The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-04-09

k'ues Q, the pistol; when Key threw sorra.h,p suap.
s. sIcsies. he was vert aud north ~ ~ . :.
or IL saa. ,ne corner Of Maynards house sbont 10
ane tning throwa by Key came ,,o~,v
pssseu At right angles from where w,.ness s ana
s s.cona snot was simultaneous with h;s tN~
fall va .ne mrs. parties who approached after Ksv
| en, were those who bore his BODY 49, .. 81 ney
illness saw Of eickles, be was crossin r,s .no last
Susae ai!er the last shotsckles tur5aa ~, ~. IN
sim. ana walked NORRIS witness thoueh, ~ .h .he
body az Ksr. .s ,ss. snot mad taken effect on the
snoe, they were rapidly made: the sho,a. .ue
",ssonce OF Siekies 10 Key duriug anv 80 'ess
iSs 80. 2. nrings was from two to three fee. az.
800 sos no nearer than at the last Are vh;ch ;.
ness Judged he was Two or three fess faa on WIZ.
| @ sue wnoie Affair lasted some minute ana Nm
pv n;.; Mr. Key fell his side and eho. :"
hve or six steps from sickles. ey XII ne vas
Ihe muzzie OF the pistol was from .
rrsr,,, rsvy .. tue last shot and last snappinps
=. TESTIMONY OF EDWARD pELArrFIn rps'
49,. Ms, .awasd Deiaaeld Jr., testfed-Tba, So r..
rennsyivania avenue towards Madi.oo nus n,s uown
-; M Wncn opposite the small gate saw Ie NJ 9. S
Kies coming down Sixteenth street. on All G, Sic-
a slde; saw bin address mau on the U,uo
'ns report OF pistol; tho shot didnit sae
10 take effect, for Mr.. Kew exclaimed .s, n seem
me, dont shoot me, don't murder ma ~ 49, soos'
Vanced and took Sickles by the hand. th,nL au' M
algo. ' nano' ana sickles threw him eff and fred
man placed his hand Sickes and Sick ,as ,h. =
nim OH ahd nred again, placing bis pis,o, At Kar,
breast; the man who came from the CIph H..
now walked on up Madison Place with Sickles
aod persons eamesand bore Mr. Key away. witness
was oD the Presidents side of the ayenne at ,ha
small gate at the time, aud the whole AFT air occu
pied about minute aud q half or two minntes.
soon as Key fell, witness went Immediately across
the street. '
By Oald-"Wil you state distinctly what occur.
red at the corner,"
BY Brady-'I submit that the witness could not
be made to go over the whole evidence again
by Court-"ADythng necessary to an expiaua,
tien OF narrative is proper and that only"
BY Ould-"That is all want to do"
Witness resuuiDg-It could not have been moro
than two seconds from the time the parties met
at the corner when the shot was fred which caus.
ed witness 10 turn round; after the first shot,
Slckes followed Key up to the second tree from the
corner; noticed the parties in the middle of the
street after tie first shot; witness turned round
and saw MIR. Key trying to get away from Mr..
Sickles, and saying "dont shoot me, aud don't
murder me-"
Cross examined by Brady-Never knew Mr. Key
before; didn't known his figure at all; he
total stranger to witness; didn't notice whether he
had an overcoat on or not; had heard that he was
tue man who rode grey horse.
Here Mr. Brady read from the Star the evidence
OF tbis witness before the coroner's induest, to
show discrepancy between a portion of that
and the present testimony; whereupon the wit
ness denied the correctness of the report of the
evidence quoted by Mr. d
witness resumed-I am certain that Sickles
came down on the east side of Madison Place: I
saw persons after first shot.
Jos. Dudrou testiied-That he was on the ave.
nue. and hearing report of pistol looked around
and saw Key jump aside and Sckles fire: Kew
then grabbed Sickles, Who threw him off and fired
| again; there was soon third shot; / saw Sickies
| snap the pistol over Keys head: some one came
up aud he took hold of Sckies who then said .,my
bed that's all heard.
Richard NJ. Bonner testifed-Tsat he was on
the square below, and heard two reports of a pis-
toi; he ran towards the parties and heard third
| shot; he was going around the corner, when he
heard snap and thought that was uear enouph
| aud went back (Laug ghter)
Mr. oald-Well. what did you do thens
Witness-l went round the corner as soon as
soooting ended-lrenewed laugh or II saw Key
| dead aud heard prisoner say "damued scoundre,,
| actually saw no shots; don't know the parties
though had seen Key before
Cyrus III. Mccormick, testifed-That he resided
| IN the corner house where the tragedy occurred:
ms attention on that day attracted by a report
| OF pistol; went to the window and saw two per.
sons running. and remarked sthas there was
| street light soon saw Sickies advancing towards
key, who was IN the street, and fired at him: Mr.
hey then went In the direction Of o large treeapd
wniie ne was behind the tree, Sickles ca DE ND and
hey 1eii Into tie gutter, and Sckles fired at him
asaiI' s9ere may nave been snap of the pistol,
out cid not hear 1t or see il; have recollection
| bow the parties stood until saw them in the
street, when SickleS fired: I was in the second
story window of the house and third window from
the avenue-I mean tie parlor floors of tho house:
there is basement level with the street
Mr.. Oaid-No further questions, Mr.. Mccormick
-ycu can retire.
Edward n. Tidball testiied-Thst be was going
out OF The Club House, and Mr.. Kew on the
ground and Mr.. Sickies standing over him with a
| pistol, aud snapped it; went down. and think I
| touched Mr.. SIckles. and he remarked loud aud
repeatedly that be (Key) had 1sdshonored, defied
Or vioiatei MS oed;" he then walked off with Mr..
Butter worth; heard Key cry murder when about
six feet from him; Mr.. Sickles bad on an overcoat
| as saw him when he walked away wi h Mr.
Bntterworth; it was quite a warn day: the TRACE.
uy happened just few moments before o'clock.
by Brady-'l had on an 0vercoat that day; saw
apissol lying On the ground as / was passing for
the physician think it was a single barelled
pistol, but i could not tell, as was running
At this point, it being 8 o'clock, the Court ad.
lonrned until Tomorrow. In few moments the
| prisoner was remauded to Jail. and the i'm meuse
crowd greater than on any other day, dispersed
Ihe jury are all quartered at the National Hotel
Mr.. Bsgioli, the father of Mrs. sickes. denies the
| rumor which asserted that Mrs. Sickles was in
Washington ln note to the editor of the Star,
| he Gays:
My daughter, Mrs. Sickles, is not in Washing
ton, aud has not been since she left her husbands
house after the unfortunate event already too we'll
known. She is with her mother, and under nv
protection at my residence in New York CITY: and
AZ she Is to remain there, trust that her name
| Will not again De needlessly brought before the
public.
"ANrosIo BAaIoLI
Washington, April Z, 1859"
FOURTH DAY-FRIDAY.
REPORTED SPECIALLY BY TELEGRAPH FOR THE RICH
MoND DIsPArcH.l
WASHINGTON, April S.-The Court room was
crowded early this morning The father of Mr..
Sickles, accom- panied by Caevaier Wikoff and Mr..
Bagioi father of Mrs. S.
Jadge z Collins Lee, of Mary land. was seated bv
Judge Crawford.
The prisoner was brought in at half past 10
O'Clock.
The case was resumed by calling for E. Pendle.
ton, witness for the prosecution, who was alb.
sent.
Mr. Ould remarked :-"This is a very importan
eye witness, perhaps the only one will examine
directly, and as the witnesses brother reports
him slightly Ill, 1 would like to know the nature
and extent of his Illness do not wish to force the
witness, if ill, but hope the Government would
not loose the benefit of his testimony; 1 think an
attachment out to be ssued to fiad his condition"
Here bailif came into court and said the
witness was in bed when subpaned
The Judge said the witness had been in Court
since the case CONNIE need, and concurred in the
| suggestion by Mr. Carlisle, for the prosecution
that physician's certificate be obtained.
bai!if was dispatched for that purpose. The
| coroner, Thomas Woodward, was then called 10
the stand and testified:
That be held an Inquest over the body of Mr..
Key. On that occasion pistol was given TO him.
Witness exhibited the pistol which he had re.
ceived, and stated it was given to him by Mr.. Dom
ner, and that it was in the same condition then
as now Witness examined the body and clothes
of deceased The clothes were iu court if any de-
| sired to them. Exhibited two KEYS, si4 In
specie and an opera glass case, which he said he
found on person Of deceased. Could not say wbe-
ther opera glass case was open shut when found
Also exhibited linen pocket handkerchief, VIII ich
he had taken from one ofthe pockets the clothes
The deceased was wounded on ono aide, which side
witness forgets Another wound was 10 the groiu,
and slight bruise one hand The clothes were
| exhibited by witness, showing the bloody shirt,
grey striped pants, which were also saturated with
Il hal IL.