The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-21
zeotl CRIMINAL COURT.
UNITED STATES VS.. JAMES w. SCHAUM
BERG

FoOfudfy IdSt was TAKING q Walk on the aVoIlut
with my brother-in-iaw, Mr.. FOrtney; we were
walking towards the Capitol, and when we got
near the steps of the National Hotel ] remarked
to Mr.. Fortney ssthere stands Schaumberg."
was then about twenty-five feet from him, and
approaching him. Mr. Fortney looked up and
said sab, (" or something of that kind We con-
tinued our steps till we came near the first CO
lumn on the portico of the hotel, when suddenly
left him; the reason left him was that was gov
erned by sort Of instinct Of selfpreservatior
which struck me, because as ! approached him
saw Schaumberg recede step or two. went VI
the steps to 20 into the hotel, and as passed be-
tween the two pillars, which are very large, lost
sight of him, and did not again see him until
was about passing into the door of the hotel
While continuing my steps after leaving Mr.
Fortney, and when had neared the doorstep,
slightly turned my body about half round, and
my head more SO, towards Schaumberg; turned
my head to look towards him; the instant did
so l saw the flash of his pistol and felt the wound
The effect of the ball was to shock me very much
and Immediately retreated and ran back in the
same direction that came up the steps, between
the two pillars. When | was on the pavement
near the curb, heard steps behind me, and some
one said ssthrow brick at him." felt confident
was pursued, and ran around the hacks into the
street. When in the street | could see nothing
but bright light, which turned out to be De
Saules, and made for it. This was between
and 81 o'clock; it was quite dark.
IA diagram of the front of the National Hote
was here shown witness, who pointed out on il
the places where he first saw Schaumberg, where
Schaumberg was at the time, and where he was
when shot, and his course up the steps.]
Schaumberg was standing, think, on the
pavement, on the east side Of the main entrance
near the steps. 1t was misty, murky night
was about twenty-five PAGES from him when
first saw him.. The hotel was lighted up at the
time. ] did not distinguish his features, but re-
L 1o,, oCh
He was much taller than tho other individuals
standing near him.
As / was leaving the Census Office that same
day, about twelve o'clock, with friend, Mr.
Mari, and had nearly reached Mr.. Radcliffe {
Office on the corner of E and 9Th streets, / saw
schaumberg on the opposite side of street.
nearly opposite Colonel Seaton's house, in COM
pany with Senator Hale. / remarked to my
friend that would not then GO to the place to
which we had started, which state canddly was
Wingenroth 3, on the south side of street, to get
snack, but would first go to the city post office
we did go to the post office, and Schaumberg kept
on down E street to Mr. Potter s house, which is
where the Rev. o. B. Brown lived, near 9th
street. did not. cross over Il street. because
knew if l did would meet Schaumberg. saw
Schaumberg on Monday, when | passed him al
the hotel-it was after Office hours, say between
four and FIVE, or perhaps six O'Clock. was with
MIR. Linton at the time. He was in the hall OF
think he saw me; he looked at me- Think saw
him twice on that occasion-once as we went in,
and again as we came out. may have seen him
again that day at the hotel, but do not recolleet
whether did or not. have been informed since
that he stopped at the National, but at that time
he lived somewhere near l4th street. This oc-
Cured in Washington county.
Mr. KEY. We admit that.
After was shot went to MIR. De Saules g house,
and was confined there five weeks and one day.
was shot, as DR.. Miller told me, between the ninth
and tenth ribs, in the right side. think the ball
is now. in my body, on the left side. Witness
pointed out the spot where the ball entered his
body, and where he supposes it now is. feel
pain occasionally in my left side; the ball has
never been extracted | went from De Saules's to
my own house, and was confined to my room for
four weeks, and after that was two weeks confined
to my house before ventured out was very
feeble for long time after that.
ross-eran,ined.-I resided near the Observatory
at the time.
CUES. Had you not previously had difficulty
with Captain Schaumberg, about hotel account?
Ans had misunderstanding.
CUES. That misunderstanding was about a hotel
bill against Captain Schaumberg, due A. Fuller &
Co.-your father and yourself?
Ans Partly.
Cues Did none Of it accrue during your father s
time?
Ans. The larger part of it. When my father
ded-on the 18th Of April, 1848-the business of
the establishment reverted to my own hands, as
well as all the debts Of the concern. | kept the
hotel on my own account from that time to the
18th Of August, and portion of this debt accrued
during that time. think Schaumberg was there
all the time from April to August, except, per-
haps, some short absences to Philadelphia the ac-
count, however, will show. He had boarded with
us for long time previous An account shown. ]
This is the account, hut not the whole. ! made
it out hastily. 1t was nearly correct as to the
amount; but was satisfied that upon settlement
any little discrepancies could be corrected. This
account is generally correct. IIe boarded with
me for eighteen weeks after fathers death. The
whole amount of this bill is 1924 40; that is the
gross amount.
think he boarded with mo for eighteen weeks
after fathers death; the usual charge for board
was $40 per week Some days before the 18th OF
August or think after that day, left the hotel,
and Captain Schaumberg remained there in posses
sion of a room, for which no charge was made
sent his account to him Mt Philadelphia with a
note written think, on the same sheet of paper
/ received no reply. / did write a letter to the
wife of Captain Schaumberg, think in September,
1899, wrote it to her for this reason: was in
no business at the time, and positively poor. can
get witness here, Mr.. George Lowry, of George
town, who can prove that delivered over to him
all the assets of the firm; they amounted to pc
tween four or five thousand dollars. The debts
did not exceed three thousand dollars; there was
no insolvency in the matter, no trustees appointed
was out of money and had nothing except what
could collect out of the bills due me. This wa:
why | wrote to him. / had addressed severa
letters to him between 1848 and the time of writ
ing to his wife, to none of which did get an an
swer. / understood he about going to Cali
fornia with Commodore Stockton, and wrote tc
her few respectful lines, to which, in reply,
received from Captain Schaumberg very abusive
letter. | re-maled it to him with this account
requesting him to attend to it, and at tho sam'
time wrote apologisng. to Mrs. Schaumberg if
had in any way offended her. lhere was an az
tempt to return those letters to me through Mr.
TLnrnas of tho Irving House. Thomas told mi