Delaware tribune, and the Delaware state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1877-18??, 1877-07-12
DOVER.


LOVER, July Sims morning ABOUT u
o'clock the guests and frequenters of the
Capital Hotel were startled by the report
Of pistol and the cry of " A man shot"
On proceeding to the yard of the Hotel
the apparently lifeless body of James
Brown, colored waiter at the Hotel, was
seen stretched upon the pavement, with
the blood slowly running from q wound
in his forehead.
On inquiry it was found that a colored
desperate, named Harry Seymour, had
shot him, and made his escape. A doctor
and officers were Immediately sent for,
and several parties organized to1ook for the
murderer. Signs of life being apparent,
Brown was carried into the hotel, where
Drs. Jump and Cowgirl examined the
wound and after tprobing about an inch
and half, decided that the ball had en-.
tered the brain, and that further probing
was not only useless but dangerous.
In the meantime the parties in pursuit
of Seymour had come upon traces of him
and were in hot pursuit. He was traced
down State street to North, and down
North to the creek, up which he went to
King street, when he struck of into the
open lots toward the RAILROAD, when seeing
one of the parties in pursuit in the direc-
ton he was going, he turned ba.k and took
refuge in the house of Mr.. H. A. Richard
son, where his (Seymour's) wife worked,
nnd concealed himself In the upper part
of the house.
Being seen by several persons, however,
one of the parties in pursuit, headed by
deputy-sherif Myers, was notified. The
party then went to the house, and institut-
ing search found him concealed in the
parlor chamber and arrested him
Seymour offered some resistance to the
Handwriting process, but q pistol at his
head soon brought him to terms.
Seymour was then carried before Squire
Dickson, where a hearing, conducted by
Attorney General Pennington, was had
Only one witness, Peter L. Harper,
colored, was examined. He testified that
Seymour, Edward Anderson, George
Burton and himself, went into the hotel
and got q drink, came out and stopped to
talk with one of the colored women EN-
ployed ut the hotel. Something pretty
rough vas said, when Brown interfered
and said, You uust moi talk 50 to our
women" when Seymour. with an oath,
said, ''What have you got to do with it ?"
drew pistol, took deliberate aim and
fired. Brown was standing on the kitchen
steps and Seymour on the pavement below
him. Other parties stated that Brown
staggered back against the door post, stood
there few seconds and then fell forward
on the pavement in the yard. Witness
turned and ran ont the alley; did not see
the effect of the shot. Witness stopped Mt
the end OF the alley, where Seymour
passed him, remarking: ''Don't tell which
way / have gone" The justice then COM
mitted him to await the result of the
injuries.
The excitement was intense and some
talk OF lynching was INDUCED in, but the
presence of the officers checked any such
demonstration if anything of the sort was
intended. The feeling against Seymour
was great, especially among his own ruee,
to whom he had long been terror on nc
count of his desperate character, while
Brown was universally liked and respected.
In case Brown dies, (and no other result
can possibly be expected from the nature
OF the wound, the ball entering exactly in
the centre Of tLe forehead, about half IN
inch above the line of the eyebrows, and
ranging slightly upwards, there will be {
clear case of murder In the first degree, u,
there is plenty of evidence OF threats OF
the part of Seymour to kill Brown, befor,
to-day, as well MS his actions to-day botl
, before and after the murder Brown wa.
removed to his home, this evening, and a
this writing, IN p. m, is still alive, bu
will probably not survive the night.
For II. G. Walker, administrator, q tarn
of'l5U acres, situated two miles east O
Dover, property of SAKE Gotha Laws, ESD
deceased, to DR., Henry Aiagely, fG
Farmers Bunk, for A,56O. For Walcot
and Massey, trustees, brick dwellln,
house, with storehouse and $50 perches
land thereto attached, on State street
. paYer, property Of the late Mrs Mary S
|, Jester, to Salisbury 4este,, tor VI ,Gsu
, Also farm Of rs acres of land, one mil
i south of Dover, on the State road, to Mrs
:. j. =. Salisbury, for $3.50 per acre, with
! out improvements. and a small house an,
lot on Governors avenue, to ex-Governo
i Salisbury, for $l2s-property of William
n NJ. Jester, deceased.