The New Orleans crescent., 1868-11-19

before Recorder Becker, charged with the murder
Of policeman Gebhardt, on st. Charles street, be-
tween Poydras and Perdido, on the night Of the
5th inst. - Howard, Esq, appeared for the
and Hons. Geo. b. Brsughn, r. N.
Ogden, and Judge Atochs for the defense. The
following testimony was taken;
John Williams slc0rn-Resides at No. 397
White street. and on the 5th of November inst.
he stepped on the corner of Grsvier and st.
Charles streets and saw crowd across the street,
near the cigar store. Witness went over to the
crowd to see what was the matter. and saw oficer
the deceased. and was requested Dy the
deceased to take charge of gentleman named
Mr.. Cohn and take him to the station. The de-
ceased at the same time had hold OF the accused,
Mr.. Blevns, who said to deceased to let him go,
as he was gentleman and would walk 10 the sta.
ton with him. At that witness and all the parties
started, witness in the lead on the left hand side
coming up and saw the deceased and his prisoner
crossing the street towards Union street. Wit
ness continued on the left hand side Of st. Charles
street coming up to the station, ane when the de-
ceased and the accused were about opposite Sans
Saloon he heard shot. Witness was then on st.
Charles street, between the Phoenix cofeehouse
and the ST. Charles Theater. Witness then heard
q second shot and saw the fash of the pistol, and
Immediately saw person step across the
gutter with a pistol in his hand and
continue across the railroad track toward
the south side of st. Charles street with the pis-
tol still in his hand. Witness recognises now
at the bar Mr.. Blevins as the person who had the
pistol in his hand. Accused stood there and
turned around with the pistol in his hand. Wit
ness then advanced towards the accused,
and fred one shot at the accused, who ran
down St. Charles street. Witness did not see the
deceased fall, as he wss keeping his eye on the
accused. Witness did not notice where the de-
ceased stood when be saw the fash of the second
fire OF shot. Witness cannot tell in what direction
the shot fred came from. The accused then ran
down Union street towards the direction of Caron-
delet street, and when near Gravier street accused
fell. Witness then advanced and took hold of the
accused, who still had the pistol in his hand Wit
ness would recognize the pistol again. Witness
recognized young man named Tom Houihan,
who is an officer, and told him to take the pistol
away from the accused, which he did; witness
then helped the accused to get up, and walked
along with the accused to the station in COM
pany with another man whom witness don't know.
Witness then had him locked up. Recognizes the
pistol now In court as the same that the accused
had in his hand on the day in question, and the
same taken from him at the moment Of his arrest,
and but two (2 shots out of the pistol and to the
best of witnesses knowledge, it was capped.
Michael GdUen. stoO7n-ls police officer aud
resides at No. so Julia street. On the night of the
9th inst. between the hours of 6 and Z, he met Of
icer Gebhardt, the deceased, at the corner of ST.
Charles and Gravier streets, who had prisoner
in charge. Witness believes it was VIM. Blevins.
the taccused; that to the best Of his belief, il was
the accused. There was another gentleman along
with the prisoner. This was at the river side of
st. Charles and Gravier streets. A person who
witness supposed TO be friend to the prisoner
said, "Don't put hands on that man, he will 60
with you." This occurred at the corner of ST.
Charles and Gravier streets. When witness, Of
icer Gebhardt and prisoner aud the person re-
ferred TO came up st. Charles street to CONNER
cial Alley, thereabout, crossed over the street
on ST. Charles 10 the north side. and when about
95 st. Charles street the person before mentioned
made a motion, as If whispering to accused, and
Immediately after said, This man will 60 no far.
tber.u Witness answered, He will, ;" taking the
prisoner by the left arm. The person who said
the prisoner should 60 no farther took hold of
witness and showed him into the door of saloon.
Witness then saw the prisoner draw revolver and
heard shot go off, and another right quick AFTER
Witness is positive he heard three shots fired.
The first shot was fred in the neighborhood
where witness was, and the second, witness
thought, was from about where the prisoner
was standing. Witness was still inside the door
of the saloon with person having hold of him.
Witness thinks it was about four or five yards
from where he was at the time the firing took
place. Witness then stepped out OF the door of
the saloon and saw man run down st. Charles
street. and witness ran after him. Witness thinks
the man turned down Union street; came close to
him about midway between ST. Charles and Caron.
delet streets. Then the man who ran pointed
pistol at witness, who said. "Don't shoot" He
made quick turn and got away again. Witness
hRdlu Chult up W uiiu dt tuc COIucT Vi OfdNltE
and Carondelet streets. The man again pointed
the pistol at witness, who again said, "Don't
shoot" Caught the man by the neck. He fell
and witness fell over him. Am positive caught
the man that was running. When witness fell he
was knocked stupid by the fall. When witness
recovered the man referred to was taken away.
When witness saw the man that first ran he was
across the street on the other side of the railroad
track. Believes that the man whom he saw cross
ing the street, st. Charles TO the south side is
A. - H. - 1ef nAAL Il
at the time, and this person whom he saw was the
person whom he caught on the corner of Graver
and Carondelet streets Witness saw the prisoner
locked up that night in the station house. Thinks
the accused was the man, as he resembles him
very much.
Thomas Hostlihdn s1cOr7l-Is a policeman and
resides on Common street, near Claiborne Market !;
and further says that in this year. this month and
about ten or twelve days ago, in the neighborhood
of Z or o'clock P. NJ, he and officer White
left the central police station of this District and
went down st. Charles to. Gravier street while
standing there we heard shooting towards Perdido
street. Witness and officer White went up to-
wards the shooting and saw q man running down
Union street from st. Charles. Witness did not
know who the man was; followed the man and
saw officer Gavin after him ; saw the man point a
pistol at officer Gavin. Here whole lot of men
ran down Union street; witness ran after the man
who ran down Union to Carondelet street and
then towards Gravier. When at the corner Of
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the man by the back of the neck; the man fell
down and the officer Gavin fell over him; the
man had a revolver in his hand is positive the
accused, Blevins, is the man who had the revolver
in his hand, as he (witness) took the pistol from
his hand. Witness recognizes the pistol in court
shown him as the same he took from the prison
er's hand. After taking the pistol from the
prisoner witness raised him up, and then officers
White and Williams brought the prisoner to the
STATION; witness brought in the pistol.
At this point the court adjourned 10 P. NJ.
EVENING SESSION.
At6P. NJ. the examination was resumed.
w. II. While s1cOrn.-Is chief of detectives,
and resides at No. 2l4 Gravier street, and on the
evening of November s, between the hours of 6
and O'Clock, he left the first precinct station
house in company with officer Houlihan and pro.
ceeded down st. Charles street until we arrived
at the north corner of st. Charles and Gravier.
At the north corner Mr.. Houlihan met friend of
his and stepped to one side few PAGES, and while
they were talking witness heard a shot, and re-
marked to Houlihsn, ''there is a shot," and i'm.
mediately after heard q second shot. Witness
said to officer Houlihsn, "come on. Tom, there is
something wrong up there" We both got in the
middle Of the road on st. Charles street, on the
track, and ran toward where we heard the shots
fired. Officer Houlihan ran ahead of witness
some forty yards when witness arrived at the west
of St. Charles and Union streets. Witness
heard persons sing out, "Stop him, stop him."
Witness saw a crowd come from towards the
hank from the direction of Commercial Alley