National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-02-13


the croSs-cNaminnton was continued by Mr.
Smith The man fell something like on his right
side; the second time that he was struck was when
he was down and his head on the sidewalks when
Queenau caught hold Of and kicked him that kind
OF turned him round; the witness looked over ut
him; he did not hit Bedford ar the men that were
there all tho witness said wus for Gods sake
don't XIII that man. Quccuuu kicked him before
Phln struck him; lie could not tell whether the
mans coat was open or not he did not look to see;
uiler the thing was over The witness ran ne uIu
not know what became Of thc.vthcrs; When he got
in the middle OF the field he looked back aud the
men were stii Standing there
Mr.. Smith-NOw. johnson. | want you to say
whether you, with Roxy Ross-with one or two
other men-did not commit That murder aud
with blood on your clothes Wd h0nds, run
across the lot neat the Minor school building?
Witness-No sir.
Question. Did you sec watch and ring on lIirth7
q Did You not take that watch aud ring from
off Hirihs body? \. No, sir
q. pidu't you wash blood from OIL your clothes
aud hauds that night? a. mud nory on there to
O. pidn the other men wash tho blood from
oil their clothes \. do not know what those
men did there pointing to Bedford, Inn ana
QuccnuuI, but did not.
q Didn't you wash it oG the next morning? A.
Q Did YOU ever wash # OFT? A. never had
any ON there to wash Of.
Alr. Wells here took up the cross-eNomiunton,
The witness thought 1t was a6Iu, fifteen mill
uteS OF o'clock when he lett the spot ct the muir.
der that was his judgment OF the tmci he was
standing on the pavement, near the man, when he
started aud ran Ocro's into the lot he did not see
any alley ucsr the spot OF the murder he ram In q
nurtheastcry direction; IL was red dirt that he ran
over, and he went pretty fast I've left Bedford and
the rest of them there; hC did not know what they
were doing; lie struck seventeenth street Whelc Z
street comes IN, he did not know how !OnE II TOOK
him 20 90 across tie square, Ire did not take notice
whether there was n ~ttCei-l0mp on the corner OF
seventeenth and q streets or not It was dark,
and he did not know whether or not the
moon wus SHINING when he len Sevcn-
tccnh street lie came across another
vacant square, and cume out ~ the corner
Of The baseball grounds; he was running quite
nst: he did not notice lamps OF either corner at
sixteenth and X streets he went through by john
sons lumber yard and came ont on st,eet near
Fifteenth; there were brick buildings dwellings on
q portion OF thst ground; il was from eight TO ten
minutes after the murder that he reached this spot
he then went along street TO Fourteenth Then up
Fourteenth 10 Z street; crossed on the other side
he went through vacant lot between Thirteenth
aud Fourteenth and 4 ana q streets to INClilh, be-
tween aud streets he lhch went up
Twelfth street to his house, between Y and W
streets twas twenty minutes past S, ~ his Judg
ment. when he reached home; during all the TINE
nom the murder until he reached nome lao did
not see person tina the knew. when ho got home
he is not certain whether he went direct To bed or
not; lie went into his sisters room, but not 20 bed
in that room; he could not tell the time
when he went To- bed, but it was good dcu after
5, he undrCssed; II was between und when he
got up the next morning; il was Thursday morn.
ING II was little after TINT lC had breakfast; he
ate Nluuc; 1t was nhcr ihis that his cousin, Joe
Banks, came after him 10 80 10 The droNC-yard with
him, lac did not 20 into any house on tue way 70
or back from the droycyard. except Nj. lEup-
pprts yard. he went home from tlicIG but did not
know tue time; he then came out ui the corner oil
Eleventh and streets, where there vas II crowd
Of boy; he could not recOiect VINO they were now.
q. Where did yuu ~ from thCrc2
Inc Cnurt--That rule ont.
MIR. Mcl,a-l mole an cNCCptUn.
q. What time did You 20 IOluc that day?
1he tOurt-Alt,r uut'
Mr. Wells--Ics sir.
Tie Curt-rhat rule out
Mr.. Wels-l note an exception.
lt fB nc Ia
his whereabouts nom the Time OF The murder until
his arrest
Mr.. Cpyc-Wc note an exception.
Mr Wells Where were You, rs nearly as you can
TEL! from the time you leil the corner"l Eleventh
anu street ON Thursday, alter You lmI been TO
Mr.. kupperts UnII Saturday morning, when you
say in your direct examination that you were at
the market?
his having told BrdNtOn on Friday morning Hs TO
the homicide, and having told nobody else, and
his statement that he Went 10 The street market
on Saturday morning tn question as prorounded
hy counsel Is ruled out.
Mr.. Coyle-An exception is noted.
Cross examination resumed: Washington BaN-
ton is q COlUrGd man that lives ON y, between
Tenth and Boundary streets he told him Of the
efinir about o'clock on Friday morning; the state
mcnt was made Ave or ten yards from BraXtou's
house; he WAS passing BraNtuns house AZ he timc
that was the first statement that he made to anyone
OF The homicide he was the fist person that The
wit,cso gave any information TO about the murder
he knew man named BuUell Johnson he Lives
between Eleventh and Twelfth and and streets;
he did not know how long he had known him; he
WAS a. married man, and his wife was deaf and
dumb, Nc did not know her except ny sight; he
Was not at her house JCtweCn "Wednesday night and
| Saturday morning he did not think tlW he had
| cyor been IN her house in his life. ilhe woman
| was here Brought inJ That is Bunells wife he
| did not know hey nnlne; ne did not know when or
where ne had ever seen that woman; he did rot,
| on Thursday, about the hOur OF - orl O'CLOCK,
visit her house aud tell her anything Of the nflpii;
lie did not show her ring al mat time he did not
/ show her q watch; he never showed her anything;
! he did not know any O! her children, aud did 10,
| know whether she had any or not; he did not show
! Tho woman at that place watch or ring With stone
setting IN The presence of her childrcn he did no,
know Joseph Lafayette or rage Jefferson, and was
! Tie murder he ll not know q man by
/ tho name Of Bird or Bud RidGcly, and was moi
with Ailn The night after the murder was com
rnited: he d,d see Moses kOss al al that night; he
did not know where Ito WAS now; he
did not have occasion that night, after he LEFT thC
place Of the murder, 10 wash his hands; he did no
nave supper anywhere else that night except al hil
mothers house; he did not eat anywhere else tha
uighu he did not eat anything OF Miss Emma John
sons the next day ufcr the murder he saw Kos
on saturday after the murder, In tie morn
ing, on V street, he read the paper
Thursday evening IN regard 70 the murder n
JaCksOn's shoe shop on Y street; there were scv
crgl people In the shop az the tlmc but he did no
know who they we're 10 Mr. Miller-ilc knew Ell,
I Wo0dloIE she lived on rstrce; between Tenth anC
Eleventh streets he know Alice Gray and IfowarC
! Copeland. CIhcy were brought ia ana recognized.
He did not know whether lie saw them or not tn,
morning ufterthc murder AZ the corUCr Of Eleventh
and streets there was always a crowd thorei ht
did not know whether he 'Ud 10 them that he an,
Nose Itot, had nearly k'lcd u man ON Fourteenth
street ON "Wednesday llshl he did not lccolec
did not know whCtherhC told hCrit wGs true that h,
said that he aud Nose Ross Hearty killed man q
Fourteenth street, when lie went ont at recess Aic,
Gray asked him how he got along, and nc told she
said that she YVES sorry that hg was IN this Scrape
and Rogel ne wcyd get out OF II b. G'W rhS 'ha
says thuu he would have rcCollCcttG II; Howard