Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-06-09
THE PARK TRAGEDY.
toRONER.s lN4rEsT-xx ~ SEAHCr' !; Mstsr
ING EXAMlNArIO rION-SEhn''A
OF THE jury.

rdaroe wells, colored, who died on
rbursday night from the effects OF gun
hat wonnd received on Wednesday at
no colored picnic at Schuetzen Park,
mat ne at At the City Hall at 9 o'clock yester-
,n,, .fternoon to hear the testimony OF
the Witnesses ;. ~
oosed of nine colored men, and the way
' which they conducted the exalnina,
i'm showed the admirable foresight OF
+be M Coroner in choosing them. Their
REORGANIZATION Of the witnesses would
have reflected credit on any member OF
tha bar. and although some OF those
snmmoned showed an evident reluc-
+onrr n to tell all they knew, it is safe to
ar that not a single witness left that
Sraud with any facts in his possession
th,t would have been of use to the
;mry A well known Democrat who
r,s nresenI, and who has frequently
,tiri',ted on similar occasions, remarked
No., rrporter that it was the best and
most searching Coroner's jury that ne
had ever seen. The jury organized by
&lecting Spencer Williams as foreman,
md Robert Lewis, secretary.
The remainder of the jury was } ames
4 anderson, Charles II. Smith, Ed
ward f. Sharper, Stansbury Murray,
Jr, John Dilahay, Edward Il. Chippey,
James ". Doman.
There were nine witnesses examined,
tle principal points of whose testimony
wr.r As follows:
Manyille Anderson sworn, and testi-
fed that he saw Burton and George
Wells at the picnic ; Burton had re-
yolyer in his hand that looked like an
Enpli,h bull dog he pointed the wea-
non in different ways and then hreh
ioward Wells, who Immediately donb-
led M ; he motioned as though he was
about to shoot again, when two ladies
stepped between him and Wells, and he
said "look ont, Cd d-n you, III
shoot you.
There was no crowd around at the
time, and witness did not hear any
quarrel between Burton and Wells do
not know that Burton had been assault
ed, neither did he know that there was
any previous difficulty between the
men.
Francis Simmons testified that she
was Standing short distance from the
,nan "", and heard Burton say "dout
"n,n' near mo ar m shoot yo,,."
Walls strnned toward him, and put his
hand on Burton's shoulder, and then
moved back, when Burton fired.
WcI1S put his hand on his stomach,
and the witness ran around the house.
'rh. men lad heen conyersing together.
,"d ,hn witness thought they were
t,l,,;nr about Rnrton's = daughter,
AL,Tander Walters testified that he
s,t,. nnrtnn f,l,owino Walls and in a
m;nuta or two Hurton fred. and Wells
"i.n ''iano.i his hand, m h;s stomach and
,a;I h. wa, Shot Iid not hear Wells
mako anv threats toward Burton. The
";,nass IA nnt haart men ouarrel-
,nn .nd had his attention directed to
,ho, hv oaainr pnrton noint the nistol
tnw,rJ wall. did not see " ellis have
NJ, hand m Hurton,s shou der
Aired Cr;nnaoe sworn and testified
.,,at h.. rr.s .hr,,t thirty feet from the
mru when the shot was fred. Saw
Rnrt,m hava the n;stol in his hand and
.aw tha tiaah and heard the shot don't
rrow tha. tbara wau anv nrevious
I;tt;cr,tu hot wean the men The wit
na's AZ not soa anv ladv talking TO
Rnrtn,, or Walls before the shooting.
rLar,. had haan several fohts in differ
'nt ,art. Of tho groupde bnt don't
Luo, th., e;tb.r of these men were en-
',anol IN tha,n
'I,mns A ANDERSON affirmed that he
vn. iny;l. thu hu;lI;np and heard the
ram,rt mon oo;ng ont h., saw a crowd
nf r ,n,r ,]rpur5 ] Rn1ton and head him
S,, ~ h,,a uo other ,v,v to defend
nS ,"H. " Nv SV,tmesc o ~ ,nld him nnt to nsr
No n,.,o, onv r,nra INT IN DIV. il to
lin, nnrtnn handed tbe Weanou to
hi,n',,,d h. stood hetween him and the
rrnv :, ,ive him a chance 10 get in
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