Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-02-25
LOCAL NEWS.
THE MADISON PLACE MURDER.
Trial Of Daniel r. sickIes for the killing
Of Philip Barton Key.
caxrs.L COURT. II. CRAWFORD, J.dx.

Mr. Brown testified that he had made measure
ments ut the house Of Mr.. Sickies 1t Is Is feet 8
inches from the front window 10 the rear window
from inner wall {" inner wall The sofa is near
the back window. Tue thic kness Of the wall is
~ inches.
BY Ould. Made the measurement Yesterday
mornlng. The sofa was then whrre lac said
Don't know where the sofa steod on the day of the
killing &c ut any other time. Don't know of what
material the wall is made The jam of the door is
about an inch and half wider than the wall. The
depth Of the library room is u feet 10 inches.
TESTIMONY Felix M'CLUskEY.
Mr. McCluskeytestiIedth that he resides In Brook
lyn. Was here ON the 27th February last. Went
TO the srene of the killing 4 few MINUTES after IL
took place saw a crowd there, and another fol-
lowing 81 kl-S towards Horace Clarke's When
hc (the witness) got near Ia him he was ascending
the steps OF Attorney General Lilac ks house Had
not then been 10 Siekles's hOase on that day. On
reaching Blacks he sent in note notifying Sickes
of his presence at the door Sickles sent him an all
swcr that hr (S.) would soon I've ont Sick came
out and went off with Butterworth I'm 4 carriage
lines then went TO Sickles's house. Met
Me Blair on the way and entered the house in com
pany with him. There saw w Woodbridge and Miss
kidgely.
AS he was telling w shout the excitement at
Blanks, Sicklrs, Butterworth and somC third pr
SOU (nnt Waiker) came in. Walker came in afIer-
wards, in a state of great excitement Sickles aud
Others went into another room Sckles looked ;rs
IL lac Was about Ia kill everybody in the houss. As
Sicklrs went up stairs he asked witness about GER
Tin keys; aud witness, thinking he would injure
some one, followed him up stairs, and heard a
strange grO1n from some one There. lie down
inding sufficient police there To prevent Sckles
from doing any damage. Then he walked about
the rntry. Heard the groln when the door once
Op-ned. Sickless manner 1T Black and in his
house was like that OF Il crazy man. Black looked
just as crazy as he ISicklcs) did
By Ould. Stld 1t the house until Sickles en-
tered the carriage to 90 TO the Jail. R-Inain-d ut
the house somewhere bctween ten minutes and jill
hour. Sickles sLiid but few minutes up stairs.
and on coming down went into the library and
through the library door to the back parior
Knit mt mt 6.lOr in tan IL
after Scklrs went through il into the back
parior. Somebody opened the door, and that
the back parlor, and the door Was instantly
slammed too. Knowing that Butterworth was i'm
the room with Sckles, he felt that - could do no
harm 10 himsClf Thinks that Butterworth iot-
dard. Walker, and two others went in the hack
with Sickles ~ the jail. Thinks he was the first
person who went to SIckles's after the killing
and that MclSlar entered next after him.
First SAW Slckles rs he left Black house. Sic
klPs directed witness Ia direct the hac kllIan To
his house. Witness ran to 81 house. and got
there before the hack. The only time witness was
very near To Sickles. was when he came out Of
Black ; TO get ia the hack Don't remember seeing
Sickes coming out Of the back parOr after he had
entered il. Saw him in the entry giving drcc-
tlOns to his servants about one thing or another
before starting for the Jail. He (Sicklcs) might
:ilve let the back paTlor without witnesss knowl-
edge. Knows the walls of the parlor thick
Don't think any one was in the back parOr with
SICkles but BUttrryOrth No one went in with
Sickles but ButterwOrth through the library door
Walker went in the back parlOr with Butter
worth. Walker appeared to be taken all aback-
much eXcted-with the affair.
By Carlisle. Black gave witness 4 verbal an
swrr to the memorandum he sent In to Sickles
w as confident that Sickes Ouly came once to the
door Of Blac IS that when he left In the car
rage. Don't think he could have appeared at the
door without Witness seeing him. Didn't know
that il WIS SICkles till he got about 1T Horace f.
GlaTk's house Though he went TO the crowd AT
she place of shooting, don't remember hearing
that Sicktes had killed Key until he reached about
y
at the Club House. and heard Mir. Eustace say the
person shot Was dying. Heard who that person
was. bgt Lad not asked who did the shooting.
then Wasn't certain that it was Sicklrs until
seeing Sic kles come out OF Blacks house. though
heard il said Ia have been Sickles reaching
Blacks house.
TESTIMONY OF CHARLES q. BACGS.
Mr.. Bacon stihe,l that he had procured from
thu Surveyors office certified diagram Of the To-
ralty showing the Avenue in front Of Presidents
Square tn be I29 feet wide; the width Of Madison
Square (streetl Ia be - feet Jackson Place street)
s' feet The l-n"th of the Square. facing which
The Club HUus- and SickleS' house stand. is 49,
f.. 10 ihfcs The length Of Jackson Square is
- feet . inches exclusive Of thu. streets now
called Pllrcs. Went 10 the eastward side of
E1Inmodorr McC1ulry ; house. aud walked rap
idly {" the second tree. (where hey killed.
and il took him thirty seconds gan il iH trtecn
seconds The distance is la5 feet Witness is a
rapid walker runner.
TESTIMONY y JOHN VI ToYaLD
MIR. Ne Donald testified that Le Inns been groom
Always went 0u. with the rarril9c with John
GunHcv, the rn1rhHlH. The Inst time before th,.
iSt wiIrfi iir hey thu rhuTs.iIy bt.fJr.
TIE killing. hey was then coming down from
thu club house and guiEs IA Dou lass keV caII,.
AZ IhP carriage door and shock hands will, Airs
Sekl-s Did not rccolIcct that l'- tlrn rot in NJ
trTEJnls the ruiriI Went w Secretary rhnInpsou's
aud tSn Ia iiOV- Brown $ where tIrv slIid ia the
!i",isr ala hour. rlcrr key got into the clrriagr
and they drove, accompanied by Miss Ridg-ly, to
Douglass.
k,y. h-.IF I'm, anH H.Gf az n,
looked fall in Mfs. Sirklrs's eyes. Key asked il
SHE was going 10 the hop at Willard's that night
She said she would il Dan would let her. Key
said Ia hrr that they would meet again at the hop
hey told her her eyes looked rell. Mrs. Sicklcs
s1id she didn { feel well. Mrs RicLts then or
.Ierpd thu carriage Ia he driven to tine cOfnrr
and EirVenth streets. and between Fifteenth and
SiNternih Atrls on II. Mrs. :. told the driver TO
stop Ola thu neat crossing. which WIS done, and
hey got out. They then drove Ia Douglass, aud
afterwards Ia EdHilrr >. anal from there Mrs. -
ordered to drive home, which was done, and the
carriage was put up. Slw Dir. hey again that
night at Willards.
Knew that the sofa stood in the hack mart Of the
lack Iafl0r; the OF the sofa contact
wiki the book ease corner. The sofa across
the corner II the back room. Don't know how
FAR tIr sofa WIS from the back parlor door That
door was pretty nearly opposite the front door.
The dining room is tine north side of the house.
Don't how fnr the back parlOr door was from the
front door and the front part OF the parlor. The
door Of the back I1rlOr OPENS against the par
titiOn dividing the back parlOr from the dining,
room. IL Oprns lnwdrdly.
The b7c X pdrlor Is narrower near the study than
If its front part The passage hall ends where the
IaTiOr begins. Going into the hall one sees two
doors opposite bim-On- l-ading TO the dining
aud the other into the back parlOr, between
which rooms there are fOlding-dOOrs. On the
Thursday MENTIONED il was about p. M when
fLsy let Mr.. Key out of the carriage In the middle
al the intersection Of X and Fifteenth streets
DS.Er Mrs. SIcklcS then down 10 Glutier's before
driving her hOmr. Don't know who SiCkes
fOOtni3n before him.
Mr.. Udid. When the defence had offered Ger
fiin testimony the prosecution had objected the
ground that 10 vas not lawful tO prove the adulte-
Tous intercourse; but the court having admitted it
tO prove other points, the prosecution now with
drew all opposition 10 the Introduction of that tes
iiuIOny 10 prove the adultery. including the al
legged confession Of Mrs Sickles.
Brady. Did not think the defence called on to
accept any proposition from the prosecution, under
tine circumstances, but would consult with his
colleagues in the case with reference to it, He
would take this occasion 10 say, that his client
mad. and continued To have, the strongest opposi-
tiOn 10 the making Of the confession Of Mrs Sic
kIrs public He blamed one for its publication
ilo,Veyrr Mr.. stanton not being ia court the
counsel fOr the defence would not now confer ON