Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-07-10

press.
IHE EXAMINATION Of Egglsston and Sulli.
van, charged with the killing of Capt. Bell
was continued yesterday afternoon. That the
evidence of Mr.. Reese may be understood We
repuolish that portion which appeared in YES.
a. Il. l.. Reese sworn.-Was employed on
tne an INST, oy Beckett, to preserve order;
when got there Capt. Bell was standing at
the door receiving tickets; stayed there until
near eight O'Clock; everything was quiet ex-
cePt sight skirmish at about seven O'Clock
ga" Isaiah Stewart, Daniel Stewart, Epgle
ston, sullivan, Ranggy Jones, and Eslin, Sit
IDg oenlnd the music stand Jones was yery
drunk, and some one put him on the table
oehind the stand to sleep; asked the Captain
now they got in, and if they paid: told the
Germans to keep away from them. that thew
were in liquor and likely to raise fuss; about
half.past eight o'clock Eggleston asked me
what time 1t was; L looked at my watch and
told him; noticed VIM. Thoma there with a
little stick in his hand Sullivan jerksd it out
OF his hand; that created a difficulty, and Sui
Ivan was about to strike Thoma separated
them; Sullivan said he was insulted by Thoma,
ard he wouldn't stand it told him not to
mind drunken man Sullivan did not strike
him put ThOma on bench, and told him to
stay there, for be would get whipped if he
came back; Sullivan and Myers got into a
fighting attitude, Myers backing; went to sep.
arate them, but was prevented by Isaiah
Stewart and Dan Stewart, with E.lin and Eg-
gieston saw Thoma coming hack; went to
MN ana took him back again; while with
Thoma, heard Myers hallOo murder: I went
down again to separate them, and could not
get to them Sullivan was, at that time, kick.
Ing Myers; L said to him, "Bill, for God AL
mighty's sake don't kill the man, YOU have
given enough now ~ turned to Dan Stewart
and told him not to let Sullivan kill that man
he may kill him and you will all be impli.
Gated saw Captain Bell coming from the
gate like; he said let's coax them boys to
stop; he went to one and put his hand on
his shoulder and said, "Gentlemen, don t fight,
l would rather treat to anything you want -
In the meantime Thoma had got down; Isaiah
Stewart was standing near the counter he had
been drinking glass of lager beer and get
down the glass; Thoma passed by Eggleston
and Stewart; as they passed Eggleston struck
Thoma one blow Isaiah looked into the pas
sage and said "what have you get there, you
id son of b-h"; some one threw a glass
IN the window at Beckert; l. Stewart at the
same time picked up a tumbler and struck
Thoma on the left ear; then Captain Bell
passed me, and as he passed Dan Stewart
struck the Captain with the butt of whip :;
Sullivan and EgglestOn were standing beside
each other; heard Captain Bell say boys
L
saw something glitter; something like knife :;
| am not certain it was not the barrel of pis
toll; thought some one had raised something
to strike me; l walked sideways looking back
ran to the kitchen to get to the bar-room to
get my pistol and colt or billy as | advanced
| a few PAGES to the kitchen door saw d motion
of An arm or OF some one making a thrust :;
saw the glitter again, and at the same time
| saw the Captain put his hands to his back
toward no
more speedy getting to the Kitchen saw
| Beckert there, and observed 1--WE shall
| have some serious consequences here;' when
got to the kitchen leading to the back bar
| room, and went to the door leading behind
| the counter, l saw some one lying there, and
heard rafting as if in the throat went in
front and saw Captain Bell lying with his face
| on the floor; went to him, turned him over on
his back, and said to him 50 Captain, for God $
| sake what's the natter there was a great
| puddle of blood around he raised his hand
| and put it on my back, but it fell off; went to
| the back bar-roOm and said, "Men, come
| here quick, Captain Bell is dead or dying ="
| L pulled my knife out and cut his clothes
open; can't say positively, but believe it was
| hat in the scufle
After hearing the evidence Of Mr.. Reese,
Justice Goddard directed that Daniel and
| Isaiah Stewart be admitted to hear the testi-
| mOny, they being implicated
DIR. Elliott sworn Held the post-mortem
examination of the body of Captain Bell dis
covered wound in the back, below the right
shoulder, and near the spine it was an inch
or an inch and half long, the lower portion
ragged as if by drawing a knife from it or
turning the blade when inserted the large
artery upon the vertebra was divided, and a
rib severed from the vertebra; the weapon
entered the lower lobe of the right lung,
towards the middle lobe the interior of the
| wound was about the size Of the outer portion !;
| 1t was such wound as would cause death al
| most instantly; such a wound might be made
| with weapon an inch or an inch and half
| wide, and seven or eight inches long; the
| thrust was upward, and must have been given
with considerable force and a keen weapon.
Mrs Ann Myers sworn.-Was not at Beck
| ert's.
| Seaman Heisman sworn-Mr. Ruppel inter.
| preting at Beckert's on the 4th July !;
saw Sullivan strike Myers two blows was at
the table with his wife; Bell asked Sullivan
| to be still and make no fuss Sullivan took a
light of Beckert's bar, but put it down again :;
saw Sullivan strike Bell who put his hands to
back and walked off; there was one person
standing by Sullivan, but it was too dark to
see who he was did not see anything in Sui
livan's hand; was about nine feet of; Bell
| stood two PAGES from Sullivan with his back
to him 4; Sullivan walked up to him when the
blow was struck the party started towards
Myers, going in the direction of Schusser' s
| house; Sullivan had his hat on at the time he
struck Bell; four or five of the party were to-
| gether at this time.
| W. Nef, sworn.-Was standing at the gate
had been employed by Beckett; four men
were there whom Beckett said he wanted to
| get out peaceably saw the fighting in the
back of the yard could distinguish nothing
particular; saw Bell lying dead on the floor );
Sullivan came in after his hat; said to Sull-
van it was a shame to murder a man in that
way; Sullivan said he was sorry it occurred,
and was willing to be arrested; he went away
without his hat; he saw the body but did not
| touch it.
A. 4. l.. Reese, recalled.-Picked up the
hat near where the Captain was struck.
J. l.. Henshaw, sworn.-Was not at the
Park; returning from the Post Office, where
he lad been, met with Col Randolph and
| went to Lyle's cigar store and sat down; Egg
| glestOn and j. Stewart came up and pressed
witness and others to take cigars; one of Thorn
asked if they had heard Of the disturbance at