Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-18
ket street; best of my judgment : :,
WAS towards Market 49, 6uuent Is il

pistol fired L can't say whetbe, Alter
I, D, or minutes before 7 mat W. was
Cowan. MIR. Q. was co1nina .n MI.
me, and was going towards Wards
street when We met. Iasked l;arSet
Shot that pistol ? He Said if w.a ni VINO
the river. 1 did not saw to t; 'AcIoss
the man vino shot that pistol hna '1st
Mr.. Jackson, the barkeeper P'' shot
did not go with US when We Iof.ess
bar room after the pistol wos 0.s Inc
After finding the deceased ana roa heo.
ing TO the bar room We found Rnraaun'
and jackson at the bar room
ca%l8ed jackson and Burgess w;.t
suing deceased. They did not den u
IT, L did not say before the coro" uy
that burgess and jackson said ~
dbl hot know who killed decay
eau say that Burgess was drunk T'
Gid not act like he was. We had to,' e
three drinks that night. Three dr;nl a
Will have no effect on me. and ,a
sober enough to know everything tbas
i!"ppened III my presence that nignt
AioeiU thompson Was sober too W.
L went up to deceased / saw me en
standing there; don't know who a
WIS. de was a culOred man who W.
ait, rWai DIS arrested. / did not en- o".
alter the deceased and the defen,o,, Wv
Burgess and Jackson, when th-v ra,'
oil, because L did not think thew wa.a
going to kill him, or that there worls
be any more Of 1t after they ran ofY
The deceased Was my brother-ln-iaw
RE EXAMINED BY THE MAYOR
Nho,, FpI,or,,1c
where tie dece .sed was lying, had
passed by the deceased, not having
seen ham, and Thompson coming aften
me, discovered him lying in the ont.
ter. J. fOrgot, in my examination he.
fore cO1Oner to state that When We oct
10 the deceased there was man stand.
ing there with his back to the post On
the corner, and he stated that he had
not seen the deceased. I heard onlv
one report Of pistol. l have no pis.
tot. When Burgess and jackson re-
turned to bar room, after the dis
charge OF the pistol, they come from
the direction of Market street.
Albert Thompson sworn and exam
ined by the prosecutor.
About 3 or 81 o'clock, of the morn
ing of Thursday last, me, Charley
jackson and Ransom Mcmillan, wers
invited IN the bar room by MIR. Bur
CESS; We SAID to Jackson the barkeep-
er, we'll, we have come according to
promise; be said take seats and play
a tune or so. We did SO. He then
asked us up to drink; We took drinks
Burgess took Mcmillan aside and ask
Ed him what he charged to play for
them till day break. Charley jackson
spoke up and said, two dollars and q
half. Burgess SAID, you shut your
mouth, [ am talking to the leader, you
have nothing to do with it. Charley
said he had as much to do with it as
the leader had; he had been up all
night, and wanted to know what he
was to get. Burgess and Charley COM
menced speaking hard words to each
other and Burgess started towards
Charley and Charley towards Bur-
CESS; and me aud Ransom got between
them. As Burgess made towards
Charley, Burgess put his hand behind
him, and threatened to shoot him.
We sorter Quoted them down, and
then they commenced talking again,
and Burgess pulled off his coat, and
they started together again, like they
were going to fight. We stopped them
again, and then they began to quarrel
again and RaDsom Mcmillan said if
you are going to have fuss, l will
have nothing to do with it. As soon
rs that was done Charley Jackson, the
bar keeper, ran round and caught the
deceased by the throat. Mr.. Burgess
then pitched III too. They ali got
mangled and tangled till they got to
the door. Deceased broke loose from
them and ran towards Market dock,
aud Burgess and Jackson, the bar
keeper, ran right after him. After
they were gone about minute, [ heard
4 pistol fire. About minute alter
the pistol fired, they returned together
to the bar room. Ransom Mcmillan
asked, gentlemen, where was that pis-
toi fired? jackson, the barkeeper,
was Singing his hand, and making
great fuss and replied that be thought
the pistol was fired across the river,
and said his finger had been broken
or bit IN the tangle, by the man he
was eutaugled with. He then said
am very much obliged to you fellows.
[ would be much obliged if you will
get out Of here now. l will get relief
directly We then went straight out
of the door towards Market dock and
met Mr.. Cowan. the Waterman, and
asked him if he heard pistol fire.
Cowan said be did. We kept
Oh to the corner of Market and
Water streets and found man
standing there F.; asked him If he
heard pistol fire; he said he did,
just as he landed at the dock; Just
then [ looked down and saw Mall ~
ing IN the gutter; we examined and
found 1t was Charley Jackson, the de-
ceased; we went straight back to the
bar room; found Burgess and Jackson,
the bar keeper, both IN the bar; han
som said to them, gentlemen, one or
the other of you shot that man who
was in here, and you had the row
with. They denied it, and said they
knew nothing about it; they had heard
the pistol fire, but thought 1t was
across the river. Ransom Mcmillan
and Burgess and left the bar room,
going towards Market street; Burgess
was ahead of us; he turned tie corner
of Market and Water streets, McMll-
Ian called to police to arrest HIM; po-
lice arrested him and brought hlm
back; he said LIE knew nothing about
it; when he left the bar room ahead
of Us, he just walked out quietly and
moderately.
CROss-EXAMINED.
Have been examined about this
matter before the coroner. L stated
then, what l have now;
only then l spoke of both OF the de-
PENDANTS, and now Of one particularly.
I hud not been drinking freely; TOOK
only three drinks, took two drinks De-
fore we went serenading; twenty MIN
utes between them. There had been
10 difficulty between the parties un'ii
the deceased spoke as to how mucn
would be charged for playing III
daylight. Aoout minute elapsed
between the time when the deceased
went out, and the report OF the pls.
toI; head only one report. Don
know the man who was standing a.
the corner when we found the ae-
ceased. He was arrested. he ""o
within five feet OF tae
body of the deceased. The only prov
ocation for the barkeeper, Jackson,
catching the deceased by the throat
wa. w!s1s tie deceased SAID to Burgess.
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