Evening journal., 1893-11-24
MRS. HOPES IN TEARS
She Pleaded Guilty and Told
Her Story to the Court.
VIRTUALLY RBPBALs THE LAW

Ihe Courb huies Ahdt tho Wcho NAnu-
ing of Deadly Weapon Upon Man
Does Not Justify Conviction-Houes
Pleads sickness-H Hayes in No Condition
for Court.
In the Court Of General Sessions yes
teroay afternoon. Nelson r Walker and
Edward T. Stroud, indicted for policy
playing, were called. Neither responded
and their bail bonds were declared for
feited
Theodore Cole was sentenced to three
months Imprisonment and ordered to pay
50 restitution money, for having in his
possession pair Of hose which had been
stolen from the Hawthorn and Taylor
Hosiery Company.
Walter Black burn, who was last year
acquitted of the charge of numbering his
little brother-iu law, Eddie Gardiner,
was given three months and Eve lashes
for stealing pair of secondhand shoes
from John McGregor
William Crowley got a similar sentence
for stealing articles from the store Of
Bernard Goldstein
Houes Pleads Illness.
When the case against Lewis X Houes
was called by the state this morning Wal
ter Bacon, his attorney, presented a letter
from Dr. l. II. Corkran, certifying that
the accused star witness was bysically
unable to attend court but would be
convalescent in few days Mr. Bacon
followed this up by asking for a eontinu-
ance The court summoned DR. Corkran.
and, pending his arrival, proceeded with
other matters.
MRS. Hopes in Tears.
The sensational shooting affair on
Porter street came to a sudden end Mr.
Turner Withdrawing the plea of not
guilty. and substituting one Of guilty for
his client Mrs Ella d Hopes Her
offense was that Of shooting her bus
band William + Hopes. Jealousy was
at the bottom of the crime
The husband was put on the stand and
faced his weeping spouse who sat in the
dock. He said the shooting wos done on
The evening Of Saturday, November IL
while be was making his toilet in al
upstairs room She fred four shots at
him. one of them hitting him IN the
neck Under crOss.examination he DE
MED that he had abused his wife thai
evening
Mr. Turner put Mrs. Hopes on the
stand The weeping woman told the
story and the circumstances which led
o the shooting She said she married
Hopes IN West Chester 10 1856. After
they came here, she learned that he was
uudulY inmate with other women. On
he night she shot him, she asked him II
be intended TO go TO town H cursed her
B and said he would mash her mouth
10 wac then she got the rvolver and
opened frs on her recent lord Sine said
sue loved her husband and must have
lost her Reason when she committed the
despe ate act
When she left the stand Mr. Turner
told a story dealing largely with alleged
scaudalous actions on the part of the
man The court tagged him several times
but before he stopped he painted Hopes
private life as black as scathing words
could make it. In conclusion ne asked
! the court not to imprison Mrs Hopes
, but TO give her her liberty. she promis
ing to leave the state. Mr. Nicholson
informed the court that he was not pre-
pared to meet such a motion. The
judges conferred and deferred sentence
Mrs Hopes was weeping when led
back to her cell
G Argument on Concealed "
The first jury drawn was to try join
, Cullin, chars ed with carrying concealed
, a deadly weapon Attorney Genera
|. Nicholson conducted the prosecution
I. Walter II. Hayes the defense.
= patrolman White testified that on No
!, vember ] ) he arrested Cullin and found /
. razor on him.
= = The prisoner swore that he was al
oysterman On the day of his arrest hi
came to Wilmington to buy clothing ant
while here bought the razor for use oI
the oyster boat He got drunk and wa
n arrested. The razor was in its cas-
when found upon him. He had no in
, tention of using il as a weapon.
Attorney General Nicholson contende'
Do that IL did not matter what the man
y motive was II the weapon was foun,
" upon him it was sufficient.
The court disagreed with him in this
y tt held that the word concealed" in th
y law me mt something more than "hid
y den" and the motive for such con
~ cealment must be taken into c)nsidera
tion
, The informal argument was quit
70 lengthy aud Mr. Hayes let the judge d
his for him. At its conclusion he aske
ie the bench TO instruct the jury that il
i believed the mans statement to be tru
= it should bring in verdiet.of aequitta
lnls IL Al4 NhA Anb INA nANAA ~
y in verdict of acquttal will
out leaving the box When th
O., chief justice said to the prisoner: "Yo
" can go hencew he obeyed with alscrity
% The Encouragement entered a plea q
an nolle prosequi in a similar case agains
er Frank Williams. alias Chicken Billy,
er of Delaware City. When Billy" wa
On arrested he had knife, revolver and razC
rpr on his person. The attorney-gener'
le says the decision of the court in h
Cullen matter practically repeals Il
statute.
he Hayes Was Loaded.
~ Sheriff Gould informed the Court thu
~ he had served the attachment issue
u and secured the body of Joseph Heye
nm prosecuting witness in the highwa
NJ aobbery case against Alexand
49, McGovern. He further reported tn
q he had Hayes in the Cou
- House but he was not inS fit eond
-. zion to be brought into the court ROOF
In fact, he WAS drunk.
It Was a Misunderstanding.