Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
oYBR AND TERaIssR.
wiiiiHm ;. calhoun siuiity- Iscnr.
fnR the Applications tor uJ.,,o,

vented InarsdRy morning. by tie tnll beneh
Lilburne Chandler, Esq, represented the
priecnsr * tue bar, and the stare was rem
fssenseq ny AItornsygeReral Riggs and
( The fifstInuye In the esse was ,hs ef,,rts
OF deiendanrs counsel to hecei tIlg nris'
onef . plea Of mot guilty" recalled nsid 4
plea OF guilty Of attempted rape snbstitnted
Attorney general DiegB declined I'd amer
tails the proposition on tho ground thai !,
lwonid be contrary to an Act OF Assemble
Aitor Goput an honr and hat tho jnry
was secltad as follows: John T., Eniot;
IasorHa u. Ford, Thomas Hethsrton, Thonns
Hi, Waiter Grace, John Beck, Robart arm.
istrong, Joseph L.. Perkins, john Dopohoa
William g. Baugh, Abel Hanna, AsDiamin
, ". Sheppard.
A reorganization OF the disposition Of the
Jurors shows thgt eight were challenged III
State, lO by defence, elk had snrunlaa
against death sentences, two had formed
and expressed unsuitable opinions ana
one was W. These, With the IA chosen.
aggregate 40 men In all brought before the
16t.
As usual In capital cases OF this peculiar
character the court room was filled. The
jar was largely represented, and the court
'oom under the pressure Of steam and the
5rowd became insufferhbly hot,
The prisoner sat In the box between two
tipstaves following the proceedings with an
anxious interest. He closely scanned tho
features OF every Juror as II to satisfy him.
SELF with the Appearance Of every man who
was TO Sit upon tbs caee In which his lila
was at stake. Calhoun was neatly and
eleanly dressed. His appearance fails to
beepeak him the brutal nend the stato pro-
poses to prove him to be. He has rather n
good face, not without indications OF some
Intelligence, and on the whole he impresses
one rather favorhbly.
CathariDe Ulg, the Victim, is an aged
uerman woman who makes schnt living
ut rag-picking and gathering cOal clnder.
She Is 30 years Of age, small In statue md
gather decrepit, with somewhnt emaeinted
lace and figure. The woman Is unable to
speak English and was able 10 make her.
self understood through an interpreter. W.
A. Yanger, city editor OF the Frete PyesNe.
serving in that cRpioity.
After Deputy Davis had presented the
States side Of the case to the Jury and "a
plot OF the scene OF the outrage exhibited
10 court and panel, the prosecuting witness
was called.
The little old woman told her story "A
est 8 he could through the interpreter. As
she related her story to the court, the prIs-
oner sitting with down.cast eyes, never
raising his features TO face his accuser " hose
words must have rung az a death knell In
his ears. The woman related how the fieni
had accomplished his base deed despite her
fierce struggles, protestations, implortnc
and appeals for help. She WAS bruised,
weakened, spar olood, and out OF extramo
prostralion was unable TO rise. In the tes-
timonY the old woman told that IN her
struggle she had scratched Calhoun on th0
face AID hands, ana her testimony WINS IA
part borne ont By scar Oh hs left cheek.
The victim, who Ia nearly blind, was taken
aerossthe room to the jury box to directly
identify the prisoner. He arose trembling
from his seat aud. as the woman polluted
him ont with her pony finger, tho oulprit
auaked and blanched In terror OF his as.
cueor.
From the cross examination by Mr..
Chandler, II ia apparent that the deieoue
will be based upon IN attempt to prove tie
woman to be gfbsay Immoral, "a Deggar aud
a thief. 1t was brought out thar she III
tfimes begged, and hadsbeen arrested once
iby the police, she believed for begging.
At ! .. m. the court took q recess to {
O'Clock.
At the resumption OF the Calhoun
Aesault case at the afternoon at tn,
county court Iilhutne Chandler, Esq
continued his examination OF Oalharin,
Usz. Testimony was adduced shown,
that the plaintiff used extreme bodily
ehuEs " hLeo EOTbtl lfUm OhtEOuu tlu
brace.
In reply to question from Attorney
general Diggs Gs to the reason why h
repeated parts of his questions to TIL
chief prosecuting witness MIR Yaeger
the interpreter, stated that Catherin,
Uiz is u Bavarian and speaks low Dutoi
only. Mr.. Yseger speaks both high and
low Dutch and when talking to the wit
ness he occasionally lapsed into higl
Dutch which she does not understand
Mr.. Yseger, however, thoroughly under
stood her dialeot and she can understand
him.
Joseph Dutton, lad OF IA yesrs OF age
son OF the superintendent OF Beggs' brioi
yard described how the woman struggled
His story was complete as to details o
what he Witnessed.
In reply to Mr.. Chandler the witness
stated that on first seeing the two partiel
he cried out clock a. that drunken man
and also that Calhoun was staggering.
The attorney general and the oounse
for tho defence got into wordy discus
sion ns to what constituted Legitimate
questions. Phrases esto ''unprofessional'
usage and attempting to sneak in ques
tthu Hho IL NV thGh bNSSh WSA'
banded back aud forth.
John Kirby, the next witness, described
the harsh treatment OF the woman By
Calhoun. He saw her struggling IN tn,
prisoners grasp. Her nose and muutl
were bleeding and she moaned family.
William e Lane, brakeman on the P.
W. & b. railroad, was fsgmGn on the DAY
OF the incident. Following testimony
similar TO what hos already been given tn
witness stated that when he came mp thu
woman was entirely exhausted. Calhoun
snid 10 Lane, "I'll meet you near Fourth
and Church streets"
Robert Aiken, fireman on the p, w 4
B. railroad saw Tire two people IN ta.
field Oh his train passed. lie stterwarh
went to the place when Calhoun reooa
nized him. Aiken bolped the woman vi
and assisted her home. She was SO veal
TINT she wanted to stop two or thret
timer. They walked home at medium
gait, neither slow nor fast.
SiIss z. Kelly, e brakeman on the z,
w. q railroad also witnessed tue oecur
renee. He saw Oatharine Utz struggling
Upon learning Whit Calhoun had dom
Kelly knocked the prisoner down, GA
houn's hands were eighty scratched no
fore She fr0cas between the prisoner ant
witness
Walter II. Burroughs described the in
oidents OF the capture Of oalhoua AMI
the latter's appeal TO be hidden. IN
prisoner was taken to the police Htatloi
by deiour instead of the direct roa'
for fear OF being mobbed.
Tho next witness wGs John J. Bur
Soughs, who gave nm account Of the chaa'
after Calhoun and his subsequent appre
hension In the reR- of the ArAit gtoi
mills premises. The prisoner ADMITTED
10 Burroughs that he had committed tn
deed and begged him to give him ma
Ana plAce.