The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-28
R0SENFIELD MURDER CASE |
EVENING SESSION !!
THE PEOPLE REST THEIR CASE.
THE DEFENSE INTRODUCE WIT
NESSES!
Sensation in Court for the Benefit of
the Sick Lawyerl
TUESDAY EVENING SESSION.

brick and l picked up stone (stone shown
witness) | think this is the stone, 1t
looks like the same one; there was spot |
| of blood about the size of ten cent piece;
| the brick lay about six to eight feet west
| of the pool of blood. | noticed other rocks
there. but they we're smaller, | noticed
these two stones (pOinting to the stonesl
because of their size there were no wagon
tracks near where the stones were found,
| first noticed that the scale had been
knocked off the brick, | recognize this
brick as the one, at least should judge it
was, from its similarity to the one picked
up. am pretty certain it is the brick
and that the stone is the same as picked
up on the morning of March 18th last.
Cross-Examined, by Cannon: When |
first went there ii was early in the morn
ing; next saw the brick about $50 in the
morning; we were in the house of Rosen-
field about Is minutes; we went there to
view the remains. | mean the coroner s
| jury when say we.
By Kenworthy-When you were there
at o'clock in the morning, you did not
know that you were going to be member
of the coroners jury?
A.-No, sir.
| JOHN GFoRGE-Sworn: lave in Raek
Island: remember the time II death u Ut
| fcer Rosenfeld; visited the place q raeS-
| der about $50 or 10 o'e,ock, Witness
| then commenced to tell about hndIng the
stones, reciting about the pool OF blood, but
was stopped by an objection by Mr. y Mara
who proceeded to argue that the evidence
seemed unnecessary, and could only be for
| the purpose of keeping it before the jury
and repeating the story OF the pool OF
| blood. So far as the defense was con
lcerued they would admit that Mr.. Rosen-
| field was killed they had never intended to
show any other manner Of death except
that of murder. We agreed to admit that,
Mr.. Parmenter-Yes you agreed to go
to trial with three of the prisoners but you
did not do it, all the same.
Mr.. OMara-That's not our fault.
i Mr.. Cannon - hotly Mr.. Parmeuter,
you know that you are doing US an injury.
Furthermore sir growing warm. You
told US to be ready for trial at O'Clock
and you commenced the case at 9 in the
moruiug. 1t is us that have reasons to
complain, not you sir.
Nj. Parmenter-Oh yes, that will do to
talk.
The court interposed here by ruling the
1
the witness TO proceed
The tilt between counsel was short, but
S it was red hot while it lasted. Witness
: then continued.
I saw loose stones in the vicinity of the
pool of blood; (picking up a stOne) this
looks like the stone; he corroborated Mr..
e Luken about the blood. Did not notice
ho
6 place where the stone was found. This
y, was after we viewed the body, There
we're several stones not as large as this
9 stone, lying near the place; we selected
= this brick because it was fresh broken, and
witness testimony after this was repeti
= ton of testimony already given.
K Cross-examined by Mr. Gannon-Mr,
. George, is the street macadamiZed?
n Answer presume it is.
Queshon-Well, is it not fact that DR.
% Truesdale and others own fine residences
:; on or near that street, and keep carriages
l. in fact that they drive there frequently
Al suppose so.
Q-Do you say that the stone you have
just seen was the one you saw on the morn
J. ing of March 18th?
~ Al am pretty sure 1t is; it looks like
the same stone; it is very similar to it
! there was spot of blood on it; it was no
l. drops of blood, but a spot about the siz
s. Of n nickel
:. Q-Do you not think the blood nigh
have got on the stone by being near tn
'e pool?
W Alt is possible, of course, that i
t might.
h Witness was then excused.
-, GEO. PEAIBERToN--Sworn: Reside il
~ Davenport; live on lie Claire street; an
l. guard on the south end OF the goverumen
d bridge; l have been guard nearly tire
in years. On the evening of the 1lth ant
a evening of March last | was on guard a
~ the bridge.
y Q.-Were you called upon that evenin
D. to assist in making an arrest?
h Al was; Mr.. Black burn came to tn
bridge and told me
OMara-Never mind what he told you
Witness-Well. | was looking out G
sc the south window Of the guard house
'" when Blackburn came up. He said Re
senfield had been killed and to let no ma
j., pass tonight. then said, "A man ha
= just gone over the railroad bridge on til
upper deck, and will have the guard sto
him." ran across the wagon bridge an
told Fish to stop the man going over tn
upper deck; did not fire any signal fC
u fear of alarming the man whom we wer
ne after and who was going over the bridge
t. l told Fish to run and hold the man VIII
lr was on the upper deck, and he ran an
= just got there in time to stop the man. an
= held him there at the point of his revo
ly yer. | came up in few seconds and sale
D. have you got him2 | was then near th
E. embankment. Fish said said, Eyes. i have,
and the man said to Fish, will 70
II shoot" and Fish said, Yes, will, if 70
b. don't STOP | said send him down. II
O. then came down and then Blackbu cam
in up and we took him across the bridge. o
:. the bridge | heard Blackburn say, II
10 show you some of your work, you hav
rs killed policeman" The prisoner ther
IS said, II would like to kill you, you d,
% s-n of a b-h and throw you in the river
! many u better man has been thrown Their
- before you" did not see Mr.. Black
le burn strike or i'll use the man
y he searched him, that was all he did
| delivered the prisoner to Mr.. Manly, an
other guard; Guard Fish was with ID
10 when wo brought the man arrested owe
le the bridge. 1t was clear, moonlight night
8 it was about 20 minutes past o'clock; an
" SO years old, or will be the Goth day o
next June.
By Gannon-This was about Is minute
y past o'clock when first saw Blackburn
i Fish did not strike him, but / did strik
,e him with cane, after he resisted and use,
hard language to me; l struck him one
oyer the back and once over the butt.
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