Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-12-12

peIsuIls, whose iule TAX occurs in the cnse OF
any defendant charged with crime In cases
which the public generally may take an in.
| terest
That she application of the said John
Lynn tc change the venue for the trial OF
the case against him, as shown by the De-
| utior and atidasits of the said John Lynn
ana tie SAID supporting atfidavits, Is based
upon facts most inconclusively shown, and
1t shown, wholly Inadequate In Law to sup
| port the same. Herbert II. Ward,
Attorney General.
Mr.. Ward offered numerous atildavits,
one from Clerk of the Peace Quigley
showing that Gregg, Wilson, Gurrinder,
! McCls aud Gamble were county en-
J. Dyes and atiidavits from citizens OF
Delaware City, citizens oil Brandy " inc
hundred and citizens of Christiana
hundred and citizens of other parts OF
the county, saying that Lynn could
have fair and impartial trial Ia til q
county, ana two from the Citizens
COMMITTEE of Fifty, saying that its
purpose is to secure better government
and Co aton misappropriation OF money
and that its purpose is not the prose.
cution of John Lynn,
lie read also an a'fidavit from Levy
Courtman Chandler denying a portion
of the affidavit of James keenan, with
reference to Chandler 8 statement con
ce'ning Lynn. Chandler declares TINT
he suggested that Lynn ought to resign
from the Levy Court, but that it was a
| friendly suggestion.
Daniel Dohl made affidavit denying a
portion OF the affidavit of William
Gamble and averring that he had
spoken alphabetically Of Lynn.
The affidavits alleging that Lynn
could have fair and impartial trial in
this county, Contained the following
names, each paragraph representing one
affidavit:
Thomas L. Talley, Jr., James q.
Talley, Eli b. Talley, Nathan Lieber.
man, j. Bail Peirue, Lewis Graves,
Lewis f. Tailey, John NJ. q. Prince,
Charles Miller, Cyrus f. Mousley,
William ii. Lloyd, John W. Talley,
Robert F. Lyman, u. jackson Peirce,
notary public).
William .. Prettyman, John A.
Myers, Paul Gillis, William II. Hancker,
| Alexander Baxter. David Len5z, Henry
Ii. Moore, Thomas T. Il. Clark, L. A.
Othoson, James T. Morrison, Il. L.
Chase, James E. Biggs. John E. v.
Platt, Charles ", Gooding, notary
| publicL
Stewart A. Fritts, Sylvester D. Town
send, Francis Mclntirs, Charles W.
Jefferson, Il. G. Reybold, J. Thomas
Price, Clement Reeves, Thomas q.
Reeves, o. w. Pancoast, George W.
Reybold, William A. jester, William
A. Price, +. s. Duniop, Frank Bel
vile, William d. CLARK, +. A. Pen
nington, W. Eugene Reybold, George
III. Foard, (James J. Bradley, notary
| publiol.
| Joseph Dean, James b. Appleby, Il.
W. Dawson, George W. Lindsay, ii. S.
NJ. Kollock, Ehen X. Frazer, s. NJ.
Curtis, George 6. Evans, Robert
Motherall, NJ. NJ. MotherHll, S. M.
Donnsll, Lewis Sasse, notary publiol.
| y. ID. Groome. James II. Polk, W.
4. Gallahsr, John M. Mendinhall,
William Chandler, Samuel S. Mccoy,
Thomas Pilling. Richard T. 'Pilring,
b. T. Duncan, Edward Woodward,
| (Wilkin L. Strahorn, notary public.
William Ferris. John p. Almond,
Thomas l.. Lawson. George II. Ash,
John q. Brison, Henry N. Barlow,
George T. Barlow, William A.. Gal
laher, John Rumsr, John Hatton,
William Q. Draper, Andrew l.. John
son, Herbert X. Watson, John S.
Browkan, William NJ. Kennard, John
X. Lambson. Samuel Guthrie Cleaver,
Mark NJ. Cleaver, Vim. X. Crosby, Y.
JAS. Belt, Henry Hopes, Geo. w. Groves,
John u. Fisher, Joseph p. Williams,
Plummer II. Leach, Frederick II. Fem,
Thomas Green, George w. McCaulley,
Thomas A. Sharpe, Charles Cardwell,
Thomas Cardweli, William ii. IIlackjs.
ton, David Curlett, David 4. Curlett,
j. jackson PeIrce, Robert Cameron.
George r. Townsend, George c. Maris,
Howard N. Fulton, Thomas Tatnall,
Taliaferro @. Bradford, Elwood Soudsr,
| William W. Pritchett. notary publiol.
DR. Robert r. Greenleaf, William
Wilson, Jr. DR.. Joseph II. Chandler,
tThomas X. Laily. notary publicl.
j.. Atwood WeldIn, Robert +. Wilson,
Delaware A. Sharply, William A: Illus
bands, John q. Husbands, John Pas
ohall, William r. Le.iokson, Charles
w. Day, benjamin Fraim, John f,
Kay, Clarence Fraim, Eihu Talley,
Pussy p. brown, DR.. +. Harvey Day,
John L. McCrea, Curtis TalIey, j.
Hepburn Talley, Wills Passmore, Min.
shall HInkson. William H. Hipkson.
Thomas l.. Talley, ID. Jackson Feirce,
notary rubliol.
The following signed aflldavits as
members OF the Citizens Committee of
Fifty:
Lewis W. Brosius, J. b. Martin, A.
$. Reed, Charles Beadenkopi, A.. H.
Saylor. Edwin Kershaw, Henry @.
English, Francis MoCloskey. David
Ferris, W. Scott Vernon, Hugh @.
Browne. notary publioj.
Walter d. Bush. Lewis p. Bush,
Edward T. Belts. George X. Hofrecker,
john }. McGovern, Townsend w. Miller,
Ben iamin Il. shaw, Alfred Gawthrop,
Charles B. Doueherty, John s. Mullin,
Jr., Henry b. Thorn aon, Alfred ID.
Warner, Henry W. Suisse, Stephen @.
Singleton, William u. Clayton, N, B..
CIlbeit. William John Hogan, Thomas
H.. Melvin, Hugh U. Browne, notary
public1.
William F. Kurtz, DR.. Peter W.
Tomlinson. Howell s. England, Jesse
X. Baylis, William z. Bancroft Frank
Taylor, Peter }. Ford. James b. Oberly,
John +. Nields, Arthur W. Spruenc
]. Harvey Whiteman George A. Elliott,
W. 4. Lyman, john S. RosselI, George
Q. Morton, jerome I, Be-, Charles
q. Dubell, Leonard Heiss, Hugh u.
Browne notary publicI.
The affidavits OF the members of the
Citizens Committee aver that the full
end and purpose of the organization is
the general reform of municipal and
county government, and not the prose
oution of any particular person; that
u has no members residing outside the
city that in furtheranca oil the OBJ jects
the committee has employed j. Harvey
Whitemau as its counsel with Eowef 10
employ a detective or detectives "a
assist him 10 furthering the said pnr-
poses: that the deponents know OF nc
reason why Lynn may not or cannot
have lair and iulnartial trial hara