Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-01
THE sRowNE CASE.
Preliminary Examination Before Jus-
tfee IO0re-TestImODy of Several Wit
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: called.
/. Does business at seessel's; is engages
there the number is 259 Main street; doe
! not know Browne; knew Adams; be wa
. employed in the store with witness; saw
Mr.. Browne come into the store on Tues
day LlOrning. 29th; he asked for some
lawns; showed them to him and he price,
them; told him they were 121z cents
! he called for some domestic; invited hin
up stairs, and as we passed 70 WHARF
Adams was I asked him to lay the guI
Sside I'LL We came back, and he said nc, hI
! would rather take 1t along; heard min
| (Adams) urv out, ''DOn't shoot, - and wheg
/ turned round I saw Browne in the act o
shooting, and immedistely after heard
the shot; supposed Adams was prepared
for him I; / got out Of the way, and did moi
see Adams shot; I was behind the front
counter when Mr.. Browne camein It IL
about 1856 feet from the door to where Cap
tain Adams was standing; did not sec
the defendant approach any one else be-
fore he spoks to me; he approached me
. first.
Q.-What was the air and manner o.
the defendsnt7
A.-Perfectly cool, sir; he talked as IL
Il he were occu pied alone in looking aftel
| goods; did not converse with him only
III about a minute or two before we proceeded
20 60 up stairs; the defendants was little
behind me; my attention wss attracted tC
him by Adams shouting "DOn't shoot me;'i
I did not see the defendant again until l
saw him going to the station-hOuss; there
WIS gentleman on each side of him
there vera perhaps, thirty customers IN
the store az the time; q number of them
were ladies': Captain Adams WIS waiting
on lady at the time; I don't know who
she weI; she was dressed in black; Mr..
| Ashner WIS behind the next coun ter to
that at which CAPTAIN Adams was; I
should say that defendant WIS eight or
ten feet from Captain Adams at the time
I saw him.
Cross examined. 6Y Governor HaTTis--It {
WI not more than four or dvs feet from
the ioor where I talked to Gen. Browne
first; having .Fsked for the domestic in
volved the necessity Of going to the rear
of the 81 ore; lie lksd for several pieces,
and We taxing hun to the Whoi essle
department up stairs; theIs are shree
breaks or spaces in tkeit Juntsr ehfoagh
which we can pFsS in and out; Captain
Adams WIS behind the We stern section of
thst COUNTER: he was dIsy or sixty feet
from the western Weu of the store; Wss
within ten feet Of the foot of the stairs
! when my attention @gs attracted by Cap
tain Adams calling out; l looked back
| and saw the defendant With his gun
| drawn and in the act of shooting, l sup
pose; the gun was Aointing ia the direc-
tiCn of Captain AIams. ..-
Q.-How long after Chat wss it when
the gun fred7 t.
Al expect it IgI a minute; don't
exactly know; it was a very exciting
| time.
Q.-How did it happen that you saw a
man in the act of shooting and you so
close to him thai you did not continue to
look on?
| A.-Well, thought if tLere was shoot
| ing I would be in as much danger as
| Adams.
Q.-Then Adams had arms?
We'll. he had arms the previous day;
| wanted 20 take care of mo one;" huITied
| back, past Browne going east; I did not see
i Captain Adams at all; I dOl't recollect
very well whether there we're one or two
ladies attended, by Captain Adams; there
i were two ladies about three and half OK
! four feet eFst of that.
DR.. Rodgers was next examined. He
/ testified that he knew Captain Adams; I;
saw him last on Tuszday in front of the
| Workman house; they wars taking him
out of wagon or ambulanos, ana then
Carl ed him up staiis TO his room; he was
suffering from a wound in his lel5 leg,
| rom which he died three or four hours
al5erward.
| Cross examined 6y Governor HGrris.--I
| WIS among the first physicians that ex-
| amined him; Drs. Lynch and Hatch were
1
1 think the shot was bslow the knee; L
he1t ali my energies to bring about a le-
/ action; found he would not react, and
! did not pay much attention to the wound;
think if he received prompt and prop or
| medical attentions the shot We not neces-
saI llv fatal; the man died rom loss of
| bloou; a vely few minutes are veI = i'm
)rtant in wounds of that charg cteT; If I
NJ | en- clc1e by and stOppt the hemor-
rhage, that would have given him good
chanC >; in my experience the msjOrity of
crSf that are amputsted bs.ow the
knee succe- 1; his c'7s would have
hfd the same chance { similar CT res
of amputation; we should have
| to amputaf3 in this Clse above the knf ,,
/ scauF , there wsS not tirsue enough al out
| the Joint to Cover the amputation think
al )ut fly usr c9nt. Of amputated fmk
al lve the knee ought - II cover. The
removal to his rc0m in a spring wRgon
and carrying up stairs would have the
effect of increasing the hemOTrhfge and
prostration. There Wss number of doc
tors within square Of Seessels; there = DIR
Hatch DIR. MauIy, DR.. II. Otey, DR.. Lynch
and others. One of SGs~sefs clerks called
for me. I went to the 81 IRE first and wss
told he had bssn remove l.
Redirect examination byC)E. YoTRg.-D0o
tor, do Won think that ifyOu knew man
ives going to bs killed and were close. to
your instruments, that you could have
given him chance?
Al think 1 could, sir. Ine ordinary
effect of rupture of that aTtely the vic
tim would certainly die nom IoFs of blood.
There Is no doubt about that. believe
men ara IS robust al sr losing leg as
before it wss lest. Some men have pres
enoe of mind enough 10 stop the bleeding
themselves. When I saw him first he said
to me, "Dr. you must smputate my leg ct
once; have examined it and find it shat
tered; there is nothing else for it.' He
had presencs of mind and physical ability
enough TO stop the bleeding; he WIS the
coolest man I ever saw. The cause OF
death was hemorrhsge and nervous shock;
I don't know that he knew where the
artery was. Men who ara not surgeons do
not generally understand where to apply
pressure to stop blood. sEs- 4
Mozart SartoIinsi-Have resided in
the city seven or eight years;
have been cashier at A. Seessel &
Sons about two yesls; knew Captain Ad-
ans; was at the store on the 18th; saw the
defendant there on the 18th; he wsq conn
ing from the front OF the 81 ore IN eompa-
ny with Mr.. Bef 1ly, going toward the
rear; Browne had gun: It appeared 70 me
to be shotgun; he held it IN his hand.
gresping 1t a little at I'VE the triggsr;I I
was standing bshind the desk; they
passed my desk going west; I did NOT
take notice of Be; sly any mo, ,, but saw
Browne bring his IN : a ep1ssent, p and
did not want 70 see anv more, 70 mste
myself sosro5; b. I'd tle reT u :; Adems |
wes shot; I saw n lying shind the
counter; VIZ on } ss ne size Ofthe hous 3
"a my dc *; Isaw BT0wnsi wei K out of the |
store; he sc smI be !aito calmi they |
took Adams out on 9 ut 5r; l rec lllect |
one of the peTs 1ns who carrie BIN out Wa |
Tommy Pyan. one of the sistants in the |
store; 4 don't know who the othe15 were; |
1 was so bC side myself that )uld not |
take much notice.
OFoss-eEamiRed by GeRlr1l HGgrie-I !
did not see Browne she ot; I did not g ,
Adams shot; 1 ssW him ten or fieeen min
utes afterwerd; do not know of |
my own knowledge whether he |
was shot or not; the rc ION
1 took my eye of Browne when he
raised his gun; it Wfs eC luse thought /
some one might shoot from the opposite |
direction; wss 80 fearful that I got down
behind the gate that is to my office; the /
position of the safe was between me and
danger.
Q-Which way did you face when you
got behind that fortihostiOn7
Al don't know which way.
Q.-How long did you remain there3
Alt might be Ave minutes. Adams
was a salesman; it was his custom
to go out of a morning to see his
fiiendH at the hotels, and of course he /
waited on them when he brought them |
in; don't know whathar he was there on
Monday; II be was there and made sales
can learn from the book.
At this point the court adjourned one
hour for dinner. Fs .1sf..5fsa 81
On application of Col Venable the two
accessories were admitted 20 bail in the
sum of $1,000 on their own rscognizsnces.
The conrt rasnmad the Investigation In,