Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

he said she had too much whisky to
stand up"
George Toppin said he was at Pcttit's
house when the officers drove up, but +
he did not know who they were. Il
heard one of the men say I've got
him, and another said chain him, .
he said, "and that is all | heard. -"
"What became of your" Mr. Reinhardt
asked. II ran out of the kitchen,
pretty quick, too" he replied. Il
went back of the barn and stayed there
of sight. He explained that he fled |
because he was afraid he would be ar
rested or would be called upon to assist
in making an arrest. He saw Mr.. |
Petit at the barn, but did not take
time to speak TO him.
Attorney Reinhardt stated that Top |
pin walked all the way from Newark
to this city to obey the summons and |
asked Magistrate Hollis to take his |,
mileage, so that he would receive his |
fee.
1t developed in conversation which |
followed that the county does not pay
such fees, whcreupon Mr.. Reinhardt
said he would take up that matter later
with the county.
Nellie Petit, aged Is years, Mr..
Pettit's daughter, said all she saw was
Chalmers standing in the rear of the
house with Watson, who was hand
cufled. She then ran upstairs and re-
manned until her father and Watson
had been taken away. She could hear
q scufle, however, and heard one man
fall. The next morning about 5 o'clock
one of the men came back and got her
fathers coat to take to him at Newark
~, Il
she saw all three of the men at her
father and heard the latter say he did
not want to fight in the house. She
did not know whether they were fight
ing or wrestling. The she ran upstairs.
Before the fight began, however, one
of the officers read Il warrant, but all
she heard in it was Samuel Watson"
Magistrate George ID. Medill, Justice
of the peace at Newark, testified that
Watson was fined by him on january
| 18th. On that day Mr.. Petit was
standing near the door in his office and
after witness was through with Watson
| he asked Constable Culinary if he had
any charge against Petit, and Col
mary said that he had none. The mag
istrate testified further that Culinary
| called on him on January 14th, during
the day, and said he believed Petit
was harboring Watson, and at Col
mary's request the magistrate gave him
a search warrant to search Pettit's
house if necessary. The constable
could have brought Petit in if he re
| sisted the officers but the officers pre-
ferred no charge against him.
In reply to Mr. Reinhardt, Magis-
| trate Medill said he was talking with
Culinary on the night of the arrest,
between and 9 o'clock, after the ar
rest had been made, and Culinary had
evidently been drinking but was not
drunk. Chalmer dose not drink. The
officers reported the arrest to him, and
were willing to go into a hearing then,
but witness said it was not convenient
for him and the witnesses against
Watson were not present, and he told
the officers to make the prisoners com
Portable. He thought the loch-up was
heated. That matter was in the hands
of the town council. Further, on
cross examination, the magistrate said
he understood that night that Petit
was arrested for resisting the officers,
who, he believed, were acting under
the search warrant.
State Detective Ratledge testified
to serving summonses on the accused,
and said when he made srrvice on
|
whether the trouble was not Il suit
of too much liquor, and Chall ), he
alleged, replied that that was the cause
of the trouble.
John Chalmers, the town officer,
swore that Culinary was not drunk.
neither were the Others He denied
telling the detective, when the latter
served the summons, that "there was
too much liquor aboard. He alleged
! that he said, in reply to the detective S
question, that he did not know.
! Constable Thomas Culinary, upon
being called in his own defence, eS-
hibited the warrant which was issued
on December 10th by Magistrate Medill
for the arrest of Watson. He also
, showed the search warrant, which was
placed in evidence. He said he had
both warrants when the arrest was
made. He took Officer Chalmers and
Mr. Edmundson, because he was afraid
: Watson would escape if the front and
] hack of the house were not guarded.
| Watson was found in the house and
, ar ;ested Witness alleged that wher
MIR. Petit entered, after Watson's ar
rest, he was agitated, whereupon wit
l ness told him he had a warrant for hin
2 for harhoring Watson and caught hole
l of him. A tussle followed and witnes:
went against post, which fell and he
s fell with it. He said Petit wanted
him to read the warrant and when hi
q went in the house to do so Petit pulled
q his coat off, as if for a fight, anc
9 struck at him, whereupon, at witness
g request Chalmers placed him unde
e arrest. Witness admitted placing hi
o hand on Petit, but denied assaultinl
o him. He said. however, that he was
t struck, he thought, by one of tn
d women. He denied being drunk.
It On cross-examination, Culinary salt
O he did not know how many drinks h
It had that day he did not keep count
; He stopped at a house on the way, blu
e did not know whose house it was
It They thought they saw Watson there
n Witness admitted he had as many a
it two, but not as many as six, drink
q before he left Newark. He denie
d falling in the house. He admitted tina
% he told Petit of the search warran
n after Watson had been arrested, hu
y said Petit began to interfere wit
If him. He admitted that the troubl
e began after Watson was under arrest
sr but the latter did not then have hi
W coat on. Witness thought he had RICH
le to protect himself in arrestng Watso
ID and getting him away. He said Will
70 he was reading the search warran
1t Petit gathered up a glass and threat
|. ened to brain him. He alleged tina
RS Petit was taken the six miles withou
l. a coat because he would not put on
@. on.
e. Asked why he did not give Petit
s. hearing the next day on some charge