Warden Connors, all that was
found was bottle containing some kind
| OF medicine, memorandum book, some
papers, and a small piece Of rubber hose
about two feet long.
He was locked up in cell No. 10, in
company with Willard Rakes, colored,
confined for larceny, not wthstanding his
protestation Of innocence.
| Doman seems very much down hearted
at his arrest, but talks freely.
| lie will be given preliminary hearing
in u few days. There seems to be some
nyslcryabout the disappearance Of Do
mans wife, who ia supposed to have left
him some months ago and has not been
seen since. ,.H
( 1t is also said that two or three OF his
! children have died in peculiar manner 4
before the death OF Joshua
Deputy Coroner Chandler held an in
QUESTION yesterday afternoon ut State
Road and during the taking of the testi-
mony Doman maintained the most
stolid Indifference. .lg
This was not broken even when his
small son testified to the inhuman rs
sault he had committed on his dead
boy.
The testimony was similar to that pre-
visusly given above, with the exception
OF tho result of the post-mortem held
over the remains by DR.. j. r. Smith,
coroner's physician. '.sH
Tho physician In his statement testi-
fed to the nature Of the wounds found,
and also stated that the skull had been
fractured with some blunt instrument,
and that the head was one mass Of
bruises.
After hearing the tsstilnony the jury
rendered verdict to the effect that
Joshua Donan had came to his death
through having bsen beaten BY some
blunt instrument in the hands OF the
father Alexander Doman.
The suppositisn now is that Doman
had killed two other OF his children,
who had mystsriolsly disappeared dur
ing the past two years.
The prolonged absence OF his wife, who
has been missing for the past nine
months, was also a subject for conjecture
and the concensus OF opinion among the
neighbors 10 that she also had been foully
dealt with, and had possibly met death
at the hands Of her husband.
This Doman denies, ho alleging that
his wife had loft him and gone off with
another man
His statsment is not beloved, however,
and is is openly said that anyone who
would so brUtalIy beat his own flesh and
blood to death could just as easily do
away with the missing wife and other
children.