Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-03-21

Join them in Wilmington, as Mrs. Bend
ing refuses TO return to Harrington.
L. would be necessary for bin to have
money to show his wife he could
properly support her before he could
hope for a reconciliation.
1t III intimated that Detective Mo-
Vey and Attorney General Ward have
secured some damaging evidence.s An
empty shell Of 32-calibre revolver has
been found lying at the side gate of the
home of Emma Weihle, the girl who
heard the pistol shot ring through the
grove at IL. 40 O'Clock.
Harrington, March Is. = The coroner's
inquest in the case of George W.
Hearu resumed it's work here this
at II o'clock. Robert Towns
end, colored, an employe in Flem-
ing's mill, testified to seeing Hearn
about 1890 O'Clock on Tuesday also,
he saw Bending several times during
the day about the mill, but didn't
notice anything unusual about him.
W. B. Fleming, manager of his
fathers mill, near whore the tragedy
occurred, testified seeing Hearn and
Bending on the morning of the murder.
Hearn was entering the gate and Bend
ing was going out. He noticed Bend.
ing looking around. Witness didn't
know whether Bending ever carried
revolver. ,...s
George Porter, another employe Of
the mill, was called, but could not
throw any important light on the case.
Charles Richards testified to seeing
Bending come into the. mill, but
couldn't say which way he entered.
Morris Kichline, assistant engineer
at the mill, testified to seeing Bending
and Hearn on the day of the murder |;
he also testified that week ago Daniel
bending came into the mill and during
conversation asked him (Kichllne)
how it felt to be hanged. Kiohline's
reply was that he didn't know how it
felt Bending continued by saying that
after mans neck was broken he
didn't suffer. Kichline stated that he
thought the conversation was funny at
the time.
George Jester another employee of
Fleming's mill, and one of the most
important. testified that he had had q
conversation with Hearn on Saturday
last, during which Hearn stated that
Daniel Bending owed him 500 and he
Who uu5dHJ dbout RetbiuB III alootu
stated that he bad tried on several
occasions to get Bending to fix it up
but he had refused, Hearn telling
Bending that he was soon to leave for
Maryland and wanted the money.
Hearn told the witness that he didn t
want Bending to know that he lHearn)
was going to work at the mill again,
which be expected to this week.
Mrs. Bending, mother of the Hus-
pected man, was the next witness called,
but her testimony showed no new de-
velopments, she accounting for the
money loaned her son as money earned
by her.
Harrington, March 16. The coroner'e
jury in the case of aged George w.
Hearn brought in this verdict yesterday
afternoon: Resolved, That George w.
Hearn came to his dsath as the result
Of gunshot and other wounds inflicted
by person or persons unknown to the
jury. !"
Thus the jury does not implicate
Daniel Bedding, the suspected man,
but he was held to await the decision
Of the State authorities as to whether
there IL enough in the case TO allow a
prosecution of him. They will prob.
ably decide today. In case Bending is
held for trial. his attorney, Thomas 9.
Frame, will bring habeas corpus pro-
ceedings for his release.
At the sitting Of the jury yesterday
afternoon, Bending was rut on the
stand to relate the financial transac.
tions he had had with Hearn. AT FIRST
he said he had nothing further to add
to his original statement. II REFUSE
to make statement of my dealIngt
with Hearn," he declared, in response
to a question from the Row. Mr..
Phillips, the foreman.
eff the gentlemen will permit me, y
said Lawyer Frame, arising, 1.-THE
statutes say this man can make vol
untary statement. You have no righi
to CROSS examine him. ] appear as his
counsel.
"You are not appearing before us al
his COUNSEL snid Foreman Phillips
"We aie not cross examining Mr..
Bending. Amy man with ordinary
understanding would know that.
Thank you,' retorted Mr.. Frame
indignantly. II don't want you TO tall
to me that way
Thus the incident closed and Bending
suddenly changed his mind and yolun
teered further statement. 81 had S2i
of my own money! he said. ~ cam
tell how got that. The S75 l got ou
of bank on Dr. Lewis and Mr.. Masten't
note. | did not have it, | put the s1Ot
in my mothers hands, didn't wan
to put it in bank. I might have died
and the one / wanted to get the money
might not have got it,"
Ibid you borrow money from you
muther?" inquired Juror Harrington.
:" won't say replied Bending. III,
went no further in his statements anG
the jury retired to deliberate.
Bsnding's testimony in this respec
is Numerically opposite to the testi
mony of his aged mother, who sale
Daniel did not give her 500, but onl,
part of that amount. Most Of tn,
500 she gave him, she said, was hel
own money.
Thomas Fleming told how abou
| three weeks ago he and the prisoner
had chat. Bending all at once thrus
his right hand into his hip pocket ant
exclaimed:
Say, Tom, could have shot 20,
once and you would never have knowI
who did it. You didn't know then tina
had pistol.
Bonding has all along claimed tina
he never carried revolver or pistol
DIR. b. L. Lewis, to whom Bending pait
the S75 few hours after the murdered
mans body was found, swore that thi
money was all in So bills, with the ex
ception of one and possibly two S1t
bills. The money that Mr.. Hear
always carried around with him was il
bills of larger denomination, one o
them being . 500 bill, another So