Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-12-01

EAsToE Mn, Nov. 29.-Wiliam Preston
Tyler was arraigned to-day in the circuit
court for Talbot county, and put on trial
for the murder of William l.. Shaw on tho
18th day Of July last The affair occurred
near fredericksburg, Caroline county, from
which county the trial was removed to
Easton. The state is represented by William
Il. Stewart the states attorney for Talbot
county, Robert j. Jump, the states at
torney for Caroline county, and Colonel
Philip W. Downs, who was assigned by
the court to assist the prosecution. The
| defendants lawyers are Senator Charles
! II. Gibson, Charles $. Darlington, George
NJ. Russum and Henry i. Lewis. In se-
curing q jury the state used 10 of its q
| peremptory challenges and the defence ont
| of its four.
The jury is as follows; zebulon Stafford
Charles II. Brunker, Denny Williams
| GeorgeC. Moore, Edward q. Lowe, Samue
| J. slater, William Hughlett, Thomas +
| Chance, O Thomas Stevens, Edward w
llughlett, Isaac Bryan, John w. Beekwith
The court room was crowded almost I,
sul!ocatton. The prisoner is slender,
| lrail-looklng young man. with an intellec
tual face, and countenance indicative oil
anything rather than viciousness. His
grandfather, father, mother and aunt,
residents of Delaware county and of Phila.
delphia, were with him in the courtroom.
States Attorney Jump made the opening
statement, presenting the case in the main.
STATEMENT FOR THE DEFENSE.
Mr. Russum made the opening statement
for the defense. He claimed the defense
would prove that on the morning of the
killing Tyler was on his own premises,
within 20 feet of his door, when he was
assaulted, without warming by William
| shaw and knocked down. Tyler extricated
himself in some way and went to the
house, armed himself with a pistol and
went about his business. He had started
| 70 the barn. when lie was met by Shaw's
father and son, who assaulted him and
tried to take his pistol from HIM. Tyler
ran from them. going 30 feet beyond his
| own door before using his pistol. MIR.
Russum claimed he shot i'll self-defense.
TESTIMONY PoR THE STATE.
Levi D. Repnoyle, the first witness for
| the state, testified rs to the location of the
| Tyler farm, where the tragedy occurred.
| He said the house occupied by Tyler was
50 perches from Shaw's, who lived in the
! Mansion house, Tyler living in tenant
house. He had not seen Will Shaw that
morning until he saw him lying dead with
his head in his mothers lap about half
| way between the two houses.
| Dr. Alex. liardcastle and DR.. Frederick
| Dunning. who performed the autopsy Of
the body, of Shaw, described the two
| wounds found on the body. The fatal
!
| The ball grazed the skin half an inch
| before entering, 1t passed through the
neck and through tie top OF the lungs,
embedding itself iii ono OF the ribs. about
| two inches from the vertebral column.
| The man shot must have been STOPPING or
the man shooting standing Oh an eleva-
ton. shaw was u taller man than Tyler.
| The wound in the hip was superficial, the
| ball touching no vital spot. The pistol
and the balls We're exhibited in court.
THE MOTHER OF SHAW.
| Mrs. Shaw,the mother of the young man
| who was killed, testified that Tyler had
| been living four weeks in the tenement
| house after living three months in three
rooms OF tie Shaw house. lie had been
away visiting his father. Saturday young
| Tyler and lis father both came there. The
| father returned home saturday afternoon.
| About 10 o'clock Sunday morning young
| Tyler came to the shaw house and de
manded Of her where her husband and son
| Will were. Shetold him somewhere about
| the premises. Presently Will came and he
! demanded of him some CutivatOr cevises
! ana was told TO look and ii he could hnd
/ any belonging to him to take them. When
| the elder shaw came, according to his tes-
| tim0nY, he made the same demand and
WAS given the same answer. Tyler after
| ward showed the elder shaw one which he
! had found and was carrying it off Mr.
| Shaw Wouid not say whether il was his or
lSiet ;. MIS- shnw Sala lSier was angry
anu eAc'leH anu sl"ou WIN his rlSht hand
on tne mp pothet, Monday morning
EW4GhP HhHW anu the laflN hang, Ferry
] NFlsht, NoloreI went 70 Gst the cutlYators
| ~ H. 90 EoEh, Wy ~ were without
T,.,ds gteNisgs' iouFs nll shaw started Oh to
iya dyters TO ma Them. ~ That was the last
| eiinef tAe m9tAer or Wright saw OF him
n!lye. Alter nc nag gone Mrs. shaw telt
ailllous ii n9ollt Il, leatlhs re rom the angry
silu s eAcite's MANNER u Iyler the Gay pc
lore ,tlat a. ne li Wols!a use Tioience, and she
stlt,tu 'I ncF nusySlu ou alteF hiin' From
lLe We Ittie Young NAV leLt uhtil she saw bis
ueSI Doay was apout hall an hour.
| MIs. IT. 9aaW haihta'iiea hef Geilposnre
on on 'he Wltles5 stahu very, well' although
sue became aSita'ed' anu the tears trickled
SoMH S, M tltp c!!SeNa Y s!lc uestrlDeu now she
ilclu her ueaH o9F ~ her arms
WILLIAM SHAW, sR.
William Shaw, on direct examination
| testified that when he went over To Tvler's
| at the request OF his wife ON Monday
| morning after his son had gone there for
! the clevises, he followed lesurely. He
| heard pistol shot and saw his SON run
1 ming toward him. He stoppcd when they
| met. His son said Tyler had shot al him
! and he had nothing to defend himself with.
again. Tyler was about 6O feet or. The
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