The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-09

As soon as COURT. cOnNeneu TINS
morning the jury In the Mcpherson
case was charged by the Chief Justice,
who. In his remarks, took occasion to
revert to the scandalous attack made
on Detective Jones by Harry Emmons,
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remarks were unnecessary dSd dis-
called for, as 1t was possible for q
lawyer as well as detective to take q
case that he had no business to touch.
He also said that detectives were
necessary for the enforcement % the
law and that they should be protected
in the discharge of their duty.
The charge was concluded and the
jury retired at 1910 o'clock.
The case OF the State vs.. Harry II.
Spoerl, indicted for lewdly and lasciv-
iously toying with Mary A. Wilcox, a
female child under 10 years OF age,
was called, when Frank ID. Carpenter,
Esq, one of the attorneys for the de-
Tense asked to have the case continued
but the Court refused to grant the re-
quest.
A jury was then drawn and the trial
commenced with Deputy Attorney
Esq, for the State, and Ii. G. Turner
defense.
Mary A. Wilcox, the little victim.
who Is so small that she was obliged
to stand on chair in the witness
stand, was called and testified that
she is between and 8 years OF age.
She knows Harry II. Spoerl, and on
january 7went into the car shop where
he works to get ruler to use in
school. Her brother Daniel and girl
were with her, but they went out and
the accused took her In his lap. Her
testimony as to what happened af-
forwards is unfit for publication.
She was cross-exnmined at length by
II. G. Turner, Esq, but he failed to
change her direct testimony.
Mary Moss, her companion, aged
| years, was the next witness, and she
curroborated all that had been said by
the previous witness concerning the
visit to the car shops. She said that Il
man named Vernon was in the shop,
and that he gave them the rulers, when
Spoerl told the witness and Dannie to
| go out. Dannie climbed up and looked
In the window, and after while Mary
came out. On the way bone she told
the witness what had happened.
| pQpiel Wilcox testified that he Is
nearly 10 years of age, and that after
school let out on Wednesday, January
| 7, he went to the car shops with his sis.
ter and Mary Moss to get some rulers
Spoerl and man named Vernon were
In the shop, and the later gave them
some pieces of blinds. Spoerl then
told the witness and Mary Moss to sc
out, as he wanted to see Dolly alone
After waiting for some time tho wit
ness climbed up and looked in the
| window, when he saw Spoerl have his
sister on his lap.
| While the witness was at the window
o man game along, and also looked in.
The witness was asked by Mr.. Davis tC
look around and see If the man whom
he saw that day was in the room. He
scanned the audience carefully, and
then with his face frightened pointed
out Hungarian named Emil Loves
who was standing In the rear of the
reporters table, MS the man.
The jury In tine MGPherson case came
In at 1t.35 O'Clock with a verdict oil
not guilty, and the prisoner was dis
charged.
DIR. Howard Ogle testified that he
had attended Mary Wilcox in the early
part of last month. He described thu
condition in which he found the little
girl, which according to his Testimony
was indeed pitiful.
Emil Loves was called and through
an interpreter testified that he was
passing the car shops on January
about noon. He saw boy trying I,
climb up to look III the window, an(
as he was making considerable nois
the witness also looked in to see wha
was the matter. He sawSpoerl. whom
he knew, stading with his back to tn,
window, lifting little girl up ant
down. That was all the witness saw
and he went on to Pussy and Jones' IL
search of n job. Court at ocloel
took recess until 80 o'clock thii
afternoon.