National Republican., 1880-02-21
A SILENT ACCUSER.
A Witness that Baffled Both the
Court and Counsel.
The Dcnr-aud-Dumb Woman who is Said to
Know Something About the Murder
Unsatisfactory Efforts to Find out
What She Kuows-Tho Cross
Examination Of pinn-
Other witnesses.
Tho mlrlh NInrdsr Trlnl.


and Edward Qnoenan, Indicted for the murder OF
George = lIlrh on the night of the 7th OF January
last The only excitement to interrupt the routine
Of tho trial was tho efforts made to introduce Tie
evidence OF the mute, Emma Johnson. Repeated
attempts were made through the Interpreter 10 got
her TO comprehend the nature OF tho questions pro.
pounded but all In vain. The dcfcnse have not
abandoned the task, and the efortwi be rcuewe
this morning. The counsel were all IN attendance
~ o'clock.
The cross examination Of
SANDY PGSN
was taken mp and conducted by Colonel Cor&h,.l
At the time of ihis murder he vas living on sam.
son street. the evening was dUrk but II not rauiug;
he did not know at what time the murder was
committci /; commenced 20 vet dark about half
past O'Clock: Immediately before no Ion tho store
lc could not tell what he was doing he was in the
store most of the afternoon and did not know
whore hc left feed thnt day; there was no clock in
the store. the saloon where he went to sec the time
was abju, two doors from the store. he opencd the
door on the Pstrcc side aud looked to see the time
himself; he went back and told Mr. sibley the
tine Mr. Sbey to'! him to put bale ofhay IN the
lhchorSoup and OUT his .MT Sibieys 81 house for
supper II he wanted 10; It was iwcuty minutes of
q WhGn he letI the store, there wac no light in H.
and they never had u light except on saturday
nights he had delivered hay 10 Gundling before
hut never as late ms oh that particular evening" tho
nhip, were lighted when he drove up the alley to
Gund!iu2s Stable George Beckett came out and
ufened the door; the witness lifted the hay out of
the wagon and Carried IL iu he cot back int1 tho
wagon and drove IN the stable uud unhitched the
horse thcre was neither lamp nor light In the
stable: hc took the harness pa, lil not bed the
morse down, but came away aud left him; he
brought the feed nom The sore with him. he then
wentutu the house changed his clothes, ,blaclcd his
shoes AID cam0 uti TO the corner nf Fifteenth and
samson street. It was then about twenty min
ute, past o'clock he saw Gcor.e Beckett al the
corner and tried TO borrow iyo cents not getting IT,
10 Went on ~ ! street when he reUChel Mrs.
Halls the front door was o;euCi sud he went rigl
through the hall; sue Barber was standing A. the
inside dour Mr., Hall, Mary Shllcs ,ul ella Sill .,
10 Fllnf1 hwastl =
lPeudct1n and sue Natbcr were ia the front room
Whei, he cii cred there We, no lounge in the room.
he first sHW Bedford At Mr. Halls: hC wa, there
about an hOur when Bedford came in; be stayed
an h"ur or more before Bedford went out tho Wit
ness aud ietlurd did not 90 out tocclhcr Bedford
went nW with Kate Dixon and Elmira Davis; nc
was gone about hal Rn hour aud then came Jac.,
hn9 tod "i!ue's OF The murder; he then r,,'l ont
= ana ar!und 70 Mr.. Shlcys. told him: Went down
to the drug store and back to Mrs Halls where
he remained few minutes; he then went down I
to sixteenth. TO X, 10 Fifigciuh. to Satnsui
street, home; ne got there between II Uud T. lc
he met ~ one on the way homo that he knew: II,
got up the mex morning aLont quarter IN :, il,
got his breakfast Gt Mr.. -ioey's house about
. o'clock II was about twenty minutes past Whei
y he Hts, got to store OH that morning; after hreG
inst lac returned TO The store between audg o'clock
mixed feed and carried Il Uil ~ the horses az tlr
SiblcyS house he was gone rOm the store abou
/. thTGt.quA.ieTs Of an hour when he returned Mr.
Sibley sent him down 70 Brewers; he got somo has
4, ana came back to the store he was not away iron
tho store again until he was arrested; he did no
know that Mr. SlDley was looking around for hin
that morning for about two hour. he lid not hav.
any supper the night of the murder: he g,t som,
dOiighnui at Mrs Halls: She hunf = littl. notim,
place out there; the witness, Bedford, PenadetOi
nni Hicks were tho only male visitors at Mrs
Halls on that night hc did not SO,
Vent to Mis-. Halls house. he, Bcds1ri aud
- 2ueenan we're not together nuy time that day; or
Tuesday night he was Ht Mrs. Halls again, but a,
stayed only about 0n hour the same girls wcr,
there that he saw on "Wednesday; did not sec an,
OF the men he went out there to get some dough
nuts aud pies; did not rccUleCt secihy BellUr
\ there on that night
4, Redirect His house was on the north side q
samson street, about six seven door, from ,ilnd
lings store; sue Barber rents room at Mrs. Hall
and works in service
, JOHN II. siBLEY
10 was examined His residence on tho night of tn
- 7th of Jannnry was 1919 Eighteo..ih street. hi
place of business was near Fourteenth ana
streets; he knew Pnm. ana he was in the witnes.
employ AT that time; he lefe the store that night
! twenty minutes Of o'clock ho knew the row
houses in which Mrs, Hail lived but did not kno,
the particular house II was two stories IN hosht
on I, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth street,
pinn had been In the witness employ ubou
eighteen months prior to his arrest, he drove n
- wagon, paid and collected bills everybody knew
e. him IN the neighborhood, AID everybody spoG
wei! of him as good quiet boy.
Cg0SseXaminel BY Colonel Gorkhll: After PIN
left the store the witness saw him again at 10 ocioc
u on that night he saw Pnn tho next day aner IA
W. murder between 10 and II o'clock IN the m0r4l!n.
6 tho witness was at the store and went himself
=, hunt him NJ his (the witness mothers ne t0un
u Pinu nRd been there. got his breakfast and gon,
he rrpucd Tho store himself about orlOrk an
II waited around there for Puu for some time.
The evidence in Piuns defense was tcmpO ari.
suspended 10 allow
HENRY HARRIS
he to bo examied Oh behalf ofQueenan. He resided
IDS No 1913 Tenth street tho evening Of the nIurd,
IL he went to see Ou undertaken 70 bury sister eli III
lodge they had called meeting, but tie ha
- WAS engaged and thGy Met NJ the house uc bert
Brown; the sister that died was sarah SuJwiem;
was about O'Clock wlcn they got back to Mr.
, Browns nothing uncommon happened that h
knew OF the meeting lasted about three quartz
Cross.examlnod by Colonel CorLhnl: The who
lodge took charge Of the body he had mover bee
The examination in bohalf Of plnn wa, then r
y n su'ncd, ,,,.r
mother af the accused, was called; shoiived at n
lijj SAMSON street. she WINS the mother Of sand
Piuu he came home on Wednesday evening" p,
up his horse. olaCkCned his shoes and then cam
up stairs aGd changed his clothes ha put On b
pants IN tho back room and then came into ht
room, the whistle blew for o'clock.
GEORGE BECKETT
was examined. lie lived on Samson street an
Of worked for Mr.. Guudling: he reCleutei the niIl
lllrth was murdered; he saw Pnn on that ngl
= between o and o'clock on the corner he aSkC
the witness for five cents, but hs did not give IL
Cross.axamined by Colonel Corkhn.: He hl
known ilnn three years but had not loaned II!
: any money; he saw him irat that evening when
: brought feed arouud to the stable; It wa, not dal
IS them the witness did not say word to him as tn
'" JOHN T. BROWN
was examined: He resided on Fifteenth sire
aud was an cX-pOliCcmHn he syCol.cC' Cd the eve
ing of the 7h OF January last; he rocOllcCt.d buii
., on T street that night between $50 and 7 o CLOG
~ wien he got up 10 Seventeenth street he met
yOuug man, who turned around the witness sal
what are you lOlng-gettiug fire HrmsP the M
Il. replied, NO. am getting my handkerchief tn
H. spoke about the darkness ani no saslghts beil
ON The street, aud Ghat the witness having paid 4
taxes people ought 10 be given work; he did n
know a. lie could not recognize the man he W
Is talking to, but the witness .ook him for 4 viii
man when talking to him 'piuu stood upl
was about the size and a.e Of the man the wilug
talked 20 that night
re- CrOs~cNnuinud BY Nr. Perry II was about ha
past or quarter 10 U u'coCk that they met; IL W
a dark night, looking Ike ran lie lett tho man
E,ghle Gnth AHd I Streets he saw Piuu'5 publisht
statement after no was arrested. ihut ne was
~ company with the wltness that night and denit
k H. aiterward he rccoilGUted that heidi meet IN,
nm Oh that night and he Went down to the Office NJ
M | corrected H. he was dismissed from The force L
ey violating the rules.
TAT CHARLES sYPHAX
tn was examined; lie resides on sixteenth belwet
ms = and q streets; he knew P.nn, but could not si
ng that he knew him very well; hO never heard h
al reputation discussed.
an. SUSAN BARBER
,ol was examined, She liy0l at Alrl. Wormc,s; ii
In remembered the night OF the murder Ut that uu
~ ~ She was living WIth Mrs. Hal on I street she hl
ICo made An engagement 10 20 out that evening on