Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-01-06
NEW CASTLE IS LIVELY.
AN INTERVIEW WITH 6AlNARD'S
ALLEGED MURDERER.

Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Del, January 6-0n
Saturday evening about 1890 o'clock
Detective Harvey B. vandegrift arrived
in this city with George F. Smith, a
farmer of Kent county, Md, in his pos
session. Smith was arrested on the farm
of Vincent o. Hill Ton whose Maryland
farm he was overseer), near Blackbird, by
Constable Grandon Reed, and his commit
ment stated for the following reasons:
II, Thomas Deakyne, justice of the peace
for Blackbird hundred, do certify that
George f. Smith was given a hearing
before me on Saturday. January 4, for
completely or being concerned in the
murder of Alexander Barnard. Upon
the oath of Samuel B. Voshell, hereby
commit the prisoner to the county jail,
and deliver his body into the custody Of
the sheriff until Friday, January 10,
when he will be given hearing before
me at 10 o'clock a. m.
An EVENING JOURNAL representative
visited the prisoner in his cell yesterday
afternoon and elected the following
points;
He said that he was a resident OF Kent
county Md, for several years, and while
there had been employed as farm over
seer by Vincent Hill, the man who dis
covered the body of the murdered miser.
IN the early part of last fall be removed
to Delaware and became overseer on the
same gentleman's Blackbird farm. 1t was
on this farm that Alexander Barnard was
employed The prisoner declared that on
Dec. 10 he left the farm of which he was
overseer for visit to friends in West
Chester, Pa. He returned from his
visit on the afternoon of December %.
| Shortly after his arrival in Blackbird,
he heard of the murder of the colored
man, whom he had always considered a
model workman and a reliable and honest
old man. He said that it was generally
| known that the man was in the habit OF
carrying large sums of money on his
person, and that he was a miser. The
suspected murderer stated that he could
| form no idea as to the identity of the as
sassins as the man had no enemies in that
section Of whom be was aware. The re-
porter asked him why he was arrested on
such insufficient and shaky evidence.
| He replied that man named Voshell,
/ whom he had seen only once or twice had
/ told him while in garrulous mood over
his cups. that lie could lay his
hands on the murderer without any trou.
BILE He said this repeatedly at Black.
bird station.
| The prisoner declared that he was not
| frightened by the unpleasant and dan
gerous predicament in which he found
himself, as be would have no difficulty in
proving an abb. He intended to have
the postmaster at West Chester sum.
lmoned, and to prove by him that he had
called at the post Office there twice each
day between the 10Th and 2Sth of De-
cember, asking if a letter containing
money from his employer, Y. o Hill, had
been received The body was found on
| December "a, while he was in West
Chester, and had been there for week
The fact of his being in Jail galleC
him. he said, because Mr.. Hill and severa
other men had offered to go his bail, bu
tina munitions country magistrate beforl
whom he was tried refused to listen t
what his friends said in his defence. H
has engaged no counsel as yet. He viii
be given hearing at Blackbird on Fri
day, January 10, when be hopes to prov
an alibi satisfactory to all.
The nabobs from the old country, whl
live in what is known as Hungarian alle|
had big time on Saturday night. Anni
Prush, a Polish girl, and sister to tn
little interpreter, was married to a younl
man Of the same nationality, and to cele
brate the festive occasion the brides
family entertained the guests with 81,
kegs of beer and like proportion 0
crackers and cakes. The songs rendere
were both noisy and numerous.
A Hungarian family named Stipk
were recently blessed with an additions
heir, which was christened the sam
evening. This party was equally sup
piled with refreshments, and between tn
two nations, there was little peace 70
the unfortunates who resided near them
At the Mayors Court on Saturda
evening, Patrick Fitzgerald, who hal
] gotten into trouble by being drunk. wa
fined 50 So. which was promptly paid owe
by one Of the defendants friends
Constable John B. LeFeyre of Pencade
. hundred drove into the Jail here yester
day afternoon, about o'clock, with hi
horse in full trot. The constable hal
i in his custody, handcuffed, an old colore'
man who had stolen a COW. He wa
: lodged In a cell on the upper tier
Foot ball is the all absorbing topic o
q conversation among the local military
, The sphere which they possess is one 0
the best that could be purchased in Phi
! adelphia. Some Of the men are badl,
!, used up" the result of taking hold 0
=. the sport so spasmodically.