Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-01

THE BANK RoBBERY

N1s.-W u1an Lewis, swOin-WaS In Della
'are eDgiue house about 80 O'Clock on the
vening uf the 1th OF November; heard wOin- l
IN scream In the direction of Market street;
aw men running toward King street; saw the
asst OF them at Sixth and King; heard colOred |
woman scream from the bank, and ran In that |
ihection 10 Ind out what thu tnAlier was; ask |
ID the woman, and she replied they were rob |
Ding the bank.
DR.. r. p. johnson, swor,l-Was on the cor
ner OF Seventh and French streets, coming up,
on the evening If November Z, about . 10 or
O'Clock; was met by i've usn coming down the
street, they were apparently In great haste, and
passed two on one side aud three on the other;
thought nothing OF 1t until asked by Chief
Brady whom met shortly after, II any men
had been seen coming down that way, and he
related those circumstances.
William II. Brady ,testiHed-Ain chief of 10
lice, Wilmington; recollect the night OF the 7th
OF November; was In the city hall about half
past six O'Clock; city hall is Within forty yards OF
bank my attention was attracted to some noise
on the street but did not give It much attention
a. noises are common In tat locality, as L.
continued went out, saw people running asked
what's the matterS went up to Seventh street;
went down Seventh 10 King; saw DIR. johnson
on west eide OF King street: Continued on down
Seventh to French; not seeing any one went up
French street, halted at Eighth, and still seeing
no one, stopped; heard pistol shots in the di-
rection Of Walnut street; saw officer Carberry
therei asked him as ran by, II he was much
hurt; Carberry said "badly;" went to sth aud
Walnut, but saw no one; returned and had Car
berry attended to.
Morris Carberry testified that lie was at the
CITY Hall, on the night OF the robbery; when
the alarm was given, ran up TO It'll and Market,
heard woman cry out, 'they are robblng the
bank" ran up Market " It'll, down It'll TO King
to "a ~.
three persons crossing French street; witness
was about half way between King and French,
at the time he first saw these men. lie follow
ed them short distance below the lamps on
Sth street, and halloed 10 them that there was
no use IN trying to escape that he wanted them.
They then stopped, and the man in the middle
stepped aside and the one behind him TUNED
around. Some one said as he came up, "What
Is II and then struck him over the left eye with
some weapon. The man on the right struck
him, and the third fired pistol directly at him.
Witness testified that b re was lamp on tile
corner Of French and Sun streets, and also in
the corner Of Sth and Walnut streets; (recog-
nized the man who struck him first, and on
the prisoners being ordered by the Court TO
stand up, most positively identified Mcdonald
AS the man. After being struck he staggered
| up against the fence and attempted to shoot af-
ter them. Remembered that the Chief Of
Police passed him. When the men had struck
him they took the direction South to Walnut
Street. Saw them pass under the lamps.
This witness was most vigorously cross exam.
ined by Mr.. O'Byrns and Mr.. Higgins.
recognize Mcdonald because noticed hin
particularly and intended to attack him thu
tirst one when got up with them (meaning thu
| men who attacked hin) and looked him
square IN the tuce.
Thomas j. Mills, sworn-Resi,ie on Walnut
saifr al mi
November saw three men rnAning on tn,
west side of Walnut street; my attention wa
first attracted by the report OF three pistols, ant
| Game to my door " find out what the trOubl,
was.
William ii. Ortlp testified TO having gon,
into Mr.. Floyd 8 house when the alarm wal
given, and there finding u section of jimm,
and gag. Tfhey were produced and identi
ted-the jimmy by the number (270) stamped
| upon ii He handed them at that time I,
George O'Neal.
Daniel O'Neal test iied that he was a ser
geant Of police In Wilmington, ami corrobora
ted MIR. Ortlip's testimony in regard To article
found and the dispo> ion made ot them.
Several Witnesses We're now called To testif
10 the identity of these tools us those found ii
MIR. Floyd's house OH the night of the robbery
and notwithstanding Mr.. O'Byrue's euergetI
objection they were admitted i'll evidence.
/
| sem6ling, officer Hetrick was recalled, and test
| he'd til at after the alarm was given, he wen
| INTO the house Of Mr. Floyd, and there toun
| him hi nd Gu Ted with his haRds behind hi
| back. A par Of handouts were shown til
witness, anu he said they resembled the pal
which he assisted in filling off from Mr. Floyd
wrists, but he would not swear to their bein
the identical pair.
Officer Leary testified to the find ing during
search made on the evening Of November 7 al
ter the attempted robbery of the following al
| llcles scattered along The route which has pre-
viously been desc ribed, and which Is general
undertt)0d to have been the route taken b
the robbers in their flight: Four WOODEN mask
TO cover the entire face; three pairs of hand
cuffs, similar 10 those found elsewhere; tw
gags, one coil OF rope aud one sheath knife ali
| belt.
Thomas Harkins testified TO the finding of
blue woollen shir. on the corner OF Sixth an
King streets, OH the evening of the 7th whic
had evidently been torn offin a hurry. Tn
shirt was offered in evidence.
William I. Best testified to the finding of
letter [letter shown and recognizedl on Eight
street between French and Walnut Oh the iOl
OF November, near the place where Carberr
was assaulted; II was offered In evidence.
MIR. O'Byrne, counsel for the d fence, obec
ed, and made very able and eloquent speec
10 the court against the admission of the lie
ter.
Judge Gipin, after consulting with his ass,
GATES, delivered ALI elaborate explanation to u
counsel his reasons for the ruling the 9th,
] artieles IN as evidence, and then ruled the lett,
/ out.
James Conwell testified 10 the finding Of
pistol in his yard, close TO the fence, on the OF
| OF November; II was found hear where CarberI
was assaulted.
William ii. Brady reca He'd, and testified
the finding OF the trunks and bags in the hous
corner Ninth and Poplar, and their conten
| were shown 70 the court.
James G. Akin testified To ,,ha selling of
s;o.e some five weeks ago TO a III an Who repr,
scented himself as a physician. The stove W,
ordered u he sent 10 the house, corner 9th al
Poplar. lie as quite sure the stove taken fro
these premises 10 tho city hall was the one l
sold Upon lie n; asked If he could ilent
the party who bought the stove and also If Il
: was present, he pointed out jaime, Thoma
alias Watson alias Hope, as the man. Tn
created quite sensation in court. Mr.. Aiki
has not been known as witness, and saw Il
prisoners for the tiret time when they we
brought into court last Tuesday.
4 Thomas Dougherty testified that he was
the employ OF Mr.. Akin, and delivered d
stove spoken Of 10 the house corner Ninth al
+ | Poplar streets. The s,1ve he had seen at u
| city hall. lie was quite sure it was the slm
|. and as to the pipe with it, he could swear TO
= having been made by himself.
r Andrew Bernhard testified TO the taking
l. the stove from the corner Of Ninth and Popl.
n streets to the city hall.
!. Mr.. Bates for the stale, offered the articl
| found In the house as evidence 10 come
i Tho mas with the house corner Ninth and Pc
lar streets.
n Court was then adjourned until Friday mo
ming at ten O'Clock.
NOVEMBER 20, 1S73.-The Court met
e ten o'clock. After the calling Of the Juro
r The prisoners arrested for burglary, were plac.
= at the bar.
It MIR. Dougherty recalled, testified that he h,
made stove pipe and took it to the house
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