The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-09
INTEREST
REVIVED.

Chester, Feb 9-The. probable move
Ment Of the ica GU of tho river, and the
tnlk that the maJter of jurisdiction may
be brought forward into Unusual pr omi-
nence within the course OF few days. has
started the public to talking again, about
the Eyre mystery. Tho body Of the un.
fortuna 0 young man Is now roiting bs-
meath the sod, but the inquiry into The cir
Clilnsi anceS surrounding his death are
still on the lips of the great ma jory OF
the residtn OF this city.
Over in Jersey thoreis more interest be-
Ing taken in tie case than is generally
supposed aud the Delaware county uu-
thor.tes arc daily expecting hem TO take
some action in order to secure the prison.
ors, 50 that they can have the hearing in
that State 1t will be ru,nemb ered that
Coroner Miller, of Bridgeport, kept in his
possession the clothing worn by the de-
ceased, tho rope with which his legs wcro
tied and a stone attached, the shot, gun
wads and piece Of cap which were found
inside his skull at the autopsy, and all
other evidence Of that kind, which might
b. b ought in at IA trial. Prosecutor Starr
of gloucester county, practically dropped
any claim to tho case, but now ii is prob
= lie thai the grand jury will taSs some
40 lon In tho matter.
no report on the street is that the a.
to neys tor the Pierce boys would much
prefer having tho case tried 10 Dtliwho
county. 1t is known that the prisoners
have many enemies on the Jersey shoio,
and for that reason 1t is fca' cd hat they
would not have fair trial. As yet thero
has been no action taken by those on tho
other side of the river bu' it would not
surprise the people II some claim was soon
pres ,ntel as they firmly bellows that tho
crime WAS committed on Calwailader Is
land It such can 81 proven the New Jersey
authorities would PROFESSIONALLY have
jurisdiction in the case.
Tho leo in the river was slowly disap-
pearins Yesterday and the rain had n good
effect in hnstcnlng its departure, and it is
exp cited that by this mUrning,iL will have
almost entirely disappeared.
ARRANGEMENTS wers made yesterday for
private searching party, which will start
out frnm this city to day, and il the ice is
not 100 thick in tho vicinity OF Raccoon
crock, they will once more 5 art to drag.
IL hopes Ct finding the missing sliif Of
George b. Eyre. If the ice Is too heavy
for successful dragging, they vial make u
search Of tho shores to SEQ If the skiif has
been turned up by ths leo and is lying
somewhere along the shore.
L. is a strange hing thar II heavy fog has
tendency to make lea sink and for that
reason it i. thought that they viii not be
troubled to any great extent by Surface
ice, ana VIII Do aD!o 10 sail around WIFI
out any particular trouble. The party will
DO trictly private and not even the police
wi l be on board the boat.
In contradici0 ion 20 tho testimony pre-
aented at tho hearing of the Pierce bows
by Mary Cowan. who states hat Jim
Pierce was in Wilmington on Friday and
Saturday nights, December 2!nd and 23rd,
with her, Mrs. Jeremiah German, of No.
7O5 Crosby street, states hat sho was talk
ing to jim Pierce in Chester on the Fri
day night in question and is positive that
hb was in Chester at that time.
There was mysterious young man
with Eyre on tho Wednesday evening be-
TO G no disarp' q, d, AMI although efforts
have been made, his identity has not ~
yet bseu discovered. They were seen to.
gether on Mnrkci street, III this city, but
rs yet he, or anybody that know him, mas
come forward.