Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-01-30
LOCAL NEWS.

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TRlxLao OF fR1 1Scls o. rooLr ON CHARex or
fne nesAVnDHngsucAMvB NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
,sss ss Cert. ysdss Ols The trial OF; Franci.
| near rsshe koaes OF Sasan sCrebehne, by sfrikine
him dn'the head, was concluded yesterday :
After our report olosed- sf'E 'itsT tLsS = azu
and against tbe aamisssc rs I'll tne test m on
faaiEssnd said he had q da1ieate and respon.
Eipie. duty 70 perform and he wac not fulIy
satisfied that deceased was &C the time OF max.
Ing bis declaration, in such state OF ind as
% beHets hls dea.h tw1as ,Rendiug. The Court
did NOT think the expression made sE deceased
own way, evidenced q proper feeling Of man
SID ne ,hsieiors dscided sha. the tie testimony %
Nellie khfra,d sWcrn.2 Knew Samuel Stew.
eseop.s Have xeen himoftens Ialso know the
prisoner, Frank 0'Tcole. Isawo deceased and
On DeceInEer 2uh last Q Tools was with
party Of gentle men. Saw the party come in.
The party We're O'Tooie, SissoR, Eggleston,
wss in Miss Susie's room when the party
rsrne IN. noI't know what hour it was I
beard a numher OF the party talking. heard
MI, Egg glest9n s;y he DID not Mas. tuss in the
son OF b., before he left the yard. Egg les tom
Was stspd.ng In the hall q heard Stew enseA
say TO .Ioo's thst the thing could he settled,
II all would be settled 0Tooie said no, hut
| If he wanted to strike the W oman be would do
So. Stevenson sad to .O'Toolehe was no gen
III man If he .wouid do that, ana then he (S,l
turned around and went IA MISS Susie . room.
OIooie and ali OF hiss party then went ont.
Eeglsston Went ont first Then Sissensoa
Mr. Baldwin were there, and Stevenson said
II u as getting late, and he was going homr.
Stevenson stayed in the house 10 or 10 minutes
after 0Tooie ano bis party went out Steven
con went fout, and witness and Mi - Susie
Went out with him AZ far as the gate Just
before we got 70 the gate, Smith came ont Of the
dGor. Mr. Stevenson rhen went towards the
Avenue, and saw TWO mel follow Ste vensOn,
aI d some one renaIk d 1t was co Hardiy TO all
tan on ose mss.3 Stevenson had knife, and
said come on You cow ards. i can whip you
ell. Steve hen came in the yard and 1
took him by The arm al led HIM into the house,
He was full OF mud, and his head was cut
1hfre was ! blood on the kDi st. venson had.
Did not see . Trote again thai night. Saw
Lin the ne xt morning At breaR tus time. in the
oiniBg Ereom He cane IN the room alone.
Thinks Mr.. Wisner@ " as also in the room.
o'Tt ole came in the room alone. O Too:e sat
On the 1ouhf r in the room, and we were talk
ing about Stevenson b. ing hurt, and Susie said
she thoue ht Ste ven SON was hurt bad. U rsoie
mac e the remark it was pity tae son of =
did not Gle. A remark was then made about
carrying weapons, and Susie said 1t was wrong
for Stevenson TO scarry knife. Mr.. O'Toole
said he (0'T.) would carry a wea jon TO r
Stevenson any time. Have seen o T0ole sin Q,
but never ht ard hlni talk about the case. Whs n
in front of the gate. -a.-s - s. ssst 70
Cross-exs mination by Mr. Bradley:-whan
win 1ns SIS went into the hall Mr.. Plume folio wed
her out. Miss Susie's room and the parlor are
on crposi:e sides of the hall The talk l re-
hrred 10 as hearing was ia the dining room
and perlor. could see the party come iuto
the paricr from the dining room as 1 was lying
on Miss Snsie's bed. When Eggleston came
into the hall Stevenson was standing At the in-
side parIor ecor talking. When Egsleston
made The remark that he would wait outside,
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FRglesiop made the remark loud enough for
any one standing there to have heard it. Eg-
| gleston did rot appear to be angry when he
made tie remark, whichswas a general one.
The exact fal guase used by Mr. aEggieston, as
near as can recollett, was that he did not
wantafu In Miss Sutie-s house, but would
wait outside and shoot the Sc Of b-h. This
fuss was in tn" house, think. a little after IL
o'clock Do aat 1emenber4 exactly. what time
Stevenson lett or how long he staid af'er being
brought hack y,ounded.- After Stevenson was
STUCK Tie men " ho ran off went towards the
avenue. I q =
PAGES behind Stevenson when he went to the
gate, hnt The blow was struck so quickly that
we could not see it done.
By a lJurcr:-S1e venson passed out of the
gale, and when Miss Susie and / saw him he
had knife in his hand and wertook himfnto
the house.
By Mr.. Bradley:-Mr Ste seuson drank some
TIMES, but did not drink thai light. He was q
man about SO or 40 years of age, and had visited
the house frequently. -. ''---..---,--rs, :,
In answer TO a question by another juror,
witness said she does not think from her posi-
ton that she could have recognized the parties
running: no matter how well she would have
known them. - a - r- n ~ . N =. :
was called to see MF.Ste ven sou, and he said he
re ceired blow upon his head The wound was
an inch or an inch and halt long, bat did not
think there WAS anything tn the character OF
the wound to cause erysipeIas. I discovered
DO other cause tor cry sipelas except the wound.
Witness found the tongue Of deceased in such q
concllon as 10 induce the belief that he would
suffer with delirium treinens. and was led to
this belief by hearing he had been a drinking
man--andl treated him tor that
BY Mr.. Bradley :-Cannot say positively
whether there was erysipelas or not Does not
think there was at the first visit.
Mr.. Ckas. II. Hisner sworn. Has seen Mr..
think, or sometime afterwards. went to
Cretelngs and the party there were talking
about some man they called Sam bsing struck,
and four or five pitching Ga him, aud the pris.
oner came In and marked that he never car.
ried weapon for any one, but he would, or
ought to Tor SUCH man as Stevenson is
time ever recollect meeting O'Toole
M Frank Smith S,ooTR.-1 was at Susie Gre
blings on the night Of this occurrence and saw
Ste on and O,Ioole there. O'Toole and his
party (of hIch was one,) came in together.
we staid there an hour and a half. was sit
uDg IN the parlor when Stevenson came in
The latter walked iii Miss Susie's room and
O'Ioole AND a girl named Ella G raham were in
the dining room. Ella SAID to O'Toole come
here as the la ter was about to leave. Steven
son was standing at the door at the time. Ella
cauf ht hold OF O'roole and the latter pushed
her On and said he must 60. Ste senson then
pulled d knife outOf his breast pocket and ask
ed O'Toole what he struck the woman for o.
IooIe denied stirling her and some fnrther
words ensued. OToole asked deceased why
be Grew Dls knife and deceased Sd id he did it
beea use he fOToole) had struck the woman
Steve ms ON then Went into the parlor and the
rest OF the party present came into the parlor.
lnihe par or Epgleston said to deceased, why
cid yop dIaw that knife the man did not do
an! thne TO you. Stevenson replied that if he
interfered he would cut bim too All of O rToole's
psrly szes pit witness then went ont Stevenson
then went into Susie's room and after wards
came into the parlor ana said if he had q GER
tain man there from Kentaeky, he would show
mem fellows something Mr. Stevenson then
renarked that he was gping home, and Susie
uied TO dissnade him from doing SO, 7 MIR. Ste.'
version the n rem all ed Is or 20 minutes longer
and afierwards went ont and Susie and Nellie
followed him ou', and went too. and was
SANDING at the door when We saw Stevenson
hIandishing knife on the pavement-saw u.
Toole the next day at Irving . store on 7,h ct e.
ODatross exs xsmipations witness said he was
ne the parties all theitipe after the tconver;