Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-13
LOCAL NEWS.
The p street Murder.

ternoon at the inquest over the body Of the late
George Phillip Hirth were the following:
Sarah Lee a mulatto woman, testified that she
lives In service at 1160 T street northwest On
about half past O'Clock. She came out by the
p street circle, ana was on her way towards the
Miner school building. She was going up to-
wards the pavement when she saw a crowd. IL
was near where the murder was committed. as
she has since learned. She heard q sound as IL
some one was saying "Oh! oh! OH" She turned
on by way of the path leading to the school
house. and met a colored man running. He Said
something to her, asking her what she was
frightened. Here johnson was requested to
put his hat on, and the witness said he looked
very much like the one she saw.l There were
7 ing was heard. The man she saw running was
going away from the crowd.
Qiere the scarf picked up was shown Johnson
and he said it was the same one Babe" Bedford
had on that mighty
william Duehy. a Young white man. testified
that he was coming down 14th street that night
and saw crowd standing at the corner of SAM
son street. one of them asked him what time
1t was. He recognized Babe" as the one who
asked what time it was. They left him and
went down Samson street, Babe remarking
.'Come on. boys, or well be late" Witness had
heard that Queenan owed IIirth a grudge about
his being arrested once several months since.
John T. Lighter testified that he resided on
ith street northeast. His place of business is
at 1854 l4th street. He was In Buckingham'S
store, on l+th street, the night OF the murder.
Queeuan was tIe only one ne Knew OF the pr'S-
oners. He knew nothing of the case, and did
not see Queenan but he had understood that he
was there. His son saw him.
Detective Voss testified that he looked over
the freshly dumped ground on the commons on
the morning after the murder, and could not
find but one set OF tracks. The tracks were in
the direction from the place OF murder to the
path, where he lost sight of them. He took par
tcular notice of the size and shape of the tracks,
which were made by a No or shoe. He de-
ilNr1 hn fr-lnl l-C Oh infr hat
were made by small foot.
Frederick Vaux, fifteen years Old. testified
that he lives at 2i46 Pa. avenue. Yesterday
morning he picked up a handkerchief near the
P-street circle, and stone with 1t; the handker-
chief wrapped around it; they were both very
bloody.
THE PRISONERS IN JAIL
After the close OF the inquest yesterday the
prisoners-Bedford, Queenan and Pinn--were
taken to the police ambulance IN charge OF sew
eral officers, and driven Immediately to Jail,
of mounted police. They appeared consid-
erably frightened at seeing the vast throng OF
people outside the station house and all so much
excited. large crowd OF colored and white
persons followed the ambulance and escort for
considerable distance, but District commits.
sioner Morgan, who had been present during
quick on the way down. so the followers soon
got tired and fell behind. The prisoner john
son was taken TO jail in hack
and was not permitted to remain with the other
three prisoners. On their arrival at the Jail
they were at once assigned cells Bedford, Pinn
and Queenan being placed in the south wing;
Queenan being placed on the second iioor and
| the others on the first but some distance from
each other. They all to-day deny any knowl-
edge of the murder
THE PRISONERS DENY ALL. KNOWLEDGE OF THE
CRIME.
johnson, who will be used as a witness. was
| placed in cell in the north wing. Queenan
was recognized as one who had been in jail
number Of times for light offenses and as bav-
ing been once sent TO the reform school; but
Bedford and Pinn, as far as known, entered
! there as prisoners for the first time.
| They were all quite Stoical in their demeanor
and had nothing to say about the matter to the
| guards. Pinn was found lying down on his bed
to-day, and in reply to questions by STAR man
night: that ex-Poiceman Brown was with him
when he walked out to T street between 18th
and 18th streets, the officer going to Cedar st.
| he never saw Bedford that night TIL he came to
| the house where he was, Mrs. Halls. Bedford
| came there and remained half an hour, and
| went out with two girls, and when he came
back he told him OF the murder: He never
| knew Johnson and did not see him that night,
| nor did he see Hirth.
| Bedford said that he did not know johnson,
except that his name was Ben; that he left the
| store on 14th, near r street, that night while
after six O'Clock and went by 10Th to S, 10th and
| 7 streets to Mrs. Halls house, and went home
with two girls about 90 o'clock, and they met
girl named Mullins, who told them OF the
murder.
Queenan was next called on, and he was found
| asleep, and 1t was some moments before he
could be awakened He said he saw Bedford
that night; that he came in the shoe shop on
Samson street, and remained about an hour,
and when he left Bedford came out behind him.
and they went out together, he going out to a
house on 7 street, between 18th and 18TH and
Bedford somewhere else.
After Queenans statement Bedford was called
| on again. and asked about the shoe shop and
| he then remembered that Queenan was there,
! and that they stood little While on the corner
of 14th and Samson streets, but he could not tell
| how long they were in the shop, nor now long
| they remained on the corner.
| For the present there Is no conversation al
| lowed with johnson, and, although he has been
In Jail several times before, he has good char
acter among the guards and others for truthful-
| ness.