Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-28
CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Dickens case.

irzt witness called ia was DE-. Peytop
ShO being sworn, Geposed as follows:
live in Shelby county, four milEs bs
, yond PstteTs0n's, bstween the " rOads
Ny first acquaintance commenced by
introduction 10 him. Thompson intro
iuced Us st PsttsEson's house. Inmsi
3 shout five feet ten or elsyel
inches in height, dsrk complexion
He wore dark Clothes, aud would WeiEf
bout q hundred and SIX y-dve pound.
[ saw Thompson Oncs sfterWerd in Vol
bottom, Sunday; be was walking il
company with Patterson, about two
hundred yards ahead Of P&tteTson's car
iags, which seemed about 10 break
down.
Nathan StaliUGn siDOrn Il reside at IS
Poplar street; l am q clerk at Davis
gOtei, between Second and laird saw
Patterson there. There were 2 couple oI
men, who came there on the 23d OF Jan
u&Ty d was tOlersbly large. The
Two were named Morgan and Inman. /
shink they say they were from Missouri,
nut they gave 10 account of themselves
One registered himself, and I requested
he Otbsr. It was IDmap. He told
me that he could not write.
Iney got supper q LETT, ana
lid not come back until the 4th o. Feb
! LudI1s 4nCy 6AAu ElGl a LIZ AADANJs 4
would not let them have q room when
hey came back, and they told me that
they would fix with Davis. They left
on the 18Th Of February, about three
pm. They paid tGeir bill, saying
that they had received money by e1-
press. DON'T rscOIlect the amount Of the
oil. DON'T know whether he took the
money from s pOCket-bOOk or not. Think
hey told nee that they got it that day
by express. l don't recoilect the amount
Of the bill. Eseh paid his WI bill.
they left about three o'clock, and went
I'D Poplar street. They didn't tell me
which way they Were going. To-
man said he would see his mother
before tomorrow night. Think they
mad saddle-bggs.- Inman was sb-
sent from Tuesday or Wednesday
to Saturday, once, and 1 understood he
had gone to PatLeFson's. They did no
work, and seemed TO be doing nothing.
! know Thompson. The same one 80 was
wounded ia the courthouse fight with
Dr.. Dickens. They staid with US about.
hree weeks altogether. Patterson paid
his bill. L saw Thompson, Ioman and
Morgan taking together after they cams
there. They were in a room together
once. CSp't say that l ever saw PAtter-
son and Thompson together. Saw Pat
terson, Inman and Morgan together g
Time or two. Never saV them after
they left-ThursdaY evening, two or
three O'Clock. They o dark clothes.
| should think they we're bstween twenty
and twenty-five years old. Morgan was
the largest Of the two. 1 think they
Eaid they came FROM Missouri.
Cross eEaEatHed-Am a clerk. know
Townsend when / see hiLa. &c never
--l,l 80 o, --E,F ant hzrfnWrnn lint Z !
askeI Thompson if thzt was Patterson.
He told me re couldn't say whether that
was him without his standing up. 1
asked him to point out Pstters01, We
were some ten or niteen feet apart.
Don't recollect the exact day. Inman
LETT on the lSh OF February. I under
stood thst they went to Patterson's to q
party. Patterson's family came ahead
when they returned. The carriage broke
down. Patterson and IlmRn walked.
I0msn told 1e thst he had been TO q
party at PattsrsSnis, understood that
Chase and RsmbeTt were going. Don't
know OF PasteTson's paying any bill but
for Thompson.
Re examined. Townsend said he
wOu q have to zee Patterson straighten
up before be could tell whether De was
same man that he had INST ont TO the
house. He did not see him straighten
up. I think Townsend objected to Ia
man and MorgRn's rO0miDg WITH him
L think he ssid he didn't know them.
j r. Clark sWOrB Live in Memphis.
Was introduced to Patterson. know
Bob Thompson-the same man that was
wounded in courthouse. Issw him with
4 man named Morgan, and another at
the Parlor saloon, on Jefferson street, on
Thursday night Saw them about nine
o'clock at that place. Taey were sitting
around 3 tSoie tRlEinR to @ woman.
About q quarter to twelve 1 eGw them
no stairs In a room called the oil room. l
don't know why they call it the oil room.
| never saw any oil there. | reckon
they call il 50 because they bore for oil
there. When / first went up l was in
troduced TO two frienGs-MOrgsn, and l
don't recelleCt the name OF the other.
He was 8 large man, rather. l was not
brought in direct contsct with them the
last lane. ] had gone up there to get
oysters aud found them in CONVEX.
but psid no attention to them. l
aid not see Morgan after Twelve O'clock
I saw the other man Town stairs, but 1
did not see him up stairs. l remember
we'll. Thompson called than
friends. don't remember who paid
VII " hAAhhC AhSAL EISA HHAN AA@AO
objection was made by the defenseIo the
Introduction Of proof Of what Thompson
said. Overruled l don't rec0lleot when
the conversation between Thompson
and myself took place. l should say IL
on Friday OF Thursday. We met at
the Music Hail. Thompson, MF. Hum
ohreys, Green Wilson and myself wsre
JogeIheI-iour Of us. This was on the
OF Jefferson, in February last. /
saw them there OF. Thursday night week
before the shooting affair.
outside, on the eOTner Of j fer
son, against 3 lsmppost, on TburSd8y or
preceding the killing. | hap
pened to ~TecOgniz9 Thompson, and asked
him If he had GOT out. He walked off q
few feet and said nothing. ! remarked
to him that 1 had seen 81 ugly document
ia connection with his name. At this
ne grew excited, and Wilson's name was
MENTIONED, do not remember what
was said. be was very much excited.
/ had never seen him 50 excited before.
/ asked him if he had seen the docu-
ment. He said no; aud a conversation
in which Wilson's name wss
It was Wilson's document, bu. il
had not been signed and was not vet
sworn to. l think il was 10 the form Of
the che shown, signed but not sworn to.
said he had never see the
document but be was greatly excited,
and Wilson's name was mentioned by
him. l think it ives on the Friday night
previous to meeting him at the PaTlor
Saloon. ! was introduced to Morgan and
IUman by Thompson, a. his friends.
Cross EDGDaiHed.-I never saw Nor.
gan OF human before / met them with
Thompson. Had known Thompson
for some time. He often came
to the store where ! was. lie denied all
knowledge Of the document, but /
thought II excited him when | told him
that / had seen an ugly document about
him, he, however, ssid "nOn when l
asked hih Il he knew what the cocu-
ment was. No pega0n heard me st the
time. The two Humphreys sud Wilson
were in his company a. the time, seem-
inRly friendly. By the two Humphreys
[ mean tha witness 10 this CASE and his
brother. ! don't know Why ! made the
to Thompson. / can give no
q for IL. The murder was commit
ted on Friday. The sus OF my giving
attention to the meeting Of Thompson
was tbat suspicion at the time rested on
these two men. Ths document was not
sworn TO at the time.
y " DgD{s recQUed,-The Hrst time