The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-26

remained there about one hour, when l went VEN
to my store again; nei unen ia O'clock when we
f,rst came 20 the hall there was gentlemen
waiting for smith wao fnr it he taye smith
card. on which was flames Seddons, water In
sptcior;" when leit the nrSt s "e me tneTe heit
Who said he was looking for rooms TO hire;
he was told there were none TO hire, when he
went out of the building; about haif past eight
c,cioclx heard oftbe murder at my store, from
which place had been absent for some time;
tiiv az pepper and lamp black had been thrown
in his face as he was coming down the stairs of
the hall; never knew him 10 be attacked In
any other way or have difficulty with any one;
while was In his room on Thursday morning
he asked me ~ thought rat or mouse could
he replied, "All right them" we had been look-
ing at q patent rat-trap. which supposed
of his money matters; the room in which he
slept Is generally In disordered condition:
There was colored counterpane on his bed
He has frequently shown me long -barrelled
six shooter which he kept under his pillow;
and was not IN any way dlsarranged on Wed"
George Hamilton testiHed-I am employed
In o drug store below Girard Hall; Smith came
into the store about IL o'clock on Wednesday
on Wednesday heard a pistol shot, and about
three seconds afterwards heard something
fall; the sound seemed to come from the end of
of the hall over The store; have heard deceased
say, Il expect some one Will be In here some
time to kill me;" he said he had found
q man on the top of the organ in the hail. there
are frequently pretty rough characters coming
there in the afternoon for dresses for bals; one
night about three years ago he was attacked on
the stairs Of the hail. lampblack was thrown in
his face and he was Knocked down: n man came
In the store about an hour after heard the shot
fired and asked for Smith; he then went up
81 iairs and afterwards came down with bundle;
he told me If saw smith to tell him he had
taken the bundle; he gave me his name, but
do not remember II,
Daniel M. Wolfe testi1ed-I reside at No. 6lO
Girard avenue; l saw Smith about half past
= three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon; he en-.
tered my store and asked me to change q Il We
dollar note for him; gave him three one dollar
bills and one two d ollar bill in change; he said
there were two men up stairs, but did not say
what they were doing there; he was in his shirt
sleeves and had on white shirt, not striped
one; he had vest on, and q cap on his head; q
man named SchilleDberg was In my store al
the time; did not hear the shot Schtllenberg
was in my store for about half an hour after
Smith was there; Smith told me about Christ.
mas that he gave his money to some society
where il was safely kept; heard of the murder
about half past seven in the evening; Smith
told me about six or seven months ago that
open a tin box which they took from closet
they did not find anything in the box.
John McAvoy testified-I am q gasfitter;
saw Smith about O'Clock on Wednesday
morning; l had no conversation with him
this was in Poplar street, below Sixth; Smith
was going towards the hall; l heard of Mr.
Smiths murder between and O'Clock.
The inquest is still in progress as we go tc
press.