Daily Republican., 1883-09-11
FIT I \ EDITION
THE CORON Els's JURY.
The Finding OF the Jury In ths
Case Of George b. Toy lOr-Th.
Lists Committed.

su mmoned the following jury to inomrs
into the cause OF the death Of George h
Taylor:
Malachi Barlow, Caleb Taylor, David
McCloskey, Andrew J. Galley, Dr. j
F.. Speck, Joseph Is. Langley, William
X. Jefferis, W. s. McNair and Luther
w. Palmer.
At l O'Clock the jury met at the resi-.
dence of tho deceased on Adams street
near Delaware avenue, and after beinp
sworn, organized by electing Luther
W. Palmer as foreman, and w, 5. Me-.
Nair Seer etary. The only witness ey.
amined was Mrs. Ella +. Fell, Taylor.
sister, who gave substantially the same
evidence that she gave at the hearinrn
Saturday before Judge Cummins. At
the conclusion Of her testimony the jury
AL journel 10 meet in the Grand .Jurv
room in the new Court House, at 40
o'clock last evening, and the other vii.
ncsscs were summoned to appear at that
time.
When the jlry re.sssembled in the
evening States Attorney Gray was also
present. DR.. Grimsbaw upon being
sworn testified that he was called to the
city hall last Saturday afternoon to see
IA man who had b. en- injured Found
George b. Taylor Lying there with
wound through the left eye; the eye
was very much swollen and disco. orel,
with the eyeball protruding; the wit.
ness probed the wound, but not very
deep, as the man was in dying conlI.
| t ion and it would have been useless.
Upon examining the head found
depression at the back part that had
been caused by an operation performed
some tune ago in Philadelphia, whtna
piece of the skull was remoye, on cu..
ting the hair away from this place
found small oriiice, and seeing some
blood inserted, the probe a short dis.
lance. In answer to u question by At
torney General Gray the witness said
the wound was through the corner Of
the eye and was undoubtedly the cause
of the mans death.
| The witness continuing, said the only
way by which the course Of the bail
through the brain could be traced was
by the ruptured blood vessels, as the
brain matter being soft, would close
Immediately. The brain was very much
congested, and there WAS considerable
etiusion Of blood !; made careful ex
animation but failed to find the ball,
and thought 1t probable that it had
passed through the head the course Of
the ball could not have been followed
with the probe; examined the body
before death, but did not find the marx
of amy other ball the wound was quite
small and was caused by bullet from
what is known as u 22-calibre pistol,
the ball OF which is less than quarter
Of an inch in diameter One Oh the
Jurors said: "Well, Doctor, in your
opinion the mans death was CAUSED by
tins wound" to which the the witness
replied " No, sir, it is not my opinion,
II Is my firm conviction. | know that
was the cause"
DR.. y. A. Keables testified that he
was called to the place where the man
was shot II few minutes after the shoot.
ing, and found him lying on tn" pave
lnent found wound through the left
eye near the nasal organ; inserted the
probe about A. inches, and upon hear
ing that DR.. Wales was in the vicinity
sent for him when he came, told him
what had been done, and he agreed with
the witness that the man was in dying
condition, and it was useless 10 torture
him the witness then ordered his re.
moval to the Hall, and he was taken
away in Il wagon. Before he was Re.
moved examined his head, but coud
not find any other wound, and there was
no other place where the blood was ooz'
ing from but the wound in the eye. The
wound was mortal, and the wltltss
was positive that it was the CAUSE OF the
mans death.
DR.. Howard Ogle testified to the re.
suit OF the pOsl-m ortem examination,
and said that although the brain was
carefully dissected, they, Jailed to find
the ball. One side Of the oriiiCe in the
back part of the head where pieceo
the skull had been removed by the phy'
sicians in Philadelphia was roughentl,
as though it had been struck by ball,
and thought it probable that it passN
through The head between the htmls'
pheres Of the brain, and out that way,
as it was in il direct line with the wound
III the eye.
james p. Ford was examined and
gave substantially the same testimony
that he gave at the hearing on Sa'"F-
day afternoon, and in answer TO
question, said that if Taylor had q
stone in his hand when he was shot ne
must have thrown it away before 10
fell, as there was not stone within SIX
fee. of where he laid on the pave
lneut.
Hugh Stewards testimony was tle
same almost word for word as PUBLISH
ed in yesterdays REPUBLICANS. Gto,
W. Page testified to seeing the heal
between Taylor and List, and TO '@
fact of the deceased running down
Kirkwood street pursued by the WV
Lists, after he younger one had tired. "
him twice. He said that in miuu's
or so the elder List came back, pursaN
: by Taylor, who threw a stone at hlIl,
and young List, who was standing u
the door at No. 6lOEast Eleventh stfer',
fired, and Taylor put his hand TO w.
head and fell. In answer to a question
, by Il juror, the witness said he was posi-,
tive that The younger List did not COM
back by way of Eleventh street, anu
must have got in the doorway by ehle''
ing the house at the back part and pass
ing through ; was positive that 1a!v'
did not know that he was in the ooo',
or even see him, before he shot near"
, the elder List say Shoot the ST.
Of a b.-h, now and the son imlne'a'
ately fired. .,,
This was deemed sufficient evldehV"
for the jury, who, after short drIlo''
alton, rendered the following verdict
Ii solved, That George Il. Tayior can aI
to his death from IL gunshot "ouns
through the brain from a pistol III NV
l hands Of Levi, f. list, on SATURDAY
September y, 1888, between the honrS ~.
II and Up. M, on Eleventh STREE, IN
tween Kirkwood and Pine streets II,
the city Of " ilmington, and tbal ~. I's
J father, Lewis List, WAS accessory 10 wv
crime. -,
Commitments were then made ON W
Coroner Smith for both the father a ,'I
son, and they will BIZ confined II J" "
until they are brought before the oo"'
to answer this serious charge.