The Hazlehurst signal., 1885-10-08
TIE BRIDGES TRIAL.
The Case BEFORE The Criminal District
Court in New Orleans.

Dean = house at Ia BASIN street. lOr-
poral Andry, Special Littlcton and
officer CannorS rushed To the spot.
There they found u man who gave his
name ~ Charles Anderson suffering
from u wound of the abdomen aud II
flesh wound of the left thigh. Charles
A. Bridges was arrested u the man
who did the shooting.
Both men were strangers in the city.
Anderson was taken To the Charity
Hospital and Bridges was locked up
in the Central Station. I'm afcw days
the wounded man died, and ycstcr-
lay the case Of ChaS. A. Bridges was
called for trial in the Criminal District
Court, section \, Judge Alfred Ro-
man. Assistant District Attorney
lIcnriqucs appeared for the state, and
Judge W. l.. Evans and \. j. Me-
Laurin. Esd, OF Mississippi, repre-
scntcd the defense.
The impancling of the jury began
at ll:l5, but each juror was 80 scarch-
ingly examined to discover il he had
ever read anything, or ever saw II
paper. or ever hcardanything. or ever
knew ANYTHING ON any subject what
ever, that il was 80 p. IN. before the
jury was completed.
The first witness called was Julia
Dean, who testified ~ follows:
On the 10Th of March last | lived ai
Is Basin street. saw the prisoner
there that night; ChaS. Anderson was
there too: did not know him. II was
between II and II o'clock that my
door bell rang, aud Mr.. Bridges came
and stepped into my parlor. In II
few minutes hc started up stairs. Not
knowing him, called To him, but he
made no answer. Directly he came
down and went into the parlor again.
lie said he was looking for that wo-
man. "Wlmt woman do YOU want, -
asked. He replied. "Thc one |
was with. B." With thi, opened the
door and ordered him out. Anderson
came out Of the parlor, and. taking
him by the arm. said: "Comc, lets
20 out, my friend. Come 20 with
me. -
The prisoner said: "Lct 20 of me. "
did not see Anderson strike Bridges.
saw Bridges shoot. lie fired the
first shot. heard three other shots
They brought Anderson into my par
lor. lie was shot; his coat was on
fire: one of the ladies put out the fire.
Cross-cxamincd-l had been in my
room. did not see Anderson that
night till he came into the hallway.
| had not been in the parlor that night
before the Occurarcc. There were
two men in the parlor. Anderson and
"a man who was with linn. When he
said that he was hunting for that wo-
man asked him II She owed him any
thing. lie said NO ! then told
him to go out. orI would find some
way To put him ont. lie was not
boistcrous; hc was quite and gentle
manly. ] had the door partially
open, He >aid nothing out of the
way.
Anderson then came UP and took
hold of him, and when hc told Andcr-
son to let him 20, Anderson jcrkcd
him out the doorway. lie had Dridg-
e. by the left arm. Mr.. Bridges did
not speak loud Ia Anderson. AMBER
son did jerk him out the door. l had
had NO controversy with Bridges. |
shut my door a. soon as the first shot
was fired. Gacia Clark waS in the
parlor with Anderson. Bridges did
not pull his gun in my house; H. An
dcrson jcrked him out down The steps
ne reached for his revolver. ] saw
Bridges that night after the occurrence.
He had his handkerchief to his face his
face was bleeding.
Re- c-dircct-AndcrsOn did not let 20
of him when Bridges told him to.
Anderson then jcrked him. Then he
made motion for his hip pocket; some
one cried out that he had pistol.
SPECIAL HENRY LiTrLEroN
was connected with the police ON
March &c. was at the corner Of Ca
nal and Basin. heard n shot. and
ran up Basin street. Heard and saw
three other shots. Saw u man get up
off the sidewalk and start away from
i'm front of IL Basin street. lie had Il
pistol, single action Smith c Wcsson,
that he put into his coat pocket. l
arrested linn and locked him up.
j ran up toward the shooting. There
were found on his person thirteen
cartridges.
Cross-examned by Mr.. McLaurin
There were three men together ut the
time Of the shooting. They were
grouped together. ] saw man fall
after the third shot. Then he jumped
up and the fourth shot was fred |
do not know what became Of the third
man. Bridges nose WAS hurt and was
bleeding from the face. lie told me
the man had chOked and struck him,
and lac told him To let him 20 and hc
woultln {, SD he shot him loose.
q. W. YANpERYOORr.