The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1859-04-13

r;eht elbow heard him exciaim once "
,widn . DOM shoot. dDn'tslo me-" What
o,her words Ne said Z do MOI know. The
sistol was fred thrce time. The man who
he,d thJ pissol was about 100 and one-haI'
feet rom the body when The third shut wac
fired 49,. .-~--....
sworn. He ,esiiiied as follows: \
II sxas ~ king 20 the avenue 70 ne east
lof Madison place; saw two rerons, ~
advanced, apparently IN conversation;
s,w one Of them raise his arm and az ~
lid "a the other retrealed towards me norm
,heu heard ,hs rsfor, VI pistol, and ~"
80 ards Them: heard another FIRE, and py
mis- time Me parties had got around we
e,roer. I followed them, and by This tmr
| pot near; saw Key lying on the pavement
hteIess. aud as he lay there Ssck'es snu Ppeu
"a pistol at his hcad twice.
70 Mr.. Oud-I could hardly see me man
/, Mo Vas fired ~, but distinctly saw t.e
man Who shot; 1 reruenixed the man who
Mad H. p;s,ol, I saw rBu,erworlh, Maftin,
and Upshur: al the time Of the affair VIZ
shur was neur the body Of Key; Butler
worth WINS on the corner, and appeared =
II he Ind lust come down 70 the place; -.
s,sr the last shot he approached end re'se'
I ~ The railing; Martin and upshur were
I 'leauinr over the body; picking i Up.
n NJ. Ould--did you see any act 81 lir'ne
cxeep, the first
NJ, Drsdy-I object 20 all except the
I, simole narrative Of the witness.
The C,urt-The witness can give his
! narrative 81 The case, but counsel may usk
him any proper question.
Mr. Brady--Ihere we're three shots hrcd
y nd two Snaps. OF tie pistol; suppose y
" was = sryuyer from his mannerct cocSinH
7, n. an ceriain that Siekles CAME down on
: Ne east eide Of the street; ! saw severa
!, !. n.rsoos after the first sh"i WINS fired. bu
\ none before; id not see Mf. Butierworlh
J.senh Dudrow sworn--On Sunday, m
- 9th u February, was going vest alon:
~ p.,ns,lanla avenue, when ] heard Re-
y. nort 81 a pistol, and looking arnund, saw
:" Eev lump aside; 5 ckles raised hs arm I
\. sre nsnin. when Key grabbed 70 proven
rim. S;ckles threw hi u of and hred sec
4" MA hot. and soon after, third; AFTER
4, ,y,rds a " him suap the PisiSl a. has head
some One came, then. and seized SicAiss b
I'M hand. bul lie jerked il away, and e.
claimrd to him ..he has dshonvred my efd
Richard Downer swvrn--l was Wall
~ ~, ~ I.atsvette square, below scene I
4, the stitay: | heard Two rcpor,s OF bsic
rs Ina hurried 10 wards Maynards corner;
heard 4 tli;rd report iust as 20, there; ~
80 800 c.ins around the cornar ] heard y
oi,,,l snap. thai WAS near enuugh ior "
INA ven, back, Laughter
80 Mr.. Ould-It is wrllyvu aid 80
Mr. D.wncr, the witness. resumed :
~ sn, r,,uud a. soon as The shooting stvpps
''e' fianah,erl | then saw Mr.. Key yu
de "a Oh he pavement; The prisoner "a
~. ~ ..'hc scnundrel;- | saw no shots tired.
y" To Mr.. Brsdy--Two minutes pfpbat
I. !" lelasp@d before got up % ne parties.
heard three reports 81 pistol. Tiny w
~, IN rupid succession, bet al nearly ~
~ ,n,-,vals. There was ab"ut Two mno
49, ib,twep the arst sho, and the last snap
Inc ~ s,oI. SOW a single -bArresied pis
lying on the pavement
AZ Edward DeIa6eld sworn. vas pres
and saw the affair. | saw Sickses co.'s
a" down Madison pace on the east side u
~" street. He addressed person ~ the cor
\. lima | then heard the report u pistol |
y" =. er;es ~ "do,.,t Shoot "d1n't murder ~
4. AZ the second shot Key grabbed hol'
s,ckles. hut he threw him OIL and lirc'
!, ~ MIN again. Kew then fell on bis side -
" ''s,'. es then snapped the pistol az h.s gre
10y IL then appeared to take "a cur on me
'e - ,,l. Some one caught hold ~ Sickies' %
40" bus he ordered him away and snapped
49,. ni-sol again lie then alked, arm "a
49, win some one towards the North. n
- - SickIes. having tften seen him ~ mr.
1 heard three shots fired. recognzeu ?
' les when he cane down Madson place.
did no, recognize The man wllv wnssho'
's's 10 Mr.. Ould. did not hear The pn
49, ssy anything after the first shot wns ?
49," S,ckles followed the man as tar as w
! n''", cond tree into the mlddI. Of the street,
s 800 Ii Jaw Key Try 10 get away. :.
~" To Mr.. Brady. did not know hey
! ~ did not notice his dress.
' ~. ~ Mr.. brady read the testimony o. me
"" ness before the Coroner and said there
..,o discrepancy between i and me Pre-
:. s..r., testimony.
"ncsc Mr. DelafieId. II that Is the ics'ln
thcyIa e gwen y ."e s,hs, w;,ue.sss we're
!. sm,ucd to prove the act OF k'Iiinl
Y" ~ Thomas T.. Martin, who Was present
aooo' carried Key 10 the Club house, ,es'ihe
y 'na" the regular examination. that When .
s s,.'u Ted Key up, Sickles exclaimed. I" ne la
! IN, lated my bed
Y, ~ The District Attorney interrupted
!, y Ia witness saying, that was not required
!. 49,, Az officer was sworn 70 take char
~" the Jury, and Accommodations were
Psa'o' vided t,r them. at the National liuiel.