Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-28


thinking that some one had tod him something
mat vas Hntrue about me. and j was beat
through a mistake. ! rang the tell and asked
or Sonny" James. The cosored man SAYS ole
Il not here" I saws, "Ten him 70 come down,
IL IS all right" when I took Jones up there
with me. saws. al want 20 20 and see him and
ask for money 20 pay my doctors expenses, aud
II IL sll right, for / know be would have not
beaten me this way except he had ght he had
something 10 do IL for" I then rang the bell:
colOred man came to the door. Seeing my face
bound up then, this colored man says, flames is
not here" i says, "tell him that want to see
him; il il all right" for had no malice towards
him whatever. Then James came 20 the head
OF the stairs, put his head out of the door, ana
either drew Il back or some one pulled him back
said IT is all right, tell him to come down" /
says, "Sonny, IL i all right. l told DR.. Bulkiey
10 dress my wounds, and you would pay him for
it, Before had finished the sente ace he SAYS
q You prize fighting - took part OF
the ban 1age from my head, just put on. Here
the prisoner took the bsndage from his pocket
and exhibited IL to the Court / had come
straigh t from the drugstore on the corner. lie
took the bandsge from my head and beat me.
Darden was the man that separated rs, and he
IL over there now, tPointing 70 DardeB, in the
The Court Who ?"
The prisoner. "Deunis Darden" (then turning
TO narden he asked:) odd not I saw then tn Il
if had known this Sonny, would not have
come here. thought It was a mistake" Tbi=
daTkey said ''yOu had better 90 way from here"
My hat was gone; knocked OF in the fuss. /
here as quick as can. i went down straight
from there 10 the saloon OF Rediy Welch's.
When | came In they says, '.for Got's sake
what Is the matter?" says al want TO meet
James and have an explanation" WITHOUT a
word he caught a hold of me and be u me
aga n. While / wss out, Crops and Sherm IN
been told aboat the way I had been beaten
When L clms in and made the statement that |
had been beaten, Crops says come on and
go over and find what he did il for" I SAYS
"for nothing" he says"go and lind ont what
he did II tor" and If he has not some reason
able excuse have him arrested" / says ''no
morrow He says s'wha- Is the matter, are Won
afraid TO go after man has beat you IN that
way and have explanation" SAYS "NO." He
says says. come CO. s,,, we win go with Yea, and
musket was got the night before this.
Reddy welch's place up stairs was broken into
while he was down in the bar rOOm-the door
was burst open and his trunk searched. He al
no arms in the house and he bought this gun for
his protection, andi had been loaded that day,
but did not see 1t loaded. i saw him, however
when he brought the gun there. The bar was
situated in this way describing the positon) and
the gun behind the bar, and reaching over the
bar, Crops reached over and grabbed the gun
and put it under his coat. SAYS sEdon't take
that" He says 81 will only take IL fo- nv own
projections" and why should he not want pro-
lection after seeing how L was beaten. Che
prisoner Was here
OVERCOME WITH EMOTION
and took glass of water.) After waiting mo-
ment he resumed; "He took the gun, put IL under
his coat and carried the gun without speaking
word Nor was there word mentioned about
shooting James or any thing OF that kind. He
took the gun and carried it down street to 18th,
up 18th to street in company with Crops,
sherman and me. George Wells 1 never
walked block with in my life, except when
we were brought to the PRISON together.
Then We walked down f street, not word had
been mentioned about shooting or anything of
that kind, or Of revenge. All wanted was to
have reasonable explanations; to know why il
was done; why | was misused, and beat to death
almost, for nothing, and only because / was
with that man DAVIS. Here the prisoner
pointed TO Davis, who was seated in the court
no place. The places / went into were before
this; before Crops had the gun. We went
down till we passed the entrance OF the theater;
then Crops and Sherman dropped out little
way below; then Crops seeing no one but me
got afraid. i walked down and saw "Sonny"
James standing near the corner OF the alley
! said, lis that you Sonny" / was perfectly
calm, and with
NO MALICE IN MY HEART.
OF course l smsrted under the treatment had
already received, but with no intention OF
said, "Is that you, Sonny" He stood in this
way, describing the position.l After beating
me twice before he says "Yes, Cd d-n YOU
what DO You want" and raised his hand and
came Tor me, and under the passion and eS-
eitement OF the moment started TO run, when
Crops, standing IN the door below me, took
the gun, put il in my hands, and said
''sHOOT HIM"
/ took the gun and fired the fatal shot;
The prisoner, laboring under great excite
meht, asked
is II murder? was 1t murder? premeditste1 m1r-
der? was IL lf-defence? OF was II mauslaIgh-
ter? | had no malice at that time. L than ran.
They hallOoed
"HALLo, STOP THAT MAN"
lie crowd followed me. in q little while saw an
ON Ger. As soon as saw the officer, aud he2ri
him say "where is he,' said, 81 am here;
take me-" He took me, and a. soon az / was
taken, whilst he still had hold OF me, Green
struck me then and there again. had TO inten-
ton, at the time Of going there, OF shooting
spoken. IL was then, and not till James started
OF TOR me again, after beating me. 1 was run
ming away from James until that gun was put
me; said, Here, take this gun and shoot him;
what are you running for?' When Green came
on the stand to TESTIFY he was asked what they
pea. me i,b t0T; he said fSE nothing only that
stand to testify to the truth; but when your
Honor says to him: "You struck him for moth
ing, and he said Eyes," your Honor says again
to him "fou're pretty boy, amt yOl," the
people commenced laughing, and the Marshal
knocked for silence. Green's face turned as red
as crimson, then
HI CHANGED HIS TUNE;
for II he had gone on and testified to the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, he
wonld have been the villain, and not me-"
u
ings, and wept and eobbed bitterly.
After getting calmer, he resumed:-''I hope
you Will give me
TIME TO PREPARE
to meet my God, which 1 stand greatly in fear
OF, for my past life. But when 1 do GO before
that Cod
Mr.. Barrett, approaching the prisoner, whis-
pered in his ear 10 explain the expression testi-
he'd to by Sergeant Vernon as to its being the
only way in which he could get
HIS REVENGE.
The prisoner, resuming, said :-"when 1
came to the station house the police man came
in and asked me What did you do it for p"
As to whether l SAID did II for revenge; do
not think i did; 1 may have said il but do not
recollect. Me and Sergeant Vernon-although
/ do not think that Mr.. Vernon would inten-
uonally testify TO anything wropg-were on very
good terms until one night 1 was arrested in
front of Oyster Bay. i had left the central
guardhouse, and when 1 came out met Mr..
Vernon again, and he says chow came YOU
out 2" 1 said al left collateral" He replied
that the man at the station had no business 10
let me out and 81 have a great mind to take YOU
han aUofv and fvsxy