The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-18
A VERY WILD STRETCH.
HOW RAMBLING AND ACTUAL RE
PORTS OF A MATTER DIFFER.
Charles Sellers, for Circulating False
Reports Concerning the City's Health,
IN tho Police Court-Stenographic
Report OF tho Trial.

Report OF tho Trial.
The APPEAL Yesterday called upon the
Scin,iidr for proof for the following publ
cation in its issue OF Thursday:
81 told the car driver that there were
fifty-seven Jacksonville refugees in tho
city," he said, "and got my information
from the morning ArPEAL. j think that
my arrest Is on outrage. II any one should
be arrested the man who wrote the article
In that paper is the onc."
Here is the proof.
"rhe three witnesses against Sellers
swore In the police court this morning
that he told them lac got his wild yellow
fever stories from TnE APPEAL Is that
sufficient proof"
While Il would have made no material
difference II Sellers had 80 stated an
ArrEAL reporter could find no one 10
verify IT, Tho prisoner stoutly denied IT,
claiming that lac had not even seen TnE
ArPEAL, Turnkey Richard Hilton, who
was on duty at the statlon-hOuse whom
Sellers was brought in, and took charge OF
him, remembered no such statement M
coming from the prisoner. Hence the re-
quest tot proof, and the proof submit.
ted. Here is a sicnographic report OF the
trial, names Of witnesses being omitted
because they were not given, and the
stcnopaphcr, Mr. Con DAILY, did not
learn them.
TuF srrNoGHArHtC REPORT.
Mr.. lladdcn What did the man do7
Driver Well, he told me there were
sixty cases OF yellow fever here.
Mr.. lladdcn-Ollicor Caskln, Why did
Won urrpst this mau9
Officer = iy orders from the chief. Mr.
Gibson was with me.
Mr.. MADDEN Well, Gibson, what do
You know about it2
Mr. Gib.on-Thc day before Yesterday
In the evening Mr. Dawson came 10 me
and said that his drivers told him that this
man was jumping on the cars and report
ing that there was yellow fever la town.
He asked me 10 report IL "a the chief aud
! did. The chief sent officer Caskin Ia |
arrest him, aud he asked me II ! knew him /
(Selcrsl. and said did and he asked |
me to 90 with him, aud did. We met |
on the corner Of Madison and Second |
streets and asked him why he was report !
ing yellow fever Ia town and hc said:
"Wcll, you know TnE ArrEAL has been
reporting il"
Mr. lladdcu-Wcll, now, that's tho rca-
tNN NN' k'.NAiiIlAN llHN Nf'l NllfHAfls
Then 10 the car driycrl Mha, do you
know
Driver wcn cir. he got on the car aud
told me hcrc were sixty eases OF yellow
fever here
Mr.. Iladicn-wcrc YOU the car driycr7
Duyvr-lcs, sir.
Mr.. lladdcn-wp this man cat
lriyCr7
nrivor-No, sir ho isa bricklaycr,
Mt. Taylor sellers Attorney
time was hn;f
pr.ycr-rhc day before yesterday.
Mr.. Taylor lie told you thatR
nnvcr-Ncs, sir.
MI. Taylor-pid he tell YOU whcrc HI
got the ininrmaiIon2
Drycr-No, sir. lie told me he VA
Just out Of Mississippi With Il himself
Mr. MADDEN, 90 Another Nitncss-Wha
dill he tell You, nav iricnd2
Witness lie didn't tell me ANYTHING
Mr.. lladdcn, Ia Another Witness y,
You know anything about him making ans
malicious reports about the c.iy2
Mitncss-l didn't hear him say any.
thing about thiscity. lie said he was jusi
from Grccnyllc. and hc said there Wcrr
four cases there. aud be- said it was down
nj Lake View
Another pnycr=llc got on my car and
he SAYS, GLOW about yellow ivyvtF' Was
afraid Of iU | said no. lie snid their
wctc some eases over here on Linden street
lie says 90 the, "Nou look awful thin
Where | came lr,m they faid there wa
several cases.
Sellers No. cir. didn't siy that
Driver Didn't YOU tell mc you threw
~ black ynmt down thCfc7
sollDu No. Hr
Mt llaldcn=llayc n warrant r0itct
ont i1r thv balance Ut those witnesses.
viii continue your Ctsc.
This was done because of the absence q
witnesses, Who came in FnUu uicrNupl
when The case again yamC up and ptu
cccdcd a. follows
President MADDEN 10 S'ryot Car Driver
Did this man tell you any malicious fluu,
about yellow fever being iu town. or an,
thing oi the k.ud7
Street Car Driver lie got on my e.