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

sessions from 3 to 4.
until $3.50. $500
Ats O'Clock the mob .repented it's
Efforts OF the morning to gain adj.
mission 10 the. court room, aud Ii WIS
only by tho most heroic efforts OF the
special deputies that the crowd was
prevented from taking the building by
storm.
After the prisoner had been placed
in the dock. at .. 40 o'clock, the doors
wero opened, and in the rush that fol.
| lowed women and children were
crushed, women HcreameI and mon
swore, IL was o'clock before tho
business OF tho court could proceed,
and OF tho crowd jammed within the
narrow limita OF the court room fiyo.
eigbths we're women.
| Attorney General White briefly out
lined the case of the State, lie first
| gave the legal definition Of murder in
the fret degree and then told the story
OF the crime, without going into do.
tail. He closed his address at 1856
o'clock and called as the first witness
TOR the prosecution John O. Hazard,
q civil engineer, who had prepared a
| plot OF Broadkiln river from Milton to
Vaughan'a wharf. from which the boat
| was taken on the eventful night of
March. 10th. lilo pointed out to the
Jury the course tho boat took, the
places whore the body and the boat
we're found, the condition OF tho banks
OF tho stream and tbs distances from
Milton to the wharf, and from tho
wharf TO the place Of tho finding of
the body. He also explained the rise
and fall OF the river, the strength OF
The current, &c.
The Rev. William W. Moir was the
next witness. lie stated that no is the
assistant rector OF the Church OF the
| Holy Communion, Tenth avenue, New
York City. Gordy was asked to rise in
the dock and the clergyman was asked
| whether he had ever seen him before.
lie replied that he had. That on
Thursday. February Goth, last, he had
called upon him in company with a
woman who gave her name as Estelle
| Mary Lewis aud that he had married
them 10 the Church of the Holy Com
munion. Witness SAID that Gortly told
| him his nama was James M. Gorliy,
that he was 80 years old, widower
with a child or children, aud that he
| was born in Deaware and his home
Nh' etaal Iuu WuHul ulut
| she was widow, and that she was 80
years OF age. although be would have
thought from her appearances that she
was Older than that. A portrait of Mrs.
Lewis Tor Gordy was shown him, and
be recognized it as that of the woman
| whom he had married to james M.
Gordy, On INSTRUMENTATION witness
said he was called upon In the course
OF u year to marry perhaps 40 couplos
He had never seen Gordy or the woman
before the day they had called upon
him to marry them nor had he soen
either of them since until he cav tue
prisoner in the court room.
Mrs Blanche Geltz Madame Grunert)
was called. She testified that she was
a sister OF Estella Mary Lewis and that
she bad frequently visited her sister
Mrs Lewisl, hut bad not seen her
alive since some time 10 January last.
The last she heard from her was on
March 9Th, when she received a note
from her, stating that she had been
married and was going to Georgetown,
Del, to live, with her husband. Next
she saw the fifeless body of her sister,
which she positively Identified at tho
undertaking establishment on Samuel
]. Wilson. in Milton, on March 10th.
She said Mira. Lewis was IS years old
and had married Mr.. Lewis five or six
years ago. Mr.. Lewis died last Novem-
her. She said she had seen all the
furniture and goods which were found at
tho station here and identified each
separate article. Sho also identified the
clothing which was found on the body,
and as each article was shown her she
controlled her feelings with an effort
until the silver hat pin, which she said
she, herself, had given to her sister was
shown to her, when she broke down
and wept. Attorney. General White,
who was conducting the examination,
was SO affected that he turned the wit.
ness over to Deputy Attorney. General
Cooper, under whose examination she
also identified the diamond ring which
was found in Gordy's pocket when he
was arrested. She described the other
ring and the gold watch, which have
not yet been found, In cross. examining
the Witness Mr. Cullen asked her her
age. She responded by asking IL that
had anything to do with the case.
Miss Elsie Dubrick. cousin of the
previous witness, corroborated the
testimony of Mrs. Getz. She had known
Mrs LOWS for three years. She said
that she mrs. Lewis) and the dead
woman found at Milton were the same.
She identified the clothing found upon
the body and the furniture at the
station aa belonging to Mrs. Lewis,
John Robinson, a fisherman of Milton,
testified that about s o'clock in the
afternoon on March 18th he and fell
ow-fisherman, William McGee, dis
covered the dead body of woman in
Broadkiln river about half mile from
Milton. She was standing in tho mud
near the shore, with her face towards
the bank, slightly leaning forward, as
II trying to reach the shore. She was
sunk in the mud nearly up to her
knees, and II required his entire
strength to pull her out. lie noticed
marks upon her head, as II she had
been struck with some blunt irstru.
menk He and his companion tied her
to the stern OF their boat and towed her
up TO Milton, whore they turned her
holly over to Unuertaker Samuel j.
Wilson. He identified several articles
of wearing apparel as being those found
on the body uf the woman.
Recess till this morning was taken.
Georgetown, April 1i.-The crowds
hero yesterday were larger and more
unruly than those OF the preceding
day.
Fully 1000 men and women were
packed in the rear OF the Court House
yard clamoring for admission. Several