Daily Republican., 1879-05-20
WILMINGTON, DEL, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1879.

must bear in mind that there will be
volumes. We are after truth. II the
prisoners killed Perry Demby they
should be punished, society should be
protected and the laws of the State
should be vindicated. If, after hearing
the evidence, it be found that these
parties did not cause the old mans death
then you should give unhesitating'y Al
verdict Of not guilty.
now ask you, as counsel Tor the
State, whether the prisoners at the bar
did or did not kill Perry Demby on the
night of the fifth of April In the ex-
animation of the case ! now ask you,
in order that you may give ialr and
unprejudiced answer, to go with me
through the evidence.
Before the examination began the wit
nesses on both sides were expelled from
the Court room and sent to the rooms
above.
TESTIMONY BY THE MURDERED MANS son.
Alonzo Denby was the first witness
called for the State. Upon being sworn
he stated that he was the son OF Perry
Demby who is dead; supposed he got
killed on that Saturday night in April;
was at the Hall when the young men
arrested were tried; the murder took
place in the early part of April ofthls
year; was working at Mr.. Peters, about
two miles or two.anda half from Will
: milgton; was in Wilmington on the
: night that father was killed; Samuel
} Clark, Charles Washington, Edward
: Lindsey, father and myself came to-
} gether; when we left Mr.. Peters house
It was sundown; don't know what time
r we got to Wilmington; we didn't stay
: together all the time; went with father
: little while; we all started home to
gether, except Edward Lindsey; we all
! met on Front and Market streets star
3 ted to go home by way OF the bridge
: when we first got to Wilmington VT
0 went on Front street and stayed there
e a while; Samuel Clark and Charles
/ WasE inston went on up town; Jeff
! father Oh Front street; standing on the
l corner of Front and Market SITS. I'VE didn,
y 90 to any particular place nor dldn''
r stop in ary particular house; sa"
e father when came back ; did't know
i whether | talked to him or not we
e went into Johnny's [witness, didn'
t know the mans last name, on From
street took glass of beer while fathel
d took q drink of whiskey; we didn''
s stay long father and | then went ou
/, and stood on the corner; then we Wen
e over to lew clothing store kept by
/. Bernard Wolison we then wen
Il down to Front and Market streets
l. while in the store father bought a pal
d of oyeralls for himself and all overcoa
It for me the overalls were brown ant
II the overcoat was black upon going tt
j. Front and Market streets, we saw sam
a mel Clark and Charles Washington
II did't know what time it was didn'
d stay there more than ten minutes
Vt don't think we went anywhere else
n we all started for home together toward
Of Market street bridge father walke'
= briskly and got ahead of us; we stop
ped few minutes on the roadside
al father was in sight when we started
Of he was about as far as from here acros
ID the street about one hundred yards
le was moonlight and but little cloudy
]. could recognize my father when W
.e started it was then about II o'clocl
s. or 1870; when We started he turne
ce around and said, "come on boys
Is lust as we got on the bridge father wa
to still ahead, and we didn't catch u
x. with him until those fellows 1.-THE prise
ID ners I tackled on to him; when we &C
te up with father he was by that hous
IN on the right hand side going out
w town [Walther's saloon] don't kno'
- who keeps the house; nor who live
er there it was house with lager bee
ed sign in front Of it, as we got up
father we saw that five or six whit
ay fellows were there; father had stopped
ee don't suppose he would have stopped
in those fellows had not tackled him the
ry were standing on the pathway; heal
Of one of them say, "hullo! its old ma
en- Demby;" they pulled and, hault
le- father down saw somebody have ho
vet of him; can't tell if there were mo
rt. than two.
of Q.-How were they dressed
'ee A.-They we're all dressed in da1
S. clothes.
3D. Didn't notice what kind of hats thu
ce. had on; when | got up father sal
ut "Boys, these fellows ain'tgoing to hu
lst me. - but that did't make any chan
he on my mind; the fellows began to figh
,m thew had hold of father but didn't $
te them strike him; got hold of one
lth the white fellows and tried to get nj
? a to get father away, but he said 30
ON they amt going to hurt him.
ar. Did you recognize them
up Al don't know.
de- Q.-Are they in this court room
es. Court.-Stand up boys.
hat The prisoners stood and the wltne
The looked earnestly at them.
Q.-Were they theref
IAN A.-Yss; those three, (Flinn, Nor
the han and Smith, y were there; COULD
he recognize the other. ;,
oed Can't say which one of the three h
oes hold of father; after they got fatt
,ill down they commenced on us; they Gle
,me ed up my eye and hurt my arm whl
vbo isn't we'll yet; don't know which OF
hat prisoners struck me; staid there a
,im fought until thought they were
,ha ting the best of me then l dug out;
md ther was still up when left; can't
iat whether they were still fighting, had
ant ant time to see anything; the other DC
va ran and left me and father alone; IN
osv staid and fought until they got scal
the and then they ran; ran up to the
' road and came up with Charles Was
il inpton and James Clark; and we
rae. went home; there was man VINO oV