Evening journal., 1892-05-31

o'clock Hutt and another man did
not know, were with him Hutt wanted
TO take Benson home but Benson said he
was afraid they would throw him into
the canal
lie Was Slightly Ratified.
Cooper-"How far were You from Ben
SOM About fifty feet Hutt was about
eight feet from Benson. closer TO me.
You did not know the other manY
"No"
How did you recognize HuttY "By
his white shirt bosom
That is the only wayi II recognized
him by his size ] saw Hutt's face
'Wcre the street lights lightedY' NO.
II was dark. ] could not tell whether
the other man was white or black. !
knew Benson by his face They were
standing by the hotel, near my house.
The man with Hutt was n small one
llutt did not say word There was
little light coming from the hotel win.
dow. recognized llutt by this light
Nicholas g. Price was affirmed His
testimony was as follows
Pam store keeper at Delaware CITY
live ON Clinton street last saw
Noah Benson nn THANKSGIVING
evening between $40 and %
o'clock. Tie was standing alone.
next saw him going up the street. lie
went TO a tree where there were two or
three parties standing He went up the
street with them. never saw him after
that
He did not Know uic Mon.
Cooper-'Do You know the prisonersg'
IL know the men, not the woman They
were 100 yards off, could not recognize
their voices. do not know who the
three men were
Benson Was staggering.
John G. Borgher. a Delaware City -four
dealer, was sworn He said
II saw Benson, Hutt Miller and John.
SON together ON Thanksgiving night.
Benson was drunk and swearing
! told johnson that II he did not
take care Of Benson ] would. Johnson
said He's all right; we win attend to-
him. They went TO the next corner
There they were met by two women. /
think one of them was Ella King.
] don't know who the other man was. One
of the women said: Hello, Bcnsonr /
think that the other woman said. Hello
Millerr"
Afraid of the Prisoners.
Cooper-"Have you received any com
pensation for looking up evidence in this
casey' "No, sir
DO you know that those who went
down TO that corner did not come back. q
81 did not see them. ] do not know amy.
[ thing about that don't know how
many TUNED the corner.
Did you not say before the mayor
or coroner that you could NOT saw AN Won
wanted 90 say because yon were afraid of
the prisoncrsy' "Yes
"Why are You afraid of themg0 well.
know, but | won't answer that ques-
tion %
II want an answer-why are YOU
afraid of thcmg' "Wcll. when man
gets in jail once and gets out he is not
responsible
He was very amusing witness and
even Julia Hutt had hearty laugh.
George Foard was the next witness
called by the state
II am foreman of a gang of mon and
patrol the canal at Delaware City On
Christmas morning saw
the body IN the canal /
thought 1t was tree limb and did not
pay any more attention TO it, Next day
] saw IL again IL was what believed to
ne the body OF Noah Benson.
don't think the set would
have carried the body up the canal It
would have carried it toward the Della
ware. ] do not think IL could have
worked in from the Delaware river
Cooper-"Did any schooner or tug pass
through ON Thanksgiving Dayg' yes
sir.
ANY on Christmnsg' 81 can't say.
Gould the body fall under the COM
pany's wharf. and stay thereg 1T
could, but don't think It would
lou saw the bodyT' "Nes
How long did IL seem to have been
in the waterg' 1T was not decomposed
and did not think it had been i'm the
water more than night or so
Would you say on your oath that 70
was Noah Bensong III ! had 10 swear be-
tween the two-yes.
do you know positively from the
shape of the body that it was Noah Ben
SONY "No. lie lived with me over a
year and / was well acquainted with
him.
Court then took a recess until 2. 30
o'clock this afternoon
As Julia walked out Of the Court room
she smiled sardonically at Detective Nc
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