National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-02-16

turned around, and as he did so a light colored boy
picked up scar; boy named Lane como up and
scarf the witness took the boy 10 the statlOn.house
and there the officer took their names; Il was on
street about forty or sixty Ic9t from iho blood 70
locality; there was an alley that ran
| lh. ough IT, the ground was uneven and rough;
l'cart shownG that was the scarf that was picked
IN; he examined IT, and thought there were two
Cross examined by Mir. Coylo lie could not fluid
but one Of these spots IN the examination made at
that time while on the witness S,EudE mulnltO
boy, named Myers, picked this scarf UP on the
morning In question; no could not tell who was
the nearest person to Myers when he picked the
scarf up; the witness called him when he saw the
boy picking up the scarf TO Inuw where he got It,
and he said that he just picked II up on tho COM
mons; there were lots OF people standing around.
FREDERICK vAUX
was eNamined He testified that on Saturday after
the murder he went to the SPOT and picked up
handkerchief with a stone in it on the cur truck,
near the P-street circle.
CrOss examined!
When he picked It mp the ends Of the hnndkcr.
chief were not ted the ends were little
crumpled, but not as much as they were at the
present time
SERGEANT CHARLES sAFFEL
was examined lie was q metropolitan police
officer; he rccoecled the night of the murder;
when nc first heard Off nc was at Eleventh aud
X streets, and went Immediately over there aud
then they had got lIth In the drug store; IL was
twenty.niuc minutes to o'clock when they got
there Mr. Hi[th was lying there aud blood was
coming nom his mouth; he was Kind Of gagging.
he lived only a few minutes after that hc knew
Babe Bedford, and saw him there that night he
was one Of he first In the store when the witness
arrived there, and was looking over the
wounded man; the witness put him aud
the rest of the crowd out, and Bedford came round
and entered by the other door; he seemed nervous
ana excited; the witness went away TO notify the
coroner, aud when ho returned Bedford was there
win two girls he acted so nervous that the wit.
ness called tile attention of the coroner to II, and
he 0dvised the witness to arrest him. he did not
stay over twenty minutes or half an n0ur with the
two girls Mr. Sibley came there about 1880 clock:
the last time the witness saw Bedford that night
was about 1880 o'clock, and lie thought he was
talking to Mr. Sibley he arrested Bedford about
son street at The drug store when the officers
would come and say anything. to tho
Wit witSYess, Bedford ford would be righ! behind,
ford followed him, which created suspicion In
the witness mind; when he was arrested Bedford
was lying on tho l!Oor with his clothing on; 1t was
damp and his shoes were muddy. more so than the
officers who had been on the move all night he
aid notgct up Ike man who had boon asleep,
but looked as fresh as the witness. he put him
under arrest aud brought him outside; Bedford
wanted TO know what he was arrested for; the wit
ucss replied that he arrested him for murder Bed
ford exclaimed "Who. what murder The wit
ness said Don't you know that murder has been
commltted?' he replied No" The witness
when Tb S '1 man "V died.. lie lie ' asws sSgI
/ oh, yes and hung down his hCud.
The witness had seen 4 Scurf Zone shown like that
/ NosS arrested Queeunn.
The circumstances that led to Queeuan's arrest
were hat dollar had been found with blood on It,
and Detectives MCDvyilt and NOss described the
man that passed 1t, The witness said that the man
described suited Quecuau. Another circumstance
that led IN his arrest was the knowledge that he
was a constant companion OF Bedford.
| s.cNamiued by Mr. Wells: lie arrested man
| named Roxy hOss, but did not know where he
was AZ ptosenG he was arrested about - O'cock on
! that night at the house of Esther Johnson; he
! arrested fur or five Others that same niahi; the
| drug store was about fourteen by sixteen feet in
/ size. there were ten or dozen people in there
| when tho witness entered; they were looking at
| the wounded man; he saw others there besides
Bedford, but did not notice the hands Of any per
son except those Of l}cdiOGd the second time that
! Bedford came 10 the stone lie had two girls with
| him. aud later than that he was talking with Mr.
Sibry; Immediately after his arrival, The witness
told the coroner Oi the matter: he did not arrest
! him at that time but when he came 10 look for
Bedford he was gone; his shoes were snearel with
Il kind of rcd cny; it was dark.
! ioggy night, but not raining; he took Bedford
u short distance aud then turned him
over to CAN'T and Ahern and they took him to The
station while the witness went back and searched
the house; he had occasion to wake Bedford mp
| once before; no was then lying on chairs in The
/ back room: he was arrested at that time.
! At this point all adjournment was taken until to.
| day.
Before the prisoners were returned to jail notice
was served upon them by The clerk that William
Daugerileld, W. X. Spenre, DIR. William Pettis aud
Sarah Lee would DO called as Witnesses against
them.