Daily Republican., 1884-11-12
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-c. nscueu at 10 o'clo,,-
morning e.ni,lg with the Chief Ju saGCs
Wniteley on the bench Tn
AFTER the Court was cnsnal n,edial
johnson, who WAS copvidts, lie
IN the second degree la.t u OF muir
So ocasns h INTO Court, and placed y |,
S1 cs wnen the Chief Justics so, 10
ann 70 pay the costs of pros. seaten
nne OF %, 900, and be i,p ,"s'ecution
the remainder Of his life Th 'soned
vas received by the Drinopsr no ssnte
ZANE Indifference and nno", with
has characterized him dnr,nncern Il
Inc names Of the jurors x aus 'r !,
oslled, AFTER which Ado:pb K y
charged with the murdsr hepn
" brien, was brought In thu ~ rstrl
placed In the dock. ' 0ouft
| Attorney. General Grsv an, n
Attorney. General Coopey uu Depq
the defense. ~ "'r"' Esq,
inc drawing Of the Jurors MN. j
prosecuted with, and The tolior,n,
Norris W. Tailey. noh.-, H.
colored I; John Peach, JAM. r ma,n
Robert q. Whittock. Wai,s rordhd
FRANK FRANK Il. Carsweli, Thoma, VIII.
william Il. Lyman, Thou,, c n,
~, James Fl. Baton Hso IvH'
The following were eb.,l.,,.,
the de Tense james Ginn W,i,
Bartlett, William Br,,tar MI" WI
Ford, Vincent q. Film, Kicb,,t
ioney, Joseph W. Brooks CbsrIs.
Morrison, Merritt N. Willi,rs On
Shldgway, James Couaway SAM
Those who had fornai AMI .x,..
an opinion were William N be-
in and Jacob Foster ''
! The State challenged vbou,. \
nngton. John q. Morrison S,r,
Cranston. ''''' 'i'a
Ths following had con.,,.,,;
scruples against capita buni.bma
David q. Derrickson, Davnl P Hn1
inson, John Itob~rtr, William s G
ner, Thomas L. Vale.
Thomas &. Murphy, W,i,h,, q.
ley and Thomas White we,es,n 81
the Court. u'0
Edmund J. Gregg wa. 30. pre
when his name WAS called and
Court imposed fine of So
| As soon As the jury wa. 9lec
the CLERK read the indlctnnpt charJ
Adolph kepner with murder in
first degree, In causing tue death Of
rick O'Brien on the hight Of lie 2i,i
last June.
The case WAS opened by Alto,
General Gray, who detailed 10 The
the story If the tragedy Ani what
proposed 10 prove. As ,J)n as
closed, the examina.ion Il witne
was proceeded with.
William Carswell sworn. and I'd
ned that lie lii a surveyor by profess
and had uisde IA plot OF The scene Of
tragedy. The witness was ,howu
draw ing Of the bar room where
shooting took place, and recognized
as the one made by Lin.
Edward Mailman testified .hIs
lives 10 ChiistiaDa Hundred: be Wa
tho saloon the hight OF the shooting
went In about quarter Of nine "
samuel Patterson aud 0Ini Pa'rl
y Brien with two or three Ithers Ia
room kepneI vas behind h. bar,
O'Brien was standing at the ives;
OF the room.
The witness vent up ~ liz bar
drank several glasses VI ! been, all
others, except ktpnsr, drinking v
him. Patterson and the witness
some words with kepne. about
change out Of two dollar bill III
afternoon, when Patterson -en'ar
that Kepner had cheated him out
dollar.
There was IS cents 10 come out oil
two dollar note, but when ihe WIZ
came TO examine the change, whicl
had already placed in his pocket,
found shat he only bad 81 cents .
some words had passed between 10
he tcld Kepner that If he "an'ed
dollar any worse than he di1, Do u
keep 1t, and Kepner then treated w
and gave him q quarter 10 Cal
square.
There was no quarrel III tae even
but the witness seen Kepner and
terson talking, when the nrs' I'd
nuttered something and ran 70
other end of the bar, and 'ellfned
a revolver, when tie witness
"look out Sam, he's going 10
you." Patterson dropped do"l
trout of the bar, and kepntr ..'
over and fired, and the witness ia au
the front door toward ths ''''
when he heard another shot n'eu'
Samuel Patterson was sT9fp'an
roborated the previous wi'ue" ha
the material points, but san Isj
been drinking 30 much thai ~ 1aJ
distinct recollection OF what loon
He recollected hearing Ha'ial nO,
that Kepner was going " '"'''
dropped In front OF the pa' ,,,.d in
When the trouble oco aai' Kan
afternoon the witness clrsfu ,a n
and told him that il he woaiq eoI .,
aide he would beat the dona'
him Went back to the saou 'h
wards and again had wofos s' VIM
ner, but did not recollec' ~, -. ,yeu
words with him IN 'a sa n
although he might nave r p I'D
three shots fired, after VIZ rta uit
ont the door and ran away ,jad
Knew O'Brien, as he had b'a 'iaa,,
h;s sister At12.55 o'clock o9 .rr
"is e.s'o o'clock this sfe''