New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-21
THE ASHBURN MURDER.

TENTH DAY OF THE TRIAL-soUTHERN SOCIETY.
ATLANTA, Ca, July II, 868.-Thursday was
mainly devoted to the testimony Of Miss Sheppard.
The Examination was rigid and successful, throwing
the witness frequently into the old mi r0rdo refuge
The young person Of IT manifested antagonsm to tho
counsel for the prosecution remarkable for its en-
ergy and fire than for its poeness. Repusye gances
OF annhatng intent met every look OF those gentlemen,
and In compassion To her Will not report her stage
asideS and hssed-Out CALCULATIONS.
on conclusion yesterday morning OF the reading and
correction OF the testimony the young person IN question
nascd nj tho door when about to retire faced around
and gave Gov Brown look that would have been pain
full TO behold the cOHntenance OF any living creature
much less In one OF her age and sex.
The performance seen aud remarked by every ono
I'm eOurtc0unse witnesses, court, prisoners ana all
Many laughed outright although twas indeed sad spec
The testimony Of two more witnesses. Mrs. Moore isis
brother. a youth OF 10, who gave his testimony In a
straightforward, candid manner, corroborated many
circumstances stated by the preceding witness to the
sickness the family the night OF the Ashburn murder
his having the tooth ache getting something TO aay the
pain from DIR. Kirlsreg &C. &c. He u1r KJ has many
calls at night PATIENTS he was called at night to
patients more than once week some OF his state
meLts, however contradicted the testimony OF other
members OF the family on the same subject
Mrs MoOre's testimony covered very nearly the same
materially Affected her direct examination Here Is
remarkable passage in A. which Ipreferred not reporting
until it should be read in Court this morning aud DO
self AS 1t is here given, 50 IS down on the record
vol first heard Of Ashburn death aud told it to the other
members Of the family who do you mean py the other
members OF the famIyi A. mean my mother, cousins,
and sister, Mrs. Kirksreg. .
o. Did IL create any excitement in the famllyi a, II
did not We all said we were glad he was dead
O. Did Mrs X. and your mother JOIN III that express
sion A. We all did don't recoect about my mothers
ioning IN but recOllect the female members OF the
family deghng In his death-being glad to hear OF IT,
o. Why wero tho female members OF the family glad
/ he was dead A. Because he was a Radical.
O. Did the female members Of your family desire the
death of all the Radicals
Here the defense through Mr. Moses objected 70 this
question before the objection could be laid before the
Commission tho witness answered " We do
MIR Moses for the defenseAlss Moore, you have said
that the ladies OF your family glad TO hear the
the Radicals; You don't mean by Radical, person
merely differing in political opinion with Democrat
A. No; mean scalaWag
O. DO you understand scalawag 10 be arepresenta-
tive OF party who Is endayOrlng To excite
Judge Advocate TO Moses-"DOut DO quite so leading"
Moses-I want to get nj what she means.
WtnessI mean by scaawags, those who are trying TO
excite the negroes against us.
MosesArc or not apprehenslve that the influence
OF class Of people whom you call scalawagS may pro
duce an insurrecOn In which women and children may
be killed. and IL not to that class OF persons you refer
when you say you wish they were all deadl
JudgeAdyOcatc-I object TO that question: being irree'
want.
Moses-I want TO know how this anlmosy arises.
Here followed discussion and the question being
nut to witness, she answered, cit is" Just here IL may
be as well TO report the answers OF the sister, Miss Shop
pcr question on some subject. The family referred
! To is the same spoken OF by Miss Moore.
O. When you heard OF the death OF Ashburn, did the
Incident create much excitement or talk IN your family
A. No; IL did not excite any there was no great excite
Eleventh day.-AIiss Wynne, lady visitor az the
shepperd mansion, was examined but nothing special
Then followed two witnesses-Arrngton and Tucker
who swear positively 70 the presence OF Duke In Merr
weather County on the day OF the murder OF Ashourn
and the day following.