National Republican., 1880-02-20

/ month before the murder nc saw her home one or
| two nights the week before this Wednesday, he
never called at Mrs Ridenours for her before that
| night when she looked in the window at MERGERS
house she saw some one else beside Queenan, but
could not tell who they were the witness sister
was sitting ut one end Of the table in chair; She
did nothing but walk to the window and look in;
she then turned and went toward the street
then they went to Mrs. Browns; he had taken her
| home three times altogether; she told Detectives
| Acton and Coomes at her place of service, Mrs.
RideuOurs on tho Saturday aftcr the murder, that
| She did not know Queenan personally; she did not
tell them at the same time and place that Quecnau
| was not Mt her service place on that Wednesday
night; she did not tell those officers that the irs
place she saw Queenan on that night was at her
TO the Court At Mrs Mercer's she saw Queenan
IN her sisters roon; she did not know how he was
Redirect 10y Mr. Wells: She meant by saying that
| she was not personally acquainted with QlecnAn
| thaI she was not very wei acquainted win hlm'
| ike hei mother.
MARY HARRIS
was examined; She lived on Tenth, between 4
| aud U streets. In tho same house win Alberta
| Browu who was her mother; the witness was home
| on the night OF the murder In the back room eat
| ing her supper; She knew Queenan, and SAW him
on Wednesday night when he came through the
mouse, In company with girl, and went up stairs;
she did not see him any more that night, for she
| vent away AT 73o o'clock, but he was IN the house
when she went out SHE came back to the house
about o'clock and went iuto the front room; She
had been To aucud Il called meeting Of the society.
| She was tud that ii WAS o o'clock when she got
back they held a meeting in the lront room of the
house; nobody tried TO get through while they were
| III session.
AFTER THE RECESS
| Mary Harris was Crnss-examined She had known
Queenan for two or three nights before the
wednesday evening he came there with samh
| Turner; the witness Introduced 10 him on
Christmas eve; she saw him once Ia the day
passing along the opposite side OF tho street from
| her house; when he came In the house ON Wcdnes-
| day night with Sarah Turner they did not come
into the room where she was but went on mp stairs
il was about 1850 o'clock when she went out and
when She returned.
To the Court: She did not take notice OF Quee-
mans clothes that night.
Marin Turner was then called She was the
mother OF sarah Turner,
MIR, Perry said that thcy hal the record Of the
previous convictions OF Edward Qucenan
MIR. Wells admitted two Of them, bOth convictions
of petit larceny one August 10 1873 aud the other
one July -, 1870; the other two he objected to.
Mr.. Perry-l wish 10 offer them oil and another,
Mr.. wels-Ihen obiec, to the admission ofany
OF them.
The Court-why It is In the interest of your own
client that yon should know the whole of the
United States case. admit it.
An exception noted.
Wells, that you stipulated in open court to admit
this testimony whenever the Government chose 10
offer Il.
| Edward oueenan was then ordered to take the
| stand. lie admitted that he was convicted of lar
ceny In August, 1873, and July, 1872 and ofaSSHut
In March 1879 that he wa sent to the Reform School
| in March, 1873, during his minority; Oh May II,
| 1915, he was arrested with one William Rhodes,
states evidence, and upon his testimony Rhodes
was sent 10 the pencniOry
MARIA TURNER
was then examined: She testified that Queenan
| came int her house with her daughter Sarah
about o'clock and she told her of the sick woman
| In the next roouG the witness and her daughter
turned round, and while they We're looking on the
sick girl Queenan came in and was looking at her
also; they went out and left him there, aud AFTER
about half an hour he came into the witness room
and stayed there long time; then he went out
got back she said that 1t WAS after Q o'clock;
Qlueuan did not go out of the room after he came
In with Sarah until he le,t for the night.
| CrOss-cxanined by Colonel COrkbill: She had
not known Qie.nan long did not notice how lie
was dressed executing that be had on dark clothes;
she could not tell where she Was all day, as she was
tackug about In 50 many places but believed that
she got home before sundOwn; the did not tell
| Officers Acton and Coomcs on the 10th of January
az thnt place In the presence of Alberta Brown,
that her daughter did not get home OIL that Wcdnes
| day night until after O'Clock.
| a transcript of the record of the Health ObcG
was offered and received in evidence, showing that
Sarah snowden died on Wednesday, January l. lesJ.
JOHN j. JOHNSON
was examined Hewas barber on street, above
the Baltimore depot there was passed on him
the night OF the 7,h OF January siiver dollar with
blood on II. DOLLAR produced. He recognized It,
Prisoner stood up) Neither OF the three passed il
on him; he would recognize the man II he saw him
aGan ne cut hit hair once on this night he shaved
him and cut his hair.
Crossexamined by Mr. Perry 1t was colored
he was more Ot a man; Queeuen was boy when
compared with him; this mans head was shaped
exactly Ike Qucenau'S but he was positive that
the mOn ne shaved was not Qnecnan; It was a. little
before O'Clock when the man came to ll1 shop.
The counsel for defense pnt in evidence the
record OF Ben Johnson IN the Police court for petit
larceny In stealing ham in April, 1872 ana sen.
fenced to jail ior thirty days.
Mr., Wells said that they would like TO have the
witness Johnson here on Friday for the purpose Of
. The Couyt sold the necessary order would be
/ ! do In hftp hlu1h httr4 at itNt ma
| Mr., Wells said that they would Use the witnesses
! Harris and Newton when they came in, and WITH
that exception the case OF Quecnan would close
SANDY PINN
was called by his counsel, c. Maurice Smith, and
: swurm lie was nineteen years old, and had lived
here ten or eleven years: OF the tmU OF his arrest
/ lie was workng for Mr. John siOey; he had
2 been with him about fifteen months driving the
Q feed wagon and doing odd jobs
c At this Juneiure
Il MR.. W. j. NEWTON
> came In ana the examination of Plnn was sus.
!, pended. TO examine the latter: He knew OueouRn
Cueeu0n was arrested; he resisted and witnes, told
him ~ so quietly and he would come TO the court
n the next day and see that It was all right Mr.
!. lIirlh then told hun the same and he went quietly;
], there were no threats made by Qneenan against
/, Hhth at the tim OF tho arrest or afterwards
I Cr0ss.examined: He did not rccollcct hearing
. Mr., Duhey, coming bqck TO Nlr. HIrth, say: You
q had better look out Tor that Niger"
The examination of
t, was resumed: His mother lived in Samson street
n | No 1855; he worked for Mrs. GDddrg, on Ninth
street before he went 10 Mr. Slbley. before that he
|, worked for DR.. Lewis for about eight months; he
s worked for Mr. DeittrlCh for about three years he
}. never went 10 school day In his lilc the day
:. OF january 7 he was at work at Mr. Slbley's and
len the store about twenty minutes before o'clock
q Mr. sibey sent him to see what time It was; he
e went back and told him the time; lie told him &c
l. put bale OF hGy INTO the wagon and take taround
& to Mr. Gundlings he did so, and saw George
e Beckett to whom II was giycnj hO then took the
:. horse to tho stable in the witness mothers lot
= he was there until about twenty minute!
10 past 6 o'clock hO went down Samson stree
d 10 tho corner Of fifteenth street to Gund
d ling's store ho saw Beckett fgsin and asked him
2 10 loan the witness five cents; the witness did mol
n get H. so he went out fifteenth street to street
then he went down that 10 sixteenth to street. hC
7 went ont + street. he was oyerlaken by man a
D. Seventeenth and streets aud New Hampshire
n avenue by the name OF Brown; the witness wa
r, putting his hand behind him and he asked II h,
IN was feeling tor his shooter and the witness Iep.ioc
ii that ha did carry anything Of that kind; they
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