Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-12-15
NEARING THE END.
WHAT WILL THE VERDICT
BET
rne Testimony ON Both sides in Tn,
Oaso OF the state vs. WIN j Ual-
hOun OOno,uded and the sum-
minE Up Commenced.

Court Ieoonvened At 3 O'Clock yester
day afternoon with the Ohlef Justice
and Associate Judges Houston, Grubb
and PAynteE on the bench, The oAse OF
the bbAte We. William j. Calhoun wac
again taken up, and the examination
Of Witnesses for the defense WAS re
sumsd.
DIvid W. Wells was sworn, and tes
t'hsd that be knows Cathsrine Uuz, ard
has seen her carry very heavy lOAts. In
his opinion she is az extraordinary
strong woman.
joseph Dutton was sworn and testi
aed that he 10 foFamBn at BaRR's brick
ard. he had frequently seen Catherine
Uns ptokipg up coal 10 the yard, and
Cad seen her carry bushel and half
at time.
Joseph Duttop, 3r, testified that hs
bad seen the pFosepptrix carry q bag OF
coal on her head aud q psrt OF rail-
road Tie under her arm.
Mrs. Mary Patton. Thomas Csvs
nauRh and John Dongbsrty, esch testi,
tied tha' they saw the prisoner bet Neen
~ and O'Clock tue day the out .eae
was cosimittsd and at that time hs ives
30 drunk that he could scarcely walk.
EiWsrd Given, boy, testified that
he lives over Eleventh street bridge,
and knows Catherine U z; hs bad Eeen
her carry aome very heavy loads; some
lime ago she asked blm TO help her
olaes bag on her head that he could
aot inf.
Charles Ashley Also ltvse over Elev-
sntn street bridge, and had teen the
prosecutrlx carry some very heavy
ioAds on her head.
Johu 9inRiebAch testified that Cathe-
rins Ubz bad lived with him come Year,
ago; he knew that sh0 WAS very ttEens
ana able 20 carry q hsAvy load.
John E Black knows Catherine Ups
and had helped ber put loads on bei
asId that he ocuId scarcely IFS H
nsd seen her picking Up things In the
market,
Jo1srh C1mpbsll, o IL year old boy,
tsstitie that he had seen Ine old woman
carrying heavy hAg Of CCAl on bel
head aud rsilrOad tie under her arm.
John Calhoun, the father OF the
prisoner, testified that for week pre-
vious to this occurrence the prisoner
nsd besn drinking very heavy. On the
l3th Of November hs was very d nnh
ap 10 moor, wien the witness last seen
alm.
The deienBe rsstsd with this wlinsss,
nj tie biAts CON mehcCd the eNami-
aHiioh OF witnesses IN rel uttal.
DR. Il. d, DrSVU tasihel that he Is u
physiclan In this oity, Apd . grAAuAte
Of Jefferson MsdioAi College. This wiz
aesa was called to rebut Inc tsstl mouy
OF DR., Pa tsrsOn, and conIrAdiOtsd is IN
several In mpOrtAnt particulars.
Or. Howard o1ls also testified IS a
medical expert
Dr. Tonlinson was called, and testl
asd thai be has h0tn prAotiuiaR ply
sloian 10 this city the pact ten years
aa oonasmsd th testimony already
given by the medical experts
DR. willard Springer testified that ht
has prRoFced medicine in this city for
nftaen years, and Is the oOrouer's ply.
sini&n His testimony agreed with that
Of the oihsr ply siola0s.
John Kirby testified thst when he
'AW Calhoun have she old woman owe
the bridge he seemed to he psr'eot,y
sober, and that ke oJuld walk A.
straight M hs could
William E Lane testified that when
he fitst sAN Calhoun he acted As IL o1Rb
he YEA drunk, bus soon changed anu
seemed g. be perfectly aobsr.
S'las Il. Kelly testified that be did
nos thh OBlhou1 was uuder the In flu
hnos OF liquor, and that he Gil not act
Nss drunken man By Ary msRIs
"Altef II. Burroughs testihsa taGt oo
the day OF me outrage the prisoner uSs
per'rotly sober, and ooGld run iastsr
Than be o1uld,
John W. Bentley wasn't suTs whether
the pTiBOngr was dunk or noG at ths
time when be Rsslf ted to arrest hiu: b.
looked lihe man who had been drunk
the niaht before.
John ] Burroughs and ON ,er LOT
land were both positive that the p,Is
0ner vas sober at the time Of his arrest
George W Burroughs SAY the prls
oner oV1r Blsvapth street. bridge betor,
hs assault vas committed, and thought
ha was psrfeotly sober
Ths State olossd With this witness and
ee Mr., Chandler announced that he bAd
no more Witnesgei, the Summing up for
the State gas oumH enosd by D9putS
Attorney g neral Dsvis ct 10 90 onk. |
he spoke until nearly 9 O'Clock, when
the OouIt decided 10 hsve an evening
session, in order thst the argument
could be finished ard the case given TO
The Jury last night Mr. 0bAndler pro
tested that he would not bs resdy TO
-N@N US bud Jury IQE Inc !
neienss until this morning, So be want |
"a time 20 exSmine hts ''Doteb The |
OouIt, however, did not ssem to con
slder this necessary on the part Of any
Atiorusy, md called Mr. Osaudler's ct |
tention 10 the fact that Deputy Attorney
GenerAl Davis had spoken Witbous CON |
sulting his Dotee. After some uisous- |
son 1t was finally agreed 10 take . re-
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