National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-02-12

hand anxious to gain admllauce. The prisoners
-ljedfprd, Piml and Queenon-were brought IN
early, and took things easy, showing the same lit
difference TO the seriousness OF thUir situation that
they have manifested heretofore They were very
jOv!Gl, aud accepted heirstuation good naturcdly
There were little sports at times M The evidence
became sensational, and then matters would relapse
into the usual steady routine. Mr. Miller created
little excitement at one time by Announcing that
one of their Witnesses had been run of with by n
detective tut later he explained 10 the court That
he was ~ error, as the man had Ouly been taken
by bailin and brought to the court to answer u
subpoena of the defendants counsel The court
convened promptly ut 10 O'clock and the jury wus
called. The prisoners were assigned thcirciSiomary
place back OF their counsel. and the work for the
Third day commenced
The first witness called was
MISS MARY V. WYNN.
She testified that on the 7th Of January last she
lived in the house OF Mr. lIrlh. on fourteenth
street, between and O. northwest; the 7th came
OH Wednesday; she reached home about twenty
minutes Of I o'clock; before She entered lie house
she saw several colorcd nlen on the outside and
one of them She recognized MS BcdlOTd she had
been well acquainted with Babe Bedford, Us they
called HIM. aild they never knew him by any other
name; Uhc witness pointed out BUdlurdJ; she did
not recognize any of the others In tho party; she
had seen pinn and knew him before; she also had
seen Quccnnn, but did not recognize either of them
in the party; when She entered the house She
opened the store ana commenced business. shortly
atcr, Mr.. llirth Camc iii EG waited on lady and
made some change having Il quantity of silver;
she turned over to him what money she had taken
in; he read the paper aud went ont at quarter Of
So'clocl;; she never saw him again untll ailer his
death; 1t did not seem half an hour after he went
on the. commons the lady that he changed the
money for told her Of IT, She did not see the
body until the next morning Ht his brothers on
Fierce street; She had known him about
three years his age OH the last birthday was
twcntytwu; he had but one eye and wore a inlBe
eye; she thought it the let eye; he was neither tall
nor stout, and weighed about l35 pounds. he was
naturally weak and delicate man, taking medi.
cine very often; he was in the habit of going along
pstreet very often at least twice week. he vis-
tcd Miss Alice Sinclair at tho corner OF Nineteenth
and q streets; she knew that MIR, Hirh was treas
urcr OF the Mt. Zion church sunday school: she did
not know that he wns in tho habit of carrying
much money about his person; when he made the
change for The lady that night his hand was full of
silver; she did not know whether or not Bedford
was outside the store when Hirth made the change
TO the court-Mr. Hirth walked along street
sometimes st night and sometimes in tho afternoon;
the store had double doors with glass in them: She
did not know whether or not the door was open
when tho change was being made by Mr.. Hlrth;
she raised the store blinds when SHE came home
and entered the store.
TO Mr.. wells--It was twenty minutes past six
when she left the office. and Judged that It took
twenty minutes for her to walk home it was then
that she saw Bedford; she did not notice his cloth
ing Bedford always spoke 10 her. but this time did
not recognize her h0 seemed to he talking with
his friends; sho did not know whether Pinu and
Queennn were there or not; she only gave the party
a passing glance as she entered the house she
could not tell whether Bedford was outside or not
when AR. Hirth entered the store a. she was In
tl.c back guOm: Slc had sueu Bedford pbOut there
frequently, laughing, singing nu1 talking. doing
the Samo that evening that she hId seen him do
before; II was about half an hour after she reached
The store that Dir. tlrth came; he remained very
little while and then Went out again; he told her
when hclelt thnt II was quarter of o'clock
aud that WAS how she know The time she had good
sight and was never troubled with her eyes only In
the heat OF summer
10 Mr.. Perry-Mr Hirth was a single man.
DIR. J. +. HARTIGAN.
testified that he was physician and surgeon aud
had practced in this city between ten and eleven
years lie had made 100 or 800 pOSt-lnortcm exam
nations, probably l,OO0 he made one on the sth
Of January nj the house of the mother of the dc.
ceased on Pierce street, between Fourteenth aud
Fifteenth streets; Drs Ramsey and petiis wers
present; lie found two Cut-wounds OH the hoad:
one was one inch and half long, one inch wide
and hal an inch deer; the second was about two
inches behind tho first and one inch lower II wns
of the same character the third wound was right
in the back Of the head over the prolubcmncc; its
dimensions were the some os the Others; the parts
were discOlurcd with blood and swollen; all of
them had been mnde with the same weapon or
missile evidently; there was q bruSc on tho
forehead over the left eye, and another
and larger one aroundthe left car: these appeared
as they had been mado by kicks ho examined
the body further and found the surface of the
brain covered with blood; the skull was broken
into innumcrsblo pieces like broken china OF
course This was tie cause of death. shock and
hemorrhage being the immediate cause; blows
were the cause the first three wOunds) of the shock
and hcmOThage; some blunt instrument or missile
might Cnuse the injuries received.
Shown stone in sock and another In haudker-
chiorL
The one marked ID" (bloody handkerchief tied
around stOnc) wns just such q thing rs wuuld
have made the wounds he doubted If the other
would have been as likely to have done 1t. rs the
stone was too heavy aud would have forced the
skull in upon the brain; he was not acquainted
with the deceased; hc was probably of the medium
Size,
70 Mr. Smith-The brulse on the front part of
the head was about the diameter of the size of
quarter Of a dollar; the other bruse involved the
left ear the furco employed was evidently above
IT, there was some swelling below; thai might be
cause Of death, but was not an imme-
dialo cause; thc first wound was from behind aud
above The right ear; the second one was two inches
behind that aud an inch lower; the third was on
the base of the head; no did not think It probable
that wounds OF the character of these would be
produced by tall on the curbstone il the head
of tho patty falling were to strike tho edge of the
curb, such wound as these might bo made: the
same injury that would produce the appearance of
force to knock man down; the cut
wound on tho right sido Of the head was
made by blunt instrument or missile. The
effect of wrapping a stone IN stocking or hand.
kerChict OH the wound would be to make less
Drus!ng and show more Of clean cut; tho reason
that he said these wounds were made by blunt
lnsllunCnt or missile was because the edges wCro
ragged over the fracture; II the stone had been
used without the handkerChietit il would not have
made as clean cut, bat with the handkerchief II
was given greater leverage and made cut with
iaccIRtng edges; he had soGn pollCemuuS baton
MAKE aNtn u WOunli lle DiOW Tor either OF the
wounds would have knocked man down, and
ethor of thOn might have produced death.
10 Mr.. COylo-lfthe blow on the forehead was
suti,i2lt 10 knock the man down he would have
been apt to fall plumb upon his back. This blow
was little 10 the left Of the central limo upon tho
frontal bone The extreme space covered by the
three iuCsed wounds was between three and four
inches. The immediate eject Of either Of the
three wounds would be to stun man, but ii was
not always so.
10 Mr, Perry-lt was not possible for man re-
1eiy!ng either Of the three iuciscd wounds to fall
and strike tho back Of his head
BEN JoHNsoS's TESTIMONY.
Al this point Benjamin Johnson was called. I'm.
ncdIately there MAS buzz In the courtroom and
stretching of necks 10 gain view OF the man that
by Colonel Perry Carson, and took the witness
Hand, lie faced tho immense asSemblRge with n
imilG gave his testimony In u cool deliberate
manner and never permitted himself 10 become
confused or cntunglod.
Mr., Perry conducted the examination In chief
which was as follows:
What Is your nRmc2
Benjamin Johnson.
How old are you?
Between nineteen aud twenty.
Now, Johnson, so on and toll In your own way
what you know about what happened on the even
ug Of tho 7th of January la connection with lie
iiNiug Of MIR. uirh,
NiIncss-l was Standing on the corner Of Twrlnh
and Z streets on that night aud these threo men
,amo mp Twelfth street
Mr. Pcrry--What three menY
Witness Bedford pinn and Queeuau
Mr Pcrry-Do you sec them nero?
Witpcss-Ics, siri there they sil tpoinUng 10 tho
priaoneIS).