Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-09-04

sotlng huhplonuslY. They We're aboni
Zoo yards away from the bridge. elkins
away from the structure. When ha
reached the bridge he saw the body Of
the murdered man and called to him.
thinking he was asleep; but he did moi
answer, and Mr. Harrington continued
MS way to Bowers Beach, where lie told
oil the circumstance. Ho is an old man
ana cannot SEQ very we'll. He recognized
tue body % the one he had seen along the
road, but said he could not identity the
two men.
Robert III. Jones, Jr., was next called
and said as he was going to tho bay shore
yesterday, about Tao O'Clock, he saw two
men sitting on the bridge, and he sup-
posed they were fishing. One he sid
was q mulatto and wore cutaway Goa.
and . Gap; the younger one was black,
thick set and hung his head.
There was pair of shoes and STOCK
ings on the bridge which he recognized
az being the same as shown him.
James W. Winant said about 8 O'Clock
yesterday morning he was on his vay 70
Frederick and as he neared the bridge
saw the body. There were four coIored
women standing there and when he asked
the trouble was told someone had mar.
dered aud robbed the man. He did not
know any of them. He stopped at j. Il.
Uase's farm, about one mile from the spot.
and reported the case. He again reported
1t in Frederick. He got out OF his wagon
and examined the body and found blood
oozing from the mouth. He also noticed
the finger marks on the neck.
j. U. Case next said he saw two mon.
Jessie Proctor and Fred Young, about
hl6 O'Clock, going towards the bridge.
and about $50 saw the dead man going
towards the same bridge. The next
he heard was that the man Lindsey had
been found murdered. He at once went
to the spot and found six colored per-
sons there. he asked the trouble and
was told by one of the girls, ''some one
had murdered her grandpa" He sent
boy for the coroner, who lives near, and
with the assistance of Fred Hopkins and
Robert Alcorn took the corpse to the
house whore it now lies. The body had
been searched brit the robbers failed to
hnd purse containing some small
change, bat took the on0 containing the
SR5, and also secured watch.
Emma Pratt, the granddaughter of the
murdered man, corroborated the above
statement, and said abe was first told of
the affair by Emma Lopez. No one was
on the spot when she arrived there and
the body was still warm.
Abram King passed the bridge about
$50 on the morning Of the murder and
saw the two mon, Jesse Proctor and Fred
Young, standing on the bridge. They
were sitting on the ra ling looking into
the water With ahoes lying on the bridge.
King said to Fred, "Are yon going in
swimming ?" and was told "No." The
horse SHE'D here and Kings companion,
his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hestie GRAY,
made the remark that the road looked as
If there had been scdfils. King noticed
II but said, II guess Fred has been
dancing. he will do anything but say
his prayers"
The next man that passed discovered
the CORPSE. w. M. Truitt, the GAzErrE's
the first to inve {
gate the murder, was next called, a..d
aaid he had heard of the murder about
30 on that day, and at once hired a
team and, in company with IL. l.. Hyn-
son, went to the grounds. He questioned
several witnesse9, and after gaining what
he could, returned home.
Yesterday morning he was told that two
men of the description OF Proctor and
Young had been here about noon on the |
day OF the murder. After some investigation
he learned that they had stopped in O. |
W. DaVidson's jewelry store to get a
watch fixed, and that one Of them had |
bought new watch. The one to be fixed
with the description of the |
one taken from the murdered mans
pocket. Truitt also found out that they
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and had paid for them with a SIS bill.
They seemed TO nave plenty money.
From the hotel it was learned they had |
gone toward Slaughter Beach, and Iruitt
iuegested that as today is "black ,iatur-
lay" in all probability they would be
'ound there.
THE MURDERERs ARRESTED.
Immediately at the close Of his teE.i-
nony the jury adjourned to meet in the
own hail, Frederick, at 9 p. m. to. day,
md nj. Ii. Prtttyman was deputized 70
20 to Frederick, secure team and 90 to
Slaughter Beach and arrest them. He
ook John II. Cook, one OF the Jury, with
aim to identify the men. They arrived
n Milford about the middle Of yesterday
and found that Thomas Marvel,
constable in Cedar Greek hundred, had
captured one of the negroes, Young, and
hat he had told where Proctor was to be
ound. Marvel at once took Young, and
instead II bringing him to Milford, as
hey were near the edge of town, took
lim back, down Slaughter Neck about
light miles to the house of one Jesse
3hockley, where Proctor was found.
Marvel then started towards Milford with
he prisoners, assisted by O. w. David
ION. This WAS about p. IN. They ar
lived here about s O'Clock. When near
own Constable Hill and Alderman Gull
en- met the men, and as Hill had war
ant for their arrest, he took one of the
men and allowed Marvel to bring the
lther one to town, when they were placed
u the town jail. The delay was made on
purpose, as the officers thought il better
o bring them here under cover of night.
Proctor was asked soon after caught
what the time was, and in pulling out a
watch to see, o. w. Davidson recog-
lized it as belonging to the murdered
nan, from the description and he told
esse, "Why, tn ( is the watch the old
nan had when murdered" He at once
lung his head and was silent for soma
lme.
CONFESSED TO THE KILLING.
About 10 o'clock last night Alderman
Dullen examined the two men at
he town Jail and Youngin his
onfession said that heleft home
hat morning with the intention
{ going to his uncle's home in
laughter Neck. Jesse said he would
'alk part of the way US hs waB coming to
iilford. As thay neared the bridge
here the dead body was found, Jesse
ked Fred il he had fishing line if so \
ley wonld fish o while. Fred had one /
I'D they stopped on the bridge. Soon s
40 old man Game down and said "well '