The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-26
PIERCE HAD
"W0MAN HERE
And Friends Say He Gave
Her Much Money and
a Gold Watch.

Jim Fierce, one OF no alleged MVruerPrS
of George ID. Eyre at Chester, Pa lind for
whom The poiice baye b,sn hunting for
some time was located here yesterday.
1t was leartsi that Pierce lately has been
giving her IL number of prosentsd Chief
OF Polico Berry was notified that the wo-
man was in this cl,y,
The right name OF the girl Is said to be
Mary Cowan, and she came from Chester,
whers Pierce knew her. For several
months past she has b en- lvingin in this
city at tho house OF May Davis. on Jof.5
nail street, She went there under tic
namo of A ics Dawson,
Chief of Police Berry oame here for an
interview. but the girl bal gone 20 Chester
to sea him there She could not be found
last night.
Myrtle Lane, who lives In an Orange
street house and who Is u cbum of the
Cowan girl, told of the presents she, had
received from .Pieree, and other inmates
corrobo"ateu her. For q shori time Try
Cowan lived in the Orange street place.
On Dcccm ber 27 the Cowan woman show
oil a gold watch, pair of new shoes and
elk dress which she said jim Pierce had
given her.
Pierce was FREQUENT visitor at the
house. Ono of the girls remarked to Mary
that she would ba afraid to receive pre-
scnts from Pierce, as hs was suspected OF
Eyre. The .Cowan girl seemed greatly
worried over this and loft the house. She
wns zone lvr several hours, and when she
returned she was araiu asked about tho
watch, This was on Sunday night.
The Cowan girl said the CRYSTAL Of the
watch was broken and she had taken 1t
out TO be repaired When it was Suggest
cd that it was Sunday, and none OF the
store, we're open. sbe replied that she had
,,ho
would fix it,"
The Cowun girl is also said TO have
known Eyre, but the women In the house
said Jhey had never heard that u IRE had
visited her After the arrest of Pierce for
stealing tho boat in Chester the Cownn
girl talked considerably about the case
and snid she did not believe Jim had any.
thing TO do with it.
The fact that Pierce was giving the wo-
man presents cnused much com,ncnt, but
tho Cowan elrl explained it by saying
that "Jim had plcn ' of money!"
Tt was nj 30 reporteh that tho Cowau girl
had remarke that she saw Pierce with Il
pawn ticket for watch, on which he had
raised $35, it is believed, in Philadelphia.
Tho name of Layi, H. was said, was on this
ticket, and it is supposed to be pawn
broker in Philadelphia.
A few da,s after receiving the watch
the Cowhn girl left the I'ntnall street
house and went to live with Nellie Thorn
IN Orange street. When she left Tatnnll
street the proprietor would not allow hsr
tn tnke he watch with her saving that ii
belonged to Eyre Nonio Thorn sent her
back again and the watch was given tc
the Cowan girl,
When thc body of Eyre was fopnl and
If was learned that his watch and ring
were missing NAV Davis at once thought
that tho VIA oh the Cowgan girl had was
Ev,c's She and a friend named Goslyn
has been tryi,p TO make capital out of this
and Goslyn has been irving to sell this in.
formn ian TO th5 new papers for $500, saw
ing ti,ey had enough evidence to hang
lin Pierce. Chief Berry said Yesterday
while here that Goslyn had also been try.
i,a1to svll -lls,n The Information for $500
INN atesf III the Orange street house laid
tonignt tha, tho watch the eCowan alri had
lacked like wo,nan's timepece of Eold or
gold filled. and was comparatively now.
Chester, Pa, Jan. 25.-For three m!nu-
tes lanes Pierce. Jr. and Amos Pierce,
nopularly know us "Pinney" Pierce, stood
M the rnilinr in tho hearing room df the
City Hall this morning. while Alderman
the warrant charging them with tho
murder Of George b Eyre.
District AttoIney Josiah Smith asked
that ibe brorino 6e postnoned mill to-
,nnrrnw of ernoon. and LAWYER Josepb
RI Hin,,son counsel for the nccuseti
brothors readily agreed to II.
Tina room was crowded when the prison.
ers were brought in by two policem Gu. In
M,vnr .Jeffries' office wareJ PierceSr. tho
father of tho two men. their sister Annie
md Mr,. Pierce. wife Of James Pierce.
Other friends and relatives of the two
nri .oner, were gathered at be7hall
In the yard. in The rsar of tho mupicipaI
hriIdino big crowd cnnoreoated and
the was n craninp of uecks when the
two nrsnncrs were fairly rushed from the
iit,Is iniI n tho boaring room. Thc br0-
,hars nndded rioht and left to numerous
nrnuain, ancns and n smile ulayed about
,ha face of onch' VIII m th " W ,re arrsiYn ed
ond ncitbar nrjsoner annaarel muol, con-
cernnd aver lis nrodicament,
,'pirnavn pierca who i. n c,nsu,nntive
wbila snn;awhnt nnle' did not look hke n
ner.on suffering from that wasting disease
""'Tim A" piercn, who swnouei last hight
soon after his arrest. maintained hlscom-
nosurn law
p' idormnn Smith road the comp,al Int To
tba nrisoners, setting forth that nBsfore
ma ,hn suhscriber nm Alderman of the
cIty ~ Chcstsr narsonnllv nnne,rod
Thnmns # Kerry Chief of p1lice of said
ritv NJ Chester WHO boInu duIy sworn nc.
corlino to INV. saws that from Information
whirh hc In, rccniv,d and which hs br.
loives TO be- true, James Pierce and Amos
pierce did On ,he oi # div Of Denembor. A
u 1900 in ,he countv Of Delaware nfor.
ana mri,wi,,I,v fslnn,ouslv and wll,fnilv
and of thnir mnj;ca nfnrc-thnnyht dids xiii
and,mnrdar Gaorgo r. Eyrc,
"n i;.,rict A,tornev Smith nsksd that tbs
hca,ing ~, over until to.morrow aftor-
monn at s n,rlorl hy r,asnn oF sSi,e dif,i.
cn,rv IN nrocnrjpg wj,nNss,s Attorney
ii ii;ni so, "a pa'.ou,esnna II Will ,grac tn n
nnstnnna,nont ; be said ..nrovi,inp Won
mnl,o pv'kn r. no rnn,foIisb,a hare far sPinn "
p,src, N os s nossi,,n Van know ba /, in
dcl;cnts henlth nnd Tho accommodntion,
hcro for .icl, porsons are mono tha bsst."
i've viii Soc lint be i, given proper Mt.
toptinr y renlird ihe nrosecntor
TLcn ,be two u,isonrrs w,rs escorted
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