The daily gazette., 1882-10-14
SECOND EDITION
AN ELECTION SQUABBLE
The Trouble in the Twelfth
District.
BAGGlNG A GOOSE THIEF
COLL HALLErT's TRIAL.
Strong Evidence Against Hfm-The De-
fense Opens.


fense Opens.
Especial correspondence OF the Gazette.
GEORGETOWN, Oct. 14.-The Hallett
murder trial was resumed yesterday morn
ing. There was an immense crowd
present.
Mrs. Walls testined--Know Coll Hallett
and Anna Daniels ; saw them in Front
street near Fred Thompson's, which is on
the corner of Marshall and Front streets ;
they were going toward Union Cemetery ;
] spoke 10 her, she did not answer, he
laughed; was between 8 and 9 O'Clock; l
left home about O'clock; visited several
places down town was on my way home
from Mrs. Bryan's when met the parties
In answer to the question Con eross-examina-
tion) did you not say to Mr.. John Pass
waters about three weeks ago that you were
not out except to Mrs. Bryan's, she said no;
that he came to her house and In answer TO
his questions said she had been out to Mrs.
Bryan's and no further, and that she knew
nothing about the shooting, and told him
the same as l told YOU said she did not
ask John Passwater what she should do; he
was not selling watermelons there but came
up in a dearborn and had watermelons in IL
when he called her out.
Catharine Lewis, colored, also saw Hallett
with woman on the night of the murder
on the road to the cemetery.
Albert Wiley testified to meeting both
Hallett and Miss Daniels walking toward
the cemetery on the night In question.
Kendall X. Shockley testified to seeing
the prisoner and Miss Daniel on the same
road.
Benjamin B. Deputy, uncle OF deceased,
heard of the shooting, and on his road to
Fitzgerald's TO see his nephew saw Hallctt
and Miss Daniels going toward the town.
He passed within l5 PAGES of them. He saw
Hnrt Dppnfv after he W oh and h..S Safl
Hallett had shot him.
A number OF the witnesses testified to
seeing Hallett and Miss Daniels near the
scene OF the shooting.
William l.. Bryan's evidence was i'm
portant. He testified Saw Hallett on the
iron eridge after supper was with him
from three to five minutes he asked me If
WANTED to see some fun, and told me TO go
to Squire Stevenson's corner and watch
him and Anna Daniels; said she was going
back on him and would not go West with
him unless he would marry her and he be
ID il he would marry her: saw
Hallett little before dusk at Hall Il Jesbis-
corder, pointing his pistol at a chicken, say
ing he could blow its head OFF; Whitman
and l went out to the place fixed
and saw Hallett and Miss Daniels:
we watched them for some time and went
to bed; after this Hallett came in and said
he wasi in trouble; he asked witness to say
he had the pistol after | O'Clock, and be-
tween the hours of the shooting saw Hallett
and Miss Daniels all the time this he had
refused to do; witness recognized the pistol
Hallott offered TO make 1t all right with
witness.
The defense failed to shake Bryan's testi-
mony by cross examination
The State closed at 4.30 and Major Lof-
land opened for the defense and said he
would prove an albi.
Annie Daniels was called and said she and
Hallett on the night of the shooting took
the trip which Bryan had said IN his test-
mony Hal wanted him TO testify To.
Attorney General Gray shook her testi-
mony by showing her measurement of the
town, and her testimony is at variance with
that given before the Coroner's Jury.
The positive evidence given by the first
three witnesses Thursday has had depress-
ing effect on the defense. The recogni-
ton OF Hallett by the murdered mans
companions at the time of the shoot
ing, fastens the crime upon the ac-
cused beyond the shadow of a
doubt while the testimony of the later
witnesses of the day proves that Bryant was,
about the time of the murder, playing
billiards at Lowery's Hotel! The prosenu-
ton marshaled its evidence evidently with
conviction that the defense would endeayor
to prove an alibi for Hallett and cast a sus-
picion of the murder upon the witness
Bryant. In this the defense are com
pletely checkmated, unless Hallett's
counsel have some very strong rebutting
testimony to offer.