The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-16
THIRD EDITION.


This Mornings Court.
This mornings session or court con-
vened at 10 O'Clock, with Judges Hous-
ton, Cullen and Grub on the bench.
II was expected that the trial list |
would be gone over and consequently
there was a large attendance OF Attor-
news As soonas Judge Houston took |
his scat, he announced thnt as he lief |
Justice was not present the list would |
not he called 1t Is stated that the |
Chief Justice will be present this after
noon.
ON motion of William c. Spruancc |
Allan Cunningham, who had passed tho |
necessary examination before the bar
committee WIS admitted to practice
III tine courts of this state.
Judge Cullen announced that tho
trial list would be called Tomorrow
morning.
At 80 O'Clock j. George II. HUT,
James johnson, Julia HUT AID Daniel
Miller all colOred, were placed in the
box and Il long Indictment read 10
them charging them with murder oil
the first degree, in causing the death
of Noah Benson colured, ut Delaware
City, on Thanksgiving night.
They are represented hv Peter J..
Cooper, and under his advice, pleaded
not guilty, aud elected to be tried by
God and their country.
Mr.. Cooper stated to tho Court that,
as he had but recently been retained
in the case he Was not ready for Trial,
but at the desire of the accused, wish
ed to proceed rs soon as possible. as
they had already been in jail several
months. The trial was postponed Tor
the present, but will lie taken up as
soon as Mr.. Cooper is ready.
Detectives McNey and Mitsil claim
that they have sufficient testimony to
adj tla..u
murder of the ilrst degree and the
others of being accomplices before and
after the fact.
They were taken from the dock, and
Leslie llempe. William = Harris VIM.
1. button aud Allied Spencer. were
brought III and arraiEncd on a charge
of the larceny of tools from Isaac /.
Duekhart, on January %, and pleaded
not guilty.
The State was represented by Dep.
uty Attorney General Brunch II Giles,
and the accused by William /. lay
nam.
A Jury was drawn aud the ease tn
ken up for trial, and the examination
OF witnesses commenced.
Isaac I. pukclart testified that he is
carpenter ana went to Mechanics
Hotel at Eleventh stree. aud Rli,rp,rt
avenue, late iH the afternoon OF jaU-
uary 10Th to liz eoue Ssh. After ~
had finished tho iuO hh sat down an /
played a game OF cards, aud after
wards indulErd in pool While ne na-
playing the accused cnnlo III, ana
IL shortlyaftrrwarls ne ms5se 4! 4 smooth
ing plane, Il screw driver, Il ha'um /
and ehisei, and he accused the PRISON.
ers of taking them.
JeremiHhL1.uary testified that ph the
night vi Jam my ~ ho was in Ia 81
loon, and played cards with Dukrbart.
The accused came IN nbo Il 80 rturh
but the witness tlid not notice tAt
tools There was u humber OF OH,
n persons IA the place.
John Tucker to-. .ilcd hat lac was u
the Mechanics ltutrl an Juuuury ~
and saw HuhtIalt ihH re playing cards
He did not see tie tools and Giu net
know anything about tGelr beiue
taken,
Charles "IayvlIlo was sworn. and tea
titled to the same effect. lie dit no.
know whether or not tho tuos wer'
taken by the accuse L.
This closed the testimony for til,
State, and MIR. Lyman tnlue hrlel
opening for the deGen-e
George Wiugnle testified that lie say
Dukehart and the accused at the Me
chanics Hotel on the night ol .lnhllarl
% lle WAS attending lar ana si,
Dukehart playing cards. lie did no
know anything about the TOMS bein
taken but wEs certain that When tA
defendants passed Though the TAI
room they had nothing in tneit Alu L
Annie A. Adams. tie wife Of tt
proprietor of the hotel testified Tia
she saw lukrhart and tile accused /
the card room, but did not see an
tools There Mis- also u ugIhGer {
other men in the room. she WIS cel
tain Of this as she had passed thruus
the room several times dallaG til
evening.
nus was the last witness tor the lt
Tense and MIR. TILES lmuc lHts!y r
called Mrs. Adams IL rGlUt al
He then asked do yuH. of yoi
own knowledge, know when thos
tools We're found III the hoUseof wuit
your husband is tie PROPRIETOR
Tie question was objected to /
Mr.. Lyman, Mid The Objection va
sustained by tile court.
The ease was then submitted with
out arS ltmrut N charge from Il
court and the Jury after Icing 81
about ten INITIATES, returnel with
verdict OF not guity.
There via aHottier charge again
theprieuuels, oil Which Attorney Gene
al Nicholson ei4tcresl a noh.e prose n
and they Nela discharged lrJ
custody.
Court then to il 4 recess until p
O'Clock this afternoon.
1he CASE OF Martha Blizzard. indii
Cd ior LeetiuE Il tcma,e minor chi
for immoral purposes, was set 1
trial en- "Wednesday.