Daily Republican., 1879-04-07

o'clock /; the nOise awoke ms laid in
bed some five or ten minutes got up
out OF bed, boist d the window and got
my head ont; heard great ,ursing
down towards the b 'idge; three colored
men came running down the road with
pai!ings in their hands two white men
after them in their shirt sleeves !;
called them, told them to "come back
that they were their friends; :" the
colored men stopped on the railroad
and cursed them; the white men
started after them; that was the last
saw of them don't knew any OF
the McManuses these white men
had on dark pants; they were very
small; by their size and appearance, I
judge they were young men. The two
white men came around and went back.
they asked me If saw three colored
men pass?" I said "I did," After
these white men came back, they met
Perry, carried him off the road along
side Of the fence, and Perry said, ~
will stay by you until | die, if you cut
my throat" He went along by him
self towards the railroad, that was the
last seen Of him. Edward McMsi
nus brought cut. He looks like
one of the men l saw on the road
Edward McManus, sworn Reside
on south side of Market street bridge
between II and IL o'clock l heard .
noise opposite Guthrie's about middle
OF the road seen crowd making q good
bit Of disturbance; they then went over
Market street bridge; two Of them staid
there; myself and TWO others went over
to the man found him to be tall
man, pretty heavy built, black man
these two men were close by him they
were helping to raise him up ; did not
know the black man or any of the other
parties l went on after ihe two
blask men and asked them 'to
stop solOred man had his
head out Of the window; told
him "there was colored man hurt
down tn. road" | didn't 60 any fur
ther than the first frame house. hol-
Tered to ths celored "to esme back,
we were their friends" | was ahead
of the two men who had the colored
man. 1t was clear weather. When I.
came back, they let the colured man
70. The party cam in sy house be-
tween II and II o'clock aud | put them
out; this was after the disturb+ nee;
my brother, myself ard another person
showed them out. In the house were
two Rridgemans, a fellow from Phila:
d.lphia, Kircher, Brickey Tom and
and others. seen pair of
overalls laying alongside of the
road; do not know what became
of them. handed him tho bundle
Could not say who the men were that
led him up the road. wasn't with
the man more than a minute. | don't
believe did help pick him up. 1t
couldn't have been my brother that
helped pick Linn up, if it had l would
have known him. Can't tell how
many went out of the house before me,
there might have been one, then again
there might not have been any.
Thomas Bridgeman, sworn:--Was in
Edward McManus' house, | asked
officers Mccormick and Cannon if he
had seen my brother was looking fox
him; it was 10 or II o'clock; lot was.
drinking; Frank Gheen, Brockey Tom,
Kopp, Finn, Smith, Johnny Kelley, and
Monahan. wasn't in there but few
minutes; dom; know where these
young men came from. l found my
brother at McManus'; he and I and
Murphy can Q out. | think Ned's wife
was in the bar-room with her head
tied up; Seen "Dutch Beck" in the
house. | knew nothing about the
man being found until this morning.
did not help take the man up the
road. 1t was $50 when | got up this.
morning.
Was you pretty full last night
No | wasn't, officer Cannon eau tell
you that, 81 hadn't that good luck"
Edward McManus was brought in-
1t was his other brother who same out
of the house with me not Thomas. I
did not say there were two Bridgemans
in the road. Bridgeman and mis- bro.
ther left my house about one o'clock.
Themas McGaraghy, alias "Brockey
Tom," was over the bridge at Lizzie
Stewards where Mchanus tends bar last
evening, over all night in fact;
between twelve and one o'clock the
fight occurred. was inside; heard
some one outside; the woman next door
said 'pick the man up" we picked
him up and Frank McManus; "Ned-
die' started up after the mans
friends but they wouldn't come back;
McManus hollered to them two or three
times; Frank and walked up about
Eahart's; he would fall down and then
get up: We waited for Neddie and we all
three came back together; Ned was
Just about coming to us when Wa let
the man 60; We three came down
The road in conversations: the colored
nan made no remark; observed moth
ing in the road. We all ran out of the
saloon together; we heard the wrangle
very plain; seen Kopp, Finn Mona
han and Smith about half an hour or
an hour before in Walth.r's;I left them
in there; don't know how long they
stayed there at ALL between II and !,
saw a crowd going towards the bridge;
my head was not very level last night;
am not very sober now; the party un-
Ter arrest came to McManus' saloon
while we were up the road.
On motion Of William Quinn, the
ury adjourned to meet this evening at
80 o'clock.
Lecture On india
Miss Britton, a returned missionary
from India, will lecture on that coun