The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-29
got him towards the steps, rs Kelly said, "Citi-

wrist. L took the motion of his hand as
threat. Shortly afterwards Kelly and McCar-
thy fell down. He loosed mis- hold of Callahan
and got hold of Mccarthy by the thront.
was trying to free him from Mccarthy
when pistol shot was fred from the crowd
that hit me in the shoulder. l stall held
Kelly, but had to let 20 of him, as the force
of the ball knock ed me down two steps. The
wound was about half an inch deep. I
went around the corner of the passage into
the first one struck. ! heard two or three
shots afterward. saw no pistol in Mr..
Kelly's hand. saw no one. have pistol
Policeman n Cox sworn: ] was assisting in
bringing Mr.. Peaslcy into the station-house.
Mr.. Kelly protested against this. Peasley
caught hold of the bar in front of the
Mayors court, and took hold of his fingers
to make him let go. Kelly put his hand in
his pocket, and said, 81 won't stand this
any longer" Some of his friends said,
= Joe, don't do that" Kelly followed them
into the station-house, protesting against
the arrest and abusing the police generally,
Captain Callahan particularly. When he
got into the station-house, he said to Gala
han, {" You - son of II -, l have got
the dots on you as fine as silk. I'll have
you in the penitentiary in six weeks, where
you ought to be-" Kelly then. went back
into the station-housc., While was
locking Pcaslcy up, I missed Callahan,
and heard somebody say there is row in
the hall. l went up, and saw Callahan and
the rest of them struggling. Callahan told
me to assist in taking Kelly to the cell. l
caught him by one of the legs Kennedy
and Mccarthy having hold of his arms. we
got him, with difficulty, down the first OF Sc
cond step leading into the station-house.
let him 60, and after doing this I heard
the report of pistol. Could MT say who
fred it. Some one remarked I'm shot. |
thought it was Kennedy. | turned to sec
where it came from. Callahan was about
three feet behind ne, with pistol in his
hand, and just MS | turned he raised
his pistol, and shot in the direction
of Kelly. Kelly seemed trying to get his
hand into his pocket, though Icould not see
that he had any pistol. After the second
shot Kelly went down the steps. Kennedy,
Mccarthy, and Callahan, also went down. L
afterwards looked down the steps, and saw
Kelly at the doorway with a pistol in his
hand. | heard some five or six shots fired.
| did not see Kelly again until he came up
the steps and walked across the hall, bleed
ing profuscly. s-.3t--
Squire Robert II. Allen sworn: Mr.. Kelly
was lying across the steps leading from the
| MAYORS courtroom to the station-housc. l
had my head between his legs. Callahan
was standing between the Seventeenth
Street window and the steps, about six feet
from Kelly. I saw Callahan cock his pistol
and fire on him. Kelly fell part of the
way down the steps, and so did l. | saw
Callahan fire again from the top Of the
steps. Kelly then fell to the bottom of the
steps. Callahan and Mccarthy rushed after
him, and Mccarthy fell over him. Kelly
went towards Franklin street, and Mccarthy
went after him with musket with bayo-
net on it. / snw no more until they got
into the aisle again, when I saw Kelly shoot
kcnncdy-thc red-headed man who ran at
first, and hid himself in the ccll--in the
shoulder. Kelly did not shoot at all until
after he had been shot twice.
Here the evidence was closed, and the
/ room cleared for the deliberations Of the
jury.
THE VERDICT. ...rr
The Jury remained in the room for SO
| long time that it seemed likely that the
rare instance of a hung jury Of inquest
was about to occur. At 3 o'clock an adj
journmcnt until o'clock was had. The
jury met Mt O'Clock, and at S o'clock made
,hc following rather remarkable return
"That Joseph Kelly came to his death
by shots fired from pistol in the hands OF
Dennis Callahan at the station-house, JET
fcrson Ward, on the afternoon of June 9th
1869. r. d. MITCHELL, Coroner;
.... "LEwIs n. WEBB,
GA. NJ. NEWELL,
"R. S. ANDERSON,
"CuARLEs PHILLIPS,
"E. A. BAUGHMAN,
81. o. TAYLOR, ,'@
"CHARLEs RICHARDS,
e. -...r.s., Ont. PATE,
"H. J. MYERS"
"Thc undersigned sign with the addition
CT, the words to the verdict while resist
ing the police officers
- 49, 81. H. PAINTER, Foreman;
... ... "JoHN h. FARQuAHAR,
r."' cd. D. BULMAN."