The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-29
The Murder of Joseph Kelly.
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THE JURY OF INQUEST.
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AT the request OF the foreman the room
was cleared, in orlcr that the jury might
determine as the to-mode of procedure. In
the course Of an hour the room was opened,
the j'sry having determined to enter into
the examination. ~ "t'ni .- .re~ sr sN@s...'
Policeman Mccarthy sworn: When en-
tered the courtroom Captain Callahan had
the deceased, under arrest on the lett
hand side of the Mayors bench rs you
enter the room from the station-house
Kelly had his back towards the wall, and
Callahan was in front Of him. Callahan
said, " You must go.' Kelly said, "No,
I'll be Id if do; I'll die first" and
called upon the citizens to protect him or
rescue him. am not sure that these were
the words he used. / caught hold of him,
and policeman Kennedy also. He caught
me by the blouse and shirt collar, and l
told him to let me go. He refused to do
this unless | would let him go. We took
him down the steps. | went down one step,
and was pushed down, Kelly still holding
Inc, with his knee on my stomach. / was
on my back, and remained in that condition
until the first shot was fired. Policeman
Kennedy sang out, "Im shot," A Sc
cond shot was fired. The deceased let
go of me then, and drew his revolver. l
stepped down into the first room that leads
into the station-house, when Kelly fired,
and shot me. then picked up musket
and went into the passagc-way; met Kelly
ut the door where first went. in, standing
with his pistol in hand made charge, ut
him with the bayonet; stuck him in the
arm with the bayonet. He then fired a
second shot. / followed him ii;to the room
and around the passage-way once or twice; !;
threw the musket away and clinched with
Kelly; threw my right arm around his
neck and my left in front, catching his
right hand to prevent him from shooting
any more. There was shot or two fired
by parties unknown to me knew it was not
Kelly, as l had hold of him; Kelly went
into the station-housc, and I heard shot
fred there; did not see Callahan fire; saw
him with pistol in his hand cannot say
who fired the first shots was in the act
Of picking the musket when l saw Kelly
shoot.
A lengthy cross-examination elected no.
thing new from this witness.
W. A. Lampkin sworn: | was standing
at about 4 O'Clock on Thursday afternoon
on the left of the steps leading to the cage
from the hall. l heard Kelly say, For
Gods sake, let nc alone. Tell me what
have done if you want to arrest me. |
have done nothing Captain Callahan
then grasped Kelly by the collar. Kelly
said, "Scnd for the Chief of Police, and-if
he says I've done anything | will be
arrested" Three if not four, police
men were assisting Callahan in max
ing the arrest | saw Callahan bite kcl-
ly's hand, and heard Kelly say, Stop
biting my hand Several parties standing
by said it was shame for Callahan to be
biting him SO. Kelly was thrown down, his
head resting to the right of the door as you
enter the hall. Captain Callahan let 20 his
hold, drew his revolver, and fred. Kelly
was being held by three or four policemen
when Callahan fired. Kelly said, ''rm
shot," and the policemen let go of him.
| Callahan fired second time as Kelly was
getting up, and had not gotten of the steps.
Kelly staggered and ran towards the door,
resting himself against it. Isaw policeman
grab Il musket with bayonct attached. lie
| ran with it towards Kelly. Several shots
were then fired. 1 saw Kelly have pistol
! in his hand after lie had been shot twice.
He did not have pistol drawn before.
was very close to the parties when the firing
was going on. l saw Callahan fire, and he
WAS very close to the parties at the time. |
did not see any one but Callahan fire.
There were about six shots fired in all. l
am confident that the shots fired by CalIa-
han struck Kelly. . ...-.. . ,r
Detective Cheney Parker, sworn, testified +:
Was in the station by the cell. Somebody
said there was row in the hall near the
stove. | saw several policemen have hold
of Kelly bringing him towards the cage.
Callahan was there directing the movement.
They got on the stairs, and there ensued a
scuff1c. The crowd rushed up. | stepped
to the left of the. stairs. Mr. Callahan was
on the right. | was keeping the crowd
back. Jack Wrenn rushed through the
crowd. Grabbed him and pushed him back
once. He came up a second time. took
hold of him again. While in that position
my back was towards the stairs. Some one
| in the crowd fired shot. That shot came
near my head. drew pistol, and, turn
ing around, I saw Callahan with pistol in
his hand. Heard the report of pistol and
saw the smoke. Heard Kelly say "fm
shot, or 60 he has shot me.' They all went
| down in the passage. stood in the doorway
few minutes. l went back to the dctec-
| tives' office for another pistol, having then
hut single Derringer. As came out OF
the office met Colonel Egbert, who said to
me, "Where are your pistols l'' | gave
him one. Went back into the hall, aud met
Squire Allen leading Kelly along. Did not
20 into the station-house until Kelly was
| brought up. Two shots were fired when
! was standing in the door. One of the
shots was fired from the crowd. Could not
say positively who fired either of the shots.
I | saw Callahan with o pistol in his hand
and the smoke coming from it. The other
shot (the frst) came from the direction OF
the crowd. I examined Callahan's pls-
tol. | think there were four empty cham
/ bers. am not positive of this, Us l turned
the pistol over to the Chief of Police. Mr..
Kelly was near the passage when the first
shot was fired. Mr.. Kennedy was little
to the right when the first shot was
fired. Mr.. Kennedy said he was shot
at the first fire. | understood Kelly to
say at the second fire that he was hit. Had
I'hold of Wrcnn Mt the time of the two shots.
let him go after the second shot. ..,
Here the dying declaration OF the de-
ceased was read for the benefit Of the jury.
A motion was here made to close the ex-
animation, as sufficient evidence had been
taken, but some objections were raised:
The Constable also said that the accused
desired to have more witnesses for the dc
fence sworn. The examination was further
continued.
Policeman Richard Kennedy sworn :
There was some noise in the station house
after the arrest of Peasley. Kelly was using