Year: 1865

told Oliphant and Fleming if they would
give me my coat ] uould get out of town
pretty quick. asked Fleming what he had
against me, and why he wanted to rip me.
Fleming said he did not want to rip me and
had nothing against me. | asked him 1t he
had anything against me because l was sub
poened in the case against him and Syivenus
Donolson. He said no. While we were talk.
ing there Brown came up with his coat of
he did not 90 up with me and Perrne. just as
Brown came up asked Oliphant and Flem
ing for my coat so that could go home
When Maher had driven me out in the street,
| had not seen any of them touch Perrine--
When | left Perrne was standing just off
the end of the scales next to Main street.
Fleming stood with his back against the
steelvards box, with his hands in his pockets.
Oliphant was next, with his back towards
where Brown lay, facing Perrne. Carney
stood at the right of Oliphant with space
of two feet between them. Another man stood
at the right of Carney towards Ward's-all
facing Pcrrine-that was the position when
Mahcr kicked me. Then when | got six or
seven PAGES in Court street. Thomas Maher
had gone back towards where Perrine Stood
he followed almost half way across Main
street, turned around and lookel. There
was crowd around where Perrne stood,
three or four or five persons around where |
left Perrine standing, and two or three others
back by the cellar door at the South emo of
the scales. / was looking at them when |
heard some one ezcaim"Oh! my God. Oh my
God |" The crowd started on run down
South street and Perrine started up Main
street on the sidewalk. | saw Perrine
come out of the crowd and go up
Main street. | heard him exclaim
"Ohi my God p before he came out
of the crowd The crowd ran up towards
Messlor's. AS Perrine went up the street he
kept his hands moving as if clutching at
something, and staggered and cried out "Oh
my God !" until he fell did not see any
body on the side walk between the place he
started from and where he fell. watched
him from the time he started. After he got
two thirds of the way by Barkalow's, | starts
ed after him as hard as | could run. ] did
not overtake him before he fell he fell just
as | came on the side walk, before the Bakers
got to him he fell; they were not as near him
as | was. When DR.. Freeman sent me for
the wagon found it near Mr.. Richardson's
Seminary When got my coat out of the
wagon, it stood this side of the road to the
Depot


ANN CARNEY s,corn-I am the mother of
Martin Carney, he lived with me last week,
in the Peach Orchard. (Knife shown.) That's
the knife have taken possession of since he
came from the war. 1t was in my chest last
Friday night Pm sure it was there, The
chest was locked and the KEY was in my
closet. The officer came for it on Sunday
morning, and found il in the chest. The
chest was locked on Friday night l had told
Martin that had the Knife locked up in the
chest.


GARRET SMITH, stpora-I was in town last
Friday night; don't know what time / left !;
| recollect getting in Gilbert Perrines wagon;
got in it o, er at Reeds hotel; nobody else
got in there. Mr.. Perrine was in the wagon
with me; we went on to Wards store, when
George Patterson asked me "would be down
to election" Brown told Perrne to drive on
and he would walk up the street; We went
up Main street as far as to the road to tie
depot. Brown came running up
the street and followed to Perrne that "them
m enwas after him, and that he run for his
life to get away from them" Then Scanlon
jumped out--he jumped in after Brown told
Perrine to drive on-he jumped out and
pulled off his coat and SAID he was going
down to see who these men were. Then Per
rine jumped out and pulled his coat off, and
all three Of them threw their coats in the
wagon and went down the street. Perrine
told me to hold on to the horse till he come
back. Brown took off biz coat as he came
up the street. Perrine said no more to me
remained in the wagon. was pretty tight
that night, suppose. told Perrine he had
better not go down at ALL better drive on
home. They said they'd soon be back Can't
give any reason why l did not want them to
go down.


The Prosecutor said he could find no other
witnesses that could throw any additional
light on the subject. lie had conversed with
all the persons who had been seen on the
street that night He then read the law de-
fning the duties of the Jury.


Mr.. Little said that the finding of the Ju-
ry was not final; that the law did not require
that they must know which particular person
gave the blow when five men are together
and man is murdered and four stand still
and one runs away. the presumption IS that
the one who runs was guilty. lie then re
viewed the conduct of the accused persons on
this occasion, showing that they were togeth.
er at the time of the murder, and went away
together-the murdered man in one direction
and these men in another. Their conduct
was not Ike that of innocent men. They
went away when the murdered man was ma
King exclamations of distress. They 90 home
qy side street. We find Knife among
them which exactly fits the wound. We find
handkerchief with blood on it, &c.. We
think there is evidence sufficient to hold them
for trial. We hold that they ought not to be
suffered to go without an inquiry by the
Grand Jury.


The Jury then retired to the Grand Jury
room, and at half past six O'CLOCK rendered
the following verdict:


VERDICT OF THE JURY.


"That Gilbert Perrine came to his death
between the hours Of II and 2 o'clock, on
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