Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-12-03
Becker Convicted.
r IURY OUT -FOUR HOURS
mi VERDICT GUILTY OF MAn.
kLAUaHTER.
HOG CASE TRIED,

T.
sLAUaHTER'
IA HOG CASE TRIED.
c,,,t rs.oopyened at 3 O'Clock yester.
:. Ovya as,srnoou with Ohief Justico Como
ny nd Associate Justices Wootten and
a"s,on @ present. Immediately after
az oneninp q jury was drawn and the
y. u.s 'f n Curtis ralley, d, b, ., VS.. Martin
SssSricks u, b, taken up for trial,
n,,h I,,re s. Emmo for the appellant
.na Harry Sharpley, Esq, for the re-
,pondent.
'rybs Tbs case had barely commenced WI On
.,soo O'Clock, there Was q rustic in ,Ihs
c,nr, room, and ths word passed from
.,s 10 the other the jury are coming
ip" A moment later the door ON the
sou,b side OF the room opened and Bail.
n Deakyae showed the twelve good
mep and true" to seats on that side OF
Ss building, as the box was occupied By
AZ i1ry In the Tally Hendrick CASE.
ThaOdore Becker was brought up from
Ma cell In the basement and again
placed In the dock.
Re looked pale aud was somewhat
,rcted. As soon as he was seated Clerk
Cocbrsn called the names of the Jurors
,rd al answered AS the bailiff counted
asm, The clerk then asked, gentle.
man, have you agreed upon your YER
in5" aud then came back, i've have. "
aWho shall answer for you?" inquired
,hs clerk, when several Of the jurors
,pled, f'our foreman"
tHow say you, Mr.. Foreman, do you
spd the prisoner Mt the bar guilty as In
rsnner and form indicted, or not
nilty ?" asked Clerk Cochran, and the
areman rose and replied In q clear,
sssdy voice, " not guilty, as In manner
,ud form indicted, but guilty of man.
llugh:er." While these proceedings
we're taking place the silence seem cd
lnost painful, but the moment the yer
bet was announced this was succeeded
! q suppressed whispering all over the
BON. and each one present seemed to
h discussing the verdict. The hum
vhch pervaded was promptly suppress
vi by the Chief Justice, who raped for
Silence, and then asked Mr. Bird II he
vantd the jury polled, and upon his
nplying In the affirmative each Juror
vas asked IL that was his verdict, and
sch replied that Il was.
TIE appearance of Beck er's face
psinly denoted that he was grieyous.
y disappointed with the result of his
tnsl, az there is no. the slightest doubt
bot be expected q verdict CT acquittal,
md that instead of being returned 10
bis cell he would be allowed to 60 to his
bone with the approval of his country,
u represented by the Jury.
This case has excited the great
Vt interest, and rs stated in the
REPCBLICAN the Court room has been
cuwded every day. James Downey,
he faithful and efficient ba ilifl
At The foot of the stairs, which are re
a,ved for the Judges, attorneys. .iarors
and reporters, says that in all the y ears
thai he has held the position he never
bad so much trouble before In prevent
lDg Unauthorized persons from gsttin (
private way. Jimmy" is one OF tn,
most pleasant men to be found, bu
woe betide the man who attempts u
pass him by representing himself :
juror when he is certain that he IL not
~ he has . law framedby himself whic'
impos' 8, or threatens to impos,, n fn
OF 80 tor such misrepresentation.
The general feeling seemed tO be tba
under the circumstances, the verdict Il
= righteous one, although the sentimen
among The Germans seemed to be tha
he should have been acquitted. Or
the other hand several prominent mem
osrs OF the bar said that in their opin
ion 1t should have been murder OF th,
second degree. Tho unfortunate ma,
was not sentenced yesterday, but will
be ere long. The puui shmeut pro
vded for rmanslaushte ter is an i'm prison
meht of not loss than one year, or NOR,
tean flve, and a fine Of from $500 tC
A.VU. When the verdict was an
noluced B3cker's wife, who has bssn
10 Court during the entire trial, burs
into tears.
AS soon as Becker was taken from
lne room, the case on trial was resu m cd
Aod the examination Of witnesses con
menced,
Martin Heudrick was sworn, an
ssuhed that la April, 1885, he sold
oos, Weighing about 800 pounds, I
Uartis Talley, at 10 cents a pound. o.
'ae 7th of May Mr.. Talley sent hit
word To kill the hog, which he did
and took 1t to Mr.. Tailey's house. H
was not home, but his son was. aud h
TIu tne witness to put 1t In tn
Slaughter house
Inc witness said that he thought
Vac 100 warm to put 1t there. but upo
se son saying that he had nowher
Hlso Ias 70 put 1t he hung 1t up. Mr.. Ia
., never paid him for 1t, ither did /
return 1t. Mr.. Talley claimed that Il
mest was tainted, and that the lard wi
spoiled, bu. he tasted it and foun
non!hg the matter with it. The wi
asss was cross examined at length b
1t' Emmons, and when he concl ude
NJ, onarpley announced that he woul
1851 his case.
mf. Emmons made q brief openi
%Me Jnry, In which he said that
Sa Ssih sdMr. Talley had never bou eht 4
aOk' out had merely taken 1t to sell
%Shm,ssion, and that the party to who
e soid II found that the meat was un
hsat, on account of the hog being in
~ ~ condition when 1t was killed.
,usn ~; commenced the examination
sSsuitls Talley was sworn, and tes
a mat Mr.. Hendrick came to hun
.ptil, 1883, and said that he had an @
s'sw ~ which he would like to sell, q
4 'Aen what he thought he could get
bs me witness told him lift was goo
sbmMought hs could get ten dollars q
h. ral! Nj hundred for It; tho half a d.
sion On The hundred he kept a. oommi
son cn aor selling 1t. The witness fou
,aid Sds.omer !e for the hog, and as Hendri
h,m u ~ was In good condition he &c
uim 10 kill ft.nd h-l-.- 4. a. ii,
which he did.
nao, no took the hog to I
bs pn mat he had sold It to, and VIII
iu.saen vent back for the money they !
Va. 70 pay him, az they "a Id the mt
ns;,, 70 strong they could not use
arS uor Wd could they do anything with I
Haua.W W hen he returned home aud t