Evening journal., 1891-10-28

JAnes maers Accuses the TWO Men OF
Applying the Match to ths DuPont
BEras-sensationaI Developments Nv
wilkinsOn's Dessctives-Both nea
Dsny the charEs-GEbbons Wanted to
Blow up Frank Dupont aaa Book
keeper 0oIlison-said ThsY Were Ne
eooa-Mors Arrests Expected ss FsIIsw.
cone ~ yotn the Clarks.
AT preliminary hearing before JustIcs
Of the Peace Sasse two more ire-bngs
who had been arrested were consigned 20
the keeping of sheriff Simmons IN New
Castle jail this morning
They were William Gibbons and
Eugene Byrne. both young men, former
employees of the DaPoBts.
They are not accused Of being aces
SORES, IS the ClRfks were. They are ae
sused Of being the men who applied the
brand to two OF the barns that we're
burned.
Arrests in the Air
When an EyRNISa JOURNAL reporter
left the Office this morning with the Du-
Pont fre-bug assignment, he could smell
gunpowder and arrests In the air.
Walking into Magistrate Sasse's office
he took seat and waited for the appear
ance Of the victim "Chisf" o Toole had a
mysterious look upon his genial counte.
nance, and even Constable Neutze looked
as II he had something on his mind that
he could not tell, aud 1t made him mad
TO think about IL.
The ~ lgIstrats and Attsrney-GensraI.
The FIRST indication of life in the mat
ter was when it was learned that MAgis
trate Sasse was at the office of Attorney
General Biggs on West Seventh street,
holding a star-chamber consultation
with him with reference to
the Dupont matter The structures
laid upon the proceedings in Magistrate
Sasse's court by Mesars. Turner and
Hilles were discussed, and both the
magistrate aud attorney general were In
sweet accord In the belief that every.
thing had been done in proper form, and
no action of theirs could quash the Ia
aietments in the upper court.
They also talked over the mode Of
procedure In the cases of future arrests,
and decided not TO take water In any
particular
The Star witAsss Brought In
At 10 o'clock Detective Traynor
walked into the magistrates Office 10
was accompanied by young man, seedy
in his appearance, but one In whose
hands rested she destinies of Gibbons
and Byrne
When she two entered the Office, che
enly persons there were ''Chief" O'Toole.
Constable Eeutze and an EVENING
JOURNAL reporter.
DIGESTIVE TrAynor nodded TO those in
the room and took bis man into the
Rack room, and remained there with him
until after the Trial.
Gibbons an the Hands Of the Law.
AT 1926 Gibbons was brought to Mag
Brady and several Of his detectives
They drove up to She Office from the de-
pot In Wilmington transfer bus Glib
bons had just been brought from Phil
adelphia, in which city he was arrested
by Wiikinson's men.
Gibbons looked like q man about 28
years old. BE was nicely dressed in q
dark suit Of clothes, wore a. dark blus
soft hat ana blue chiuchilla oversoat
His face was intelligent, but the recedlng
chin and general manner of the man In
Dictated weakness Of character Nearly
all of bis front teeth are gone and this
gave his mouth very weak look. ia
deed
He took seat on one Of the benches
in the front Office. at his side sat Detec-
tive Lynch, but not the cock tail singer
of Columbus Inn.
To the casual observer it would never
have occurred that Gibbons was before
the bar of justice charged with one of
the gravest crimes on the law calendar
He did not seem to be worried in the
least. and chatted With the detective az
his eide, as If he were an old friend.
Crowd Begins to Gather.
All that was needed to attract crowd
10 the once was the closed carriage out
side the door. Before the maeIstrata
had returned from the attorney -veneraI,s
office large number of persons had come
In, and their number was augmented
every few minutes BY fresh arrivals
At 10 20 o'clock Magistrate Sasse an
tered the Office and took his seat. He
put Chief" OToole to work filling in
blanks as soon as be arrived.
AtsorAsy-GensrAi BiEgs en- Hand.
At II o'clock Attorney General Bags
put In an appearance. As soon as he ar
rived he went into consultation with
Magistrate Sasse Several papers were
exchanged. Then the attorney general
went into ths back Office where Deteetivs
Traynor and his unknown prisoner
were.
Confused murmurs we're heard coming
over this partition.
1t soon became noised around that the
man Ia che room was star witness and
he was being examined prior to being
placed on the stand. This proved to be
true. hr. Biggs was assisted in this
examination by Detectives Brady, Lynch
and Traynor.
0ibbena 1t toe Bar efJHstiea
After remaining In the room for . few
minutes all of the members Of the party.
with the exception Of Traynor and the
unknown man. returned to the outer
efice. BY this time State Detectives
Witsil and McVey had arrived. The at.
terney general and Magistrate Sasne con.
ferred for few minutes Locking an.
Magistrate Shsss called out:
william 6iDbonsiH
Gibbons responded With alacrity. Ina
few seconds he was sworn aud standing
at ths bar hearing the magistrate read the
warrsnt sworn Gus before Juatice Ferau-
son of Middletown BY Charles l. Dupont.
on October is, 1891. This warrant
charged hlm With being the man who az.
piled the match that caused the destruc.
tion of large barn burned on Dseem Der
20. 1889. Gibbons listened quietly to the
reading of the warrant. upon tina
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