The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

picted the evils of abofitionism, bis life's
blood was made to atone At tho assasins
hand. After shooting Of Mr.. BoLLMEYER.
the excitement was said to be intense, mob
of several hundred persons collected for the
purpose Of taking the murderer from the
Jail and hanging him to the nearest tree
The Mayor succeeded for time in quellins
the riot. In the afternoon the crowd again
assembled, but no demonstrations was made
In the evening, about seven O'Clock. the
mob again assembled, and proceeded to the
Jail with two swivels, for the purpose Of
breaking down the jsi! doors and dragging
Brown from his cell to be executed. The
guns were captured by the police, and the
rioters quelled.
We publish below the testimony given at
the Coroner's Inquest:
TESTIMONY OF F. p. CUPPY.
have known deceased for some time.-
His name is Bollmeyer- don't know his
Christian name-think his initials are } r.
This morning when l was going home from
market, i saw deceased and Henry NJ Brown.
standing near each other apparently con-
versing They were in front of Mrs. Suits
mans on 2ud Street. fist observed them
when was about halfway between Oh
mer's corner and Mrs. Stutsman's. The
deceased had one foot on The horse block.
and had his mark et-basket resting on his
knee with his arm through the handle OF
the basket. When had advanced 20 with
in about ten feet of the parties. Mr.. Brown
said to Bollmeyer, You did abuse me- and
think he said last night" but can not be
certain. Bollmeyer replied, II did not abuse
vou," to which Brown replied, You are
d-nd liar" l had then just passed them
but had kept my eve on them all the
time. Bollmeyer then set his basket Gown
on the horse block and advanced little to-
ward Brown, who retreated three or four
steps, and drew a pistol. Bollmeyer then
retreated short distance and turned partly
round. Brown aimed the pistol and held 1t
toward Bollmever. Bollmeyer said to
Brown "Don't shoot!" and hold up his hands.
l did not think Brown would shoot, but in
moment more the pistol fired. and Boil
never fell. Brown stood a moment-then
turned and went away.
Bollmeyer motoned to me and seemed
to be trying to speak. l ran to him and pa
my hand under his head. He said. "my
wife," and | put my lips t" his ear and ask
of what had happened. He nodded his
head several times and smiled. / told him
| would break the intelligence to her as
kindly as | knew how.
Christian Breene and Mr.. Crumbaugh
came up and shortly after others. l asked
some one to summon physician and short
ly DR.. Jewett came, and shortly afterward
went away.
Question by the Coroner-What was the
manner of the parties during the converse
ton and interview between them.
Neither Of them appeared to be much ex.
cited till Brown called Bollmeyer "a id
/ liar" Then Bollmeyer seemed to be stung
by the i'm putation, but he did nothing vio-
lent to Brown, nor was his manner as he
advanced toward Brown indicative of vio-
lence. saw no weapon in his hands. He
made no effort to take hold of or strike
Brown.
Question by same.-How far was Brown
from deceased when he fired at him, and
how far were you?
| should think about ten feet. and l was
about the same distance but in an opposite
direction. [Sigued.l F. P. CUPPY.
g. C. cEUMBAUGH's TESTIMONY.
was returning from market. and when
opposite the boarding house Of MIS-. Suits
IN an. saw Mr.. Henry NJ. Brown and Mr.. j..
F. Bnllmeyer standing ear the edge of the
pavement. Mr. Brown on the pavement
and Mr.. Bollmeyer standing in the gutter.
with his market bHsket on the left arm. and
his right around the tree-box Mr.. Brown
called Mr. Bollmeyer "a damned liar" when
Mr.. Bollmeyer set down his ba-ket and
stepped upon the pavement. but as far as |
could judge. not making any hostile demon
STATIONS. l was then standing not more
than four or five feet from both Of them
Mr.. Brown receded a couple Of steps back
ward-thrust his hand iIto the right pocket
of his psntaloons. drew forth pistol and
advanced a step, and at about the same in
slant that he cooked it, said you God
damned" or merely damned, "isr. will
shoot you" Mr.. Bollmeyer exclaimed,
"Don't shoot. Henry" did not think tina,
Brown would shoot, neither do think tina.
Mr.. Bollmeyer expected that he would;
but he did shoot, and Mr.. Bollmeyer fell
upon his back, his head striking within a
foot of where l was standing When Mr.
Brown shot he was not over four or five feet
from the deceased. and I was about the
same distance. at a right angle, from him -
Mr.. Cuppy came up Immediately. I asked
the deceased whether he was much hurt
He nodded his head. then examined his
head, aud after seeing the location of tho
wound, asked him no further questions. He
was struggling very hard to speak. and
made some kind of sound to Mr.. Cuppy,
but not distinct enouyh for one to recognize
the language.
Question by Coroner-Describe the man
ner and temper of the parties before Brown
hred-was 1t angry, or otherwise-and what
did Brown do or after the shooting?
Mr.. Brown seemed to be very much ex-
cited, but did not think that Mr.. Bollmeyer
was unusuelly excited. He made no dem
cnstration as if endeavoring to take a con-
cealed weapon from his pocket. and as far as
| could see, did not even fo!d his fist, Mr.. |
Brown said not word after he shot, but re