The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-12
IN LINCO'S DEFENSE.
Presenting the Other Side of the
Miller Murder Story.
ATTEMPT TO BULLDozE A WITNESS

The Counsel for the Defense Charged
with Threatening DIR. Formad-A
Sensation In Court-The Defense
VIII Endeavor to Establish an
Alibi.
CAMDEN, N. j., March 1e.-The first
incident akin to sensation in the
Lingo murder trial occurred yesterday.
As soon as court convened, Prosecutor
Jenkins arose and said, Il have certain
matters to bring before the court which
the jury should not hear" Judge Gar
rison ordered the jury to retire, and the
prosecutor then said: Yesterday after
noon, Immediately after the adjourn
ment of court, Judge Wescott, of coun-
sci for the defense, said to DIR. Formal,
the states witness, I've got you where
l want you now. I'll make a charge of
perjury against you and send you to
jail
Judge Wescott also asked for the
slides on which DIR. Formal made
his examinations for blood corpuscles,
and the court ordered them procured.
Judge Wescott went with DIR. Formal
and the court officer across the river to
get these slides. On the way over he
talked in threatening and intimidating
manner to the doctor, and said to him:
You have come over here to get your
money and hang people. You ought to
be drowned You'll have to get bail,
for | will make charge of perjury
against you. Ii / live long enough l
will have you in Jail, and that will be
tho end OF YOU
Tho Witness Asks Protection.
"Now," continued to prosecutor, in
dignantly. II ask that the court take
some action on this attempt to intimi-
date the states witness. DIR. Formal
caiue to my Office last night and told
INC of this, and he is in fear about com
ing within the jurisdiction of the court
and clam this was an attempt to in
timldate him
Judge Garrison said he would GER
tainly afford the witness protection.
Ex-Judge Wescott. who had sat quiet
ly. with smile on his face, during the
prosecutors remarks, arose and slowly
and calmly said In the first place, |
cutur might take in bringing out
out this matter fully before the court,
and nothing would | court more than
the Issuance of rule on me to show
cause. Those statements or the prose-
cutor are about rs inaccurate as any
statements ever heard, although there
is some foundation for them. want
the prosecutor to distinctly understand
that Mr.. Wescott is fully able to take
care of himself, and understands his re-
sponsibility to this court"
| The cross examination OF DR.. Formal
| was continued. 1t was directed chiefly
49,. "a a. III. ~
/ opinions in regard to blood eorpuscles
under varying conditions. Nothing of
4 interest or Importance was elicited.
For the Defense.
! Early in the afternoon session the
i commonwealth rested It's case, and Law
j yer George Taylor made brilliant
j opening speech for the defense, 1t was
short and plausible, and the outline of
the evidence he promised to produce
was such as to intimate that he would
j prove an alibi for Lingo,
/ The first witness called by the de-
fense was Earl Thompson, a civil engi-
neer He said he had been supplied
/ with n copy of the long map which the
j state introduced, and he had visited the
/ places depicted upon the map. Stand
4 ing on the spot where the body was
/, found. the witness said and looking
| toward the Du Hallway house, he could
SEE part of the house and opsn fields.
Henry Townsend, the one armed
amateur detective who hl1 testified for
the state, was called. About the mid
! die of January he found some concealed
clothes apparently cover ed with blood
| spots. They We're in part of the
woods that had not been searched be-
fore. The clothes consisted of whits
undershirt and blue ch heaked shirt.
The prosecutor produced some clothes
which the witness failed to identify
Others ware brought in which he said
were the ones he found. On cross ex-
animation the witness said that the
| bush lot towards Matchtown was
sort of receptacle for old clothes, tin
cans and other trash.
Mrs. Mary A Tourshon, colored, said
she saw and talked with Lingo at the
Pensaukin station on the afternoon of
Sept, %. He wore gum boots. an old
pair of blue overalls and blue shirt.
She was positive that one sleeve of the
shirt was torn off, for she spoke to her
/ husband about it at the time.
Rev, David r. kershon, husband of
the previous witness, followed. AMI cor
roborared her testimony. II said he
met Lingo at Pensauken station at
about 1a:!J that noon. Lingo talkeI to
the witness about the Laconey trial.
His wife callel his attention to the
fact that Lingo had on3 sleeve absent
from his blus shirt. Witness thought
he talked to Lingo from 12:2J to l:l5,
perhaps is that aft arnoon.
Lingo Watches a Game.
AlJnzo Davis, young colored man,
said he was at the Merchautville station
ut about 80 o'clock on the day of the
murder. At that time Mrs. Miller was
stepping off the west bound train aud
he tipped his hat to her, Mrs. Miller
bought newspaper from boy He
saw Mrs. Miller go into the ca1ly store
and go to another place. The witness
went to Steading's saloon, where he re.
maine1 five minutes. He next went to
Cattells field, about one minutes walk
from Center street. There were several
fellows in the field playing with dice.
Witness joined in the game. After wit
ness had uluva1 snnn.A TINA Erunlk I,inun