New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-06-25
MONDAY MORNING. JUNE 25, 1860.

IA Y MOhNlNUs JO IN II I'D
Jarley and two others were in Gil's carriage, re-
turning to the carriage stand from tent where
hailed the carriage and shouted { Stopp' Gil, |
who was the only on the drivers seat, asked il
he was the person addressed; Lockwood answered,
g Yes, you, yon you, John Henry, you ID. son
Of q b-h, get ont Of that carriage p Henry
jumped out at one side Of the carriage and Carley
out at the other side. Henry put his hand behind
him as If to draw a weapon, Che swore he had
money upon which Lockwood retreated to little
distance, and he jumped into the carriage again;
as he did this Lockwood fred twice, and Gill fell
from his seat and the horses ran away. Tucker,
one of the other drivers seated in the carriage,
jumped out and stopped the horses. II was about
ri o'clock when the party started to get the drinks
They staid at the tent only long enough to get the
drinks and after that returned to the carriage,
and were on their way back to the stand when
they were hailed by Lockwood. On cross exami
nation, Henry stated that he did not see any per.
sons in company with Lockwood. The sun was
not down when the shooting took place. Witness
left Immediately after the shooting, and got into
town at ~ O'Clock. Recognized lockwood, be-
cause the sun had not set when the shooting took
place. On further cross-examination, Henry de-
elared he had not driven a cab for seven months;
had lived with his step-motaer part Of the time
got his coffee and cakes at Wbclrs, on st. Charles
street admitted having been arrested four times
for disorderly conduct but denied participating in
the BienvilIc street outrage, with which affair
police information had closely Implicated him and
denied having threatened Wills, witness for the
defence in the present case.
Charles CaSteH; Was in the carriage with Henry
when Loekyood hailed them. Had met Henry on
the grounds, and warned him to look out for him
SELF and leave as soon as possible; advised him 10
take seat in his carriage. They went over and
sound Gill quarreling with man who looked like
4 policeman; /; Gill Said the man had struck him
with a cane. After that they went aud got the
drinks, and were on their way back when Lock
wood hailed them. Words, same as described py
Henry Witness jumped out Of the carriage; then
saw Lockwood fire witness went OFT some 20 or
30 ofeet and saw Colson, Demo and Donne together.
After the shooting, Lockwood called to these men
to come on. When near them, witness SAID, Boys
have nothing TO do with tins allealty aln
to g Bi.n All of them were Bllls.1 Dld not nave
conversation aside k7ith Colson Did not re-
member seeing or speaking 20 israei GioDoIs ll,a. III
evening. Did not go toward Gili,s BODY. Got ms
load Of passengers, returned to the city anu met
Henry afthe corner of st. Char rles and Common
streets. Did not see Colson after the shooting, but
did see Demo.
After the shooting and after the horses started to
run away Donnell ran about rs feet after the car
riage, then turned and went back to John Lynn s
tent. Did not remember telling Gibbons 1t a&s ~
dark he couldn't see who did the shooting sup.
pose the sun was down, as it was getting DARK Y.
the time of the shooting. Admitted that ne Hau
been arrested, once for breach of peace and using
obscene language and once for sleeping on door
step. fGibbons was brought into Court for wit
ness to look at and then sent out agalnl Nllness
knew Gibbons by sight and name, bat au noe ~, IT,
member seeing him or speaking to him at fhe
Pfngstfest r,o.o,
coach. Went out with 9th ers IN otllls carnage
and In the carriage when the shoutng e Joni @
Henry took place, and the shooting followed. TO
out to the ground at about quarter past sever
O'Clock Henry and Carley got out ct the carriage
when the shooting occurred witness and narps a,.s
remained in the carriage. Did NOT KNOW VINO hreu .
| saw the man, but saw no one with him, was pret
| ty positive that the first shot was fred peiors
| Henry got out of the carriage.
This, with some further questions to Dr.. d Aqaif
as to the course of the bullet through Gils head
che being on the drivers seat Of the carriage whel
shot, and Henry inside tie carriage, several fee
below Gill.) closed the testimony for the state
There was, during the examination, much discus
siorf between Mr. Semmes and Col. Field on point
of la ", governing the admissibility Of certai
points of the testimony brought up; and seVefa
parts of tive testimony offered or about to be ofel
ed, were ruled out.
FOR THE DEFENCE.
AS MANY " illnesses were examined for the dF
fence, and at length, we shall not only coudenst
but classify the testimony, as separately Civ ssn
behalf of the two seeused on trial. and the OF Se
two included in the Indictment, but not arrested.
Asto Loclarood-ioick Allen swore he was il
company with Lockwood all afternoon and until II
o'clock at niszat; was positively with him for hal
an hour before and half an hour after the time o
| the shooting was with Lockwood when some one
came up aud reported the shooting; at this tint
witness and Lockwood were at a beer tent near thu
dancing saloon after that witness went with Lock
| wood all around among the tents, and was witt
him till 10 o'clock. By ms watch, witness knew
| cured. David Kinney swore he was also in Lock
| woods company and staid out there till 10 or Il
| o'clock at night. Between Z and o'clock witness
| heard of the shooting; they were lighting tn
torches at the time. 1t was half-past seven, Whci
witness and Lockwood and others drank together
| they drank several times; it was about s o'clocl
when witness left Lockwood, and immediatel.
| aftel1yard he heard that man was killed. Allen
Cady and five or six others were with Lockwood
| at the time. j. B. Wills swore that he saw tn
| man who shot Gill; and saw him run. He was
/ small, heavy built man, aud was not Lockwood
! there were three or four others near him when Ii
/ fred Ii was between and ) O'Clock the ma
| who fred was about ten feet from the carriage
| was not yery dark at the time; witness saw tn
man plainly; as he passed the lights of tent littl
| way off; could have recognized q man at create
]! distance. Knew Lockwood, Cady having prevousl
| made them acquainted. The man ran toward tn
/ railroad; he had on dark Clothes and o soft wide
| brim hat The torches were lit when it was quit
| daylight Officer Brooks and others saw Lock
wood drinking at tent minute on so before til
4s 70 Goyso,-Eugene Duprat testified that h
was in the company OF Colson and others when
man came up and reported that q man was killed
! Ionis Power swore that ct 10 or 10 minutes to
i O'clock Colson asked him to take q drink. Thi
| was near the dancing stand. Being 10th to ieas
a lady with whom he had engaged to dance, he az
| ,,onpanied Goson q little way, and then stopped
| lIoison was fifteen or twenty yards ahead; as
| st arfed to e4r back to the dance carriage droy
nm and man Jumped out and spoke to Colson
/ lust then witness heard two shots; Colson starte
in the direetion t,vf the shots, and witness wei
| back to the dance. Could not tell whether th
/ man who smoke TO C&elson was Carley or not; 2
| one else was with the man or with Coson at Il
| time.
| Asto Deno-Eugene Duprat AMI George Harbo
| testified that Billy Demo was rolling tae pan L
| them at their roulette table, and wa IN tIle te
| all evening, before and after the shot Nuhs WI
there when some came and reported Il. 'e snoo
/ ing. Sosthene Bachemin, George Jemisol.s ~
others, swore to the same effect in behalf of d, N
| As to DonneR-J. o. Nixon testified that i
heard the shots and that at the time, he was tali
ing with Billy o. G. DonnelI in front of the dancin
/ stand some distance from where the shooting OF
i CURED. Sergeant Brooks testified that he sa,
/ Nixon and Donnell together at the time of th
/ shooting.
/ The above was the substance of the direct test
mony in behalf of the accused parties. Considel
able other testimony was given to impeaeh th
| testimony for tho State. Sergeant Brooks an
| Israel Gibbons swore that they got to where Gi
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