Evening journal., 1902-11-22
FISHER JURY
HANGING FIRE
He Is Charged With Pre-
venting Witnesses From
Testifying

The case against William II. Fisher
charged with obstructlng public justice in
attempting TO keep two witnesses, Elmer
Johnson and H.. Futon. out OF the State
and from testifyng against Martin Ferry.
who was cnaiser --....i selling llquor on
sunday. vas resumed in the Court of
General Sessions this morning. The State
closed its side Of the ease yesterday
William IT. Fisher. the defendant took
the stand and said he lived at No 1923
East Twelfth street and worked at the
American Car and Foundry Company.
Witness said on August 29 he was in Mr..
Ferry's saloon and met Mr.. Futon. who is
one Of the men who Fisher is alleged to
have taken TO New Jersey to keep him
out OF the State. Futon asked him TO go
outside and told him that Elmer Johnson
did not want TO testify against Pete,
meaning Martin Ferry
Later in the evening they saw Johnson
who told them he did not want to testify
against Ferry and said he had made up
his mind to leave Wilmington
Continuing his testimony Fisher said
that Futon suggested that he and John
son go to Paulsboro n. j.. where a
brother Of Ferry's lived. They asked the
witness to take them to Paulsboro as he
was the only one who knew Ferrys
brother. Fisher took the two men there
and kept them. lie then went to Phia-
delphia on the next train and from there
came to Wilmington He said he would
have had nothing to gain whatever by
spiriting the two witnesses against Ferry
| away
The witness was cross examined at
length by Deputy Attorney General
Richards
A. X Smith. Charles Barnes. Charles
Emering. William Parish Francis S.
Bradley and James O'Connell testified
Il .Isar.
End ;air dealing was good.
The court allowed each side fifteen
minutes TO address the jury. Chief Jus
tice Lore read the courts charge and the
jury retired shortly before Il O'Clock
On motion made by J. Frank Ball
yesterday afternoon in the Court of
General Sessions four of the indict-
ments against John Sustillo and John
Solo, the two bottlers charged with
lpeddlng liquor from their wagon, were
quashed. The ground on which the
motion was made was that the indict-
ments did not specify the charge clear
lly.
The indictment against SustiEo
charging him with selling liquor TO a
boy named Potts, in a stable at Rock
| land the court refused to quash.
The afternoon session of the court
was occupied with the trial of William
! II. Fuhr, charged with obstructing JUS
\ tice by inducing two witnesses to
leave Delaware. 1t was claimed by the
State that William Futon and Elmer
Johnson, two witnesses in the case
against the late Merritt b. Ferry,
charged with selling liquor on Sunday,
were induced to leave Delaware by
F'uhr, and that he took them to New
Jersey. Fuhr was represented by John
| Lynn and S. S. Adams, Jr.
William Eaton testified that he was
a witness in the City Court against
Ferry who was held under bail for
trial at the upper court. He said that
Fuhr induced him and Elmer Johnson
to go to Paulsboro, N. j., and thus
avoid being called as a witness at the
September term They only stayed a
few days, however, and then returned
to Wilmington.
William Futon testified that he was
approached one night by F'uhr and ar
lrangements were made for him to go
Ito Paulsboro with Futon Johnson
corroborated Euton's testimony re-
garding the entire transaction.
The case was i'm progress when court
adjourned.