The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-06-09
TRIAL or PHrLr NASH
Yox THE MuRpER OF
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the trial OF the GDose c1ns5.
p. GiBposs called--Was pastaer viii
Harrison; was 10 store on evening of murder
until s o'clock; left Harrison in store; re-
turned about ten minutes pact 10, ID compa
nv with Mr. Foster Found Harrison on shiI
bed, shot; examined premises; outside back
door found three bricks piled up BY X; found
piece of lalh (Which he showed) leaning
against the cistsrn; in the lsth observed %
| impression which he thought had been made
in turning the key, upper portion Of door
OF glass, two panes of which were out; have
tried the Iath' on The key, and il makes on
impression like the one observed. There
was over $500 in the Office drawer at the
time, and over $500 elsewhere in the house;
two drawers in the desk, one over the other;
| 10 the one where money was, mark was
| made az If by chisel In attempt to force it
| omen ; another mark indicated the same
j thing persons on the street could see there
was light in the office gas was burning
when went away /; knows Defendant, saw
him once before Harrison was shot he came
| in the store for liquor may have been two
| months before tine murder Mr. Harrison
| and family lived over the store, front part !;
NEST people can move back door ICY with
| Iath, and some without, don't know whether
the door was locked when went away not
usual to lock il SO early generally locked
kxhen when we shut up did not lock front
q when went away was locked when
Ftfeturned know Redout, seen him often
| in the store he kept . saloon on Johnson
et., and came 20 buy itquor of us was in FREE
quently about MI NJ had against him was
lin the sf65ll II the office, frequently.
tahsu ~ tness ; there last shortly
~ The 3Ghuasy, 1865 has seen Us
e6uas nosS3 ~ ny Mn the DRIVER which
- &ied SoA the night Of the murder he
| e1co asked - II we kept money there usual
told him yes, and that laid there"
AWAITING to bed this was about the 2lst
Of January was taking money from drawer
to pay expenses to Alexandra, when he asked
the question.
| SCnss examined Have lived here about
| yer, came from CINCINNATI ; commenced
fbo1ness with Harrison on the 9th of June,
/ 1857. When I went out oil the store, left
| 10 O'Clock heard he was shot, and went
home When Nash came there, perhaps
u o months before, he came with some boy
iron Keyser's, tor liquor don't remembers
fG6ebetly the appearance OF that person;
thought he came from Keysef's because
thought he brought Keyser's demijohn can,
say precisely why thought 1t was keyser's
demiohn, bu. il was an impression go,
FIVE to fifty persons daily come into our store
think could tell the people who had beer
in the store twp months previous, but do no
, think could pick out and describe every one
. | rsmemhes distinctly his being there; thinl
he hpdieA rough cloth cap; can't 50!
whGa tire u day Nash was in the store
rMent 70 Alexandra with Redout between
the 10th, and 2lst Of last January to arrarg
sur debt against him Reddout said he ha
q partner there; murder committed I'd 9
April.
!, Court adjourned to next morning at ha
!. past o'clock.
FRIDAY MORNING.
Mr. Day, (frm OF Day 81 Beers) callet
: Was in my store the evening Of April Cd
!. went down TO the corner Of Main and 5tl
about 30 minutes before 10, to a politics
g meeting stood few minutes and starte
for home when got around on 7th st
!. (side OF his store,) heard report up stairs
3 my frs, impression was that Harrison ha
q stamped on the floor and broke through;
: put the key in the lock (of the back door
"a and went into the passage heard scream
r went to Harrison's store Mrs. Harriso
! screamed Tom 10 shot !" ran to her at hea
4 OF the steps, and carried her TO my room
i went back and saw some one falling
Q caught him, and took him TO the light, an
G found il was Harrison he said I" am
: dead man, they have shot mo through tn
: heart; put him on his bed, ran out All
e gave the alarm. and went for Hughes foun
G him at The Gait House, and he came up wit
me store under the same root with Har
n rison g. Gibbons light in fheir store whe
: first went down could have seen bu
p might not in the office. Harrison was in hi
& office. apparently looking over books, wbel
Fent down; no light was In thsir sior
i When first returned when met her q
= the steps, alter he was shot, he had b
!. drawers and shirt /; when came back wit
o Hughes, found Beers and DR.. Hanes there
was not gone for DR.. Hughes more tina
= 10 minutes; wheni left Harrison he wa
Q vefy weak, and could not express himse
clearly, but was in rational state 4 bloc
: was running from his wound ; he VS. yer
y pale he could speak only syllao1e e time
was better when got back.
i Cross erdminai. os.--NothiRg new elcl
ted, OF importance said he wa not agita.c
a when he took down Mrs. Harrison, but "
sgitated when he saw Harrison gave tess
nony before Coroners jury, and shere state
i that Harrison said they, not che" sho
: him.
The Prosecution wished to put in the re-
marks Of Mr.. Harrison made immediatsl
after he was shot, also those made on u
: 10th Of April, as his dying declarations
!, The testimony Of Haines, Marsh, McGugr
!. Day, Foster, and Gray, following, was ad
dressed to the Court for the purpose d le
! termining that question. Tho Couat I'D
2 miticd the last, and excluded the first. TIL
4 counsel for the Defence took exceptions.
= DR.. j. HAiKEs Examined for the pul
: pose of introducing the dying declarations
: said heswas TN attending physician from tn
i. first; when called, few minutes after III
q injury, Harrison said he could not recover
that be was shot through the cavity u III
ii chest. and felt himself bleeding inwardly.-
81 Hs. in common with other physicians. on
/. seavored to remove the impression that h
E could not recover, and thinks that in tire
or four days they partially succeeded &c
Of the impression thai they so succeeded fror
ia frequent and constant intercourse and con
ia versation with him (; cnnno, say that ate
l. the frat conversation with him, he ever sal
Is be coald or could not recover. After the
* had made an examination, they told hin
At that the ball not go through the chest
-i Harrison told me thhi he got on, M bod taa