The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-12
THIRD EDITION.
INNOCENT men,
HUTT AND JOHNSON, COLOR
Ed men, NOW SERVING
ALlFE SENTENCE AT
new CASTLE.
Convicted on CircumstantiaI
Evidence Will Stout's
Case be Pref Judged
A Sin liar case
in Some Re.
sllects.

Johnson anu HUT who were arrest
cd and tried for the killing of NOAH
Benson and convicted on circumslan
tial evidence, and now serving life
sentence In New Castle jail. are said BY
some parties to DO innocent. Ws lay,
the following facts before our readers
thinking that an Injustice has been
done these men. They arc both ulackI
men and for that reason we're convict
cd. The evidence in the trial did not
warrant the verdict.
The Grand Jury at the May term OF
court, 1892. found a true bill against
Daniel Miller, George Henry HUT,
Julia HUT AMI james Johnson col
ored. for the murder, IN the previous
November, OF Noah Benson, an old
colored man, at Delaware city. The
body oil the deceased minus the bend,
1t will be remembered. WAS found in
the Chesapeake anu Delaware Canal.
and identified by ring found on One
OF his fingers. lie head was never
found.
The trial began Thursday. May 3lst
anu the jury was as fofows;
James GeIry, Marshlil II. Jordan,
Samuel j.. Mccall. Joseph y. Molsiey.
Samuel Moore, Ihumus \. Porter
James H. Flaler, Theodore Hauf, Wal
ter H. Money, Robert +. Barr All,
Frank X. Mcguire. Peter J., CoUpal
wss assigned Uy the Court for the do
tense.
Tho witness whose testimony wa
the most damaging against tle pt.7
uner was fLlllp Borsner, WHO te5tstieI
that he saw Noah benson, tho NJ utier
ed man. on Thanksgiving Day. a
the time Benson was drunk. being win
seyela colored men. among them lie
Ing Geo. Hut. lie lid not know Ia,
pther men and could not Identity
them.
N. Il. Price saw benson with somt
man but could not identify them.
John u. BurEher testified That h
saw b snSou III the onpduy OF Hut
aud Johnson They had all Leel
drinking.
Detective Money testified that Hut
and johnson hHd declared to hiu, OF
bDiDg arrested by biiu That they Ii I
not seen Benson Tor I. month before la
disappeared,
pr. Smith testified that the knivo
lOuud IN Hutts house could have plu
dmced the wounds on lcusun, cspe
sally tho largest OF those knives
or. Henry L Formal. tho Pnuadel
phin specialist, was brought mere 4
koine several hundred dollars expense
He testified that tbs stains on tho 5hir
oil johnson might have D4un caused b.
Tire blood Of an elephant or by TIL
blood uf II human being or II morse U
oil u monkey. but not of Il pig.
His testimony WIS attacked b.
Counsel Cooper. who eald the Stat
had thus FAR utterly failed to suBl
that these clothes belonged 10 Nu4
Benson also that Or. Formal nau No
satl that the stains ON them wcr
caused by human blood.
DR. lluillen q. laws. another BLOC,
expert u! lhilHde!phia, gave siInlia
testimony as Dr. t0rmad.
Tho pillow case upon Which tho eS
psfts had spent 50 iuuch valuable tim
IN muHInE examinations and cumpu
thuons with surh startling iisures aC
curdinR to Deborah Moody. colureI
rad hHg meat ia II about one Week u
fore Christians.
Maria Johnson. cuiored, tastIlie
that She was at lIutCs wien tie WA
kuNEg hog1, two or three days hetnr
Christmas aud SAW Jim Johnson there
she thought Jullrsun starh the hog II
bhu saw hm coming IRON the yuI
with II bloody knife. She sEw DO,
on hls shirt. bul was not positive tn
thu shut exhibited III court was Il
one lie wuIe that day
Jlfub tlANfB Le-llilrtt To HrNlUV "
lOg.kil.lnE at llutfa ht'lule Christina
lslas Hickman tGsiili6d that .luh
son came To her house on t!Iu mtg
N"ah benson IA sahi 10 have lost Il
hfs. very drunk waen sh" put HIN
bed II was ABOUT O'Clock IN 1t
evening and ha sieIit there all Nigh
lAs case lusiou uI4th tho fourth day
dame Judge trfu6b delivered /
charge to the Jury. eecHpyn.. suIne
minutes. tN carefully reviewed +
testimony and said that as much Ut
VS. very cpu Trajectory II would /
yolvs upon tho jury to dec De whi
MAS tIuu HEd whIsu wss not.
At .ajluctoch On Monday mOrniT
the Jury retired to the grand itIi
room lbs first ballot ihi,ru stood
lot guilty OF murder ia the second d
gree and four Tor arguttEt HE 81
opd ballot was 10 for murier III sc
oHd degree ard : Tor ae4ulttn, II
fourth uuG lagst bAIsUt Was Nnu al
seAluu til" prisoners fate Inc tor
mat rose AMI said wo ind G"org
HOniy HUT, J-lme5 johnson Al
DlElel not guilty rs it, manner al
form indicted. but guilty OF muir |
ol the srcuuJ deItae AMI JullA liz
hot EuIlly.
IT. sn'ue respects this was Que OF I
most remarkable enses ever trted
THIS state All THE Testimony agnli
Lhe accused was purely circumstG
thai while that of tie experts "
contradictory IN many respects
he two pil5uHets were senteuC
h. int court Oh tins Eth day Of in
ls92 t. serve ale sentence 10 y
Ca 10 ilIl,