National Republican., 1880-02-26

AFTER THE RECESS
Richard Laws was examined by consent He
was acquainted with Howard Cokely aud his
general reputation for truth and veracty; 1t
was as good rs that of any other man Of his
age In the neighborhood where he lived he
would believe him upon his oath.
RICHARD =. SINCLAIR
was examined He kept grocery store mt the
| corner of Nineteenth and q streets; he lived
there on the 7th of January; he knew the
night of the murder Of Hirth; the body had
just been brought TO the drug store when he
got there; 1t was then about 25 minutes past
| O'Clock; the body WAS lying on the floor, but
the man was not then Dead whilc he was there
| lie looked from the head to the feet Of the man
aud was satisfied that IL was young Hirth;
directly at the head of IIirth the witness saw
Bedford standing; tho witness then won't to
| his house and got sofa, and 1t was upon that
| tho body was removed; he had known Bedford
about five years. there were no ladies at the
| drug store when witness saw Bedford there,
| excepting Mrs. Wilson.
Cross.examncd by Mr. Coyle: He sent tho
| sofn to the store by two men; when he got
| there the FIRST time there were about ton per.
| sons In the storo he only noticed Hirth and
Bedford, and saw the latter two or three
times; his actions attracted the witness atten.
tiOn he could tell when he last saw Bedford
before the night at the drug store, Bedford
was employed by o. OBrien at tho time the latter
was grading lot for the witness he did not
speak TO Bedford at the drug store OF see Bed
ford speak to anyone; he did not rccollect see.
ing Bedford at the store after the witness
went for the sofa; he saw Mr.. Sibley there
about quarter past 10 o'clock or something
like that.
MICHAEL AuERN
policeman, was examined: He rccollected the
night of the murder, and IL was about $3.50
o'clock when he got to the drug store; Sergeant
| Stfit g1i 10
ahead of tue witness; he saw Mr. Sinclair
| there, Bedford and others; IL was four or five
minutes after lie got there that he noticed
Bedford; the body was on the floor at that time;
there were no girls with him at that time; he
put Bedford out of the store with others.
Cross.examined by Mr.. Coyle: 1t was not
later than $50 o'clock when the witness got
to the drug store; he thought the man was
still alive, but the doctor said that he was
dead.
WILLIAM GANTz,
policeman, was examined: He had recently
walked over the distance between Twelfth
and T streets aud the scene of the murder;
it took him twenty minutes to walk it at an
ordinary gait; he recollcctcd the night of the
murder and went to the drug store, aud got
there at S:2S o'clock by his watch and S:3l by
Sergeant Satf,l's; the body was lying on the
floor; lie saw Bedford standing on the inside
of the door and did not see any colored girls
with him. On crOss.eNamination witness
pointed out the route walked
CHARLES II. sAFFEL,
sergeant of police, testified that on arrival at
the drug store he ordered all out and Bedford
went toward the wall witness then took
him by the arm aud told him to leave; wit
ness went with officer West to see Mrs. Hall;
she said that Piun and Bedford came to the
house that night, Pinu between Z and 8
| o'clock and Bedford anerward she subsc-
| qnently said it might have been later, for she
had no timepiccc.
Cross.oxalnined: They went there to see
Sue Barber; Mrs. West told her to be careful;
she said II might have been later, but she was
| not certain, for she had no timepiece; after.
ward she said it might have been after s
o'clock.
W. II. WEST
| (oiliccr) testified that Howard COlleley's rep
utation for trath was bad, and he wouli not
believe him on oath; lie corr obOratcd the state
ment made by Sergeant Saifel us to the con-
versation between the witness and Mrs. Hall.
BERNARD FULLY
was recalled He got to the drug store with
the body between and $50 o'clock; about
five minutes after they got there he saw Bed
! ford Mt tho store.
| Cross-cxamined: There were other persons
at the drug store of both sexes and white and
colcrcd.
james w. Bailey, policeman, was examined:
He knew Delzie Adams; her house was in
! Majors alley, between Thirteenth and Thir-
teen.and.a-half and c aud d streets north.
west. The testimony as to the character of
the house was declared inadmss,bc.
DETECTIVE j. W. CooMEs
recalled II was Friday, January 10, that OH
Ger Acton had the conversation with Sarah
! Turner and Maria Turner; Sarah Turner said
at first that she did not know Edward Quee.
nan; aftcrwHrd she said that she had known
| him since Christmas, aud that he came to her
| service place: she said that she met Queeman
in the afternoon before the murder at the house
of her sister, Oracle Mercer he saw Maria
Turner on January 16; she said on that occa-
sion that her daughter did not get home on the
night of the murder until between and S
o'clock.
The Government hore announced their case
as closed.
Mr. Miller then called
WILLIAM DANGERFIELD.
He was acquainted with Lucy Taylor
(sho was brought in aud recognizcd); he had
| known her about ono year; he never had any
conversation with Mrs. Taylor about the case;
he did not remember telling Mrs. Taylor, in
the presence of her daughter, two weeks ago,
in front Of her house on Twelfth, between r
aud u streets, that ho did not know anything
| about the case
MRS. LUCY TAYLOR
wRa examined Sho lives on Eleventh. be-
tween Q and X Streets sho knew William
Daugorhold, and recolectcd u conversation
with him two weeks ago about the Hirth
murder; she saw him passing tho house and
asked him ii he knew anything about the
murder, and lie said that he did not know
anything at all about the murder; he then ran
away laughing.
Mr.. Perry said that in this case and that of
Henry johnson tho Government had in.
structed them to say to anyone that tried to
talk with them that they knew nothing
about the case
Sherman Edmonson was examined; He
drove cattle two days in the week, but did not
know whether no drove them the last week in
December or the first week in January; ho saw
Craig on a Wednesday and heard Of the muir.
der on Thursday, but did not know whether
or not the Wednesday was the one on which
tho murder took place.
Richard Craig was recalled The witnoss
borrowed five cents from Sherman Edmon5ou
tho first Wednesday after New Years.
Al this point, $3.50 o'clock, the evidence in
THE CASE WAS CLOSED.
His Honor suggested that the points Of law
bo submitted at present, and ho would rule on
them in the morning, but not being ready the
matter went over. His Honor said that there
must bo some arrangement as to the argument.
II was agreed that Mr.. Perry should open,