Evening journal., 1899-09-18
COURT OPENED TO-DAY
Grand Jury Sworn In and One
True Bill Returned.
ONLY ONE JUROR WAS EXCUSED

AFTER BEING IN SESSION FOR A
FEW MINUTES THE JURY PRE-
SENTED A TRUE BILL AGAINST
HENRY JOHNSON. CHARGING
HIM WITH LARCENY.
There is an unusually large criminal
docket to be disposed Of by the Sep
tember term Of the courts of General
and oyer and Terminer, which
convened to-day. 1t includes lis cases
of all grades. from murder to carry
ing concealed deadly weapons.
The judges sitting are Chief Justice
Charles B. Lore and Associate Justices
James Pennewill and William Il.
Boyce. Judges Grubb and Spruance are
the alternates.
The May term grand jurors are serv-
ing, and these are the petit and ad-
ditional jurors:
PETIT JURORS.
Appoquinimink hundred-walter e.
Hart, William b. weldin, Jacob s..
Vandyke.
Blackbird-Jesse J. Nickerson, James
II. Roberts.
st. Georges-Herman Cochran, David
l. Allen, Purnall L. McWhorter.
Brandywine-Uriah T. Pierce, Harry
weldin.
Christiana-John p. Hearn, John
Acuhy, Thomas Dilworth.
Mill Creek-william r. Eastburn,
Wilson Currinder, Thomas Walker.
New Castle-John Moody, Frank
White, William Martin.
Pencader-A. r. Paxson, Henry ISen-
dell
Red Lion-samuel l.. Kidd, John
Crompton, James Alfrey.
White Clay Creek-Charles Donnelly,
George D. Medill. James L. Walker.
Wilmington-Harry A. Miller, James
Monaghan, William A. Alexander.
ADDITIONAL JURORS.
Appoquinimink hundred-william
w. Draper, Joseph p. Pritchard.
Observation-Disclosures F. Wright,
Charles w. Jones.
st. Georges-Joseph Geary, Joseph A.
Evans.
Brandywine-John c. Webster, Hum.
Iphrey w. Clark.
Christiana-Thomas J. Crawford, Ell
liner Mace.
| Mil Creek-Alonzo Newlin. J. Lesli,
ITalley.
New Castle-Richard McGinn, Lewis
Duncan.
Pencader-william H. Sterling, ,PhiliT
Boys.
Red Lion-James A. Mulligan. A. B
ICook.
White Clay Creek-William P
Graves, Frank w. Morrison.
| Wilmington-Court c. Montgom
cry, William T. Groves, William File
Charles O'Connor.
The liquor license applicants made
affidavit to the legal correctness o
their applications, the new places ap
piled for being as follows:
George w. Butler, Christiana.
Charles E. Barrett, St. Georges.
} Dennis Dougherty, southwest corne
OF Scott street and Lowering avenue
Wilmington.
Richard F. Mcguire, druggist, Twen
; ty-third and Market streets, Whining
ton.
Theodore Meter, wholesale. Fift
and Shipley streets, Wilmington.
Harry Ramsberger, wholesale, south
t west corner Of Sixth and Madison
streets, Wilmington.
The case Of Montylaoo A. Cole tn
! canadian dental student OF the Univer
= sity of Pennsylvania, who is accused q
: the murder Of William A. Montague, q
q Wyoming, because Of jealousy owe
; Edna Wilson, will probably be consid
= cred after the smaller cases have bee
: disposed Of. On the night OF May
last Cole came to this city, and, NEE
!. ling Montague and the woman comm
n out Of a saloon, he struck him over III
head with a baseball bat, inflicting Il
tai injuries. Since then Cole and II
woman have been confined in New Ca
- tie Jail awaiting trial. There are tv
e witnesses to the killing-Edna Wilsc
d and William Moore. The woman hs
!, been leading a gay life, and it is sa
= she had promised to marry both Co
m and Montague. Cole will be defend'
a by Walter H. Hayes and S. d. Tow
"a send, Jr.
az Lee Dugan, colored, who attempts
to kill colored woman at Eleven
and Tatnall streets, will be tried,
will also John Lemon for selling liqV
.l- illegally.
A case in which cirmumstanti