The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-25

The trial Of John l. Warren, who
stands charged with tho murder OF ils
brother-in-law, James z. Greenieo, was
conmenoed At Dover yesterday MORN
ing, with Chief Justice Lore and Assoc.
ciaten dyubb. Cullen and Marvel on
the bench. A panel Of a men were
exhausted before the following twelve
jurors were secured 70 try the case:
Avery D.: Marvel, foreman; Peter 8.
Cooper. James Slaughter. Henry =.
Maorey, Henry X. Hargadine. James
snow. Luther Marvel. Abner R Cole.
Joseph q. Disch. George L. Jester,
Robert G. Richards and Gilbert Mar
vel.
Almost every juryman called had
formed and expressed an opinion, cen.
seQuently they were either dismissed
or challenged. 1t was alter 10 O'Clock
when the drawing OF the Jury was
completed. and then Attorney General
Nicholson opened the case to the Jury
for the State. After defiping the dIf-
ferent degrees of murder, aud tho law
bearing on each, he stated what he ex-
pected to prove. and said that II he
succoededslp showing what he expect
ed, he would ask for a verdict OF
guilty. in.manner and form as indlct-
ed. A recess VIA taken at l O'Clock
until o'clock In the afternoon.
In the afternoon the court room
was crowded, and the examination OF
with.
Frances Greenlee testified that she is
a daughter OF James Greenlee, the
murdered man. On tho day her faith.
or was killed she was with him. He
drove up on the main road In front OF
Warren's house, but a. he could not
make any Of the family hear him. drove
around by-way to the house. Her
fathers sister. Mrs. Warren, came out,
whom her father said:
Have you corpse In the house.
Hannahp
She replied: mo Jim, and don't
want one"
Then Warren came rushing toward
the team, accompanied by Edward.
Matthias and Augustus Morgan. He
had q pltchfork. Morgan took the
pitchfork away from him and he ran
Into tho Smoke-house and they locked
him In. lie swore and said that II his
wi1e did not let him out he would kill
her. He burst tho boards off the end
OF the smoke.house and came out with
pitchfork. The fork was again taken
from him and he grasped bean pole
and rushed toward the carriage where
Greenleo was not having gotten out.
When Greenlee saw Warren coming
toward him with o bean pole he said:
II am going to get hit with that l
will get OUT
Her father got out. when Warren
struck him in the face with the bean
! pole, iniiictlng q cash which bled. He
took the pole away from Warren. when
the utter seized him by tho collar and
struggle ensued, during which War
rem drew knife and stabbed her
father In the hip.
Mr.. Pennewill CROSS examined the
witness at length and failed to shake
her direct testimony.
Ernest Gteenleea, 12 year.old son of
the deceased. testified that no was
with his father at the time he was
stabbed by Warren. His testimony
was about the same as that given by
his sister, and although he was sub
iected to a long and searching cross
examination by Mr.. Kenney. 1t was
not impeached In any particular.
DR.. II. J. Barker was the next witness.
He testified that he was summoned to
attend Greenlee about 10 o'clock In
the morning. When he first saw him
he had been drinking. Upon making
an examination he found slight
bruise on the face, one on his eye and
one on his ear. There was also deep
wound about five inches long on his
thigh, which when the witness saw
him had ceased to bleed. He washed
1t and then sewed 1t up.
After his death tho witness held a
postmortem examination and found
that the heart was not diseased. The
wound WAS fatal ono as two, arteries
had been severed.
DR.. Beniah L. Lewis, who WINS pres
emit when Greenlee died, gave SINH.
lar testimony, after which court took
recess until this morning.