The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-09
MURDER OF ANDY Golfer.
Testimony Before Coroner Stitch.

Coroner Stitch at 10 o'clock this morning
began an inquest on the body of Andy Col
ter, who was murdered night before last as
narrated in our columns yesterday.
Louisa Johnson, the first witness, testi-
fed as follows: live at 157 West Sixth
street; am a widow and do nothing special
for living; have been the mistress of the
deceased for the last two mon hs. The de-
ceased left my place at s o'clock, Thursday
evening, and said he would return at 11:30.
did not see him again until $3.50 a. nj.
Friday, lying in doorway on Sixth street,
he was bleeding from the head. Bill Clam
cey told me that VIM. Truss had struck the
deceased, and afterwards told several con-
ficting stories about how the deceased was
injured.
Dr. N. P. cambridge submitted his post
mortem examination, which showed that
the skull of the deceased had been frac-
tured by blow from some blunt, heavy
body upon the top of The head.
VIM. Truss testified next: l room at 195
West Sixth street. knew the deceased four
or five years, never had any difficulty with
him. Between and o'clock on ths
9Th inst, as was sitting
on a chair asleep at Lou. Robinson's
back room, corner of Longworth and Plum
streets, the deceased came in and put his
hands in my pocket to take my watch. l
| awoke and told him he ought to be ashamed
to do such thing to me; he remarked that
he only wanted TO show what he could do.
| went into Robinson's saloon, followed BY
| the deceased; | deny having had knife
intend to use the knife on him; | had some
hard words with the deceased. The crowd
went out and l was about TO follow,
when O'Keefe, the bar-keeper called
me back. | staid about ten minutes and
went up stairs to bed. l did not notice
where the other men went to. While ths
fuss was going on outside there were with
me in the saloon Pat O'Keefe and the
colored men Thomas Creek, Hen. Childs,
Sam. Pointz and Harper. The deceased
and Clancy were under the influence o&
drink.
VIM. Clancey, of Newport, testified thas
Truss pocket he asked Pointz for drink
in looking around he missed the de-
ceased; this was about three minutes
after Truss and Golfer came out of the
back room; Truss had an open pocket
knife in his hand; Golfer went to the cor
ner of the saloon, followed by Truss; this
was near the door on the Plun-street
side they were talking together,
and told Truss to close
his knife; he said it was not intended for
me, but for that other $; l got him by
the arm; he made no resistance; | then
went outside on Plum street:
party of about three jumped on me, and
l saw the deceased going up to Sixth street.
and six or seven men following him; don't
know who the men were. I afterward
met the deceased, and took him to
a hall way, where left him to call Lou
Johnson; some officers then came along
and told them the party in the saloon did
this; Golfer didn't say word to ME after
the assault.
Patrick O'Keefe, barkeeper at Lou. Rob-
inson's testified as follows
| never saw the deceased before Friday
morning, between 4:30 and 5 o'clock; the
deceased went back to the yard, and af er
coming back asked for drink; after
wards heard Truss and Clancey quarreling
at the cigar stand | took Clancy by the
arm and put him out of the saloon; the
crowd went oul; | told Truss not to go out,
but | can't say whether or not he was in
the saloon while the fuss was going on out
side; did not see him in the bar; / saw
nothing of knife nor heard the word
"knife" mentioned by any one; during the
fuss outside noticed the following in the
saloon Caesar, Creek, Points, ChiIds and
two or three Others whom l don't know;
when Clancy and Golfer went out a crowd
| followed; Golfer came back and said to
Truss Come on, Billy don't know
whether Truss went with him; don't know
any of the men who remained inside except
those whom mentioned above.
Chas Harper, colored. could give no inn
portant testimony, and the inquest was
continued until 10 O'Clock Monday morn
ing.