Cortland Standard (Cortland, NY)

"Preble, March 20. — Harley Dowd who has been sick for the past year, has been to Allentown, Pa., to see Dr. Clements, the doctor thinks he can help him."

"Shooting in Truxton - On Monday afternoon last, June 24th, an old man named Levi Rowley, in Truxton, while chopping in his woods, was shot by his nephew, Eugene Briggs, or "Ligo" as he was generally called. .. money is supposed to be at the bottom of it. Rowley has for years been living the life of a hermit, alone in squalor and self-denial in a small house, dressed in sheepskin clothing - but believed (perhaps from his very manner of living, as much as from any other cause) to be rich, with money hidden away or about his little house. He is only to own a small farm on which he lives. He has made a will since his injury, bequeathing his property to a sister living at the West. He states that he has heard Briggs and other relatives talking about his property. He claims that he has money buried, but refused to tell where it is, in hopes that he may live, which begins to be thought possible, although for several days it was thought he would die.
The would be murderer, Eugene Briggs, is some eighteen or nineteen years of age, and lives between Apulia and Truxton— is a country loader and bad character generally, who has before now been in the hands of the law..."

"Returns from all of Cortland County.
[Election Results]
PREBLE...
Overseers of the Poor...
Harley Doud......103...
Constables....
Harley Doud ..... 93..."

"Preble, Jan. 30... Larry Carey has rented Stephen Doud's farm in Tully for the coming year."

"Galvin Murder Trial To be Conducted at the Courthouse This Week.
Patrick Gavlin Charged with the Murder of Thomas Lavan on the Hill East of Preble on the Night of Feb. 25, 1897 — Brief Sketch of the Case...Coroner George D. Bradford of Homer was called, and he summoned the following jury.... Harley Dowd....
The inquest lasted three days on the fourth day the jury brought in a verdict stating it to be their belief that Patrick Galvin caused the death of Lavan..."

[this page covers in detail the testimonies given in the Galvin Murder Trial:]
"Friday Afternoon.
Harley Dowd, a member of the coroner's jury, was called to testify in regard to the block of wood. He corroborated the testimony of Dubois as the position of the block which it will be remembered differed from that of all other witnesses."

"Mrs. Seward Foote and infant son have returned to the home of Mrs. Foote's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Rowley"