The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-01-22
FOURTH edition
TERRIBLE SENTENCES
by tho Court OF General Sessions TO
the Clark-Gibbons Barn Burning
Conspirators.


the Clark-Gibbons Barn burning
Conspirstors.
Court met at 9.2O and the Clark Glib
bons Conspirators were brought in at
OBS O'Clock. Judge Cullen decided:
This case has been tried and YER
aforementioned. The reasons for q new
| trial were rehearsed.
In reference to the anonymous let
| ter IL was fortified by other evidence.
As to marital relation the mere fact
OF marriage did not relieve the wife
from responsibility for her acts with
others when she and her husband and
| others were co-conspirators.
As to no proof of venu, 1t was for
the jury to decide as IL fact and not
| Tor tho court.
The court therefore decides that the
defendants have had just and impair
tial trial and there is no reason for a
new trial.
Mr.. Harrington made statement
| He had tried to show that these people
were not guilty. There Is no appeal
from the decision just rendered. lie
had tried to show that some of these
defendants were not involved, etc.
health to stand in the pillory, and that
boy Is a cripple, and they will have to
put box under his feet If he is SEN
| fenced to the plllory.
Mr., Harrington plead that tho physi-
cal punishment OF tho Clarks should
be rs light as possible.
| The court by Judge Cullen sentenced
Vim. j. Gibbons for bun ming DUPONT
| barn:
you have had fair trial. You are
fortunate that you had opportunity
to go no farther in your crimes. The
| jury has rendered the verdict of your
guilt. The sentence of the court Is
that you pay $500 fine and costs, and
| $4,000 restitution money, and that
you stand one hour in the pillory, be-
tween 10 O'Clock n, M, and p. m,
on Saturday January 3oth, and receive
| Is lashes, and he imprisoned q years.
from tho 22d day of January to Janu.
AIRY 2lst, 1898.
Edward Clark, Mary Clark, Joseph
Clark and William J. Gibbons then
stood up and heard their sentences:
You have been convicted of mis-
demennor as co-consipators to burn.
| Your counsel has done all he posi-
bly, could to clear you, and the Court
decides you should receive punish
mont commensurate with the enormity
OF the oiTense.
VIM. j. Gibbons you are sentenced
to pay fine of $500 and costs and re-
ceive Imprisonment of i ears, from
| 22d January to January 81, 1902.
Mary Clark, you will pay a fine of
$500 and costs aud receive s years i'm
prisonment from ped day of January
TO the 2lst OF January, 1900.
| Edward Clark you are sentenced to
| pay fine of $500 and costs and be inn
prisOned for years from Jan. 22d to
Jan. 81, 1899. Joseph Clark you are
sentenced to pay $500 and costs and
receiye three years Imprisonment
from Jan. ~ to Jan. 2lst, 1895.
Gibbons looked relieved. Joseph
4 No.,
hung her head, and her husband, Ed
ward Clark, looked pale.a
Gibbons, who had the most terrible
sentence, appeared TO stand 1t best of
all. His countenHncs showed 80 much
relief rs to approximate faint, smirk-
ing smile.
MURDER TRIAL.
The Jurors impaneled to try James
Carr, on the charge of having IN urller-
cd Antonio Basso, on November 18th,
1890, We're Charles simmons, Samuel
Townsend. Francis c. Jones' Henry NJ.
White. Francis H.Lattomus, Andrew J.
Williams Harry l.. Dayett. George W.
Reybold, Alfred q. Stroud, William r.
Reynolds, Andrew L. Taylor Robert
=. Carpenter.
The reading of Indictment was com
pleted at II O'Clock. The prisoners
plea was not guilty. Deputy state
I
dressed the jury, who presented an in.
tellgent appearance above the aver
age of iurie5
Lawrence .ong alias Schooner Long,
was indicted with james Carr { or the
murder OF Antonio Basso. bat fled the
STATE, and could not he found.
The murder WIS alleged to have
been in Il saloon in Iatnall street. "a.
bOye SECOND, ils WIS beaten over the
head with br or glass, beaten with d
chair and billiard balls until he bled
protQsely, and was carried home
whore hellngere d in bed from the It'll
to 2sth OF Nov ember W hen lie died
Frank II. Carswell sworn: He tegtl
fled us architect to II plan he had
made of tie room where the murder
occurred.
An important witness in tho Carr
murdpr case was George HouSer, WHO
vR,5 I'LL eyewitness to the whole sscpnt
of mHrder0us assault in hcNahon's
s.luun al IntnIll street. between z :
o'clock to y. m, on Nov. l7th last
lie wrft III thcre with Andy Sullivan
to hive game OF pool. There were
some 10 men in There including The
bar-keeper.
The bar was nearly across tho real
eud OF the room, the pool table il
the center OF store on the soutt
eide a nd some chairs.
lie Ba@ } ItRlluns ut the bar drink
ing beer, There were three other mpf
behind them. The Witness did moi
know their names.
Other testimony points out that oI
the three Italians; ono WIS Antonio
BHs5o. cllied tho "hig one and tht
three men behind them were James
Carr, the prisoner, Lawrence Long
F., alias Schooner Long both Indicted
y and tlle iatter refugee from Justice
and William liu!leu, on whom tn
C'raGd Jury did not lind true iii o
inlli sGnent.
one OF the Italians insisted on fight
Ing theae lhree men. including tbs
prisoner The witness did not Sc,
him Offer to light the prisoner. liz
said I'll mash yOn in the nose" Tin
next thing witness saw the big Italian
lBa570l, Wa5 knocked down by Carr!
list anl tho next by three or fou
blows with q heer glass in the hand OF
and by he prisoner Carr.
, Meanwhile the two small italian
lied out OF tho rear door and the bar
keeper was mixed up with them aboui
l. the lime they He'd. Basso did nothing
either IN tho way of provocation O
datoHes. carr grabbed n chair to hi
IHls=o. Sullivan prevented. Carr liret
- the pod balls and hitsBlsso, who bic,
~ prDfHeely All over the floor.
* BHs4a va covered with blood; wit