Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-02-02
LOCAL NEWS.

KS TIE MiLllARI OOAlNnlcolOAN. AAo SOAA
.,;sc;on re-assembled at ll5 o'clock, when, after
.ha readipg Of Yesterday record, the evidence
er the defense was resumed, and DR.. NJ. NJ.
lewis. being sworn, testified -
Was in the city Christmas day Lawler, in
,om,apy with Mitchell, came to my Office Tor
the purpose of having Mitche}ls head dressed;
It was about - O'Clock Lawler and Mitchell
,amained about Is minutes at my office Mitch
& I'll went away with LaWler: Mitchell lost q
GREAT deal Of blood was quite weak, and re-
1onirea the assistance OF d person to walk
Met them at the corner OF Prince and Wash
;nrton street on their way to my office, and went
with them to my office; wasln advance OF them
a few steps; have been in the Confederate army
nsrt Of the time as Medical Director; left the
a1my at Appomattox q. Fl. after the surrender.
b We're YOU glad? No, [ was not glad. Judge
{ Advocate said he was always glad to get home.
Dr Lewis replied, that depends upon the way
3 YOU come. =
! : Edgar Fields: being sworn, testified as fol-
i lows Was here Christmas day-know Travis
. and Horsman saw them on Duke. street about
O'Clock Travis left US and went to his house
70 nrepare egg-nog Tor his friends. Witness
/ described the route he and his party took, as
/ thew called on their friends to partake of egg
noe, Up to l253 O o'clock our party was engaged
in no disturbance; Travis and Horsman had
no pistol our party was not noisy or bolster
ous: sung no songs saw a disturbance at the
corner Of King and Alfred streets between
one and two o'clock, saw a negro man Knocked
down, and I ran over and caught hold OF the
man for the purpose OF getting HIM away car
ried BIN about forty yards; l tried to pursuade
him to 90 away he said he would not leave
=, 4, - IL ,,t1 H. no,,lS rh1r n
TWO white sn' s-of-b-s that struck him
whilst standing there a rock was thrown from
behind me which struck the negro on the head;
then left the negro and went into MIR. Cook
drug store [ left Mr.. Travis standing at btou-
teuture's corner, with his hands in his pockets;
do not %recoIlect Of seeing Horsman there did
not hear any pistol shooting if Travis and
Horsman had come up and fred pistols at the
negro, would have seen them Travis and Hors-
man we're not near the negro when be was
struck: would have seen them It they had been:
Simpson was not dressed IN gray clothes
that day saw Gilbert Simpson after the dis
tuybapce at Cook corner, at Cox's; was with
him about Is minutes; he left before | did !;
saw him that night at NIr. Tomln' did not
know on which side Of the head the negro
was struck; saw Travis at Coxs; DID
not see him 90 away; saw no other dlstur-
bance during the day [ have been lnthe Con
tederatc army four years; LETT the army after
Gen. Lees surrender arrived mere toWarns
the latter part Of April; belonged to 20: q,
18th Va. Reg't., commanded by toi. Arthur
Herbert; lett home Christmas morning about
So'cIock; the first persons i saw we're ABOUT
$50 negroes, with drum, fife, guns, pistols, &c;
they made me get off OF the Sidewalk, ano walk
out in the street this was a little after s O.
clock they were going up the st. recognized
Bradley's Horace be had a gun was standing
on the corner of King and Washington streets
whilst there a party Of 10 or ID negroes crossed
the street one Of them, dressed Ii the Union
UNIFORM, rushed up ana said, get out OF the
WAY YOU -ns-ot-b-s and knocked a lazy
down in The gutter; I got out Of the way ms
proceeding made me as mad as the devil 80 to
the b st Of my knowledge did no: see GlIbtrt
Simpson strike any Que during the day Snip
SOD was very drunk; did uot see Simpson 40
any thing our of,he way, whilst | was with
hiai, saw nothing Of the disturbance On west
street. r.,
Tho. Cullingsworth testified as follows
Have known Travis AID Hnrslnan a long time )
saw them ut Brengie $ store abou1 = Q CLOCK ;
Horsanan and Travis were with me IN advance
of the crowd; heard the cry OF right at the
corner OF King and Alfred streets: turned
around ana SAW a COilfcu ludu III Wy r.
King street; a crowd was around him HorS.
man, Travis and myself then turned back
and went across the street saw hors-
man and Travis last It Henderson.s cor
ner: saw no one strike the negro; Horse
man and Travis did not run up to the negro ana
shoot at h,m; heard firing during the entire
day vi none there; CID not see Horse1na A and
Travis with pistols if Horseman and Travis
had fired at the negro would have seen them
thor maro noe aauane,A in the disturbance at