The evening times., 1900-03-28
TESTIMONY AGAINST WYATT.
Trial of the Man Charged Wit
Staying Captain CauIis.

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Staying Captain CaGIis.
ELLICOTT CITY, Nd, March 2S.-A
great mass of damaging testimony in ad-
dition TO that of the opening day of the
trial. was produced in the Howard County
Court yesterday against Robert T. Wyatt,
charged with the murder of Capt. Oliver
NJ. Caulk on board his sloop Dream of st.
Michaels.
The State concluded its direct testimony
and the defence outlined a plea of tempo
rary insanity from drinking liquor. The
testimony offered by the State, showing
threats made by Wyatt against Captain
Gaulk was not shaken by sharp examina-
tion conducted by counsel for the defence.
The case went over for another day, the
defence having a number of other wit
nesses to produce.
Capt. Edward L. Jones' of st. Michael's,
took the remains of Captain Caulk from
Rock Greek TO Baltimore. He found the
badly charred body of the captain on the
Sunday morning after the murder. He
recognized the partly burned vessel as the
Dream. owned by Captain Caulk. Il could
not recognize" he said. ANY clothing
either Of Captain Caulk or his colored deck
hand. whom | also knew we'll
Capt. Edward II. Burroughs corroborat
ed the statement at the finding of the re-
mains and testified to taking them to Bal
timore He last saw Captain Caulk on
Saturday morning before the supposed
murder and talked with him on Pratt
Street.
Undertaken Charles NJ. Tickner, who had
charge Of the body. said it was too much
charred to be recognized. He did not
know whether the body was a white or
black man.
Melville S Dunlap was the acting coro-
ner in the Anne Arundel county investiga-
tion Of the case and identified a number
OF articles taken from the burned vessel
belonging to Captain Caulk. including his
watch chain. spectacles, and hatchet, and
also portions of the body. He said tho
dead body OF a colored man was subse-
quently found floating in the creek, the
skull being fractured and the face disfg-
ured by fish.
Other witnesses examined by the State
were Policeman Marion ID. Caulk of Bal
timore. the dead mans nephew; James
Green, George W. Parrott. Edward Harper.
Charles Locke. and George Barnes. all Of
ST. Michsel's. who heard Wyatt make va
rious threats against the life of Captain
Caulk. whom he (WyatO charged with cir
culating reports about Wyatt keeping a
rum mill" and gambling den" because
Of which reports, Wyatt said his parents
had driven him from home.
Nicholas " Bryan and George W. SAT-
field both Of Annapolis were present,
they said. when Wyatt was arraigned in
Annapolis court and heard him make
confession.
The first two witnesses put up by the
defence proved, on cross-examination. to
have been Ow-prisoners Of Wyatt in
Annapolis jail. the first one for shooting
his wife and the second for assaulting his
wife. They swore to some peculiaTiti5s of
disposition shown by Wyatt while in jail
with them. 4 number of other witnesses
swora that Wyatt while a member of the
First Maryland Regiment was intoxicated
a great deal. but that he acted very much
like other men in such condition. These
witnesses included Emmett Jackson. Will
liam J. Purner John Thompson. Joseph
White jr. Robert McQuinn. Thomas Col
lins. and Jesse Lednum. Owen c. Norris.
an officer in the regiment was also called
to show Wyatt's drinking habits.