The New York herald., 1870-07-19


ness; when yot there found Donoh0e mad arrived
tnere before me; understood that he had gone TO
the. ne station house os his own accord when met
ElOry scanned aud the men with him Trey were
walking along, talking and laughing
TEsTIM0Y OF JOHN SCANNED. l9s
TIe I0liow1ng Is the evidence OF JOnn Sclnnel, the
br0!her OF Fory, In the exact words he testified
Wen. on the 50 OF December there was registering
Tor Alderman against John Nesbitt, Inc TSmmany
HAIL candidate, and Florence, you may say, was On
indspendent candidate although he had the nomi-
tons; my brother on that day understood there were
several nlen Illegally registering.
LATITUDE OF CROwNHR's QUEST
s amy tn Ss S sSen bus sss s%
say TO bacEen the character Of respectable people.
Besides, the question Of illegal registering Is not
ii @ 1nS MAKING
20 in there and club and shoot them. III
Tie Coroner allowed the witness to 60 on, ana the
Wines resumed-Weif me and my brother saw
Saws %s S Ms wsSs So aUns %Sc
money, and my brother Is . young man, and II he
ss sSns s.epssS
and ny that means we were In hopes Of preventing
s. ass q wna we asw was g
friends We started down Second avenue from Inc
ss supposed, Of gong to Second avenue, % Of Y So
llci!lng those men wAo were going 70 register NE
ss
nue. Florence says TO me, he says Lets 70 in and get
Cigar at Donohoe's," and to the boys, think, he
SAID, "C0me, let's 60. In and have y drlnk;'' he
started In the store; when went Ia / smoke to Mr.
Donohoe IN Q friendly manner; said. "Hvw DO Jou
Forence SPOKE q % him or not they haa
s4f eFfrf LITTLE DISPUTE. ri le65
kw days before knew, and 30 don't know
whether they were on speaking terms; well, We all
went up towards the bar, AID believe we ordered
believe We uid; Mr. Donchce wss Seaind tGe bar bar
with another man, who came out from behind imme-
diately as he see us leaving Mr.. DonohOe alone; /
don't know whether the men were getting drink
or nof put Florence wcnt to the back door and turns
tho knob and found il fast; as he turned tine knob
go in thsrea' Win that Florence came back and nd
stood against the counter with his elbows in this
manner ana eant on the bar; as he took up that
position at the bar, tine door Of the back room
opened rom the inside, and saw great crowd OF
men seated and standing around table, 1 should
some OF the men that were wllh my brother aud
myself went into the back room, anu l along with
handing slips OF paper TO the Others we'll when the
men saw us go IN from the door they got N
KIND OF PANIC STRICKEN, tofI
ana went Tor the windows and doors to escape; they
tried 10 get OUT every way possible, and called out
as loud as could not 10 raise any disturbance ana
Iammany General Commh. .ee. and another man be.
g 70 disputes got IN frons OF him and said, Let
Uman strike MIN or any 0tnef mani" as was try
Ing TO put an end to this somebody cried out John
Jonn, +
YOUR BROTHER IS SHOT ~ feeGe I
with that ran into The bdrrOOm and saw my brother
stretched out in sitting position against The coun.
ter; called out to fnd who had shot him, and the
crowd had al run out; nObouy was near inc: they
were running in all directions except one man. who
stood beside him; Tmsman told me DonohOe snOt
him, and he followed hlm up TO the station house;
Two or three men told me D0nohOe, and Florence
told me IL was D0n0hoe who shot him ] asked him
who shot him. and he said TO me, "Weil, Johnny /
i don't IKE to tell You who shot NE. for you'li get IN
Counsel for deience-Where did he tell all this, ia
the barroOm2 n
Wltness-No, SIR, iu the hospital M Il
Counsel Tor defence to Coroner-Then think
such testimony is highly improper. ~ y ~ :. 4.
Tue witness was told to eon1ne his testimony to
DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING nci
Counsel for defence asked the Coroner to ask wit
The witness repned:--I couldnG swear positive,
counsellor I fired, ! know; hut 1 don't know
whether shot him or he shos himself ls,s-7-
Counsel tor defence to DIR. Shine-Now, wan, that
put down Just as he states It, and, Mr.. Coroner,
please ask him Ii he shot ct Donoh0e. no lrl0T
NOT PARTICULARS WHO GETS HIT a
Scannel-I shot at no person In particular \
Counsel want that down. Ask him II he knew
Scannel-Am bound to answer chat Well, here,
IN tell the whcle story; yes, shot q man l think
was Johnson; fired two shots at him; I think he
Sis there (polntlng TO man in tho crowd IN the
Counsel-Ask him II he had another pistol and a
KNIFE. atrt As .t7r'-
Scanned latter a long pause)-well, yes; had
had II SINCE oa..as IA 80
Scannel-Weli 1t was big kniIe; dons know
what you call IT.. II
sELr-DEpENcE REASON.
COunsel-Ask h1m what necessity there was for his
firing OF those persons who were In the room.
Scannc--I decline to answer that; n the Jury
vans wan me % TO- IN DO ii III give fair statement,
they Ike to know all about this thing. 1
-, A JuIor-what was your reason for shooting at
Scannel-If The jury want to know, why, TN tell
all about IT. ttere there was pause, during which
DR.. SHINE volunteered the question II the motive
could not have been self.delence) and the witness
at once answered-"I shot in selfdeience; that
was It.u -l.s
Counsel for derence-what was being done to you
when you fired your pistol that rendered selfdefence
RATHER UNDECIDED.
The witness hcsitated while, and then said -
Nothing WAS bein' done 10 me in particular and a
moment or SO afterwards DIR. Shine had written the
counsels question and read II to him. The witness
exclaimed ~ decline to answer that question"
EVIDENCE THAT DOESN'T '.sQUARE.n lseat
very determined manner:-It Is important for us 10
know whether this man fired his pistol the way he
DID tbrou1h passion or Tor selcdefcncc His evil
witnesses. The first witness remembers nothing
more than that D0nohoc took pistol out Of drawer
witness says he never got into the back room, and
that the other party pressed out and then came IN,
%,nsss cannot a m sds @ IS anS ar%e fIe S o. @
whether this witness discharged his pistol through
passion OF for selfelence Is all all important one for
U.S. >rz<-s.'-"-e...N'. .,s -rf'':--s.- arr
Is FINALLY, A REASON.
Scanne looked rather uncomfortable while the
counsel was speaking, as did certain other person
who is in the case Finally, after hlggng about the
thing for long time he b!urted out, l"We, TO make
long story short, knew when fred that the room
wa full OF thieves, men known as thieves-some OF
whom / knowed by eYesight--that woald assassin
my brother, and meant to kill az many as could;
they might have assassned me also. tH
Counsel for dcfence-Be Kind enough to put that
down, Dr.. Shine, just as he states it.
Juror-How many persons were in the room
when you ired2 ,-s,,ts lri 4pa-
scannei-I couldn't say; you know ther was men
passin' IN and out all the time. rhligy tce
Another Juror-Did you and your party 60 there
to raise O disturbance. tfJsBat
Scannel--No, Sir; I'm under oath; knowd no
more about the other partys beln' In that than
know where I'ii be a year from now.
The case at this stage was adjourned to Thursday
next. -lu su
WESTCHESTER COUNTY COURT.