Evening journal., 1897-04-15
him until the next morning at break

lney were wet nearly TO the knee, ana |
had mud on them as if he had struck |
his heels against the legs. l hung the
trousers up on the porch and my mo-
ther helped me to clean them. Mr.. |
Gordy said he had soiled them by slip |
ping IN mudhole in Baltimore
HELPED TO CLEAN THE TROU- |
SERS.
Mrs. Rebecca Steward said: 81 live |
at Rodney Station. Mrs Messick is !
my daughter. l saw the trousers at
her house and also saw Mr.. Gordy the
same day. | assisted in cleaning the
trousers. They were wet"
TRACKS TURNING INTO A FIELD. |
Frank e. Carey testified as follows:
Il live about a mile east of Milton. On
the light of March 10 | was aboard d
boat at Vaughn's Landing and slept
on the vessel. The boat was about
fifty yards above the wharf, anchored
in a cove.
Il went to bed between and 9
O'Clock and some time afterward heard
noise like an car being thrown in a
boat In the morning l saw tracks
where some one had gone down in the
low water to the boat There were also
tracks Of a carriage and of a horse's
feet
"The tracks Of the carriage had
turned out into a field near Joseph p
Bailey's house. They were about 100
yards from the house and left the road
to the east. After passing the house
some distance they returned to the
public road and then continued on TO
the landing.
There is no fence to prevent any
! Irfyfnor HnIH
tracks extended about $50 yards in the
field"
Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey, in. their test-
mony Tuesday. said they heard a car
riage pass their house once on the
night of the murder If Gordy was in
the carriage, as alleged by the prose-
cution, the fact that he drove into a
field in going or returning would ac-
count for the noise being heard but
once by Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey.
TILT ABOUT A HAMMER.
George w. Hatfield told of his visit
to Gordy's room in Messick's house
with the encouragement, and identi-
fed the murdered woman's nightdress,
glove and silk bag; also the hammer
which was found there after the muir
der. The hammer was offered as evl-
dence.
Il object" shouted Mr.. Cullen. "Tha
states officers have indicted this man
on the charge of killing the woman
with a hammer. So far they have not
for one instant connected the hammer
with this case The blows are said 10
have been struck with some blunt in
strument The physicians who have
testified did not say the killing was
done with a hammer. The blows could
have been struck with several Other
things, and we claim that there ha.
been no connection between the ham
mer and the murder.
Acknowledgement Cooper said tina
: the hammer had been identified b.
= Harvey r. Messick. offered as evidence
! and admitted. The court asked tina
the testimony of Messick be read. Afte
u this had been done Mr. Richards con
tended that the state must show th'
blow was inflicted by the hammer.
Chief Justice Lore-The court thinks
the hammer should be put in as evi
p dence, not as the instrument will
y which the blow was inflicted but as /
: was found in the prisoners possession
just after the crime had been com
mitted The jury can take the matte
u'/er consideration"
Y THE TESTS FOR DROWNING.
e DR.. David Hail. upon being called &
It the witness stand, said he had lived a
d Lewes, Del, sixty-iive years, and is
s physician. The defence objected to re
It ceiving his testimony, saying he wa
e. not qualified, as he was called by tn
1t state to corroborate the testimony q
st two ether physicians when he did nc
ID hear the testimony nor was he at III
is autopsy.
D. Chief Justice Lore-"This doctor, W
at think is qualified to testify"
Id Attorney-General White-"Now dot
he tor. II person is found dead in th
ne water and there is no water in II
lungs, did that person meet death I
ed drowning?"
Of Dr. Hall" Certainly not. The pc
n son must have been dead before &c
IN ting into the water"
y HAIR ON THE HAMMER.
~ DR.. William r. Messick said: "Tl
~ hammer shown in court is the one
"a saw in Mr. Hatield's possession on Il
Sunday after the murder. Upon eXa1
ining the head of the hammer / fOuI
~ a hair. l cannot say that it was a n
- man hair Its color was light brow
ict and / think, the color of the de-
woman's hair" .
Mr. Cullen objected, and the cou
;. ruled out this testimony.
ne GORDY'S STATEMENTS TO A d
en- TECTIVE.
- state Detective Walter Witsil tes
he fed that after consulting Attorney-Go
~ eral White he went to Naughn's Ian
- ing ard made an examination of I
'as surroundings. He gave a detailed a
count OF his movements and his cifol
to unravel the murder case.
,.s Il drove to the home of Gordy's m
70 y ther with Cove Lynch" he said, "a
s as we reached the house a colored m
Wv cried out: There he goes!" We look
down the road and saw GOrdy runniI
&c Il got in the carriage and told 4
~ ~ Lynch to run the horses in order
'0i catch Gordy. When we got close
Gordy / told him to put up his han
"a "a He did so and l think he said / 81
~ ~ up
III III After Handwriting the prisoner
,os searched him. l found a small diamo