National Republican., 1880-11-12
THE PopE-BUrIr rR HOMICIDE.
Opening for the Defenss-The Accused Tells
the story of the shooting and His Flight
and CAPTURE.

mont IN behalf of the accused, aud stated that
they would show that chain of circum'
stances had been strangely misunderstood and
misstatcd. They would prove that the do.
lendant was the assaulted party, aud while
drawing the weapon in scll.defense IL was ac'
cidentally discharged, with q fatal result.
They would further prove that Butler WAS u
bad and dangerous man, always carrying a
weapon OF some kind, and that his reputation
for peace aud good order was bad among his
nciphbors BY rreiutablo evidence they
would SHOW that the aute-mortcm statement
of Butler did not give the truth OF the aftray
in which lie was shot
Lewis johnson testified to going out into the
woods and shooting with n revolver with Pope
and George Jones on the 3lst of August; they
came In between 12Hnd o'clock; In the even
ing he went with Popc, Jones, Wash Beckett
aud Tom Peters to MIS-. Robinson's; Jones aud
Peters went in to have gamo Of poker, and
all went into the house; the witness stopped
by the hall door; ho heard Butler say TO Pope
that he wanted to SEQ him, aud Batter was
then coming out Of the kitchen Into the hall;
Butler aud Pope went out, the former going
first; tue witness did not SEQ them after
they got beyond the door; ho stayed ia the
house about five minutes with Jones, Peters
aud Beckett, aud three of them weut out and
sat on the wall Of the Jefferson.street bridge
on the sido toward the river; lie did not
then SEQ either Pope or Butler; they were
on the bridge flteon or twenty minutes when
they heard the report Of q pistol; then they
saw Pope come along whore they were and
pass them; Pope crossed the bridge aud went
down south of the canal toward Washington
street and tho witness did not see him any
more; Butler came down by the fence near
where the witness was, and Beckett, Snowden,
Jones, Belt, tho witness aud Coquire helped to
carry him to CrJpcy's drug store, and then
TO DIR. Kleindschmidps office; they were at
the doctors half an hour aud then Butler
was taken homo. On cross'exanination the
witness said he had been arrested three times
for disorderly conduct, fighting with man
and beating woman.
Washington Beckett testified that he had
known Pope all his life tino aud knew
Butler also; he met Pope on August 81, At the
corner of Bcall aud Monroe streets. The re-
maindor of the testimony was corroborativc
of the preceding witness.
Alfred Pope testified that he keeps n wood
aud coal yard; he is one Of the public school
| trustees; the defendant is his son, and was
born January !, 1863 ho knew Butler. who
was a large, broad-built, Eeavy.shuuldered
| man.
Anthony Williams testified to seeing Popc
and others aud Butler going into Mrs. Robin.
son's then Popo and Butler came out; he then
| heard the report OF pistol and saw Pope run
across the bridge down tho canal toward
Washington street. somebody following him;
| Butler walked down toward the bridge and
was carried 10 the lock.
William Pope, tho accused testified that on
| the morning of August 81, 1879, he, Lewis
johnson and George Jones went out 10 the
woods, where they were shooting aud drink.
| ing; they had revolver belonging to George
Jones, who was drunk; they returned to town
| IN the early part Of the afternoon separated,
and the witness went home; lie met Johnson
| II L. e L.
witness, with johnson aud Jones, started out.
The witness described mnutely his move.
mcnts until he went to Mrs. Robin
| sons in the evening with Jones, John
| son, Beckett and Tom Peters, alias Belt:
| all five went into Mrs. Robinson; Jones passed
| into a side-room, where there were some men
| playing cards; Johnson WAS inside the room
leaning against the door; the witness, Beckett
| and Belt stepped out in tho passage; the wit
ness then walked out 20 the kitchen door; he
saw Bltler, Coquiro and Snowden, the latter
| talking to Mrs Robinson; she was standing
near the door going out of the kitchen; she
spoke to them all, saying good evening" and
walked back TO tho side.room where Beckett
was standing; after he had stood here awhile
Butter came up to him and said
Come out here | want to see you" pointing
toward the door; ho went out and walkct
through the yard TO the pavement the wit
ness walked out as far Hs tho pavement be
hind him and then walked beside him ps fa1
as tho bridge; the witness then stopped Rul
said, 'SaXy, won't you talk 10 me hereP But
Ter said, mo; | don't want to talk to you
here, but como further up the canal bank
Butler started up the canal bank and the wit
ness followed behind him; no went behind th,
wagons that were there aud asked the witness
to come there; he replied that he did not wan
to como there Butler came out from bohnt
the wagons aud said to the witness, Il wan
you to get that $40 your brother has got q
mine;' witness replied, II gave you all thj
satisfaction could concerning that money, an,
| thought You aud my brother had settled it,
witness said to Butler, If you win return
to my brother that pistol you borrowed o
him he might give you your money" Butle
sud thar he had never borrowed any pisto
from the witness brother; witness said tina
he loaned him (B.) one some time ago, aud h
: OBJ had never returned IL to him; Butle
called the witness q &C. d-n liar" an
said, "you s. of b. you insult me, and
will kill You" he threw the end of his Goa
= back and put his hand in his right pant
pocket; witness watched Butler and saw th
| handle of Il revolver coming out of his peck
: as he was taking his hand out; the witue,
IL was afraid Batter would shoot him, aud pu
I, his hand In his right coat pocket and tried I
get tho pistol out that he hnd put there, bu
) ID had caught In the lining of the coa
~
left hand aud gave the pistol jerk at tli
same time he heard the report Of Il reyolve
aud Butler halooed that he was shot; be di
not stop to see whether Butler was wounde
or not, being afraid that ho would shoot tl
!" witness, but ran down RS far rs Jetfyrso
street aud was about TO stop, when ho saw tvs
men coming across the street aud ran sti
8 iaslcr hc crossed the Jederson'street bndl
aud ran down the canal t0 Washington stree
he entered John HerberJ's hou-e, put tl
D pistol on the table, asked Herbert 10 give IL
George Jones, aud went out Of Herbcrt's bac
door, over the fence and through var the
u into Green street; he went down to K-stre
p bridge, and across and down 10
u street, between Thirteenth and Thi
Q teen-and.a-haf streets; he remained the
8 until 8 O'Clock the next morning. GeOrl
: Jones aud Thomas Belt came there tn
. night after he got there; from there he wei
IS to Muddy branch, up the canal, to the hou
of Tom Martin; he remained there until III
q day, September 8, at 9 o'clock in the mOrnin
y when ho was arrested by Officers Hess al
Green; when they got out into the road thu
n STONED; he told officer Green to take him
. George town; then they all started down h
q road; on the way Officer Green said TO t
~ witness that he was sorry, that his father d
Is not raise him in that way; witness repli
is that he did not; Officer Green said uothil
more and walked behind with tho two me
H Officer Hess said something to the wimC
a. about COguire running him down the can
witness said that he would have had rig
to have shot Coqulro had he como after {
to witness as Butler did; he said something aba
81. Butler, and tho witness replied that he WOu