The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-07
FIFTH EDITION.
SIN YEARS FOR BARN BURNING.


John Smith WIN Receive Twenty
Lnshcs and n Piiiory Sentence for
| Ills niaboIicaI Crime.
After tho opening OF the court this
mornlug Levi Gibson. colored, was ar
raigned Oh charge OF assault with
attempt 10 murder Josephine Landy
on December 18th. He plead not
guilty and the court assigned Walter
Hayes to defend him.
Gibson ls the colored man who a.
saulted Mise Landy, the Newport
school teacher while they were on
their way homo from q festival. Jenl-
| ously was the motive for the crime,
He crushed her skull aud inflicted sew.
eral stab wounds. He was arrested q
few days afterward in Maryland.
SIX YEARS FOR BARN BURNER.
| John Smittlx, colored, was arralgp-
ed and plead guilty to burnllg the
barn OF Alonzo Whittick, OF near
Townsend on tho night OF January =.
Smittlx was employed ty Mr.. Whit
tick as q farm hand and on the pre-.
vious Sunday he wns d schargad. MIR,
Whittick payed him all the ~ oney due
but on tho eighth day he returned and
fired the barn. 10 head OF co VS. and IL
horses losing their lives in the flames,
The barn was valued at 1880 and the
stock at 5000. Before sentence was
passed the prisoner said he had moth.
ing TO say.
Chief Justlce Lore said that tho case
was the most dluholical cold blooded
anu wantonless Quo which has been
before the court OF this county for
years. lie could see no reason for
clemency, the prisoner having plead
! guilty to the charge and he sentenced
Smit'ix to six years Imprisonment.
to stand In the piliory and 10 whipped
with 20 lnehes on Saturday next, to pny
a fine OF $500 and pay as restitution
the sum OF $4,000. Tho severe son.
tence did not Affect the burly negro
In the least, he 10 aylng the dock smll-
ing.
CHARGED WITH ENLIGHTENMENT.
A Jury was drawn to try the case of
the state ys. Charles Ii. Collier, alias
Collins. Indicted for en- bezzltng GER
tain funds while an agent OF the Pru-
dental Llfe Insurance Company. On
April he received sl2.Si from Mrs.
Sarah Lee as thirteen weeks payment
on her policy. lie receipted for tho
amount but only turnsd over to the
company t1.s1. leaving deficiency OF
44.9i.
Benjamin G Bayne. assistant super
lntendent Of the company, was called
after the Attorney Goncral addressed
the jury. Collier wns employed by
him In January, 1892. az a collector at
q salary of Is cents on dollar. When
liayne consulted the account books,
MIR. Ward. counsel Ter Collier, object
cd, the name oil the prisoner having
teen changed In conformity with the
case OF the State. On looKlng over
tho hooks he found that other changes
had boon made. Alterations had been
made in Mrs. Leafs account. He
therefore objected to the book going
In as evidence and submitted the DO ok
for examination. The Court held
that the book should go before the
jury for what il 10 worth.
On cross examination tho witness
said ha would not swear That the erea-
sures were made by Colilor OF that the
changes were in his own hand writ.
Ing.
Mrs. Sarah Lea was called. On April
8 she paid the defendant Is weeks,
amounting TO SEAS. He gave her 10
per cent of for tho three month pay
ment.
William H. Joyce general superin-
tendent OF tho comnany said that Col
licr had come to him and offered to
pay tho deiiOncenGy ii lie could re.
sumo his duties as cole Itor. The case
than rested until this afternoons $685.
81 on.
MORE TRUE BILLS. ...-
The grand Jury returned true bills
against John White. Jr, for using q
: female child Tor Immoral purposes;
L. j. Riley. frandulantly converting
OF money as builee and larceny; VIM.
lrisby, carrying concealed weapon;
James FlemIninE ana Clarence Hunt
ley, burglary; Simon Littlepage, John
Young, ". ii. Faucet and William
Walker. larceny; Thomas Potts and
Catherine Blake. gambling.
StmGu Littlepage plead not guilty
20 the charge OF larceny.
William II Faucet and William
Wal ier plead guilty TO stealing twelve
fowls OF n, r. DrrriGkson. John
Young plead not guilty TO two
charges,
r Thomas Potts and catherine Blake
plelG guilty to the charge Of gam
bling.
Thomas j. Riley plead mot guilty to
tho charge OF the larceny OF a watch,
chain and charm, the property OF
William johnson. lie plead not
guilty to the second court.
William trishy plead not guilty to
carrying concealed a deadly weapon.
John White. Jr, colored, plead not
guilty to using Eenidle minor child
Tor Immoral purposes.
Court then adjourned until $50
O'Clock.
Tho daily calendar has boen hung
up In the court room for tho benefit
OF tho memuGrs OF the bar.
60
Insurance on Leafs Mills.
The william Lea & Sons Touring
mill8 upon the Bfanlywina, which
were recently burned. was rs follows:
Loss On.the A mill to!ul. ON lower
mill partial. Slight o 50 by smoke on
Il mill Partial loss mi A store inu Q.
The insurance was as fullnws. q m II
\, .Etna of Conn. 80 coo: oieruun
American. 2nlO: American. Y. Y, 1000:
Homo OF n y :. 81 .; American. Pu..
$500; Imperial, :5'a; Atlas OF London,
1850; ms Co.. Of n A.. 1850; British
American. 1900; l. In l. K q 5000;
Citizens of n. V, hoo Lion OF
London. l!50; Connecticut, 1900;
County OF phiia., 1901; nmsrclai
Union 5000; Equitable, OF Ii L., 12ie;
Farmers Mutual, 5000: Fire tssoc,i
ton 900: Southern. 5000; Spring aaI.
Den. 300; Scottish Union, 80 0; Unit d
flreiGan's. 1000; Lancaster, 800, Aler.
chants, OF n. j., 1900. Merchants, of r,
l., 1850; Northern ASST, tUOO: New
Castle Mutual. 5000: Pennsylvania,
5000; PLPnix. of London. 1900; West.
ern. OF For. $780, West Chester, 2050,
total. 1855 900.
oll SJNlNilhuoo vi mil a IUES DU DHE
cent, American. OF pennsylyaIlia,
s25OO; Citizens, OF New York, $500;
County OF iEila.. 1900; Fair Associa.
ton 300; Glen Falls, 1000; ms. Co. of
\. A., $500; Iiv. Lon. & q, 5000; Lion,
0 OF London, 900: Lancaster, $500 Penn.
n sylyania, 1900; Phoenix. Of Lon, 1000;
Quoon, 20D0; Scottish Union. $500;
u Union CT Phlla., 1000; Western, of For.,
} 1900; total $50. 600.
On lower mill. loss 80 per cent
American, of n. V, Sl.3S1i American,
OF Pa. 5000; Atlas Of London, a220;
British American, lIl0 Connecticut,
551, Columbia. al Ky 400; Farmers
Mutual, 5000; I.iv. l.. and g., 46!5;
Lancaster 1857 Merchant, y j.. 1887:
Now Castle Mutual, GOO; Northern
Assur., l2j0; n. y. Bowery l66J; \. II.
Fire | nd, 1ll0; Southern \. o.. 1870:
: United llremen's, 1859; total 5J1.aV3.
Levy Court.
The Levy Court met this morning
at 10 O'Clock. MIR. Gallagher offered
tho following resolution:
Resolved, That tho assessor for
. Brandywlne hundred, with the assist
C ance OF the Assessor for the third dis.
: trict OF Wilmington hundred, be
: authorized to strike OF Of the assess,
+ ment list for said hundred, the naInes