Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-01-25
DAILY EVENING STAR.
LOCAL. IfTELLIGENCE.
Evidence IL TIE CASE OF TIE MURDERE

Iepce given on the occasion:
john CuSSean being sworn. gave evidence q
:, the particulars of finding the dead negro
saw the negro and Mr. SOrrel together. on tn
s1ueiuct: when he babe them good night. tn
negro was behind the former. Half an hou
sfter he received information of the murder
The body Of the negro was found close to thu
gate underneath, ON the Virginia side of tn
Fridge: the parapet on the side where tn,
negro was found was too high for him to hay,
possibly fallen over on the side by the cana
might occur; the fence being not more thai
>sEee high.
Cross examined by Mr. Radcliffe. for the ac-
Gu ei.-Mr Glover and his wife and another
hly. were at cards III the house where he went
alter parting with the prisoner and negro; wheT
The accused and negro started of, the prisoner
aid to the other - do You know that i have
got knife 2' 1t appeared from the witness
: statement that the negro forced his company
IN the prisoner. and the thought struck the wit.
ness that something bad might happen This
thought arose from the above remark by Sor-
rel The last words used by the prisoner, that
he heard. were. = Old man, you are not going
with me Witness did not hear the cry OF
mprIer while in the house playing ut cards
but was notified OF il before the negro and
prisoner started, the whole company. consist
inc Of witness Mr.. Glover, Mr. Minor, and
Mr. Sorrel had couple of drinks all round
thew were all together Mr.. Minor started first
by himself from the aqueduct.
MIR Donaldson s1id that he had examined
the spot with the other jurors, he looked round
10 see if the negro had fallen off the bridge
there we're no marks of it; besides if he did.
he would have been cut and bruised, but there
were no bruises about his person. He was found
between the first and second pier
Cross examined by Mr.. Rate.iffe He was
found on the Georgetown side there is rough
masonry where he fell; a man could not have
fallen without being bruised If he was thrown
over where he was found he would have fallen
into the water; the place was muddy where he
vas found
the body when il was taken out He suspected
that there was foul play from previous cir
tumstances- Witness described the manner in
which the body was found hooked to the rope.
The first person that pulled the rope was Mr.
Glover. A sailor ON board o vessel in the
river had said that he heard the cry of murder
quite shrill, as if on the aqueduct he went
down below to inform his comrades, and when
be returned on the forecas;le the cry proceeded
from Below. A man might squeeze himself
through the rails of the bridge, but he could
not have fallen over.
Mr.. knight, another of the jurors said that
there were no marks of violence about the body.
Ar. Crumbaugh said that he was in a room
at the back part of his residence, when his
mother came In and said that she had heard
the cry Of murder He immediately went
out with bride in his hand, and on reaching
Mr. Nicholson 5 grounds heard man ..hallo, =
he halloed on his return. and on getting to the
iron works he heard another halo On coming
back, he met Mr.. SimOnds half way between
there and the acqueduc.. On looking over
thav axraulpn he'll
which looked like hat or a coat, on pulling it
up witness observed - that il must bo a man. :"
Witness went round to get the ferry toat His
appearing at the ferry house, was the first in
timation that the parties inside bad of the
circumstance. On going out. Glover first said
-. let Us look down here, at the place where
the body was found The noise that he FIRST
heard was like that of some one crying :: for
help
Cross examined: Witness lived in George
town close To the aqueduct; heard the halo
ing twice, he went along the tow path but met
10 one.
Mr.. Simmons said that he helped to get
the body out of the water. He liyeil>close
TO the ferry, and heard the halloing; thought
that il was somebody drunk Crumbaugh got
there first, saw him with light as he passed
the bridge; saw Crumbaugh coming back
Cross examined by Mr.. Radcliffe: 1t was
nearly clock when they got the negro out
Heard the halloing for a quarter of an hour
before he went out, the cry appeared to be
boat here thought it was somebody in drink;
the last that he heard was some one saying for
God sake bring a boat here" Did not like
10 90 by himself when lie first heard the hal
Icing, but started off shortly after.
Mr.. Mater said that he was at the furnace
when he heard the noise; but his wife. who was
in the office at the time, would not allow him
to 90 over. Before the halloinz took place
several persons had passed by the furnace; he
Observed to his wife, when he heard the halo
ing, there is somebody drunk The cry ap-
peared to him to be :.old joe" he thought that
il was perhaps one of the men who had lust
passed by, who had been left by his comrades,
and was calling after them. The men en-
plOyed at the furnace were talking of it, and
one of them said that it was a colored man.
he knew it by the sound. The cry gradually
grew lower; and on leaving the furnace, light
was seen on the aqueduet, and afterwards on
the side of the hill; with this exception they
saw nothing else
CrOss-exanined.-It was very dark; did not
know which way the persons who passed were
going; it was shortly after o'clock when he
heard the hallOing, and about 20 minutes to
o'clock he heard the hailoing again; could not
see whether any one passed over the tow-path.
a. he was in the cast-house. which. is below, by
the side OF the river the persons who passed
by were rather bOisterOus, and kicked against
the house. but he did not know whether
they were boys or men.
Mr.. Nicholson said, that he lived on the
Georgetown side; he heard the halloing for
some time; his little boy, who was at the win
dow, said - it must be some one who is falling
over Witness saw the light, and concluded
that it was somebody drunk; could not dis,in-
guish the words, but only that it was a human
voice
Mr.. Glover testified that Mr. Minor came
over to his house with a servant, and meeting
Sorrel invited him down to his house he sent
In the negro for a light and glass. Witness
al the time was playing at cards. He gave
Minor glass out of his pocket, and Minor gave
them all drink. Minor then offered a drink
round again, which Sorrel and others declined
Minor with his servant then got into the buggy
Of the former, when the old negro man said
that 1t would be better to have light; wit
hess then with light led the horse as far as
the culyert and then returned. On coming
back he saw Cusean. and when he got home
played game Of cards. During this, Crum-
baugh knocked at the door, and on its being
opened, said. What is that noise? 1t is the
NOISE OF murder" Witness then accompanied
him on the agueduet, and remarked, :. that if
The man was thrown overheard he must have
broke his neck" Crumbaugh put down his
hght, when they saw something black, they
hen put down line witness had hold of the
line. and remarked that there was something
on II. After giving the line three or four pulls
The darkey came up they put the body on
Sow, ami as the Waterman refused te stay
alone, witness offered to do so. He borrowed