Evening journal., 1892-05-09
THE MAY TERM BEGINS.
The April Steals Bring May Re.
prisals

True Bills Returned-Spthker bohahoe
Excused as Juror.
The May term Of the Court of General
Sessions Of the Peace and Jail Delivery,
the Court OF Oyer and Terminer aud the
Superior Court for New Castle county,
opened at 1135 o'clock this
morning. Judges Cullen and Hous-
ton were upon the bench. Chief
Justice Comegys will not sit until
next Monday. He will come to this
county, however. on Wednesday and
spend few days on the farm of his
son n-law, Francis N. Buck near Bear
Station.
ARRIVAL OF THE JUDGES
The associate judges did not arrive at
the Court House until IL 80
o'clock. Long before that time the
court room, corridors, and front
steps of the Court House were
fill, d with an animated crowd of lawyers,
grand and petit jurors. witnesses. politi-
clans and court habitues Of commoner
mould.
Puruall Lynch. the gray-haired Demo
cratic veteran, who was standing In
front of the Court House, speculating on
his chances of succeeding the genial
Henry Clay Turner circulated in the
neighbofhood, but they did not sit on
the same piece Of stone coping OF ex-
change views upon the alarming stu
alton with Court Montgomery, the active
young Democrat, In the field against
them.
Speaker John P. Donshoe, who wlnts
to be Clerk of the Orphans Court,
oil raH ND . he dor I.,s.k
less wondering whether at this time next
month It will be Clerk OF the Orphans
Court Donahoe OF Clerk OF the Orphans
Court Ferguson. While Speaker
Donahoe was wandering mp and d)wn
waiting to be sworn In as juror Clerk
Nc Whorter and Assistant Clerk Robin
son, were working like beavers In the
Office, getting things in shape for che
| new man.
Levy Court Commissioner Paul Gillis
of White Clay Greek hundred, and Will
liam j. Lauk of Christlana hundred, can
didstes for the Republican shrievalty
nomination, were busily engaged giving
ante election hand shakes In the corri
doris They did not grasp the same hand
at the same time, but 1t was a very
small Republican who was missed
| Pierce Gould was absent, doubtless
building his fences across Maryland ave
nue. to prevent either Of the rural candi-
dates from coming into Wilmington with
too large a following. he knows that
he has the Federal Building Ring at
his back, and that when the whip is
cracked 1t is all up with Glllis and Lank.
Commissioner Jolls, would be comp
troller, was seen running towards the
sheriff office reading a book entitled,
what Know About Figgers." written
by George NJ. d. Watson.
Thomas Wright, OF Pencsder hundred
was the bappiest- looking man in the
throng. He is a Republican who Il
happy in anticipation Of sitting on tn,
suddenly deceased at so much per sit
with Juror fees thrown 10.
Taken altogether It was a representa-
tive throng in which hopes and feari
we're about evenly divided.
THE WORK OF THE MORNING.
When the two judges took theii
seats on the bench which was draped II
respect to the cead chancellor, they botl
showed the ravages Of age. Judgl
Houston has broken preceptibly, Will
the great strain of work that Judg
Cullen has undergone has told upon him
The grand jurors we're sworn In will
Calvin w. Urossan as foreman. Thl
jurors then retired to their room to con
slider the bills
The petit jurors were next sworn iD
the only absentee being Joseph Warren
While Clerk Of the Peace Biggs wa
swearing the applicants for liquo
licenses Attorney. General John r
Nicholson appeared in court. He wore
dark suit and presented a very neat ap
pearance.
HEAR HIS DOLEFUL CRY.
Court Crier Smith arose, turned to tn
spectators, and said in his regulation
show and distinct voice that he alon
: can understand:
Hear yei hear yel hear ysl Th
honorable the able judges Of the court
do strictly charge aud comma all per
sons to keep silense while the commission
OF John r. Nicholson, Esquire, attor
ney- general OF the State of Delaware /
] openly read In court, under penalty o
fine and imprisonment"
Attorney General Nicholson handed hi
commission to Depu6y Clerk of the Peac
EliasOn, who read IL aloud Mr.. Nichol
son then called the attention to the con
tinued case Of the State vs
| 1ukNno OnN AuulCAbu 10
burning the Carmether barn of E l. Du
Pont de Nemours & Co. He stated tha
the states most important witness
Jimmy Moore, was out OF the state. a
asked that trial be set for May %.
3 d. d. Ward, representing thl
< prisoner, stated that he did not knov
that any objection on his part would b
a of avail, but that he saw no reasol
! for objectins. The court acceded Ito th
request Of the attorney general and tn,
witnesses were discharged until tina
time.
Speaker John P. Donahoe was excuse
from serving on the jury on the ground
that he was a state officer and could nc
serve.
TRUE BILLS RETURNED.
At 1245 o'clock the gran
r IjurY returned the following tru
bills TO the clerk of tn
peace: George w. Taylor, Josep
Hickey, Joseph Morris, all for larceny
and William Bently, for carrying con
cealled a deadly weapon.
J. Court took a recess until 2. 80 o'clocl
although il could not be announced, q
p the license applicants had not all bee
!. sworn.