Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-09-17

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hauled ont his pistol and threatened to shoot
any man who put hands On him, and pointed
the pistol at the police A. the pistol was dan
and after got aroand heard the report OF the
pistol don't know who shot the man. i saw
II. Brannin's body Il ives the same man who
pointed the pistol at she police.
Robert Wknty, hickman. sworn-On the
night that LRut Brannin was killed / was
standing at Nhs.- corner of Sixth street and
Pennsylvania avenue. It was half-past
O'clock l was on the National Hotel corner
h, ard a noise over at the Central Hotel cor.
ner and went over to see what 1t was. The
up, and heard some one in the crowd say
sArTest that man." So the police officer went
| over toward Lieut. Brannin and he fE) said
,hat any man that cam near him to ar rest him
arouna and caught him by the two arms be-
hind the back and locked him tight. He (B}
| got loose and moved back toward Werner's
restaurant. He had some thing in mis- hand in
| the shape OF pistol and he winded 1t every
| which way and said that it any man came
! near MIN he would shoot him. Then the other
/ around and gave him tine other officer) push
| but whether he knocked him down or not /
| en- t say. know Williams, and he was the
| officer that Brannin pushed down. Rrannin
then turned right around and caught Thomp-
/ son by the neck and collar and shook him pref.
y nara couple OF times. Thompson then got
clear OF him; While he (B.) had hold of
| Thompson he had in the other hand what look
/ ed 10 me 10 be pistol He pointed the pistol
| at Thompson. So Thompson got clear from
/ nm, ana while was coming around, II was
/ right benlnd lhompsen) for came up around
! the tree box, icing afraid that Brannin's pistol
would go off, l went down by the tree box
| While was coming around heard a pistol
! shot fired and could not tell which fired the
| pistol until three minutes afterwards when I
saw man lying in the gutter. When come
| TO see l saw it was Brannin
| Henry FdTnhon, barkeeper of the Delavan
House, sworn.--Lteut. Brannin and Wambolt,
and other men, came over to the Delavan
House on the night that Brannin was killed.
Saf rhey the and
had a drink. Somebody said, tHank, are you
| gong TO the ball ~ That was the Franklin
hose ball. l said, IN bet was" Brannn
| said he was going to the ball; that they were
all going to the ball. He OBJ said if l would
hurry up he would wait fer me. They all had
| drink with me before closed, and we started
| of, Capt. Johnson and Mr.. Wambolt going
| ahead down the Avenue towards the Capitol.
| We walked down some ways, and l SAID to
| the Lieutenant {R1 "where are we going 2"
| Said l, am not going much farther, because
l have got TO go back, for there is three of the
| hcarders out and they cannot get in unless
| let them have the night key. We went down
and paid for it. Then we had something to
eat, aud while eating MIR. Wambolt and Mr..
| Lucksnback was quarreling about some wo-
| man being secesh. Then the bill was handed
| TO The Lieutenant amounting to 81. Lieuten-
ant gave the waiter his card to give to the pro-
| prieror. The proprietor was sitting down be-
| tween he eating bar and the drinking bar.
| The proprietor looked at the card and invited
us in o private room and sent out for a bottle
| of whskey. We all drank, and they got chang
| ing hats in sport, and i had the hat Lieut.. E.
| was killed in. He had my hat, and took my
| hat off his head and put upon his head the
| hat he had on when shot. The proprietor said
let us have a watermelon, and he sent the
waiter after 1t, and the Lieutenant asked me if
l would have piece, and said l did not care
much about it, and took half OF his. Mr.. Luck
enbaCh passed piece to Mr.. Wambolt, and
the latter threw it back in an insulting man.
ner. Then l thought there would be fuss,
and that 1 would get out of it. So some of
them went into the bar-room, and l went out
also. Lieut.. Brannin said to me, "Hank,
don't leave me, we are going right up to tho
bail" Then we all went out but Capt John
son and the proprietor. We got up to the head
Of the stairs, and were talking about the bill
being IS for refreshments. All Of us then but
Wambolt and Luckenback walked away a
short distance from the head Of the stairs and
Wambolt offered to bet Luckenbach $40 that
this woman was secesh: don't know what
the woman's name is. We started down stairs
to put up the money, and Luckenbach did not
have SO, but offered to put up his watch, and
Mr.. WAN plt said the watch had been up too
often, and he did not believe II was his (L's1
The Lieutenant was talking to Mr.. Lucken-
bach, and wanted him to keep quiet. Wam-
bolt was taking OFT his coat and said Lucken-
6ash vas Thsn ,ga1 and ne could M LICK him
bolt told Luckenbach to 60 way from him.
He told him to go away two or three times,
and that if he did not he would make him
Luckenbach said he could not and then Wam-
bolt struck him. They scuffied down by the
gutter Two policemen came across the street
and one grabbed hold Of Mr.: Wambols Lieut..
Brannin ordered Wambolts release. Some
one asked him who he was. He said he was
Lieut.. Brannln. The reply was they did not
care who he was I believe he (Brannin)
behind him and caught him by both arms and
said, "you can't pull nothing here" Then the
police caught hold of each arm He OBJ said,
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fl. d little and he was let go. He got up near
the house after little more scuff1ing, and
pulled out something from his pocket and told
the policemen to stand back or he would kill
tn, m both; placing his hand on the breast of
one Of the policemen and showing him back
After pulling out from his pocket what sup
mans head and said, stand back or will shoot
yon both" He pointed the pistol first to one
policeman and then to the other, and it
III EN- he showed one of the Police back. / went
down stairs to look for Capt. Johnson. found
the doors closed and returned again, and got
about ten or fifteen feet from post that stood
right by curhsone and heard report of a
pistol and saw the flash. / rushed up and
saw Lieut. Brannin laying in thegutter on his
y lace.
Cross-examined-It was about II a'clock
when BTannin and Johnson and Wambot and
others came to the De.avan. Johnson and
Brannin drank there. Brannin drank whisky
punch. l know he did, because i m de it for
HIM. Lieut.. Brannin took asegar at The second
treat The treat after that he (B tseared. He
was ON the piazza, and treated the ladies and
some gentlemen. He paid me II, and / gave
him 25 cents change. That note seemed to be .
The only one he had. treated next all ound.
The party all drank Johnson drank also. l
then closed the bar. 1t was, / tninF, I2K
O'Clock when we left the house. We. went to
the Central. I.treated first there, and Lieut. !.
Brannin stood beside me and drank. | took a
small ale. Bfannin drank whisky. We then
took something to eat. The drinking bar adloins4l
(, the eating bar. There was no cparge for
{ drinks in the bill of 81 for eating Tatn Mr..
Gelston invited Us. iDto his private room. Gel
ston ordered a bottle of whisky. Tn party all
drank there. l did not see them drink more
than once. What Brannin took from his pock- /.
ct and msnaced the officers with taou ght was
a pistol. l then went to hunt Johnson, and
found The doors locked The last saw Of
Brannin he was menaclng the officers. What
transpired between that and Brannin's shoot.
ing don't know. - .
+ feichGTd Frere, q haekman, sworn.- On the
+ night Lieut. Brannin was killed. some time
after O'Clock, was on my kack-boX on the
National hotel corner, ana, saw a fuss. across
the street, did not go over uIrtil he ard the
report of a pistol. j advanced over and Mr.
Thompson had Capt~Johnsou. l presumetha
is his name. AT least 1t was the same gentle
man who testified yesterday, He had Johnson
under arrest As / advanced Mr.. Thomson