The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-18
ARGUMENTS BEGUN.
Pertinent Testimony Regarding
the Blood Stained Bushes.
IMPORTANT EVIDENCE FOR LINGO.

Samuel Lawyer Gives Evidence to
Show That the Body of the MUIR
dered Woman Had Been Dragged
Through the Bushes-The Prose-
cutor Intimates Bribery.
CAMDEN, N. j.. March ls.-Yesterday
the defense called the last witnesses for
the accused in the Lingo murder trial,
and, some important testimony was
heard IN relation to the blood stained
bushes in the neighborhood of the muir
der and their mysterious disappearance.
The state then entered upon its testi :
Inony in rebuttal
The testimony was all in at 12 o'clock
and the jury retired. The court refused
permission for the prosecutor to bring
in further evidence as to whether blood
was found around the body and as to
Mrs Miller's clothes, and both sides
closed.
The argument for the state was
| opened by Prosecutor Wilson Jenkins
in the afternoon. Counsel for the de-
fense will divide all of today between
them (Mr. Taylor opening and Mr..
Wescott closing), and the closing argu-
ment for the state will be made to-mor-
row by ex-Prosecutor Richard 8. Jen-
kins.
The first witness produced by the de-
fense was Philip Achenbach, who read
| from memoranda the time it took him
TO walk various distances in the neigh
borhood of the scene of the murder.
| This testimony was similar to and an
elaboration of that given by Achenbach
last week.
Important Evidence for Lingo.
Samuel Lawyer. an important witness
for the defense, who was unable to be
| present Monday owing to injuries re-
sulting from fall from a house,
slowly and painfully crawled into the
court room with the aid of cane.
The witness said he was working on
the Browning road, about mile and
three quarters from the scene of the
murder. On the day>Mrs. Miller's body
was found he quit work and went to
the scene of tine murder. He arrived
there between and 8 o'clock. He went
into the bush lot from the corner near
big oak tree. He saw several people
I over by the wire fence. Walking across
toward these people he came through
a part of the bush lot rather open,
What did you see there?' asked ex-
Judge Wescott. Il saw bush bent
down and blood on the leaves"
"How did that blood look?" "It
looked as though some one had been
carrying something through there and
brushed against the bush, the leaves
wiping the blood off"
TT didn't look merely like drops?'
"No sir"
Saw Wagon Tracks.
'.How far was that from the spot
where the the body lay?n lone hun
dred and thirty-two feet"
In what direction was that" "South-
east"
Holding up the long plan of the
scene of the murder, Mr.. Wescott
made the witness point out the point
where he saw the bush.
Did you see any other bush with
blood ON it?' "Yes sir, / saw blood on
another bush twenty. four feet from the
body. 1t was a scrub oak bush about
as high as my shoulder. The blood on
it was about the same height"
The witness said these bushes have
since been cut down.
Did you see the tracks of a wagon
in there?" asked Mr.. Wescott. Yes
sir, saw the track of wagon between
the. wire fence and the first bloody
bush"
After seeing these bushes the witness
said he went on to where the body lay.
and tho only blood he saw was IA small
pool undr Mrs Mlller's neck.
= The Prosecutors Insinuations.
This evidence of Lawyer is deemed
very important for the defense, as it
tends strongly to bear out their theory
that Mrs. Miller's body was carried into
the bush lot after she was murdered.
Prosecutor Jenkins made vigorous
attack on the witness in cross examina-
tior, insinuating that he had received
money consideration for his evidence.
The witness, however, insisted that he
had no interest in the case other than
to see justice done. Judge Garrison
questioned the witness as TO whether
he believed a murder had been COM
mitted Receiving an affirmative reply
he asked him if he had testified before
the coroner or given information to the
prosecutor, receiving answers in the
negative.
Evidence in Isebuttai.
The state called several witnesses in
rebuttal of the evidence for the de-
fense The first OF these was Court
Steno srapher Black. who denied the
statement of Lingo that he (Blacl) did
not take down all the answers at the
private examination of Lingo in the
prosecutors office.
Tn testimony of Joseph Burrough, a
nephew of County Clerk Burrough, in
regard to the blood about the body rs it
lay in the woods was ruled out as not
being proper rebuttal.
: Station Agent Bush was called to
prove that there was train leaving
Merchantyille at six minutes of 3, at
the time of the murder. This wa to
prove the correctness of the testimony
of the Du Halfway children as to the
time they left home to meet train.
City Surveyor Farnhem was called to
prove map OF the roads and to testify
as to the time it took to walk certain
distances.
Mr.. Miller Again.
John Miller, husband Of the murdered
woman, was called to the stand for the
fifth time, and denied that he had made