Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-15


vesiclos. The outward appearance Of
tho body was natural. Tho face was
pale but peaceful. and rather good look
Ing. The fingers were partly closed. III
answer 10 question the witness stated
that ii there had been any possible
evidence of drowning he would have
discovered it. He held the most NOR.
tenn for the purpose of discovering the
cause Of death and not to strengthen or
weaken any individual theory conccfn-
ing it. His own theory was formed
entirely from the result OF the examina-
tion.
DIR. Robert II. 4. Wilson was called
and stated that he 10 graduate OF
Jeffersop Medical College and d
practitioner in Milton of II yoars'
standing. His testimony corroborated
that Of DR.. Hopkins, who preceded him
on the stand, differing in only few
minor details. AT tho conclusion Of
his examination recess was taken till
o'clock. t
A oolored boy who answered to the
name OF James Gorris was tho first
witness in tho afternoon. lie stated
that he is the assistant janitor at the
apartment house No, 26l3 Eighth
avenue, Nov York, where Mrs. Mary
Lewis last lived. She had lived there
about one month prior to March 9th
last, three weeks of which time she
was alone, but the last week she was
frequently visited by man whose namo
she gave the witness as Mr.. Gordy OF
Delaware. He positively identified the
man in the dock as the samr man. lie
saw Mr.. Gordy on his (Gordy's) first
visit to the fiat. The man asked for Mrs
Lewis, hut witness told him she was
away from home during the day and
would not be home until o clock in tho
afternoon. The next day Mrs. Lewis
told the witness that she and Mr..
Gordy bad been married and were going
to live ON his farm, near Georgetown,
Del. For two or three days prior TO
Tuesday. March 9th, they were busy
packing Mrs Gordy's furniture, which
they sent away in u van. The milkman
sent a bill to Mrs. Lewis or tGordy)
for tho balance she owed him, and she
sent word that she did MT have all the
change, but would give him her address
and would send the money. The wit.
ness identified a piece Of paper shown
him by Mr. Cooper as tito page he tore
from he note book for Mrs. Lewis to
write the address upon. On the paner
was written flames M. IGordy, Phila-
delphia, general delivery On being
askod what Mr.. and Mrs. Gordy carried
with them the boy said that Mrs
Gordy Tor Lewis. as he Invariably call.
ed her) carried small black work bag
and Mr.. Gordy had two satohels. On
being shown the bag found in Gor.ly's
he'd and the satchel found by Detective
Lynch. the witness said they looked
like those carried by the couple. On
cross exam ination by Mr. Richardson
he stated that Mrs. Lewis fold him that
Mr.. Gordy was rich and that she was
glad to have married man so young,
as be was only 81.
William A. Cannon, a member Of the
Constitutional Convention. was called.
He testified that on March 10th his was
In Dover, attending the convention,
and that he left there for Millsboro on
the train which leaves Dover at 8. 56
O'Clock in the afternoon. On the train
he saw james M. Gordy, whom he has
known for severalN years. lie SAW him
go out of one of the forward cars of
the Delaware road train at Harrington
and enter the real car for the d., NJ.
& v. branch. He again noticed him
after they left, Harrington, on tho
second seat on thoG right hand side OF
the AISLE A woWan was with him.
She, in hiR estimation, was about 6
feet 2 or 3 Inches, high. He, did not
sep them leave the train, but noticed
some time after they left Milford that
they were not on board. He did mot
observe the woman 8 dress closely, hut
she bad on short dark cape and her
hat had some white in the trimming,
but not SO much, he thought. as is in
the trimming of the hat shown him by
MIR. White, which was found floating
IN the river. Gordy had yaliBs or
package in each hand The witness
was present at the inquest at Miltap
and saw the dead woman, but could
not swear positively that she was the
same one he saw on the train with
Gordy. The two were OF the same
height, however. He had never seen
the woman before. but had seen tiordy !.
frequently. His appearances was much
better then than at present,
Silas Reynolds, assistant freight
agent at Milford, testified that on the
evening OF March 10th he saw
woman and man, who resembled tho
prisoner, In tho ladies' waiting room
at tho station at Milford. He could
not swear that they got off tho train:
The woman was in the room alone
before the man joined her, and talked
TO witness. She told him she was from
New York and was waiting for her hus.
band, gentleman by the name Of
Gordy. They had just been married
and were going TO live on his 2l0-acre
farm three miles from Georgetown.
She also remarked that she did not
know how she wonld like the country,
as she had always lived in the city,
but she would spend the summer in
Philadelphia. Witness said the woman
wore short cape, which reached be-
tween her shoulders and her elbows.
1T and the waist she wore were similar
in appearance to those exhibited in the
court room. She wore a black skirt.
The man returned about z. 30, and he
and the woman left together coon after.
Robert Speakman, a neWsboy be-
tween Wilmington and Georgetown,
testified that on March 10th he loft
Wilmington on the train which leaves
there at 4.27 and reaches Georgetown
at 7. Is p, m He saw Gordy soon after
the train left Wilmington. There was
lady with him, but they did not seem
to BIO talking. They got off the train at
Milford. He saw the body at Milton
and she very much resembled the
woman he saw with Gordy, except the
faco seemed fuller. Tho woman wore
dark clothes.
Harry Satterfield. CLERK at the Cen;