Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-02

serReant while the former was being push
ed TO the door; heard no threat by the
sergeant to shoot deceased; after the re-
port of the pistol deceased walked along
with his friend half the length Of the block
as if nothing had happened; when de-
ceased left the doorstep witness saw tne
hole in the back Of his coat about the size
of pistol ball; it was q large hole; 1t was
Colts revolver, the barrel beng about
ten-inch one it was hanging up in its
sheath in the inner room, and was, to the
best of his belief, always kept loaded the
pistol was not cooked when the sergeant
took it out of the room; when witness saw
deceased leave the door he said TO the SER
gesnt I" You must have shot that man
| the sergeant replied that if he had shot
him ne was sorry he had done so, and did
not mean to do it those present in the
room were Sergeant Victor, Witness Min
ton, another man who was with deceased
and deceased himself.
In answer to the question of the coroner,
witness said that neither the deceased nor
his friend were intoxicated.
Question by a juryman-Did you hear the
pis tol cooked?
| Al did not.
Q.-Was it the habit Of the sergeant to
keep the pistol cooked?
/ Alt was not. The hammer generally
/ lay on the barrel between the caps, to the
best of his knowledge.
The pistol was produced and identified
by the witness.
Question by iuror.-Did deceased resist
| when he was pushed out2
| Al think not. The man was standing
when he was shot.
Q.-When deceased was ordered to leave
the second time, did he say he would not
go?
Ale did not say word.
TESTIMONY OF DR.. wEBEs.
DR.. weber testified to having examined
| the body of deceased. The substance of his
testimony, in chief and in answer to ques-
tions, was that the nature of the wounds
| showed that a bullet had entered tho back,
close 10 the spine, fractured the sixth rib,
| slightly injuring Tho lung. severely inJur-
ing the liver, and passing out Of the chest.
The cause of the death was internal bleed +.
ing, arising probably from thclaceratiou OF
the liver. Ghe condition Of the wound in
the back indicated that the weapon from
which tho bullet was fired, was clOse to the
back. Tho traces of alcohol in tho lungs
| showed that deceased had recently been
drinking. and had probably taken several
drinks. Thestomaeh gave no signs of habit
ual drinking.
TESTIMONY OF T. NINToE-
Thomas Minton, another soldier, being
sworn. fully eoncurred with the statement
of Owen MeManu 30 far as he is aequaint-
r ed with the facts. Hewas in the office at
the time of the shooting.
TESTIMONY or J. Il. ROWLAND.
John II. Rowland, sworn.-0n Wedncs
day last was introduced TO deceased at the
} johnson House, the latter being named as
= CAPTAIN SennOtt. On Saturday morning
, deceased aaked witness to go with him to
the Square to q recruiting Office, saying that
he wanted to see man thero. We did not
. 90 directly there at the time, but went to
, | Richards billiard room; went to the bar
and asked for something to drink; deceas-
ed drank whisky and witness drank ale
wont to the recruiting Office and asked fol
the man deceased wished to see; witness
/ | docs not remember the name; think tbs
1 Sergeant, who was sitting by the stove, said
the man was not in; waited there few mo.
ments talking the deceased was talking
Q | with the Sergeant; deceased asked the Ser.
g | geant something about recruits for some
a ward or town; Sergeant replied he had moi
got any; deceased turned around to wit
ness, iOkingly, and asked him to enlist
don't remember whether I made q reply Of
not deceased turned to Sergeant and ask
ed him whether that was Confederate re.
eruiting office do not remember what re-
. ply the Sergeant made; the question made
r. the Sergeant mad, as supposed from hi
{ actions; deceased turned around and pu
, his hand on the Sergeant's mOustache; dt
not think he pulled it; Sergeant ordered
deceased to leave the Office; witness had his
7 | hand on the knob of the door, suppCsinl
8 deceased was coming out Sergeant theT
went into q back room and got q pistol
think tits was called Navy revolver; Ser.
geant raised the pistol and pointed it at de.
ceased; as he shot he told him to get out
& Question by COroner.-Where were yoU
standing at the time the deceased wal
shot?
o Al was standing by the door, with my
( hand on the door, the deceased between
: me- and the Sergeant, with his face partly
towards me the stove was between five
and eight feet from the door; deceased wa
q standing by the stove when he was shot
o between five and eight feet from witness
o whom Sergeant shot deceased he said, "You
J God damned son of bitch, get out of here >
= at the same time that he spoke he pushed
I and shot deceased; the two soldiers who
t have already testified were in the room a
b the time, one of them writing at the desk
after shooting deceased he pushed him ou
/ 70 the uOOIJ Wltae5s uhu no luSh at lul
Q time that deceased was shot deceased
c | followed witness out into the street; We
| were going hack to the hotel deceased
said nothing, and made no complaint o
, being shot we walked across the street t.
4 the corner, side by side; I then stepped
ahead Of deceased think We walked eigh
or ten rods from the Office, when I turned
around and said, Captain" as he fell
deceased did notspeak word after leaving
l the Office until he fell witness was so bad
0 ly frightened that he went on, and did no
, stop to assist the deceased.
Fl Q.-Whst is your business
Al have been clerk at Copper HarbOl
J for tho Star Copper Company have beer
) in Cleveland two weeks, stopping at thu
johnson House have no particular busi-
ness here came here to spend the winter
drank with deceased twice Saturday morn
: ing after leaving the johnson House dt
, not thinlSdeeessed was intoxicated.
Sergeant Victor was brought before tn,
Coroner, aud identified by the witness al
the man who shot the deceased. Witness
did not knew the Sergeant's name.
The soldiers who were in the office wer'
also recalled, audidentifsd Sergeant Yictol
as the man who shot the deceased.
This closed the testimony. The Jury re
turned verdict that the deceased came tc
his death by bullet from a pistol in the
hands of Sergeant Charles Victor.
FIRE.--A fire broke out little before twC
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