The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-23

CRIMINAL COURT.
UNITED STATES V. JAMES W. scHAUM.
BERG 9e
FaipAr, IDLY -, 1853.
Thomas C. Conslolly. -OE the afterapon of IN
occurrence in 1851, Mr.. Fuller gave ~ stadhss
ment of it. met him on It'll street, Below ~
office. knew nothing of the occurrenes, snaEe
spoke to me AZ if he thought was aw@ryof it.
He gave me statement Of facts. He told me he
had met Captain Schaumberg at the National
Hotel that day at about two O'Clock, or perhaps
later; that he had approached Schaumberg about
claim he had against him; that Schaumberg had
waived him off, saying he desired to have no con-
versation with him on the subject; that he told 8.
he must hear him, and spoke to him rather Sc
verely; that he called Captain Schaumberg a
DID scoundrel cheat, or something OF that
kind; that after that Schaumberg did nothing to
resent it, and he called him coward, and said
have great mind to strike you any how; that
Schaumberg waived him off with his hand, and said
"Don t strike me;' and that then he Fuller) did
strike him; that Schauniberg then went into the
Office Of the hotel, and he followed him there;
that they were then separated. My paper OF that
day was then out. walked down to the hotel
myself, and inquired of the persons there concern
ing the affair; and in the paper Of next day pub
statements made to me by Fuller, as confirmed
by others, Of whom | inquired. When Fuller
spoke TO me concerning Che affair he evidently
supposed had heard OF it, and he WIS anxious
that his statement Of the affair should be made to
me before there was any publication touching it.
have no recollection Of his calling at my Office.
and writing any article about it; if he wrote any
thing it was not published by me. This CONVEX
sation was held on 7th street, just below my Of
fee.
Cross-eramined.- Captain Schaumberg called
on me the day after the paragraph appeared in
my paper in relation to it. do not think he
gave me any circumstantial account Of the ARRAY,
but he denied the accuracy of the statement had
published. Schaumberg called ut my office two
days after the occurrence, and as he came in
asked if was Mr.. Connolly ] answered that
was. He commenced speaking Of the publication
what offensive to me. He said the term s'dou-
bled up'' had been used, and that was vulga-
rism which he did not understand. told him
| that had lived 80 long without receiving any in
stuction from him, and | did not care for or de-
sire any now. He repeated the use Of the word
vulgar, and left where was at and came up to
the counter near him and told him he should not
speak to me in that way. This somewhat ap-
peased him. He said that he had not been liter
ally struck; he said he never struck anybody
with his fist, that if any man struck him he should
die, or he would kill him. This conversation was
soon as | could. He did not dcny that he had
told Fuller not to strike him, but he did deny
having received blow, and he said any man who
would strike him should die, or he would kill any
one who struck him, do not know which. His
manner in speaking of Fuller was that of disdain
and contempt. q,
| James G.. Beyret-I remember that in l843-I
think Nashville was boarder with Fuller &
| Co., went to New Orleans on Government bust
ness. Before went old Mr.. Fuller told me that
he would, perhaps, require my services in New
Orleans i'll the collection of a draft given him
leans Of the name of Wilkinson, if remember
correctly. [A~paper shown. The draft men
toned in this paper is the one in question. This
paper is in the handwriting of MIR. Fuller-.the
one now in court This is receipt dated March
the 9th, 1874, for draft of $500, which when
paid would entitle Mr.. Schaumberg to credit to
that amount. My first visit, ] now remember,
was in December, l843.
| Patrick yMcJNickoH recalled by the defence. /
think when Mr.. Fuller called at the hotel and
gave me the letter to deliver to Schaumberg, was
two days before the shooting. ! am almost GER
tain it was not Sunday, and that it was Monday.
| 1t was in the evening.
John Dapis.-I arrested Captain Schaumberg on
the night of the shooting. went there and found
Captain Schaumberg at the hotel, and carried him
to the magistrate 3 Office. ! saw violence used
towards him, except that some persons threw
| lighted cigars, whether at him or me don't
know which one of them burnt hole in my coat.
There some threatening language used by
those who were following on. / found Schaum-
berg in his room in the third story. Gary was
with me. Captain S. said he would give himself
up to an officer; and that he had sent for He
named Justice Morsell as the person before whom
he desired to be carried, and took him there.
There was crowd at the Office; and thought
there would be some difficulty in carrying him to
Jail, and we got hack to stand in front of the
Office while'we went out at the back way into an
other on d street. / thought there was some dan
ger of an attack on him because of the threaten
ing language used by some persons in the crowd.
Mr.. LEE read the paragraph which appeared
in the Telegraph in relation to the affair at the
hotel in June, 1851, and which was mentioned by
Mr.. Connolly in his testimony.
| g. c. RusseA recalled.-On the day Of the rem
contre in 1851 | was going into the National Ho-
! tel, and | saw Schaumberg coming out hastily
and apparently vexed. He walked up the avenue
A few moments after Fuller came out and walked
in the same direction, as if he was going after
Schaumberg. Mr.. Watson came out and said,
"Fuller, stops come back Fuller halted, and
wheeled his face round. Watson said, Fuller,
stop; come back Just after that heard that
they had fight. ss 1I t,t5s
Ed Har,iman.-It think / saw the occurrence
between Schaumberg and Fuller in the summer
Of 1851. was in the hall. heard loud talking,
and came up to where they were, sufficiently near
to hear what was going Fuller was making
some loud and earnest complaint against Schaum-
berg, He used strong language, and called him
insulting names, and think dared him to resent
lit. Captain Schaumbergs manner was such us
led me to believe he did not want to have any
difficulty with Fuller there. think Fuller struck
at him, but cannot say whethenSse did or not.
John Bearef.-I was present on the evening of
Wednesday, February 2, at the National Hotel,
when this shooting took place. | was standing
upon the pavement in front of the hotel talking
to DR.. Spence; while talking with him Captain
Schaumberg came out of the hotel, and as he did
SO spoke to him. AS we spoke he stepped down