Daily national Democrat., 1861-01-05
/ nouest in the Newell Homicide Case

Last evening an inquest was held on the
body Of the late Samuel 7. Newell, killed on
New Years day. by Horace Smith. The ev-
idence was as follows:
Jasper T. Smith, sworn-E am salesman in
the store Of Ashim Bros, and was there
when the difficulty occurred, which resulted
in the stabbing of a man was standing with
my back to the door some thirty feet from it.
My attention was drawn to the door by a
noise in the street, and, as | turned, l saw
two gentlemen Just inside the store. They
stumbled over q case of goods, and appeared
to be in desperate struggle; one broke
away from the other and ran right to the
connter; he appeared to strike his toe against
one of the legs of the counter and fell; at that
time | had got from behind the counter,
when the other man pursued the PROSTATE
individual, and struck him tremendous
blow with knife; | was about five or SIX
feet distant at the time the knife was tve or
six inches long and about an inch wide, as
far as | could Judge; after the blow had been
struck the assailant exclaimed, "There, you
will slander my wife again, will you p
Nothing more was said | did not hear the
wounded man speak at al; ; the wounded
man then rose to his feet behind the counter,
and appeared to be in great agony, and then
store; | went to the door and called for the
police; none came, and asked gentleman
to go for one; when | returned | saw the as
sailant put up his knife and walk away to-
ward Montgomery street, having first taken
| the arm of another man, who made no re-
ply to me when l asked him if he was po-
| liceman; did not see them when they hrst
came in: the wounded man lived about half
an hour The difficulty occurred about ii
o'clock that morning.
Julius H. Stitch "a boy) sworn-I was put
ting up some goods at table 10 feet from
the front door-heard noise as if man
stumbling over something at the front door
nearest Montgomery street. | saw the man,
said to be Newell, and the other man stand
ing over him with bowie knife raised. |
heard Newell cry "save me save meW lie
ran towards the back Of the store and fell,
when the other man struck him with his
knife in the front part of the body, but ]
cannot tell exactly where. The man with
the knife said. There, you will slander my
wife again, will your" l saw the blood
come at the first blow, but not at the sec
ond
Mr. Smith being sent for, the witness
identified him rs the person who used the
knife.
of Hope Bros; went over to Ashim's store;
saw the deceased leaning over the counter
and Smith holding knife up, and think he
was saying "That is what every gentleman
should do" and he said something about his
wife and child; he then placed his knife in
his bosom and walked away with somebody;
the deceased struggled into a back room, ex
claiming 81 am DYING"
VIM. Farnham and 7. O. Lewis were also
examined, but their evidence was inmate
rial.
John Laherty, sworn-Am Ordnance~Ser-
geant at the Preside; l was standing at Sta
pleton's door next to Ashim's store when a
man passed very quickly towards it; and
upon reaching Ashim's door, looked into
another persons face, whom he struck with
his fist, staggering him; the small man New
ely was recovering himself when the large
man (Smith) struck him again; the small
man then ran into the store; | went up and
saw the large man, with the knife raised,
standing over the other man, and heard him
say, There, d-n you that is what gentle
man ought to do" there was sentence be-
tween the words, which did not hear; but
he spoke about his wife and child; l saw the
blood on the knife; the other man staggered
backwards into the back room, and died
there
Police officer Bovee testified that Mr.. Hor-
ace Smith, with Judge Harvey and some
other gentleman, came to the police office
and Smith gave himself up. Smith deliver
ed up knife stained with blood, and load
ed revolver.
The jury returned a vordict that Samuel I.
Newell came to his death from knife wounds
inflicted by Horace Smith with intention to
destroy life.-S f. Mirror, Thursday.