Telegram-herald., 1886-09-09
MURDER IS CHARGED.
Examination Of George Terrell
Commenced n Police Court
FOR SH00IING llNtS N'IULL0UGH.
Ths Cham of Evidence Gradually
Closing Round the Unfortunate
Young Maa-The Testimony OF
Witnesses

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House on TIE night 0l Aug. -. was com
menced ID Police Court yesterday before
Judge HOLMES. The respondent Terrell is
lader nineteen years of age and does not
appear % realize the uni3rtuDats position
in which be is placed Daring the eE-
animation be- sal quietly tanning himself
only occasionally breaking the monotony
by leaning forward and whispering 10 his
attorney Prosecuting Attorney l. NJ.
Turner conducted the case far the people
and George II White 80. p watched the
case for Terrell
Wiifred skinner was the FIRST witness
sworn lie said reside on North Lafay-
ette-st, know the respondent and James
Mccullough saw the respondent on Au-
glst - ln the evening" / saw Mccullough
0n the same night saw the respondent the
night before On Jefferson ave, he wanted
go light NE but / would not get cut OF nay
carriage then. said l would tight az any
piaee he wanted. / told him 1 would not
Gleet him al barfeltHouse as he would have
friends there we arranged 10 meet Al the
Halfway House and night the next night
about 9 clock the next night / saw him
and Hall standing on the steps, he had 4
friend So did not 80 10 him, / returned 10
city he came 10 a dance al Barrett House;
later in the evening. He came 10 NE and
said Come here you - and come out
eide aud tight" lie tried 10 force me 10 tight
said ii YOU are determined 10 fight | viii
get friend Jerry Denton was my friesd
The Misses Roberts were there. We went
a h-tle way mp the street. lie used some
more insulting language. MoIullOugh
stepped between Us. Another man wanted
Hall 10 come % the corner and night. Ter
rell did not say anything 10 Mccullough
4 Mr.. Jones wanted me 10 night.
Terrell told him not to interfere
Terrell said he wanted to fight
me. Terrell pushed Mccullough with the
lat of ms hand. Mccullough and be then
ciinched: they stepped back; l turned out
of the crowd 10 tell the girls 10 go bone,
Was twenty-five feet from Terrell when /
heard a shot Ered, ! turned and saw Nc
CullOugh fall. rerrsll released his arm from
McCullOughs s neck and the latter fell; sic
CullOugh was cur.ed up on the sidewalk, /
think I heard Terrell say son of a b"
/ then walked into the Barrett
House TO see if there was a
police alarm. they had no alarm so
| walked north and notified a police
man
AEUe- TAdAAlutQ UE " uAAC AAdA ctA p
per at Ed Caswells that night; | went
there after quitting work at the New Eng
land Furniture Factory; It is close by the
Barrett House. tits about three fourth's OF
mile from the Half Way House; / walked
close 10 the latter house, | then went 20
Miss Roberts house. one block, this side Of
Wealthy-ave. I had been a. the dance only
a short time when / saw Terrell; at the
time ] think ! was sitting on a table
in the room; the girls were getting ready
% 20 home; / went out after Johnny
Denton, | knew several who were al the
dance the shooting occurred about thirty
feet above Barrett House, about the centre
Of the Sidewalk. there was quite a number
of persons outside Al the time. twelve or
fifteen perhaps several followed Us out
from the Barrett House; Terrell was out
side first with Hall; we had quarrelied on
the night before. and at The time the "Dey-
lis Auction was here; We had been bad
friends tor two years; We quarrelled over
the girls. we had never come 10 blows; We
had talked Of blows some months before on
JeffersOn-ave. I was alone al the time with
Terrell. he threatened to whip me; be said
if he could not do 1t one way he could
another: Hall was across the
road al the time; Terrell and
did not grapple when We came out
Of the Barrett House After the shooting
I walked aways with the girls and then
went 10 the Station House. il was nearly II
o'clock then, when / left the crowd Hall
and Terrell were standing there. did not
see them again that evening" the shot was
fired about three or four minutes after
came out Of the Barrett House / did not
expect 20 see Terrell after I left the Half
Way House; did not carry a revolver that
night. have no revolver. only the remains
Z =.
times.
John Denton testified as follows: 1 live
on East-st / am cabinet maker
a. McC0rd & Bradheld's / was at the
Barrett House on the night Of Aug. 25;
saw Terrell then, that was after ! saw
Skinner I heard Terrell was outside wait
ing % whip Skinner, / went ont with Skin
ner. Terrell was outside talking TO the girls;
Terrell aud Skinner talked on the edge Of
the sidewalk Terrell made break for skin
ner and Mccullough stepped between them;
Terrell put his left arm round Mccullough
neck and shot him, / saw the pistol IN Ter
reirs right hand. directly afterward he put
10 in his troa-er pocket aud put his hand
on it 7 only saw Mccullough step between
them once. Terrell pushed Mccullough the
latter then struck az him. before Terrell
came Skinner had said nothing about bis
trouble WITH Terrell.
Cr0ss-examined. board a. the corner Of
81 rth and Fr0nt-sts did not know Terrell
before that night. I have been acquainted
with Mccullough for a year when McCul-
Tough sprang forward between Terrell and
Skinner nothing was said. they were borne
away by the crowd closing up. there is an
electric light close by. I saw Mccullough
strike A. Terrell. 7 do not know where
Skinner was then that was the only blow I
saw struck if was about a minute before
the Shot vas fred. Mccullough was nearest
70 me when the blow was struck
when the shot was fred the crowd fell
back. I had never seen Hall before that
night he was pointed out % me. Skinner
said nothing about his trouble With Ter
rel after the shooting { saw Terrell stand.
ing fau fees north of where Mccullough fell
viii revolver in his hand. he stood there
hsifa minute sn8 walked toward the Ohio
House. there was 10 striking or clinching
after the shot vas fred. I remained A. the
dance afer The hzht
Re direct examination saw McCul-
iouzh a0er the shooting AZ his house on
DIVISION AZ he died week ago last Tues
dsy uisht, Z only know this BY hear
saT.
County Physician Ed's testified Ter
formed a pasI. u'orter1 examination on the
boiv ~ James Mccullough = l6f North
Efvisi0n sf. on september ) found fhat
he siei from e zu1s1ot ronni which pro-
dlcei coma ard eventually desth. The bail
entered faa middle Of BE- forehead. The
wound vas necessarily mortal wound if
vas che e.gse If death.
John Eir.ierhoon svorn sai3 fvs on
Nenf-s- Alley Z 80 AZ fhe Barrett Hogse
on fhr uig1r af the shooting Terrell vas