The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-07
FIFTH edition.
sh o. Trial.

The case Of William d. Evans. vhe
Is on trial for his life at Georgetown.
was again before the court yesterdav.
and - one OF the m ost sensations eyar
tried In this State The testim ony thus
Tar Ia entirely tial, but tho
popular feeling seems to be- TINT Evaps
Is the man. as he, as far as Is known,is
the only one that had any motive to
inlure the Rosser family.
When the court opened at 10 O'Clock
yesterday morning the room was filed
with spectators, and every inch Of
room occupied.
Isaac Rosser testified that he ia an
uncle OF the child that was killed by
drinking the poisoned water. IL also
made all the stock sick and some Of
them died.
DR.. shipley testified that he assisted
DR.. Haine5 in making the post. IN ortem
examination, and found every evidence
OF arsenical poisoning. The stomach,
heart and part OF the child's liver
were placed In tin can. and taken In
ford.
Detective Bernard ]. Money testified
that after hearing OF the child's death,
he went to Laurel to SEQ Deputy
Coroner Phillips, but upon learning
that he was at camp meeting started
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met him, and returned. when Phillips
gave him the bottle containing part
OF the ehild's Internal organs.
| The witness took charge Of the bot
tie until september g. when by order
OF the Attorney General he turned 10
over to State Chemist DIR. Wolfe, OF
Delaware College, for analysis.
| Detective Witsil testified that no
helped to work up the case against
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water from the we'll on August "a.
one bottle full WAS taken from near
the surface, another few feet below
the surface, and a third bottle was
filled near the bottom Of the well. Ho
took the bottles to the Deputy Attor.
ney Generals Office IN Wilmington and
afterwards looked themSi p In his Office
In that city. On September 8. by or
der OF the Deputy Attorney General.
he delivered the bottles to DR.. Wolfe.
at Delaware College.
Ii. L. wallace, druggist OF Seaford.
was recalled to testify the result OF an
analysis of the water, but as the State
mad failed to show that the water
which he examined was taken from
the we'll on the Rosser farm. his testi.
mony was ruled out.
Attorney General Nicholson then
called DIR. Baines and Mrs Isa1c Ros-
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drew some water from the we'll, filed
bottle and gave 1t to Dr., Haines and
the latter swore that the bottle OF
water given to him by Mrs. RossGr
was handed to Druggist Wallace. Then
Mr. Wallace Yves recalled and swore
positively that an analysis OF the water
given him by DR.. Haines disclosed
the presence of arsenic.
| State Chemist Wolfe was the next
witness. and he testified that he had
also analysed the water. and found
that 1t contained an average OF two
and six-tenth5 drachms Of arst nic to
the gallon. He also examined the In
testines of tho dead child. Only one.
five-thousandth purt OF a drachm CT
arsenic was discovered, and that In his
opinion was not sufficient to cause
death. He accounted for the small
quantity OF arsenic In the inteetines
by the fact that the system absorbs
poison very quickly.
He then explained how he conducted
the analysis, and after a plot OF the
ground was shown by Surveyor War
ron, court adjourned until 0 o'clock
this morning. ....