The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-23
LEGAL INTHELIaHMcE.
Court of Oyer and Tcrminer Judges Pelrce
and PnxsOn.
THE CHESTNUT STREET BRIDGE MURDER

THE Chestnut STREET BRIDGE MURDER.
In the course of the trial of Edward Smith for the
brio ge, the night or the I'd of October last, the
principal testimony adduced by the Commonwealth
said he went upon the bridge. with Smith
and saw him approach Hughes and
about Market street for some time they resumed to
the bridge and found crowd standing around
e %R was ss y is 9s sd To
killed." and Smith answered. ayes did, but for
Gods sake don't tell;' Conway again said, 'Tnen
you'd better throw your knife away" and the prs-
oner replied 81 did throw it away" they remained
upon the spot until an officer arrived and the body
was taken away, and then they went to Twcnty-thrd
and Chestnut streets.
rms morning the trial was resumed and the fol-
lowing additional testimony was giyen:-
John Hucksley, conductor on the Walnut and
Chestnut Streets Railway, testified that the night
of the I'd of October last he left the depot at Forty
second street. coming east, about 10 80 O'Clock and
as he was crossing the bridge he saw man lying
there as II intoxicated, put never sHpposlng MN to
the man still lying there, nearly an hour later;
number OF persons were standing about at that time.
Patrick NcGinn, another conductor on the Ches-
nut and Walnut streets road said that this night he
started upon his trip into the city at ten minutes
past nine O'Clock; upon returning he also saw what
he supposed to be drunken man lying on the north
side OF the bridge.
live at No. 1871 South Twenty fourth street, remem
Der the night John Hughes was killed on the Ches-
nut street bridge; / knew the prisoner; l saw him him
nut streets, about or haf-past; O'IIara was then
with him; Smith and O'IIara went upon the bridge,
and little while afterwards Conway went on the
bridge, and Staid at the corner OF Twenty-third
street about half an hour; then met Conway and
Smith coming down together, Smith having some
thing under his arm, and went to see what was
the matter; 1t was shawl Smith had he said he had
knocked man down and kicked him in the CUTS,
and had taken the shawl from him; we three went
into Bagulas grocery store, and Smith wanted to
see If Baguia knew anything about the shawl; Mr..
Bagula said it belonged to coored girl, and Smith
said If she would come to his house she could get
it; we Went to Smiths house, and then returned
second, and last; when l got up /
saw man coming on the south
side of the bridge; saw Smith and this man quar-
reling, fghting Smith went towards him; l don't
know whether the man had said anything saw the
man hit Smith and Smith hit the man smith hit him
i'm the left breast they were lighting together about
that ne was going away; heard come come
tIoW theV parted Smith Came towards me; Smith came
to me and said ~ have run knife into him.; Con-
way Smith, and ] were the only persons on the
bridge at that time; the man went west, and we
boys went east heard him squeal only once; when
Harts to Twenty-third and Chestnut; from there to
Market street, and then TO West philadelphia; went
bo yept down for ale smith went out and We went
after him, without drinking the alei we went up
Market street to another s,vt,ni tavern went down
mJself; was crossing the bridge to Twenty-third
street saw a man laying there on the bridge be-
north side; nobody was there; / came over to
| Twenty-third and Chestnut, and commenced talking
along. said there was man dead
! on the other side OF the bridge
they told me to go ahead and get policeman at the
! West Chester depot; i went, and met Smith and
| Conway at Thirtieth and Chestnut; spoke to them
| told them there was man laying dead up there;
| told them was going after police Oihccr; could
| moi find any | came back to where the man was
| laying; there was crowd around; Smith and Con-
| way were standing there; then they sent Conway
and me TO the New York depot after anorher Ofcer
! found one; Onicer Mulherron; l returned with
him: Onioer Muherron sent me up to the Hall for
stretcher and couple of Officers; l went and came
| back; met 0ficer Mulherron; he told me he had
| sent him on car; / came down Thrtieth
| street to Chestnut and across the bridge; met
| smith and Conway at Twenty-third and Chesnut;
we were together about half an hour; Conway and
went home; Smith told me he had thrown the knife
and handkerchief away; his own handkerchief; he
said 1t had blood from his lip his lip was cut
it was not sut before he met the man on the bridge
we were Al this time at the Market street bridge
he had not said anything about II from the time we
Market street bridge; didn't see the mans face
at ALL