The national Republican., 1867-11-19
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Hen'y John,on appeared as.i. as hdbeas eorpas
sSsmb.rs, ssd n. p.,ids. soysd 10 I admit sIn 70 70
BAL The pLtrle. a.,orssy app.sr,d fcr ths prose.
Joh, Taylor, (eOiorsd.J On the night before the
homicide witness was al Johnson's house, and
ihsIs s "a s.n John,on .nd vi: together then went
toselh,ri they were ysry kind and aGeetonate to-
wards sseh other, and johnson slwsy, seemed lind
Cross..xsminsd. johnson and bi, vie were liy.
Ing together At the time Of the homicide
John JOh3:on Witness Is son Of prisoner. sad |,
os ns e. Ss ,hSG IN
TIL O'Clock. II wa, awhile before they all met
"a the room. There was no,hipg unusual In their
toEe. her; took brsakfat with them; they were on
gsoi terms In the moraipg.
Cross. .e1amiasdi Witness father aud mothsr had
month before the shooting. His mott or had lived
At his grandmothsr's. Witness heard his mother
tell his father the night before the sh'oting that
frequsntiy absent from home; west to witness
grsndmother's frequently. WHEN his mother said
she had been to sawysr's his father said pothing.
B.teman knows the parties, and saw both Of them
on the day Of the homieide-Johnson at II o'clock,
and his wife about 10 o'clock. Johnson's wife had
done s; much q HIS busin.. She hougSt searly all
he told witness about the purchase Of COW, and
also that he wa, going 10 pay his taxes. Tho rea-
toas Of the plaintid and his wife were I" usual; he
Cross examined: witness was intimate with tho
parties They had lived together for ave or slx
lived sonetime, a. her husbands aud somstimss at
her mothers, Mrs, Crumbaushs) Mrs. o. was
very old-without man In the house Witness had
wife. Always thought ths, they lived happily to.
gethor. Mrs. Crumbaugh's house Is about four
hundred yards from the house Of johnson
By tn, Judis! witnoss isn Johnsou's service In
1883 but had been backward and forw rd ever since
Mr.. Davidgs mentioned that he was ready to prove
BY Mr.. Matthews that he had had johnson summoned
Ia the ease Of Homlsr rs. Georgetown, then about to
be tried before the court
The Court had NO doubt Of that fact
Mr. Davidge said that his object in bringing for
on Il. p.s, Of gass.sn to ,sow tS H. T a bss
thoroughly set at rest Johnsons suspicious, and In
fact at the time he me, smoot he was surprised Into
eIreaS.tsness he Judge might admit him to bail.
Mr. Darlington said that II this party admitted
to ball 1t would be against his earnest Efforts and
protest; whistler murder or manslaushter had been
| committed, he should be held until . Jury passed
upon the case. He dwslt al tome length upon the
too easy terms upon which the popular prejudice
termed American common law dealt with such cases
| as the one In court. II man was to allow his wife
TO go out and misleAi men, and then shoot the par
ties misl,sd, whore was II b endi Who would be
soS, Of hem Sss sssSsoa nts w,S sIS
them TO be Of death At the hands Of their rela
tlyesf He asked that, II the Court thought thore
was any force in the testimony adduce1, he should
be allowed until to morrow TO produce rebutting
proof
Judge wyiie said; This homicide was committed
on the Goth Of June. Tho prisoner was committed
the charge CT murder aud Q short time aft'r he
was brought before TO ascertain whether Il was
bSiable case. To be sure, the Government was not
repre- 'erted, but ths prisoner proved previous
ample time to dsbrsts before he went to the houte
| IN which he supposed his wife was He hEd a,oer-
sned the fact that she would be there several hoors
before the deed was done. He went thers for the
purpose Although the evidence wac that he was IN
the habit OF carrying p!sto still the presumption
was that he went Their. hunting for his wife, whom
he expected TO meet with smoot. Under these cir
cumstapcss he had refused bail A judge might
grant bail In clse Of a proved hlmtcids, but he
would do go In dthAucb Of the law. guilty Of
murder would forfeit aDy ball, even Of millions Tbs
old law said that hound walls the only security
to be taken Of q murderer. cal only repeat n)w
Whist sA'd former decision, that " he had met
ths adulterou, couple In his own house aud. upoi
sudden discovery, bsd al In The adultersr, II would
not certainly have en- greater than manslaugbte
tie man goes away from his houe. seek, and slays
the adult rsr, uaiess the books called It murder
The evidence produced to-day 10 Of go little weight
| 80 un'mpoItant, as no. to meet In any degree the
| strong evidence heretofore prndnced. Toe term Of
tha Criminal Court near at hand, and but little
i'm prison rent would bring him to his trial, when
| Jury W ould decide upon his offence The prisoner
mutt be remanded.
Ihs prisoner who appeared to be little changed by
| his long conaaement, then left the court room In
| charge OF an Otieer.