Daily national Republican., 1863-09-17
LOCAL. AFFAIRS.

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Tar DRAksiS lIoMicIDE.-[ Continued from
our fifst Eiition.i-Lisut. VIM. Hill, crcss
examined by Gov. Tod; 3. a..f .a. ..,. NV f. ~
U UQusstiun--Whioh ar, ived ut the scene Of III
affray fIst, you OF the policei g 20 utr
BAnsweI---I have already stated that they arrived
irom to Is seconds ahesd tf ms 20 well a, could
judge. s4us1. .r.i.,a '.r. G n ?
We omit the questiaBs, 10 which the following
are answers, as. being unnecessary. lhe answers
rApl tn the QuestiOnsi uatt g,d.t. no..
| The INST thing I Witnessed was the two oficefs
oayinS hp 9 Of Lieut., .Bsanptn, Iesnnot tell why
the less, see Lieut. D anpin lite fs with the no.
lics 10 the dischafEe Of tlreir duties did no see
.he ottots s,rest or attempt t,artsst any parties
nla point VI ! a man and FAY "fhatis the ian you
.soua .itts',.s, " Ih,t !. The ma. wan, YOU 70
ar.auin iefcei that 10. they held oni TO him
twice, aud then Jet him go, he wasl lJLssel twIoe
and te ersed, don't ecnsiisr Lieut.: Hrapnin wa.
interfere wnh me as IN n,he ti.ch-Igd oi my
lub cannot tell what cffcialduty iieut 'Bra
ala w.s a,ssn.aisiag, a. my du'ies and h,s are
lid'nt hesf Lieut.. 81 ,nuin say what uu,y he was
iischsiging; did not see Btannrn risehaIBc any
that ai,nesss,isii 1 have tssiinsito say I vii.
ntes I'd all have tested to, aud nothing else th't
ss e. ~ ne, ,s I'm
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crest; this man walked up 10 Lieut. Bfannip and
said I'm our i,ieod;" idid not SEQ. a ha' iyips
da nt .ee osel 90
p'iion at the suggestion OF Lieutenant Bran
nin that nigh; l did not see any Pi tol drswn
Brspnn, was ntile,li td.d not see Capt. Jphnson
have pistol; dad not hyr a pistol, my pistol
~, T's Wy, M G,p,an mh9 hsi SorI"wel ~ 70
nave pistol in his hsDd, saw none, d y, s,ticn
was suoh would have been likely to have sern. 1t
,, be b., hsd any; ! do not undertake. 70 ssy TO the
Lieut. Brsnnin said, III win sho d, Tut men toned
40 nance at all, Am not atie to tell what INDUCED
Ohiset Thompson to say, can shoot, too;' had
,ie no threats, Branuin had made ao Nh oats, no
o,hst psispn nal made any, 10 the best Of my
Sse snS q. wo1s Ssyfs k"eW hep'
helphiS hsve not taken suyf yfactfvsip,rt In the
gcitieg up evidence against Ufiicer Thompson; I
way s ih $s u s' Se ySqi H.
lance WI he; allow n,c Ia say here, I was sitting
At IN, door and he ud tbs young man say that
l., Ut hili's tcs,ta'ony before the jurtec was the
siraighest that was givea ~, and Ius that reason
iga'e his name to johnson. 80,
Touring this crossexan ination onstlerable feel
Ing was ninnif sttd on the rart Of Col. EoId and
Lieut. Hill, the account Of the prisoner express
lug doubts As to the latters desire to state facts
Lieut. Hill said he stood as well IN Phiadclphi, /, us
did some o'hcrs elsewhere J. 9 70 7ayr7f "a. "
Fred. "iliiams. poIieeinsp, sworn.-t know
Thompson; was his psrtpcr on the night uf u .
occurrence; Oflccr Thompson was on the corLes u
the National Hotel about half past O'Clock WHOM
we saw crowd Of five or six come out OF the Ten.
ttal Restaurant they were very disosdefiy; In y
lew moments we saw a blow st.uck by u man oil
the ptrtyi we ran aerost and arrested q man who
we siterw irds found out was Lieut.. o. amin; he
appeared to he onc OF the perEons engaged In the
nSati nc resisted US, ~ pulling away from us at
man, and pointed him out to me; this man stood
near the Gun bstonei arrested him; he Ea,d he wa,
s% Lieut., ss9snf si .sSns "sa law
10 front nj Wetsr's door; told this msn TO con-
recoy aized as Wombalt, I,hsn went 70 Thon,,soi's
sni.tance; took hold OF lieut.. Btannii asnin, he
oroke sway lrom me; caught hold OF him agaln,
anuAsain let him 90 hut this time he tB) diew .
pistol, and pointed At my breast three dffereLt
timcr, aud told me not 10 Interfere with him, or
shoot he =, 1ne sse time @ violated III It ns st S,sar %Ss,
Thompson, and made the same threat IRON fhere
the crowd moved dawn towards the curbstone; at
that time, was either struck, or violently pushed
down. the lyl atunned me for time; ! don't
know now long lay there When recovered my
sell tstiil down., heard the discharge oI thepit-
tol; immediately got up, and blew my wHist "
Tor assistance, anu saw a crowd on ~ corner. just
! OH tne kuros,on pssssd don n, and Aw . man
tef 'S fhompson u Sohsoa aader Arrest S S"G
was about starting over with him; MIR H,yss star +
I'd towards the lClarendon, and arrested him Mr..
Hayes was very mach excited and gaye ute his
and was stopping tthe Clarendon, room No. =;
that he had seen the whole transsetion, and WAS
| was n very important witness and would have to
SO With 40 to the station housei u, went saross
| with the party, and Mr. Frea had hold OF Captain
Johnson with ofis,r Thompson; as coon I'd came
~ he hot him 60, passing ths National Hote, on
sixth stre.', Frca came up to me and hsndei me q
revolver; Captain johnson WAS just in ltont OF me
At til time, AID Frea said the pistol belonged tu
| Johnson, and he had taken II from him a. he was
going TO shoot Thompsonj we came to the station
| aouse and remained until morning. 90. I +. III
l. -EIdniaed,--Thc hrst thing we did W hen we
got there was 10 take hold Of Lieut.. Brannin, no,
entity. ..TIi,.." 'U.l,f.D8 "''"'o"''' r.
| Martin McCuilen sw0rn.--I keep resiau ant al
the kinmel House; was standlny at Duban Is
corner on the night of the occurrence listening to
4 hand OF mus C, about haif-psst O'Clock; saw
iu,s just eommen ing across the street, Ms the
band was going towards the ,Metrup,luGnj S Nv a
number OF parties go across to where the Dght was
| went over; saw the police have Lett Brannin
IN charge; he was resisting the police very hard
somebody hnilooed out that he was not tho man,
| tue polls. then let 20 OF himt then he haul, out
his pistol and threatened to shoot anybody that
lice; was standing behind them, and being afraid
| Of beng shot myself, went round the corner
then heard tas report OF . pittoi; did not soc
afterwards expect he was the same man that
was pointing his pis'o. toward, the police.
q SS I'"HSas Ss q,
on he night OF the occurrence h, ard some noi,c
on tho Centrsl Hotel mt over 10 &c whs,
crowd, "Arfest that mAnS' 50 the police oih.ers
| turned towards Lieut.. Hrnnuip, and he said tina
| any man who came nesr him he would shoot; ON
Ger Thompson rushed round and caught him by
tue two arms, behind his bsck; he got loose, and
moved bsck towards Wetnet,A restaurant he had
something In his hand In shape Of pistol, and
said any man that come near HIN he would shoe,
MIN; when tho other officer came up, prannin
turned round and gave him = push I do no,
know whether he Knocked him down or not; ii
was Williams that Lieut.. Brannin pushed; he then
turned right round and caught Thomrsop BY The
neck or the collar; he shook hil pretty hard a
| couple Of times, and then Thompson got clear OF
| himi while he had hold Of Thompson In that oh spe
he had pistol In the other HAND; was behind
Thompson wi en- I saw Il G n In 1t position;
was afraid Brannin's pistol gnt go off, and
| moved round the tIee.bUX near the Lieuten ant
while was coming round heard a ipiatol shot;
could not tell at the time which had shot until
saw the man In the gutter 1t was Lieut.. Brannin
Henry Farnham swoIn,-Lieut. Brannin, Cant
Johnson, anu several other Il lends, come over 10
| the Delavsa housc on the night b amin wai
khiedi tend bar at the Delayah; think Itwsi
sbont u o'clock; they came In tn bar and had II
dishi somebody saJs Hank, are you going TO the
oail At the FfaDklin Engine houstr' said +" bel
any the lieutenant said they were all going tc
wduid wait Tor me; they all had drink with M,
before closed; when we started Off Mr. Wsmbo
and Captain johnson started ahead down the ave
nue.; we walked down some ways and l said TO The
lieutenant "wheIe are we goiGg;" says l, 81 ain
going much further, because have got to go bacl
as thetc are tn ee Of the boRrLers 0ut, and can
get In, ms have the night keyjr all went dowI
10 the Central Hotel, had drink, and paid fot Il
there We had something to cNi while Gazing, NJ