Evening journal., 1902-06-11

ever has stained the ponce iecOius OF
Wilmington.
She says with what she believes to be
her dying breath, that James set fire TO
her clothing while she was asleep this
morning and then rushed from the house
leaving her 10 her fate.
The prisoner stoutly denies his guilt
and says that the woman was asleep
when he left the house this morning. lie
was arrested by Officer Dan" Collins and
was taken to the bedside of his alleged
victim in Delaware Hospital this morn
ing and identified.
Took Woman's Dispositions
Accompanied by Magistrate Hollis and
Deputy City Solicitor Garrett, Chief OF
Police Black this morning went to the
Delaware Hospital and took the burned
woman's deposition as follows:
What is your name?"
MARY Daker"
'Do you believe you are going to die?"
Yes, sir; i do"
Where do you live?"
mo 704 Lord street"
Just tell me what happened to you"
"That man (meaning Walter James,
has been mad at me since last Saturday.
He has not spoken TO me since Saturday.
He boards with me-
"You keep the house No. 7Oi Lord
street, do you not2'
water?" she groaned.
why has he not spoken to you since
last Saturday,
Il don't know Mary Bundy and ! were
in the house next door last night and this
man James woke my husband up and told
him that 1 was in next door. My husband
said that IL was all right James got up
early this morning and 1 was lying asleep
on the floor. He got up and lit the
lamp"
sThe lamp was lighted was it not?''
"He lit it himself. ] saw him when he
lit It. He lit the lamp and set me on fire.
He held the lamp up to me and set me
ahre. When he lit the lamp 1 dozed on
again. but woke up to find myself on fire.
] saw him going out Of the door at that
time and the lamp was sitting alongside
OF me-"
What did he do when he saw that you
were on fire?'
HE went on out to his work When
my brother went to him this morning and
told him about it he said he did not do it
and knew nothing about it. James was
TO see me this morning in the hospital.
and said: We'll, Mary, you accuse me OF
doing this I said We'll, you set me on
fire. He said a number Of times that he
was going to kill me-"
How many time did he threaten to XIII
your
"a number Of times. So many that ]
don't know and I was afraid Of him.
"Who ever heard him threaten to kill
you?"
"May Bunday lives in the same house
and knows all about it,
The prisoner then was taken TO the
bedside and the dying woman said:
That's Walter James. That's the man
who set fire to me-"
Can / ask Der question: asked the
prisoner.
He was not allowed to question her.
Mary BundY Tells Story
May Bundy. who was next door in
Charles Crawford's house last night witt
Mary Daker, says that she took the lamI
upstairs for Mary Dalker and put il OF
the washstand in the room where Walter
James slept. She says that it was about
ESQ o'clock this morning when the smel
of burning clothing and the moaning o
Mary Daker awakened her. Slipped down
stairs
Looks Bad for Suspect
It has been the custom OF James to cal
George Daker every morning as both mel
are employed at the Mccullough Irol
Works James did not call him this morn
ing Mary Bundy, who was sleeping II
the front room down stairs did not hea
James go through her room this morning
The prisoner gives his age as % an'
mas Deen DOdIullE at AldhEt = eAlAAN los
September He says that he was born il
Staunton, Va. James denies that he wa
angry with the Daker woman or that the.
did not speak.
'She gave me some bananas and cher
ries yesterday" he said.
Phe Bundy woman corroborated this
but said that James and Mary were no
friendly and that she had heard hin
threaten to kill her on sevral occasions
did you ever threaten to kill tn
Daker woman?" James was asked.
Il never did but once, and that abou
two months ago. / told her that she wa
crazy and she said If I didn't look on
that 1 would be crazy. asked who woul
make me crazy and she said that sh
would. / thought that she meant sh
would give me some kind of dru
and ! told her that 1 would kill he
II caught her giving me anything
THAT'S the only time that ever I said
would XIII her.
did you set fire to her clothes thl
morning?9
mo. sir. She was lying on the foe
asleep when 1 passed through her room
Her husband was in the bed in the sam
room"
James was locked up and will have
hearing this evening and probably will
held pending the result of the burns.
At the hospital they give little hope
the womans recovery.