Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-16

"W alsh once said that he would shoot
me; but he was sober, and l think ne was
joking" was the reply.
'Did not Walsh draw pistol on you
once, and did you not tell some one that
if he did not 20 out of your place you
would take his pistol and do certain
thing with it2V
Il do not remember"
The witness considered Walsh a man
of
PRETTY GOOD SENSE.
Sam Deutch has known Walsh two
! or three years. On the night OF Oct. IA he
met the defendant on Max Krauss' cor
ner. Walsh was drunk then and was
! quarreling with two young men. 81 tried
TO get him away from them and he said he
would shoot me. The two young men
LETT while / was talking TO him. Walsh
| went after them into the Marshall house.
l followed him. Walsh went up to the
| counter and asked for some one named
/ McGowan. or some such name. He made
| considerable noise and Mr.. Hodges said
! don't make so much noise After Walsh
/ called Dawson puppy the old man
| slapped him in the face when Walsh
| pulled pistol out OF vest pocket and
| fired"
The witness heard Walsh say before
| the shooting that he had to carry the pis-
toll for Billy McKenna. Deutch stated
that he is drummer by occupation. He
used to room with Walsh. When the
witness first knew Walsh he was bar
keeper and afterward was a gambler and
RAN GAME.
The witness never saw Walsh stagger
very much. 1t was in the billiard room
that Walsh took his pistol out Of his
pants pocket and put it into his vest.
Mr.. Juchter from the jury box asked
the witness who put McKenna in jail, and
he replied "Dwyer."
Deputy Sheriff A. J. Franklin was next
called by the defence. The witness ar
rested Walsh on BrOughtOn street near
Enwrlghts saloon. Walsh then was not
very drunk. The witness heard OF the
| shooting and went into the Marshall
/ house where there was large crowd. A
cOlored boy gave him a description of the
man who had done the shooting. Being
satisfied that Walsh was the man wanted
he went out to look for him. Walsh came
up with his hat pulled down over his
eyes. After he was arrested he said two
or three times in an undertone,
''THEY CAN'T PROVE IT'D
Thomas Morgan, the step-father Of the
accused, was next called. John borrowed
a Smith g. Wesson pistol from the witness
month before the shooting. He stated
at the time that he was afraid OF Nc
kenna. So far as the witness knew
Walsh is peaceable man, with good
reputation.
Michael Walsh, brother of the defend
ant, saw John about II 30 O'Clock on the
night Of the murder. John was then in the
lobby of the police barracks, and he said
that he did not kill Dawson. The witness
thought that John did not know what he
did when drunk. He considered the de-
PENDANT peaceably disposed.
THE ppTanNUp1G STATuATRAyT
Amid perfect silence Walsh took the
stand to make a statement in his own be-
half. He spoke nervOusly, in jerky sort
of way, and in trembling tone and with
much emotion.
Gentlemen Of the jury" he said, 81 am
getting tried for crime which l COM
mitted while l was crazy. / had been
drunk all day. IdOn't know whether that
IS any excuse or not. Ii l killed any one
don't know it yet. Before God l am not
guilty OF doing anything that is wrong
while in my right mind.
81 carried a pistol to protect myself
against another, and | had to do it be-
cause tried to keep one man from kill
| ing another, and surely man that would
| risk his life for somebody else would not
commit murder. If l did anything did
it while crazy. l don't remember doing
anything that day after evening, when l
was standing on the corner of Bryan and
Drayton streets. If these hands of mine
did 1t, these eyes never saw it,"
NO MALICE AGAINST DAWSON.
Walsh spoke disconnectedly, and here
stepped down. His counsel whispered to
him for a moment, when he turned and
went back to the stand and said: ''The
man / am accused Of killing | never had
a word with in my life except in the way
| of business, when would 20 into the ho-
No1e 4
| or something OF that kind. / don't know
| what brought me into that hotel except
was crazy. never had any trouble with
any man named Conn.,"
This closed the side for the defense.
THE SHERIFF. ON THE STAND.
Sheriff Roman, jailer OF Chatham coun-
| ty, was called and shown a calendar of
| all the prisoners received in the Jail dur
ing the month OF October. The calendar
showed that McKenna was admitted to
Jail Oct. 3, 1885, and was discharged Oct.
10.
DR.. J. T. Mcfarland, who attended Daw-
son after he was shot, was next called by
the State in rebuttaI. The doctor stated
that he noticed Walsh closely during the
! inquest. In the opinion Of the physician
the defendant was conscious of what ne
was doing, and of what was going on
while the inquest was being held. Walsh
showed considerable nervousness.
THE LAST WITNESS.
w. w. Colquitt was recalled, and said
that Walsh walked perfectly straight
through the billiard saloon. He then had
one hand in his hip pocket. Mr.. COlquitt
called Mr.. DunwOdy's attention to Walsh.
The witness was quite positive that
Deutch did not pass through behind
Walsh. Mr.. Colquitt saw Walsh on the
corner of BrOughton and Drayton streets
few minutes before the shooting, and
some one was then trying to make Walsh
put up pistol which he was fiourishing.
The witness did not consider Walsh drunk
on the night Of the shooting.
The State here closed. The defense did
not recall any witnesses, and the court
took recess for one hour.
BEGINNING THE ARGUMENT.
When the court reconYened at s O'Clock
there WAS another struggle by the crowd
for admission. The grand jury room had
been cleared by order of the Judge aud il
WAS occupied by fifteen or twenty ladies'
who were present to hear the argument.
The interest in the trial grew as the case
proceeded, and while the speeches were in
progress several gentlemen, including
some OF the most prominent citizens,
came in. There were several present
| through curiosity and interest who never
] attend tho criminal cOurt unIaaa e,tr,,