Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-05-25
f7TR7 PROCEEDINGS
YESTERDAY

La
,,,,,m "a. PIerson VS.. the
r.s s.,s.pTaaoe :, company sun on
''' .rno End Not Near
uooed at 3 O'Clock Mon
ii rtsiV'aith 9TH all the judges
DRfDoS9D Immediately proSeeaeu
sI ina oS william ii. Pierson
b. s cAse Insurance nj Company .,
E.ns ,Taos 1no was sworn, and testi
rr D. ia "' carpenter, but during anIn 9
b. Dc ,srse ,s years has also also ! Deen = .aos
sa t9lOS 'e,i iractor. In 1882 he was
y and 'oG a~ses for himself, and
nsi BIZ I,'t at The time of the hre he
iHsOn, ., - r,th William H. Pier
j eorlIsIS' t;m \ with 81, ,274 "a worth
o,.. slshss and biinoS 'oi
IiaES;. 49,, .1oy. previous to the hre
The oA,S ~, pistson's place to get
~ II a.n5 a. scme work, which ne ,
e tuc ,.e NAT day, and from what
I'd 10 10 uiu u,Sopgh: that the amount a noo OF
pE, Dc tnnS 'no|e would reach $50, 900.
on. Oh s had built o house for Ge9,
sltassIb .be a contract price for which
Ba'G, 81; noo ona and he bought S2,lO0 worth
asuSk Il yo,k from MIR, Pierson for that
Ill To'1 " tte spring of 1884 the wit
s.,i - bnsiness on his own account
gu. ~ rastsix weeks has been em
q :, yV,itebell was sworn, and testl-
'il' ~ NV ia q builder and contractor
y. ,lA ArLe,s'lay ue !, or Friday previous 70
,le taL,s ~. in william H. Pierson q
Dit .u3 u noticed that he had q very
a. nlfr,' gto.k Ha thought the
'aa aao 'I gor,n between $4,000 ano
ENi,u II F'uls vas sworn, and
,i' s,Gtbqt lsisa contractor and bull
W. .,5Iscity, and has been engaged
,ias'. ,T' sises 1857. 10 August 1857
',-.c,ed .',-. with william ID. Pierson
~ l', n1I work Tor fourteen houses,
1.r haus, During that month
p, I" ~ n ap3 ont OF Sir. Persons 8 placi
y ..mos ast could not form any
nts@f The amount of stock on
gsblt received about the one
-,.,l oi Je amount of his mil
+ r5en The ate took place, but ne
Hsor sav tbas Mt. Pierson had th'
snolnt oa hand. ~
.~'I nd vas sworn, aud testi'
%sth. bsa!sd away the debris.afte
A.. s,l sAs employed about one
He thought there we're abou
Eogdred Wagon loads of partially
Mnb and Jors This stuff waS
I'M. l.,t,o use, except for kindlinf
ti.
D.bds seton was sworn, am
is.itbst he ,asid SO IN this city, ant
lS4 vas Employed as carter by hi
n, ard Oh Saturday, September 2
M, yter, hauled six wagonloads o
yrk ir3n Pisraou's warehouse 3
aqn'zaerger BGjlding. There wa
ro.m mill work In the building tina
hem ualUadad from car. Whei
Asei through Mr.. Persons plac
lgsd that there WAS a tull stoc
ha3 sboll as full as he ever saw i
Eac..
btlel n. So .on testified that hi
~ bau.ed s2 loads of goods froI
h |mons place to the Huntz5ergG
tldng on the Saturday previous I
ire, and he was engaged to hat
slsmsinder OF the goods during u
niug week. From the amount O
nd be thought 10 would have take
n nsolat week 10 move what was
t0lliHg,
N5hael Ma,.hows testified that
y 30 vas employed as "a driver fl
Il Person On the Saturday pr,
las % tue hte no uaul ed a lot of gool
10 Pels1u' warehouse 70 the Hunt
Pisst ba! dns, but he could not t.
pH lagy losds. Mr.. Nieids ask'
b. "!ld you lDt tell me, In my otho
al llu hal LAuled three loads Tn
! ""
"l1ol't know what l said," the wi
D. 'elHel.
'DiyoG nor FAY that you were
aadsci collective who got yC
iNts.'
Us Vas drunk"
has point dr Nields pointed i
llaNM,, S,ockloy, Of Philadelphi
lasnieregted in his case ON beht
G@upaaiH1, and NJ ID, "is that /
ah:iI,? and toe witness auswere
As4e man who gave me money
laes crowd
AeA plia5 Mr.. Bird interpose
Va - aiaai be felt called upon to
y tlsimnnta'i0rs that had been Ca
l@ % fugnd, hr, Stockley, wi
M .'sal oi h"ipg a detective, was o
Maa ~ 10 business In Philadelphia.
", "a ,G9si.eSanlua.ion he said that
..a, ,.I lot tell how much money N
MAT5 asd given him, as he on
w aln nS,f dollar at a time,
.i,lon %~c3lon had he tried to get I
|. @as's 70 teil anything but tho trut
o'oRiey had never called on h
aVaeei hla he had met him seve
-I,' ~ aud d'snG With him.
NJ, ga 'tGirett examination hy \
n A. 'Ae wlinas3 said Mr.. Stock
~, A. Y''sfo' him situation In Pepns
NJ s'a, s.,, aaa 1tied 20 get him to 20 the
~Naesss IN. sad been drunk for n
NJ, ,'i = s-9 t'd noo know much alb
.s Isvi ~ =, ',,d dariag that time.
t 14 Mcdaniel was sworn .qod .esti
~ ~. ! 'eaides tu this city. On the ,
lsm n ~ a's ne wa9 going out Front st
M n.y.. .ss Wy Hotel, and saw the ii
M Z, as a'e but Persons balidiuR
hrss ,ss aie then, lie walked un Wa
n an ,S,.l s'fsot aLd saw that the Jack !
No. a;se lTama building that 81
ME- 0l Persons was in Aar
ssS lol think any alarm hal i
H., wren he reached the nj
f9l.' f9l'ss no one thsre but himself
eri " ma MAJ for some time, and th,
itsaUUonn commenced Inced to gather. 1
Alss .ae a they Commenced to oet
Ns',U 'SUus OF o stable in the yioinit,
mi, H. nslt dark when he saw the
.Ia;nws % wA' saat is called The dusk O,
N laS, ca,s When he frat saw the fir T
IAN, ming Rls through the sides Of
hni Ou'!aing but had not reac', ad
mi ai'spl 'ei'isL, Ebert, colcred, was NV
~, gl's'ned lsed that he resides in tb;s p"
Sheet -1S rs ,chNEge Of tho Wash,n
squa,.e e,uo , Stables, situated a%an @ :
0a The ' ni, HGm where the IRE took ~
s46,p' lug nlgHt Of the fire ne was A 4, +
het11 s,. "Iu Upon looking down "