The Evening critic., 1884-05-30
with the close OF the examination OF this
witness the recess was taken.
After Recpaa.

With the close OF the examination Of this
witness the recess was taken.
After Recess.
william H. Dom was called after the court
reconyened and testified that he was in the
neighborhood when the shooting occurred. Ho
enw the scufning and Langston trying to part
the men. A .colored woman como and seized
Langston in the neck. He told her TO go away
as he wanted TO part tho men. At that time
the colored man ran up and said to Langston
That II no hit the woman
He would IEit Langston.
Langston told him to go away; that he did
not want anything TO do with him, but wanted
TO stop the light Tho women crowded toward
bim and got him by the collar, and the colored
man pressed toward Langston with one hand
raised ne II to strike him and the other drawn
across his breast. Langston moved back and
again told the man no wanted nothing to do
win MIN, the colored man still pressed him,
said ne was shot, and shot for nothing.
Spencer was Doing Nothing.
spencer was short distance from the fight,
doing nothing, with his hands down to his
sidee, looking on. He said, "I am shotl" and
ran toward Pomeroy street. Langston, after
the shooting, buttoned up his coat and ran to-
ward the park. The witness did not soy any.
thing about the AFFAIR until the second day
afteiward; but when Mr.. Langeton came home,
as he understood that he wanted to know all OF
the circumstances, the witness went and told
him what DO knew about 1t. The reputation
of Langston for peace and good order was
good, and tho witness had known him for ton
years. Williams, in pursuing Langston, APP
peared TO be striking him.
On cfoes.examination witness said that no
had not been Intimate with Langston. The
witness used 10 play pool OF Ricks Park on
the second floor OF tho hotel building, and in
the rear OF n cigar store on Seventh street,
above Boundary. At the timo OF the trouble
there were three cars on the stand aud one
had Just gone away. When Langston came up
TO the two men they both laid In the gutter.
AS Lnnaston wns STOPPING Down
the woman came up from the south and struck
him twice In the back-once with the right
hand and once with the left hand. Langston
pushed her back, and told hor to go away.
Williams came from direction opposite to
that OF the woman. They were not together.
Williams said to Langston-twce said "God
d-n; don't hit that woman. II you do will
hit YOU"
Laneston was Pressed Back
to tho houses by Williams and tho woman
and the firing started. Williams had struck
Lnngston once, and was gtrlklng him again,
when the first shot was Hred. He did not stop
striking at Langston until after the NTH shot
was fired, then he turned and left.
He had said nothing about the matter be-
cause he did not want his mother 10 know he
was there, as she might think no was mixed
up in 1t. When he did tell her she told him
TO keep eth about It, as most OF the people
thought Langston in the wrong.
John Harris testified to being IN Shehey's
while Dennis Williams was there and to his
drinking whisky twice, and beer once. Dom
mis- had been drinking before he came into the
ness went out he heard Dennis say, 'Stand
back, or I'll Tx you" Then he hoard the shots.
He did not know who fired, or how many shots
were fired.
oscar Brown testified TO seeing Williams
drinking in Shehey's.
Isaac II. Norman tesrined that Williams told
him he was 30 close to Langston's pistol that
the powder burnt his face.
Howard Gordon testified that three or four
days after tho shooting he met Williams, who
said that no got into the trouble by trying to
part the two mon.