Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-14

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tack?'' he asked.
II believe they could" answered
DIR. McCoiey.
He stated that the only way he could
account for these wounds was that the
woman was being struck with some
thing and that several blows were
struck.
DIR. McColley next took up the
wounds as whole and testified that
there we're nine laoerated and six con-
fused wounds on the head and body.
Thirt teen wounds were on the head and |
face. The confused wounds might have |
been made by the fist. The lacerated |
wounds could not have been made by |
the fist
On the head and face were eight |
fractures. Fiist, on the forehead, three
by one and one fourth inches; second,
| left side of head; third, right side of
head fourth, about the temple; fifth,
back of the eye; sixth, from forehead
to the base of the brain; seventh, jaw
broken on left side; eighth, bridge OF
nose broken.
In reply to Mr.. Cooper, DIR. Nc
Coley said that any one of three
wounds on the head would have caused
death. He thought il would have
4 taken more than one blow to have
caused the main wound on the FORE
head. One blow in each instance
might have been sufficient to have
made each of the Others.
"In your Judgment as physician,
speaking of the conditions as you
found them, how many blows with an
instrument such as lies on the table
Ia hammer) must that woman have re-
ceived?" asked Mr. Cooper.
IL klr.
doctor.
Hs said also that he Thought either
Of the three principal wounds would
have knocked the woman of her feet,
and ii would not have been possible
for her to have stood in an upright
position and received all the wounds.
Unjust not these three wounds have
been made while the person was held
in an upiight position unconscious or
after falling to the floor unconsciousl"
Yes, sir. !"
The skull was admitted in evidence.
On cross examination by Mr..
/ Richards, DIR. McOolley said there
were no incised wounds. He did not
think the wounds on the arms would
1 have been caused by fall against the
+ stove. w.
DIR. j. Harvey Spruance, who assisted
in the post norton, oorroborated the
4 testimony of Or. McColley. He was
/ examined by Attorney General White.
4 The woman's internal organs were
4 testified to have been normal.
n On ci REORGANIZATION by Mr..
/. Richards, DR.. Spruance said that a
I fall upon an instrument like ham
( mer could hardly have caused the
4 Ella Smith was recalled and asked
n az to how the body of Mrs. Wallace
2 was lying when she first saw it. She
n said the woman was fiat on her back.
/. She said also that the post norton was
made on Mrs. Wallace.
It Charles Walker of Thorougbfare
/. Neck, Blackbird hundred, testified
d that he saw man about 10 minutes
d before O'Clock the morning of Nov EN-
!. be1 9th, but did not know it was Wal
d lace. Ella Smith had pointed him ou
!. as Wallaca Walker did not hear an,
i scream;s But he went to the house ane
,e found Mrs. Wallace there dead, lyins
:. on her back, her head in tine fireplace
a He believed she was dead.
! As to the man he saw, Walker sait
Re he was possibly more than a quarter o
r. mile away and he could not sa,
,e whether he was black or white. HI
Of was going pretty good gait.
M Thomas Wrench of Blaokbiid hun
ar dred testified that he went by the Wal
,e lace house between 7.30 and O'Clock
re saw Mrs. Wallace gathering flowers j
er the front yard, and Mr.. Wallace in tn
40 yard astride Of the shaft of three
e. horse drill. Wallace had hammer O
an Ratchet 10 his hand
3. Magistrate William R. Reynolds G
We Middletown testified that he saw Wa
10 lace at Mt. Pleasant on the afternoo
as of November 9th, and shook hand
e. to go back to Middletown with hin
he Wallace said he expected that b
he would.
al Then Mr.. Reynolds said; swell Of
NV man, l guess it was an accident, WASH
ds it? Didn't you know it was loaded?
Or, ~ did not shoot her." said Wallace
be II hit hel.
M At the conclusion of the cios
in examination of Mr. Reynolds, IL
hes State rested.
pr, MIR. Richards opened for the defenc
rs. 1--WE admit" he said, ''that Harl
he Wallace, the prisoner at the bar, di
ID. kill Mary Perry, otherwise known
ok Wallace, who was known as his cor
~. mon law wife; but We say TO you al
oss we think we can prove to your sati
nd faction that that killing was commit,
ey. without any malice in the mind
aw Harry Wallace"
av- Mr.. Richards related the story
oh Wallaee's actions on the fatal fnornin
ner While the prisoner was in the kitch
ess after some nails, something was sa
is. between him and the woman about
horse which negro on the place b,
till driven very hard.
ad- Wallace asked the woman to gi
him $40 he had in his pocket of h
in money, as he wished to go to Philad
for phia.
sh, mo, l wont give you the sl0," 8
lille replied. .It's mine and you cal
The have it, and / feel more like KILL
Iool you than giving you $40 this morning
ng, With that she picked up hamn
zee, and threw 1T at him. He lodged, Il
ker it struck him on the shoulder Th
lrs. she came towards him in menaci
in! attitude He struck her in the ff
with his fist and she fell to sofa a
ace, then to the floor. She got up and to
him the hammer in both hands and came
him again. He grasped the hamn
she and both struggled for it's possessit
" it Finally he wrenched it away from
i'm and struck her with it. Beyond tn
q to Wallace would say that he kn
nothing, being infatuated by passi
!. by reason of the attack upon him
the the woman. Afterwards he realis
ley, that he had either killed the won
5 he or seriously injured her. He decit
Mrs. that he would come to New Castle Q
lood give himself up to the sheriff. 81
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