National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-02-14

rode 10 Seventeenth street aud pounsyiyauia
avenue northwest he then got out uud walked up
Seventeenth street 20 street, here DE met Craig
and they walked out TO p street together he went
for his mother TO see French cook AT No. 1910
Seventeenth street but could not ind her ana ~
street he started 10 come across 70 Fourteenth
street to come home ana IL was ut the corner That
he met these three men.
AFTER THE RECESS.
The cross. examination Of Richard Brown was re-.
sumed by Mr. Miller lie did not notice on the
night Of The 9TH Of January whether or not there
was gas lamp on the corner OF seventeenth ana
streets il was a dark night; he remained IN con-
vorsation with the men from two 10 Eve minutes;
the first thing he said was How arc you boys
Bedford then got to talking with him, and asked
him 20 60 and play II game Of cards; Bedford did
not say where they were going TO play: as near ~
he could recOllCct, Bedford said: Come. let's so
and have little game he dld not Know whether
he had ever played cards with Bedford before or
not he had played with forty or fifty colOred peo-
pie about there he told Bedford that he did not
care to play that night Bedford did not speak In II
very loud tone ofvoce; whilethe witness was talking
with Bedford, one Of the party said, Hurry, babe,
or you viii miss your bird; before he recognized
them and got 10 them he saw them coming along
struggling like tired soldiers; while they were talk
ing man passed them, and II was after he went
by that the remark was mnde; the only thing he
heard said after that was Bedford saying, u am on
e layout tonight and am going TO get even with
my man. he recognized all of the parties ~ being
the ones that he met on Z street on that night:
he had been I'm Pinn's company several times, but
could not tell where he first got acquainted with
him; he had seen him at picnic in the camp near
met him at Reeds. on Eleventh street, he had
talked with him on Nineteenth street last summer
q year ago when he was driving cart ana haul
ing sand rom Rock Creek for gentleman named
Mr.. Mnler-wcre You not m informer in liquor
cases ? A. | was employed by the District govern
g. You were paid for It? A. Yes sir.
G. Were you not relieved from that duty when
the officers found that you had been 70 the peui-
Tertiary? A. never served day in the reni-
Tertiary IN my lie.
q. We're yOu in Jail?
The CouIt-Gcntlcmen, that won't do. If YOU
question witness in this manner, you arc bound
| by his answer
Witness (rcsumlng He wore the pants. shoes and
hat that he was wearing at this time, but not the
coat and vest alterWard Bedford left him; they
| crossed Seventeenth street. the witness and Craig
crossed over to the northwest corner of Seventeenth
street; he had stood there two or three minutes
when he heard grooming some fifty or seventy five
yards away from him; II sounded like somebody
WINS in misery and suffering, he could not SEQ Bed.
ford and the rest of them, Rs they had got too lai
away; he did not want 70 take part in any affair OF
| prevent my troublei he thought 1t was common
| fight and lO did not 60 up there he might be
arrested; he went bac. 10 Craig and said that there
| was some fuss up there and he guessed those par
ties had got into a fight he heard some words
spoken, but he could not understand them; there
| were two or three voices but he could
| not tell what was said. when he got back across
Seventeenth street he looked back and saw some
thing like man running across the vacant lot: II
might have been horse, COW or something exc
| for all he knew: he had not been on street bo
| tween seventeenth ana ElgHiecUlN streets since
| the night of the murder; when he rejoined Craig
they went 10 Sixteenth street, and there Craig len
| him; the witncfs went 10 Fourteenth street ana
| bat there was no ear, and ne went on block and
| a.halr before the car overt ok him, and then hG
rode 10 Fifteenth street and Now York avenue; he
met men on Seventeenth street that night before
| he met Bedford and lis party; he did NOT sec
| Moses Ross that night; he first heard Of the hon
| eide the next day after 1t occurred.
Mr. Miller-Dld you not get az TINS Information
| from the newspapers or from other sources2
| Wltness-No, sir got i from what saw tina
night
and Moses Ross ~ Rced'r restaurant frequently ht
| was going north on seventeenth street when ht
crossed aud met Bedford aud his party the CRANE
Jury told him that hB ought 10 lind Craig, ana TIN
| was what started him 10 hunt for Craig; Mr.. Noa
! told him also 20 go and hunt for him, he Heye
tod Qhicer No's before ne wltEesE went before tn
| Grand Jury that this mans nnnu was Jack Brown
/ he saw Ben Johnson on Monday and was tClkiNl
! 10 him, but the keeper said stop talkiHg 70 Ma
/ man and he did he received 81 from Mr.. NOs
and that was all he ever got except the Grand Jur
! money; he never was In the Criminal court ns
witness IN liquor cases, but appeared tOlr O
! Ave times I'm the Police court last summer
| 70 Mr, Coyc-llc never told Craig before gct'lu!
| TO Fitzmorrls ut that place or after leaving Il Tia
| he wanted him to play the character Jack Brown
| Redirect 10 llr lerry-He did not know wher
| Craig lived in January last; If he had then ht
| would have found him; he spent about S Of hi
money looking for him, he went out 10 Reeds an,
while playing cards ne found Craig and they ploye,
! together: then he and Craig went out together
! nr hhlO now Nlult you hllON ll'tt you were VIII
! me thut nighG' Crag said Yes, know, but II
have anything 10 do with II them uiygrrF OYER II
! the Bottom will Eill me- tho witness told him no
! they would not but n they troubled him {,
| do as the witness did-gct a warrant gu
| for them; he wanted Craig to no owe
! 10 detective Voss' house, but no WON'T
| not aud then they walked toward the station
! house on Seventh street they wcutinto FlzmDWis
! aud had drink the witness stiil talking Gbau
THIS matter thGy went 10 The restaurant II Seventh
! and Boundary aud Ema'lWood came 10 there th,
witness yRCNtnl; after they got out he told Cril
that he had better go around 10 the slalion-hous
aud settle that matter hot he said thet be could NO
! 20 then as he mad some .Oci,ty matters that b
| wanted 10 attend ~ with smullwOOd that might
but would lncul the witness ut JOHNS TCstaUTgn
on Seventh street, NCSl morning. he saw som
U,dccs on the corner went nnd told thcm Hhout
and they arrested Craig ana took him ~ the stu
ton house
Rccross.cyamlnod by Nj Coylo: Craig ml.h
have drank four or five times that afternoons h
could not tell except that he ULg wilugsj p0i
for H.
w. ?. BAGLEY
was called and sworn he testified that his nam
was Waterman T. BRgluy
Tho defense challenged the witness, on th
ground that the name given them was William /
BUglCy,
The court took the matter under adyisoment.
JAMES r. LEVY