The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-23

| the neck With his lotC arm, 6trucR nlm LW(
blows 10 the mouth, and then they went upoI
the floor. About that time Captain Caldwell
and Major Morgan came in the door tina
Judge Melton had entered at. Did not set
Upper when he got up. Saw deceased ant
Upper grapple each other. Morgan was be
hind deceased and Upper. Heard two plsto
shots fired in quick succession. Saw deceased
turn and stagger towards the table, ana DC
then fell over Melton and Montgomery, who
were still on the floor. Major Morgan and
Tupper then grappled. Whilst they were
struppllne saw a pistol in the hands of one Of
them, cannot say which, and they went out
of the side door together while fighting. Wit
ness then left the room.
DR.. John 7. Darby testified: Was called to
90 and see deceased. Found him laying on
the floor. Thinks he might have lived two
minutes. On post mortem examination, made
by witness and DR.. Talley, they ascertained
that the ball went from the right side to the
left downwards, entering between the fourth
and fifth ribs, and coming out between the
| eighth and ninth, lodging between the skin,
from which position 1t was extracted. he
| was shot very close. There we're powder
marks upon his clothing. There were bruises
on the face and neck Of deceased. There
were signs of scratching on the left side ofthe
neck, a confusion on the lett temple, and a
mark on the right brow.
Major Theodore Stark testified that he heard
two pistol shots while he was outside the
| saloon and one after he got into the front door.
| When he entered the dinlng-room saw Cald.
| well lying dead. Montgomery and Melton
we're fighting when witness went in. Pulled
| them apart. There were three shots fired.
THE VERDICT.
Upon this testimony, the Jury in a very few
minutes rendered a verdict that the aforesaid
George E. Taper, in maaner and form afore-
said. John D. Caldwell then and there feloni-
ously did kill, against the peace and dignity OF
the State, &c. An order was Issued for the
commlttal Of Upper and the release Of Mont
gomery.
THE FUNERAL
ceremonies took place this afternoon from the
mansion of The deceased on Plain street, near
the NIckerson House, commencing at four
O'Clock. Long before that hour, more THAI
| two Thousand persons of all colors had con-
| pregated, filling the sidewalks and yards
|! while the house was packed with nearer
| friends and relatives. Columbia has never
before witnessed 30 sad and spontaneous q
pageant, aud the obsequies throughout were
| OF the most solemn character. At the house
| the Rev. DR.. Shand. of the Episcopal Church,
| conducted the services, after. which, the
| Masons OF the Council and 8. and NJ. and oil
True Brotherhood Lodge, of all which the
| deceased was a member, with many others Of
| the Order, and the Pehuix Hook and Ladder
| Company, to which the deceased also belonged,
In full regslia and uniform, formed in two
lines, and copjolntly received the body tor
! burial. The scene here was heartrending;
the widows means and cries of johnny, oh,
Johnny, come back" touched the sympathies
and dimmad the eyes Of all the vast assemblage
present. The solemn cortege then took up LTD
line OF march for the cemetery, the Masons
Immediately following the hearse, the firemen
next; then the carriages containing relatives
and ~trlends-the whole extending for three
squares, while the sidewalks were lined by
more than fifteen hundred people. On the ar
rival
AT ELMwo0D CEMETERY
the Masons took charge Of the body, Brother
G. T. Berg dlntrict deputy grand master offici-
ting In the Impressive funeral rites per-
tanning to the order. The thousand witnesses
were silent, the hymn was sung, and as the
sprIgs OF evergreen and the rattling sand lodged
upon the casket containing all that was mortal
ofpoor Johnny Caldwell, the concourse depart
ed with heavy hearts, for they one and all felt
that they had lost a good friead.
The deceased leavee a wife and two children
and a mother totally blind. To add to her
grief, the widow lost by death In one day within
q year two lovely boys, at a time when their
father was among the Northern lakes be-
yond the reach of the telegraph. Captain
Caldwell was a native of this city, uni
yersalIy esteemed, q director of the Union
Savings Bank. and a good business man.
he was brother.in. law to U. 8. Senator T.
]. Robertson. He served gallantly in the
cavalry of the Confederate Army, and
had q record that any soldier might be proud
of. Captain Upper and Major Morgan were
both officers in the Confederate Army. Mr..
Charles W. Montgomery, originally a Charles
tonian, has been for a long time a resident OF
Newberry, from which county he was sent to
the State Senate in 1868, and for much OF the
time since has presided over the same.
Regarding the arrest of Montgomery and
allowing Judge Melton his freedom, though
he made the assault, the chief of police states
that when he entered the saloon to make the
arrests he found all the parties there and ar
rested Topper. While doing 80, Montgomery
said, in substance: ~ may have shot Cald-
we'll" and the chief felt bound, as a city
officer, to detaln him on that account.
How the matter may end is, as yet, beyond
even guessing. The tragedy has cast a terri
BILE gloom over the city and Ia still the subject
of discussion In every hotel and on nearly
| every street corner. The young men espe.
clally are terribly indignant, as the deceased
| was almost adored by them. The blow has
| also been very severe to Senator Robertson,
| who La here an invalid. PICKET.
OYER THE SEA.
Diplomatic TIT Between France and
Germany.
LONDON, September 81.