Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-05-21
Result, Discharge Of All--NO Testi-
mOny 70 Criminate Anyone.
An InsOIVable Mystery-WhO Shot
Quinn! the Question of the HOur.

dCCuSCu VI dtutllk anu db6k-
ting in the shooting with intent to kill
of William Quinn in the &C. o. D." sa-
loon on Main street, under Cochran
hall, on the night of Saturday last, took
place yesterday before Justices Hoist
1 and Wallace. A very large crowd as
sembled to listen to the proceedings, and
: the examination was adjourned from
Squire Hollis office to the criminal
courtroom. Deputy Attorney-G General
GrammOn appeared on behalf of the
State, and Messrs. Harry S. Lee, Orvill
Yerger and f. w. Buttinghaus for the
defense.
TESTIMONY OF F. R. M'ELROY.
F. R. MeElroy was the first witness
called for the prosecution. He said-I
know, or rather, l have seen the de-
PENDANTS, A. b. Mueller, Rudolph Muel-
Ter and Matthias Courmant ! arrested
Courmant last Saturday night; about
ten o'clock that night was on my beat
near the corner of Main and Washing
ton street, in the middle of the street; I
Immediately blew my whistle and ran
over to Mr.. Mueller's saloon, when /
saw the girl, Glenn. Wilson, in the act
of handing pistol across the counter to
the bar-keeper, who was behind the bar
at the time; the bar-keeper, Matthias
Courmant, seemed to be very much ex-
cited, and refused to take the pistol; the
girl said she had picked it up from the
floor; took possession of the pistol; the
first thing that attracted my attention
! to the saloon was the throw
ing about of chairs, and then
l started toward the place, and while l
was, going toward 1t the pistol was
! fired; when l got inside / saw Mr..
/ nninr lHvinn fha Ann-.
/ Mueller in the saloon, but did not see
! his son in the front of the saloon;
| Quinn was lying on the floor in the front
| part of the saloon, ten or twelve feet
! from the counter; a man was holding
] him up; he was lying opposite the
door that leads into the hall that is next
| Poplar street; | did not examine the
pistol that took from Clementina Will
son; the bar-keeper was behind the
| bar when l went in, but there were not
many persons there when / went in: I
should say that the bar-keeper was
nearly behind the bar when first saw
him; he did not make any statements
to me about the shOoting; l heard him
talking to a reporter; l heard him say
something about little poodle dog being
kicked, but l could not say that he |
stated to the reporter that he knew who |
shot Quinn; Quin was shot in the left |
side; he did not say who shot him; |
Captain Smith came in right behind me. !
CROSS
BY Mr.. Lee-I was right in front of |
the door of the saloon in the middle of |
the street when [ heard the shot; ran |
owe; trhere was nobody in the door of |
the saloon at the time, and think was |
about the first to enter the place; Quinn |
was lying on the floor of the saloon |
with his feet toward Main street, on his |
side, with his face I think toward the
counter. Captain Smith told me to |
take Clementina to the stationhouse, and |
sdid so; Officer Mccormick brought |
down Mr.. Mueller; arrested Cour-
mant half an hour atterward; he came
out of the saloon with a cane in his
hand and was talking to Sergeant Ara
ia; he said he wanted 70 90 down TO
the statiOnhouse, and wanted some one
of US to go down with him, as
he was afraid the firemen might attack
him; he was in conversation with
Sergeant Arrata and Officer McDon-
ough; lie went away and came back |
again, and arrested him by orders Of |
Captain Smith; when he first went |
into the saloon Muelleriwas standing in |
front Of the ice-boX at the end of the
counter, and near the door that leads
into the second room; 1 saw blood on
his coat; there may have been four or
FIVE persons in the place that / did not
know; Clementina Wilson was good
deal excited; j took her to the station
house, but don't know what became of
her.
MALCOLM FRASER
was next called for the prosecution. He
SAID: / am carpenter by trade, and |
live in the city of Memphis; 1 know Billy
Quinn, who was shot in Mueller's saloon
on Main street, on last Saturday night:
happened to drop in there that night to
get a glass of beer; just as / got in
Quinn fell; jumped forward AID cried
to those who were striking him to
stop it, and just as Quinn was
endeayoring to get up, that gentle
man there (pOinting at A. b. Null
linz, shot him; / have been in
the saloon before, and think that is the
barkeeper (pointing to CouImant); /
think he was there at the time of the
shooting; / was standing against the
north side of the saloon, and Quinn was
lying south from me; when the man
fired he broke right behind the counter;
/ think that is the man (Mueller)
WIZ hAu II EOl up anu ran
moment the shot was fired; Quinn was
trying to raise himself when he was
shot; he was half raised up when l was
going out; l saw policeman coming in,
and l thought it was best to get out.
DISCRIMINATION
By Mr.. Lee-This occurred about ten
o'clock at night; nobody went in with
me into the saloon; l went in by the
front door; l went up to the counter and
called for a glass Of beer
while the fuss was going on, but
l did not get it; said to the bar-keeper,
"Give me a glass of beer" A. B. Muel.
Ter was behind the counter; l don't
know all the parties who were in the
room; l saw Quinn struck once before
efell; that gentleman there Rudolph
Mueller) struck him; Quinn was on the
floor when he was struck; ! did not
see him have any pistol; / heard pis-
tol fired and saw the flash, but did not
see the pistol; was so excited that |
Immediately went out the back door
through the garden; / believe the
girl Clementina Wilson was stand
ing behind table when the shot was
fired; there were four tables in the
room; Quinn had no pistol, that l saw.
CLEMENTINA WILSON
was next called. She sale: live in the
city of Memphis; was present inMuel-
ler's saloon when Billy Quinn was
shot; ] first went in with him by the
back door, and as we were going in
one OF the rooms where there
was a lady and gentleman sitting; a lit h
tie dog came up and barked, and Billy
kicked it; the lady said something to
him; / told him to come on, and when
he went up to the bar they said we could
not get any beer; they were making all
the fuss, and so we left and went down
to the corner of the alley in front of the
saloon; told him l would ,
90 up and get the key of our room.
/ went in the variety theater
and was only gone about two and half ,
minutes; when came back Billy said ,
he wanted to get a glass of beer, and he
went over to Mueller's saloon; l STAYED
outside and he went in by himself but ,
went in and paid for it; told them
in the saloon that Billy had no wish to
insult any one, and especially any lady; ,
the first thing l saw after saying this (
was Billy and Mr.. Mueller locked to- !
gether as II they were fighting. The
young man Rudolph knocked down !
Billy with a chair, and just as he fell j
shot was fired. l could not tell who /
fired the shot. / picked up pistol from
near BIily's head. 1 never knew Billy {
to carry a pistol. know he dio not I
go into the saloon for a fuss. :
No new facts were elected on cross ex-
animation, and the deputy attorney
general rested the case on behalf of the '
State. | -
THE DEFENSE,
\
Fritz Meyer and Mrs. Hood were !