Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-30
From our Late Edition Of saturday
THE WOODWARD TRIAL.
NEW CASTLE, Nov. 2s.

NEW CASTLE, Nov 2s.
Court re- assembled at 10 o'clock, this morn
ing, Judges Wooten, Houston, and Wales on the
bench. The examination OF witnesses in the
Woodward case proceeded as follows
Walter McElvey sworn am over II years
old live at l08 Logan street, and lived there
Oct. 9th last saw Woodward coming from
the woods in his own field it was about 10
o'clock in the morning WAS then under the
tree heard him yell at Jus ; Skelley. Green
and Lukens were up the tree; Coyle,
Speskman and myself were under the tree
when Woodward came running he had
gun in his hand he got under the tree before
the others got down did not hear what Wood
ward said, but heard the boys almost crying to
get down Skelley and Lukins jumped down l
ran to the road 1 heard the gun fired but did
not see him shoot it l don't know how far l was
of when the gun was fired, but was past the
road Lukens was a little way from the tree
when saw him fall he running towards
| the wood Skelley WAS with him; when l next
saw Skelley he was shot in the arm ; he was then
| in the road calling for me to take him homo I'VE
left town on that day about 9lS a. m, went past
| Mr.. Bayard's house saw Lukens again that day
| being taken home; saw him again next day.dead;
i | saw Woodward standing over Lukens where
/ he fell, holding gun in his hand he beckoned
US to come over this was about minutes after
l heard the shot fired that is the man in the
/ dock that came running over the field there is
| hedge along the road, next to the tree don't
| know how high it is the woods are nearer the
tree than the house woods about 100 yards
from the house there is a little road in the
field leading by the tree this is the way we
went In this road. think, ran between the tree
and the house.
When heard the shot was little past the
boys Woodward was on the side next TO his
house after the shot, Kelley came out on the
road his elbows shot and his coat torn and
blood running out of it
: Cross-examned have no trade nor had Lu-
kens l have heard that Lukens was shot some
time before don't know anything about 1t my
self Lukens pointed out the tree and suggested
} getting nute / think he went in first !; / some
/ tunes 60 after chestnuts and walnuts, but moth
ing else; Lukens did not 60 out on these
excursions often; ! ran Immediately
crossroads when heard the shot fred / was
running sidewise when heard the shot fred
stopped still and saw Lukens fall don't know
u | far Woodward was from the tree when he shot
1 1 think that Coyle was at the bars when was a
| the crossroads don't know where Speakmal
| was after Woodward shot he went over to Lu
= kens don't know that he picked him up thu
I grass was about up to my knees.
n John Skelley, sworn Live on Chestnut st.
in Wilmington +; knew Lukens was with hir
=, = on Oct. we started for Brandywine Springs "
Il saw chestnut tree at Woodward's Lukens
D. Green, and myself went up the tree think
h. went mp second was up the tree near the top
the other boys were on the ground Woodwar
u came under the tree and pointing double bal
IL rel gun up the tree said to come down or h
n would blow our brains out we begged him t
. let us down aud we would go away Lnkens wa
y crying when Lukens jumped down Woodwar
n- struck him with stick l jumped down and LII
We kens and ran we had not gone far befor
m Woodward shot Lukens fell on his face an
|, kept on running was shot
b, the left arm on the elbow it hurt me but di
le not break my arm l ran on towards the wood
,e and turned to field on my left when got u
- on the fence l looked back and saw Woodwar
~ shaking his fist at me saw Lukens next ds
H. dead he was about the size of McElvey hear
t. nothing said by anybody to Mr.. Woodward.