Evening journal., 1891-12-16

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bad night and 1t was feared that he
would not be able to take his seat this
morning, but at the appointed hour he
came to his seat smiling and evidently
much better,
'ALL HAIL THE CHIEF"
William <. Wilkinson, chief OF the
Wilkinson Detective Agency, took the
stand. BE said
II have been detective since 1870. I
began my detective work under Allan
Pinkerton. In 1870, and have been 10 the
business ever since / started the WI
kinson agency In 1884. l was, for a
time, special agent for the Southern Elk
press Company to ferret out robberies
who furnished the. money TO carry
out this DUPONT investigation 80. l.
DUPONT. gave 1t to my brother, and he
brought 1t here to Wilmington and APP
propriated It. All of the money to pur
chase Columbus Inn was furnished by
the DuPonts. Clark never furnished
any of IT,"
when did you Rrst see this anony-
nous letter. I'm my Office in New York
1t was taken there by Charles l Du-
Pont had it photographed, and sent
Mrs Noble here to get handwriting Of all
persons who had threatened the Du-
Points.
UNDER CROSS EXAMINATION.
Mr. Harrington-"Do you know that
the PiDkerton Agency bad this case in
hand before you took itf mo, not Of
my own know ledge"
lyon say, hat Charles 7. DUPONT brought
you the money to New York; mo, they
sent me q check. "
For what amountf" ut was for
81, 500 or 81. 800, | don't know which.
gave it to my brother to arrange the CO.
partnership"
rs it the custom Of detectives to
make reports day by day" rs is"
Ibid you not pass as Mrs Mobiles
brother2" Il was taken to be her
brother. never told anyone that was
her brother.
why did you take Clark to Balti
moreT Under the inducement to meet
my brother, who was TO be known as a
relative, for her protection aud to make
the acquaintance Of the Clarks"
"How many reports did Mrs Noble
make2" Il have reports at my Office for
every day she was at work. Sometimes
she lapsed two or three days. "Traynor
bad orders not to make daily reports as it
would jeopardizs his life.
Biggs-'Is there any reward to be
claimed by your agency OF anyone else
for the ferreting out OF this erimeT
mo, sir. And distinctly stipulate that
| will not operate for a contingency or
reward
Ha-rington-"what do you charge
per man, per diem2" 1--WE charge SIS a
day and expenses that would be necessary
to further the matter.
Mr. Wilkinson left the stsnd.
MARTIN KAMETHER TEsTfFIEs.
Martin Kamether, the dark haired,
swarthy faced man, followed Mr. VIII
kinson upon the stand. lie was sworn.
II live AZ Rockland / live on the
farm OF the DuPonts formerly occupied
by the Ciarks. ! moved there on March
26, 1890. should have entered on March
IS; but the Clarks kept me out. They
threatened to shoot me got the first load
Of goods In the morning between s and
o'clock. Mrs. Clark pulled the gate
too and told me that no SIN Of a BIB
should come ia there that day We
stayed there until after 10 o'clock. Then
unsuccessful. We hauled the wagon
down and unloaded them IN a
lot When we took the next load in the
afternoon they slammed the door to and
Edward Clark started TO come out with
gun. He said that he would shoot anyone
who attempted to come in the gate He
was pulled back by man."
UNDER INSTRUMENTATION
Harrlngton-"Did you ever say that
II Sam Clark came on your premises he
would get off sooner than he Gamer"
Yes, ! did, but it was q week or two
ago do not like the Clarks now bat l
had nothing against them then and cid
not think they had anything against
me"
Harrington-"why did Mrs. Clark
call you a -Y II don't
know" Gaughter)
EUGENE DUPONT RECALLED.
Eugene Dupont was recalled aud testi-
fed that all the points conspired against
were in New Castle county. The cold"
barn was built in 1S47.
Here the state rested its case.
WILLIAMS HILLEs FOR THE DEFENCE.
William Hilles opened for the de-
fence. He said;
Il ask you to charge the jury to bring
in verdict of not guilty in the case OF
William j. Gibbons, whom l represent,
on two grounds. First-Tha5 the state
has absolutely failed to prove any venue
Second-That they have failed by any
testimony, which is admissible to con
meet William J. Gibbons with this
conspiracy whatever There has been no
testimony, whatever, as to where this
agreement took place Not one word.
he has proved that the barn was in
Christiana hundred, that Is all. The
venue to be proved is where
the agreement took place and
not where the crime was to be com
mitted. he has alleged that the con
spirRcv took place at Christiana hun
dred, in this county The venue must
be laid where the agreement was made
New, taking out the other ground
that the state has absolutely ia lied to
connect William J. Gibbons with this
conspiracy. In this case the conspiracy
to burn the old barn is the gist OF this
charge. They must come together. Not
only the intention must be proved, but
also the agreement The jury weuld
have to be convinced that Glib
bons agreed with the Clarks
to burn this old barn. All of the evil
dence in this case goes to prove that the
Clarks were parties to any conspiracy.
what was said by one conspirator Of
the part played by another cannot be
taken as evidence There are but four
witnesses who testify against him
Thomas Lynch. Thomas Il. Lynch,
Mrs Noble and Josepb Knox In tha