Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-07
CRIMINAL 1xTELLnGExCE.


There was quite 8 numerous attend
ance at the courtroom yesterday morn
ing, and among the oFaEd some Of our
best citizens, 20 hear the concluding tes-
timony in this esse which has been o.
such absorbing interest for the past ten
or twelve days.
The Court met at half-past nine o'clock,
and the prosecution introduced DR.. Dick
ems as rebutting testimony. His evil
dence was as follows:
Q. "Did you offer any compensation
or money to George Washington to tes-
tify in this case ?"
A. II did net, nor did / have any con
versation with Taylor Stacks about the
case. The first intimRtiOn / had about
/ Washington's evidence was from Gus
Williams. He told me that be knew e
negro who went out with q double bar
relied shot gun to kill the old man Dick
ens.) He said he lived on Poplar street,
and that Taylor Stacks knew where he
was living"
Q. Was anything said about paying
money"
A. III did not say anything about
money to Stacks"
Q. Did you say to Sstter White, in
C1Da, that there wss two thousand dol
lars at his disposal, IL he could find out
who did the shooting?"
A. 81 had heard that two men left
his house, and had gone toward Thomas
Landing, or rather down to the elbow.
1 supposed these men 10 be Inman and
Morgan, who had done the killing, and
1 told him II he could arrest them it
would be 8 thousand dollars each TO hiUa."
Q. ibid yoa tell HIM there wss Two
thousand dollars at his disposal ?"
al told him that ha nrnlR naf
two thousand dollars as that was the re-
ward"
Q. "Dld you say anything to him
about getting witnesses? p"
A. ~ told him il he could fnd cut
who did the killing to do go
Q. Odd you tell Gus Williams thst
he could get money p
A. "ItOld him be could make q thou
sand dollars each if he could arrest the
men,
@ IBID you tell him If he got evi-
dence that brought Pattison into the case
ne could get a thousand dollars 2"
A. II sid not tell him so. Last Fri
day evening, after two O'clock, it ia like
IL that L Vas at MeCleIIan's on Front
Row. l saw We Dougherty there. Col.
MacK Clark and two negroes were there.
We put out the lights after Dougherty
came in. You g have the names of
the negroes if you want them
Thomas DickiRS sUOTH-Q. Estate if
you offered money to any one to testify
in this case"
A. 81 did not"
Elsie Jones (colored) Sworn-"I live
in Mississippi. Sme here i've or six
weeks ago 10 see my children. I know
George Washington, and knew him in
Aberdeen. Since George Washington
mas been sick, he hss been staying at
my daughters, siO@ he came from the
POorhouse. His legs and fest were
sWelled, and be could not walk well. He
was not out of the house anywhere until
they came after bin Monday before lsst
l don't know where they wanted 70
bring him. He walked her for the first
time since he sme back. He had
not been out Of the house up
t. then, from the time he came"
Caroline U0ptOR (coJ0red) slOOrn 81
live on Exchange street extended. L
have known George Washington from a
child. He has been staying at my house
some two weeks and one or two days.
He came there from the PoorhGu,e e. His
feet and legs were swelled 30 that he
could not walk. He staid ct my house
six or seven months before he went to
the Poorhouse. He left my house with
3 gentleman vino came after him in a
spring wagon. This was on Monday a
week sgo. They came for him on Tues
dag, sRd Friday sls5. They came for
him Monday, Tuesday and Friday. He
had not lef5 the house up 10 that tihne.n
MGliadG Bradley SwOra.-iI had
heard the above testimony, and con-
irmed it
The counsel for the State then sn-
noUpeed that they had wished TO have
Capt, Garrett, the Dsputy Sheriff, exam
ined, but as he co1ld not co ne under q
half hour, on account OF official duty,
they did bot wig e detain the Court,
and so announced that they lad eodclu-
ded their testimony. The defense an
nounced that teey had also closed.
l. was then agreed that the esse should
be argued, Mr.. Chamber opening for the
State. He will be followed by Col.
CAN'T and Gen. Sale. The defense will
not make an argument until the State
closes.