The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-09-29
MANY CRIMINALS N! Is.
Iauri Has a Rush Of Business This
Morning.
SEVERAL LIGHT SENTENCES
One Prisoner Escapes a
Charge OF Toying With
q Child. A Muir.
derer Arraigned.

derer Arraigned.
| Walter Hayes, counsel for Edward Beck
and Elmer Coyle indicted in General Ses-
sions Court Tor burglarizng the house Of
Yuen Ice, resumed his defense this morn
ing by calling Michael Fahey who proved
damaging witness to the defense. BY
him Counsel proved that the Chinese
coins had been given to Coyle by the wit.
ness, but 1t was not brought out how the
prisoner came into the possession OF q Bel
| CLAN coin which was stolen from Yucn's
house and which was found on Coyle.
Mr.. Cooper made the witness acknow-
ledge that he had been arrested for house
breaking with both the prisoners and that
he had been suspected of being connected
With the robbery for which Coyle and
Beck stand indicted.
Then Mr.. Hayes put Beck on the stand
and he explained the possession of the
Chinese coins rs had been told by Fahey.
| He could not explain how he came Into
! the possession of the Belgian coin. On
the night of July2 he said he was at home.
Mr.. Cooper cross examined the witness
and he, like his predecessor proved
| damaging one to the defense. He ac-
| knowledged to having been convicted in
F, the Sussex County Court Of burglary and
having been released on parole, Of being
arrested in Kent and in this city for dis
orderly conduct and larceny.
Coyle denied being in the Lee house on
the night of July2, He also had been con.
victed of larceny and let out on his prom
iae of future good sbehavior. He had been
arrested with Fahey for disorderly con-
duct.
10 contradict Beck on the point that he
had been at home on the night of the rob-
berry, Mr.. Cooper called police officer
James II. Scott who said no saw Beck
the morning of the robbery at Second
and Tatnall streets. 1t was between
and o'clock. Both sides let the case go
to the jury and it retired without il charge
by the court.
THREE YEARS FOR ROSS.
James Ross whowas convicted ycster.
day of common assault upon Thomas
Green was sentenced to pay Il fine of 800
and two years Imprisonment. The state
accepted pleaof guilty of common as.
sault in tho second indictment against
the prisoner and for the offense he got one
year Imprisonment and fine Of SlU0.
DEFENSE WILL BE INSANITY.
The State has received another set back
in its eagerness to dispose Of the Wright
murder case Wright is the man who
killed his sweetheart Ida Crummell. h.
II. Cochran, Jr., his counsel. submitted II
motion for II continuance until npxt term
in order that he might have an important
witness who is now at sea.
The defense will be insanity, and in the
witness counsel hopes to have IA strong
defense. Mr. Cochran explained that the
man lived with Wright last winter. Both
Mr., White and Mr.. Cooper entered
strong objection to The continuance, con.
tending that the plea of insanity could be
proven by people here who knew tho
prisoner all his life. The court allowed
the case to go over until the last of the
week.
II. B. Y. Springer withdrew George Dut-
tons plea of not guilty to murder0usly as
saulting Thomas Lopez and re.ontered
one of guilty of common assault which
the State accepted He was fined 800 and
given three months imprisonment. The
men are colored.
The fact that Mitchell Pryor, colored, a
witness and prisoner could not got into
the court room yesterday afternoon be-
cause of the crowd, caused the court to
command the bailiffs to admit all witness
Sos before spectators.
This will have the effect OF keeping
many people out of the court room. The
seats arc occupied by people who come to
hear and see while people who have bust.
ness cannot get into the room Because
Of Pryor's inability to get into tho room
the state had the oapias issued for him
withdrawn. Then Pryor got ten days I'm
prisonment for carrying concealed d ca d.
ly weapon.
HE WAS INNOCENT.
Robert Woolfurd an aged coored man
had been asprisoncr" several months be.
cause, plunder of William Frazier and
George Robinson convicted chicken
thieves was found in his house. Woolford
al It'd. -t.Ia,
but his counsel II. Bayard Hesel explain
ed that he did not know the chickens were
in the house and upon tho information
the court discharged the prisoner.
BECK AND C0YLE GUILTY.
After being out half an hour verdcts OF
guilty were returned against Beck and
Coylc, for robbing Yuen Lees house. They
each got two years imprisonment, will
stand an hour in the pilory aud DO whip.
p | with twen lashes. a.
STOLE BECAUSE THEY WERE HUNGRY.
George Hill, J. w. Harris and William
Wright, Colorcd men who hailed from
Washington, escaped the lash although
they stole bread, rolls and rusk from
south Wilmington baker They told the
court they had had nothing to cat for sew
eral days and stole because they were
hungry.
The court, under such circumstances,
did not feel disposed to send the prisoners
to the whipping post, SO questioned them
as to what they would do if they were Civ.
en- their Liberty after a brief term of i'm
prisonment.
Twill you leave the State and never re-
turn"
Eyes, sir and the three heads bobbed
the reply simultan uously.
MORPHINE AND wHIsKEY CAUSED IT.
Samuel d. Roberts pitlable plea saved
him u severe sentence. He stole George
L. Crawford's satchel from the p, w. g.
B. II. r. depot on the night of August q,
which act he attributed to his morphine
and liquor habits. He spoke of his mother
in Portland, Maine, who was Ill because Of
his position and Of never before being in
court of justice. The sentence was five
days imprisonment.
Thomas Edwards, colored, also came in
for light sentence He stole watch
from Benjamin Harris, but Horace Gree
ley Knowles and Josiah Marvil guve him
previous good character and the court
sent him over five days.
SHE WANTED TO GO HONE.
Rachel Coverdalc is a colored washer
woman who lives In Sussex County when
not in Jail. She stole pair of sleeve but
tons In waist which Annie Pritchett
sent to her in the wash. Josiah Marvll
pleaded leniency saying his client would
never appear again and that she was
anxious to go back home. Probably she
was, and as it was her first otfcnse the
court said she could after she served five
days imprisonment.
ESCAPED A SERIOUS CHARGE.
A jury was drawn to try the case against
William pnrm, colo ed, charged with toy
ing with II. A. Fisher 10 year old colored