The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-25
THE BALDWIN TRAGEDY.
Important Statements COntradicting the
Police.
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destination. Did not hear any shot fred
while on the way to Benefits, nor had Il
pistol A picture of the deceased as here
handed the witness, and he recognized it al
once as that of one who visited his saloon
nearly every night between the hours OF II
and -. Last saw him about two weeks ago.
His barkecper may have seen him. The de-
ceased would sometimes have lady with
him. After leaving the place lie would
sometimes return in about ten minutes and
have a glass by himself When in company
with the lady it was usually between the
hours Of o and II o'clock. Could not say
whether the lady was young or old, or
whether she was neatly dressed.
The testimony this morning was as fol-
lows:
The first witness was
BLANCHE RALEIGH.
She testified: | reside at No. 297 Elm
street; l have been there six or seven
weeks; previously lived in Pittsburg;
never knew of Baldwin visiting Bennctt's;
the Chief of Police showed me his picture,
but | don't remember having seen him;
| rccollect Saturday night week ago; i
don't know all the parties that came; Mr..
Schaller's party came there about half past
IL o'clock; | saw no strange lady calling
there; don't know how many rooms were
occupied that night; | came down from my
room about 7:3O or O'clock, and re-
mained down stairs until retired for the
night; staid in the reception room all the
time while the Schaller party was there;
the party had been drinking; Schaller was
the most sober of the party, | saw Schaller
have pistol: he took it out Of Hahn's
pocket, which was ripped; it was the side
pants pocket; Mr.. Hahn did not notice
Schaller taking the weapon remarked
that he should look out, and
then put it in his (Schaller's) pocket;
think ! could tell what kind of pistol it
was. Here a white-handled pistol was
shown the witness, and she stated that it
was not the one. Another with black
handle was shown her. and she thought
| that the weapon was longer one.
| The witness continued: Schaller did rot
say what he was going to do with it; |
| thought he just took it out of his friends
pocket for a joke; the friend was not
drunk; heard no pistol shot at all
that night; neither before the Schaller
party came nor after the same left the
house, | heard no noise; could not help
hearing the noise if there would have been
some in or around the house; In the room
where Schallcr was we're Miss Stella Lot
tie myself and Miss Gipsey or lizzie; Miss
| Bennett was also in the room; Miss Bennett
went to the door when the bell rang;
don't know how many times it rang, nor
how many visitors were admitted
two of the girls, Miss Lottie and
Miss Gypsey were out Of the reception
room for few minutes; Miss Bennett let
the Schaller PARTY out the door; it must
have been about II 80 OF o'clock; no par
ty came to the house after the Schaller
crowd left. A few minutes after the
| Schaller party left l retired to my room
in the second story in the back of the
house; Miss Stella staid with me; there
was no noise either inside or outside of the
house; | had some lunch after Schaler
| left; it was about half an hour after
this that | went to my room; Miss
Bennett did not tell me of any parties
being in the house that night, and saw no
other ladies; am positive of this; the COL
| ored boy took Lotta and Miss Gipsey home
This ended her testimony, which would
go to show that Stix and the yelled woman
in black were not in the house that night
STELLA EMMETT.
live at 125 Front street and formerly
| lived at Madame Fraziers; l was at Miss
| Bennetts for Il few days but am not stay
| ing there now; | have known Miss Bennett
on the night Of the mu der: | went
there about 80 o'clock; nobody came to
the house between and IL except Miss
Lottie and Miss Lizzie (Gipsey). I have
met no girls at Benefits except the two
that | have mentioned; | never heard the
name of Baldwin mentioned in the house
| don't remember having seen about the
house fat gentleman, about so years old,
with gray mustache; I did not hear of
Baldwin murder until Monday; staid at
BENEFITS until Sunday morning;
never saw Mr.. Baldwin's picture;
was in the room all the time with the
Schaller party; did not see any one with
pistol; they came about II o'clock or half
past; / did not hear any shots; they left be-
tween II and l o'clock. | retired about
half an hour later and heard no shots nor
noise.
JACOB D0RsE
testified l live at 5l91S Central avenue; |
am collector for Schaller d Gerke Schaler,
Hahn and | were over the Rhine on that
night; we were at Browns saloon at about
| 6K o'clock, and remained there about
| three-quarters of an hour. Hahn had a
pistol, the only one | saw in the
crowd. We went from Browns to the
Washington Platform, thence over the
Rhine, and back again to the Platform. A
little after IL o'clock Hahn said, Lets 20
to Kitty Benefits" There were several
ladies in Benefits, but l don't know
them; that was the first time
was in the house. We drank
several glasses OF wine; l. saw no pistol
in the house, and don't know how Schal-
Ter came by the same until after the firing;
We left Benefits about 1890 and went to
the Platform; We were near Ninth
street when the shot was fired;
Schaller . shot straight up in the
air, and | saw the fire and smoke
go up. did not hear of Baldwin's death
until Monday, and l at once said Schaller
did not kill him, as he fired in the air.
heard no other shot that night when the
police arrived nobody was searched in our
crowd for pistol except Schaller.
wM. GERKE:
| live at No 1853 Court street; am bar
keeper for Fidel Bader, and l was on duty
that Saturday night; the Schaller party
came in the last time about half past II.
They spoke Of firing pistol; officers were
with them but they staid outside;
knew Baldwin by sight. but | did not
know he was the one shot until l saw his
picture; he was in the habit of coming to
the Platform every night about IL o'clock
he always came by himself and would re.
main about ten or fifteen minutes; he would
drink about two glasses of beer and eat
sandwich; he was at the platform on
Monday and Tuesday before he was shot,
never saw him with ladies' don't recolleci
any conversation with him; he never spoke
about ladies, and never heard any one
speak of Baldwin having ladies with him.
MARTIN MILLER
testified am a waiter at 2Sl Vine street
restaurant; | know Doran and Hurtig
on the 18th of March the two were in the