Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-13
THE AoA JONES' MURoee

W. Van Roberts on trial for the Crime
second Day ga the Criminal court
Examination of Witnesses-COrOner
Zoe seIIgman, Thomas O'BOy,
Benny Bonner and Pat. sullivan.
Joe Seligman, livery stable keeper, was
called up TO testify in relation TO what he
might have heard on the night Of the kill
ing about taking away Roberts horse.
He did not recollect that any n said any
thing in his hearing in relation to taking
the horse thst night. The most of the
other part of the evidence OF this witness
was Whist might be called irrelevant,
CORONER MoFFATT RECALLED.
The next witness examined was
Coroner Mohatt, who was recalled 10 tes-
tifv in relation 20 Jhs pistol Being eX-
amined by Msjor Bslcher, he said that he
commenced holding the inquest At 9
O'Clock in the morning; an adjournment
took place for dinner St Il; they met
again at 8 O'Clock. My impression is hat
III was in the afternoon the remark was
inside about the pistol being borrowed BY
some one or loaned to some one. think
the boy from the Overton Hotel brought
in the pistol before we adjourned 70 dln-
ner, because 1 recOllect 1 took II VIII me
MUbu 4 We'll 70 AlAADAs NeLNa@
present when O'Boy brought the pistol
At this point the pistol was produced'
Q. Is that the pistol2
believe that is the pistol, ST.; thls
il the cartridge that was in II. captain
Miller has the ball. He is in 81. "a
This is the pistol which l showed 70
Roberts in Jail The remark about loanl1g
wss made after it was shown 20 him. 1;
was in the morning Gus Bonner sAld
- ----z aAalnF hfa nEEenaE tn k00aFEE,
Rohsrts was in the adjoining room al the
| fine Bonner gave his evidence.
D.. Trv-and rec0llect whether the ISM
r7s,a Ussd was 'loaned" or borrowed u
A. Could no say which, whether bob
ers said he foGRed L, or it was O0FT0@eo
| from him.
| reply TO q question:
/ asked him about II. My impression Is
/ tbst he said he loaned It. am not very
/ certain which term, loan or borrow wa:
mead Il was Ada Jones that borrowed
it; thst was my impression.
Nh. THOMAS o'BoY,
q waiter at the OvertOn Hotel Was mex
| examined. He said he had been worklnE
al the hotel about s year or over. Wa
workinQ there during the month OF De
eamber last. Know where the saloon 0
/ John Mare is. The dinlng-room o. ID,
hotel runs parallel with an alley snc
! John Mares saloon IS on the otner slc'
Of The alley Wsy. TIE windows OF th'
/ 6i1inV-room look ont on that alley way
There is q porch snd wall to be seen r
those windows. They look q on IA
SIDE Of Mares saloon. The porch,
think. commences fourteen or ntUsel
vsr5s from Main street. Could not So.
row the porch is. The distance nom tn
windows OF the hotel 70 the side OF IN
house. may be ten yards.
Q. 40 you remember everto nsFs nSsI
Of ada Jones? A this point Dr. WHIT
aoDesrsd in court and he was introduce
to testify in regard 10 the pistol. He SAL
that the pistol produced IN our was sim
ls- to the one he saw during the lnques
baIS on a Jones. That Is b cartrtdg
thar was shown on the occasion. TheT
il but ops sort Of ball fits in those csErld
gss. they are COmical in shape, ms On
ded the testimony Of Dr.. White.
O'B0y in Suswer to q question II ne re
membsred the time when Ada Jones wa
killed. said Al remember i think 10 wa
Id December last, I had occasion to 100
cut Of the window about seven or eign
o'clock in the morning. generally &c :
work on Sunday morning about ths
hour. When / went into the dining lojn
1 saw g number o! the boys lookin
cut OF the window. They were tcokln
over on the porch where ADA Jone
was living: we al thought that the WO
man wss asleep after drinking the pre-
viUus night ! looked, As well as u
rsst: / went over to the saloon, and tor
Aueelo Mare there W5s 8 woman asLee.
un5a the porch: hs said he knew nOthln.
about il: he went up and found tina
there was . woman and came Dscki tn9l
1 went up and touched her hand; Iouui
she was cold, but did not think tbsr
was ANYTHING wrong: I came down, an
then he ssked me- 70 60 up and help hi
to take her in; we did 50, and then l Wen
back 20 my work; ! looked out OF tn
window from the dinlng-hsu after tina
and seeing no On6 round there, l. Wen
back 20 see ii anybody went Tor 2 dOctOl
to find out il she Wers dead; saw youn
Johnson, the drug clerk, and anothe
yOung man, We went up; / went OUT o
the porch. and ssw 8 piecs Of cloth; Whs
1 was going toward the piece OF dress,
saw a pistol lying on the porch; il We
toward nv LETT hand / showed the plsc
Of the dress 10 Young Johnson and
Marie. but did nos show the pistol
Now, tell the Jury the position she WI
in when you saw her.
She was lyfug WIKI her back to Marie
house, her head wss against the Windo'
sill and leaning owe in that way ishOW
/ NnE the hElnbE AZ WEeNA H0A AENA -
restfngf. she WIS in q sitting posltlo
with her head upon her shoulder, upo
the porch. There was an opera clOR
thrown Rcross her breast in this way (d'
monstratipg again the ann OF b opel
clcskl. and her left hand rested on hS
thigh. 4 could net say how theo other han
wss resting. / merely took hold OF h'
hand, I merely touched 10; it was cold.
drew back my hand, and went down stan
- 4 al 80 ga. ~ha VTaFnH than. d rn1
Mare she felt cold he asked me to hel
him to take her IN 10 the ROOM. / gTsspe
her by the arm near the shoulder, al
helped to drag her in. After that WEI
back to my work. Is was after breakfa'
thai L returned there and found yOun
Johnson sud Marie there; Then 1 went Z
and found the piece OF dress snd plstO
The piece OF dress wss on b porch
her right, snd about i've fec
from where she was sitting, Th
!, pistol was near il and more TO her from
, Al this point John Marie was brCUgt
in and the witness identified him as ID
Marie hs meant when be mentioned u
name. He said: THAT is the man, but
don't known Wheih her bis name is Msri
, or not" The piece Of cloth found 81
peared to me to De q Zap OF the dress thi
|, belonged TO tbs bind part OF II. Il wi
white, with tOReTs in il; the pattern Wa
4 LlE ALI 90 aA4 AAI81 49, 49, ~ 80
only remsined there while I was helpin
her IN when / was there before. Thu
+ wss the second time ] g there. II
first time / Onfv laid my han on her an
went right back. The third time / wei
there ] went ont on the porch snd iookin
toward the right i discovered he piece
dress, and when going Tor IL saw the pist'
on my left. The boys from the OTertO
hotel discovered % shout e 8 a tim
I M. re-H-H u~u n-HHn anH unH the NrfFVGl
asked if that was the weapon. BE ssi
/, il wss one similar TO thai, 1ut could IA,
say positively that thai YVES the pistO
picked it up and carried IL In my han
Jiil Wens back 10 the dining roO
and then putt il my pocket.
Q What did you do with that plsboi7
A. I gaYeit to the Coroner. He identihe
the Coroner as the person be gave 1t u
That was ths only pistol picked up; d
only one I gave tbsC 0rOBeri the only on
ever hsd. 1 reckon IL was three hour
after / picked It up bsfore 1 gave it
him. There was no Inquest going on Whe
1 got it first. When I was called on
witness nav Jacket was in the diniu
room Of the hotel and the pistol was /
the pocket OF IL. There was nothing sal
about 3 weapon At the inquest while I vi
there.
Q DO you swear that is the same plst
you picked up?
A. 1 think il u the same one. don
believe any a changed it ia my pOckt
while I was out. There YVES no one on th
porch when 1 went there but the WOmsl
I could o say whether she WIS dead
not. did not think for q moInen 81
was dead. She lay there STILL There WI
40 one on the porch tut her when l ss
her there in the morning. / ecu.
not say whether the doors we
open on the porch or aOt. n
bows At the windows tried 70 wal
her up, for they thought she was sslee
Obiected to By defense. The OhjectC
sustained HeI position was not cnaDg'
from the time 1 saw her first until
hslDed to bring her into the room.
think il was between the hours Of sev5
! and eight ssw her first. TIE morniI
VISA 8 sort OF fcggy and a little rainy,
Tbe cr0ss-sXamiDatiOn Of this Witns
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