Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-02-18

home, without further words during the
conversation / asked Tnlley to let my
brother go through that time, but he
made no answer on the morning of the
shooting did not get up until after my
brother had gone down the road
started out, but before / reached Tally's
house heard pistol shot; 1 stopped
and listened, and in short time heard
another shot then went down and met
my father; l asked, "Where's Yves !"
father replied, "Ike's shot him;" Wes
was lying beside the fence; he was not
dead then; during the conversation on
Monday evening my brother asked Talley
where he was going to allow Charley
Megginson go through, and Talley said
Megginson could go through the other
bars, near his house.
Gross ss-examined-,A few minutes after
this conversation with Isaac Talley my
brother and / met Curtis Talley, road
| commissioner and had some talk about
the road; my brother said he could not
get through neither of us said anything
to him about Isaac Talley making
threats did not hear my brother say 81
am going through there tomorrow morn
ing or my name is not Yves Handy; do
not remember my brother saying ~ can
lick Ike Talley, and if l can't do it with
my fists can do it with my gum"
Here Mr.. Bird asked the witness if he
had been cautioned by the attorney
general or his deputy to say that "he did
not remember" when questioned about
remarks he was uncertain of. Mr.. Biggs
denied making any such suggestions and
objected to the question.
Resuming, the witness said the snow in
the road where he walked through it, was
| above his waist, and he did not reach the
bottom his sister and another lady drove
through it in buggy, one of them lead
ing the horse he saw his brother Wesley
| at Samuel Saring's house the night before
the shooting; Wesley had his gun and
loaded il there.
Here Mr.. Bird asked, "Did you say to
Wesley then" "Wes, if you are going to
kill him, kill him right; pinch the caps
for they are too big ?" The witness re-
piled, mo, just said look out aud don't
let him kill you ! 1 also told him there
was no use in him going"
The witness further denied that after
the shooting he picked up the gun and
pointed it at Walter Lockwood, MIR.
Talley's colored boy.
Charles Megginson said he drove milk
wagon for his father to Edge Moor on the
morning of January 11th, the day pre-
ceding the shooting; he drove through the
bars next to Talley's house and crossed
two of his fields coming back the same
wayne drove to Edge Moor the next morn
ing Immediately after the shooting, but
went through the bars nearer the Phila-
delphia pike; he drove two horses and
hauled about $50 quarts of milk; he
passed through the snow drift between
ralley's house and the lower bars, but
had great difficulty in doing so; it was q
dangerous undertaking and he would not
do it again.
On ross-examination the witness said
there were no wagon-tracks in the drift
when he drove through.
Ida Talley said she went along the
drifted part of the marsh road ON Monday
evening, January 11th, in company with
Miss Ida Handy; from the Philadelphia
pike they drove across Talley's field
until they came to place where the bars
were down, when they drove through
and got into the drift they nearly upset
and both got out witness held on to the
back of the carriage and Miss Handy led
the horse it was all she could do to hold
setting.
Miss Ida Handy, sister of the deceased,
corroborated the testimony of the pre-.
vious witness in regard to the drive
through the drifts. She also said that
when she drove in after Miss Talley that
day she drove across Isaac Tulley's fields
and went through the upper bars, near
his house.
DIR. Willard Springer, who examined
the body of the deceased after the shoot
ing, testified to the character of the
wound that caused death. He said the
ball had gone through the pericardium or
sac surrounding the heart, and probably
entered the heart, although he did not
| doubtedly caused death. He also saw an
abrasion on the wrist, but it was slight
and he paid no attention to it. He ex-
amined the head, but found no wounds
thereon.
On cross examination DIR. Springer was
shown the club used by Talley during the
fight, and asked if he saw any evidence
ON the body of blows from such weapon.
Mr.. Biggs objected to such a question at
this point, but it was allowed. DIR.
Springer said he saw no marks of the
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| abrasions below the knees.
| DIR. Howard Ogle said he examined
| Hanby's body on Friday. January 18th,
| Just before the funeral, at Deputy Coro-
ner Smiths request, and found n gun-shot
wound on the left forearm, just above
the wrist. The ball had passed entirely
through the top of the arm, lust beneath
the skin.
| On orooa axomination tba dootor uaid
that from the bullet-hole found in the
clothing of the deceased he felt sure he
must have had his arm elevated at the
time he received this wound.
At 5.55 o'clock court took recessunti
10 o'clock Thursday morning.
.....
Despite the severe storm, Thursday
interest in the Talley trial was unabated
and a tremendous crowd awaited the
openinp of the court room doors. i
was wedped upon the marble sideways
like sardines in box, and spread itsel
along the lower corridor, anxiously read,
for tRe GRAND rush. In order TO presery,
some semblapce of order, and preven
accidents. Chief DouRherty, Sergean
Toylor and Officers Lynch and Care,
stationed themselves lust inside the door
and attended 40 the onenine. The uppe
of the large double doors was swung
baelt and In accordance with preyiou
cnsfom the crowd started, but the officer
succeeded in keeping everybody bacl
until the lower door was also forcet
omen.
Then the people rushed in like hug
mountain torrent released from its con
, fines. The officers accelerated their pre-