National Republican., 1877-04-26
MURDERED FOR PLUMBER.
why THE PENCIL PEDDLER WAS SET
UPON AND BEATEN TO DEATH

A Jury Finally secured--The Evidence
Showing an Intent to kob---Morris struck
tho Fatal Blow, and Did Not Regret it.
The trial Of william Slant and Samuel
Morris. indicted for tho murder Of Ohss. Bosue,
pencil peddier. In February last, was resumed
| in the Criminal Court, before Justce Oun, yes
| terday morning. When the court adjourned on
the day previous the cmpannelng OF q jury was
| tho matter under Immediate consideration.
Eight jurors had been obtained and twenty four
i additional names drawn from the box, out OF
which It was hoped to get tho wanting four men.
Tho first twelve had been summoned by the
%sas am ming Tie PPsn % wsse a.
| rected TO have the additional twelve talesmcn In
sou5. at ~ the opsn,nE Yesterday %Ornny and th.
sumed. After considorable labor the following
requisite jurors were obtained: Herbert Harris,
Wm. ~ Thomas, John ii. Beali and W. ii.
The panel as made up consists Of eight colorcd
II. ii. Wells, IT,, Assistant District Attorney,
opened
TUE CASE roR THE PROSECUTION.
stating that they expect ed to prove the premcdi.
,ated killing, and should ask for verdict OF
The defense reserved their opening.
Or: John walters was tho iirst witness called,
Charles A. BOsae on Thuriday night. He's lie wa, a,
| standing up, and there was considerable blood
on his face. There was not much to be done for
l
morning At that time, o'clock, he was lying
on the statiou-ho floor In an insenslblo conf.
right side Of the skull that gave -itnsss the % im
preston OF there being coneussion Of the brain.
Tho man was then sent to the asylum, near the
poorhouse. He did not think that the mans con.
dtion on the Thursday night that he was first
called required any medical or surgical treat
BEEN caused BY a isii on the sidsWsis % or ErOunG. %
Or. W. II. Faulkner, resident physician OF the
asylum hospital, treated the deceased man at
| that Institution. He was inscnsible when brought
there, aud could hardly manage to get his breath.
There was n protuboranco on the right sido OF
sheek, nose. side Of tho head and abdomen were ere
| bruises and scratches.
HE SxvER FULLY RECLAIMED mrs sENsgs,
and died the following Wednesday night. The
cause was from compression OF the brain by blood
present at the autopsy. which confirmed his opin.
ion as to the cause of death, In tn. eross-exsmi.
man for evidences Of liquor, but could not detect
that he had been using II. Apoplexy might pro-
Spsn Of BoRns Il vas po.sSty P% but On moi
probability. II was not positive proof that the
hcmorrhage was produced by the blow on tho
head, but tho evidence was fair for that theory,
Dr. J. French Hartigan made the autopsy, and
found tss head head shaved ,sn snd SIuisc uPSs the
other side there was considerable discoloration
under the ssin. The nose was deformcd and
| scratched. No fracture OF the skull was found.
On removing the cap there was q jul or more OF
| clotted blood on the lett side VI the brain al.
ss ryptars Of blood vessels anS was Gg S%
to the INJURY which was tho cause OF death. A
portion OF the brain was torn and mingled with
the clots. No further examination than that OF
the mead was made, because
THE CAUSE or DEATH WAS go ApPkaESr.
| David T. Dunnigan, n member of tho Metro
politan Police, testIned that on February LIST ho
arrested Samuel Morris between the hours of
nine and ten o'clock at night on the corner Of
Ninth and streets. On this night Mr.. Lloyd
and witness came out Of the night.lodgin house
Bazaar. They saw three men turn the corner OF
Tenth street: The men were Bogue, Stant and
watched them. When the otlcer reached the
centre OF thestreet he heard q dull sound and saw
the centre man Of the three fall and the other
nnaIly succeeded in capturing Morris The lat.
When Morris was arrested he resisted the ON.
eer who told him not to strike him, tor II he did
he would not 60 70 the station house. as he had
and Se would hit any s-ofa- that did hun
were both taken to the station. When stsnt was
arrested he
DENIED KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT THE MUIR
DER,
and never told the officer anything until he was
was with Morris that night, and Morris struck
the blow. He (Stant) was young man, and did
not want TO 20 TO tho penitentihry for life. He
told Morris for Chrsts sake not to hit an old
man like that. After Boguo was down Morris
kicked him. At this Slant demonstrated, and
Morris threatened to hit him. After this slant
stepped on something, and, picking It up, found
Il to be roll OF cardinal ribbon, which he gave
to q woman named Annie Wilson, and II was
afterwards recovered The offccr did not sec
either OF them 20 into Bogus's pockets nor did
he SEQ either Of them strike Bogae.
sSa .ss sns at
time OF the attack, corroborated Officer Dunui.
gan's testimony.
William q. Kellum. policeman, knew both Of
the accused parties, and arrested Slant N o
house Of ill-fame. Told him that he was wanted
for that affair with Morris. He denied It hrst,
and the witness told him that he wanted to know
all about the affair Slant said that he, Morris,
David Martin and Robert Campbell were to.
gether that night, and tha he was not any more
to blame than Martin and Campbell.
The sficer told him to get into the nsh wan on
that was standing in the street and go to tho
station house, where he could explain 1t to The
lieutenant Going down to the station he said
that they started for tho Theatre Comique that
night and met BoRue. He and Morris went with
him, and the other two walked behind Bogue.
Morris struck tho man, and Slant had nothing to
do with 1t. The officer got tho roll OF card inal
cOlored ribbon from Annie Wilson at tho time
Slant was arrested, and turned It over to Oiicer
Dunnigan.
At this point the court adjourned until this
morning,