Evening journal., 1910-10-11
RUSHING THE
ROBERTS CASE
State Shows Murder Suspect
Was Seen in CIaymOnt
on Night Of Crime
DETECTIVES TESTIFY TO
STATEMENTS OF ROBERTS

Reese Roberts. colored. on trial in
the Court Of oyer and Terminer for
the murder Of Robert Casey and wife
came into the court room this morning
handcuned. Warden Crawford re-
moved the cuffs and the jury came In
soon afterwards The Jurors had been
out during the morning for a walk.
which they enjoyed after being lock-
ed up over night
Mrs. Mary Lloyd was called to-day
In answer 10 Attorney General Gray
she testified that she lives on the
barley road at Claymont She said she
has known Reese Roberts for a year.
He had passed her place twice
day during the summer She said she
saw him near her home between
and o'clock on the afternoon OF Au-
gust 49, the day the Casey murders
were committed She was on her knees
looking out window of her home
while he was going towards Sam
/ Powells house where his sister Mabel
Roberts was employed Mrs. LLOYD
said she called her daughters atten-
| tion 90 Roberts Witness said she did
not allow her daughter 10 play on the
I road this summer because she was
afraid of Roberts. Mrs. Lloyd said
/ there was no doubt IN her mind that
/ the prisoner was the man she saw
/ pass her home that day
! In cross-eXamination by Mr. Ball
/ Mrs. Lloyd said there is a small lawn
/ facing the Darley road She knew Il
was Friday. August 10. that she saw
Roberts as well as she knew to-day Is
/ Tuesday
Mrs LLOYD was dilatory IN answer
n rUUmrIina the With
her daughter about Roberts and MIR.
Ball told her not TO look az the At
torucy -Geuoral. Mrs. Lloyd told Mr..
ball she had not seen Roberts for two
weeks Witness said it Was usual for
Roberts TO go see his sister and wife
az POwells house.
Child Saw Roberts In NeighborhOOd-
Madeline Lloyd, aged twelve years,
who was with her mother In their
| home on August 10 when Roberts
| went by their house corrobcrated ne
| mother She said she looked out m
! | window and saw Roberts. She sai
4 she went from one window ln apehna
4 TO SEQ Roberts again----~.s -.
III William J.. llahbard said he reInen
4 bored Friday. August ~ and know
III Reese Roberts. He said he saw Rob
III ( erts between and o'clock that AZ
II iternOOn going along the Darley road
III II was daylight and he was sure OF
] his man. Following the murder Wit
ness mentioned the fact that 1e bad
seen Roberts the previous aftqrnoOu.
y Mr. Ball asked Habbard n hie wife
aud Mrs Joseph Casey were noa Sis
ters and II tho latter couple had 'nQt
been suspected az the time Of the muir
der The aitornev-gcneral objected and
the court sustained the objection.
, Mrs Laura A Baldwin said she was
In her sitting room on the night OF
August l9 az 1886 o'clock when
Reese Roberts came 10 the window.
Mrs Baldwin said Roberts told her
= ne got Off the car at the wrong sta
tlon and wanted some place TO stay
that night She identified Roberts
Yesterday afternoon as the man she
had seen on the night referred 10.
Mrs Baldwin said she recognized
Roberts by the shape Of his head.
Roberts Statement Up.
Detective Gillis then testified that
In the presence OF James p Ratledge
Roberts made and signed state
ment. lie showed the detectives his
shoes while they we're in Roberts
room I'm Chester. He took the right
shoe with him and when at the work
house Roberts again Identified the
shoes Roberts said he WAS willing
TO come down TO Claymont. but the
detectives took one shoe. This was
on August 20 and they came 10 Clay
mont. The next day at Claymont MI.
N ellis said he and his partner Went
into the field 10 compare the loot
prints there with the shoe found IN
Roberts home At this point MT.
re BAN entered an objection 10 the ques-
ie ton as # had not been shown when
az tho tracks were made.
re- Attorney General Gray said ne
o. would not 20 into the question ol
d. tracks al this time.
H. The muddy shoes were then admit
a. ted in evidence.
ly The signed statement OF Roperts
ls was also admitted.
re- Detective ellis said he got the lefi
ay shoe the day following Roberts ar-
he rest. ON September / he TOOK me
left shoe TO Claymont He said ne
heard Roberts say the shoes were In
, his bed room on the night OF tne
I murder 40 one else had them tnat
IN night Witness said he heard hon-
ers tell Mr. Wolcott the shoes We're
his and no one else had them. ROD
erts said the shoes had been IN nls
p possession from the time he brought
~ them from ludiana TO the time OF MI
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