Daily Republican., 1879-04-07

sauseway drunk or dead; he didn''
know wfisch. The officer reported 10
me. hs and I went over there and
found co'ored man lying there dead
he was lying some distance from the
ditch and from the appearance Of the
spot there had been a struggle. The
body was lying little to the one side
Of the road; his head was this way;
his right arm under him; and turned
upon his side; saw where there had
been somebody in the ditch; where they
had gone down and where they came
up; that was OH the right hand side Of
the road going out. Unlocking around
We picked up piece OF tobacco about
two inches long, which laid on the
side of his head. F4r
Learning who had been with .he de-
ceased the evening before l and officers
Dinsmors, Carey and Neal Gibbons,
went to Randolph Peters place where
the deceased lived and We arrested his
son Alonzo Dsnby, Charles Washing
ton, and Samuel Clark who had been
with him the evening before. Alonzo
Denby, said: that about half-past IL
o'clock they were coming from Whining
ton when they we're attacked by five
or six white men near Market street
bridge; they fought with him and his
companions until the whites get too
hard for them and he had to run; there
were four Of them together: they came
out from one side and said "Hello, old
man DENLY! and they went to work on
them; he didn't know whether hs
could recognize any Of them" The as
sailants, said the officer continuing his
testimony, wers standing in front Of
Walther's place; that is where young
DENLY said they first tackled" them;
he said the last he saw of his father was
when they had him down in the road;
and that was when he ran of; Denby
said they had had some liquor; the
fight took place about ll.3O o'clock.
Juryman Pyle, interrupting: "Juror
Sparks, what time was it when DENLY
and his son was in your store ?"
Juryman Sparks: THAT was between
nine and ten o'clock they were sraight,
the old man particularly so." Mr..
Sparks keeps a segar store, on Front
street, between Market and King.]
Officer Jones, continuing; found
this coat on the other side Of the dead
man [coat shoSn. 1t was sack coat,
thoroughly saturated with mud and
water, and had evidently been of dark
brown color 1t was identified by the
son, as belonging to him, and not to
his father; also found this hat [shov-
ing a black felt hat, which, like the
coat, was wet and filed with mud
which picked up out of the ditch
where it had been trampled; didn't
know who the hat belonged to, as one
of Mr.. Denby's sons said he found his
fathers hat near Walther's saloon,
where the attack was made.
Juror-Have you had any informa-
ton as to how thi. coat came to be ly-
ing beside the ts} 'ased'
Oliicer-NonP, his sou who owns the
coat, says he ore it in town, and that
when he got here his father bought
him another; he the son carried the
coat until they were attacked, when he
est it; and suppose from this the ia
ther must have picked it up and car
ried it with him.
Officer Brickle sworn: Heard that a
man had been killed over the bridge
walked little way but came to the
conclusion that there was no use of g.
ing over; found out that it had been
done by four white men aud acting up
on other information Sergeant Dolan
and arrested the parties implicated.
They were Walter Finn, George kdpps,
Geoifry Smith and James Monaghan.
| had Finn in custody.
Odd he say anything to you
Ayes; he asked 'how | knew he
did itr replied, 4 didn't know hs
did it; the arrest was made only on sus-
picion.'
Hattie Berry, sworn: | saw men
standing in front of our door; We live
on the Ca usway in one of Mrs. Erhard's
houses; there were four OF them in their
shirt sleeves; from what | could hear
there was a colored man amongst them;
h. was hurt so bad that he could hard
lv halloo. heard one man say "let's
Kill him here" heard another reply,
"no; let's take him up farther.
When heard this was Up stairs;
| was looking out of the window when
saw the four men in their shirt
sleeves.
q. Were they colOred
A. No; they were white men.
Z. Did you recognize any of them :
A. know one them; it was moon
light, and he being right in frort OF
our house, l could recognize him.
At the suggestion Of Mr.. Quinn, the
prisoners were sent for. While they
were being brought forth the examina-
tion was proceeded with.
didn't know their names; what first
attracted my attention was their run
ming up and down the street like a
pair of horses; they were hallooing to
each other, but didn't call any names.
the man recognized | have seen fire.
quently; have seen him in the beer sa-
loon door; the place is called McManis'.
There was slightstir at the door and
officer Brickle entered followed by
George Kopp, one of the prisoners. lie
is young man apparently about
twenty years of age. On his forehead
sver each eye were two large Jumps
evidently produced by forcible con-
tact with some substance. As he stood
before the witness he appeared to be
greatly disturbed and also to recognize
fully the serious extremity in which
he was placed.
"Is that the one!' asked the fore
man of witness.
"No, that isn't the onn," she re-