Daily Republican., 1879-05-20
L A T e r.
OUR COUNTY COURT

| Eu"hu hcMdHus SNOrn: C0rlDbOr,
ted that of his brother with the .vc.'
ton that when he went to call II.
young men, he went to Smith. ana
Leonard house where a man had hi
head out the window and asked him A. !,
he had seen any one go by, the answ.,
was, yes, several colored men had yor,
by; went back to our house with IN,
brother; about fifteen or twenty min
utes after got back the prisoners cam.
in with Reynolds andJones; they all b,t
their coats on; they staid there abOr,
five or eight minutes.
Upon being cross examined III,
question AS to whether he did or dii
not say before the coroner's jury tb,,
he saw two men by the body; but i.
didn't know theml
A.-No, sir, l did not.
In explanation he said that the iva
men he saw were by Robinson,
factory looking towards the body.
Examination continued: When \
talked to the colored man who had b,I
head out the window and told him tIr
there was colored man down the ,Ya|
hurt.
Thomas Leonard, sworn Live Al
Randolph Peters know Perry in
him at supper time on the 5th OF ApH
next morning saw him on .he 10,
dead saw marks in ditch where i,
had fallen in his clothes were mud,
and wet ; officer Brickle was on ,t.
ground.
Cross examined Don't know WIN.
Demby got paid off; don't know wh~,
er he had any money with him.
DR.. George Troupe Maxwell, sworn-
Made examination on the SUNDAY A
of April, found the face puffed and d
abrasion of the cheek: found on reuu
ing the scalp evidence of injuy /
took oil the scul! cap or bone OF :.
head and found the brain Of rpi! 4
tint ;at the base OF the brain We iouA.
clot of blood and also found a fractured
a bone at the base of the brain; nf
found muscles Of the chest also bruiz
but there was no injury to the inter.
organs: the clot on the brain vi
enough to cause death.
The clot was caused by the buIsag
of a small vessel and theIe being t.
place for the blood to escape coagua4
and made a pressure upon the bna
the time intervening between rupgN
and death would be governed by ID
amount Of pressure, the gait OF the MI
so stricken would be like drunk.
man.
DR.. Howard Ogle being sworn, m]
having assisted DR.. Maxwell in the d
animation, corloborated the above,
Michael Lahey, sworn Lived al
Monroe street, on the 5th of Apr 4
know Finn, Monahan and Smith. lad
seen kopp in WILMINGTON; saw Ky
Front and Orange streets on the ns
morning he asked me if | ''was g&4
over to see the negro that was kiI!r,
this conversation lasted about a hal
minutt. Il
This witness was a very rcluHlE
one, and the Attorney General wait
to submit the evidence given by b
before the Coroner's jury, which WI
to show that Kopp had made conf
sion of having had fight will
negroes. Il
The Court told the witness tina,
must tell everything he knew, to vii
the witness replied that was what
was there for.
Attorney Genefal-Did Kopp say
thing to you!
Witness, reluctantly-Yes, he
he had had fight with crowd o;
groes last night; he didn't menI
any one but himself being there
Hattie Berry, sworn:-Live on
causewayi; on Saturday the tlhL
April heard some one running; L% Z
another say ''let's kill him." anoi!
replied "no let US take him further
the road," that was before got out
bed; it was about two or three lanli
after that | got to the window, sawat
men standing out in the road; an
wards saw McManus standing in hfH
Of our house with his hands in
pockets. W.
Louisa Berry, mother of theprecrdl
witness sworn:-Saw four men CON"
from along the causeway; they welt
their shirt sleeves; there was
other party dressed in black; they
each other in front Of my house;
said to the other, "did you see
thing of him." one of the Others
'no;" one Of them said "call his
ner;" they had an old man with iA
and he groaned; they told him to ~
on his feet; heard them as though VI
were beating him; one Of the p
said "let's kill him."
The reply was 10 let's take him
the road further, another asked bin
he had anything about him. III
went in and went up stairs.
parties were outside the fence loo'l
out the window with my daughte'
was about quarter of II O'Clock
two of the party going towards
mington they were dressed in Oh
clothes.
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