Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-07


pected to show by the evidence they in
tended TO draw forth would not appear, at
this stage Of TIE proceedings, 70 be rels-
want. The witness was Withdrawn and
placed under the rule.
GEORGE sTELLER
Was the next witness introduced. He Is
q little, hearty, laxative herman. He
said:
fused to live In Cuba, but moved away
from there last epring-eb0ut the eigh-
tenth Of April. Twas present at the bar
becue held some time in July. knew a
young man named SchOheld-kueW him
well. He was found hanging next day to
q tree; 1 mean, the next day after the
barbecue I was &C. / am a shoemaker by
trade. IgOt there between ten and eleven
o'clock that day; left at twelve O'Clock
that night. / saw Graves IN the store
that day, very busy attending to 1t. Saw
POstOn and Sam Wisener; l shook hands
with him; saw Sch0Held; / talked to him
that afternoon at three O'Clock; I saw him
arrested 10 was between i've and six
o'clock they took him into the ics-hOuss;
/ can't tell the exact distance from the
ice-hOuse TO the dancing ground; the dis
lance might be a little longer than his
rOOm; Sam POstOn and Tom McCaddin
put him in the ice-hOuBe and kept him
there; he was there when / loft at Twelve
o'clock; i say, yes, I saw him arrested /;
Sam P0sbOn walked behind and MCCad-
din walked before; POstOn had a pistol
out and
WHISPERED TO sCHOFLELD TO RUN;
Schofeld refused to run; ne SAID he had
done nothing out Of the way; that he was
81 innocent boy, and be didn't want to
run; Pm not going to run;' Tom Me-
Caddin sent me after the key Co Graves
store; when I asked Graves for the key
be said, "Well, / think Tom McCaddin
has come plumb crazy; / gave MIN the
key already When I went back and told
McCaddiD, he felt in his pockets, and he
said sure enough 1 have the key; I saw
the key when he unlocked the door and
put him in; his hands were tied together
behind his back with a little rope [ do
not know where the rope came from that
is more than l can tell you; Tom Nc
Caddiu tied him; I saw him tied; the rope
was the size Of my little finger; it was a
snort rope, about that length holding out
his hands about two feet apart: NIcCad
din went back TO the Underground; he
locked the ice-hOuse and put a Niger on
guard on him.
q. Do you know what niger it WASP
A. Yes, Jim Vaughn; 1 am acquainted
with jim three or four years; he used to
belong TO Bob Vaughn; never saw SchO-
field after they put him in the ice-hOuse;
McCaddin pushed him IN and Ocked the
door; he did not go in; put the Niger
to watch him; he told the niger
not to let sny one touch that ice-hOuss,
! nor 20 near il. I saw McCsddin after that;
| he went over to Wares store and took q
drink. Schoheld was in there at twelve
O'Clock that night when 1 was going
away. I knew he was in there By the
hammeriDg he kept up with his teetI and
the hallooing, and crying
81 WANT TO GET OUTlD
! he wanted Tom NIcCaddin to release him:
he told 8 person TO " go 20 Tom and tell
him 10 take me- OUT. Tell him 1 hsye
done no harm; have done no hurt, and
/ l want to get out" AICC4ddih was on the
dancing-ground. L was right there on
the daucIEg-gr0uud, looking on AlcCad-
din made the remark-"I Will release you
as soon as l can, as soon as I ge5 through
dancing" 1 did not sse Gravsssor PosL3u
that night; 7 saw Wissusr thar afternoon
at three o'clock; I never saw SchOdsld
after they put him in the ics-hOuse. 1
/ heard nothing else from MCC2ddin about
Sgh0held. / went by TrotJer's hat night.
@. Did you hssr any Of these parties
make any remark aOou5 ScbOhsIdf
A, Yes, / heard Frank Graves say at
the time ne was arrested that he ought to
be hung; I heard no 2 else make re-
| marks. shat was before his " store;
Tom Megsd1iu and S. POs-0u and a gOOd
many OlhsTs were present; there were a
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don't remember ali Of Jhem; I noticed
Wissner's dress; f. was q white linen coat
he had on: I did not notice his bOOts; he 1
had q black hat; lid not hear Graves
say anything else; he made that remark
right shortly atr5r the arrest; they
searched ~Schgh5lG's pockets, and found
q deck Of cards and ten cents; / IN
Tom McCsddin searched him Graves
was right there on the spot; ScnC66ld
told me he came from North Carolina; I
don't know how old he wss; I never
asked him he might be about eighteen
years.
C~ross-erzmiaed BV John F. SGJs.-I had
been living there for years; 1 lived in
Shelby county nine years; l do not farm
all the time; I came from Rock Island,
Illinois; lived there ten years; I was In
Chicago OuCs; I lived in Cuba three years;
I never went back 20 Cuba to live since 1
left it: I went here about g month after
the hanging; that ics-hOUss is not a Jail
iC was built for an ~iCe-hcuse.
HE HAD a TRIAL BEFORE BE WAS TAKEN
To THE ICE-HOUsE.
McCaddin tied him going TO the ice-house;
he had carried him 90 tb5 'Squire's office
and had a trial; be wGs srres5sd at Frank
Graves store by Tom MCCaddin; be was
not tied then: h0 was tied when walking
along; the trial was before Squire Car
ron; it lasted but a sh0r5 time; lasted,
may be, half an hour; the charge against
him was, that he stole two dollars and a
half; I told Dr. Tr5y about i5 first; 1 told
TrOgtsr sftsrward thar was az Bart
lett; L WAS summoned by the State;
I was kept so long there L got mad, be-
cause I had business Of my OWL 30 attend
TO at home; L never told TrOJter anything
about the pistol in Pos5ou's hand,
@. Why djda'5 you 90 il?
4. Wei, 1 did not think Of It; I told
Irby that night; I told TrOtter.
@. How long after was it when you told
TrU5tgr?
A. / cannot TECslIBct,
q. Have you any ides2
A. No; I canug say how long.
@ Was i5 a month?
A. Oh, no..
@. was it three Wsaks2
a Indignantly No: it was that very
night.
@ Why, I thought you had no idea OF
the length of time thai elapsed before you
told him2 Who was present. when you
went after the ilsy2
A. George Wilson; I think be Wss then
behind the counter clsrking; I do not
know whether he is summoned here as a
witness or not for the State; there used
TO be a good lock on that ice-hOuse; it was
a paddock; 1 saw it locked that time; do
not r6cONsct that heics-hoUse was nailed
up; 1 did not hear sny nsiling at thst Ice
ALANnEr 4 AgNHA saw AAE 4GAA.aaaH 4 45FGA ] &
heard it done 1 don't know whether L
would havs heard tt or not, If it was done;
Graves was right before the store when
he SAID sCHoFELD OUGHT TO BE HUNG.
Before the trial was over he said it; he
spoke in q loud voice anybody could {
have heard him; plenty Of people around
there; I TecoLect Dick Gay was there; / 5
not see Goary; Pcs-on was theres {
there was q heap of mon around there: ]
Dick Gay was near enough to hear what Z
Graves said; I noticed Dick Gay in par :
because be was near neighbor of
mine; I told Or. Irby about what Graves
said about the hanging; I believe now :
that I never told about what was said Of 2
hanging, but L ted about he being put in I
i~ce-nOuse. 1
Q Why didn't you tell Irby? You
knew the young man was hung, next .
Jay, why didn't you tell Irby2 c
ieve I did; 1 told TrOctsr about
he boy being in the ice-house. I did not v
ell Tr0tter that Graves said ;he young Z
man ought TO be hung. ]
After argument upon what appeared TO Y
be a contradiction in the testimony OF the
witness, in relation to what be told Tr0t- t
.er and Irby, the Judge ruled out any re-
)XaminaJ ion, and the witness was order
ID 10 stand aside. 2
JAMES ALEXANDER q
VAS the next witness called for the State. a
depOsed-
Hive in Cuba; was living there on the
thirteenth Of July last. l remember the v
barbecue and b-rsn-dance that was given q
here that time; I attended the barbecue \
hat day, staying TIL about ten o'clock at b
I know Graves, POs5On, Wissner,
3sary and McCaddiD. McCaddiu was a .
constable: so was POst0n. [ saw the par O.
les that day. know ". G.. Hines; I do
lot recollect that 1 saw Hines that day. /
va brother to Edward Alexander-Other- q