Evening journal., 1919-12-01
NEGRO SLAYER OF
ZEBLEY ON TRIAL
Continued from First Page.

escape from the fate Of his fellOw-of-
ilcer Thomas l., Zebley. He will resi-
in the lawyers parlor until called as a
witness.
The unllinching courage Of officer
Pierce after being twice shot IS shown
by his refusal to take ether when the
surgeons at the Delaware Hospital pre-
pared to remove the bullets from his
body.
81 didn't take ether when the bullets
were put in me. so / won't need II to
have them taken out" he told the
doctors.
So Pierce went through, the painful
ordeal without an anaesthetic.
The drawing OF the jury was finished
at If p o'clock, this having required
one hour and fifteen minutes without
the regular panel being exhausted
Forty-eight jurors were examined. Six
teen challenges were made by the de-
fense, and ten by the State. Several
men called expressed conscientious
scruples against capital punishment.
and some stated that they had formed
and expressed an opinion, on the case
and therefore were excused.
The jury is composed Of: William B.
Ramsay, foreman; Alfred Lewis. Frank
lin Morrison. William Duncan. los
eph NJ. Stockley. Edward Larsen. VII
liam Hines, John r. Lambson. John ].
Cassidy, James Lippincott. Cyrus e
Mousely AMI Tasker Clark.
Just prior TO the starting OF the &C.
iual trial, officer Pierce was brought
INTO the court room in wheeling
chair and was placed near the witness
stand '''''''
IL was at il.35 o'clock when Mr.
telnhardt addressed the Jury.
Ater explaining TO the Jury the diff
erent degrees Of homicide Mr. Rein
iardt went into an explanation Of what
ne state expects 10 prove in the case
.oIore ihe court He alleged that dur
ls an lhVestlgation Of robbery. ON
ens Pierce Zebley and Manfredo went
o tie mouse No SiS East Sixth street
which Lemuel, John and James price
ad an apartment on the first floor
me irst one the officers saw Mr.
'elnhardt related, was Ethel price |
ust then Lemuel was seen in the bact |
oom and Zebley caught and held him /
.emuel tried TO free himself. and fhen .
not and killed Zebley. He then sbot
lerce IN the shoulder as he stepped
ward the Negro. Pierce then stenned
lto tne next room and dropped on the
ed. Lemuel then peered around tbe
DOT and again shot Pierce. The State
.0uld show that no blow was struck nv
ther Zebley or Pierce, the attorney
eneral stated.
AiIer ms arrest in a Decatur street
ouse' Mr.. Reinhardt said. he would
low that Lemuel Price stated TO De-
'ctlNe Sergeant Benson that his
'other John killed Zebley. Afterwards.
said. That he was the one who killed
eDley, but that he did not mean to do
, Dut Intended to shoot him in fhe
q. In later statement Lemuel said
ldJ ne alone was responsible for the
Ulcers death. and John had nothing
do with it, Mr.. Reinhardt said
Onlcer Pierce was the first witness
illed Dy the State. He remained IN his
lvalid's chair while testifyinx.
Pierce said that he has been a mem
er Of the city sollce force for Two
ears. He testified that he was sent
the patrol on a call 10 Fourth and
lruce streets on the day of the muir
'r. Ihere he met Zebley and officer
aniredo with prisoner. The prison
was placed in the patrol, the officer !
I'd, and they then proceeded to Sixth
ID Church streets. He, Zebley and |
anfredo went to the house. No. Sls /
lst Sixth street, he and Zebley going
the front door and Manfredo going |
the rear Of the house, he stated. Re
living no response to a knock. Pierce
ID Zebley stepped into the hallway. |
e door being open. Zebley asked
hel Price, who was in the front Of H
q house where the boys We're" Il
Is just then that Lemuel was seen in II
p rear Of the house and Zebley II
abbed him. telling him that "he II
Dnted him. II
Pierce said that Lemuel struggled TO II
away and drew Zebley near the II
ad OF a couch. Pierce then called y
nfredo in. Almost Immediately there In
on, Pierce said, Lemuel got a pistol III
nm somewhere and shot Zebiey. Zeb- III
sank Immediately to the floor. N
.emuel then shot Officer Pierce in the III
builder as The latter took step III
ward him, witness testified At the H.
ne, Pierce said, he was about two IA
4 in front Of Lemuel. III
I took a step toward Lemuel." III
'rce continued, when the gun again Ill
red: | was dazed. The powder iii
rned my face. I stepped around into Ill
next room and sank on the bed I iii
my gun out and had only time 10 n
* 10 when a gun came around the I'LL
Or ana Lemuel again fired. I was I'LL
lt near the heart. ! then fired iii
'ough The wall" Ill
The court Overruled Mr.. Richards III
lection to officer Pierce testifying TO u.
at took place in any room other I'M
IN the one in which Zeblev was iii
led Attorney-Gcncral Reinhardt re- III
led ruling Of the court in the Kra- iii
case several years ago TO support I'LL
efforts TO have the testimony ad- M
Red
% blow was struck by either Price NJ
IeDley IN the tussle, testified Pierce. Hi
&c was not dressed at the time Zeb-
mad Lemuei by the shoulder. Hi
ndcr cross-eXamination by Mr.. Hi
les, Olllcer Pierce said that none Of iii
officers had a warrant for Lemuers w
est Lcmuel was suspected of the iii
berry Of the store OF Wolf Sugarman III
nights previous to the murder. The It'll
Ger also brought out that as Lemuel I'LL
d. someone remarked: put IL 10 I'LL
L." Hill
hicer Manfredo was the next wit llIl
5 lie told Of the arrest Of George llll
Wis, Negro, on a charge OF receiving II
EN- goods, which led him and officer lIl
ley 20 go TO the Price home. Lewis I'LL
them "to go there and they'd get