Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-29

at No. 11Oy West Front street. H.
opened the back gate and helped t.
carry him out brought him to From
and West streets, and he refused to wall
any further, 80 the witness called
wagon and had him placed in It. Whel
the witness was getting over the fenc,
the man fred two shots at him and Mr.
Lanpan. From the way he laid in tn,
yard It was the opinion of the witness
that he fell In getting over, and stunned
himself He seemed a. though he hat
been drinking, but was not dead drunk
The witnees secured the revolver ant
gave 1t to the Chief of Police.
Cecil W. Willard, q step son of the
deceased, testified that he with his faith
er and the rest OF the family we're seated
at the table eating supper, when the cry
was raised that q man was going ia
shoot woman. Officer Peterson got
up from the table and went out, follow.
ed by the witness and the rest of the
family. The deceased passed down
Front street to where the man and wo.
man were standing, near Broome street
as he RoJ pretty near, the witness heard
the woman say don't arrest that man he
Is my husband
The witness saw b Ia father talking to
them but could not hear what was
said he talked TO them two or three
minutes, and was about two feet from
the man when he heard the report OF a
pistol and saw his father fall 4; he hur.
ried TO him but he did not speak, aud
the witness left his father to go after
the man who was running. When he
got pretty close, the man turned and
said, "you s-n of b-h, I'll give you
one too" and fred at him, when the
witness ran across the street. He heard
Mr.. Collins call for some one to stop the
man, as he had shot Peterson. The man
said something to Mr.. Mcbride, but the
witness could not tell what was said,
when the man fred twice at Mr.. Nc.
Bride. He ran into an alley near Van
Buren and Front street, where he was
captured.
In answer 10 a question by Juror
the witness said the man had evident.
ly been drinking, but was not 30 drunk
but he could :un very fast, and in a
straightline.
Mira. Elizabeth Hayden testified that
she was coming up Front street near
BroOme. and saw officer Peterson talk
ing to the woman and man, when he
put his hand in his back pocket and
pulled out revolver and shot Peter
son. The witness was on the opposite
side of the street and could not hear
what WAS said. After he was shot, Of
ficer Peterson turned and walked fve
or six yards, when he fell backwards
to the ground. The man and woman
then went up Broome street, and lie
said he would shoot her too.
They stood in the middle Of the
street, and then came back to Front
street, but the witness was 80 frighten-
ed that she did net know what became
of them afterwards.
DIR Howard Ogle was sworn, and
testified that he WAS called on about 6
O'Clock Saturday evening to see q man
at Front and Broome streets, who had
been shot. He found that 1t was officer
Peterson. and upon going to his house
found that he was dead. An examina-
ton showed that he had been shot in
the left breast, and that the ball had
entered below the nipple, struck the
fifth rib, passed through the lung, and
entered the heart. He did not consider
post mortem necessary.
James r. Mcbride testified that ht
was at Front aud Frank lin streets when
q young man came aud said there was
some trouble at Front and Broome
Upon looking up he saw a crowd, and
heard Mr.. Collins say stop that man l., he
shot Peterson ,andthe witness said to those
around him let's stop him. He request
ed the bartender at the saloon to hand
him a revolver, which he knew was in
the place, and ~ soon as he got it star
ted after him. The woman was ahead
of the man, and as the witness got with
in seventeen or eighteen feet of him he
turned and said he would have his
blood or words to that effect, and fired
at him.
He fired the second shot at the wit
ness, when he also fired at him. The
man then continued to run, and the
witness with others kept on after him
he ran 20 VanBuren street and then
into an alley between two houses that
are unOccupied. When the witness
returned to Front street he saw Ceci
Peterson, and be had the woman; tht
witness told him to hand her over tC
an officer, 30 that they could fud oul
who the man WAS. He afterwards saw
Mr.. Green and Nugent with the man
the latter had a revolver which he said
had been taken from the prisoner. The
witness went as far as jackson
strt OF, when he turned back. He die
not consider that the man was drunk
j. Alfred Collins testified that OIL
Saturday evening lie left Front and
Market streets on the car that starts al
o. 10 o'clock. When he got up neal
Franklin street, he heard some one say
that o man was shot down he jumped
out OF the car and ran along short dis
tance. when he saw man come down
from toward BrOome street. and as til,
witness approached him, he pulled ou
a pistol and said, +" shot the s-n O
a b-h and I'll shoot you" The wit
ness jumped in q cellar that is beinf
dug in tue vicinity when the man shot
and he supposed he fired at him. HI
picked up two stones TO protect himself
and got out of the cellar to the side
walk
Franklin street, aud the witness tn rev
a stone at him. A woman was with
the man, md she called to the witnesss
not TO hurt him, az he was her husband
He noticed that the man was doipe
|something with his revolver, but could
not tell what 1t was lit looked as though
he was re-loading it. He also saw him
shoot at Mr.. Mcbride, and corroborated
the other witnesses in regard to his
capture. 1t was evident to the wit.
ness that the msn had been drinking,
but he was not drunk, as he ran like a
deer. While the others were pursuing
Davis, the witness helped to carry
officer Peterson home.
Edward McGaughey testi fed that he
resides on Fourth street near Lincoln.
On Saturday evening, between 8 and 6
O'Clock, he was coming from towards
MIR. Bayard's house, when he saw a
man and woman coming along on an
old road by the brickyard. The man
W as q little ahead, when he turned and