Telegram-herald., 1886-09-11
THg MCCULLOUGH MUsOea CASE


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George b TsFfsA VAS again brocghi api iu
Police Coart yesterday 4aa has examination
0u Tie charge ~ marlerng James McCul-
lalzh eas continued. TIE court room AS
cr8sded by spectator AZ the morning
session tla testimony oi ihe Previous Wit
a1-ses Na- real over ald signed. Ar 51
tle defense commenced 81 pll ln evidence
81 eT some valuable tlule had been wasted,
oslns to tle respondents attorneys neg
lect. llrre witnesses Nere examined aud
contributed fatarr CD strengthen iAan
eraken the prosecution. No more ait-
uezses being present, The case ~as adjourned
uLul 10 ID CLOCK tlls morning
TIE nrst eltncss Sas Ioun Jones. lie
said 1 reside al Is NateTl00-st. I was al
the dance GA Aag4si ~ 1 senl there about
3 % elocE. 4 lvft al ll-5u / saN Mccullough
llerr, / sia Skinner aud Terrell there, j
nfsI saN Skinner there about bali an hour
alder sot ILerr j sas Skinner outside
before the shooting. about Dle cen minutes
before SAluuer Nas standing talking lo a
gTl n0rh of lle Barrei House. he ieft the
slus and Terrell calied nin, he walked to-
saTd tls Barnett House john Denton aud
Mccullough were standing there. Others
Weie standing near, about ten or niteef all
together 1 walked up and heard Terrell
using abusive language, both were taking
Terrell. said III Ae had auy sand he would
take 10 up. Skinner said he 0l1 not come
to Hght. be then walked away toward the
south. do not know What the others did,
ms back Vas TUNED, Terrell wanted 10
hck me. | was talking 10 Hall al tie une
hail stuck ma has up. Hall said he did not
want al of them TO pitch on 10 him, / Of
leled 10 night Hall in the haymarket, l do
nos remember What Hall SAID, that Was
about i've minutes after We came out
OF the Barrett House. ! did not see the shot
aired I heard it, ] turned round and saw
Mccullough fall, Terrell Was about ten feet
away. the rest OF the crowd retreated,
thought II was Denton at nrst, he wore a
straw hat lust ike Mccullough; / hrst met
Mccullough in Burleys saloon where /
work. when / first turned round Denton
was standing in the crowd; Terrell was
taking 20 Skinner on the edge of the side
walk. Mccullough was standing there side
ways 10 me; they were all close together
saw 40 blows struck, neither did / see pls-
tot. / went in the dance after tue shoOtlngi
! did not hear Mccullough say anything, /
saw Mccullough standing almost between
Terrell and Skinner, IA little at the side, this
was before the shooting; the shooting took
place about twenty feet above the Barrett
House Hall came 20 me and l told him 10
keep MS mouth shut and be did So
turned my back because | thought Terrell
was following me To 20 10 the haymarket,
be spoke 10 me first when / was talking 10
Hall he told me 10 keep my mouth shut
and | told him | didn't have to- Told him
10 come 10 the haymarket TO have II out; be
started to walk with me; the next thing
heard was the shot; was there when Oifi-
Ger Wiley and the patrol wagon came
Wiley was there five minutes after the
shooting Mccullough walked into the Bar
rett House kitchen after the shooting; he
did not say a word, he could not speak.
Cross-examined by Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney Smed.ey: / did not hear Terrell
say anything after the shot was fired;
heard Terrell call Skinner a d liar did
not see Mccullough step in between Ter
ren and Skinner | did not hear him
say anything; / did not know at that time
who did the shooting; | did not see the
/ pistol; | left there at 1850.
/ Otto Struensee sworn said: reside on
/ Ottawa-st.; am a cabinet maker; was al
/ the Barrett House on the night of the
/ shooting: | went there about 9 o'clock;
/ did MT know Skinner until the other day
/ do not know Terrell; / knew Mccullough
/ | was sitting on a fence near the Barrett
/ House: / was talking 10 Billy Silvers; the
/ disturbance commenced while we were
talking; when / first saw Skinner he wa:
talking with the rest of the boys | was
about fifteen feet away; they were north o.
rue: [ was about twenty feet away at the
-ime of the shooting; | turned round ant
/ saw the boys scatter; ! saw one OF the bOy'
| lying there; when they talked about ightinl
/ | walked away; heard several talk abou
/ fighting: | could tell SINNERS voice; | wai
! by the candy store when the shooting oc
Cured directly they began to tall
/ about scrapping | walked away; ! thiul
/ Simon Mangold told me there was going L
/ be a fight.
Cross examined / did not go to see VIII,
was shot did not see anybody with a re
volver; went IN after Mccullough was car
ried into the house, saw somebody walk
I ing south after the firing; do not know j
/ il was Terrell.
Re direct. do not know who it wa
walking south.
VIM. Silver testified as follows: | am
/ pail turner al ComstOck :; | was at the Bar
/ rett House on the night Of Aug p; / know
! Skinner; do not know Terrell; / was il
/ front of the Barrett House the time of th'
/ shooting: ! was standing in the bar room
: door; / saw a crowd and heard a shot; has
/ NV back toward them; they were no
| talking loud: when | heard the shot
/ turned round and saw the crowd scatter;
/ saw Mccullough on the ground / raI
toward town for a policeman or a doctor;
was excited; saw Skinner run to ring al
Alarm / saw no one else run.
Cross examined: | know George Terrell
/ did not hear aEy remarks after the shoot
/ ing: saw no revolver; / saw Mccullough a
! his. house on North Division-st. on the Sat
urday following; he did not sag anything
/ The court adjourned.