Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-02-13

ancA ~ he had shown.
He commented fAvorably on the
testimony Of Walter Lockwood, the
colored boy, which he pronounced as
about ~ good as he had ever heard.
His story Was told in q plain, truthful,
manner, and not even the
searching cross-axAmination u shy
Deputy Attorney General could shake
1t In the least; it Was evidence OF that
kind that could not be whistled down,
and the jury were bound 70 take 1t as IL
was given.
The scenes at Mrs. Searing's house the
evening previous to ths tragedy, as
narrated by her and her husband, were
described in the Senator'S able and gra.
phic manner, and he declared that any
man who had such feelings as John
Wesley Handy expressed that night,
was not good citizen, and not 1T to no
at large among his fellow-men.
The pile Of brush was not brought
hastily to that place In the road for the
purpose of making fire to keep Isaac
8. Talley warm, while he waited for
Handy 10 come; IL had been hauled
there days before, for the purpose of be.
ing burned, and Isaac q. Talley was
there with his colored hey in the act of
burning IL, when John Wesley Handy
and his father came down. What was
he to do? run away when he saw them
coming? no, the law does not dem and
that any man shall surrender his man.
hood and fee like o whipped cur; oh.
no; the law was not made Tor towards;
it was made for brave Dtey. Now
while he was there sitting peaceably
on the bars OF his own property, these
two meu, the Hanbys, came down In
their wagon and the one got out with
his gun and o. club in his hands and
said he was going through or he would
kill the yellow s-n OF = b-h.
No one would suppose for q moment
that these men went to this place
armed with a gun and club, to use
mild words 10 get permission to pass
through. Then they commenced to
pull down the bars, and when Talley
tried to put them up, this thug,
Wesley Handy, struck him on the
head with the gambril, and not content
with that jumped back and raised the
gun, which he snapped then was the
time Talley should have taken his
pistol and killed him, and not waited
until he was almost killed himself, and
in making this declaration he believed
he but echoed the sentiments OF every
man who heard him. Had that quo
gone off when Wesley Hsnby pointed
| 1t at him the soul of Isaac 8. Talley
would have winged Its flight to bar
more infallible than the enc before
which he is now arraigned.
But perhaps when 1t 10 taken into
consideration what the prisoner has
since suffered, and is still suffering, 1t
would have been better that the gun
bad gone of, bnt Providence willed it
otherwise; still, 1t was not the fault OF
the Hanbys that it did not go.off, as
he had no doubt but they had pinched
or bent the cap. Joseph Handy told
why 1t did not go off when he said to
John w. Farra that the only mistake
Wes made was that he got the cap on
the wrong barrel
It was indeed fortunate that the
colOred boy was witness of the tra.
Redy, for II he had not been that old
man, Joseph Handy, one of the con-
spirators, would have come on that
stand with nothing TO contradict his
Testimony, and completed their muir
derous work by consigning their victim
to felon's doom. But that God WHIT
had caused the blood Of Abel TO rise
from tho ground againat the frs
murder, had caused evidence to rise, Il
loveroone his testimony.
He reviewed hlr. 1asss4sys s Go1ssmCpj
lat length, and said that It had been &C
fully contradicted by evidence which
had come to them unsolicited, and o.
which they had not any previoul
knowledge, that 1t should be thrown
Tout as unworthy Of consideration. h,
Ideclared that the evidence presented in
this case by the State would not be
thought sufficient by any Justice o
Peace to decide q case where three dol.
Val Iva nd NsAf I,A
tAttorney. General asks the Jury, on thii
fiimsy, technical evidence, which hal
been rebutted at every point, to declar,
o mans life forfeited. II this was no
o case Of self-defense there never wa
such case, and there never will be
The jury must not forget that this poo
prisoner, who Ia now suffering from
wounds which may yet put him II
his grave, received those wound
, before he fred that fatal shot
and that II he had not fired 1t, b,
, would have been killed himself.
He wondered what the State woult
have wanted Isaac s. Ta1ley TO do
! bat he supposed 1t would have been tn,
proper thing, according to their argn.
ment, for him to have sat on that fenct
} and sent for the Deputy Attorney Gener
, al to come and hunt up some Law from
II
D on this case, and while he WAS doini
that the Hanbys would be wreakinl
their vengeance on him.
He closed by feryent appeal to tn
/ Jury TO aequit the prisoner, and restor
him to that little wife who has stood 8
/ Inobly by him through all this terribl
3 ordeal, and said that by 80 doing the
{ could return to their homes with clea
, oonsciences and return the pure kiss o
their wives and little ones, KNOWN
. that they had done their duty. Tn
B Senator closed his very able and mas
terly argument at $3.50 O'Clock, whe
{ Court toook recess until o'clool
! last evening.
While Senator Gray was speaking h,
+ carried his audience with his elo
a IQuenoe, 30 that for the moment the
j. broke into applause. This was prompt
ly suppressed by the Court, and q war;
0 ing given that q repetition would no
s be permitted.
; EVENING SESSION.
vi The evening session convened at IL
io'clock, with the Chief Justice and AS
B soS tates Wootten and Houston present
!, There was very little diminution In th
: crowd. and every one seemed anxiou
= to hear the closing arguments on bot
4 sides. Talley was not removed fror
Q the dock during the recess, and whe
T the proceedings we're resumed he seem
Q ed completely pr0strated, and was give
Q "a stimulant to enable him to stand th
d tclosing scenes. DIR. Stubbs, when quel
d toned by O reporter concerning hi
e condition, said that he had weakene
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