The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-11-20
FIFTH EDITION.


Tho Election Case Jury. Disagree. r
AS WIS expected, the jury in the
| election cases, after having been ous
al night, came in this morning Imme,
diately after court opened, and stated
that 1t was Impossible to agree upon q
verdict and they were discharged. II
Is understood that from first to last
they stood 8 for conviction and for
acquittal. 1t is c1rcely probable that
| these cases will Le taken up again al
this court, but will go over until Feb
ruary.
The case Of Joseph Ludwlck, on trial
Tor receiving stolen goo Is, was again
taken up anu argued before the Jury.
The jury were charged by Judge CuL.
len, and retired at 10. 40 o'clock.
William Anderson, colored, who
pleaded guilty to keeping gambling
table, was sentenced to pay the costa
OF prosecution, line of $780, or in de-
fault be imprisoned three months.
James Pierce, William II. Whey and
Isaac b. Carly, all colored, who plead
guilty to policy dealing. were each sem
tenced to pay fine Of 300, or be Inn
| prisoned lhree months.
A jury was then drawn to try tho
case OF Edward Smith. alias "uarry,n
| and William, alias Jack" Woods who
arc indicted Tor burglary and larceny
In hrea king Into and robbng the house
of Robert Smith, on the night of Au.
gust /.
The State was represented by Depu-
| ty Attorney General Davis, and the
prisoners by Frank d. Carpenter ESQ.
The case was stated very fnlly to
the jury by Mr.. Davis. after which no
commenced the examination of wit
nesses.
Mrs. Arabella Angelina, testified
that on August |! she was az the house
OF Robert Smith. Fourteenth and
| Rodney streets. About a week pre-
| vious to August /, Amos Tucker and
| Woods came TO tile house early ono
morning and asked for something to
eat They said they had walked from
Philadelphia aud were tired and hun
CRY.
As 1t was about breakfast time, they
were furnished with breakfast, and
upon Woods saying that he was an
upholsterer, Mr.. Smith said no had
| some furniture that needed repairing
and put the men TO work. They were
around several days, when Mr.. Smith
paid them off and they went away. In
n few days Tucker returned with Smith,
but as they were very insolent, they
Were ordered to leave the premises.
About II O'Clock OF the night of Au-
gust list, the witness was awakened by
| some one grasping hor by the throat,
and choking hor. Upon opcninp her
eyes she saw there were two men in
| hero lm. whom she roe n dzad nsTnc elk.
or and IIaney. one ~ AIiom whisnCr Il
| in her ear: Tell us MI q tho money
| is, and We wont harm vonn The vii.
| ness told them n was down stairs I'm n
trunk. when one of them said: iii we
| leave her sho will screamn and the
other replied, give me- the knife,n
1t however was dronne Il 10 the iloor
when the one named "Harrvn Iigbted
| two matches and searched for H. Inc
witness heard her mrtler who sIant
| in a room down stairs call 10 her. and
| then heard her scream. and shn knew
there must be nnother man in tha
| house. The mon then nuiind tha wit.
ness down alnirs. tnlling her ~ i If sha
would give them Tia. money thav
would not hurt her. ''
IL jpon roachlng her mothers room.
arc saw fhnt MoUIa Ind Trr iom1ad
betwern ihy bedstend aud wall and
was Oh king her Tho other Two men
took tic witness down stnirs la whera
her trunk was and she wave tGen, 80
all the money that Nyns there INA
next morning she found the kntfs
| which thov had dropned on tha t,,a.