Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-31
CRIMINAL ISTELLIGENcE.
The patterson Case.

] NELuAN IA ADO 1LA BAL 49, [-E1N
Gen. Wallace being yet to hear from.
The General being ho8rse and feeble
said he would not occupy the attention
Of the Court long, and he consequent
did not speak but an hour and fOrtl
minutes. At thu close Of his aTgomen
the Court decided not to admit the dccu
ment IN question (the sfidavit) for tn
present, but to hold it Over for future &C
lion. The examination Of witnesses f.
the prosecution was then proceeded with
the first one called beipg Felix Brown
colOred, who, being sworn, depOsed q
follows:
My name is Felix Brown I live G
! Mr.. Dickens. Have been there threI
years. / lived there LAST year. 1 knoT
Mr.. Patterson, and knew Green Wilson
I saw them together once 1t was OF
Front Row in Memphis, isst O3to.
Der. Don't remember the date bu
it was the last Of October. Cd
nan Dickens was st home ia the
country at the time, but he left on the
following Sunday. Patterson aud vii
son were together on Friday. l think
Nj. Dickens vent TO Missouri. He was
| gone two hOnths, as near as l can recOl.
iect. l did not hear any Of the CONVEX
sation which took place between Patter'
son and WiisOn-pOt q word they said.'
Gen, Sale at this point requested per
mission Of the Court to introduce q por'
ton OF the affidavit as testimony, and
read the part which he wished to intro
duce, viz:
"Thompson told me st that time, and
in presence Of Patterson, that there was
bushels OF money in it, and that the
money was not to be made but was al.
ready made, and asked what need We
care so we get the money ? Il short
while after this, in October, 1858, | mei
Patterson in Memphis, and he asked ne
what I would take 10 knock old mar
Dickens chunk CUt' for NE TO say how
much, and he would pay nae down,
money in hand"
Objection was msde by The defense,
and Gen. Sale withdrew his motion fol-
the present, and the testimony Of Felix
Brown proceeded with.
az had no conversation with Patter-
son that day. he merely asked me who
came IN town with ne. / said Green
Wilson. BE asked where Wilson wss.
I Looked round, but did not see him ]
saw his hose, and said yondsr Il his
horse. Just as / sid go, Wilson came
walking EioW across the street. he had
been SICK, and WSs sick then. He went
up to Wilson, and the two gent down
into 3 sslc0n."
Ques. by Defandsnt.-" What saloon"
Aus.-"I don't know the name, but it
Was or the corner Of Front and Wash
iDgton."
Gen. Sale-"Un.um. Good place to
go, thst-Msd. Vincent's; been there
myself"
Gross erGmined By defendunt-'T am
about lwsnty-Ons years old. l was raised
in Missouri; have been here, or here
about, nine years. / have lived with
Dickens pretty much ali mylife; be raised
me-; he sent me from Missouri to his
son Will Dickens, who is now dead. I
lived with Patterson (whO married Dick
EMS widow six months. Ihaye known
Wilson twelve months. He stayed at
old man Dickens. He did nothing that
1 know Of Hs worked ia the garden q
little in summer-nOt much. ! don't
know where he was from. He went
there fTst-as near as / can rec0lieCt
about February q year ego. He stayed
there sll the tims when not in Memphis.
1 don't know his business. Sometimes
he came with NE and sometimes on
horseback, alone. Be had no room at
Dickens, but stsyed in the old mans
room. Acbody spoke to me as 90 giving
testimony, except to let me know that /
had 10 come hsre and swear. Inst was
yesterday Monday, while 1 wEs in
town. Ihsd come in for some sweet pO-
Neither DR.. Dickens nor his
talked to me, or told me anything
about what L should say That gentle
man (pointiug to Mr.. Slle) asked
me il l saw Wilson. He told me t.
come up here to-day, anu TO tell sll /
knew. Re found me on the corner, be-
low here. D. Dickens never talked to
me. Wilson aud 1 came to town to-
pretty often. 1 worked in the
garden md the orchard. Remember
the time that Wilson and Patterson met
10 October, from the fact that l
brought in my fret bale OF cotton OF
day. Last month was ApTiL. l
came IN town ssveral-maybe ten times.
Dou'tknoW the month when I came the
first time; 20 SECOND; nor third nor
seventh. D1u'5 kno@ dates. Gen.
5Sle here suggested that CJL. Hsllum
should ask him when Lent viii bsgin
next y6Sr. 81 know other months
n the year beside Octobar." Q
BY Col. Hal,u1. Odd you msu-
ion JC-emher?" A. al don't
.hiDk 1 did q. By same" Well, did
you say anything about Ootenbar ?" A.
."DOn'i know sBy such month"; Gen.
that's only H&llum's way of
Dronounciug it.n "0etober Is the frstfall
DON'T think it's either the be.
or the end OF year. / have
.alked with nobody atout the matter. l
iOu't know the nature o. az oath. /
Know l would 60 to hell if [ told q
ie." Ssle-"To I'D G1gfIH help" Yes,
/ Eaw Patterson about two hours
and a haif 10y sun. D1a't remainder
leeing him talk 20 other persons that
lay. saw Wilson talk TO ps0ple along |
n the summeT Neither Wilson Dor I
drunk that day. Nsver saw VIII
drunk. Seen him tigat. Ism well
with Patterson and Wilson.
Patterson always spoke To me wheu he
net me. He @ inquired about the
settlement (the people Al D~ickens').
Cross eramiRsd'by Gen. Sale for the
Sate--'I believe il | tell a lie heroI viii
20 to hell.n Q SIS he'll in your opinion 8
Sale : "TaeTe, gentlemen, you see he is !
IN orthodox Christian didn't notice
stters or papers in Pstters0n's hand.
Heard him say that he had heard from
and that he had received
ome dispositions in q long ~cORvelOpe
to, and obj sction s~ustsined on
ground that K Tgs new mattsr
George Washington (cOlOred) sl0OrB.-
{ l live OF Poplar street, near Col. Her
lived lest summer st Wilkins, |
Pinch, at the Pleasure Garisn. |
lived ia Memphis between two
snd three years. Came here from Aber-
lsenh Monroe county, Miss. l know
Patterson by sight. 1 see him now
here he Is. 1 have not known him long. |
knew him asst summer-saw him then.
There was another gentleman with him.
DIR, John Curliu was the other gentle
nan. They talked to me on some busi-
the time that / saw them. TGey
wanted me 10 go out on the otner side OF
TO a church, and then ia . Ger
ain direction there witness explained
y an imaginary diagram on the flor
ne position Of the church, Tnos. Dick
MS house, etc about half "a mile to q
louise. A man liveG IN that house that
le wsntsd US to kill. The mans name
vas Djckerson or Dickens. NJ. Curtin
Introduced me to the man that wanted
done. There he slts (%pointing to
'atterson.) He told me- that he
VOCid give me four hundred dol
are 10 fO il Ha said h. fTurInAI