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Held in $1000 Hail.The preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Gonder, of Charles F. Dixoo, charged with assault with intent to kill his wife, full particulars of which were given in yesterday morning’s paper, took place at 10 o’clock yesterday morning. The room was crowded wi.h people curious and anx ious to hear the testimony. States Attorney Sloan conducted the examination on the part of the State, and Ferdinand Williams appeared for the prisoner. The witnesses summoned and examined were Mrs. Margaret Miller, Mary S. Dixon, Annie Miller, Robert Head, Bottie Stahl, John Stahl, Thomas Keao, George K. Ways, Duncan Bruce. Lynn Read, Jefferson Gurley, John Lynn, Charles Mulligan, Philip Ling, Charles Hutxler, Frank Keinhoft r and Frank Gonder. After hearing the testimony the magistrate held Pixon in the sum of one thousaod dollars bail for his appearance before the October grand jury, and being unable to seoure the same, be was taken to jailTHE TEST! MON V.The testimony in chief was as follows, Mrs Margaret Miller, mother of Mrs. D ion, being the first to testify. She said: “I know Mr. Dixon; was in the houss at the tiuji . when I heard the shot I catue forward, he had been at the house before and knocked, but no one answered him, he came baek the second time; I had l» i d warned of what he was after and was on the lookout for him. Just before he came hack the second time the inside shutters w re closed, but don’t know whether they were fastened or not. The sitting-room is on the right hand side of the house facing (Deen street. My daughter Annie saw Dim through the shutters and came »o tell me that bo was there, and wheo she had gotten into the hall I heard the shot. Mrs John Stahl told me about his carrying the pistol and that I should be on the lookout for him. He was never forbidden to come to the bouse, but oo the contrary had been there several times on the porch, be never asked to o we in bu* would stand at the door and talk to his wife.”Miss Anoie Miller, sister 10-law of Dtx-oo, testified as follows : “1 know Mr. Dix on; he is my brother-io-law. 1 heard the first rap at the door, but I did not go to tho do r. Yesterday morning my sister received a oote from Dixon, in which he requested her to me t him oo the Baltimore street bridge at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and to bring the child along, as he wanted to see her on important business. Mr. Gep-hart brought the note. My sister did oo* go and we were on the lookout for him He came the s cood time, I beard the knock; I went to the siuing-room and | looked through the window, saw Du u Islanding oo (he poroh; heard him mutter-j iog something to himself 1 w nt out to tell my mother aod sister (bat he was there, when I heard a shot fired; I ran back and saw the g*aas broken where the bullet bad piss«d through and D.x n standing oo the corner. 1 closed the in»ide shutters We usud the room as a si'tiug-room my sister would tnquently go io the room to play the piano. I h»d expected something to happen as he had been »b ut 'he house for the past three days. Mulligan and Long saw him at (he baek gate, peeping through a hole in the gate.”Mrs Dixon said ‘ I am the wile of Charles K. Dixon; I did not see him at all00 that day, he wrote me a note requesting me to meet him at three o’clock on the Baltimore street bridge and to bring the baby with me as he wanted to see me upon important business; I wasn’t in the room at the time; I am in the habit of Nittmg io the room, he knew i sat in that room, He uever made any unkind threats to me; I haven't be* n living with him for the p a thr«e months He put t»« out,*'Policeman Gonder, the lt;fb lt;r who made j the arrest, testified a* follows “1 wa» watt 1 mg at tuy house oo Green street for sup per, heard a pistol shot and immediately weut to investigate it. When at Lhe from d u r I saw Charlie Dix n coming down from Mrs Miller’s poroh, whose residence is almost directly opposite, and asked him •bout it. Dixon proceeded oo towards Go P. Haul's store, replying that some one had shot at Mrs, Miller's dog. Mrs M ler then made her appearance and told me arrest Dixon, as he bad attempted to s n!»t Mamie, her daughter aod hi« wife1 followed Dixonto the store, and saw him baek up against some grocery drawers, and aittuift to drop bis pis ol trorn his pocketinto one of them. I charged Dixon with shooting, who deoiod having the pistol, hut I picked the pistol up and replied, ‘here it is’; he said, Yes, damn it, what did they peep through the shutters at me for.’ ”Mrs John Stahl testified as follows: ‘ I know Dixon; I had talked with him about a mooth ago at Sander's store about his domestic troubles. He asked me where she (his wife) was. I said ‘out sewing,’ Fie pulled out bis pistol and said she wouldn’t sow long if things worked all right. I told his wife about it.”Mr. John Stahl said: “T know Dixon;had a talk with him about his domestic troubles; he pulled out a revolver aod said that there would be another Garlitz affair;I said to him that wasn’t right, that be shouldn't do aoythiog rash. He said he wouldn't do anything rash but that there would be another Garlitz case short-!y”Tharles Hutzler testified : “I was talking to Dixion down at Ogle’s bottling house; I was employed there, putting io a dumb-waiter; Dixon was talking to me about his family affairs and showed me a pistol, saying he was going to see his wife that evening it he had to kill 17.000 per-soos to uo it; I told him to give me the pistol, but be woul-lo’t do it. He said he had written a note to his wife to meet him that evi Ding.”O her witnesses testified to seeing Dix «n on and aruuud the Miller premises aud to his having the pistol.Tbs Frederick District.The following item relative to the work of pas'or* in this vieioity is taken from the “Baltimore Methodic of this week This district can boast a wider and more varied territory thau any other io the Conference. It stretches through portions of four States, is compassed, lile Kl*n. by at bast four rivers, and has appointments located 2500 feet nearer heaven than any ;n Baltimore City. Bra Baker, the Presiding Rider and pre-iJiog genius of the districts, is not a boaster, however, but a worker, aod inspires bis men by his leadership. They follow willingly, and some of them are becoming leaders, also. Bro. Porter, of K ys r, for example, is stirring up the youog people of the entire Confer-eooe by his labors as Corresponding Secretary of the Y ung People’s Alliance. His utterances aod t flora are doing much to develop the iotelleotual aod social elements among the youth of our church to this district. Bro. Norris, of Cumberland, is a pattern for the whole district as a pastor and revivals Dr. G. V. Leech is making the everlasnog lulls about Frost burg resound with the tverlas'iog gospel which he preaches with *»uoh an eloquent tongue. GUI at Fred rick, France at Hagirstowu, Case at Piedmont, Koonza* Winchester, Howards at Martinsburg, and a score of Others scattered along the tines, are doing noble wurk.”Deatlt of K. II. Shearer’s Mother.Ylt;sierday afternoon R II. Shearer, of this city, received a telegram aanounc n ; the death of his mother, at her home io Charleston, Weat Virginu. She had been sick for a week or ten days p:»*t fr.• ui an affect it o of the loart, but a letter received by Mr. Shear* r a day or two ago, siaied that tdie was improving v« ry much, cou-e-qu n'ly a telegram of mi h sid news wa-wholly uo. X peeled Mr- Sh ref * is lit her 08ib year. She wa* a -Ml* r *d A, M. L. Bush, of ibis city, and wa- b rn in Wineheat* r in 1HJ1, wh*rc she raided until IS7D, when she removed to Char feu-too, where she resid'd with h r daughters She leav«a three a* os and three daughters, as follows, all i t whom are grown A. L , of Winchester, R. 11 , of this cuy, Geo D , of CaliforoL; Mrs. J, Nteho’e, Mrs Dr. Rogers aud Mi-* Lina, all of whom reside iu Charles'* n. Mr Rush and Mr. Shearer I*ft for Charleston ihis morning to att ud the fuoeral.Tbs Future af KDetririty.It would be quite iniplt;uu»ihle to forecast the tutors, even for a »mgie decade, with reference tii the a|pilcstioui of electricity, even though docovery were ended. The mere expansion of industries already in some degree sslahjndied will gtv* them an important e which we cannot now setiuiats. Hut discovery taunt ended, ault;l it i« store thau probable that reaulta will yet \ri reached which, although they cauuot lie at variance with the general doctrine of euergv ai uow understood, tusy, io some extent, revolutionise our methods, with correapnmug ad vautages From Klectricity iu the Service o! Mau,” by Pro p. C. F HKhik.fe.rr, iu Junt Serihuer’a “
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Cumberland Sunday Civilian
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sun, May 26, 1889
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