Evening journal., 1910-09-06
CORONER HOLDS
WIFE SLAYER
Derry UnCOnCerned While
Jurors Bring Out Story
of the Murder
HUSBAND WINS OUT
In FUNERAL Fight

The jury in the case OF Mrs. Will
helmina Derry. who was murdered at
her home, No 622 West Second street.
on last Thursday afternoon, heard the
evidence i'm the case last night and
returned a verdict to the effect that
she came to her death at the hands Of
her husband, George d. Derry. aud
recommended that he be held without
bail for court.
To all appearances Derry was the
coolest and most collected man in the
City Court room during the inquest
He even SMILED at times and nodded
to friends he recognized. Derry's
children. Elizabeth. aged s years. and
Milton. aged 1S years, in charge of
Derry's sister. we're present J.
Frank Ball represented Derry and
Deputy Attorney General Wolcott at
tended the hearing in behalf Of the
| state.
Witnesses Tell of Quarrel.
The story of the crime unfolded
last night was practically the same
as that already published. Mrs. Lii
liam MegginsOn who lived In the same
house with the Derrys told how Derry
had been summoned TO appear before
a magistrate TO settle grocer's bill
and about the quarrel he and his
wife had upon his return, which he
wanted in order 10 charge the witness
storage on some goods i'm the house.
Mrs. Derry told her husband the wit
ness said. let the witness alone. Mrs.
! Megginson said she heard Mrs Derry
| tell her husband she cared no more
for him than she did the "mud on his
| feet"
Hearing the little daughter of the
/ couple scream the witness said she
ran upstairs aud found Mrs. Derry's
body on the floor with blood stream
/ ing from a wound IN her throat.
Derry. she said had disappeared.
Howard Clayton, another lodger I'm
the house, testified that he heard
Derry and his wife quarreling, first
overfthe grocer's bill for which he
had been sued. and later over the
rent book. He said he paid no attten-
tion to the quarrel and know nothing
of the murder until the daughter o
, the couple came running to his room
e and told him her father had dln
I someihiug 10 her mother.-4 ..,...i
4 Chief of Police George Black test
: fed that Derry had confessed afte
! his arrest had admitted to him tina
, he had cut his wifes throat and killel
, her
Elizabeth Derry. the daughter Of tn
couple who witnessed the tragedy
was not put on the stand Mr. Vol
colt questioned her and IL appears
that she was too much frightened q
remember much about the affair.
Dr. owen c. Spear testified to eX-
aiming the body of the woman and
finding her head and Patrolman John
Fox told of finding the razor In the
rear yard of the house occupied by
the Derrys. where it. had been thrown
Defendant Greets Friends.
Following the inquest Derry's
brother sat in the dock and conversed
with him. Later Derry talked and
laughed with some friends, who came
to- shake hands with him. His chill
dren appeared to take little interest
i'm him. His little daughter reached
up over the prisoners railing and
tapped her fathers arm with a fan
but he did not see her. The verdict
was as follows;
Resolved, Ihat we, the jury it
INQUIRE into the time. manner. cause
and circumstances Of the death of one
, Wilhelmina Derry, after careful con
sideration of the testimony placed be.
fore us do hereby find that she came
to her death on September !. 1910, be-
/, tween the hours of one and two
! O'Clock in the afternoon, at No. 62i
West Second street, city Of Whining
ton. Del. from a razor wound infiict
ed by the hand of her husband, George
d. Derry and that we do recommend
. that the said George d. Derry be helC
/, without bail for trial"
The Jury was composed of w. T
Purks. foreman; A. G. Bradway. J. X
{ Cathcart. ] e. Darrison, NJ. B. Ma
, lone. G. B. Donovan. r. G. Cathcart
J. X. p. Morris. Joseph Jenkins.
The iuneral Of Mrs Derry Will TAX
place this afternoon from the under
taking parlors Of Deputy Corone
Chandler in West Ninth street. Derr
gave explicit orders to this effect. II
refused to allow her relatives TO hav
: anything to do with the body. al
though they will be permitted to at
+ tend the funeral.