Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-31
MRS MURRAY'S DEATH.

MRS MURRAY'S DEATH.
THE CORONER's JUDY asOLD
TWO sEssIOHS WITHOUT rem.
DERING A VERDICi
Long before O'Clock on Tuesday A.
ternOon, the hour fixed for holding the
inquest in the case of Emma Murray,
tha colored woman who died on Sunday
from the effects of ir juries received on
Christmas day, the pavement In front
of the City Hall was filled with people.
About 5 O'Clock the crowd poured
into the Municipal Court room, where
the inQnest was to 10 held.
The following jurous were sworn Il
w illiam H. Quinn, William McMena
min, Charles McCloskey, Alfred Edgar
Best, Jacob Deakyne, Luther W. Pal
mer, j. Barton Cheney and W. S. Nc.
Nair, who organized by selecting Will.
liam H. Quinn az foreman and w. s.
McNair secretary, and the mination
of witnesses was begun.
William b. Norton WAS sworn, and
testified that on Christmas day he was
was sitting in his house at lay lor and
Church streets, reading, when he heard
l . ohOb hhthy oha aRVh 8SAn6 - VIZ 0oSA
saw a colored man named Reason,
and another named Archie, and one he
did not know, struggling, but he did
not think they were fighting.
He saw Reason hre . revolver mp
TOW ards building, ard tiny then
came up towarsi the witness <esidenoe,
aud hallowed to the witness, what
are you doing with your head out
there 2" and then fred at him. The
witness went in and shut the door, but
went to Q side door ON Taylor street and
called TO Archy to take the pisto, away
from Reason. William Stewart, who
was also on the other side Of the street
crossed over TO the men when Archy
took the pistol and pressed IL against
Stewards stomach, and snapped II
twice.
4 He then stepped back and snapp~S y
iagain, when Stewart started towar.
them, and they ran down Taylor street
Stewart followed, and the witness saw
that there was fight, In which some
ten or fiftsen were engaged, going on at
TAYLOR and Buttonw0 cod streets.
William H. Norton was sworn, and
testified that on Christina day he came
out Of Q friepd's house on Kirkw0od
street, and saw large crowd at Taylor
and Buttonwood streets upon going 4
the place he saw Archy, and at least Z
dozen others fighting. Young Archy
/, ran into house on the corner, but in I
little while he came out the alley will
an axe In his hand, and another mar
Z came out with . club. The witness
saw a man named Graham throw ,
brick q. the man who had the clab, bn
it did not hit him OF any one else.
At this time the witness was standing
about five feet from Stewart, but di,
I, not nee him throw anything. He sav
), the woman when she was stI uck, bu
:, the brick which hit her did not com
p from where he was standing.
II Edward McGonigal testified that h
70 resides at No. 802 Tay lor street. II
worked ali the nj .yht before Christmas
It and had Just got up absui o'clpck i
D. the afternoon, when he was toll by ii
" vile that there was a f1ghtv vn the strs ri
0. and shortly afterwards heard a eEo
9, when he went out ana saiked
IL Church slrest,anH ne saw tie three &C
orea men one of them pointed II
. pistol toward him and fired, but
or at Colonel Norton. The wiJnti
A. then went home, aud afterwards s..
,v the men under his window aud Il
or colored man sIill bad the pistol In b
hand.
AT that time Stewart Was oD Il
other side of the street, aud called
the men to take the pistol away fro
''' the nj . n before he shot some one. f
next saw them fighting a regular e
IN fight on Buttonwood street In what
w known as the Hoodle." He did n
q. see the wo man when she wss strac
1t. but was told about it. He saw Ste'
ey art standing on Buttonwood street, b
id rot see him throw any stone
an There were about eighteen or TWEEN
th persons engaged in the fght.
Mary Potter, colorod, testified tn
, abe lives at No. 0 Decatur street
n Christmas afternoon, between and
= O'Clock, the witness was laying dow
when she heard the children say the
I'M was a fight. She vert down stai-s a
IN. upon looking out of her door saw
large crowd of white and colored peoI
at fighting, and thinking that perhaps
husband was being beat, ran down
Buttonwood street.
just as she reached the corner q
,,,- saw . man, whom she had been tt
.Fo was named Stewart, pick mp brio
Ar- bat and she ran up an alley, VIII
Zen Mrs. Murray was standing. just as
on witness got in the alley Mrs. MUIR
I'M | was struck, and as she fell, the witn
lis caught her.
yor The witness produced half of
.,ts brick, which she said WAS the
90. which struck Mrs. Murray. She y
confident that the piece of brick viii
she broughs with her was the same Il
,od Stewart had in his hand, but she {
AL. not sec him throw 1t.
,rs She was asked by the Coroner if 1
ist. could identify the man that had
,ic. brick In his hand, and she said |
ar. could, and Stewart was brought
ent with two other men. She looked AZ
,ht men attentively for q minute or mo
and finally selected Stewart as the o
DIR George II. Oantwell testified Il
on Christmas day, between the hoi
oftwoa and three o. clock in the afterno,
ne, he WAS called on BY . coiored man
,lal go down to Greeley street and se
leu colored woman who had been strr
ISL with brick. he went to tine pla
rty and found the woman with cash
lna her face bleeding profusely. VI
oAo making an examination he found y
the nasal bone was crushed in.
sucoeeded in stopping the hemorrha
ma and after washing the wound drew
NV, together with stitches.
OF He then decreased the swelling
lter much rs possible TO improve her brea
ex- ing. The witness called again later
i'r. She afternoon, and inserted tube In
nose to improve her breathing, and
move the clots OF blood, and also
~. her under treatment to prevent intid
loIe nation. She was getting along
OH right until Saturday night, when
up. became worse and confirmed n a
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