Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-11-15
WI4HoUT BAIL.
william Calhoun faeld for Court oi,
a Capital Churra

morning on toe serious indictment Of
felenious assault upon Catherine Unz.
lie court was crowded with an unusu.
ANY large audience. Mayor Harrington
and Deputy Attorney,geLeral Thomas
Davis occupied seats upon the bench with
Judge BALL The prisoner who ia a fine
loohing young fellow appeared quite cal.
lous as "a the extreme Significance Of the
indictment against him. His right eve
wan entirely closed apparently tho result
Of q heavy blow he had reoOntly received,
In reply 20 tho coprt's inquiry as to
whether he had en- attorney for his do.
fence, the prisoner replied: my father
did not say anything about counsel. |
have no money! Judge Ball then eau
tioned Calhoun against allowing any
words dtop from him that might tend |
towards discrimination. "As you have no |
counsel, IL is my duty" added the judRe, |
''consiaeiing tho extreme aeriousness Of |
the charge against you, to give you warn.
Ing In this 6ireoton."
After ascerainng the presence OF
score or so OF witnesses Clerk Hyland
called Asa LELAND. Mr. Lohand is spe-
ciel eiiicer OF Brandywine and lives at No
l3l4 Olaymont street. Heartested thepr
oner between 30 and O'Clock Mon.
bhN AttcAhoOh ht A1AhhNIWAub hLAblou,
On leaving home the olloer saw q nun.
Der OF people running towards the jute
mill. He followed quickly and discoy.
cred Calhoun leaning against tree with
two or three other men. crowd was
gathering. On Nscertaluing what wins the
matter he asked Calhoun whsther che
was the man who comnitted the rape,n
Several in the crowd ont, Yes, he's the
man." when the officer arrested him.
Robert Aiken, engineer OF No Is, was
going out with his train to T9dd's cut
and In passing Brandywine station saw
man and woman lying down 10 field
Ore Of the brakomen called ont to the
witness asking what they were doing
there. Aiken quickly replied, stating his
suspicious ''I.got Oh NJ tho switch, the
witness continued, land the brakeman
and l went up to them. Calhoun spoke
and recognized ne. Lane, the brake.
man, said, ITS q id Ahame to out.
rnge an old woman Calhoun replied,
sits all right, Know her we'll. Some
alteration followed, when Lsn0 re-
marked, She's pretty nigh dead Ea-
gineor Aiken then picked tho woman up,
carried her beg of faggo.s and assisted
her TO her home Ths woman was moan.
ing and 30 feeble she could hardly walk.
Calhoun then started towards Edge Moor
ut a slow walk" In reply to City Solicitor
Turner, Alien said that he saw the vic.
thu making efforta to release herself from
Calhoun.
In reply 10 question from the prisoner
Aiken replied, You were drunk, be-
licye."
Edmund lane, brakeman with Engi.
neer Aiken eaid can l know is that saw
Calhoun in the actn Ho first saw them
when no was about 100 yards away. lie
heard the woman hollering before he az
rived on tho spot. He was 200 yardt
away when he heard her screaming. Their
followed testimony Of the most definitely
discriminating nature accompanied Will
statements descriptive Of the foulest ant
mort extreme cruelty. 'She WAS pas
resistance a" continued tho witness "ant
blood STRAINED from both her nostrils
told him he ought to be ashamed Of him
self. He answered me What the h.
have you to do with It n" Calhoun the
walked % the road. The witness adde
tina. the victim Is feeble old woman 6
years OF age
Silas O. Kelly, another brakeman upo
the same train, told similar story as (
the train passing along about ocloc
going to Todd's cut Kelly Is middl
brakeman on the train. "As we passe
the spot referred TO saw the mgn IN
woman in the field, and bollered 10 ia
rest of the train crew describing what
saw" He bad to help ahifung the trai
for 10 or Is minutes aud then went to th
place and found Brakeman Lane talktn
with Calhoun. 81 said to Calhoun, 20
brute, you ought to be knocked on th
head for this." He told me 1t was non
OF my business. 'Look out for yoursel
said /, I'm going to hit you. struck
him and he lodged. hit ct him agai
and knocked him down."
The prisoner here intersposed. 'Dtdn
you hit me with q coupling pin I"
"Not unless you call that couplin
PIN" said Kelly, displaying finely d.
yelopsd left fat with q gigantic gold tin
on the little finger. "Thats what CT
you" Kelly added. Indicating the RIM
Ex.Oficer Thomas Kirby was the me-
witness and testified to seeing the oocu
renee. ''I was within 20 yards Of hin
/ hollered and he threw up his banf
motioning me TO be quiet. Kirby kne
the woman when she got up. Blood WI
flowing from her face and she wss qui
weak and moaning.
DIR. Henry Patterson was called TO q
tend her. Her name Ia Oatharine Unz az
she lives at No. 1920 East Foufteeni
street. AT about $50 o'clock Mondf
afternoon he found her sitting on o sett'
weak and nervous. Her clothing w
wet and muddy and her hair dishayelie
The value of the physicians testimor
was 10 the effect that he had disooyer'
no bruises or marks upon her whateye
But that in view Of the fact Of her co
dition of extreme physical prostrGilt
he could not state that m assault hi
been committed. He added that she
not OF q strong physique. She looks
be about 60 OF Go years Of age, althoue
her niece told the doctor she ia but o.
Another witness, Joseph Dutton, o Il
of 10 years of age, saw the deco col
mitted, heard the woman scream "mu
DER" witnessed Calhoun putting his MI
over her mouth TO stitle her cries. "
lad ran and told MIR. Kerby.
John j. Burroughs testified to hhVir
first caught Calhoun. John Will y
give me a place to hide" the prison
cried out pleadipgly to him Is the ~ltne
caught up to him in the general oha
that mad been instituted. Eyes, III 81
il You, l took Oalhoun's arm and tn
he commenced telling me how he III
thrown his victim down and had oonB
mated his purpose"
was also asked BY Calhoun 10 let b
hide. when he replied: mo, we'll first
and see what the woman has TO asy.
was then delivered over to the oIlceI.
After listening to further testimony
the most revolving nature Wy SOA ~,