Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-22
AFTERNOON SESSION, JULY DIST.
Testimony for the Defence.

Ie"tHtoHY J0F me DefeHcc.
- On rc-assembling after the recess yesterday.
the testimony opened for the defence.
William Is. IVai,rorH-A clerk in the
telegraph Office in the National Hotel; heard
no shooting or saw nothing of what took place
outside. One of my messenger BOYS brought
into the Office and gave to NE a small pistol
some ten or hfteen minutes after | had heard
Of the shooting. This is the pistol-small
single barrel pistol produced. 1t had, when
brought to Inc, an exploded cap upon it. and
apparently had been but recently DISCHARGED
1t was foul. 1t has not been out of nv pos
session since.
GrspGfd Tocamtn.-S0me time in lS4S
shortly before Fuller closed the Irving Horse
or after he opened the exchange office. he
stopped me just in front of the Irving House
one day, and complained against Schaumberc:
thai he had written to him several times-two
or three times-and had received no answers ::
and that he had then written to his lady. and
shortly after he received from the captain
very insulting letter. He showed me a COPY
OF the letter he received from the captain.
and OF the one lie bad written to the lady.
SAID to him perhaps the captain was absent.
and 1t was improper to write to his lady ON
such mattcr-pecuniary matters. He said
wish you would speak to the captain to get
settlement OF the account; he owes me some
:.
pay Inc l will destroy his character. and he
will never he restored to his office, or rank
in the army. He said, = L will do everythin.,
L can before The Senate to destroy his charac-
ter
met the captain some six months after on
the avenue, and advised him to settle with
Fuller. lie said he owed Fuller nothing-tbat
II he owed anything it was to the estate of his
father, Or trustees, or whoever was entitled to
\ l,,,t bn HILL
SchauInherg that Fuller said he would DESTROY
his character before the Senate, and the CAP
tain answered he would take care of himself
l told Fuller afterwards what the captain
said. heard nothing more Of the difficulty
until after the fight ut the National Hotel in
June, 1851. [ heard there. and saw it i'm the
newspapers, that Mr.. Fuller had given the
captain a beatns or fogging at the hotel
The captain friend Of mine, and I did
not believe il at the time; / supposed it to be
the story or invention of some reporter for the
newspapers Shortly after, l met Fuller near
the p ostoffice and told him what had heard
and seen published, and that did not believe
it. He said 1t was Il fact, and that he had
beaten or given him whipping He said to
me, He is q coward, and he ran here and
there 10 get out Of my way" L told him that
was not the proper coursc--that he should re
sort 70 legal measures. Fuller said that there
y,
that he could not arrest him here, but that the
next time be met the captain he would give
him better whipping and cut his ears off L
told this to Captain Schaumberg. l told
Fuller that if the captain owed him anything
he ought to pay him; that was sorry he did
not do so, but that he ought; if he could not
arrest him here, to go to Baltimore, where he
could do so. He said he could make nothing
out OF him by such means, and if he did not
pay he woul take the law in his own hands
This conversation took place four or five days
aiser the occurrence ut the hotel. [ did not
credit the story told in the newspapers, and L
told Fuller that could not understand how
The captain had submitted to the logging He
said II Is fact-he is a coward, and he ran
just like mousse lie further said that tho
next time he met him he would give him a
greater boating told the captain about it
some months after, when he came on here at
the next session of Congress.