The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-23

The case against George Anderson
was resumed in the county court yes
lterday afternoon.
I John Richardson was the first wit
ness called. He saw the prisoner strike
Money with the stone. The detectivel
had hold OF Mark Warner. but Warner
had been knocked down before.
/ Jones Fischer saw the prisoner throw
the stone at Mcyey. He also saw War
ner's mother hitting the detective on
the head with club.
4 Lewis NJ. Stockwell saw q negro
knock down a white man. McVey
grabbed this man. lie resisted and
the officer knocked him down. He
then saw Anderson throw the stone.
DR.. Joseph r. Smith testified TO
dressing McVey's injuries.
Detective witsll was called and testi-
fled TO seeing Anderson draw re-
volver and fire two shots.
Sergeant Bayley finished for the
prosecution.
Mr.. Hayes then began his defense.
+, He said that the assault was not dc
'niod, but that 1t was made on peace
, Officer was denied. He said he would
chow first from all the evidence in the
A case no disclosure of an assault on O
! peace officer had been made. and sec
cond that McVey was not peace oil
Ger OF the State.
n I he testimony introduced by the
defence made many OF the people IN
I the court room laugh loudly and the
!. Judges could hardly keep straight
0 faces. The first witness called by Mr.
Hayes was Wesley Lloyd, colored. He
ea:d that he lived near kirkwood and
!. saw the fight there on July 4 between
George Anderson and Curtis Buck
hn Nv n 4
a man have ahold of Marx Warner, who
!. had tried to get In the fight, Detec
!. tive McVey stood up beside the wilt
i ness and Lloyd said that McNey look
4 cd like the man who had ahold OF
Mark Warner. Lloyd then continued
with his evidence. He saw the white
i man pounding Warner on the head
4 with thing about as long as HE
= arm. with a string tied to It" Warner
fell and the white man fell. Anders IN
n then ran past the witness out of the
4 crowd. Lloyd said some OF the people
q in the crowd got to shooting and then
1 and den GOT He saw no one chow
/ Ia badge or say they were officers.
Jonathan Wylie, All nged colored
I man, was then called to the stand. He
/ said lie saw the fight between Ander-
! son and Buck. He also saw McVel
have ahold Iof Warner, who wanted
!, Ito fight. The detective had pistol I'M
Warmers face and was hammering
him on the head with blackjack.
Mrs. Warner was pounding McVey on
the head with "chunck of wool
On cross.examination Wylie was asked
how near he was to the people fight
ling. He said; Il was near nough to
have de pipe knocked out OF me
Lewis Hinson saw the fight and saw
Anderson point a revolver, but he did
not know know who he pointed 1t at
j Richard Stats, colored, was at tho
Hight. He was standing beside Ander-
son when he threw the stone. Andor-
son said: "Dick, Mark Warner am
against me and am going to hit him.
with this rock" Ho then threw the
rock. but in opposite direction from
which Warner was standing.
! Both Mr.. Hayes and Attorney.Gen'
eral Nicholson spoke for short time
to the jury. Mr.. Hayes eontended that
the act creating the state derectivesI
did not say they were peace officers.
| Chief Justice Lore then charged the
jury briefly on the points of tho case.
| He said that the intent to kill could
be gathered from the circumstances,
surrounding the case and that a stone
thrown In the manner the one McNey
was hit with was q deadly weapon.
The jury retired and the other charge
Of assault and battery with intent to,
kill against Anderson was taken up.
The second count was that Anderson
had attempted to kill William Ben.
son. who was watching the light. Ben
son received fractured skull by be-
Ing hit on the head with stone thrown
Il by Anderson.
4 jury was called and the defense
challenged Robert N. Cam, Walter Ii.
1 iartlove. A. j. Collins Henry Witsil.
John I. Wilson and James s. Wright
Before the defense had finished chal-
longing the jury the panel was ex-
,hausted. and Sheriff Gould summoned
Winfield :. Quigley and George Nj.
Crawford from among the spectators.
1 Just as the court was about to swear
the revised jury the jury in the first
case came in with verdict OF guilty
as he stood indicted. Anderson then
entered plea OF guilty to common
, assault in the second count.
On the first count Anderson was Gem
fenced to pay fine OF $780, stand one
, hour in the plllory and be imprisoned
, fouI years and SIX months. On the
second charge he was sentenced to
six months imprisonment and pay
the costs of prosecution.
! Court adjourned at 5 o'clock until
10 o'clock this morning.
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