Evening journal., 1897-04-14
GORDY MURDER TRIAL.
Physicians Swear His Bride
Met Death From Blows.
STRONG EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM
GORDY'S LAWYERS ARE MAKING
A PLUCKY FIGHT FOR HIM-HE
SULKS AND TAKES LITTLE IN
TEREST IN HIS TRIAL.

Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
Georgetown April 14.-An excited |
crowd attempted to seize James M. |
Gordy, on trial here for the murder Of
his bride, after court adjourned yester-
day afternoon. The people are dis
pleased because it is impossible for
them to gain admission to the court |
room, and they appear to feel more Bit !
ter against the prisoner. Hereafter he
will be kept in the court room, and will
receive his meals there until the end of
the trial. 1t is rumored that Governor
Tunnel will call out the militia if nee
essary to protect Gordy.
When court opened yesterday the
room was soon filled, until every place
where a foothold could be gained was
occupied. Some of the spectators
brought dinner with them. One woman
had her baby along, and the little fell
low cried so loudly that the chief JUS
tice sent it a piece Of candy in order to
make peace.
GORDY HAGGARD AND SULLEN
Gordy was brought in, looking hag-
gard and detected, his step being un-
steady and his gait faltering. Sheriff
Johnson was almost breathless when he
and his deputies succeeded in landing
the prisoner in the dock.
Il never experienced such an ordeal
before in my life" said the sheriff, a
few minutes afterwards. I'VE were
compelled to literally force the prisoner
over the people who were massed at
the entrance downstairs The crowd
became so excited that men were
knocked down as though they were
children, and then we walked right
over their bodies"
The remarks OF the sheriff scarcely
passed his lips, when a terrible noise
was heard in the court yard below, fol-
lowed by the shouts and deafening yells
Of the assembled throng. The crowd
burst in the heavy doors at the eastern
entrance to the Court House, tnen they
ran like mad up the winding stairs to
the court room.
FISHERMEN AGAIN ONTHE STAND
The state during the morning session
again took up the examination of John
Robinson and James Magee, the two
fishermen who found the body of Mrs
Gordy in the BrOadkiln river. below
Milton. They were examined partcu-
larly as to the location of this point
and swcre that tracks were discovered
near the Otter banks, which indicated
gone ashore there The tracks were
measured by the wtnes ses and Detective
Witsil and corresponded to imprints
recently made by Gordy's shoes.
The state also proved by these wit
nesses that there was a waterman S
path leading along the river bank from
the point where ..,e body was found all
the way to Vaughn's Landing. 1t was
at this point that the murdered wO-
mans hat-pin was found.
The cross-examinatiOn of witnesses
indicated that the defence is trying to
prove to the jury that GOrdy not being
an expert Oarsman, and knowing little
about the river and its environments,
could not have made his way back to
the buggy, owing to the fact that the
. river bank was covered with stunted
trees and brambles, and, besides. the
; defence also endeavOred TO show that a
person could not go ashore at the Otter
banks, owing to the condition OF the
bank, which is very muddy.
THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE.
= The physicians who made the au.
topsy, Drs. Hopkins and Wilson, swOrt
on direct examination that the absence
of water in the lungs indicated that The
woman was dead when she was put il
!, the water. and that there were three
= crescent-shaped wounds on the bGcl
and side Of the head. either one q
which was fatal In the opinion of th'
. physicians the wounds could have beer
= caused by the blade Of the oar, while
= = the small wound over the left temple
e was probably done with a hammer.
The witnesses, under crOss-eXamina
ton of Lawyer Richards, for the de
70 fence, became somewhat confused. Dr
Hopkins admitted that the finding 0
some water in the woman's stomach
= and other peculiar conditions of tn
. body would indicate that she died from
II drowning.
L At the afternoon session Jane
. Coins. the colOred janitOr of the fiat a
No. 2613 Eighth avenue, New York
le was called to the stand and identifie
" Gordy as the man he had seen in Mrs
d, Lewis apartments. He stated that tn
woman said Gordy was married TO her
that he was a rich planter who live
- near Georgetown, Del. Henry p. Can
/ non. a member Of the Constitutions
y Convention. swore that he saw Cord
u on the train with a strange woman o
the evening Of March 10, and the coupl
got off at Milford. Mr. Cannon was no
positive. but swOre that the woman re
sembled Mrs. Lewis
OTHER EVIDENCE PRODUCED
I Cyrus Reynolds told the jury that h
held a conversation with Mrs. Lewis a
l. the railway station in Milton, and tn
latter said she was married to Gordl
adding that the couple were going
the latter's farm. Wilbur Dickinson
the liveryman who hired the horse an
carriage to Gordy. was then called. n
said Gordy asked him if the horse wa
: perfectly gentle and whether or not sh
: would stand without hitching. He di
f: not bring the buggy back until the ns'
; day.
: LAWYER CULLEN'S SENSATION.
. Lawyer Cullen caused something Of
!: sensation during his examination Of
4: p. Bailey, one of the state witnesse
/. He tried to create suspicion in tf
/: minds of the jury that Bailey had
D.: hama in the murder. but he was checke
I: by the prosecution. Bailey owned II
(; boat that the murderer used, and it wa
through his private land to the wha