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

found a 25.cent piece near the body. |
lie saw Daniel Bending az no came In |
the mill, Just as the " O'Clock whistle |
blew. bending afterward helped carry
in the body.
DIR. b. j.. Lewis. who with Drs.
Riley and Money made an autopsy, tes-
titled to finding bullet wound on the
left side OF the neck, which struck the
lower part of tire jawbone. passing
through the teeth, and coming out ON
tho opposite side. Death would not
necessarily have been caused by bullet
alone, as both Jaws were broken, which
indicated that death had resulted from
being struck with a blunt instrument,
such as an axe or bar. His brain and
heart we're found in normal condition.
The evidence of the other physicians
was similar to that Of DIR. Lewis.
Harrington, March l5.-The evidence
produceu at the afternoon session of
the coroner's inquest in the George W.
Hearn murder case yesterday, brought
out very little in addition to what had
already been known. Daniel j. Bend
ing, who is suspected OF being impli-
Gated IN the crime, WAS put on the
stand, hut gave an account of almost
everything done by him during the
day OF the murder. At the morning
session of the inquest, Thomas @.
Frame, an attorney from Dover ar
rived in Harrington and claimed to
represent the man Bending, having
peen retained by him or relatives.
Frame wished to keep Bending from
testifying, but the Jury informed him
that only on one condition could he be
excused and that was where his evil
denre would incriminate himself. Bend
ing decided to give his testimony,
which he did During the examination
OF Bending, J. e. Horney, one Of the
jurymen, was taken with an epileptic
fit and had to be removed to his home,
AS consequence of which the inquest
was adjourned until this morning at II
O'Clock.
Attorney General Herbert Fl. Ward
arrived yesterday morning and ordered
the removal of Hearn's heart, which
necessitated second postmortem ex
animation. The attorney generals idea
was to prepare for any further de-
velopments In the case.
After DR.. b. l.. Lewis had testified
concerning the injuries, Attorney Gen
eral Ward asked him IL he had not
held note Of Daniel Bending's.
THAT question is an improper one
here exclaimed the Rev. w. s.
Phillips, the foreman of the jury,
sharply. "'It is enc to be asked before
jury in court" Everybody looked at
the foreman of the jury with surprise
on their faces that showed in the
oountenance of the attorney general,
the grea:es of all. Mr.. Ward attempted
to say he thought the question proper
one and that he had asked it for the
purpose OF leading up to another ques-
tion, which was OF the utmost i'm.
portance, but the Rev. Mr.. Phillips
would not reoede from his position.
Mr.. Ward read the law relating to
the holding Of ooroner's inquests and
then leaned back In his chair re-
signedly. The tilt between the attor-
ney general and the Rev. Mr.. Phillips
/ has caused almost as much talk as the
murder Neither men would discuss
the affair beyond maintaining that they
were right.
But six OF the 20 witnesses summoned
| to appear before the coroner's Jury had
been examined when the afternoon ses-
| sion was adjourned. Three of them
were the physicians who performed the
| autopsy, ons was little Fannie HEX
tuuu, WIZ . bOuy
| lying back Of Thomas j. Bendipg's
house and fifth was the prisoner.
| Daniel consented to make voluntary
ststement of bis movements on Tuesday
morning. The last time he saw Hearn
alive was in the house before the fire.
| He left the house before 10 o'clock, he
said, going direct to the spoke factory,
and tarried there three fourths of an
hour oonversing with employees and
| QUITTING kindlirg wood. He took the
wood to the house, and returned within
three minutes. He chopped three or
| four more sticks of wood then went
4 into the engineroom of-the mill and
from there into the blacksmith shop
! While there man having a wagon
4 fixed gave IS bill in payment and
Daniel said ne got the money changed
at the office for the man. He then
! tiaversed back into the spoke mill and
the engineroom, and while not recall
ing whether he looked at the clock,
thought 1t was about IL O'Clock. He
picked up the wood and carried it to
the house. Vivian asked him il he
would carry Thomas Eendiug 's dinner,
which ne did, coming right back from
the mill aud eating dinner with Vivian.
She wondered whore Mr.. Hearn was
1 After dinner Daniel said he went to
the saw mill to get rub of snuff and
also chopped OFF some red oak bark to
make an ointment for his nose. He
was about leaving the mill when Sadie
Hickman found the body and gave an
alarm. Daniel said he and Harrington
rushed to the place where the body was
and they started with other persons to
follow the tracks In the soil. He said
the tracks they followed looked as II
one shoe had piece across the sole.
The tracks led to hole in the fence
and up toward the mill Daniel said
that last week he had seen an unknown
coored man standing near the pigper
and almost at the spot where the muir.
dered man was found. Daniel denied
that he had followed old man Hearr
from the House.
Daniels story thus far was told with.
out anything contradictory. He was
cool and collected. His testimony az
to the character OF the footprints is al
direct variance with the statement Of
John A. Harrington, who said there
were no characteristic features about
the imprints traced. The tracks
described by Bending correspond tc
those made by his own shoes.
9Did you ever have any business
transactions with Mr.. Hearn?" in
/ quired Mr.. Phillips.
Eyes, once; but don't want to tel
Of it,r replied Bending. II don't want
to expose myself. I" 'tr M
"Did you owe him any money on the
day he was killed." continued Mr..
Phillips.