The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-24

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he said, .eI am murdered and robbed;p'
| put my head out the door; heard four
tor five shots fired; hen they quit firing
the party ran away; think there were
n1ilry: never heard any of the men In
our regiment make any threats against
Mr.. BFues, 49,
Sergeant Becker, of. the 192d, testi-
ties-0n Tuesday evening / was going
down street; 1 met Sergeant Keegan and
two or three others; Sergeant Keegan
asked me to go down with them to the
| SpFigg House to get a drink; told them
did not care about any; he insisted,
and 4 Went with them; I got the drink
and left mme diately, as i had to be at
my quarters; went direct to my quar-
tiers at the Athenedm; did not know
any thing ofthe shoo ting of James Brues
until I read It in the paper next morn
ing; never heard any threats made
against Bfues by any of the persons
present; have heard Curly, the man
who had difficulty With Brues, say
that he would get even with him If 1t
took him tYenty.years t9 do it; Curly
week ago; was in charge Of n. squad
placed over the city lock up some ten
days since; believe did remarkth that /
would not give ten cents for Brues' life;
I done this because of Curly's desperate
character, and I thought would follow
BrueS up.
Mr.. Moore recalled-sergt. Becker
was the first to leaYe the house after
getting the drinks; he went out alone;
do not know of any conversation be-
tween him and prisoner; he went out
before prisoner tapped Brues on the
shoulder.
Seret. Keegan recalIed-When on the
way this morning to the Sprigg House
to appear before the coroner's jury, do
mot recollect of prisoner saying to me,
l''you cannot swear that shots" If he
made the remark 1 did not hear it.
Joseph Gemmick (bar-keeper,) was
called, but nothing material was elicit
4 ed. He merely recognized the men
who came in and drank at the bar.
| Samuel Mccullough clerk of the po-
| lice court, testitied-Thath he was stand
ing in the door of Mr.. Culbertson's
foundry, when the prisoner, Keegan,
Becker, and another soldier passed
they were walking four abreast, and
he stepped out and walked close be-
hind them; heard the prisoner say to.
Keegan, "you cannot swear that you
saw me shoot" n reply was made
which could not hear; then passed
the party and went on.
Several witnesses We're called, who
testified to the remark made by Sergt.
Becker. They placed the same con
struction upon his language as given
by himself @
The following testimony was given
before the coroner's jury:
DIR. Frissell was next called, who
stated that on Tuesday night about half
past eleven O'Clock, lie was called upon
to attend Mr.. BrueS; when he arrived
at the house Mr.. Brues was dead, and
upon examination he found gunshot
wound in his left breast; the ball had
entered between the fifth and sixth rib,
and it Ind no doubt caused his death.
DIR. Russell testified that at half past
eleven O'Clock he was passing the
Sprigg House, and noticed three sol
diers standing on the adjoining side
walk. He was then called into the
house to attend wounded man; he
there found Mr.. Brues lying on his
back, with his head on a mattrass; ex-
amined him and found n wound in his
left breast; he died in about twenty
minutes; Sergt. Keegan was kneeling
by his side, and Martin Leonard was
sitting on the lobby. l,.s,7
Joseph Steever, Co. D, sworn-About
IL O'Clock on Tuesday night left the
Sprigg House and stood on the side
walk; Brues was also there; standing
agtlinst the lamp post; no one was with
him; n party came up and one of them
took BrueS by the thront and pushed
him into the street; Immediately shot
was fired; he called out "you had bet
ter stops" the men were soldiers, dress
ed with forage caps; my regimen wears
the same kind; there were six or seven
men; didn't see any citizens. a.
Jesse Conner, citizen, sworn: was
standing near the Sprigg House when
some soldiers came up and told him not
to rob man, and drew revolver on
him, and threatened to shoot him; he
then explained to the soldier his pur-
pose and the latter asked him where he
could get a drink; he answered, at the
ed that, IF ever get chance j will
kill TINT Cd d-li man the first chance
get" (meaning Brues); he then went
in the house and the soldier stayed out;
soon heard "A pistol shot, and Brues
came in the house; said he was shot;
Conrad had been drinking very much.
A. j. Moore recalled, and pointed out
Steever as the man who took Brues out
and choked him.
Judge Good, after full hearing of
the testimony, committed the prisoner,
Joseph Steever, to Jail, there to await
his trial at the October term of the cir
cult court for the murder of James
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