, 1879-07-12
The Testimony, If True, Reflects Be-
vsrely on the Officer,
Who Killed Tho Dor Without Shadow OF
o., Justification.
By the Officers Own Statement, the Kill
Ing Vas Not Proper.
The Jury Unable to Agree Upon
Verdict.

1iceman john Collins, at tho Twelfth Street /
Station Yestcrday+ commencing NJ II a. IN. Tho !
jury werc impaneled on Thursday afternoon, |
and tllcy woFu ordered to appear ut tho poEco /
station at tho hour named yesterday. City |
Prosecutor Cameron was In attendance to at
tend to tho interests Of Officer Collins. Ono Of
the iurymen, John Harris, WAS excused, and
Mr.. Philip Mass was substituted. Julius Rod
bossus Was made foreman, and tho names OF the
others were Michael CooneY, Charles Frank,
Frank Long. and Otto Lctmhach.
The first witness was tho father Of tlcecaacd,
PATRICK LEIGH.
III 4.ot,eoa thai bo wo. fprn,tnrc. .fntshcr md
49,. ~ .n1o-a5 hv .ho T!,1co.o Cnrnot for,,anv
was esnpIofeu w 'ns en's"ko eat tHt Sou'pru5'
and did not reach homo until about II 80
n,cfock. When ho cnmo in wtncss smoke to
h,o,. a,,a .hn nv s.;a In co,a ,,<,t es hin, thcn.
'.s ana u'a oo5 sa,u ,s ho 10y ~. .ss,. 49, h".I
md said, II I'M dying" He then laid down on
the sofa, n,,d witness examined him md found
thot ho had }rcn at,o, In tho riuht side. ind was
hlcc{lno @ T trom f,is wound, Deceased was %
p'ccall'e 1tol1 u'a "o"aa' ,tt.sW 80.
years OF age. Ae was not IN Tue baolt Oh oeine
out late nights. and Was q sober, industrious
voting man.
nm ,,x,,n yp.yvv
testified that no YES called to attend deceased
at his home late on tho night OF tho 9th. He
had no acouaIntauco with him previous to tlat
"e ... " stas.a ~. 49, In ~. ho,nr, .s-,1o1
.lno. ~ 1ou1a r.e' ~ ~ ,s,a "as uoms ,,s,. .,
Into the house. t1e was ''Ma upon eoucl'' anu
witness examined tic wound. 1t was evidently
caused by bullet from n pistol Tho wound
nropcr was over the right btp, and witness
ta,,r, h,,,a w., T., theJnft o.oI,, fro,r which
iouhu oluo 6pot III ~. '.4t sso1o' nou. "".sN
he haa slnco removed the bullet. ibis was pro-
duccd, and was No. 80 'caflbrc. Ho died In
na,out twenty minutes from internal hcsnor-
-t,,ro ,rho coure. nj thc hu,lct wzs str,narcrselv
trnsn r,,hs ~ ~ inft - ~A~ 0S' "''S
4''u' sik"s w !c..'
testified that he lived at No. SIC West Taylor
strict; was lawyer md real-estatc dealer. 1ie
Eaw DECEASED lsst aatc On tne n'ent VI tne Wy
4 az ~ IL ta1 1 IL ~ ,,,,ter ~ ,ha ,sat
sf1a ~ T,tno,, st;c"1 ~ hct.cnn Twcifth nnI
Knuzea ~ strcctp liz wos eydenty ia min.
1ve cceasea mcs ~ lii td him. mi ws,ess oItalncd
lMSu: Decsases to'o ] @ UNI ,1 IKE %, ;'.n
IL t1.sm ran % nftcr Dr.. Br,,rknor. md when ho
rctnrr'nI nr, Frascr xva. tMcrn. I'm yot,nv
49,. Ala .he,,i 4wontssnvn 1,tnutca offcr IL
t"a +oEcn HnMc Wt2rss wns asked how i,e
cnn,o ~ ~ ~ tbo xnnn~ n,no. IL. rcnicfi
th"t bo MAJ ~ Gmccr rniIins m tic strcct md
asked @ hin, mi into % saloon, a. thc corner of Kansas
aaI1 h. ~; mt Islrc ~ ~ iotn TINT ulnrc. M
5hsro ~ srrc @ "ro,y1 If ra,s Il, .hera via Ind
throatcncd ~ Win n h,m' H. naked witnrss If
replied that 10 md. Shortly after thts w'tness
went north On Loomfs street, and Collins went
cast on Kansas. About ten minutes inter this,
when t1lc witness bud reached the corner OF
Taylor and Loomis, ho heard shot fired In tue
direction Of Twelfth street. Immediately after
ward ho haard d second shot fired, which was
considerably palmer and louder tilan the l'rst.
Witness ran In the dErecdon from
whence the shot wus heard, and lie found de-
did not near deceased sny anything further than
to give the number Of his residence. tic heard
q nois9o Of loud talking Ia tho dis. s:
witness could not distinguish tho words, as the
distance Wps too great. This waa about tho
time be heard tho shot tired.
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