Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-03-02

blow was struck; neither the manner nor Ian
guage OF either at the commencement was
very angry; did not see Hume raise the cane
but saw 1t coming down; I advanced Is soon
.: saw the cane descending; did not 20 mp
with great promptness; could have gone soon
Or, advanced some ten or twelve feet from
where was; do not think that It was more
tnsn fifteen or twenty seconds from the first
blow TO the shooting; Lee was In crouchiAg
or stopping attitude whom the shooting occur.
RED; cannot say that the three blows were
struck in three seconds; cannot say what
the interval was between the third blow and
shooting; there could not have been . great
interval between the third blow and shooting;
hume seemed to be STOPPING as If in the act Of
taking hold Of Lee; I was in the act Of taking
mold OF Hume when the shooting occurred; 1
DO not think that at that moment Hume was
in the act Of striking; / did not take hold of
Hume until the firing; the blows were struck
with great rapidityj cannot say that all tho
blows were not striiok in four seconds; when
the hrst blow was struck, Lee was facing
Hume; have no recollection of seeing tho
pistol hand of Lee previous to the firing; did
not see Lees hand, nsr did see him make
any effort to defend himself; do not know
where Ice carried the pistol; did not know
that he had one; the third blow had been
struck before the pistol was fred; cannot
y
third blow to the shooting; there must, how
ever, have been an interval, but cannst say
what that interval was, except as have done;
it was all quick over; he did not fire the pis.
tol before the last blow; the blow had ceased
when the pistol was fred; do not think the
interval was sufficient to draw, cock and pre-
sent between the third blow and the shooting,
unless Lee had had the pistol in favorable
condition for its use, or ready for the purpose
of use.
Robert Geddes, sworn-I was present at the
shooting; am clerk in the Pension Office,
and had some official business this morning in
the room Of Lee, and at his desk; when I got
in the room, found Mr. Heaton, Lee, and,
perhaps, other gentlemen, talking over the
occurrences Of the last night at the Presidents;
during the conversation sat down in front Of
Lees desk, or nearly so; while was sitting
there, and before the conversation above re-
ferred to had been concluded, Mr.. Cole, the
Chief Clerk, came to the door and inquiringly
said, Colonel or Major Lee, and said that some
persons wished to see him; Lee advanced to-
wards the door; two gentlemen entered the
room--Hume and Mr.. Wslker-Hume being in
the advance; Hume and Lee stood fronting
each other when Hume addressed Lee; Hume
asked Lee If he still thought him to be the
man who took his pocket book at the Presi-
dents; he did not ask this in menacing tone;
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form of bravado, but simply that he did;
he said, show is it possible that L could have
picked your pocket because was going ono
way and you meeting me, thus going in oppo-
site directions" and then drew the inference
that even if he had been an expert pickpocket
he could not have done so; Lee remarked, q
cannot help it; you were at my side, and
saw you take your hand from my pocket;n
my own impression is that at this point he
OF m
You damned puppy" or damn you you
could not have thought 90 or drawn such an
Inference" Lee made some remark which
did not hear distinctly, to which Hume re-
piled that such was not bis object; as l un-
derstood it that it was not his object to create
any disturbance; Hume then stated that he
wss now forty-fve years old, had been in bu.
siness long time, was known, and, turning
10 Mr.. Walker, said, land here is Mr. Walker
who knows" and then rather tartly remarked
that be gave and threw away moro money in
year than Lee was worth; Hume also said
that it was the first time that he had ever had
his character assaulted; he seemed in this to De
speaking to others as well ss to Lee; Hume
then asked Lee: "Do you think person in
such station, or do you still persist in saying
that 1 picked your pocket, or stole your pocket
book" Lee replied that he saw the hand of
Mr Hume coming from his pocket; Hume then
elevated his voice and said, I" You damned ras-
cal, you say that picked your pockets" and
simultaneously with the expression struck Lee;
do not know whether Lee was retreating
after the first blow was struck; the parties
were moving from the point where the first
blow was given; saw the blow repeated; q
good deal of confusion occurred at this mo-
ment, and as I TUNED my face to the north
side of the house, towards the window, heard
the pistol fired, and turning l saw Hume fall
ing toward the wall, exclaiming or saying
"Oh God" several times, and adding several
times that he was killed or was dead man;
at the moment Hume fell saw Lee at the
corner or near the corner Of his desk; he made
some remark which did not understand; his
head was bleeding, the blood running down
about the ear; he Was in the act of moving;
he had pistol in his hand; I saw Lee just
about the time saw Hume fall; Lee was some
five or six feet (more or less) from Hume at
the time of firing; l saw the first blow struck;
the manner of Hume at the commencement
did not seem to be excited; the time was very
short between the first blow and the shooting;
the parties were near midway of the room
when l last saw them; l saw a second blow
struck, or there was sufficient time for others
between the first blow and the shooting; Lee
stood at first at the end of the desk, and after
wards Immediately in front of Hume; did
not see the pistol after the shooting.
DR. B. Storrow-I have no knowledge of
the difficulty leading to the death of Hume; I
was summoned by the Coroner for the purpose
OF making post norton examination; that
purpose, however, was abandoned, and the
Coroner requested me to make an examin alton
of the wound; found, about three inches be-
low the navel, and from q half inch to an inch
from the medium line Of the body, a wound,
inflicted to all appearance by a ball, and
probed the wound, but found the ball was be-
yond the reach of the probe; the probe made
no enhance into the body in the upper margin
OF the wound; on passing the probe slightly
downwards, it very readily descended into the
cavity of the abdomen; should think the de.
Walton from horizontal line was from three
fourths to an inch from the position Of the
probe when left standing in the wound; the
amount Of hemorrhage within the cavity of
the abdomen must have been sufficient to cause
death independently Of the injury inflicted
upon other parts.
Having heard the evidence the Justices af.
ter consultation decided to take bail for the
appearance Of the accused at the March term
of the Criminal Court for trial, and fixed the
amount at $4,000: the prisoner in SS mn