The Wilmington daily Republican., 1892-01-06
FIFTH edition,
THE DELAWARE oITr MUHDEn.

Damaging Testimony Against Thrss
Coiored Porsons-They are Believed
to Know Who Killed Noah Benson
Committed to Prison TO Await Trial.
George Henry Hutt, Julia HUT and
James Johnson, who are believed to
know something about who murdered
Noah Benson, had farther hearing
yesterday morning before Mayor Rsys
bold. Owing to the non-appearano4
Of either Attorney General Biggs OF
his deputy Thomas Davis, to cohduct
the case on the part OF the State, that
duty devolyed upon Detective Msvsx
who though no lawyer conducted the
case In remarkably able manner.
DR.. II. W. Jacobs testified as to tho
wounds In Benson's breast and Deteo.
tive McVey tried to prove the drawers
Benson wore by the blood stains on
them being opposite the wounds on
the breast.
An ivory button upon the drawers
played an important part In the teett
mony. The detective proved by Mrs.
Elizabeth Beck that the button was
taken from her button bag by Benson.
who asked her for button, needle and
thread. The peculiar ivory button IN
the bag could not be found since she
told Benson to help himself.
A button showed her was so much
like the missing button that she could
not tell the difference. Miss Esther
Beck also gave similar testimony In
regard to the button.
George Burgher testified that he saw
Noah Benson with Hutt and Johnson
on Thanksgiving night.
Detective Witsil prodnced d now pair
of drawers and two shirts which had
been left at washerwomans by Noah
Benson. The band of the new drawers
and tho band of the bloody drawers
walstband were compared and were
found to be exactly the same length.
This would seem to show that the two
pairs OF drawers were OF the same
size.
j. j. Messick, who has been in the
dry goods business for twenty years,
testified the bloody drawers and the
piece of drawers taken from Noah Ben
sons ankle were of the same goods.
Detective McVey stated that on
Wednesday, December 30, he found
these blood stained clothes In Hutt'e
house. Hutt here said the drawers
were his, when Detective McVey made
him stand up and made several at
tempts to make the band fit him. but
1t was very tight ilt. He then pro-
duced several other articles containing
pioou EIhihs. no tooh lilo uIuWeIb
band to Mrs Beck and she and her
daughter nearly tainted when they
saw the button. Detective MoVey con-
tinuing his testimony said that in the
bottom Of q clothes basket he found
three raZors. One razor had spot on
it. Detective Witsil found a dirk
knife in the same basket. DR.. Jacoba
said, however, that the wounds In Benz
sons body appeared to have been made
with blunt instrument Still the tis-
sues were in such state when he
1t was difficult to tell how the wound
had been made.
During Detective McVey's relation,
when the trousers supposed to belong
! to Benson we're referred to, Julia Hutt
said they belonged to a boarder named
Simmons, and asked II there was o
patch on them. Being told that there
was she said she put it there Septem.
Der "a. Beginning to hold q discuss
sion over the bloody clothes she COM
menced to cry, when her mother Debby
Moody cried out: Don't you break
down. There's no scandal on you"
The prisoner at once controlled her.
self and said that the blood stains on
a pillow case referred to by Detective
Mcyey got there by carrying fresh hog
meat In 1t. .-
johnson said that on Thanksgiving
night he left Hutt's house because
HUT and his wife were quarrellng. He
went up to Ann Hinkelman's house
and stayed until or o'clock the next
morning. He hadn't seen Noah Benson
for long time. He advised the au.
thorities mot to go on murderlnigood
men for dirt"
The evidence being concluded the
prisoners were taken to New Castle
Jail on the train leaving Delaware City
at 4.3O o'clock.