Middletown transcript., 1892-01-07
HELD FOB THE MURDER.
THE THREE NEGRO SUSPECTS
SENT TO JAIL.

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/ SENT TO JAIL.
4 TERMINATING EVIDENCE AGAINST
| THE ACCUSED. JoHNsON's sUs-
PIcIoUs TRIP WITH A HEAVY
vALIsE.
Special Correspondence Of TIE TRANsoRrPT.
DELAWARE CITY, Jan. THE mystery
surrounding the murder of Noah Benson
whose mutilated body was found floating
| in the canal here on the 26th of December
is, under the energetic work OF State
Detectives Mcvey and Witsel and under
the direction Of Attorney General Biggs,
slowly but surely being u:rayelled.
Acting upon information given at the
Coroner's inquest the detectives made a
search Of the house of George Henry Hutt,
colored, on Wednesday, Dec. 80, and found
fragments of bloody underclothing. On
Saturday they arrested George Henry Hutt,
Julia Hutt, his wife, and james johnson
who boarded with them, and locked them
up in the town Jail until Tuesday, when
they were given an examination before
Mayor Reybold at the Delaware City
Hotel and committed to New Castle Jail to
await the action Of the grand jury.
At the examination Detective McVey as
sumed the role of questioner in the alb
sence Of the Attorney General or his
Deputy. The first witness called was DR..
Jacobs, who testified to making the ex-
animation of the body !; that the large
wound in the breast was on the right side,
and that he did NOT know Noah Benson.
The bloody waist band Of the drawers found
in Hutt's house and which had on it a
peculiar ivory button which led to its
identity as the property of Noah Benson
was then placed around the waist of De
tective Mcvey and the doctor was asked,
" If this had been worn by Noah Benson
when he was stabbed, would the large clot
of blood on it be directly below the large
wound? ?p
He replied /" 1t would be directly op-
posite the wound as the band is on Mr..
Mcvey, if the man was standing.
Julia HUT here interrupted, by saying
that the garment was her husbands and
had been worn by herself
Mrs. VIM. Beck was then called and
sworn. She recollected having o peculiar
ivory button. She was shown the ivory
button on the bloody waistband and asked
if that was the button. 1t is very simi-
lar if not the same button that I have had
in my button basket for twelve years said
She" Noah Benson who worked for Mr.
Beck on the FARM she continued, asked
me for button to sew on his clothing.
gave him the button bag and basket and a
needle and thread-white cotton. can
not find the button now. All the family
know the hattea. Il seas before Thanks
giving and have not seen Noah Benson
since. Always kept the button in the
bag"
Miss Esther Beck was then sworn and
said This button looks 50 much like the
button In the bag that when saw this one
looked in the bag, but the button was
not there" :
J. G. Berger was called, and his answers
to interrogations were as follows u
knew Noah Benson. Know Hutt and
johnson. Saw Benson going towards cart
ers' corner on Thanksgiving evening
about 8 o'clock. As I went into my house
/ heard cursing and distinguished Benson'i
voice. Saw two women ahead Of Benson
one woman said, come on, NOAH A
man walked behind them, said to the
man, you had better take him benson.
away He said, he's all right Die
not say saw Hutt with Noah Benson or
Thanksgiving night. I think I said I saw
johnson walking behind, / thought il
was johnson, but cannot say exactly. One
of the men was taller, than Benson
Thought I knew one of the women
Thought it was Johnson's voice. Did moi
tell anybody saw Hutt There were five
or six in the crowd. know Dan Miller
Don't know if he was with them. Tolt
several parties not to give away what
said, as did not want to bother will
the case as was afraid of the people.
johnson then asked permission to ask
question, and said to Mr.. Berger
{" Haven't you known me ever since Py'
been here Don't you know am LAM
and don't you know my walk?"
81 can't say for certain that it was you
although thought it was," Mr.. Borge
replied.
Detective Walter Witsil then testified t
getting pair of drawers from Benson
washwoman. They were offered j
evidence and when compared with tn
bloody waistband it was found that bot,
Wristbands were exactly the ame1ength.
| John J. Messig was called and asked t
compare the piece OF drawers leg found o
the ankle Of Noah Benson and the waist
band found at Hutt's house. After care
full examination he said that in his opinio
they were the same goods. That the wea
on the waistband would be more than tbs
near the ankle. That he has been in th
dry goods business for twenty years. d
thought Noah Benson was about #.
inches high.
Detective Bernard ]. McVey was the
sworn and testified to searching Hutt
house on Wednesday Dec Both, and fint
ing the bloody clothing and towel in tn
in the back shed. That when he Shove
Hutt the bloody waistband and asked hi
"what is this" Hutt said An old. pa
J of my drawers that my wife wore.'
The waistbard was then tried on Hut
under all of his clothing, and he could bu
ton it around his waist, but it was a vel
tight fit.
| Continuing, Detective Mcvey said th'
/, Hutt's wife claimed the bloody piece WI
torn from q pair Of her husbands drawe
that were up stairs. A bloody pillow ca