Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-29
QUARRY MURDER
NEGROES JAILED,
PLEADING GUILTY
One "Scnt Up" for Life, While
Other Two Go; Four and
Two Year Terms.
ONE PRISONER ONLY II

Arthur Thomas Silas Davis and Walter
Hopkins, Negroes. faced the Court OF
Oyer and Ierminer today charged with
the murder of Gil Long, another Negro on
the night of Deccml, last
Thomas pleaded guilty To murder IN
the second degree; DAVIS pleaded guilty
To manslaughter and Hopkins pleaded
guilty To assault
Thomas was gwen sentence oil lie I'M
prlsonment IN the workhouse and Ia pay
$500 fine and costs al prosecution. DAVIS
was sentenced To serve four years III the
workhouse and to pay $500 line and costs
Hopkins was sentenced to serve two years
III the work huuse and TO pay &3oo Inc
and costs of prosecution.
The rounding up q the men implicated
in the crime forced State Detective
Mccoy and the attorney general othce
to resort to almost every trick OF the
trade When the case was FIRST brought
before them, they had nothing to work on
After the securing OF working "
took just one week for Detective Mcooy
to round up the Negroes, which was ex-
ccptionally quick
Character witnesses were placed on the
stand To testify Ia the previous good
reputation OF Hopkins, who ls but u
years Of age, by J. Frank Ball. his at
tornev. ". l.. Adams presented char
acter witnesses for Davis.
Thomas, while Hopkins and Davis were
holding Long to the ground. fired a bullet
into his head. Hopkins, Il was shown.
was the first ono to assail Long, striking
him with his fist II was later however,
that the murder WAS committed.
OUTCOME OF CRAP GAME.
The murder was an outcome Of crap
game in a house at tho edge of the quarry
hole. in which the body Of Long. was
found. AZ Hockessin While the game
was in progress. one OF Its participants,
Carl Smith, arose and, pulling revolver,
fired five shots into the floor. Immediate
IL there was y scramble for the stairs, but
in the confusion and darkness, the lamp
having been overturned, Sllas DAVIS,
exhibiting threatening rszOr, reached
for Smith and relieved him of the weapon.
II also became known To DAVIS that Long
had revolver, and when the latter lett
the house he was followed by Davis,
alter Hopkins, Robert jackson and
Arthur Thomas.
"Thcre he is, one OF the men was
heard 10 SAY outside the house.
One of the men proceeded UP To Long,
who was near clump of bushes, and,
threatening him with razor. subducd
him, and with the aid OF others, dragged
him near the Brandswine road. a distance
Of - feet, east OF the house. There, eyi-
dence shows, Davis went through Long 5
pockets. robbing him Of SO. Thomas was
standing over the head of Long, who was
ninncd tight "a the ground by his as
s,llants. when be shot the bullet into
Longs head
We can't leave him here. remarked
Thomas. and thereupon they dragged the
body Of the murdered Negro distance OF
. feet and dropped 1t into the quarry
hole. which contained 40 feet OF water.
The day following the murder, State
Detective Mccoy was noti.ed by Jake
Smith. of Hockessin, saying that II APP
reared that someone was IN the quarry
hole. Upon arriving there, Detective
McCov found that Smith and some other
men had dragged the body Of Long from
the QUARRY hole.
The detective Immediately began 10
experience trouble He could ind no one
who knew who the murdered man was.
Later. Carl Smith appealed 10 the detec-
tive to get his gun from Davis. Things
began TO turn up from there on to enable
Mccoy TO unravel the mystery. Long
was identi ed, and the story of the party
was unfolded
Walter Hopkins was run down by the
detectives at Silverbrook station, and
after telling the story of the affair was
released. Jackson had left his home, but
returned upon being appealed to by his
mother on advice Of Mr.. Mccoy. His
story was similar to that told by Hopkins
He also was released
Arthur Thomas was later picked up by
the detective along the road at Hockessin.
Davis was located In house in Town
send street, Philadelphia.