Smyrna Times

The Harris will case which has been going on for the past ten days before a sheriff's jury at Dover, has occupied a large share of the public mind. It has furnished matter for two or three columns of the daily papers of Wilmington each day. The citizens of Dover, and the county as well, seem to be divided into two classes, those who have conspired to get a finger into the pie in handling the old man's money, and those who look upon their plottings as shameful and discreditable to the town. His niece, Miss McPhail, thinks these men are trying to get his money and deprive her of it, and wants his business placed in the hands of a trustee. The case was finished yesterday afternoon and given to the jury who were out for some hours, one man hanging the jury. They finally reached a verdict of senile dementia. Harris is in his 89th year. This throws the matter into the hands of Chancellor Wolcott whose duty it will be to appoint a trustee to manage his business.