Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-05-26

The Baltimore sun nau an lnIeINom WIN
Paul Read, who Is now in Elkton jail on
the charge of being implicated In the
murder OF William Green, alias billy
the Joker" and the following is the sub
stance of Reads story, as he gave 1t 10
the reporter:
81 am % years of age. Julius Gohner,
who is q mulatto, went to BUY, he
Joker's place in February last, and
hongbt some whisky. When he came
hack to the farm he told me that he be-
Iieved Billy had a good deal of money,
and said If he could get in wi h some
parties he could rob Billy OF it. Julius
wanted me to 90 with him, saying If we
did not rob him we could get some
whisky anyhow. On the Wednesday
evening following we started for Chesa-
peake City. GoffnPr cut large stick on
the way and said: This will be good
stick with which to strike the old man in
the head with When we cot there
Goffner wanted me to do the striking,
and 1 refused. After taking couple oil
drinks we went home. Goiiner said, after
we got home, when we go again we Will
see IL George Mannon won't go along; he
| has heart enough to kill him; you haven't
heart enough to kill anything. Mannon
afterwards told me he would take pistol
and knife; he would go In and put a
pistol up to Billy's face with knife In
his other hand, and tell him not to move
Tor talk. We colored men were to search
1.-The place for the money. Mann0n called
JUS to 90 on Saturday night Goiinel
said 1t was too cold for him to go. Man
lnon and / started and get a quarter OF
lmile on the way when l said, i don't be
Ilieve l will co. George asked the reason
lwhy, and said it was TOO cold. Geore
lsaid, III we don't go to night VIII CIV
lit up said, AN right; it don't max
any difference to me- We started bacE
and George drew a butcher.knife iron
Ibis pocket and said either 'Inat IS VIVA
| | had to fix bin with, or III had went
would have stuck this in him Manno
and Goffner talked of going some day
. after that on a Monday night. When u
. time came Gofiner said he was too tlre'
and they put it of until Tuesday nigh
We all three agreed to go on TINS high
But when the time came Holher tol
iMannon that he was sitting with q
land couldn't leave her. Mannon said
and l could go. said, Yes ! want
get some whisky anyhow TOOK
Datchel with gallon jug ID IL aIonl
We walked to Chesapeake CITY, = al
I lance Oh Blk IulltS. ShNhhNA Nf-N :" w
On the road | saw a stonemason's han
q mer lying in the road. George picked
up and sa' q, This will be good thin
IS to strike the old man with. de carrie
e it'in the side of his trousers When
ri entered Biliy's cabin, Billy said to Ma
h non, Young man, who are youF Geori
answered that he was q friend OF min
Billy said, you are minor, and dor
~ want you in here. George told him he "
= % or % years OF age. Billy said he didr
. want any white boys in his place; tn
1 court was in session. lie asked Geori
q his name, and he gave him a false on
:, We bartered with Billy for gallon
whisky at s.. 50, each OF us to pay ha
After Billy had poured 1t out, Geor
made out that he couldn't find enoul
Fl money to pay his half. | told Billy
VI would have to pour half out. Billy ask
y George why he came to buy whisky II
a hadn't any money. He told him to 6
:. out, and not come back any mo-
IL George and Billy then talked pref
roughly to each other. picked up
lug aud started out, saying, Let's z
&c AT that time heard tie blow OF the la
. mer on Billy's head, and looking BAG
~ saw Billy lying on the bed. Geo.
r grabbed Bl!y's watch, which was haI
ing near. George said to me, Get
c pants (Billy was partly undressed) a
- search the pocket4. He then Stru
Billy second time with the hammer, "a
r shortly afterwards struck him again.
calico bag with money in it was found
& was also money purse. On the
home we stopped and counted the MOI
y by moonlight. The purse contain
ne four or five dollars in silver, and the
=, $500 in greenbacks. George took
IN silver and told me to keep the gre
N backs until the thing blew over, 1
Az then we would divide them. spent
nd of the money in Cecilton and Elkt
The rest of the money was stolen fr
my vest pocket one Sunday while ] '
chopping wood. was told that Golf
got it, and think he did. Goffner tai
some around about the affair, and Geo
talked of killing him for il. George
cided to leave the county, and told
that he had told his cousins VIII
George Travers all about it, in order
get the money with which to leave.
left Sunday night, April Ii. He /;
word 20 me tor Gods sake to get out
the way / left the neighborhood
Monday, April r."
- The States attorney proposes to
Gotfner as a witness Tor the State. J
said that ManGon's mother was ms
and died in that condition. Read, v
asked who he would select for couI
said he was just going to tell VIVA
knew about it,
States Attorney Daniel Bratton
y Constable Walter 5. johnson n
W another trip down to Bohemia NJ
~ yesterday afternoon in connection
\ the tBilly the Joker" murder case,
y brought back with them John Edwal
colored man. aged about 80 years.
= charged with being an accessory afte
fact OF the murder. He. is foreman
Alfred S. Mannon, and was at
N when arrested. This makes the fc
N arrest in connection with the murder
I'M Alfred $. MannoR, father of Go
7AN Mannon, had the misfortune on 5
~ day evening TO breaS bone of his
leg below the knee while getting out
carriage.