Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-11-29
ss lAs r9il Of 'Ae jury GATED til. TIA ,A' 70

O. by the Attorney General. Look OF the pris-
oness az the bar. Have you seen those men be-
A. have On Nov. sth, between 10 and IL n
o'clock, going down 9th street between Poplar and
Lombard, saw uil four Of them. cav then pass 4
beyond Lombard, aud then went % u1y home, 4
saw them again In the afteTnOom at oth and Ktrk-l
wood streets at the time Of the arrest recognized
them being tue men had seen in the morning, :
live ct 400 east 9th street. between Lombard
and Poplar.
Cross-examined- nothing unusual in the
apPearAHes of the men, but thought they were
stTanRern. n - IA "a ~
say tie prisoners Nov slh, beeeebu 10 and IL
o'clock, walking down 9th street between Poplar
and KTkwood, saw them as far as Kirkwood st.,
one Of them stopped at KIrkwOod, two went up
| the street and the other two went down to Spruce
street, came back aud also went up KirkWOod
street, saw them again when thsy were arrested. /
L Robert N. BeEgs recalled-About 1l.35 A. |
d., NOV. Sab. stafted for dinner, from my Office l
9th and Poplar, got out on the sidewalk and
lsaw the supposed renter Of the house occupied |
by the prisoners, coming mp Ninth street, be- |
tween Lombard and Pine; when the man OBJ |
BeFved noe, he turned back few steps; after |
wards he turned again, came 20 Lombard street, |
and turned up towards Tenth street he watch |
ed me, and I followed him aIound the corheF;
when he got to Tenth street, he ran to Eleventh
and got overbehind the brick yard sheds where
, lost sight Of him.
Miss Lydia Huntingdon, sW orn.--I reside In
Wilmington my place Of business is the s.
w. corner Of Sixth and Market streets /; (Wit
ness was directed to look at the prisoners, and
: asked il she had seen either Of them before, -
have seen LaWler in Wilmington have seen
n him there seveTaltimes last saw him about
4 week previous to his arrest he came so often
4 and was rather nice looking man, and
q could not help seeing him; could see him
through the window on Sixth street, and some
n times through the Market street door the
o man lust stood there doing nothing, some
timAa leaning n lRmn-nOat.
l. always alone saw him there from eight to
i'll ten times never saw him any other place in
N the city saw him on the day OF the arrest T.;
20 was standing outside OF the Oiflce, and when
as the police came along l saw and recognized
I'd Lawler he looked up at me, caught my
Up glance, and dropped his eye.
e. Cross-examned-First recollect q eing him,
he abOat % days PTSVioustO the aFes have hiu
walk up the west side of the street short distance
u and come down on the east aide; gaUsrally saw
ar him from O'Clock until nine o'clock, would wall
h away, but would always stOp at corner, some
on times saw him in the afternoon, from the man
X position on the corner, can see the sixth stree
or lfront OF the hank.
lsh Clarence H. Lobdell, recalled d-To the beat o
Ter my knOVedge and belief the manI saw chasing
he the girl the night of the attempted robbery wa
mt that man (pointing TO Big Frank
CrOss.examined-Inf0Tmed counsel was close I
be- the man when he passed me- on Market street h
gas face Was in the light Of the street lamp had
Ter long army oVeTcOat with cape aud black sl0uc
uts hat; think be was masked, do not recognize b
M
un- John LungTun. sWOrn-WOrk at Tenth an
len Market, With j . Pickles was working theK
ing November 7th quit work at O'Clock, tbs
the night, and started for homo went dow
OF Market street TO Sixth, came down from Stl
mp, on the East side turned around Sixth stree
lin north side, towards King then saw son
ing four persons standing about tiYe or ten fe
$. from the gate through the walt halted al
'po- noticed them. have seen them since, al
saw recognize two Of the men in the box, (Hul
IT bert and LaWlOr) as two OF the men whom
the saw at the bank wall. f7~S y
2 he OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and looked
passed on n day or two afterwards infOr
on ed mr. Bates after seeing tire men, l we
two home the men were not masked when ! 81
ross them the men were between the gate q
in a the church close to the wall two WSTe loo
anne ing towards Market, and two towards Ki
FIRST street. - "
nrs an1 VIM. T. Best. recalled. .-on the night
anJ the 9TH of November, about O'Clock, at
q anu N. K. corner OF Seventh and Shipley, l s
ihsy two men with an umbrella, going up ship
the street followed them to the best of my knC
ome ledge and belief. the men en- were kg Frank :,
lhed, get away, is to go by the Pike; the Others
ldow 20 by water. X fIHr
The other one said, don't be In too bi
+ w. hurry to get away" after hearing this pas
"a oil them and looked at their faces; they v
ISpF slOuched hats, drawn over their faces, saw
lb,,rt to be tall Inan with WhiSkers, and the Ol
'n,ors | q short stout man, saw them 20 mp past
c street towards 9th, then went round 20
; Jew aud Market and reported the facta TO OF
esI no JOnrdRn, whom met there, went home.
doos The witness was closely croNs-questiOHe,
70 the the defence but simply gave an sccount Of
Alnlh whereabouts during Ihe evening, until the
lth 10 Of meeting the men.
th he SDeneeT Jour.lan swor,l bat testified A n
nlting inc importance.
unes Brook Foster, sworn-On The night Of
n and 7th, between 8 and 10 found black Grape 4
=. 1 and a blue soldiers bysucOa1 on sSuth adAOf
fine enth street, near King, behind a hogst
thA against The fence; when Epicked up the co
q pair OF handcufa fell from the pockeA
lresu overe0at Waa produced and hlenli eds
no req Witnessa as being similar 10 the &c - g.
ABOUT William Hope. policemen swpFn-0I
e and night Of Nov. 7th about o} o'clock, lOVind
more army overccai on King street shout hall
nd the between Sixth and Seventh Il coat was
d Bag duced. ahich witness identified, but not
40 gn!, ltiYely.1 ~ 1 ises . e.. = =.
hey al The coals were offered 10 Evidence. d
Ninth State. ana Inc tYunk. aDA ether aFtieies 4
Mter7 were ordered to be brought into court. "a
tpken DIR. Henry c. DeVening, afiTmed-an
lr men quaiuted with tWp Of the pSimnaWE at th
u soon Hurlburt and LaWlOF, (the witness was 4
3 Seen where and hI what namA be had kDOWa
: ca ne two prisoners, bat the question was Objec
yea the by the defence, on the ground thai the a
isltale0 might tend 10 lmpTsach the character
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