Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-09-13
On Monday last List ausrreled with Mrs.

That he would shoot the first man who
attempted to take any goods out of the
mousse On Saturday morning, AZ the
Deans persisted in their determination,
List sent for his father. The elder List
came and also declared against the goods
going out. Taylor took the side of the
Deans and told them to go ahead.
rms was the state OF affairs on Satur-
day morning. What followed Ia told
suc'inotly In the testimony of George
Bates, who saw the whole transaction.
Mr.. Bates said.
| About IL 81 was coming up to nv
dinner and saw Taylor at Eleventh and
Pine asked him what WAS the matter
he said he WAS going to lick somebody up
at Lists aud asked me If | would go
along and see fair play, as he expected
the old man would jump on too; we
went up to Lists and he called young
List out; they talked for about two
minutes and Taylor struck him; then
they clinohed and went down in the
street; then the old man came out aud
struck at Taylor with club; then
Taylor ran off; the old man said: Shoot
the B. OF b.; shoot the g. OF b."
| (young) List fired twice Taylor ran
round the corner and came back with
two stones in his hands he threw one OF
them at him (young Lis) but didn't hit
him then he came up with the other
stone, near (young) List, who was then
standing in Mr.. Ford's doorway; then
then the old man said "shoot the 3 of a
| b now" and (young) List fired and
Taylor fell.
1t was in evidence that when the elder
List came to the aid of his son, Taylor
was pounding the latter in the face with
his fists and driving more dangerous
blows into the PROSTATE mans abdomen
with his knee.
At the conclusion of the hearing the
prisoners were taken over to New Castle
and lodged In Jail.
WHAT MRS. LIST SAYS.
In an interview with STATE JOURNAL
| representative Sunday Mrs. Lewis
+. List said: "Mrs. Dean has brought
me a lot of trouble she's all right, she's
got her man but mine Is in New Castle on
the charge of MURDER Her story of the
affair is much the same as submitted in
evidence on Saturday She says the whole
trouble grew out OF the allegation that
List struck Reuben Deans wife because
she called him d-n liar. In conclusion
of the charge as can be; when George
Taylor stoned my husband he WAS
| desperate and | halloed shoot him my
self"
Malachi Barlow, Caleb Taylor, David
McCloskey, Andrew ]. Galley, DR.. ]. f.
Speck, Joseph B. Langley, William B.
Jefferis, W. s. McNair and l.. W. Palmer,
the jury summoned to hold an inquest
| over the body of George Taylor, Lewis +.
Lists victim, met at the house of the
deceased, on Adams street below Della.
ware avenue, on Monday afternoon.
L. W. Palmer was chosen foreman, and
w. s. McNair secretary, after which the
jury proceeded to hear part of the testi-
mony of the case.
Mrs. Ella +. Fell, Taylor's sister, was
sworn. She was an eye witness and she
testified to seeing the fight and the fatal
shot fired. AT the conclusion of Mrs.
Fells testimony the jury adjourned to
meet at 7.3p O'Clock in the evening.
Pursuant to adjournment the coroner's
jury Fmet in the grand jury room OF
the.court house at Z. 30 O'clock in the even
ing.
DR.. Grimshaw was sworn, and testified
that when he attended Taylor in the city
hall on Saturday afternoon he was in
sensible, and remained 80 until he died.
The wound was in his eye. "Tho eye
ball was protruding. put in probe
and found there was a hole in the head
The man was in a dying oonditio them"
Observation-Disclosures, what would you
suppose produced that wound 9''
DR.. Grimshaw-"Now am not here to
awnar IN pnnaittona buf tbnu1ht that
it was small gunshot wound.''
He further testified that at the post
norton the brain WAS taken out and the
ball could not be found that there was
big depression in the back of the skull,
but it was an old wound that the old
wound was bleeding, which led to the
suppositiou that the ball escaped through
that source. In conclusion the Doctor
stated that there was no doubt that that
wound through the eye caused the death.
DR.. Keables, sworn-Wss called to see
Tay lpr who was lying on the sidewalk in
front Of Lists house between Q and 8
o'clock probsd the wound and found
that the ball had penetrated the brain to
the extent of about four and a-half
inches; on examination | knew he must
die found no place on the skull where
t.
Wales came while l was examining the
| patient and we both agreed that the man
must die within three or four hours be-
cause of great etfusion of blood on the
brain.
DR.. 0gle, sworn-At the post norton
we found gun-shot wound through the
left eye, which passed through the brow
causing his death am confident that the
Ion n.,tt . ,nb tha al
the brain was put in basin and dis
sected, and the ball could not have es-
capped notice; took the eye out and
| examined 1t the wound was not in the
| eye but through it.
James P. Ford, sworn-I came to my
| door Just when List and Taylor wers
through fighting old man List ap-
| preached the men with a club raised
don't know whether he struck Taylor or
not The rest Of Mr.. Ford's testimony
| was the same as recently submitted
before Judge Cummins.
| Hugh Stewart, sworn-Do not know
| anything about the shooting saw List
after the shooting running up Tenth
street ilourishipg revolver and the old
man followed with club. The witness
tLen gave the story of his encounter with
the Lists as has already been published.
George W. age,sworn-I knew Taylor,
but don't know List; Gin answer to in
| luiry) Taylor asking me to go with him
while he (Tsylor) clicked" List; went
with him, and saw the souls old man
List struck at Taylor; saw the shots
Taylor fell toward Klrkwood street and
rolled on his back don't think Taylor
saw List before the fatal shot was fired.
At the conclusion of Pages testimony
the jury went into private session, and,
after considering the evidence, found the
following verdict:
That George b. Taylor came to his death
| from Il gunshot wound through the brain
| from pistol in the hands of Lewis Il. List
! on Saturday, September Sth, 1888 between
the hours OF ~ uud 9 p. m, on Eleventh
street, between kirkwood and Pine streets, i'll
| tho city Of Wilmington, and that his father
| Lewis List, was accessory to the crime.
Commitments for both of the Lists were
accordingly issued by the Coroner, hold
| ing them for court without bail, to answer
the charge of murder.
Attorney General Gray was present
while the testimony was being taken aud
questioned the witnesses.
The remains were buried from his
aAher's home on Adams street near Della
ware avenue Tuesday afternoon.
Long before the hour set for the funeral
cortege to leave the house crowds OF
people ilocked about the funeral house,
almost completely blocking up the street
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