Daily national Republican., 1863-09-17

reins s. bC 3 iusy, and ] thought 1 would E6 out
d il; fstnfed oit i1io the barroom. and .ea.s
NC aNgot out but Capt JStn nsSu nrd the psaaris,
sishi "a dollars ior reiieshments, we walked little
snys from the head Of the stairs; called out War.
sas sss nsn Ss.s Sss ss
,ceesh; th'y started down strirs 70 pYt up tho
money, aud Mr.. Luekcn.eeh dida,.'hssS sio, but
offered TO- put up hts Watch And NJ. Wawbolt
s ~ss . 's, MN The snsswsnt wss ssitns TO Lssiss.
bach. ard Wamboit took of his coat and ssid Luck
.ss e S0ss ss.a. ss ao
from hint Se I.eia him he o,uId ilsE him, and
Luckenbach said he couldntj Wambnlt struck
hini they sot tangled tosether nesr the suttsr3
Wasbslt, IT, BrAusiu otderei wamboips releasct
u. Hsnnin, the reply was, they didn't care who he
vas; I believe Lto Branntii felt in his vest peck
ct; weutl swear positively, polieeu,rn esmc be,
"you cant Jpuu soothing here's" tie polcrmcn
| then each took hold 81 his arms; ho s.ss, Gen.
10, i. rn 90, np nsss he house whsn
tittlc moro scuiiins, and hr pulled out somethng
fSoa his pocket aud told the policemen TO stand
N one OF the policemen's oreas. and showed him
| back, he plsc,d what supposed TO be revolver
A. the h ad of INST one and then the other, ard
| ssid, T. stand back or I vail kill you botbj' he
then showed one Of them back, Iwent down staite
to look TOT Capt. Johnson; tfouud the doors closed
c"s, BY the SarS,tone, / heard report OF pistol
4 and saw tho fash by the post, flushed up and saw
o., min lying In the gutter on hts faces that is all
. Gro. examined -Oue Of the party treated when
| they INST came to the Dclsvsn, Lieut. Br-nnin
took a whisky punch; ] made y iot him: the lhlId
treat Lieut. Bfannin treated the ladies AID some
sentlein on the ptszfa; he paid fol IT with y
treasury note, gave him % cents in change; that
| ua mi the nj tiVauki Iiaut RFAODtu
| dsank, and 4 g.ve him new eign; then closed
The b,r, we iei, the aou.e shout k.lt past !
| dtsuk whisky; we he'd syme hing to eat on tie
| tttng bs'. adjoniug the drinking bsr; there was
no lr,cks ~ the hill Of sisht dolla,s, p'id .iSty
ceuts for the drinks, Geistnn invited us into hts
priva iocm; drank; sat by Lieut.. y he drank
nnte; Z did not see him ,l,ink Aaaini thought It
vas pistol lthat Lieut.. Btannin wIs pointiog At
tho policeman, that was the last saw OF Lieut..
| Brsnhin.aa . : . ' HH.. b. n s..r ...I
lRich.id Ftea, sworn--I am hack driver; saw
epes, after one o'clock, while was stting on my
hAek.box, at the N~tiohsi Hotel; did moi 80 over
head the Ispo., t IA
ooil,ry Mr.. ho.npson cried out to me, Dick take
that ptstol away from him, he is going to shoot
mea Joln.on had a plsto back ot Iishipi seized
| The ptst"t and 'wrfnched II tom him, Ithen laid
i,nld upon him and toll b,n to he quiet. We then
went atross the street with Johnson and bin, and
gave the pistol to MI. Williams. There VAS a
go,d deal OF po,se and scuilling.
l. Henry kleiler sworn am police oiheeI at the
INaflet1'E. After got the boys OUT thtt nRnt,
went to the Deiavah, and met these parties there
yited to drink, and think Capt. Johnson paid ior
4 a ID Me. Wspbolt and Mr. saiter asked me to come
With them We stopped y the Central Hotel we
\ Brannn was Of the party, and Farnham we had
something to eatj Me. Gelston then invited The
IIatiy in q back room, which we did; we then
,he Ias bot csps Johnson and Mr. Gei.oS GeiSS
when got nt the heal oi The Stats, he-Id an
AIteication going on at the head Of the stairs; II
was about beti they then returned to tbe pave
mcnt, aud Wambot said, "Oi, you are gut, any
how;" stopped The nltercstion; the words ''ydu
are a gut, rnd / can lick you,'wers tepeatedi a,
came towards him and ,ld, 20 dom now " he III
cr you can OF not,' wsmbilt told HIN % go away
S'da'', 20, Snd Wsansot struck At hia,, or struck
him; some OF them intcrfered again, aud tried to
stop II, whcn turned and saw the officers coming
| up, Recognized Mr.. TIompson, and said, "Wsst
may be we can settle thisy' while the officers anu
pnIle:, Ms,e taking cane to tss sgIc,Ss,On 4
about tbrer feet rom Weihers door, with hi. he 80
Gut Ns II holding pist,.l ssytng "keep back, the
tfhe next thing seen was Biannin with his hack
towards the CAPITOL and facing seven,h street;
teen his hands in motion, and think, he pushed
Williams down; &c b, Ing lieut. ant under Capt
Johnson, and wen down 10 get Capt. Johnson to
quiet n, towi, aftsr trying Intellectually to SCI
od Sett move uuek
Of the pistol being. out texcifed me; dii not &c
anybody Win apistol leanae mp AID turned to the
right, while was standing there the pistol wal
tired. ....... '' wa ..'
Martin iiousum sworn; NY residcnce Is in Ohio
ins ONCE; alter IL O'clock wM sittilnE in front
hand came to the Central Hotei; sfw moment,
sss t fhe nss door, m
i"d ss nsna SSIan ,seR and 4, hss Win
satiUnAl Hotel. thcy m nd M VA ffel nnt
they came out; tho band went to the MeiropoIi
tsn, and when we were In the middle OF the Ave
Hf y he " nrs Hose s sauss
poll emen running across the Avenue to thai
oirn.rj we went there teives; the policemen go
tho re hrst stepped up In the stoop OF The house
over the ra liagj VIII le there saw two pol icemer
nab hold Of Lieut.. Brannin, one BY each arm; ht
said som tliing about being detective, but couit
lot understand what he was apparently struggling
70 get away hop the pol e.men, and told them Il
his hand in his, est as II to draw u weapon ant
said ne would shoot any one that laid hands OF
n;as 10. sSG p,s'SSi Of any othes weapons h.
sec If he had any pis ol, as Intended to Jearn II
hatssen amy; bur Issw none, and rsmsincd; on,
o. The police then put his nrms round from b hint
and held his arms SO that he cIuid not use them
lie soon got loose, aud The crowd commenced NOV
Ing towards the gut'eri ran out towards Hill an,
nd, Hill let's Eo, there 70 going to be shooting
lere,' Istarted and ran over towards the ClAren
d'n Hoiel, and looked round to see Il Hill wa'
cOmlnBi htti Huu went uAck anu BtOOu u
the stoopi IN = mouent afterwards saw the iiasi
Ola pistoI. ... la.... ....-..
CoSs-erdmined-I saw the policemen runnin,
:, vyerj 4 did not see what the policemen wer;
dyilg when l Arriyedj there was n light OF
a the corner heard Brannin threaten to shoot hI
m. > movement as II 20 draw q eAponi hear,
no other men threaten 10 shoot; cannot swPa
that he had no plstoi he Iemovcd further from
me; Lieut.. BTannin was the who was usinj
tue most violence could not sec him af er IN,
policensn had pinionsd his Arms after tht | go
oit OF the way. go BIZ ... ...
At three o'clock, the Court adjourned until to
morrow, ten O'Clock.
o HANDSOME REwARD.--Wc wGro shown th
morning by Captain 4. N. Camp one OF the hand
soonest medaIs which we have aver seen. II wa
presen fed by tho officers Of the Third New Jcrse.
regiment to John q. Martin, for his bravery at th
battle Of Fredericksburg Cpon the face of tn
medal arc engraved the 70 lowing words:
Pscaented to Jno. C. Martin for his bravery ii
removing the wounded Irom the Held Of attle
during lhe seven days' conflict befoie Frederieks
burg, Va, commencing April 2sth, and ending Ma
tth, 1859 BY the oifcers Of the Third Reg
Now Jersey Volunteers.
On the back Of the medal ara Inscribed tn
names Of every officer ia the Regiment. Th
medal Is pure gold, and the workmanshtp superb
We know not which to admire the more-thc ma
teris', or the execution It was done At COS Secon
street, Philadelphia, and cost $3.50.
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