The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-01-03

Ills AIuuhGA uSuUut4 WAS C3utl1u6t
. on Friday. That evening be got on til,
! Burlington train without means to pay
y his fare. A friend took charge of him
, rand when he reached Burlington, hi
brother met him and took him home
where he was put to bed. He was in
such a nervous and weak state his
brother had to give him liquor and also
had to sleep with him in order to quiet
him. During the night Wesley was very
restless, and at times delirious. On Sat
urday he was very anxious to come TO
Mount Holly, and asked members of the
family to bring him here. They refused
to do anything for him unless he stopped
drinking. He went down town where he
became so drunk he had to be taken
home in hack. When he got there he
was so drunk that he sat in his sisters
lap, talking in rambling manner, at one
time insisting that he was an Indian.
His whole desire seemed to be to get to
Mount Holly, and finding nothing else
| would pacify him, his mother and one of
her boarders secured team and brought
him to the county seat. At Mount Holly
Lizzie Peak was seen, and after talk she
agreed he was to 20 home with her. Mrs.
Warner, Wesley and Prescott drove to the
Peak house, but finding nobody there
they came back to town, and met Mr.. and
Mrs. Peak, with whom Wesley went
home. There was quarrel between
Warner and Mr.. Peak on the way.
The defence would show that after all
this debauch his mind was incapable of
| forming any intent to kill. Sitting at the
Peak house. crazed by his troubles, he
picked up the knife and started down the
road. In a dazed manner he sat down
on the way. Hearing voices and laugh
tcr hal 1fso \
| the result struck the fatal blow. Mr.
Chambers would insist upon verdict of
murder in the second degree.
Wilbur Warner was the first witness, q
brother of the defendant, who was at the
Mount Holly Fair, on Thursday, and saw
that Wesley had been drinking. He saw
him after he had been in a fight, at which
time he was very drunk, in fact SO intoxi-
Gated he could not walk alone Wilbur
took him from the ground, being COM
| PEELED to carry him out. They got into a
hack and went to the upper hotel. Yves
ley's actions were very bad, and his
brother could not control him. At the
Arcade hotel, Lizzie Peak and her sister
came along, and witness asked the former
would she take him home with her. She
said she was going home and he might
follow her if he wanted to. Wilbur left
night, and did not see him again until
Saturday morning when Wesley asked his
brother to give him half dollar, saying
he wanted to go to Mount Holly after his
clothes. This was given him, and about
II O'Clock witness saw his brother at Bel
din's corner IN drunken condition. He
saw Wesley later in the day at home,
when he sat in his sisters lap, and
Rugged her, crying at the same time.
Wesley jumped up and said he could lick
all the fellows who fought him at the
Fair. "You don't want to talk that way,
said Wilbur. to which Wesley replied,
Il am an Indian. and can lick you the
same as did them" Three o'clock was
the next time witness saw his brother,
who wanted to be taken to Mount Holly.
His mother tried to persuade him
| not to 90, but he was determined
carriage Wilbur did not see Wesley
again until he met him in Mount Holly
/ jail on Sunday. The latter was very
nervous, and there was not much con-
versation and the turnkey told them they
had better come again. On cross-exam-
nation witness denied having said to
Josephine Hozier that Wesley had said
he would kill Lizzie Peak.
Albertus Warner, another brother, said
he saw Wesley at the Fair on Thursday
Wesley asked the time of day, and on
being told. said he wished it was six
o'clock SO he could go home. Then Bert
saw Wesley at Burlington, on Friday,
drunk, and took him home. He was so
nervous he could not eat nor smoke. He
went upstairs and laid on the bed, but
was unable to remove his clothing, and
his brother undressed him and went to
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talked in a crazy fashion On Saturday,
Wesley was home drunk, and insisted on
sitting in his sisters lap, crying and de-
claring he was going to stop drinking and
intended to do better.
Mrs. Rebecca Warner, mother of the
defendant, was next called, and went to
the stand, supported by her son. Albertus.
weeping and sobbing. She said she lived
at Burlington, where she kept boarders.
Wesley was the oldest of eight children
| She visited him at Brooklyn, where he
was living with Lizzie Peak, as man and
wife, She told of Wesley coming home
| in Burlington, drunk, and she pleaded
with him to stop drinking and he said he
would She prepared supper for him,
but he md not eat it, but just mussed
over it, and shetold him he had better
20 to bed. He did So and she heard him
mumbling all night. The next morning
he did not eat any breakfast saying he
was too near crazy. Mrs. Warmers de-
scriDtion of the rest of Wesley's actions
was about the same as that given by her
two sons On Saturday evening she hired
team and brought Wesley to Mount
Holly. On the way he kept telling his
mother to drive faster, saying, "a fast
life is the life to lead" Mrs Warner said
she would do the driving. Wesley kept
calling out "Oh, my God my head fells
so bad I'll 60 crazy" At Mount Holly,
Lizzie Peak was met and she took a
drive with Mrs Warner. After this Mrs.
Warner, Mr. Prescott and Wesley drove
out toward the South Pemberton road,
and when about to cross the railroad
track, the team had to be held in to allow
train to pass. Wesley tried to get out of
the wagon, and said 'sWhy didn't you
let me get out and get killed His
mother said she did not want him to die.
just then Mr.. and Mrs. Peak came along,
and Wesley went with then.
William j. Prescott, the man who ac-
companied Mrs. Warner and Wesley to
Mount Holly on Saturday. corroborated
the previous witnesses.
Katie Peak was called by the defence
and was asked if Harry Frake was pres
ent when Wesley said he would have
revenge out of Lizzie" She said he was
but she could not say whether the words
were spoken loud enough for Frake to
hear. Warner spoke in an ordinary tone,
coming over to Katie and leaning over
her as be spoke. After Wesley had gone
out, Frake wanted to know what the con-
versation was about, but witness could
not remember what reply she made She
emphatically denied that she told War
ner to let Lizzie go and take her tKatie)
back to Brooklyn with him.
Lily Warner. Wesley's sister, was the
next witness. She described Wesley's
condition on Friday and Saturday. when
he was very drunk and nervous.
Henry Macdonald, drove one horse
hack during the Fair, and frequently saw
Warner in that week, and he seemed to
be drinking all the time. One day he saw
Warner come from the ground very much
intoxicated, so that he had to be helped
into stage
Clara Thorn, of Burlington, saw War
ner in that city on Saturday. She thought
he had been drinking. He spoke to her.
addressing her as fatty"
Eli Lawrence has known Warner for
some years and has often employed him,
the last time being at the Fair, when he
helped at Lawrence's sausage stand. On
Thursday afternoon witness noticed that
Warner had been drinking. When sober
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