Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-11-16

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"Was there any commotion?"
"The boys were jumping over the fences
and crying Halt and Don't run"
"Was there any crowd about the place."
"Not when we went in, but when we
went out there was a big crowd"
Mr.. Tom Taylor said: 81 was member
OF the party when the raid was made on
Webbs. There were two shots fired. |
heard John Powell halloo to them to halt.
There was no particular excitement, but
large crowd was in front of the door when
we came out"
w. l.. Pope said: 81 was in the raid and
heard pistol shots fired. There was a
crowd about the door"
John Powell: 81 stood at the back door
of the saloon and fired my pistol twice in
the air and called, Halt = Stop there p sew
eral times when the darkies rushed out by
me. There was Just that amount of commo-
ton that might be have been expected on
an occasion of the kind. l am perfectly
willing to make that statement to the
court or the grand jury"
Thomas Flanagan was asked If he was a
member of the raiding party.
Eyes"
Were you present when Webb's saloon
was raided %'
Eyes"
"Did you hear any shots fred?'
"Yesh
"Did you see any pistols drawn?''
Yes"
"Did you notice any crowd or eommo-
tom"
mot much commotion. There were
twenty-three in the house, and about
thirty around the door in the street."
Charles Stewart, in answer to question,
asa.tI la.
made on Webb's saloon. He was a men,
ber of the raiding party and was the last
to enter. He heard two shots fired, and
has beeninformed they were fired by John
Powell when the escaping darkies ran over
him. He heard several of those inside
cry out Don't run, boys; don't run y
The excitement soon subsided.
j. w. Alexander, who was a member OF
the party, is out of the city, and therefore
could not be questioned.
j. +. McKeOn could not be seen by the
reporter yesterday, but several days ago
made a statement about the same in sub
stance as that of his companions. Hayes
Chiles and A. Hayden, who are not con-
nected with the sheriff's force, but were
with the party on the night in question,
| will also sustain the statements of the
/ others. These make the list complete.
1t is thus admitted by the sheriff anC
the deputies who served with him during
the raid made on Webb's saloon on the
night Of the Sd instant, as the APPEAL
charged:
fTrst.-That pistols were drawn.
Second-That shots were fired, and
Third.-That they called, Halt, Halt,
and made such noise as to attract
crowd
They differ with the APPEAL only il
this that they did not shout or yell,
but they called Halt" and "Stopr' a
Mr., John Powell says, which amounts t
the same thing.
This would seem to Justify our advic
to the grand jury to suggest to the Grim
inal Court that it would save our repor
ter from further annoyance and them
selves from great deal of unnecessar
trouble by doing what the APPEAL ha
done, securing the admissions of tn
sheriff and his deputies that the Al
PEAL S statement was true. But furthe
than this the grand jury could hav
summoned the man Webb and ascel
tanning from him who was in his saloo
at the time of the raid, have sun
moned them and him to answer wheth'
the charges of the APPEAL were tru
They might also have summoned the N,
gro woman, Hannah Joiner, whose nan
: we gaye in the report published on Sunda
the 4th instant But it is not too lat
The Court seems to be anxiously purs,
ing as crime -wfa. the APPEAL HI
never believed to be more than an exec
4 ,oi zeal in an attempt by the sheriff al
4 his deputies literally to obey order
1 and we trust the grand jury wi
exhaust all the witnesses we ha'
named, aud those we may hereaft,
name, and probe the matter to the bottoI