Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-08-15

st1eei, anu .hen " y -sfllwOod's where they
,'anr 80 fStI strc- -aIree minutes. They went
oaen " &C, and on the way met the
pIlsoneIss, SD' den and James, but no word
nas slpA- This was about 10 O'Clock. They
S'i towards home, and as they reached the
AZ" -tresser's Darden came up tn Mccarthy
aithout a word and grabbed him by the ears,
and then they went TO fighting. When witness
looked around he saw James with this stone
one about three inches in diameter-in his hand.
and he was about TO strike Mccarthy, when Wit
ness grabbed him from behind, saying "James
don't DO il; don't hit him. and GOT the Stone
out OF his hand Witness called swatch, !" hold
ing James. A pistol was pulled, and be heard
the cap burst, when Nc CARLY said, {" oh YOU
are going to shoot me-" Witness had at this
time the stone he took from James in his hand
and IN the meantime Mccarthy left Darden and
came tow ards James, hauling eff and striking at
him d., but Goes not know IL ne struck him.
Dar,ien then drew the pistol and shot at Nc
CaT;hy, and witRess thinks the first shot took
effect somewhere about the breast. There were
five shots fired, the first two singly aud the others
in succession Mccarthy backed himself in the
door, where he received the last wound. Wit
ness went towards him, when he said " oh, Tony,
j am shot" The crowd came around, and
he was taken TO the drug store. During
this time witness lost sight OF james.
James and Daroen were together. The pistolon
which the cap exploded was in Darden's hands
he believes, bat he did not see it. They were
both down al this time struggling, but regained
their feet in short time: He could not say
which one struck first. Did not see Mccarthy
with pistol. Mccarthy when he received the
first shot vas about five feetfrom the door of the
hsr dressers, and backed towards the door.
Darden was five or six feet distant at the time he
fred the first shot. Witness did not hear any
pistol drop. ... ..
OTHER WITNESSES.
AddsIfne Marie De BOis, who resides at 12t1
pennsylvania avenue, opposite which house the
shooting occurred, testified, but 10 new facts
were ELECTED. I'd
,cIgy c. Cgintor-Knew Mccarthy by sight as
also the prisoner (Darden.l Witness was on the
soSth side of the Avenue about 1910 last night
heard pistol shot fred, looked a-ound, saw the
second shot, and ran ACROSS the street. This
witness corroborated the statements given above.
Joseph b. 4HeCcoey, who was sitting on the
was elected.
DR.. J. f. Hdrtigan testified as to the result of
the post norton examination made BY him, de-
scribing the wounds, &c. There was a slight
abrassre IN the center OF the forehead, one an
inch long in the temple; slight confusion on right
side OF neck; four. openings, evidently made by
pistol shOts--One in the left thigh, which divided
some two or three branches of the femoral artery
one near the top OF the right hip, lodging in the
pelvis, one about the waist, four inches left of
the middle line, with downward course into the
pelvis, and one left of the spinal column, between
9th and 9TH ribs, fraeturing the It'll rib and ira
Sersing the lower lobe OF the left lung, lodging
between the second and third ribs, directly un-
der the skim Either of the wounds in the chest
would have caused death; that in the thi gh would
not have necessarily caused death. The imme-
diate cause of death was internal hemorrhage
There were no wei marked powder burns on the
body. After examining the clothing of the de-
ceased, witness said Gle two sAlOts in the ab,io-
men were fired close to the body, for the parts
were scorched, and the other two several feet
from the body. There are two abrasures in the
right hand-On the wrist and middle finger Also
TWO Commissions OF the scalp.
JGmes L. Idlrey was sworn, but there was
nothing new in his evidence.
Or. j. N. Duncan testified that when he ar
rived at Entwistle's drug store found deceased
in n dying condition; the heart gave one or two
feeble beats. Witness assisted DIR. Hartigan in
the post norton, and corroborated his testi-
mony.
Dr. George Sylrester.-witness was on the south
side OF the Avenue at the time of the shooting;
crossed the street when he heard the pistol shots
and saw the body of Mccarthy taken into En-
twistle's. Witness examined it; could not detect
any pulse; the heart beat feebly for about two
minutes. Witness described the wounds and
gave the opinion that the immediate cause of
death was internal hemorrhage.
The testimony was hefe closed, and the iury
after deiiberation, returned the following
VERDICT.
"That the said John Mccarthy came to his
death about 10 O'Clock r. m; and they further
find that the cause OF death of said John Me-
Carthy was hemorrhage within the cavities OF
bali wounds inflicted by pistol in the hands of
Dennis D. Darden; and they further find that
W. p. James was sn accessory TO the killing of
said NcCarthv.''
There were some witnesses present who were
not sworn.
DARDES's STATEMENT OF THE ARRAY.
The accused states that MCCARTHY first grab
bed him by the whiskers and pulled some out and
commenced TO pound him, and he fought back
as best he could, and Nee. drew his pistol and
attempted 10 fire before he had any thought of
his own pistol and seeing that Mccarthy was
attempting his life he drew his weapon and
fired He shows that some of his Ehiskers lave
been torn out by the roots, and also several
marks ON his forehead, which he states were
made by Noes fist and head (by butting.)
JAMES STATEMENT.
VIM. p. James, who was with Darden, is not
relative of Sonny" James, who was killed in
February last by Bolster. He states that thew
were passing along, and the first notice they had
Of Mccarthy being near he came up, grabbed
Darden by the whiskers, and commenced striking
him, and pushed him against the tree. Dardef
sung out, "John, don't" and Mccarthy kept on
beating him. He (James) attempted to inter
tere and separate them, when Mccarthy turned
on and struck at him; Lully grabbed him, (J.,)
when Mccarthy turned toward Darden, drew
pistol, and attempted to FIRE, swapping the cap;
DaTden Immediately drew his weapon and COM
menced firing. His statement of the occurrence
after this confirms the testimony Of the other
witnesses.
This morning telegram was sent to a brother
of deceased, and some of his friends called on
Messrs. Harvey 81 Mari, who took charge of the
corpse and conveyed il to Mrs. Lully's, from
whence the funeral will take place.
DARDEN AND JAMES TAKEN To JAIL.
Coroner Potter, on the rendition of the verdict
filled up commitment to the warden of the
Jail, and the prisoners,-Darden and James,
after receiving the visits of a few friends, were
conveyed in a carriage to the prison.