The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-30

ed mouse occupied Dy Ine DOlp0ln
family. Exhibit No. 3 was a picture
of bedroom doorway taken from the
living room. Exhibit No. picture
OF bedroom from doorway. Exhibit
No. was a picture of same room
from different angle showing door
and dresser. Exhibit No. shows
body of Thomas Dolphin, show
ing bullet wounds. Exhibit No. Z |
was the picture of doorway leading
into dining room from living room.
Exhibit No. 8 is picture of doorway |
leading into bedroom, showing door |
closed. Exhibit No. 9 shows bed
room from living rooms, almost di- |
rect view.
District Attorney Simons present.
ed the photos to the jury and ex-
planned that they were to show the |
position of the rooms in the Dolphin |
house where the shooting occurred. |
William James sworn: He stated
that he lived in Canaan township
about 40 rods from the home of
Thomas Dolphin. He said he was
Mrs, Dolphin's uncle. His testimony
| ran as follows: Dolphin's family
| consisted of his wife, his wife's moth
er and two children, aged years and
years respectively. l was at the
! DOipulu uOlue Oh July III the
evening. Mr.. Hubbard came after us
and we went over and remained
about an hour and half. Later in
the night we were aroused by Mr.
! Hubbard and Mrs. Dolphin and Mrs.
| Leonard and Hubbard told me that
! he had shot Dolphin. Myself and
! two sons, Earl and Edward, and Mr..
! Edward Moran went up to the Dol
| phin house. A light was burning in
the front room and / went in and
| blew it out. We then went to sew
eral neighbors' houses and got them
to go back with us. Here he was
| interrupted in his testimony by the
| question from the prosecuting at
torney as to whether anyone else had
been at the house while they were
there. Mr.. James answered NO"
He said that as they were going
home his two sons and Frank Davis
were returning from Waymart
where they had gone early in the
evening. They stopped at the house
and then they had all gone home
together. They were not aroused
day morning. Mr.. James testified to
getting Charles Kegeler, Romich,
Moran, Earl James and himself, to
go in the house and look for Dol
phin. He said that he had gone in
first. The body was found on the
kitchen floor and was lying on the
left side. The right hand was up
raised and in the hand the dead man
| ulutched table fork which was
pointing downward. The party con-
, cluded that the man was dead and
: went away. This was probably 2
o'clock Sunday morning. They tried
to get word to the coroner at Homes
dale and the Sheriff but it was about
half-past four o'clock before they
were notified. Mr. Kimble came to
my house accompanied by the sheriff
Hubbard was at my house at the
time. He had gone to the Dolphin
house to get his clothes before the
sheriff arrived.
q Cross-examined: Questioned by At,
!, torney F. p. Kimble to the position
p OF the body, he said that it lay OF
: the left side and the fork was clutch
y ed in the mans right hand which
q was extended upward.
k Mrs. Laura Leonard sworn: She
= testified that she was the mother o
t Mrs. Dolphin and that Mr.. and Mrs
O Dolphin had lived with her since
O they were married. She said tha
lnc Al6h VI ll'
/. trouble and that he was to occup.
: the bedroom off from the livin,
II room. Dolphin always slept up
:. stairs. l knew Hubbard had a re
d Volver for l had seen him shooting a
70 targets few nights before. (Her
e the revolver was given to her to iden
q tify. The stenographer took fou
e bullets from the chamber, showing
l. that two shots had been fired fron
Ie it, l heard the shooting when
r occurred in the bedroom where Nj
D Hubbard slept. Dolphin came ou
W of the room first, Hubbard followe
W him out, Dolphin went into the din
" ing room and Hubbard closed tn
le door between the two rooms and hel
r, it fast so that We could get out @
Is the house.
T. Cross-examined: l kept a boardin
in house and Hubbard boarded with mt
er He was my guest. 1t was not Do
d, me. When / heard the shots / weI
le into the kitchen to get the lamp an
lg came back. l was behind the stov
I'd when Dolphin came out of the beC
room. Dolphin struck at me wit
w something / supposed to be a for
a but was not sure. He did not h
ne me but broke the chimney on tn
)u lamp.
)u Frank Romich sworn: Said
or lived near Hubbard's Stock Farm
n about half mile from the Dolphi
place, and he was there on the df
Du following the shooting, having goI
as after Mr.. James came for him. II
p, testimony was the same as james {
lie to the finding of the body.
lis Edward Moran sworn: He also te
h tilted to being there when the boo
was found and corroborated the ties
it. mony of the other two witnesses.
He DR.. p. B. Petersen sworn: He te
er titled that he was the coroner al
ad was holding that office on July
hit He said that he was called to Il
of scene of the shooting and arriV,
.er there little after six o'clock Su
~ day morning He said that he e