Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-11-28
semblsd the man in the dock. The wit.

Dr. HillhIu springer toStluou " nav
ing made post mortem examination and
finding ballet wound in the right fore
head. This wag the cause Of Wright's
death.
AT 415 o'clock court adjourned to $50
! o'clock Thursday moroing.
The Jury in the Williams murder trial
filed into court FRIDAY morning at 8 80
o'clock looking brisk and fresh from their
| vigils last night in the dormitory above
the county court room. They wore se
twelve men, good and true, took
their seats prepared for another days
hard struggle with the intricaoies of tie
story attaching to the shooting Il Walter
| E. Wright on June 18th last. The tip
staves with tbeirmedi@ysl spearssoemuiy
escorted the prisoner George FL. Williams
into the dock and then themselves re-
laIsea TO sleep, while their charge. with
bright, cugious eyes watched cloaely
every movement before him.
d.. Willard Springer was the frst wit
ness. Es rstold the facts OF the post
mortem examination. Chief OF Police
w. Y. ,swigsett testified that at tho city
cou Rearing all The menbers Of the
diuni corps, but tho three kett,s-dtUm-
mers, Williams, Bantam and LGwes were
dismissed The chief was enabled to
identity The accused from the description
given nim by Naloney, at his hcuss.
at the court hearing Maio1ey identified
positively Williams IS the man who shot
Waiter Il. Wright and who shot him
(Maloney,)
William RichsrdGon, colorai, kettle
drummer of the band, testified shat at
| iFtk, ha
ming hard across the Fifth and Monroe
crosai1g. Williams seemed al IL he in
tended going to tho riqht.han payemt Mt
of Fifth street. When Riohsrcaon sLw
Williams he was IL the middle Of the
crossing.
Grant Bantam, colore5, identified the
various kettle-drums and their owners.
Peter j. Kelly testified that the mar
who did the shooting AT Fourth and
Monroe did not wear band uniform.
When the witnegs was leaving the stand
Judge Conesys aEked hin how il was
thOt he hai not answered his namo when
! he was ee!lsi OF previous time this
morning. Ie explained that II was his
father, Peter Kelly, who had been SUM
Iaonsd. Tie explanation was satisfactory
to the court.
J Robert Cooper wns called, and not be-
ing present his absence brought forth q
rebuke from tha court 90 the officials 90
, to the remissness Of witnesses.
Pie Stats then closed. William S.
Hiiles, Esq, then addressed the jury,
stating the line of argument which
would be taken by the defence. He con.
sidered the prosecution hGd dealt unfairly
] with the Jury, and also in regard to the
J prisoner in its presentation CT the facts
! He said the defence would show that on
, that night Williams, in his flight from
! Fourth and Monroe, where the shooting
commenced, did not get above Fifth
street, but at that point ran oil ia the ai
/ rection which subsequently, found hin
4 near Eleventh street bridge, and he uoull
not have been at Sixth street.
t Henry O. Conrad, Esq, then com
8 menoed examination of witnesses for tn
i defence.
Lewis Houes was again called to th,
stand. Ibe ehief justice asked the wit
q ness why he failed to answer his mann
9 when frat called this morning. Howe
!, raid his name WAS not properly spelled
g The court thought that no excuse whei
: tho sheriff had personally served tn
s summons to tho witness. II was thei
Q ascettuinsd that Eoues had been in OF
0 tendance al the morning and had left tn
o court room only two or three minutes
s After explaining that even if O name i
Z slightly mslpelled it does not excuGe
: witness, the court Let the witness go, bu
!. not without first telling the sheriff to b
q little more careful in having his wit
{ negsss on hand al the time.
!. Grant Bantam, the business manage
d OF the colOred band, then commenced hi
9 story Of the nights occurrences.
I MIR. Biggs got up objecting to tn
t course o. evidence, claiming that tn
shooting at Fourth and Monroe, to tn
d description OF which the witness sesme
r TO confine himself, hai nothing whsteve
to do with the incident of tho murder q
It Sixth and Monroe streets.
!. Mr. Conrad conlended that the inciden
n of the murder was diEectly conneete
d with that OF Fourth and Monroe; it was
q resultant Of it.
The court Thought that the chsin G
a evidence connecting the two event
!. might be shown. Bantam, after descrit
q ing the first shooting, seid the band a
h dispersed. Hs and WiIlisns rau togethe
d to Fifth strest on Monroe. Bantam i
10 not think anything but that Williams il
1t tended running with him. At FIFTH
It Williams broke away, running toward
.e the esst. Ee saw him cutting ACROSS til
le open field going east on Fifth stret
to the east side Of the city
d Bantam continued running to th
a west continuing that route IN
d then crossing to the east side of the cit
!" he Joined Williams on Eleventh stret
70 between French and Valiant street.
IN Another eolored Witness said that in rnl
NJ ming from the riot he saw George L
At Williams bshind him at Fifth and Mad
10 son, The latter was going towaTd5 Ma
1t ket strest. The two continued elon
az Fifth street to French, then up Frenc
I'd to Ninth. Then met Nelson Governs, or
ar OF the drum corps, and the three went |
/, Eleventh street TO the bridge. More {
10 the corps met them befose they crosse
Id the bridge.
lr Court then adjourned to the sfternoo.
n. At the session of county court IN Il
T. afternoon tho examination Of witnesses Il
m the defence In rue Wright murder case WI
N continued. Arthur Ray, coiored, was aga
=. put upon the stand, as WAS also Wait
y Gross. coioreh. TIE latter Ia a member
10 the fife and drum corps. He Is the dru
L major. On the evening Of the riot es 4.
IT. band crossed Fourth and Monroe streets /
m saw an obiest in tho air. Ee did not kno
rs Is coffee pot, but anyhow ii alarms
~ him so much that he broke ranl
- and ran. A tin pot dropplpg at h
Ut feet caused him to ruu more quickly. Win
ig two blocks of ha heard some firing. L
Up heard voices af,er him calling out, "CatC
d. | the -"
lv Mr.. conrad-"D'd they catch you r.
NJ mo, SIR [Laughtsr.l
- To Mr.. 3Iggs-rhere were 400 or 5
y. people Of the point from whence tbs ston
Iat were thrown. The thFoSlns of the ston