The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-28


The Military Commission for t1e irial q
tie murdorers Of Ar. Heffsrnar eonVenel
At eleven o'e'ock THIS morning, and the pro
ceedinrs rers devoted % the trisl Of GeorR
Graf. the princita. setter II the s8Trible ira
Redy that hiss recently aroused the appre
/. hension, and elected the sympathy o. tn
entire comuuuitJ-
Judge Advocate Blsckman frrt read ~
order couveninR the CouFt, g the prisoner
and he vas askec e he had any objection q
sny member d the Court. TO which b
replied 81 have not-"
The prisoner then plead Is iolleEs;
To specification lst, charge lsty not guilty
To charge frsi, not guilty.
To spscihczlon second, eharge ffst, no
guilty.
To second charge, not guilty.
gne prisoner hers said thai }. Seo- Leon
ard. rsrsed = lie charge, never vas with
~. am guilty Of being with tbs crowd
OF anything more I an no. guilty.
To the speciiication third charge, guilty.
To the specification fourth charge not
guilty.
10 the iourth charge not guilty.
Nienael NJ Tracy was then sWoin.
Question by the Judge Advocate.
Mr. Tracy, did ycu know ~. Heiisrnan
II his life timer
A. Yes, sir.
9. Dead or alive
a. he Is dead he died Oh Sunday, the
18th, about one o'clock.
{. State If you know the cause q ms
death. and how, where, and from whom did
he receive the wound from which he died
A. His death was caused By ashot q a
pistol. He received the wound on the LEFT
side Of the nose, going 70 the rlsht, the ball
loarirr sorae9hore snout the right ear,
passing through his BRAN
This IVES on the night Of last Wednesday,
cha 22d of November, on jefferson street
pike, about forty rods from Fort GLEN.
That s 5na Of the men, (poiuting %
Graf the man fhat pulled Mr.. Henernsn
Gus Of tie barouche, and when ] shot.
Mr. Tracey Vas here almost overcome By
emotions, and shed tears freely. He said he
wished to sod that he could have shot them
all. He then asked for water, which was
given him. He drank several glasses fali,
one after another.
statsmens coutinued-There was another
ahot fired immediately.
Questiel By the Judge Adyocate-Ras
that the sh0t that took elect upon Mr., Her
fernanf
A. ] cannot say s; my horse ran of.
There were tive OF three shots fired ct the
barouche. Ny shot took effect apon the
prisoner Graft.
Question by Judge Advoeaie--HOw many
were there in the crowd?
A. Four or I've four that ] would swear
10. There was another shot fired a. mir.
Heaernan there were four shots fred, in
Guiding mine. Mr.. Heferaan' i wife, daagh-
ter and myself were il the barouche. This
occurred between eleven and twelve o'clock
stnight.
The witness was here allowed 70 retire, on
Heeount Of the great distress unde-Which he
seemed % labor, and remarked, Is he left
the court: "Gentlsmen, ] ask you 10 do
with the prisoners a. if your own father had
been killed"
Mr.. Creighton was next sworn.
Question By the judge Advocaie-1 you |
have had any conversation with the pris- /
ooer in relation 70 the assault on Mr.. Hof- /
iernnn on last Wednesday aigbt, state when
that conversation took place, and what the /
prisoner said.
A. It was last Thursday morning after
The gentleman, Craft, was taken to jail, /
went ia company with soma other gentle
man doWa to the jail, after he had been
carried there
Mayor Brown and another gentleman
were in conversation with him. i walked
IN where they were. / heard what he had
10 say. He acknowledged himself Is hsv-
ing been present a. the time Mr.. HeiiarEan
vas shot. He said be did not do the shoot
ng HIMSELF and did not know who did IT,
He mentioned McClusky alias W. Dean
md a man he called Jimmy, DE did
lot know the balance Of he name)
Thomas Berry and himself. He
aid they were At Mss. Noke's playing en-
hire They went up 70 Mrs. Pages 20 get
omething % drink and AR Page would not
Omit them ana they could ges nothing
here. They saw q harouche coming up the
cad, and one Of the party, don't know
gh0m, said "Let's g fer il, boys" J think
10 said that Perry caught the horse BY the
ride. ! do not remember whom he said
aught Mr.. Hefernsn- think be said that
Jimmy Was one Of the men that helped TO
rag him ont Of the baroucht.
He said that Whca the hrst shot vas fred
rom the 5arouche he was shot, and be run.
is did not know who il was thas shot Mr..
iefiernan. The Judge Advocate asked Gran
f he had sny witnesses for the defence; 10
rhich he replied, HNo, sir"
The Judge Advocate than asked il be
rished 10 make any statements to the Court.
The prisoner replied, No. air. There IL
% use Of ny saying anything 70 the Court -
The counsel for the prosecution closed, |
nd the court was then cleared after which