National Republican., 1880-02-25
TIE RiRTH MURDER CASE
The Last Stage Of the Long Trial
Reached.
Close OF the Testimony for the Defense-The
Government Offers Evidence In Rebuff
tal-Inponching Some OF Bedfords
Witnesses-A Woman who 10
Anxious to Establish an
Alibl for Him, SC.
Drawing to n Gloss.

DlhNlbE W ~ ON"Nfs
The case Of Babe Bedford, Sandy Pinn and Ed.
ward Qucenan. charged with the murder of George
p lirth, occupied the attention Of Justice Hagner
IN he Criminal court yesterday. for the fourteenth
day. The end of the hearing seems to be approach.
ing, and It is now reasonable to suppose that the
trial will be finished this week and speculatious
as to the verdict Of the jury are now being indnged
In. Both sides arc confidently claiming victory
while numbers express the opinion that the Jury
will hil to ngrco The trial was resumed promptly
AZ 10 o'clock yesterday morning all the parties in
teres,ed aud large audience being present.
RICHARD CRAIG
was recalled by the defense: He saw Richard
Brown at Reeds restaurant on tho 10Th Of January:
on that occasion Brown did not tell The witness
that he was IN company with one Jake Brown in
the vicinity Of the scene OF the murder and that
night
KATIE DIXON
was examined: She lived on Nineteenth between
K and streets, ut the Quaker school house.
she remembered the night of the murder of lllrih;
there was nothing going on at the church that
night She know pnm aud Bedford; sl,o heard OF
the murder from Matilda Mullen on the corner of
Nineteenth and streets. she did not know the
time; she saw Pinn at Mrs Halls that night but
could not tell the time; 1t was ufter dark: she saw
Bedford first that evening at Mrs. Halls; he sat In
the kitchen when he first entered the house. and
until he commenced to tell ghost story.
add then they went Into the middle room.
ho Went home with them at the request Of Elmiri
Bailey: they had to go past HJlmoRds burial
ground; II was dark aud they were nfrnid; at Nine
told them of the murder: she sp ike Of the one
eyed man who used to work ut Snclairs: she said
that he was yngat the drug store dead some one
having struck him in the head; they tnen went to
the store and Matilda Mullen went home: Bedford
went into the store aud up close enough to look
down upon tho body; there were people I'm the
store, but she could not tell how many; she saw at
least two officers there: they IN the store about
five minutes, AMI the officers ,aying thoy did not
want such a crowd tncre, they went ont and home:
Bedford let her at the door of her house and sh G
did not know whore he went.
Cross examined by MIR. Perry-She did not live
In the same room with Elmirt Bailey: the aunt OF
the latter had clock In her room; the witnes,
went with Elmira Bailey that night to the dress
makers; She did not know what time it was wi en-
they started out nothing was said about II; the
lreSsmakcrS was on 7, between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets: her name was Minnie Williams
she lived nearer Ninetccnh street than Mrs. Hall
the witness dll not know how long they were
there; when Elmira Bailey came down stairs tho
witness said tD her that She stayed up there Iona
time; Elmra Bailey said That It was Just
o'clock; they then went to Mrs. fall 5
| i'nn, Pepdleton, West aud the Shilos girls wor,
there Ia the kitchen; Sue Barber came down stairs
aud into the room shortly after the witness cam,
IT,; the witness was there some umO before BedfOrt
| came in; shU did not know whether or not Pundle
ton and Isabella Shilg, had gone 10 the pump whel
| Bedford came Into the house, she did not know
| what the time was when Bedford went home Will
| them; she knew that II was not 10 o'clock for 1
| was not us late as that when the witness went l.
bed 1t was fuggy, misty night when they reached
the drug store all three of them went in together
| To the Court: She did not take any notice o
| how Bedford was dressed that night