Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-11

Just then the man turned around and
went back. He held his head down and
she could not look him squarely IN the
face. The man wore derby hat and dark
clothes. The child was bare headed and
wore dark trousers with Jacket or coat of
lighter shade. The man was slender
and his face was perfectlyismooth. To
the best Of her knowledge the prisoner
looked like the man she saw with the
child. When the man retraced his steps
he went between some cars and tbe
fence. She waited eight or ten minutes
for the man to re-appear but he did not
come back.
AT HOS o'clock Mr.. Ward began
most thorough cross.examination which
continued 40 minutes, but he was unable
to shake the witness, testimony. The
fence,she declared, did not cast a shadow
and the man was walking close to the
it. He walked like he was picking his
way and had the child on his left shout
der with the boys head hanging down.
She had gone to McHugh's, Eighth and
Church streets, after glass of ale, but
there being crowd on tho corner she
did not enter the saloon. She only got a
side view of the face of the man she
saw on the railroad. She would not
say the prisoner was the man but to the
best Of her knowledge he was. She de-
MED that she said in the presence of
Richard j. Cook and Nancy Kaufman
that the man she had seen with the boy
was tall and had heavy black nous
tache. She denied that Tom Ilinesley
was her special friend She denied that
she had said to John Clifford she knew
something but did not want to tell it.
lie advised her to keep quiet when she
| spoke OF having seen man carry
ing a boy on the railroad. She de-
MED that she said in the presence
of Mrs. Blackburn and Martin Gardiner
that the man had black moustache
and the child light clothes. She denied
that she said to Mrs. Gardiner in the
| presence of Lola Sever that she was
going TO watch herself in giving testi-
mony. She denied that she had said
| she would swear Blackburn was the
man whether he was or not. She de-
MED that she had said in the presence
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gardiner and Lola
Sever that she would like to know
whether she would get her money.
She did not say she had
been coming up here all this
i time and not gotten any money. She
denied that she had admitted to Kitty
Leary there was money in II and she
had told the detectives a pack of lies.
The reporters, she asserted, had told the
lies. When the witness left the stand
she had ON her face look of disgust,
occasloned by not having been offered
a chair, and when she passed back of
the newspaper men she declared, "The
next time I'll bring a rocking chair; FIN
not going to stand there and break my
neck"
Thomas Hinesley, ST., testified that
he was sitting along the railroad October
18th and saw Blackburn go to the cars
at 4.35 p. m. and Blackburn and com.
panion go there about $40 p. m. They
came down Church street, crossed the
railroad'and went up between the cars
returning twice. On cross-examination
he said the place in question is a sort OF
loafng-place for the people of the neigh.
borhood and he often seen Black burn
there before.
Lawrence McKegney testified that he
saw Blackburn in the afternoon October
18th. He saw him at Lord and Church
Blackburn asked whether Eddie had
been found and spoke of his "bad dream.
He spoke of Eddie's disappearance anC
told how he himself had dreamed Of
seeing blood on the railroad. Blackburn
asked where 1t WAS on the rail
road that Hazlett assaulted the boy
On cross-examination this witness de
clared he and Blackburn were at Lore
and Church from 4.20 TO $50 p. m.
thereby contradicting Mr.. Hinesley.
Frank Mckinley testified to seeinl
Blackburn and McKegney at Lord anC
Church.
Harry Seamens testified to meetin,
Blackburn and others at Seventh ant
Church at $50 p. m, October 18th
Blackburn related his dream, and afte
obtaining a lantern he and the prisone
went to the cars. While Blackburn wa
in the car where the corpse was fount
his face turned white and he cried an,
looked like he would faint. Thi
witness asserted that he did no
carry the lantern when the Gardiner
went after the body and that when b
was going down to the cars the secon
time the others were returning with tn
dead lad, thereby contradicting evidenc
given by Mrs Gardiner. When tn
witness was about to be ss.examine
recess was taken.
After recess Thursday the count
court accepted the plea Of guilty in TIL
: following cases John Shorter, coloreC
: murderously assaulting the Rev. SamuC
Ambrose, also colored, Of Deawar
City; John jackson, colored, larceny Z
a carriage robe from Charles
= Maroney; Charles Smithmoss, coloreC
: carrying concealed deadly weapon.
John Fitzmaurice pleaded not guilt
a to the larceny of underclothing froi
! William g, Price, as did also Patric
Doughcrty to stealing $3.50 from job
. +. Fiddens.
AT 200 o'clock the Blackburn murdc
q trial was resumed and Harry Seaman
was cross-examned The eros
Z examination continued As minutes hi
. the witness testimony was not shake
! and no new facts We're elected
:. Joseph Durham, assistant yardmastt
a of the r., W. IL b. railroad, testiiie
!, that the car in which the body ";
" found was on the middle track of Il
n Old Church siding lie supposed Il
/ car had been there at least two da,
" before the body was found and suppose
a il remained several days after Octob,
y 18th. In the afternoon of that day !
n was at the place where the car s,oo
n There were 80 cars there and the one
N which the body was found was in II
/ midst OF them.
d BLACKBURN ASKED TO SEARCH.
John J. Cook testified to Blaekbui
e speaking about lis dream and askii
T. for lantern. Seamans asked Blac
;, burn twice To search the cars before /
y would do it
James Keith, flagman at Brandywil
y, bridge, testified to Blackburn coming
10 him after lantern. When he ask,