The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-03-27

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| THE MONTICELLO HOTEL SHOOTING
| AFFAIR-THE EXAMINATION POSTPONED
UNTIL MoNDAY-MR. BARGAMIS Nor
ALLOWED BAIL.-Yesterday Mr.. Vincent
Bargamin appeared before the Mayor to
answer the charge Of unlawfully shooting
and manning with intent to kill Mr.. John
Meyer, at the Monticello Hotel, early Mon
day morning last. Colonel August appeared
as counsel for Mr.. Bargamin.
| Mr.. Meyer was too unwell to appear
and the Mayor asked Dr. G. W. Z. Brock
if he thought the wounded man could be
examined SO as to got his statement Of the
affair. DR.. Brock ropliod that it might
ljeopardze his life, as LIE vas not yet out OF
danger; that he certainly could not stand
a cross-examinatiou.
The Mayor still seemed intent upon OBJ
tanning the testimony Of Meyer, when Co.
lionel August stated that as the life or
death Of the wounded man much affected
the case, he was unwilling to have him ex-
amined; that he once went to and exam
ined wounded man, and attended his fu-
neral the next day; and he was not willing
that this mans life should be jeopardized
| by all examination.
The Mayor then announced that he
would not examine Meyer until his physi-
clan pronounced it safe and further sta
ted that when he was hearing the testi-
mony at his room early Monday morning,
preparatory to issuing warrant for the
arrest of Mr.. Bargamin, he was Of the
opinion that Mr.. Bargamin was entitled to
bail, and therefore had granted it when he
| appeared in court.
| During the Mayors remarks about the
case it was elected that Mr.. B. had fired
the shots at Meyer while standing up.
Colonel August stated that the first shot
was fired by NJ. 3. as he was falling from
the effects of blow from Meyer, and that
that shot missed.
| The Mayor said that he would have been
| saved much annoyance, and would not
have had the trouble of issuing a warrant,
if Mr.. Sauer had opened the hotel door
when the police first demanded entrance ;
that he wished he had not been so delicate
to Mr.. Sauer when he sent word to him
that warrant must be served on him be-
fore the door should be opened, but
had ordered the police to take sledge-
hammer and break the door down.
Colonel August remarked that Mr.. B.
was not there.
Mr.. Mayor: "I know that, sir; but a
policeman met Mr.. Bargamin when he was
running away, and asked him what was the
matter in the hotel; to which he replied,
'Nothing.'"
Mr.. Sauer: "My door was opened as
soon as | could get dressed and open it."
Colonel August: "The remark of my
client to Mr.. Meyer, that he had been
cheating all night, may have been said in
Jest. | have often known remarks Of this
kind made in jest. Nothing was meant
by them, and the parties who were thus
addressed thought nothing of it."
| Mayor 81 do not believe in such ,jestS."
| Colonel August: 81 understood, your
Honor, that when a remark like that Of
my client is made in German it has not
quite so keen apoint."
Mavor: "I would advise the Germans not
to import tests of that kind, for Americans
have not much relish for such jests."
Some further discussion ensued upon
the nature of the remark Of Mr.. Bargamin,
when Colonel August said:
81 know those remarks are frequently
made in jest, and so accepted. Your
Honor has frequently met me and called
me little rascal. l know you meant
nothing by it,"
Mayor If did call you that, meant
nothing by it. Perhaps you were one Of
those bad little boys that used frequently
TO creep up to me and pull my handker-
chief out of my coat-tail pocket and run
off. Sometimes l would catch them and
call them little rogues, or little thieves. l
l.. i =. - 90, Nd NV
remarks intended"
Colonel August moved that the witnesses
present be examined. They were then
called, and answered to their names, as
follows: Conrad Sauer, Herman Willis,
Frederick Boie, and Albert Ball. They
were sworn, and Mr.. Willis placed upon
the stand, but before he commenced his
testimony the Mayor remarked that he
could not come to any decision about the
case, and could not allow bail to the &C
cused until he had heard Meyers state
ment.
Colonel August said he would waive an
examination until it was safe for Meyer to
give his testimony.
Mr.. Ball, one of the witnesses, asked
permission to make statement about MIR.
Bargamin having been accoSted by po-
liceman, and replying Nothing" Per-
mission was granted, when he testified :
81 am private watchman near Sauer's
Hotel. Early Monday morning l heard
the shots in the hotel. In few moments
after, Mr.. Bargamin passed rapidly by me.
I asked him what was the matter in the
hotel. He replied, Nothing and passed
on. He was not accosted by any police
man."
The Mayor announced that he would
not allow bail to Mr.. Bargamin, and would
continue the case until Monday next. The
witnesses were recognized in the sum OF
$500 each for their appearance.
After the adjournment of the court, Mr..
Bargamin was brought before Judge Burn
ham upon a writ of haJsdS corpus, and ap-
plcation made for bail. The Judge stated
that he did not think he had the power to
bail the accused, because he had not been
committed.
THE FORGERY CASE.-Francis NJ. Rhodes,
charged with forging the endorsement OF
Francis S. Rhodes on check for nifty
dollars, and using the same, was again ex-
amined Yesterday. Mr.. +. S. Rhodes tes-