Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-12
second EDITION
.6IRCEDVITH MURDER
George Mitchell, COlOTed, Placed
On Trial in thG Court OF Oyer
and TeTmineI, Today,
| lFRONT STREET TRAGEDY
4 h Which Isaac Anderson Was Shot
to Death.
|aNY JURORS WERE CHALLENGE D
r,s Case Outlined by Attorney
| General Richards.
.lFRONT STREET TRAGEDY
\ which Isaac Anderson Was Shot
10 Death.
.vlvy JURORS WERE CHALLtNG, D
-.case Outlined by Attorney
~ General Richards.
SEVERAL WITNESSES ON THE STAND

n,o,os Mitchell, colored, charged
-vS tbe murder of Isaac Anderson,
w ~ colored, in a saloon on East front
.,,.st ,s last September, was placed upon
,,si this morning, in the Court Of
e,sr and Ierminef. Today was the
w. set for hearing the case of man
,.nobter against lgnace AlkCczunas,
,I.,,ed With killing Popko Wociez hi,
~, Attorney General Richards asked
y, postponement, as the State was
y, ready 10 20 on with the case. j.
Wur by OIL the thilade phia bar is
..rnssl Tor the defendant Nj
s;obards said be would inform coun-
y for the defence of the time that be
,ould be resoy TO try the case. Tue
sntiuuance was granted and the
Vitobell case was taken up. Attor-
~. General Riobar-s and Deputy
it,oruey General Hastings are prose-
.rting the case. David j. heinhart
,rrsssnts the defendant. The follow.
i,o iury sas drawn: William r. Green,
L,sman: James Il. White, Delaware
LYMAN, Harvey HollingsWorth,
goosf r. Loyett, Peter Boyer, William
Crouch, Robert Northington,
Smuel Moore, Isaac W. Weaver, k.
Il Wilson and John Howard Richards.
After the jury had been drawn, Nj.
R,iubsfdt, who had exhausted his
right to challenge, informed the court
sst be had Just learned that the
hlbet Of the last juror drawn, Mr.
Ricbaids, was a member Of the grand
INV that found the indictment aud
|,,sed whether be could challenge for
that cause. lie was Informed that the
rouua was not sufficient cause for
aalenge.
lhe following we're challenged :
Charles h. Rose, William Day, John
Deputy, John ". tTalm. kennaTd 5.
Cbsndler, William ID. Warner, Thomas
H. Townsend, Thomas Mullin, Isaac
BAIRD, Abrsm Palmer, Rishard
fnzer, Victor Gael, Charles u. hells,
H., William Compton, Elwood Dulln,
lbnm Moore, thomas j. Moore, Jonn
.terson, The idofs Hani, William
hand, thomas Ratcliffe, William Fuhr,
samuel X. Price. Jonn A. CleayeT and
William Nj. Householder.
lhe following were excused John
Gnn, Harry A. Miller and David
0Connell
10 opening for the State Attorney.
General Richards informed tue jury
bat the prisoner was charged with
rurder in the first degree. de saic
be prosecution would show thai
Mitchell vent into q salooon on From
lheet on september llth, where An
rsison was ting, and treated everI
aoTei man IN the room, except an
.tison. lie said there we're no word
o blows exchanged by Mitchell anS
Anderson, bus three hours later, whill
Anaefscn was in the saloon, the defend
li pulled out a revolver and sDo
Anderson through the heart Will
loding him by the lapel Of the coat
Addison death followed.
Edward tahey, bartender at th
tns, IN the saloon OF John Bryan, j
last Front street, where the traaed
Neuued, testified that at about ]. 8
sock ; be noticed Mitchell comirI
Eiough Ihe bar from Front street an
hlk into the hack loom, and too
'o.d Of Anderson. The latter too
''d Of Mitchell and then the she
Us tired. Witness did not hear
illd passed. Witness identified Mitch
as the man who shot Anderson.
Mitchell ran out the back way an
20. Anderson fell over against FAME
ni the latter led him into the iron
son' where Anderson walked four G
" steps and fell to the floor. Fahe
la not think Anderson was dea
'asn be was taken away in the Ph@ni
nbulanoe.
When asked IL Anderson was nc
eoAlng Mitchell when the shot wa
~ fahey said be was not. lie ais
~llsa that be had testified before ID
-loner that tbs men we're olinche
'lsn he entered the back room.
Llze brlstUw, culoreu, testified tha
slNnell vent into the saloon and aflS
.0ng bis umbrella down and puat
DIS cap back upon his head aske
lleison Why he bullied him in Oh
-'nlug Anderson said he had notl
against him and had not bullie
l brstow said Mitchell grabbe
s.usison and the latter tried to era
~, when Mitchell pulled the r
'-,si out Of mis- hip pocket and fire
-e 10 Andersons 8 body.
ias lufg was placed in the Gaze
allns Fleming and Manlove, az
'"' 'ook a recess until 2. 30 o'clock