, 1872-11-28

| will not now give. because he is lying yer.
low, and the worrying over the g case mas nae
much to do with it, believe. When Brooks
came out, in passing us he looked straight at af
pistol, and We let him PASS on. For this failure
,re agaiu got abused, and told them had NJ
pistol, and Was not going to take any chances
OF getting shot Lister then said he would f4r.
nish me with q pistol One Of the gang" (he
is now .sick) enid this thing had gone far enough
and il pistols were to be used he would have
| nothing more to do with it: Ihe next day l. hls
| ter gave Dougherty pistol, and ne gave 1t Il
me; This same person, now sick, said:
sHushey, don't you use that
when he said to me in low voice, Shoot the
son Of a.. What do you cure whether you
kill him or not. I merely nodded all right, and
kept the pistol. :,
Two or three days more We travelled over the
city in search Of Brooks, without SUCCESS
think it Was about this time Kane left US, went
into the hospital, and Bob Hamilton took Kane's
place. By appointment We met Smith Lister al
q liquor store on Walnut street, kept by man
Jew) named Bauur, but usually waited outside
stayed off from work Dougherty and y, and
! watched Brooks house until very late, but did
not see him.. Finally We were told if We wanted
to do the job things were all fixed, and that thla
then Haa III informed-this med ASS; Sas % o. Sun
John Keenan's store tomorrow (Monday) noon.
AL right, NE went early and we're knocnng
around there, drinking whisley, dc. Hamilton
went into barbers shop and Was being shaved
when Brooks appeared. I ran in and got Bob
out OF tho chair. We followed Brooks into the
store. When there, talking to the boy in charge
of the store, nodded to Hamilton and Dough-
erty to make the attack, but neither Of them
call it, and WAS ashamed to face those fellows
q third time without doing something: so went
to within two steps of my man, and instead OF
putting ball through his head, shot him un-
der the shoulder blade-the least vital part. As
soon as shot, Hamilton ran away, but 80 Brooks
turned Dougherty threw bootjack, which
struck him on the head. -....
We then escaped, and in fifteen minutes weren't
Eighth and FitzWater. Soon after We got
another hack, and wont to the races. Finding
they we're postponed, we returned and I think
the next day Sam Carson came along, and told
Dourgherty and I re we're accused of shooting
Brooks, and that warrants were out for our ar
rest. We then went to Eighth and Shippen, and
tel him they we're after Us. He sent word
back that We we're 'd-d foo1s,' and that We
must *go to work stayed there until 10
o'clock that night; then went to Eleventh and
Chestnut, where worked, and stayed there one
shippen. About 12 o'clock McMullen and
Lister came to see us, and discussed the ques-
ton where We should hide. We stayed
there all that night, and the next day
own house, and put Us in the third story front
room where We staid for about two weeks, and
we're waited upon by his niece, who kept house
for him, he being widower. While there
McM9llen often came to see u8, and IN ansTer
to our inquiries II Brooks was dead yet - he
would reply, No, I wish the son OF :: - WIS.,
once remarked, 81 didn't want him to die,"
when McMullen replied, Il be dies you will get
clear; If he lives you Will get into the work
"a toll nyn1T
to Eighth and shippen one midnight, and the
next McMul1en came and took Us to Ninth below
South, where Smith Lister VAS waiting with r
Dearborn wagon; we jumped in, and we're taken
train from Washington, and went aboard with
Johnny Ahern for New York. McAfullen was
there to see us OF.
'sArriving in New York, we went to the st.
Nicholas there % took hack to R the Prescott
himself as John Purnen." After this Ahorn
left us and returned at noon with barouche,
accompanied by man named Johnny Murray
We were ordered into the barouche and taken to
Coney Island. Here We met Mclaughlin in com
pany, in fact in the custody Of Bottles for
Mclaughlin had been sent away to Troy and had
returned to Philadelphia, where Bob Smith Lis
bin and sent II to coaey ta
ing at Coney Island some time We sent.
: Bottles' to New York for news. He
returned in q wagon with Lister, who took
Neil Mclaughlin away with him, and or
went to Johnny MurTay's, and all stopped in one
room, hut ate our meals out and it WAS On our
second day there when, on going out to our
meals, We were captured.
''We we're to have gotten 5000 apiece for the
assault on Brooks received IS, and that from
McMu11en+, "HUdH MORROW.
q CUy Of. Philadelphia, IS. Hugh Morrow,
being duly sworn according to law, doth depose
and say that the foregoing statement made and
Gliding this5, Is true and Correct that tie same
was made voluntarily, without any promises,
threats, or inducements being held ont to him,
but OF his own free will and accord. :: ord ,r
:. Sworn and subscribed this 25th September,
[sea1] SO WM. s. sroKE1y, Mayor OF fPhilade1phia."
"Cay Of Philadelphia, 49,: Personally ap-
peared Hugh Morrow, who, being duly sworn
according to law, doth depose and say: That
after his arrest for his assault on James Brooks,
big defence and that Of his companion, Dough- |
erty, was taken charge of by Alderman McMul- |
len; that they we're defended BY Colonel VIM. !
B. Mann and Lewis C. Cassiday, Esq, who were |
employed by McMul1en; that deponent never
I'D him that he had paid them $500 each and ex-
planned to them the whole case; he also said |
hat the defence would be an ali1i which he and
others would prove, and that he would find the
Witnesses to make it out; he also said that they
lad fixed Mclaughlin, and that he would sgo |
pack on the statement he had made to the |
Mayor. Officer Kelly was an important witness
having seen ,DougheIt7 and get out Of the
old me they had got h1n1 away. The agree
nent with Kelly Was that they we're to pay him
! full years. salary to absent himself from the
rial.
In February, 1866, there vas great coal-ou
treetR when Abnnt nna h11yIdrad bc,1raa |