Evening journal., 1892-06-01
DON'T BE IN A HURRY, MR.. HARRISON

to look for a bullet in the left hand.
cut the hand off and found it between
the little finger and the next one. / can
not say how long the head had been cut
of. 1t would not have been cut off so
clean with an ordinary axe.
Cooper-"Have you ever seen a fish's
head cut off by tug boat wheelg' mo,
sir. !"
How long had il been, in your opinion,
in the waterg' II can't say
WAS the body so badly decomposed
that his fingers might have been cracked
while being handledG' If roughly
handled
Might not that body have been mutt
lated in that way by being wrapped
around the wheel Of tug boatg' Yes,
fit was wrapped around in such way
as to do it. "
''Will you say that the body was dead
when it was put in the waterg' 1T is
my opinion, but would not swear TO it.
HIS testimony was corroborated in the
main, by Dr. Joseph Il. Smith He
thought the wound under the arm suff-
eient to cause death as it severed an
artery. The head could have been served
with a large meat axe He was positive
that the body was thrown in after death.
and thought It had been in the water for
from two to four weeks.
Tried to shoot His wife.
Leonard g. Vandegrift, sworn-'I
knew Benson for about sixteen years. He
was in my employ ten years ago. While
with me he received pistol wound He
was drunk and quarrelsome, He tried TO
shoot his wife He shot himself instead.
He woke me up at midnight to get me TO
help him
William NJ Benson, sworn--"I am Noah
Bensons son. / said that if il was the
body of my father there would be bullet
in his hand. | did not see my father
shoot himself My mother told me-
The Bloody Clothing.
State Detective McVey was the next
witness called He said, in substance:
Il searched the house of the Hutts ON
December 30. The two Hutts and John
son were there. They seemed to be very
nervous. In the kitchen was found a
pillow-case. 1t had blood upon it. John
son said it was from hog meat. He said
the same thing about a bloody towel.
The bloody band of a pair of drawers
was discovered as well as blood ON the
sleeve Of Johnson's shirt and a bloody
shirt in his pocket After the arrest
Julia Hutt said that the drawers band
was from her husbands garments, but
when he tried TO put it around his waist
it was too small. Mrs. Beck identified
the button upon it as one from her but
ton bag"
He then detailed the circumstances OF
the arrest He denied under cross-ex
animation that he told Johnson that he
might as well confess, as he was going
to hang him anyway, or that he had said
anything of that nature to Julia Hutt
Neither had he threatened to smash hei
face. He denied that he said in New
Castle jail, in the hearing of Big Frank
Mccoy that he had enough evidence tC
convict them, but that his reputation was
at stake, and he would hang them any
how.
Court then took recess until II
o'clock this mornang.
Tobacco and Candy for the Hutts.
When court reconvened at 1015 o'clocl
this morning the visitors seats were al
most empty, with the exception of tn
negro quarters. The seats reserved 70
witnesses were well-flled with boil
whites and blacks.
The prisoners looked well llcontented
when an old friend walked to the boz
and handed Hutt plug Of tobacco an'
Julia bag of candy, notwithstanding
the remonstrance Of the tipstaves,
Detective McVey was recalled unde
redirect He said that Hutt and John
son told him that they were not in tn
company of Benson on Thanksgiving
Day nor had they seen him for a montl
before Thanksgiving Day.
witsiI Tells of Search.
Detective witsil told of the finding o
the bloody drawers in the house of tn
Hutts. They had the band on and wer
two inches larger at the waist than tn
bloody band found. 1--WE also found il
the basket three razors and a large Bar
low knife The band was so small whel
Hutt tried it on at the hearing before tn
mayor of Delaware City that it burst.
identify those drawers as drawers o
Benson that ! got from Mrs Annie Hick
man. who lives about two miles outsid
of Delaware City. The bloody band ant
drawers band were of the same size
Cooper-'If it please your honors Hut
is in the dock. cannot call him as m
witness But am willing that they tr
this band on HUT waist in the presenc
of the court and jury"
Judge Grubb-"This is not the prope
stage. You must apply when you ar
producing the evidence for the defence.
She Identified the Button.
Mrs. William Beck, the wife of Ber
! sons employer, took the stand She wor
5 deep black clothing and veil She said
~ n n
, ware City. Noah Benson worked for 4
, from January II. 1891, until Thank
| giving Day | last saw him on that da
between and o'clock. He was give
! 81. l gave him twenty-five cents m,