The daily gazette., 1874-11-30
PROCEEDINGS Court.

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Woodward's Trial.
The Evidence for the State all in.
MIR. sPRUANCE's ADDRESS.
SATURDAYS SESSION - CONTINUANCE OF
TEE WOODWARD TRIAL-THR STATE RESTS
THE CASE AND Nh. sPRUANcH OPENS FOR
THE DEINsK-HIs ADDRESS TO TIE JURY
Specially Reported for the Gazette.
John i6kelIy sworn live on Chestnut
street In Wilmington. Knew Lukens; was
with him on Oct. 9Th; We started for Brandy
wine Springs; We saw chestnut tree at
Woodwards; Lukens, Green and myself
went up the tree; think l went up second;
was up the tree near the top; the Other, boys
were on the ground; Woodward came under
up the tree sajd, Hcome down or he would
blow our brains out"; we begged him to let
| Us down and we would 60 away; Lukens
was crying; when Lukens jumped down
Woodward struck him with stick; /
jumped down and Lukens and ran; we
had not run far before Woodward shot;
Lukcns fell on his face; kept on running !;
was shot In in the left arm on the elbow.
| it hurt me but did not break my arm
ran on toward the woods and
turned to field on my left when /
got up on the fence looked back and
saw Woodward shaking his fist at me
saw Lukens next day dead he was
about the size of McElvaley heard
nothing said by anybody to Mr.. Wood
ward. "a
Cross Examined-When Lukens and
l jumped from the tree we ran toward
the woods because we thought that
was the safest way. Never was on that
road before went to Brandywine
Springs once before never saw the
field before /; never was on that road
before was at the Springs once before
but did not go that way; don't know
where Speakman, Coyle and McEvaley
were when got to the ground from
the tree Lukens' back and mine were
turned to Woodward when he shot
ldon't know where he was standing
when he shot / don't know where ht
was standing whenh fired, but wher
came down from the tree he was be
tween the bars and the tree Wood
ward hit Lukens with stick first, ant
then we ran on as fast as we could to
ward the woods don't know how fa
the bars were from where / stopped t,
look from the tree was in Jail tw'
weeks once at New Castle on charg'
! of stealing was away from Whining
! ton several times within two years
Il declined to answer the question
II"Did you not run away in order t
Iavoid arrest for stealing chichens ?'
was not arrested ON a charge of stea
ing watch (witness refused to al
swer questions as to his several a
lrests.)
l James Brown sworn-Have live
lin Christiana Hundred for 80 years
q Woodward lives about a mile frol
me 1 saw five or six boys on the roa
. by my house on October 9Th, about
= o'clock they seemed to be stayin
!, Iaround going nowhere.
Q John Williams sworn Don't knO'
i how old / am; live in Hedgeville
8 l was husking corn at Woodward
y where lived on October 9th last
y Woodward called us from the field
! the house and said there was bo
4 hurt saw the 10y lying on settt
i in Woodward's house went to Wi
9 mington ON that day to take the be
n home he was sick, but ! saw I
! marks Speakman was with me in Il
!, milk wagon saw some blood on u
Iback part of his coat reached w
Imington at 12 o'clock left immec
IS lately when the boy was taken on
3 don't know who took him out I Ii
r. with Woodward now.
gl Cross examined Parents live
! Hedgeville; Benjamin Walters w
j. husking corn with me; the field
t, back of the barn; Woodward to
It Walters to 60 for the Doctor, vThi
he did on horseback Woodward we
Il with me to the field to bring the b.
lin; we went fast Woodward pick,
the boy up, put him in the wagon al
ftook him up to the house !; Woodwa
3 took him into the house to wait I
the Doctor after putting blankt
and straw into the wagon he was
ken to his home the blankets q
d u were not returned; remember VIII
Of | Nessrs. Bayard and Spruance came O
to to the field pointed out the pla
y where the boy was lying.
4. DR.. G. W. Jones sworn Live
Wilmington; am physic ian !; v
(. called upon October 9th by DR.. w
to see wounded boy; he had
carriage and went with HIM about
o. O'Clock went to a house on Marylal
= Avenue found there the boy LukeI
I: his condition was very prostr ate tn
Of protration was occasioned by t
70 shock probed the wounds with
,S small prob and said to DIR. West th
i. he could not bear it said that if
Z. did not rally by 8 o'clock the ne
IN morning there was no use probing
, went there again at five minutes
o. nine next morning he was then d
!, ing in q few moments thereafter
ldied the wound was in the back
j., tween the shoulder blades count
" seventy-two apertures; the great SCI
70 tering of shot was above the shoulde
Il prObed those wounds on the po
10 nortem examination, with DR.. We
g. we found large quantities of coag
" lated blood in the heart found two sll
had peeetrated the lower lobe of t
left lung, transverse colon bruised.
The plural cavity were serous flu
came forth amounting to ten of IL OF