Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-22
I0CAL INTELLIGENCE.

I'll
r,.iou Of the testimony Of the German wit
lied - W.. a.,
-, Work avenue and Ninth street at nearly
q, - on the night when Stops WaS shot.
90 -, The northwest corner; saw three men
We. ao,,, Of the Ninth street door of the barber
IN saw two men come mp from the direction
Wv Yo.k avenue and they met the three men
~ corner; witness heard some talking hut
"A not understand what was said; one said TO
- q. W nv did yOu,n or - How came Won -
.,u.tbing which witness could not under
"a. ~. man replied 90 Damn it, don't he fool
Nth ne - ~ something like that and then
= the uarty was showed of from the crowd
- ON IN, DISTANT pistol wds fired and the man
- I'D b,en showed off fell; witness remained
r,rusr some minutes; sitter the pistol was
"a they al ran, two Of them Tan in the direction
- Wires was, the other two Iaa M Ninth
:. -ssf. only saw fpuT men run aud one fall: saw
hi, IN run down towards street; of the two who
"a down Ninth street, one was tall and the OF her
s,rf- the IA 4 man had pistol in his hand. wit
: ,-w II a~ u flashed in his hand the Instant
- man who was shot fill the two men who ran
ever towards wh"Ie witness WAS were about
s-fSI "a height, they also ran up Ninth street ON
- appJ>itr she. 40 persons VOin.r down
u'u street Immediately before the shooting:
.r- night was rather dark, there was a gas light
On th. side opposite where the parties were aud
reflected across on them; witness remained
,rHrr~ Shr was until two men came out of a house
.ld went up To the man who was shot, and wit
.-SS went over TO them and asked them IL they
--,u- 10 d" was dead; they opened his vest and
.--,s,I his brraSt, when the blood flowed
,cly from his mouth; they consulted about send
- for physician, and finally ran of for DR.
JIhlmri. aud witness remained there watch
- 20 see ~ she could discover anV SignS OF life:
s".T remaining there alone about three minutes
witness went home aud told her family of the
-slu-r'nrc, witness S..w Il flash OF the pistol
.H"- th~ report az the man who held il turned
70 is, when witness saw this second fash the
nan who h"ld the pistol Wa a few steps from
Be- oedy. witness Thought il was the bursting Of
zap or the striking Of d flint
N'--0iHS DrWHUoHd, STorn.-W itneSs knows
1r'h'n- of ,le shooting; met Wm johnson and
T1n witness understood 10 be Brown at the
.'-1rr ~ ! street: was a police officer at the
'T.', ha1 arrested Il man and was taking him To
Pie Wat' L. house, this was after StOOps wa. shot;
MT them NJ the corner OF and Seventh comir.r
rom the direction of Ninth street; johnson came
0'"r and walked down on the same side OF the
s'-Get that witness was on. tn Go-dOn;s restau-
ant, HtSf the corner of II street. and went in the
.ssttuTani; this was about ten minutes SITTER wit
rs had head the report Of the pistol
w Edt'liH" for the defence here called
Nm JohHSoH.-Had a conversation with Van
lum1n johnson AT GOTduli:s restaurant ON the
hight S;OnPS WAS shot; did not tell him that he
witness, bed Just shot man; witness was at that
me Oh good terms with Van IOman johnson;
witness Told him that IleiS<Ier had lust shot a
man.
'"7H Ho~Ss, sworn Knows nothing Of the
shooting of Sto"pS; saw WIN. johnson Al Cor
u.'u dlI"I NJ came IN there, does not remember
what time 10 was did not know ANYTHING of il
''il wdtchmdn came in aud said that there was
vnUuC man IN th"re who had lust shot A man
TAOS Dom, (Police magistratr.l sworn -
hn"~> nothing hut hattranSpired AT the GUARD =
horse Meade aud Brown are about Ave feet SLY
~ seven Inches IN height, and not near as tall as
y IN Johnson, the examination continued for
Two ar three hours, aud WIN Johnson Fri, a IN
Prove an di'h'. he failed in that; the exaniua-
non went on, and witness missed him ON of th,.
', :, ~ WnH'rN aiieIward heard for the fist time
'hdt W.. Johnson had made a disclosure nf the
Nr"lr "HfiI' witness committed them ali to Iail
ard the neat day went 70 the Jail and took Holm
I'm : testimony; several witnesses wsrs van,
ned al the guard housr who attempted to prove
"a, Johnson was at GOTdOn'S restaurant al m
tine of the shooting Of StOon<
J. r htoEfSr. t"N chief OF poliCe,) sworn -
hHCn this examination was going on at the
-lard- house " ia johnson was in the hoy aud
te 90 CIhCcr NcHenry To take him into The nriI
Jate room aud sent for witness to come To- him.
witness went To him and hT said M, wound NIL o
tcFaA hI't,'i witness held ont nn inducenent to
LIN y Il told him that any disc iuSure he MIGHT
make would not benefit him in the lcaSt-if n.
saew anything he had better keep il to himself
tP'n the conclusion OF this testimony the
Count Adjourned.
THIRD DAY.
To-day the examination of witnesses was TO-
slHsd, when
PIfTiCE GoyUI's was sworn for the prosecution
30 testified that he saw W ii!ldm Johnson ON tI..
l'-hi II th- murder; witness was sitting In Tn.
Nrfhs-n Liberty market, with Capt. Mills and
rsafd shot, witness immed Idtely started down
seventh 81 and at the corner of seventh aud I
''-riS mrt SwypeT johnson coming from the
Erection Of Ninth st. witness then heard that A
nan bad been shot on the corner of New York
avenue and Ninth - went over there and Saw
Stops living there; the distance from the scene of
thr muI der to the comet Of aud Seventh streets
: much greater nv the rOute johnson must have
iA'n Than by the route witaeSs went witnrsS
ven directly down seventh ST. while Johnson
I'd 70 20 down Ninth street the same distance
"tn->s iIav-T>ed on Seventh before coming to /
>-ett, and then had 10 travel over the space from
N'1iL and To- seventh and |; whrn ut the corner
70 SEVENTH and ], witness saw SOM. watcnmen
'a.lHg SOM one L. the qua house; II was at tha
m't'nt witness on turning 10 20 back, met two
A-H " no SEEMED very much frightened, and ~ al
.fft d man had been Killed.; witness and Officer
h'An'ad >aw StooPs on the pavement al the :, In,.
uH'e' anu Is soon ~ Birknead saw StOopS he e.
-IA,n hat some Of the >wyTc'> had threatsn.d
20 Alu nm: witness saw no marks Of gunpcWd-r
~ INC body, there Is VaTty called SwvperS in
IL' NoItt"-n Liberties, aud the ufiSOuPTs IT the
"a. a. well a. WIN. Johnson, went with them:
WITNESS has always regarded the prisoners as
>wyPeIS, for he has often sen them IN cnDpany
Win INA crowd, has heard them called Swypprs,
u common with the crowd they associated with
+''""' II NE'i policeman. SwoIE Saw W III
- ah>on on III night If the shooting; saw him At
Toe ma ket; did net him after the shooting: IL
Jaw him
Lns Prosecution here closed their evidence,
'"f LOA40R Jg4HS0F, SwOTn--HaS known WIN.
NtPefl johnson ten years; had conversation
Nth him about the murder OF StoopS II was at
'.'a'h : restaurant and the wdiChmen Were
eslh% some man TO the watch house. and wit
Is We ont 20 -es them go by; as witness stood
q 80 dooE, Swyper Johnson came up to witness
Aa iour he'd HIM on the shoulder; he then tod
NtheSS mat he had shot man he had pistol
N.fA NJ wished witness 10 take, and witness
'la>rd 10 have ANYTHING TO do with il about ten
-hHLe> after This, witness hed d that StOoDs was
g'' III did not say nItbing 10 witness about
a''s>isr having shot any one this Was between
Hssen and twelve O'Clock at night; witness
NEd SwypeT II any one saw him shoot Scoops
"a n 'ald thft man ndIn-d Tom Brown had
- hlm do 1t Brown was with Swyper at the
- witness was al that time on intimate terms
W N%yP-r johnson; after Swyper cOmnuni-
-sd TINS Information to witness, both he and
~the>' went back into tIOrdOn'S and witness
'I-lh'd there about ten minutes Afterwards
ness did not ask him who he bad shot; wit
y i'S-iher with several others. then went up
W. place where the body was didn't tell
->P-dlh h'orirT that the States Hose had done IL
P'HlV a. To- that; witnrSS sat mp there with
= Do" all night witness said nothing about
'W'7g who did u; FIST mentioned IL 10 Geo.
..-a,oni this WAS about ten O'cIOc next morn