Evening journal., 1899-09-21
COLE ARRAIGNED.
Murderer of William Montague
Before the Court.
TRIAL BEGINS NEXT WEDNESDAY

FOR If CONDITIONS REMAIN
THE SAME.
Yesterday afternoon Montylaoo A..
Cole was brought from New Castle
jail to the Court House, the grand
jury having indicted him for the mur-
der Of William Montague. of wyom-
ing.
Five typewriter pages were covered
in the Indictment, which contained
three counts. 1t gives the time Of the
assault as May II, and says that the
victim died on May p. The injuries
were inflicted by a wooden stick, val
ued at fifty cents. Two wounds were
described, one on the left side of the
head one inch deep and three inches
long, and the other on the right side
of the head one inch deep and one
inch long. The indictment charges
that without the fear of God before his
eyes, and moved and seduced by the
instigation of the devil, Montylaoo
A. Cole did Seloniously, wilfully, and
with express malice aforethought,
commit murder of the first degree, the
|penalty of which is death.
The witnesses before the grand jury
were Edna Wilson, the woman over
whom the crime is said 10 have been
committed, William A. Moore, Henry
Keavin, Henry Chandler, William Ben
son. Carrie Smith, Bessie Gray, Isaac
V. England, ]. A. Purcell, Detective
Witsil, DR.. John Palmer, DR.. D. ]. Me-
Colley. DR.. H. w. Briggs, DR.. ]. w.
Bastian, John Wentruf and Detective
Mcvey.
Cole was not arraigned yesterday af-
tsrnoon, but will be to-day soon after
ourt opens. He will probably be tried
next week, as the jury for the Court
of Oyer and Terminer has been dis
charged until Monday morning at Il
O'Clock.
The Court of Oyer and Terminel
opened yesterday morning, and a spe
cial panel of jurors drawn. All answer
ed to their names, but James Mulligan
of Red Lion, and Courtland c. Mont
lgomery, OF this city, who were excused
ollie Wright, colored, was sentence'
to one months Imprisonment for shoot
ling a revolver in the public road. Clar;
Lewis, colored, who pleaded guilty t,
larceny, was sentenced to serve tw,
months in jail William Cubbase, col
ored, pleaded guilty to assaulting hi
mother-in-law, and was sent to Jail TO
hree months. John Gray, Frank Bay
lard and Benjamin Hinton, three small
colored boys, pleaded not guilty t
stealing 1900 pounds Of brass. Edwarl
Hinson was arraigned on the charge o
stealing some harness. He refused t
answer to this name, saying his nam
was Edward Winder. He was indict
ed under the name Of Windsr an
pleaded not guilty.
At 10 o'clock this morning Court q
)yer and Terminer was opened for tn
purpose OF arraigning Montylaoo A
p 'ole, charged with the murder of vii
+ lam A. Montague on May II, this yeal
+ lie was led to the court room by
uard OF two men, each bearing a speai
r and who sat in the docket with hir
T. while he was being arraigned. AS h
a was entering the docket Walter
Q Hayes, his attorney, reached forth hi
: hand and gave Cole a hearty hanC
! lshake The indictment, consisting
/ five typewritten pages, was again real
IL after which Walter H. Hayes and Sy
n vester Townsend, Jr, attorneys for Il
ir defendant, asked that the case
e brought up on next Wednesday Il
rial, to which Attorney General Viii
greed. Mr.. Hayes said that il thinl
emained as they are now no furth
N ontinuance would be asked for.
III ne Ndht VI JOnlA LNiAolf NAe W
to harged with selling liquor to minor
h the petition Of Walter H. Hayes, h
0, ttorney, was postponed until ne
B. term.
Il, Joseph Dugan was arraigned on 4
IS, barge Of the larceny of a revolver, I
,el property OF the Diamond State Ste
as Company, on May Is of this year. T
he first witness was Chief Of Police Dola
who was called to identify the revolv
but was unable to do so. Police Oi
AY .er Aiken, Isaac Brady, watchman
es- he company, and George Altman, W
m S the superintendent of the compal
o. Who were called upon to testify, wol
of lot say that the weapon submitted
he ourt as evidence was the cne stol
m Though it was very similar in appe
'ck ance. George Joyce said positiv
ra- that 1t was the pistol owned ny
yn, Diamond State Steel Company, q
that Dugan was the one who took
A..