Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-15

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again; Ada came after me; 1t was the
front room up stairs we were in; l left the
saloon by myself; l went away with Tim
Murphy, in his hack; Roberta once asked
ner (Ada1 while they were down stairs in
the hall to go home, and she said she
would not go till he went; I wanted her
70 go, and Roberts Joined in; be said.
Ada, you had better 60 with Lou;n ard
then she said that; there were no words
passed OF an angry character while 1 was
up iherei not an angry word spoken at all,
to my certain knowledge; 1 was with her
all the evening before that; she was want
ing me to go out all the evening; we both
had been drinking all the evening; she
came TO my room and she said, lion,
hurry up, and let us 60 out and have
some fun; we amt got always to live, no
how" 1 doD's know of her attempting TO
Kill herself; l knew of her taking NOR
phtne, but whether she took il to kill her
self or not l don't know; the morning
alter she took the morphine / asked her
why she took it; says 1 to her, "You ought
not have done II; You might have died."
she said she did not care If she had, she
didn't care about life, she'd as lief die as
TO live; I went to her room that morning
and found her in bed; her face was
spotted.
Q.-How old was she?
A.-Well, that is hard to tell, for a wo-
man hardly ever tells her age. Laughter !
She was married; I saw the man who is
supposed 70 be her husband; he came to
the house twice.
Q.-What was his name?
A'-Sam Bassick; she took lsudanum
once aud morphine once.
GLOW much lsudanum did she take?
A.-Woll, there were two ounces of
that Ada n Miss Sarah used to have
little quarrels.
After this there was a long examination
upon b subject OF dress, during which
nothing important was elected except
that 1t was a square neck dress abe had
on; so tight that b did not wear a corset
with It; there was no panier to it; &c was
nothing but q long trsiled dress, with no
hsps or things behind; l don't know
whether there was a belt or not TO it.
C-roSs-ecaTIiHed By General Wright
Alter she took the opium and had the
spots she was sick g week; there was q
physician attending her; that was about
a year ago; it was along in the summer
sometime; it was just before she went to
Annie MelrOse's; / talked to no one
about II; / did not mention It on the
hG6eGs corpus examination; 1 hsYe been
10 see Mr.. Roberts in Jail several times;
| was acquainted with him and all the
boys up there; L did not say down at
Judge Hslsey's that l wanted Ada to go
home with me; Savage came home to 40
Washington street; Mr.. Roberts and Saw
age came there together; Roberts asked
tor Ada; l took g light and we won't ali
over the house with him looking for her;
then he went away; the next time / saw
him was at John Mares, when I was
summoned up there by the Coronsr.
Q-Ada was very considerably IN love
with Roberts, wasn't she?
A.-Well, l don't know that she was so
much in love with him. They were init
mate; she liked him as q friend; Roberts
was not keeping her; she did not claim
Roberts as her man; she had another man;
she had one lover as all other women
Roberts took her out several times
buggy riding.
A YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF DARBY.
Q.-Do you know syoung man by the
name of Dsrby2
Al may know him, but I don't re-
member the anne.
Mr.. Darby WIS produced, and Miss Lou,
with q broad smile, said, ''yes, / have seen
hat gentleman before; Darby is not an
intimate friend of mine; he is not my
lover; he was not there the previous
Thursday night"
Gle never made a deep impression
IN your young s~ffections2
A.-NO, sir, he did NOT. daughter.
Q.-Hou have zone into \ house of re-
.orm, haven't you, Miss Lou?
Ayes, Ihave gone to the Iron-clad.
CHIEF OF POLICE o~'DoNNELL
Came to Memphis il 1870. Out of that
ime / lived fourteen years steady in the
L know Sullivan since the time the
var broke out; perhaps a little before, that
8, by sight. / nave heard several men 1
peak OF him, and what they say is not
,ood. 1 don't know one of his neighbors:
know some of his RcQuAintances.
John Msgevney, keeper of the station
louse: Have been jailer OF Shelby coun-
L came to Memphis in 1885; have been
living here most OF the time since; 1 know
four or five years; l have heard
speak hard of him; from what l
Iesrd of him 1 should say his character is
lot good; 1 might be a little slow to be-
levs hin unless he was well corroboreted;
{ l had heard a probable story from him
was corrobOrated, L believe I'd credit
i'm,
K. D. Goodlett. Lived here about eiSh-
zen years. 1 became acquainted with
in 1866. Never knew or heard
nything wrong of MIR. Roberts until ghis
l have been acquainted with 8
GOD many people who know him.
ID. B. Blair was the last witness exsmin-
. as to character. Knew Roberts seven
T eight years and never hesrd anything
gainst him.
Tim Murphy, hack driver, remembers
be- n. ght it was said Ada Jones was killed,
rsined pretty heavy part of the night !
ON eleven till about Two. L drove Lou
NTH that night from Mares saloon to
Washington street. L don't know the .
efendsnt. L drove q gentleman named
Ir. Roberts that night. He told me be !
-anted to ind this woman that was :
Illed. l went from there down !
to those esting houses and :
he was not there; 1 don't Tecolleet
irving up to the ~ststlonlhouse that night: :
don't believe 1 did; / asked somebody
b hOuse If that gentleman was good :
r the hack bill, because WI are in the !
sbit of meeting strangers, who ride round =
Id never pay US a cent; he asked me 7
hat I'd take to drive him down to the =
rench Garden, and [ told him she did y
)J go down there such q night as that, y
Id 1 told him l wouldn't 60 down there;
at was at Mares; there was nobody
Sc in the hack when L drove Roberts 9
und; / don't believe l came back to &
l don't reeollect 1t; 1 went to the
!. Charles clearinghouse and went to
rench Johns; l went to Mares, on JEFF
rson street. and 1t was closed too; Wo-
On go to these places at all hours of the
ght; they go &c. the eating-houses first,
d then drive to those saloons 10 have a +.
ink; they have favorite saloons to visit 7,
the night; he got out of my hack up at !
arket Square, at Annie M~elrose's; he =
d not get out OF my hack at 10 Washing =
n street. y
Adjourned to 9 O'Clock this morning. !