The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-29

The petit jury in the case of Joseph Young
and Joseph Bush, alias Joseph Barrett, both
! So'nf.d, indicted Jointly for the murder Of
| .. "a'l Lee, GO Oro,i, by shooting nim in TIE
he'd Htth pistol, at the Baltimore and LehIgh
haiiroad Station, in Bel Air, on the night Of
August 20th, after remaining cut all OF Friday
night of last week, came into court, Saturday
molning, with a verdict pronouncing Young
| gui''5 OF murder IL the first degree and Bash
guisy Of ulur,!I IN Ih- second degree. McssIs
| al beat :. l!awhius anu Harold ac4rb,rG,
cJUnse lur the psisuLers, immediately tiled
anuttons lor arrest oi Judgment anu Tor a new
trial.
Owing TO thefact that number OF memt ers
Of tie bar who are engaged as counsel in pend-
ing criminal cases were obliged to attend court
=: EiNtcu, this Week, In the trial Of an i.npor-
taht case, AID that next week the Count Of
Appeals will De il Session, Judge Walters dis
charged the petit jury and adjourned court.
The evidence for the defencs in the case OF
Young aud Bush was as follows:
George Covert WAS at the camp az Fallston
anu ! lu..nS the car. He was about
IN &c seats ihcitd Oh HE. The cars were tuII.
every thing Was qu CT until We reached Bel Air.
i0en eUulc she threw d bottle DIT the tram from
the outside. Another bottle, or something
which sounded like glass, Was thrown and the
snooLnR began right alter that. The first shot
Suuudeu - II IL caIDe from the lower platform,
outside OF the car. l saw two flashes from
pistol. They were short distance apart. The
wus then about the junction OF the TWO
platforms. / did not either Young
or ifuSH nave Il pistol. Inc flashes seemed to
NE 10 he u or 5 feet fruu Ih> car and about Is
feet apart. Any one at a distance could easily
take the two scUis to De one. The tirSt shot
certainly sounded to me 70 be- OUTSIDE OF the
car, ana Was apparently from the lower plat
form. l might have said that thought Young
uld the smoothing, as the Two women seemed 10
TIE tying To conceal him. l don't know who
did tue shooting. II seemed as if the two women
were trying to keep Dung from being injured
from the outside. The outsiders were angry at
the DO ties being thrown from the car. L never
jrIGu To do tue BEL Air boys any harm, here
nstd gcncruliy been bad feelings between the
Be- -Alr anu FarvIew crowds. The first shot
drew my attention. l can't tell who fired.
Don't think there were less than 7 or 9 shots
fired. They were t1red so rapidly. The shots
seemed to come from behind me- about half
way between the station ami train, ON the
lower piatf 'rm. Didn't know thar any one was
hurt. 1t seemed as il 2 or shots were fired
from the car.
Charles Green:-Lee fell at the first shot
Two shots were fired from the lower platform.
They were fired so close together that if i
hadn't seen them would have taken them for
one shot. Ed. Lee threw bottle towards the
train. Heard no threats or loud talking until
the bottle was thrown. Didn't Young or
itush at the time OF the first shooting. Az least
shots Were fired. 1t was my pistol. Young
got 1t from John jackson. 1 saw two shots
from the car Don't know who shot them.
Whoever shot them did not leave the car. They
were shot toward the engine Young promised
to return my pistol coming up on the train, but
didn't do it.
Hannah j. Bond.-I sat with Young nearly
all the way up. The car was full Did not see
him have pistol. Did not hear him threaten
anybody. Can't say whether the pistol was shot
in or outside OF the car. Heard no bad talking.
Heard the shooting, but don't know who did it.
Ella kell.-Saw no one flourish a pistol. |
Heard no loud talk. bottle was thrown at
the car.
Harold Scarborough. one of the attorneys
Tor defence, testifed.-l examined the ware |
house on the afternoon following the shooting.
There was blood spot near the door. lcount-
ed six marks on the end OF the warehouse and |
one i'll the middle of the door. The boys had
been taking bullets out. / went to the depot
yesterday and stood on the platform as the |
train went by, and noticed the positions of the |
men standing in the car, and it would ha re |
been impossible for one of them to shoot any
one on the upper platform higher than the |
knee. 1t seemed an impossibiGty for any one |
standing up in the car to have Shot person in |
the head who was on the higher platform.
Marietta Bond.-l was sitting in the second |
car and was looking out OF the window when |
saw two flashes from revolvers. They were
close togt Their. They were the first shots l |
heard and they came from the platform. l |
could not see who fired them. 1t was dark. |
There was no moon and all ! could see was by |
the light of a lantern. Heard some one cry |
out "Oh, my God!"
Frank Z. Gorrell.-Mr. DashielI, the agent, |
ana myself were standing in front of my house |
when We were told that man had been shot 4
at the depot, and we went back. 1t was a very
bright moonlight night, but the. buildings cast |
Al shadow and it would have been hard TO
anybody. Herbert Smith said that |
the fellow who did the shooting was on the rear |
platform and had on Derby hat. The place |
where Lee lay was obscured By a shadow ard |
they were using lantern.
Walter r. NJ cComas testified to having taken /
photographic notes of the evidence before the |
coroner and to their correctness. He recollect-
ed Herbert Smith tcstifying that Lee hit I
by bottle and ran up the platform inquiring, |
"Who threw the bottleW
Moiiie Flemming, Il witness for deferce, was |
reported sick. A request for commission to /
take her testimony WAS refused by the court.
Several witnesses were called in rebuttal and |
to testify TO minor details of the shooting and |
ut IL 80 A. NJ. Mr.. Preston commenced the |
He was followed by Mr.. Scarboro,
Nr. Hawkins and Judge Maynadier, in the |
order named, end about six o'clock the case |
was given to the jury.
Archer DeBow, indicted for committing an /
assault upon Joshua Cooper, at the Hickory, |
in August, 1899, was tried before the court,
guilty and fined $50 and costs, |
in all to S29. 80.