Evening journal., 1899-11-24


| streets. two or three nights before.
saw Cole come in the room where we
were on Wednesday night He had a
bat in his hand and said he was going
to decorate Il. He also had a knife and
stuck it in a table. saying he was going
TO use it on her. l did not know who
he meant We left about 10 o'clock,
Chandlee, myself, Cole and his friend,
and Moore. We met Montague and
J Edna on Second street between King
and Market. They were coming out of
Ewing's saloon. | said. THAT looks
like the girl now" Then Coles friend
turned back l heard two thuds and
heard Edna scream. The screams were
after the thuds. Cole ran around the
corner of Second and King streets and
down King. l did not follow him.
Harry Chandlee said he was at No.
227 Orange street with Cole. Cole had
the bat in his nand and he heard Cole
say something about decorating it.
Chandlee corroborated the statements
Of other witnesses as to the walk to the
place where Montague was struck. He
said he heard the blows struck ana
heard the woman scream, but did not
look around or go back.
James +. Stats stated that on May
II he was on Second street between
Market and King, and saw a man strike
another man with a baseball bat. The
man struck had fallen at the time. The
man who did the striking ran and wit
ness said he ran after him. Police
man /. V. England testified to the ar
rest of Cole. DIR. J. w. Bastian said he
was at the Delaware Hospital a few
minutes after Montague was brought
in.
DR.. d. /. McCOlley said he had known
Montague for five years. He saw him
at the Delaware Hospital on May IS
and that he was suffering from concus-
sion of the brain. Montague, he said
was unconscious and had a wound on
the right side of the head and one on
the left side of the head. He saw him
once or twice a day afterwards until
the man died. Witness said he had
held a pOst-mOrtem, assisted by Drs.
Palmer, Briggs and Bastian. He found
that the skull was fractured. The frac-
ture extended from the left side of the
head through the skull 10 the right
side. Witness found a blood clot on the
left side of the head On the right side
of the head the brain was torn up for
an inch and a-half TO a half inch. He
said the man died from meningitis,
caused by the Injury to the brain. Such
an injury. the doctor said, could have
been caused by a blow from bat. The
other parts Of the body were healthy
and normal.
DR.. j. w. Palmer said he had attend
ed Montague at the hospital on the
evening Of May II. Meningitis caused
the patients death.
EDNA WILSON TESTIFIES
Court resumed at 10 o'clock this
morning and Edna Wilson, the star
witness in the case, was called by Dep
uty Attorney General Cooper.
Miss Wilson repeatedly looked about
the court room and smiled while the at
tOrneys we're arguing. Cole did not
look at her directly, and seemed To
avoid her glances, when directed al
him. He watched her covertly, and
when she was not looking toward him
he observed her cOuntenance for an in
lstant. Miss Wilson became grave as the
testimony which she gave was brought
out
She said she came to Wilmington on
May /. 1899 That she has known Cole
since November. 1898. She met him in
! Philadelphia She said her relations
: with him in Philadelphia were init.
mate. She was sick most OF the time
q, Il slept on the third floor OF the hous,
No. 227 Orange street on the night oi
: Monday. May Is, with no one in par
ticular," said the witness. Cole slep
in my room on the second floor back
2 I did not see him again until 4 or
l o'clock the next morning"
e Mr.. Cooper asked: Were not yOi
$ and Montague to be married on Thurs
S day?"
e Mr.. Hayes objected to the question
] and his objection was sustained. Mr.
Cooper, however, stated that his inten
e tiCn was to show the motive for tn
e murder
e THAT is all, said Mr.. Cooper to tn
/. witness. This was rather an abrup
:, ending to what was expected to be tn
h states strongest evidence.
= On denomination MIR. Haye
y said:
8 Miss Wilson, you have stated tina
= you slept by yourself on that night
e yes, / did" said witness. "Mr. Mon
d tague was in the room with me"
d Mr.. When did you see Nor
e ltague again."
n "The next morning between 4 and
h o'clock. Cole was getting ready to G
-e home"
t. Mr.. Hayes-"What took place b.
tween Cole and Montague?" Mr.. Coop,
Sc objected to the question.
Id The court sustained Mr.. COopers ol
a lection, Chief Justice Lore saying q
I'd ruling of the court was that nothir
" could be brought in cross-examinatiC
a except what had been testified to
IL direct examination. Associate Justic
It. Grubb and Spruance dissented in Il
er ruling.
e The question was put again, and q
re witness replied Nothing This caus
Id a stir in the court room.
It The witness. on being questioned byN
ry Hayes. said: Cole was at the hall do
er and Montague at the dresser"
ey II will ask you" said Mr.. Hay'
TO whether there were angry words pas
ed between Montague and Cole
no Mr. Cooper objected on the grou
ay that it was not question for crosse
70. animation. The objection was net 81
ne tanned and witness said mo"
lie Mr.. Cooper, on redirect examinati'
nd asked.