National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-01-13
bad been told by bis son to charge some money

had beou told by bis son to charge some money
to Bedford, az he had borrowed Il from him.
Detective Voss examined; The morning af.
ter the murder he looked to see If there were
any tracks OF feet; saw plainly that some one
had run away toward tho Miner school build
ing; traced the tracks until they struck into a
path, and then they we're lost. The prints APP
peared to be Of No. boot or shoe, the sole
coming up to point. Tho left shoe was run
down on the outside and loft the print In the
earth.
Freddie Valks Thirteen years old; live at
2l46 Pennsylvania avenue; was out Sunday
looking at the spot, and, on my way home
past P.street circle, found u bloody handker-
chief with a stone in it, 1t WIS at tho south
cnd of the circle
Handkerchief exhibited and identified. It
is an ordinary cotton handkerchief, very
bloody. The stone Is square. shaped, and will
weigh probably about three aud a-half ounces
Detective Yoss returned with the shoe taken
off johnson, and it was found to bear out his
testimony.
This ended the testimony, and the jury re-
tired for consultation. After n short absence
they returned with the following verdict.
VERDICT.
That the said George Philip Hirth came to
his death between and o'clock p. M, jan
uary Z, 1880 at the drug store of 5. G. Han
ticut avenue northwest city of Washington,
ID. C., from injuries Of the head, inflicted with
stone or other missile or weapon in the
hands of Joseph, alias Babe Bedford, Sandy
Pinn and Edward Queenan, about s o'clock
on the said evening, on p street, between
Seventeenth aud Eighteenth streets north
west, and we also find that Benjamin John.
son, whether guilty or not of violence toward
the deceased, was ut least accessory to the
deed.
The jury was then discharged and Coroner
Patterson made out commitments to Jail for
each Of the prisoners. Bedford, Pinn and Quee-
nan were placed in the police ambulance, john
son in the hack, and under escort of body Of
mounted police, and accompanied by four Off.
GERS, were driven to Twentieth street, to l.,
thence to the Jail. When they were brought
out of the station the crowd made no demon
station beyond pressing forward 10 catch u
glimpse of the murderers. Not word was
spoken as the cavalcude moved off, but u
crowd of urchins ran after the ambulance for
several squares, endeaVoring to satisfy their
curiosity. The proceedings at the inquest
were conducted in most orderly manner, the
large force of police on hand preventing any
breach of the peace.
Before the prisoners were taken to the jail,
representative of The NATIONAL REPUB-
LICAN had a short talk with them. BedlO
was the first one accosted. He said: "The story
Ben Johnson told Just now was lie from be-
ginning to end never associated with him
in fact, only knew his first name, Ben; he ran
with a crowd on Goose Level, aud | belonged
to the Hcll's Bottom boys; the night of tho
murder Sandy Pinn aud myself went TO sec
some young ladies at u Mrs. Halls on Il street.
We went there about o'clock, and it was
after o'clock when young woman came in
and asked if we had heard about the murder;
she told us ali she knew and where the man
IL,
story about cur going to q concert is all false"
Sandy Pinn, who was in the adjoining cell
corroborated Bcdlord's story and disclaimed
any knowledge of the murder. Edward
Queenan SAID he did not see either Bedford or
Pinn the night of the murder; he went into
Dennis Cox's shoe shop on Samson street neal
Fourteenth about dark and stayed there fol
two hours talking; after he left there he went
home. Queenan also said that lie belonged to
different crowd from Johnson's, and had
never associated with him; he had not seen
him until yesterday morning for two months