The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-14

in the water. also believe,the bruise on
the forehead was inflicted before the woinl
an was In the water My theory Is that
this blow was struck while the victim was
In the carriage. She was then plac-
ed in boat and thrown overheard. After
ward l believe the water revived her aud
then the murderer delivered the fatal blows
while she was In the river. When she en-
tered the water she was in comatose
state"
Dr. Robert II. 4. Wilson said: II assist
ed In conducting the pOst-mortem exam.
nation. Tho woman could not have
drowned because there was no water IN
her lungs. All her internal organs wero
In normal condition"
Said James Coins, colored: II live at
26i3 Eighth avenue, New York. Mrs.
Mary Lewis lived in fat there and Tam
the assistant janitOr. She lived alone
when she first came, but after three
weeks Mr.. Gordy came there. He asked
for Mrs. Lewiss girl. l told him she did
not have any girl.
"Afterward Mrs Lewis told me she had
married Mr.. Gordy and was going away
for two weeks. She went away and came
back after two days with Gordy, saying
she was going to Georgetown, Del. 3
"A van took her furniture away on q
Tuesday. She and Gordy left together
about o'clock that day. They had two
handbags.
Il positively identify the prisoner az
tho Mr., Gordy whom saw in Mrs. Lewis
Hat. She said she was glad to have q hus-
band so young and rich"
The freight agent at Milford, Silas Rey-
nolds saw the couple In the waiting room
at Op. m. He talked with her and she
told him that she was going down to live
on farm with her husband, and that
she did not know how she should like tho
country.
At Milford Gordy hired team from
Wilbert Dickinson, who saw tho man aud
woman drive off toward South Milford.
Next morning Gordy brought the team
home driving alcne, Corroboratlng tes-
tiinOny told OF Gordy's stay in Milford at
night and next day about 0 o'clock
On the evening Of tho murder Eliza
Leonard, who lives within earshot of the
place whore the body was found, heard
wild lonely "holer."
Mrs. Hattie Bailey, whose farm is only
100 yards from Vaughan's Landing, heard
a team rattle down to the shore OF the
creek about 1915 o'clock that night. Her
husband, Polk Bailey, a fisherman, also
heard tho noise of the team. He is an im-
portant witness because on that night his
row boat was taken away and found adrlft
next day with the handle and blade of the
broken oar found atloat.
Bailey identified the oar as belonging to
his boat and the State will bring in testi-
mony to prove that hairpins were found
in the boat which were identified by the
sister Of Mrs. Lewis as belonging to the
dead woman.
Frederick w. Carey, young fisherman
who works for Bailey, picked up hairpin
on the bank at Vaughn's Landing which
nj ho1T yod In tha nd I'm
so been identified Carey found wheel
tracks and tracks of man iu the soft mud
by the shore.
James L. Carey went down to Vaughn's
Landing on the day the body was found
and saw traces of a four-wheeled vehicle
which had turned round fifteen or twenty
feet from the bank with the tracks of u
man leading to the wa'er. A cedar tree
stood near, to which the testimony male
it probable the horse had boen hitched and
left standing for some time.
The State closed the day with one Of its
most important witnesses, Harvey Mes.
sick, tenant Of the farm which Gordy
owns. About midnight on March 1C,
Messick and his wife We're awakened by
call outside from Gordy.
The tenant went out and found tho
prisoner unhitching a horse from buggy.
Gordy said that he had come across che
bay from Baltimore, where he had bought
the team, and that he intended selling IL
to man near Brdgevile on the follow
ing morning. He said he was tired and
cold and went to his room which was kept
for him in the house. In the morning he
took q hammer from the wagon and hid
1t among the rafters. This Is the hammer
with VIII ch he Is alleged to have killed his
wife or stunned her at the first attack
Gordy told Messck that he would II ur
in day or so, or perhaps never come back
aud drove away to Georgetown, ostensibiy
TO sail the team, which in reality, 1t Is
claimed he had hired in Milford, He re-
ot of furniture which he expected from
New York, and on the next morning drove
sway again, and this was the last seen Of
nm by the tenant,
State Detectives MoVey aud Witsil tel
| story about u narrow escape of Gordy
while they were taking him from the jail
% the courtroom MrMcVey said :"When
We stopped in the crowd which surrounded
he rear door of the courtroom some ono
n the crowd yelled, Hang him. There
vas u rush made by the crowd for Gordy,
,ut we succeeded in getting him into the
ourtroom. l am positive that II he is
AIKEN through the Same crowd to morrow
hero will be trouble"
The sheriff will double he gua 8 and
will try to check any denlD...vrations
gainst the prisoner Thore is ruinor
urreut here that an application will be
nade to Governor Tunnel for State troops
0 come here in order to keep the crowd
ack. The Governor attended tho trial
Dday.
An order has been given that when tn
ri]ioner il brought to the courtroom TO
borrow ho will not be removed back to
be jail during the recess but will be kept
/ tho courthouse until the crowd has
,Gt town.