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

ousoUu II, DTupcT was pfeseHt Wuen
G1rdy returned tho horse to Dicker.
sons stable ON Thursday. March 18th,
nbout 10 o'clock. He saw Gordy take
two satchels out OF tho carriage.
Mrs. Eliza Leonard was called and
stated that she lives on the cast side
OF Milton, at Psrser's bridge, near
Saw Millrun, ou the road leading from
Milton to Vaughan'g landing. Between
8 and 8 O'Clock on the evening of
March 10th she beard woman scream
twice. Tho SCREAMS seemed TO come
from the branch. She hoard nothing
moro.
Mrs IIetiy Bailey was the next witt
ness. She lives near Vaughan's land
ing, and it was her husbands boat
which was taken on the night OF March
10th. She stated that late that night
she was awakened by a noise as of a
carriage being driven rapidly through
their yard. Sho got up ana looked out
this window, but could SEQ nothing but
the dog rushing out toward theipublic
road and barking furiously at some.
thing. Her husband was aroused and
asked her what the trouble was. She
told him and he then asked hor TO see
what time it was. 1t was just quarter
to IL. They heard nothing mora that
night, but next morning she saw tracks
through their yard. made by carriage
or buggy. The road through the yard
is a private one, leading from the neck
road to Vaughan's landing. The gate
at the entrance to the yard had not
been shut for more than month.
Joseph +. Bailey, husband of the
previous witness, was called and stated
that he is fisherman and lives only a
few hundred yards from Vaughan s
wharf. lie corroborated the statement
of his wife about the noise on the
night of . March 10th and said that on
the morning Of the 18th he saw tracks
of four wheel vehicle, which hat ono
horse to it, leading through his yard
toward tho wharf and hack again.
When he went down to the wharf his
boat was missing, and be went on
down the river with some friends. He
found his boat later in the morning,
about half mile above the wharf, on
Il mud fiat, and took it back TO the
wharf. One oar was in the boat and
one was missing. lie found part of
tho oar a mile below the landing. He
also saw tracks of horse and carriage
on tho wharf and footprints in the
mud, where someons had pushed his
boat into the stream tho night before.
He saw Frank Carey pick up silver
hat pin out of tho edge of tho river.
He knew james NJ. Gordy, and identi-
fled tho prisoner us the man. The last
time he saw him was on Thursday,
March 1lth. Gordy was at his house
on January 2d last. but did not go
down TO the wharf. The tide changed
on the night of March 10th about 10
O'Clock. lie would think man could
row from Vaugban's landing to the
place, whore the body was found, In 20
minutes with the tide. He also testi-
fled that it is possibe for man to
rench Shallopman's path from the place
of the finding of the body. On cross.
examination the witness stated that he
never locked his boat, simply tied it to
the wharf, nor does he remove the oars
from it. There were three boats at the
landing. but his was the only ore that
had oars in it.
Frederick W. Carey, fisherman,
said that on the night of the crime he
was asleep in boat only few yards
from Vaughan's wharf, but heard moth
ing during tho entire night. lie went
to bed about n'clock, and arose about
light next morning. He found Bailey's
boat was gone. He found aesilver bat
pin in the water near whore tho boat
had been moored, and saw tracks in the
mud at the Same place. lie did not see
whore any horse had been hitched.
Joseph T. Carey. testified that he
saw tracks of "a hurss and carriage ON
Vaughan's wharf on March 18th, near
a cedar tree, and the carriage had evil
IDENTIFY pointed towards the tree, but he
thought 1t hardly close enough for the
horse to have boon hitched to the
tres. He also saw the tracks of man
nea- Blacks shipyard, leading out
towards the road. but did not follow
them.
Harvey Messick, who lives ON James
NJ. Gordy's farLa, about five miles from
here, was called. He said he had lived
on Gordy's farm since the first of the
year and that when he rented 1t Mr..
Gordy reserved one upper room for bis
own uso. This room contained two
beds, ono of which Gordy always used,
but tho other one was mover used. No
one but Gordy had access to the room.
Gordy has been at tho place three
times this year. once in January, once
In February, and the last time he came
on March 10th, about IL O'Clock at night
He called them. UP and witness went
out to help him with his horse. Gordy
said he bought. tho horse and carriage
in Baltimore, but had agreed to sell
them to a man near Bridgeville and
wanted to leave next morning at G,
o'clock 10 deliver them. He then re-
tired. He left next morning carly,
asking Messick to meet him at the
noon train in Georgetown. Witness
came to Georgetown, n OF Gordy in the
postoiiice and took him out to his
home. He left after supper, but re.
turned about 10 o'clock. He told Mes
sick on Friday that he had some furni-
ture at Georgetown, VIII leu they would
go for tbe following day. This furni-
ture, he said, be had purchased of an
old man in New YurK. Late Friday
afternoon, however, Gordy left rather
hurriedly. saying he did not know when
be would return. The witness identi.
fed the hand bag, glove, night dress
and curling iron as those found in
Gordy's he'd. lie also stated that
Gordy took two satchels and hammer
out of the carriage. The hammer in
the court room he identified as tho one
taken from the carriage.
At O'Clock recess was taken till 10
o. clock 10 day.
Sales OF Kent County land.