Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-11-30

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The witness took the baseball bat in |
his hands and indicated how Cole used |
il, raising the bat over his head and |
bringing it down again. He said that |
Cole struck Montague over the back
and sido Of the head.
"Did Montague say anythingf" asked
MIR. Cooper.
Il didn't hear him say word. :"
what happened to the man when he
struck him?"
He fell right down in the gutter"
"Was anything done by Cole after he
tMoptaguel fell in the gutter?'
"He struck him twice more"
"What did Cole do after striking
HING,
Just dropped the bat and ran down
Second street as hard as he could go
towards King. started to run after him
hollering Stop him. Catch him. -
Moore said that Cole fell at Second
and King, rolled over, got up again and
ran down to Fiont, thence to French
and up French, and when about the
| middle of the square, fellunder the feet
of horses attached to "a circus wagon,
where he was caught.
| Then Moore returned to the scene of
| the assault and found Edna Wilson
holding Montague and crying to him TO
speak to her. Two policemen came
along and took the injured man to the
patrol station.
The bat was placed in evidence.
On cross examination by Walter II.
Hayes, who, with S. d, Townsend, jr..
| is counsel for Cole, Moore said that
Wilson, he started to walk on but he
| hoo ri +ha hlouy npH ctpnpod
COLE INQUIRED FOR THE KID"
William Benson, bartender at the
Hotol Western, Fourth and Orange
streets, knew Cole, Montague and Edna
Wilson. On May 18th Edna was at
the hotel alone; on May 10Th she came
with Cole and Montagtie. Mr.. Hayes
obiected to the admission of testimony
before the date Of the assault, but Mr..
Cooper held that it was to show motive,
and On that ground the court allowed
it to 90 in. Mi. Hayes noted an exoep.
tion at this point and at others where
the same question arose. The itness
next saw Cole on the night Of the 18th,
when he came with another man and
inquired for Edna Wilson, and also for
1.-The kid - supposedly Montague.
Coles friend, tall man, had base
ball bat. As they started out of the
door, Cole said: Come, we will get
the ---, or we will get the
, sucker.
Carrie Smith, an inmate of 227 Orange
street, testified that she knew Edna
, Wilson slightly, Edna having been
there about week before May 18th
witness first saw Cole the night Of the
! 18th. Edna introduced him as hei
friend. He stayed there for supper.
! Montague also arrived, and he, iEdnf
, and Cole went out, and the witness mex
| saw them after 10 O'Clock. In tbs
morning when the witness arose, Mon
tague was still in the house, but Col,
, had gone She next saw Cole on th,
! 17th at the house. A tall, thin maj
accompanied him Cole had base
q ball bat. lie asked fer Edna and wa
i told she was out. Witness did not sa.
4 with whom she was. Cole kept flourish
ing the bat around and said he wa
! going to kill someone with it,
4 Cole also had some kind of a knit
/ in his hand and said he would dii
4 Edna's heart out with it.
, Mr.. Hayes moved to strike out refer
q ence to anything Cole may have sal,
n about intentions concerning Edna.
q Mr.. Cooper remarked: my frien
Il has certainly lost sight of the motive.
n The court permitted the evidence
n stay in, and Mr.. Hayes noted an OK
d certion. g ~
+ The witness said that the men wer
6 asked to leave he'house.
On account of the low tone assume
Ia by the witness, Mr.. Hayes was repeat
,r ing her testimony SO that the jury an
"A court might hear IL, and when he di
not exactly quote one of her replies
y. Judge Spruance drew his attention
i, the fact. Mr. Hayes remarked that /
ID did not think it was fit to be heart
20 and the Judge held that it was not tt
a. attorneys province TO decide what wi
ID proper to be repeated.
ce The witness stated that Cole said Il
bat would kill him or someone ell
m before he left town.
il Emma Wilson, who now lives
i'd Philadelphia, but formerly lived at Q
10 Orange street, was examined by A
ee torney. General White. She saw Mo
as tague and Edna there the afternoon
,s- the 18th. They left to go to the doctor
he When Cole called at the house tn
he told him she was not in. Cole W
m called "Doc'' Wilson. Witness sa
IN Cole have the hat and told him
better give it to her as he might Q
av himself into trouble. He replied tn
H. she could not get him into troubl
Ia. neither could his friend, the tall ma
m And he added that the bat had to
* him or someone else.
ult TO KILL HIMSELF OR ANOTHER.
nd Bessie Gray, proprietress Of No.
'ut Orange street, testified that she ii
ore saw Cole at her house May 18th. Ed
the introduced him as friend of he
the He was there ut supper. She saw b
Of again with Montague and Edna Wills
the nearly 12 o'clock. Next morning Nc
tague, Edna Wilson and Emma wills
yil we're there. but Cole had gone. S
md saw Cole again May 18th with a N
ng, friend. Cole had bat and she I,
led him to give il to her, but he said ii
On bat was to kill either him or somebc
his else. He left between and 8 o'cloS
No. On cross-examination by Mr.. Hay
A Bessie Gray said that Carrie Smith
two Cole in Wednesday night.
0ne William A. Moore was recalled q
saw identified Cole as the man he saw
bat the house and who struck Montague
70. Harry Keown swore that he was
ned 227 Orange street Wednesday mig
inc Harry Chapdlee and Moore were the
nat. Keown was playing the piano. c
Jole came in with tall, thin fellow, alb
rith 8 O'Clock. The witness had met c
say few nights before at Lynch's ho
did Fifth and Orange, when Edna vii
D. introduced him as her friend. w
,use he saw Cole at 227, he had the
and and said be was going to decorate
and lie had some kind of knife, which
Iked stuck in table, breaking the POI