The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-08
AFTERNOON SESSION.

AFTERNOON SESSION.
31a O'CLOCK M.
Senate met AS a Court of Impeachment
pursuant to adjournment.
The second witness called for the prosecu-
ton was j. M Brickle?
BY Counsel Morris: Your name is J. NJ.
Brckle?
A. Yes, sir.
q. What is your occupation or business !?
A. A railroad conductor
Q. What railroad pany2
A, On the branch OF the Mobile and
Ohio.
Q. From what point?
A. Artesia to Columbus.
Q. Were you conductor of that railroad
in Nav of last year?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Do you know Alex. X. Davis?
A. do, sir.
Gibbs rode out on your train on his way to
Texas?
A, | do, sir.
@. Did Yoa take tie train out that morn
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Ii you saw the Lieutenant Governor
on that morning, state when and where you
saw him?
A. saw him first as l was going to leave
Columbus.
@ At what hour did the train leave?
A. do not recOllect positively-about
O'Clock, A. NJ.
Q. Was that after day break?
A. / es. alr.
@. State where you saw him and what oc-
CURED?
A. just as | was leaving | saw him on
the platform. He asked me if | had seen
Col Gibbs. ! said yes, and gave the sig lal
To go ahead, ana he got out at Artesia.
Q. Did you tell him where Gibbs was?
A. | did not. ! supposed he was on the
train recollept his asking me TO call Col
Gibbs,
9. He knew you, did he not?
a, Yes, sir.
Q. What was his inquiry?
n. do not know positively. He asked
me ii | saw Col. Gibbs, or if he was on the
train. Gibbs had lust passed me; it w as
al an e qGHe If sseoAd-ttie train was ready
q. Did you conduct the same train hack
A. Yes, sir,
q. How long did 1t stay at Artesia?
A. About an hour.
-. az. M. s..c Lieutenant Governor return
from Artesia on that train!
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did that train run In connection with
the north bound or south bound train?
A. With the north bound.
Q. Did Gibbs go off on that north bound
train?
Il l.
we left Artesia.
g. What time did the train running out
of Columbus connect with the south bound
train?
A. We left about 6 80 p. NJ.
Q. Ifyou had been coming from Columbus
to jackson you would have come out on
that evening train!
a. Yes, sir.
q. bid you have any conversation with
Lieutenant-Governor Davis as he returned
on that train to Columbus?
A. He mentioned that he wanted to go
| to Meckham, that was south of Artesia.
=. Was that as he went out or went back
| A. As he went back; he said he wanted
| to go to Meckham-he could not stay the
whole day at such dull place as Artesia.
Manager: Very well; stand aside.
THIRD WITNESS.
! The third witness called was Mr.. Jeremiah
DOwsing, who was questioned by Manager
| Barksdale:
| Q. Your name is Jerry Dowsing?
A. Jeremiah Dowsing.
Q. You live in Columbus?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Lived there last year?
| a. Yes, sir.
Q. Do you knoH Lieutenant-Goyernor
navist
! Q, You recollect in the month of May
last year, Col. Gibbs leaving some money
| with you-$500?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. State to the Court, as near as you can,
when this was, how much was lett, who
left it and what you did with the money?
A. Well, it was about the 22d of May. Col
Gibbs LETT the money with NE; | saw
| him leave In tile evening. l know
he wrote the receipts by candle-light, and
he left 500 with me to pay to A. G. Packer
! when the receipt was ratarned to me accom-
panied with the pardon for Thomas Fl. Bar
rentine.
Q. Do you know the day of the week or
which Col. Gibbs left that money?
A. Sunday, sir.
| Q. Did you sign any papers connected
with the matter!
A. did, sir.
Q. How many?
Q. Did any body ever present any of thos,
two papers?
a. Yes, sir.
@. WhoS
A. The Lieutenant-Governor endorsed
by A. G. Packer.
Y. What did you do with the money?
a. paid it to Governor DAVIS.
Y What did you do with the receipts?
} A. Col. Gibbs retained one of them, ant
the other / suppose he sent 20 Packer.
them?
A. No.
q Did you retain any?
A. No, did not.
y. Did Davis, the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
when he presented you the pardon, and di
ne not, also, present you one of the receipts
, and thereupon you paid him over tn
! money?
A. l did, sir.
D Y. What was the money?
A. Five one-hundred dollar bills
;. NOW would like you to fix the date, a
G near as you can, of the payment of tina
money.
!. A: think it was June 18th. from dates o
4 the bank in which deposited the money.
2 manager: Look at that paper.
: sou w. COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
4 May 22d, 1875.
Received of Henry Rarrentine five hnr