Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-05-02

house; my house stands close to this, 80 oil
40 feet distance; / was at home the night
this shooting occurred; it was about FIVE
minutes after IL; The deceased generally
went by the name of Johnson, sometime:
he was called Corsin. but he wrote it Dan
iel Johnson.
1 heard the noise that night, il was loud
talking; 1 went round and could see John
son: was south OF him, a little over a quar-
ter of a square ana the width of a street
from him, think the distance is about sc
feet; it was a bright moonlight night; ]
could see objects distinctly, there was no
thing 10 obstruct the view; / could hear
them talking but could not hear what was
said; in little time a shot was fired, aud
then four 10 as quick succession as they
could, Johnson said they had shot him and
If it did not kill him, damn 'em, he
would line them.
saw johnson when the first shot was
| fred. He seemed 10 be swinging back
ward and forward as though he was in Ii
quor. When i first saw him he was ae
far from the door as the breadth OF the side
walk-he was in the gutter. When the Il rst
shot was fired be backed q little, when
the second third and fourth shots were
fired, ne was still swinging back, and af-
ter the fourth shot. he said they had shot
him. i could hear the voices Of persons
in the house. but not what they said. 1t
appeared TO be woman's voice | head
johnson say, let me in. ! am cold. After
he was shot he went opposite and told the
man to open the door for he was shot and
was dying. johnson then stepped back,
threw up his hands aud sunk on the ground
and groaned. 1 then saw a man come out
Of Mrs. Hughes house and run down south.
He ran close to me. He was a man about
the size of John W. Stratton. He was
dressed in grey clothes. and had his coat
( drawn up and n low black cap on. He
went south. | did not look after him. /
then got my pistol and proceeded to where
"Dan" was. He then said, is that you
John said yes. What are you doing
heref He said. am shot He said he
was cold. We took him in the house of NJ
Garvey. l then knew him to be Dan John
son. | did not remain with him a great
while. l saw him next morning. he was
in a bad fix. saw him after he was dead
knew him TO be the same person who was
shot 1t was about 80 hours after he was
shot that he died. The shooting occurred
on the morning of the 9Th day of Feb
Mrs. Hughes occupied the house where he
was shot. He told me that he did not
think he would recover. This was the
next morning after be was shot. He said
he did no. think he would live long-iu-
deed he told me he thought he was dying
then.
Cross examined--It was about ) min
1tes after l2, when | first heard the noise
at Mrs. Hughes. | looked at my watch.
| had but a short time before gone TO bed
| passed once by Welch's shop and re-
NAMED there sometime. heard the con-
versatiOn-it seemed to be in any angry
tone. / only heard him swear after the
shooting. | did not see him much higher
the house than the gutter. could not tell
whether he had been higher or not After
the first fire Of the pistol, there was a
pause, thInk long enough to change the
pistol to another person. The second,
third and fourth shots were as quick to.
gether as you could fire a six shooter. /
did not go to see the man until he fell
down. After | saw him fall, went after
my pistol. When got to him, the man
who lives in the house was near him-I
think DIR. Hitchcock was there also.
Michael Garvey testified as follows: 1t
was about half past IL o'clock, when ]
found the man near my house. I live op
posits Mrs. Hughes. | recollect the time
the shooting occurred heard four shots
Daniel Johnson was in my house awhile
| that evening-he was intoxicated. After
/ heard the pistol shots. he came to my
house and wanted to get in. l told hin
/ my wife was sick and | could not let hin
iu. i thea came out to him and saw hs
vas shot. and got a doctor for him. Itwa:
half past II when took him ia He wa,
at my house the evening before; knew hin
by the name of Daniel johnson. Thi
was all the name knew him by. He sale
he did not want to be known by any oths
name, on account of his people and how
he died. When the Doctor came, he tolc
him he would not live more tn an one hou
and half. He all the time said he weu !,
die. He died al nv house. 1t was brigh
moonlight night when he was shot. Mrs
Hughes lives opposite me. l heard Dan
iel before / heard the shooting
+ Cross examined: The fret noise hear,
that night, was Dan" on the other sid
of the street. calling on Mrs. Hughes to IL
/, him in, for he was cold. / then heard tn
shooting. | was in bed in my house wher
lived. The rooms in the house wer
both front rooms. | heard Mrs, II. tai
back to "Dan," but could not hear Whs
she said; heard them talking inside tn
house, but could not tell what S he said.
was not very long after first heard Dan
until heard the shots. l heard three 4
four shots-sfter the first one there was a
inte.mission, but the others were close tC
, gether. cannot tell how far he was froI
my door when found him--I can sho'
the spot. but cannot tell the distance.
, Frank Heney said as follows: The shoe
ing occurred on the morning of the 9th ,
February; live on he west side of I'd st
! about AZ yards from where Mrs. Hughc
lived; heard the shooting; was in be-
r got up, heard one shot and then three oil
+, ere; l locke out the window and saw Da
Corsin; he was lying "A yards from N
. residence; he was in great agony; he asks
. Garvy 10 let him in and said he was sh
n at Mrs. Hughes; remained at my resident
until they brought him by and then
s helped them: short time after this,
o looked over TO Mrs Hughes aud saw