The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-12

Winans Hull, of Carbondale, the
young man accused of being the SLAYER
of Edwin Schoonover. of Scranton, after
a hearing before Justice Robert A.
Smith, of Honesdale. yesterday fore
noon, was committed to the Wayne
county Jail, on the charge of murder,
to await the action of the grand Jury.
The hearing took place at 10 o'clock
in the grand jury room in the court
house at Honcsdale.
| When the Carbondale party of wit
nesses reached the Maple city on the
Delaware and Hudson train, due at
Honesdale at $50, it gave new turn
of interest to the gossip about the case.
and as the party sauntered to the court
house 1t was Joined along the route by
the curious ones, and when the court
house was reached there was a good
sized assemblage. District Attorney
Lawrence NJ. Atkinson, whose youthful
looking face, by the way, was some
what of surprise to the visitors who
have been accustomed to looking upon
Older and graver men in the Office that
he holds, anticipated there would be a
fiocking to the hearing, and he fore
stalled an uncomfortable crowding of
| the trial room by issuing admission
| cards, which were dealt out with a
sparing hand. The result was a happy
one, for there were not more than two
| score persons in the grand jury room,
where the hearing took place.
TAKEN TO COURT HOUSE.
Hull was taken from his cell in the
little stone Jail that is built on the
nf q asl ta ri, nj
hustled into the court house through
the rear entrance by Sheriff Arm
bruster.
Hull was handcuffed and was bare
headed. He wore no coat, and on this
| occasion, like on the others when he
has appeared in public since his arrest,
he was using tobacco. This time he
had a cigar. which he nervously puffed
and chewed until it was a soggy bit.
after which he threw it into the GUS
pidor, following it with a cigarette of
his own manufacture.
Hulrs father was about the court
| house, and when the prisoner had
| taken his seat the old man sat beside
his manacled son and talked earnestly
with him until the hearing was about
| to be opened. The elder Hull left the
| room, but returned in a few minutes,
bringing with him the prisoners mother
| and his aged grandmother. The latter
| took seats on the opposite side of the
| room. directly across from the accused.
a position which brought them squarely
| in the vision of Hull, whenever he
| raised his eyes, which was seldom for
nearly the whole of the time they were
downCast.
Hull was charactcristically cool, II
| might be said defiant and brazen, for
| he had nothing but sulen looks for
| those about him and made earnest ef-
| forts to ignore what was being offered
| against him.
| KNIFE AFFECTED HIM.
| There was only one occasion on which
| he affected any interest in the hearing.
This was when Captain Davis was tes-
tifyinG. Hull listened with an attcn-
! tive air, and he leaned forward in his
chair while the knife was being identi-
| fed by the witness. When the knife
was introduced into the trial and shown
| Mrs. Getz for her identification. Hull
was attentive for a minute, then he as
sumed his bravado air.
| District Attorney Atkinson was as
| sisted in the prosecution by Attorney
| A. II. Searles. Huh had no counsel,
| though before the hearing Hulls father
conferred with Attorney +. G. Num-
ford.
| At the table beside Justice Smith
were ex-Judge T. j. Ham, ex-Judge
| Henry Wilson and William Ham,
| brother of eX-Judse Ham.
| When the justice read the informa-
| ton charging Hull with murder, the
| defendant replied he had nothing to
say quickly shaking his head by way
| of emphasis.
The first witness was Dr. C. T.. Pow
ell, of Honesdale, the coroner of Wayne
county.
The coroner told of his having seen
| the body at Lake Lodore, on the spot
| where it was found early in the day,
| on Wednesday, June 26. He then went
| on to describe the wounds which were
four in number; two, one right next
| the other on the abdomen, one on the
neck, the last on the chin. The wound
on the neck involved the greater blood
| vessels and was one and five eighth
inches deep. The wound was from
right to left as if the knife We're plum
ged I'm while Schoonovers body was
turned slightly from his assailant. The
slit in the collar was slanted and the
blade of the knife identified as Hull S
fitted exactly into the opening.
CORONER'S OPINION.
The coroner gave as his opinion that
"the man was probably killed by a
knife. ! know of nothing else" con-
cluded the witness.
Miss Elida Schonover, daughter of
a
charged, followed tho coroner Miss
Schoonover keenly feels the death OF
her father to whom she was more de-
voted than ever after the burial of her
mother only "A few weeks ago, and heI
manner betrayed the sorrow that she
felt but which she bravely tried to put
| aside.
Miss Schonover told of her father
having left home on Wednesday, June
26, to go to Lake Lodore. She did not see
him after that, Miss Schoonover was
shown the knife slit collar and ex-
claimed as soon as she saw it, Yes, sir
| that's my fathers, and he wore it the
day he went away" She also identi,
fled the watch chain, and gave "A tear.
ful look as she handed it back to the
district attorney The watch chain
she saw her father wearing on the
morning of his departure and descrb,
ed how he wore it, attached to his
trousers. instead of in his vest as he
was wont to do This is the side oi
the trousers that was ripped so badly
Mrs. Matte Frost, of Binghamton. d
niece Of Schoonover, was called next
for the same purpose as Miss Schoon.
over to identify the collar and the
watch. This she was able to do since