The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-14
LOCAL DEPARTMENT

II. hEELEHEN.-SOOm
opening OF the Criminal Court, yesterday,
Turpin came into court attended by his two
brothers.
Mr., o.rrlnston appeared for the ProseSu.
MIR. Darlington opened In a short speech,
The defence res sdit It's opening.
. DIR. Ctoghan testified that he was called to
attend Keileher's body and made an examine
the ball had been coniesl, but was dattened.
John II. Dubsnt; Witness knew Kelleher
dnsg june on
ner OF Eighth and T. streets, at Gorbutt's res
taurant, about 8 o'clock; met Turpin corner
Green 4 Williams, Kellcker was along at the
time. The party walked up to Lichau House.
The only gentleman witness recollects at the
The party remained there about fifteen min
utes; went QUIT left Mr.. Hinton there; while
the party were In the Llchau House they
drank; Turpin was drunk at the times Linton,
Turpin, Kelleher, witness, and others perhaps
, drank together. While they were all there,
Kclleher told Tnrpin that he tReileher) had
three years since, when he was challenger for
Espey. Kellehcr then began to sing Lanasan's
Mr. Mcrrick. Cwhose ball) Witness: Elan.
hAgan's ball. "a voice: Lanangan's ball
wftncss-thats what l call It. He sang about
t%S n nSo Sssn hs sSpIsa snS 10
drink light. Kelleher drank pop, and Turpin
also drank light; witness thinks he also drank
war; The back part OF the house, and witness
left, and remained out i've minutes. When he
came back he found Lloyd and Evans In front
of the house. Just as witness came up Turpin
came out OF the house and took seat on a
stump In the street. When witness got In
ns Sop n' Whit III In T TnPpnp ss isS ssS
when they asked him to drink pop; before he
touched the pop he pulled out his pistol, say
ing that some one had threatened to kill him
NIGHT bplOfp in the Northern I.iDeFtIea.
(the pistol was Derringer-rifed barely
and that he was going to get even that night.
hal pistol toll nway.S Lioyd and witness y urged
- him to put the pistol away, and he gave 1t
very calmly to the bar.kecper over the counter:
witness and Kelleher went out the front door.
They had gone but forty or NIFTY feet when
Turpin came out and Joined them There was
Turpin took the vacant space and walked on
with them. As soon ~ he Joined them he
said, "Iou say you challenged myvotc; you're
Keiieher then began TO sing, .Lets be Gay"
in a very lively manner, and showing his
street witness left, and Started towards the
Express office, while Kellcher and Turpin kept
on down towards the Seston House, witness
f yoa going 10 let up pc on that" witness had
gotten a bout forty feet from them when wit.
ness heard the report OF firearms; he went
back and found Kellcher down and Turpin
standing over him-no one near. This was
about % feet from where he heard the shot.
Kelleher was lying near the southeast corner
of Louisiana avenue and sixth street, near
fAt this point some one In the street cried,
room "Sa spsrf WITH sreat Confusion
A voice. What's thatf
Mr.. Merrick. A report from the Mayors
office, that there are some vacant places.
Witness bent down, told Kellehcr to get up,
: and Turpin said, "He is dead, by Godi I've
got him. or 1--WE shot hing witness 10 not
tUhf hnlI n - In ~
the collar and right wrist, and said, you've
killed my best friendn Turpin said nothing,
but witness observed that his tT's) hand was
full OF blood. Witness imagined he saw some-
thing in Turpins handi 1t might have been
Imagination, Witness then saw gentlemen
tHon. MIR. Lafin) he Continued asking Tur.
pin who killed Kelleher; and soon after sew
eral persons came Up, and Tutpin was ar
among the crowd that came up.
The Court. 1t was six or eight feet from the
sewer vent at the corner that kelleher laid.
Cross-examined; Witness does not remem-
Der stating to Mr.. McDevitt at the station
house that he had Just came from the City
Hall, and knew nothing about the shootingi
witness did not state then that he knew who
shot the man, and he does not know; witness
had a carblne when they were at dorbutts;
he II SSReDy ao%e i L al
the place was TO be torn out; witness did not
have the carbine in his pantaloon's legj wit:
ness was arrested that night, but never heard
an officer say, "You two fellows did iti' wit
meas had drank considerably, but had taken
nothing for an hour except light dTinksi wit
front OF the parties at the time of the shoot.
ing; witness did state at the coronor's inquest
that he was twenty-five feet from the parties
The Court. The proper way to lay the foun-
dation to contradict witness Is to call his at
tention to the statement to be contradicted,
and then ask him If he made that statement.
Witness continued - Turpin's hand was
bloody on the back when Latin came up, and
2 t.,' NhnEA ha tuna
fellows, they have not gone OFF, 1t was moon
light, and persons could be clearly seen two or
three hundred feet the remark OF Turpin, at
Gs ' tfod S Sss desl but es dead by dod
when he frat met Kclliher he wanted him to
go to the book-eindeT's meeting, but when
knowing the meeting was over, wanted him
to go to Gorbuttsj witness was never in
trouble owing to liquor; never touched bal
As the witness had been eross.examined by
both Messrs. Merfick and Norris, the court
suggested that repetition would be avoided II
a witness was examined by one counsel only
hsSury Lloyd testified that in pas ling the
Lichau house on the night OF the shooting he
met there Linton, Frazier and Dubant; they
stopped him, and very soon Turpin came up
with pistol in his hand, holding II very caro-:
lessly and pointing to witness; witness told
him to put II up, and he did SOL witness asked
the party to go in and take pop, and they DID
40; while there Turpin took out some little
balls and commenced playing with themj then
Turpin went out and took n seat on Tho broken
lamp post; then witneIs saw Dubant and KEEL
lehor, who came In and asked for weiss beer
asking witness to join them, and witness took
q cigar; then witness, at the solicitation OF
MT. Frazier, went to the door and saw Turpin
with pistol, but declined to bother with him
further, saying that he could do nothing with
him; witness then went in, bat soon after
heard the report OF pistol; ran out with the
crowd, and saw Kelleher lying about six oil
ten feet from the lamp-post at the corner Of
sixth street and Louisiana avenues witness
soon afterward saw Turpin arrested.
Cross-exAmined. Turpln was very drunk
Dubant was drunk, but not so drunk rs Tur'
pin, Witness had known rurpin TO be aquiet
peaceable man, and never knew him In that
condition before.
George Klernine. Witness was bar-keepei
Of the Lichau House on the night OF the ID Of
that night. On the first time they were there
Kelleher, Turpin, and Dubant came In. Wit
ness thinks kelleher drank weiss beer, ant
the others liquor. Turpin and kelleher ther
had a dispute relative to the challenge Of
vote Turpin then handed witness a pistol
auying, "here, Georges take care OF that
soon after he asked for the pistol Witness
aaLi; "Lep, you had better let me keep that
Turpin saidi mo, won't I know what an
they came In again and drank once more wit
ness was unable to say what they drank. Tur
pin gave witness his pistol again, when Kel
leheT said9 bNow, Lep, you know challenges
your VoteW Lep denied 1t, and after n littl'
talk witness winked to Dubant and deceased
TO go out. They did 80, leaving Turpin In thu
room and witness got Turpin back In thu
room on n chair, He remained there abou
i've minutes, when he demanded his pistol
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