The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-03-11
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Court met AT the usual hour with the
full bench present and proceeded with
the trial of James Watson charged with
the murder of his hrothcr-in-law. Walter
". Alexander. ia December II last ut
the latter'S home lrtwccu Aiken and
Rowlnndvillc. before the following jury.
which wa> secured after seven chal-
lcnges by the defense and three by the
Statc-.Iohn +. Tarhutton. foreman; FL
mcr Muybcrry. J. L. Gillespie Henry
ITager, Edwin T.. Simprr.. Benz tt
Steele, George W. Taylor. l.. j. Fulton.
George W. Bilcs, W. T. MrFHddcn. W.
u. Bratton and Io,,. \. Doav"r W.
w. McGuigan had rouscicntitu. cs'ru-
pies and was excused. j. Il. Kirk would
ut convict lave ultn absolute proof and
WIS challenged by the State.
States Attorney Squicr opened for the
prosecution. saying that the case was
one Of the gIHvrSt he had yet dealt with.
The facts We're briefly thc$c-Thc accuS-
ID sent Il message by his sister. AlcXan-
dcr'$ wife. telling him that he wanted to
500, him. He camr to Pcrryvillc. they
went to IIavrr dc Grace and came back
VITA Il half pint of whisky which they
drank but neither was intoxicated. In
the evening II difference arose between
Watson and his wife and Alexander re-
marked. is this the way YOU live al
ways 2" Watson ana Alexander thea
quurre led with the result that the latter
vas fatally stabbed.
DR.. y. &. KcIlr. Post Mortcm PhySi-
can of Baltimore City. Conducted the
examination on the holy of Walter Alex
nndcr. The holy had three wounds. one
IN the top of the left shoulder and an
other on the arm. Four inches left #
the navel there was another wound, in
cluded i'll the missions made by the >ur-
geon. The wound did not penetrate the
abdomen but peritonitiS developed of
which he died. Witness was of the
opinion that the peritonitiS or intamma-
ton of the stomach lining did not result
fium the operation but from the wound.
The operation wis performed on De
ccmber u. The wound i'll the stomach
could not have been given when Alex
ander'S back was turned and must have
been delivered when he was facing his
,rs>ailant.
DR.. ID. J. o. Rrien. who helped TO per-
form the operation upon Alexander sub
>tantiNlly corrohcratcd DR.. Nicrlc'S state
mcut.
y. Pussy Alexander. brother of the
dead man. Witness and his brother
drove their sister. Wat$on's wife to his
house. They met on friendly terms and
Witness and Watson drove to Perryvillr.
They went to Havrc de Grace and 70
turned about t o'clock. Witness brought
back II pint Of whisky. All three of them
drank and went up t" the house t" get
supper. Watson was called two or three
times before he answered. Watson and
his wife got into II dispute. Walter ask
cd them if that WAS the way they lived
lil the time. Witness got up and went
after the horse. AS he wass coming back
his sister said. "Thcy're fighting" Wat
son and Walter were clinched. Witness
took hold of Watson who had II knife
in his hand. Walter said Eve got him.
meaning that witness was not to inter
fcrc. Walter had one arm around Wat
sons neck and held his arm with the
other Watson struck ut Walter three
or four times with the knife. the first
time in the stomach. Walter let 20 hut
did not fall. Watson said get out of
here. you S-of b.. Witness took
Walter to the sleigh and drove to DR..
Taylor's and left him there. later going
home. Witness was not present when
Walter and Watson began their quar-