Evening journal., 1914-05-13
WOMAN ON TRIAL
FOR Staying MAN
AQUARREL
Mrs. Mckinney Faces Jury
on Charge of ManSlaught-
er of Reed
CHILDREN IN court TO
DEFEND their Mother

Mrs. Elizabeth Mckinney of Glas-
gov, was placed on trial in the Court
OF oyer and Terminer this morning
on the charge of manslaughter, the
indictment charging her with having
shot and killed Delaware Reed, in his
home at Glasgow, on January 25.
It is the first time in a number of
years that a woman has been placed
on trial in the New Castle county
oyer and Terminer court on such a
charge.
At the corOner's inquest, held short
ly after the shooting, Mrs. Mckinney
was exonerated of the crime by the
jury on the ground Of self defense. it
having been shown that struggle
took place between the man and the
woman prior to the shooting. Mrs.
Mckinney sat in the courtroom
dressed in black, with her face cover
ed by a veil.
She was calm and collected, but
her face showed traces of the agony
she has suffered since the trouble
occurred. In the courtroom with Mrs
Mckinney were her 14-year-old
daughter. Fay Mckinney, who was a
witness to the struggle between her
mother and Reed, and Ella and
Francis, her two younger children.
Mrs. Mckinney was arrested on a
warrant sworn out by Deputy Attor.
ney General Chaytor, charging that
she "felOniously and with expressed
malice shot and killed Delawar,
Reed" but the grand jury, at the Marcel
term Of court, brought in an indict
ment charging manslaughter.
Mrs. Mckinney has been out under
a $4,000 bail bond since the warran
was issued, Immediately after tn,
coroners inquest. Attorney Genera
WOlcOtt prosecuted the case thi
morning. while the accused woman
was represented by j. Frank Ball
Chief Justice Pennewill and Judge
WoOlley and Rice we're on the bencl
The jury in the case follows;
William J. Hemphill, foreman; Henr,
NJ. Paschall. Arthur j. Jennings. Isaial
n. Eaton, John T. Layfield. Thomas II
{ Aielyin William I. Clymer BENJAMIN
D. Allen John c. David. John p. Col
Inns. Isaac !. Woods and Joseph W
Coley.
Attorney General Wolcott outlme
the States side OF the case to the iur
saving that Reed came to his death b.
three bullet wounds caused by pisto
fired in the hands of Mrs. Mckinney
whom the indictment names as Bessi
I. Mckinney. Mr.. Wolcott explaine
that Mrs. Mckinney is charged wit
manslaughter and not murder in th
first or second Oegree, and it was no
necessary. therefore. for the State t
: show that Mrs. Mckinney entertaine
malice at the time the shooting oC
CURED. He explained that manslaugl
ter is the taking of life in the heat q
blood
He declared the State would sho'
> that Mrs. Mckinney was not on tn
defensive when the shots were fred.
Harry Brown. of Glasgow. was tn
first witness called. He said he was a,
, quainted with Reed and Mrs. McKinne,
, Tie described the location of the hous
in which the shooting occurred,
, which Reed and Mrs. Mckinney, wi
I was his housekeeper. lived The hous
. is in Pencader hundred.
Witness said he saw Reed in froi
of his house at o'clock in the evenir
the shooting occurred, January
which was Sunday. Witness said
that time he had first heard one
;, Mrs. McKinney's children scream. i
was in his house, a couple of hundr,
g yards away from Reeds house. at thi
= time. He went out and saw one of Il
= children, a girl. leave the Reed hOu
- and 90 to the home of Maggie Ande
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