The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-28

Further Testimony Before the Coroner.

| Coroner Carrick still continues to sub
ppna witnesses to appear ndtestify before
him in the very mysterious Baldwin mur-
der case. But of all the witnesses that
have so far been examined, no definite evi-
dence as to who fred the fatal shot has yet
been brought out.
The following additional testimony was
taken yesterday afternoon:
| Officer Brink testified: Am police off
Ger, and report at the Ninth-street Station.
Have been on the regular force for four
years, and am on night duty. Ny beat is
from Walnut to Race and from Eighth
street to the canal. Have known private
watchman Doran for about three and one
half years. He runs on my beat Have
but sometimes off of it, Do not recollect
of seeing him as far west as Plum, although
| may have done so. When on my way
to the Station, met him on Sunday morn
ing, March 10Th, at little before O'Clock,
on Race street, between Eighth and Ninth.
| He was alone and walking fast, not run.
lining He came out of the alley that runs
east and west between Eighth and Ninth,
from the direction of Elm street, toward
Race, to the east side, and went down to
Eighth street. spoke to him and asked
what was the matter. He replied that there
was drunken man on Elm street, and that
he was going to get Hurtig whose where
abouts he knew. He did not mention
not mind going off my beat to assist him, if
duty required it, but Doran continued on
toward Vine street. My partner was with
me, and we remained on the corner of
| Eighth and Race for about ten minutes
| Did not See Doran return. Before leaving
| we raped and heard an answer from the
direction where the man was reported to be.
There were some other officers there who
answered. We then went east on Eighth to
| Vine. do not recollect seeing Doran or
| Hurtig during the remainder of the night.
Did not hear anything of the supposed
drunken man until ] went to the Station
house that evening, when l spoke to Doran.
He answered me in bis natural, easy way,
and did not seem excited. d. "a,
| Officer Eggleston-Am a police officer,
and report for duty at the Central Station.
Have been on tbe force for six years, and
do night duty. Mr.. Brink and run the
same beat. | know Doran and Hurtig, and
understand they are employed as private
watchmen. Have known Hurtig for about
| eighteen months and Doran about FIVE
years. l knew the latter when he was on
the regular force. We met them both fre.
lquently on Eighth and Ninth streets, and
on Vine and Race run on tine beat de-
lscribed by Mr.. Brink, and am his partner.
Our beat now extends only to Race street
but prior to November it was to Elm, and
then we used to eithem as far west as that
street. Ihave seen both Doran and Hurtig
have pistols. Some time last week saw
Doran have one. We were talking about
revolvers, and be told me he had one, and
tshowed it to me. | did not ask him what
had become of his other pistol, and
never saw him have one before This was
on Eighth, near Vine. Wason duty Satur-
day night, March 18th, and think that be-
tween the hours of 1880 O'Clock and mid
night we were in the vicinity of Vine
street. | did not hear any pistol shot dur
| ing that time; near l O'Clock, when stand
| ing on the corner of Ninth and Vine, we
heard a pistol shot, the sound appearing to
come from direction west Of north; went
west on Ninth to Race, and asked my part
ner if he had heard the shot, he said he
had, and thought it was toward Elm; We
went to Court street, but could learn moth
! ing of it; did not 60 farther west than Race
street on that morning; nearly an hour
after we heard the shot we met Doran OIL
Race street; he was coming out of the alley
running east and west, between Eighth and
Ninth, from the direction of Elm street he
crossed over to the east side of Race, where
we were He was walking faster than is
usual for watchmen, but have seen him
walk as fast on his beat. My partner spoke
to him and he said something about find
ing a drunken man and going after his
partner, Hurtig. | did not know whether
| the drunken man was in the street or
house. know nothingof the duty OF pri-
vate watchmen in regard 10 drunken men.
My partner said to him that it was not too
far off the beat if our assistance was neces-
sary. think he made no reply but went
on down Race. We remained in that local
ity about five or ten minutes afterwaEd.
Did not see Doran or Hurtig return, or hear
any unusual footsteps. l do not recollect
how long but think about An hour after
ward, we met Doran and Hurtig on Vine
street, somewhere between Eighth and
Court, and spoke to them, but did not ask
them about the drunken man on Elm
street. They told me they had takena man off
of our beat, from the south side of Court
street, who was supposed to be burglar. l
asked them in regard to it, and they said