The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-08
MURDER WAS
HORRIBLE.

Trial Of tina WAilaee murder casA va
resumed in Oyor and Tsrminer Court yes
isrdny afternoon " ste state eallinR Cor
oner vandsvor ~ lts second wItness.
MI. Vandsvsr told OF going to tho sosDl
OF the murder and Of finding tho body ~,
ing Oh the door OF the kitchen. Nwn
partly In tho fire place. he said q bloody
hammer wis turned over to him.
Detective Wiisil testified to some mems.
| ursinsnt- hS had made IN the room where
the body was found
Ella smith who was sbo states first
witness upon upon being recalled by Mr.
Cooper said That when she entered the
houss on the morning Of the murder, the
only INDIGESTION Of u strug 4le She saw wai
an oyerturn vi chair. Ths brsskfayt table
had not bssn disturbed,
THE SKULL DISPLAYED
DR.. ID. l. McCollsy, oCronsrs physician
the must Important VI the States witness.
~. was nsxs onl.sd. He carried tu the
stand with him the top Of Mrs. Wallacs's
skull which he had removed shortly after
the wOnan's death.
In beginning the exaInin alton Mr. Cooper
asked had he part Of tho body In his
possession. and whom the witness replied
that he had portion Of the skull, Mr..
hicharls Tor the usfence commanded tho
wttne,s to stop Addressing the court
Mr. Richards said before the state coulI
attemp' to examine the witness ~ to what
portion OF Mrs. WaiinOe's body he had In
his possession, II WAS nsosssary that Mr..
cooper should iirsb prove that the skull
REFERRED to was Mrs Wallacs's Mr.. Coon
or replied that hs was prepared to ptovs
the Identity Of the SKULL, and turning 20
Dr. McCoiley a ksd him whoss skull he
had. He replied Mrs Wallace's, He had
removed u shortly after hsr death and 1t
has since been il hts possession. The do
fence did not object to the testimony.
Continuing DR.. McCoIley said his ex-
animation Of tho body disclosed the sxis.
tenoe Of nine lacerated wounds ON the
scalp and face. Six con u.sd wounds
were also found on the face and body.
Witness found four fraol urss Of the skull
and Tour more fractures In the bones OF
the face. Among the facial injuries were
broken nose ahu fractured law bone.
VI the wounds ON tho head lr. McColley
said any ons would have produced death.
A fracture at the base Of the skull, which
measured three Inches long and one iuch
wide, could not have been produ ced BY
one blow Of u hammer the witness be-
lisvod. This fracture was GU Tho frontal
bous.
All tho wounds could not have besn In
nicCsd while the woman was in standing
Position. IL was his opinion that The wu-
man had been struck a. least fifteen times
ny some hiunt weapon, possibly a ham
NOR such W had been offered In evidence.
nc also found twU wounds on the fore
arms OF the unfortunate woman.
On cross examination he told Mr.. Rich-
ards That the Wounds on the arms could
have been Inflicted Ey the handle of such
hammer as the state presented, 1t was
his belief that Mrs. Wallace had received
the wounds on the arms while holding
her hands In IN upliftud position, Mr.
Richards asked II the deceased could not
have received the bruises by falling
against stove, to which question the
wltness replied that they could have been
but from tho position Of the body they
rouiu not have Desu received in this par
b.cular Case.
referring to the largo fracture of the
!ronlal bono which the doctor had told
Mr. Cooper could not have been inflicted
Dy one Dow from the hammer, tho wit.
ness SAID IN reply to Mr.. Richard . cues.
lion the extsnsivanass Of the area coy
':ed by the wound convinced him that
ne wound had been produced by several
blows.
Dr. J. Harvey Spruancs who assisted at
me po,t.lhortem examination also testified
10 the nature of the wounds.
Charles Walker said shortly before 8 |
% the house aud found the woman lying
ID her back, with her head In the fire. |
,iace. Thomas Wrench said he went by |
ne Wallace house about 2 80 o'clock In |
he morning, and saw Wallace and Mira.
'"rry In the yard. Wallace had a ham
ner and Ratchet in his hand. Mrs Perry |
vas gathering flowers.
Mag Istrate W. X Reynolds, Of Middle.
own, SAID he first saw Wallace In the Mt
station about Q O'clock on tho
lfternoon of the murder. He laid be had |
talk with the prisoner. The witness
aid 10 the prisoner: "Wull. old man, it
vas an accident, was it not. Did you
snow it WAS loaded?" Wallace said: Il did
'ot shoot her, hit her." The state here
ested.
AR, Richards opened for the defense He
Ii st defined tho degrees of murder. He
aid that in this case they would admit
ha' Harry Wallace killed Mary {. pe.ry,
nut will provo the killing was without
malice. Nj. Richards In closing said he
would ask for verdict OF manslaugh.sr