The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-01
F|F TIL EDITION.
VIM. POWELL HELD
For the Upper Court for Shooting
Andrew Davis. ----
A WIFE BEATER GETS A YEAR.
On the Stone Piio nt New Castie. Tie Has
Net Supported His family Eor 4
Five Years.


Nellie Myers and Georglnna Price, COL
oted were charged with disorderiy CON
duct before Judge Bali In the Municipal
'ourt this morning. Yesterday shortly
after noon tue girls acted very disordar-
~ at house on Adams street. They were
fined $3 ami costs each.
Joseph Miller will spend one ysar under
the care oil Sheriff Gitlis and during that
time will work on the stone pile. He will
also be obliged to pay line OF $50 and
costa. he was released from Now Castle
jail on March =, after serving term of
six mont hs i'm prsonmsnt for ult and
battery OH his wife. Since then he has
on several occaslons assaulted his wife.
lie will not work but OH the contrary
takes all The money the woman earns aud
drinks It,
On Monday last he com fhitteu the same
thing. When the daughter came home TO
the sssistanoe OF her mother he assaulted
het also. Frank Stout, agent for the s. p.
O. e., dep0sed that Miller has been known
To hln Tor years as a very bad man. When
the family lived In Milford he was the
same sort OF man. At present a littia
daughter only seven years of ago was at
work and earning only 25 cents u week.
Richard Gill was found yesterday after.
noon at Second and Market strest He
has been on q spree tfor the past three
weeks Dnd has sold out HE entire kit OF
ehoemaker's tools.
The charge OF larceny OF a brass bushing
preferred against John Iiaggerty and
Michael Gardner was dismissed as there
wac no evidence.
John NJ. Beale was arralgned on the
charge of obtaining goods under false
prelense on October 80. 1894.
Detective Wltsll deposqd that Beale ad.
mitted that he obtained the goods. He
denied however that he gave the name OF
Neal.
g. J. Hart of the firm Of Lichen stein
ana Hart, deposed that Beale entered the
store on the above date and asked that he
be sold come carpet. That he would pay
lect his money next day as he had a milk
route. The fifm gave him % yards OF
carpet, as he gave as reference3. A, g.
McCausland, George W. Bright and IA. U.
Conlnd.
Afterwards he camo back and ob,sin
rooms Instead OF one. He gave his name
as Neal and not as Beale He was held in
s2oO bail for the upper court.
HOW DAVIS WAS SHOT.
William Powell was then arragnsd on
the charge OF assault with Intent to COM
init murder on Andrew Davis. The latter
was brought to the court from the Della
ware Hospital, where he hes- been confined
since July IL. when no was shot by Poweff.
The man is still IN n weak condition and
obliged to use orutohes. He deposed that
on thntnight the trouble originated over
itih oWoll W DHy uitu 10 WutOu
he owed him from gam bling game.
On the night he was shot hs had juet got
razor from PowelPs wife and he. Davis.
carried asword cane The men, hereto.
fore have been the best Of friends,
Annie Brown Geposed that she lives In
the other end OF the house with Powell.
She saw Davis get the razor aud heard
Nrs. Powell tell Davis she would pay him
the 81 and did not want any fass over it.
Davis became very abusive aud cursed In
an awful manner. He advanced TO the
door several tlmes where Powell was
standing.
The latter told Davis to go away threo
or four times He stood ther5 in a threat.
ening altitude with the cane. She saw
the man when he was shot. Shu was afraid
somethinR was going to happen that
night Rs she did not like the little chin
ing thing on the cane. Davis was very
mad that night so much SO In fact that he
was shade darker than re was to day.
Walter ID. Bueh and Charles W. Gouert
gave the prisoner AN excellent character
The prisoner wae represented by II. q.
Knowles and no made an able argument
In favor Of having the case dismissed on
the plea of self defense but the court
thought that 1t was n case that should go
before the grand Jury and held Powell in
$1,000 ball for his appearance.