The Brookhaven leader., 1888-03-15

uaSlltS were pOlnp W Nhclt tue bOui
was found. Didn't see anything more
of the man who went under the bridge
nor the man who went east or of the
third man. who came back and dId
the heating and went back east. Ar
rived ut the body with Carraway,
FitZut raid, Jones and others. Gam
brcll's pistol was lying between his
right side and right arm. Carraway
picked up the pistol and put it in his
pocket. lie didn't examine it. Posi-
lively saw three men ON the bridge
besides the dead man. The one went
under the bridge OH the south side and
the other two went off the bridge
east and one came back and did the
beating. Witness told City Marshall
Carraway that one of the men that did
the shooting ran under the bridge.
There were fifteen or twenty shots i'll
all, couldn't describe the flashes they
went from the road to the northwest
approach.
Saw Gambrcll'S body when it got to
Heaphy's store. Saw two men on the
bridge going east they were about
the center of the main bridge. The
man who went under the bridge left
the western end of it. He first saw
Hamilton when he walked up and
Carraway put the fire ont on his sleeve.
Hamilton said " He fired on me in
my buggy and got out and shot him"
NELLIE DINKINS,
Another very important witness. was
put on the stand when court recon
vened o-day. She is IL young colorcd
woman. Was in the employ of Mrs.
Charles Campbell when Gambrell was
killed. The night of the killing she
was going west ON the north side of
Capitol street. When she reached the
lamp post about 80 yards from the
eastern end of the foot bridge, she saw
Il hack approaching the wagon bridge
from the west side. The moon was
shining verv bright. When the hack
reached the west end of the
bridge it stopped or slowed up, she
couldn't tell which, and three men got
ont. One got out first, and then two
seemed to get out together, and she
couldn't tell whether they got out of
the side of the hack or the end .
When the three men got out of the
hack, she saw Il fourth man [Gambrclll
on the west end of the foot bridge on
north side of street, coming meeting
her, and nearing the three men stand
ing on the wagon bridge. The hack
drove on rapidly after the three men
got out and passed her going east to-
wards the post office when she was
five or six steps from the east end of
the foot bridge. She went on and
when she got four or five steps Oh the
bridge she heard pistol shot and
looked up and saw two of the men
who had got out of the hack shooting
at the one meeting her on the foot
walk. Didn't see the first shot and
didn't know who fired it. but looked
up as soon us she heard it, and saw
the two next fired by two of the men
on the street car side. After the two
second shots the man on the foot
bridge fell on his knees or his "all
tours' and she heard some one hollcr ::
"Oh, murder, help, help. don't, oh.
Colonel Hamilton, don't shoot me any
more" She then turned and came off'th
bridge and ran under the eastern APP
preach of the bridge on the north side;
heard other shooting after She turned,
but did not see it Heard groaning
and stamping after she got under the
bridge and ran across vacant lot to-
ward Mrs. CabaniSS', but was stopped
by Il wire fence and then ran back to
street near end Of foot bridge. on east
side and Went back up the street the
way she came. She did't know what
became of the carriage couldn't tell
whether it had one horse or two, nor
the color of the horse or horses, as she
did not notice that particularly and
if She passed any one as she ran up
the street did not observe them.
These are among the strongest wit
nes~rs the State has, and their testi-
mony is regarded by mprcjudced
persons as conclusive of the guilt Of
Hamilton AID ut least two others, pre-
srmably Enbauks and Albrtcht,
though there may he difficulty in iden-
tifying the last two. Hamilton often
PAGES the floor, and while young Jones
was giving his testimony and describ-
ing the brutal clubbing of Gambrcll
as he lay alone helpless and dying on
the bridge, the chief assassin who has
been held up by his hrnchmen as the
soul of chivalry, seemed especially
nervous. and at times shaded his face
with his hands, as if to shut ont the
awful scene which WAS again brought
thus wildly before him.
All of the witnesses whose tcStimO-
ny have given have been rigidly
croSS-GucStioncd by the attorneys for
the defense, but their evidence re-
manned absolutely mistaken in any
important particular, and Their man
of teStifying has been us convincir e
as their words. A number of photo
graphs and diagrams showing all
parts of the bridge and its approaches
and Surroundings,ar ARE used in the trial,
and by these the witnesses point out
and explain to the jury their testimo-
ny and their relative positions to the
killing.
Court adjourned this evening with
Nellie DinkinS till on the stand under
redirect examination by the State, to
whom she testified that the carriage