Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-29

got opposite TO On the west side Of the street
started across to intercept him.
o. Did the man halt at your approach
9 did not bpt Kent to on S5 rnnnn!F as as E,t near
no harm" He then new like a bird, and hailooed
Q. Did he obey your command.
He did not. When he got 10 Third-street, he
turned and ran east, toward sycamore-stroet, and
Way adonSS he S 81 Charles u EXCHANGE, @ an and dis
appeared into one Of the houses.
K did not; bnt / waited on the outside for
some time, expecting that the other two men would
Q pld they Gomez
Q. When you reached the mouth Of the alley, did
You hear any opening or shutting Of doors9
A heard door open that leads into one of the
buildings, but heard none shut.
Q. What course did you pursue when the other
a. j walked toward the corner and there dis
covered them in conversation with the Third Ward
O Did You say any thing to them2
A. asked them Il they knew the man who ran,
had met two men on Fourth-street who made some
insulting remarks to them, and afterward threat
O. Did they say any thing about the mans hat2
a. They did. and mentioned about going back to
son about the hat, but he said he had not seen IL
g. Who carried deceased to the station nihouse!
A. Myself and Hynsoni we gathered him in our
o. How did you know that he had been stabbed?
A. 1 put my hand in his shirt-bosom and discov-
cred moisture, which ioundo on reaching light, TO
be blood After leaving the body at the station
house, we went back to hunt for Knabes hat; after
which we went to his boarding house to hunt him,
but wcro unsuccessful ia our search.
Q. We're you in the room occupied by knabe?
O. How many beds were in it?
A. Three, two Of which filled and the other
q Do you suppose Knabe knew you to be an off,
4. 1 have every reason to suppose that he did.
+. II. Tatem, William McGraw and Jules Griera-
mad were severally introduced, but their evidence
failed in establishing any fact not already brought
P. Flishpont sworn. live at No. 200 Seventh
street -
9. Do you know the deceased, George Guelich'
A. / do, very intimately.
Q, Was you with him last night at hslfpast
twelve o'elockl
A. was.
BY the Coroner.-State If you please, every thing
that Happened last night while you were with the
deceased.
channe between twelve and one o'clock. After we
left there we came up Broadway to Arch-street,
went to his parents house to tell them that he would
not he home that night,
A. 1 presume not more than five minutes. After
he returned We proceeded on our way, and went mp
street, on the north side, near to Walnut or Main
street; there we met three fellows coming east;
TSssed on they 5hs 6Ted US OH Of the When S
showed them IN return almost immediately after
this George cried out, Peter kill them, for am
q Did you say that they showed you off the side
A / did.
Q. What did the three men say to you and the de-
A. cannot say in English what they said, but it
O. Did yon see either OF the three fellows strike
4. did; one of the three struck George in the
q. Did you see knife used?
pass with his hand in the same manner that
lass would be made il the hand contained knife.
The darkness of the night and the confusion pre-
vented me from seeing more than the mere outlines
o. Do you think that you would recognize either
of the men If they were placed before you?
fWm Witte was here Brought into the presence of
the witness and for moment they eyed % each other
them a mutual recognition. witte being removed,
Gerys was led into the room and soon as Flshpont
Tressiye manner: "shame, shame, and you a
was one Of party ofthree, is oountryman Of Fills:
Tont; there was no trouble about the Identification.
matters existing between him and GeTvis, which
proved that the latter enertain1d toward him feel
q Woud you recognize the man who made the
A. think might, if he had on him the same
o. Did you recognize Geryis last night2
A. ! did not; as I said before, It was too dark.
O. How close were you during the difficulty?
A. Not farther away than five feet.
o Yon state positively that one Of the men hit the
deceased in the iacep
q After your friend George made the exclama-
| tion that he was dying, what did you doP
doorTay g 1 where he sat down, and then followed
/ after the three men who were running down Main
o. Did you call the assistance of the watch
g. Did S you T return to the place where you left
! George
! Q. Where did you go2
! A. / was so excited aud bewildered that hardly
! know where went to. can't tell whether came
anyhow reached the corner Of Fourth and Vine,
where found two Of my acquaintance standing
| near the Postoftice steps.
Q. Did You tell what had occurred!
Q. How far did you follow the three menu
A. About half way down AIain-street, betwOel
q. Why did You give, up thu, PURSUIT.
A, was afraid Of them-they were three and
q. Had you and the deceased drank any tina
4. Yes some four or Ave times after hslfpast ,er
O. what did you drinkI
O. After You followed the men do you now wha
| became Of George2
q. When the three mel approached you, wher
were you and George-o the outside or inside OF tn
A, On the inside,
=; Was t.ie man whoyOu supposed stabbed George
A. He wesi they had the trouble between them
seiyes l do not reoognize either Witte or Jeryis
o. why dd you NOT come sS bscE and nssis Gcorp,
"A: A; ! stated before that Was so much confuse
Q. When did You learn Of Georges deathi
A. Not until half-past eight O'Clock this morning
| A post-mortem examination was held b
Drs. Beck and Goddard, who returned to TIL
Coroner the following sworn statements
We have examined the body of George Gueiich
and find penetrating wound in the right breast
The cut Is about one-half inch in front and belO,
the right nipple; the wound in the skin is about ON
inch in Width and is located, as indicated, betwee
the fourth aud fifth ribs, entering obliquely upwar
and inward, directly through one portion of tn
lung, and entering the pOsteror portion toward IN
Vertebrp, going three-fOurths OF an inch into thi
paTt Of the right lobe Of the lungs, The numeroU
arteral and various branches Of blOod-vesse
which the lungs largely composed, being cui
caused the elsion of almost quart of blood int
the right cavity of the chest, about quarter
which was clotted. Along the track Of the woun
considerable blood i eXirN asated into the eelulH
was, perheps elevated, but lowered Rs i came out
causing the knife to cat the cartilage of the fourt
rib. The wound was necessarily fatal
When the statement of the physicians ha
been read, Coroner Carey postponed, ,furthe
hearing of the case until this morning at min
I O'clock.
Knabe, who, from the testimony, woul
seem to be the homicide is still at large.
is though that he must have gone to the roc
Of his boarding-house and thence passed {
some neighboring building, through whic
he finally eluded the police. He was hear
Of at FIVE o'clock yesterday morning, an
was then north of the Miami Canal but {
he is a stranger, not only in the city, bu
the country, and had no acquaintance say
those he formed at his business or boarding
house, il may be that he will not be arrested
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