The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-15

tide, and he answered June q On July u
it was neaptide, six feet two or three inches.
&. B. wEsrcoTTs TESTIMONY.
went down to Tybee July -; knew
George Smith; saw him az Tybee; didn't
go down with him | was at supper at the
Seaside Pavilion when he came in; saw his
dead body on the beach the next day and
recognized il; saw Smith at hotel. Barney
keyes, Cassidy, Maggie Terrell and colored
| boy were in the party. ! went TO bed be-
tween 10 and ! / O'Clock, and left Smith,
| Mr.. Wright and Barney Keyes together;
heard Barney come up stairs fifteen or
! twenty minutes later. Judging from the
sound of his voice, think his room was on
the hall nearly across from mine Maggie
Ferrells was next TO mine Think Cassidy's
room was on the hall near by. The rooms
are separated by thin partitions that only
extend as high AS the caves of the roof |
was awakened near the break of day by
terrible noise in Barney Keys room. |
heard Barney say, drop that harness then
| heard a scuffle and Barney'S voice saying
something about somebody trying to rob
him: ! heard another voice say Where's
my room" Barney answered, you know
where your loom Is; Won can't rob me. /
then heard a suhdued conversation i'm
| Maggle's room ana a creaking Of the
bed, and heard water tricking as if it
was being poured out in the room. A little
after the noise had ceased | heard Barney
say he was going TO get some other camp TO
sleep in. | heard him 90 out in the hall in
the direction of the stairs, but didn't hear
whether he went down stairs or not |
turned over and went TO sleep again"
Cross-examined Mr. WescOtt said: at
was between daylight and dark when was
awakened; / could see the sand hills ont of
my window; it was lighter than night /
woke up again in time to catch the train;
didn't have time to get my breakfast |
| next saw Barney Reyes when he came
aboard the tug. He was under the influence
of liquor; he was under the influence of
liquor when he went to bed the night before;
he was noisy but didn't want to
fight. Saw Cassidy and Magg Terrell
go on the boat. | didn't see them on the
boat when l went down to Tybee in the
| morning. When ! was at supper, little
after dark, | spoke to her and asked her if
she would have supper; | don't remember
just what her answer was, but she declined;
the remark made by Barney was .omethng
like drop my harness, you can't come that
game on me, partner, or words to that
effect; my first impression was that he had
the horrors The witness neither on the
cross-examination nor the redirect could
| remember whether the light had been
turned down shortly after in Maggies
| room.
! WRIGHT ON THE STAND.
John Wright, proprietor of the Seaside
I Pavilion, testified in brief to the Cassidy
party coming to his place on the evening Of
July II and engaging rooms, Cassidy ing
! the spokesman. In company with his own
party were a Mr.. Baldwin and another per-
son, whose name the witness did not recall
From the Ocean House the party got bath
| ing suits and went in bathing; when they
returned from the bath and while Cassidy
was upstairs, the two guests of the Ocean
House called and left word that they would
see Cassidy in the morning; Cassidy was
so informed when he came down stairs, and
he left to hunt them up During his alb
| nee Smith, disturbed by the noise of Bar
ney Keyes and by the mosquitoes, came
down stairs, dressed only in his pants,
understands, shoes ana hat, and while they
were talking Cassidy returned, and drink
was had all round. That was about |
o'clock, or near that time. Wright Id the
party he was tired and must go to bed
Cassidy asked if he would not give them half
a pint of whisky and let them stay up, wax
ing him at o'clock to go and hunt turtles
on the beach. The witness gave them the
liquor, and promising to wake them up if
he awoke, left the two on the piazza after
biddlng them good night and went
to bed i'll a cottage near the pavilion.
1t was also testified to by Mr. Wright
that Cassidy admitted having but 81 in
money and that he wanted to get hold of
the two suckers at the Ocean House and
make them spend some money. He was
rigidly cross-examined on all the details of
the finding of the body, the persons on the
| island, and the defense dwelt on the fact
that he had that morning discharged his
colored barkeeper, but he said he would
re-employ him, as he was good boy and
honest, if he would only keep sober; that on
the night of the murder the boy was drunk
and didn't get out until after 6 O'Clock in
the morning.
Richard Higgins testified to being with the
MinisJohnson party, and driving the, vag-
| Onette. He aided in looking for evidences
| of the murder, measuring the tracks and
conveyed the message back to the hotel of
the discovery of the body, and telephoned
for the Coroner. In the crOss-examination'
it was sought to enlarge upon the fact that
| a party of fishermen were encamped at
South End of whom little was known. Wit
ness knew them to be George Bossell Cud-
| dy Russell, and third whom he did not
| know.
a FISHERMAN ON THE STAND.
The last witness called by the State was
| George Bossell. He testified that his party
consisted of Dan Williams. Cuddie Russell
and himself. They were three miles from
the hotel He had been up at the hotel on
! inc HlSlJ Oh July IL 10 arrange 10 take
Messrs. Minis and johnson fishing the next
| day, and on his return near midnight had
| found his companions asleep, and they had
not left camp that night. Three or four
! days after the murder he had found white
! derby hat on Blu hham's beach at the point
of high tide on the marsh. He identified it
as the hat worn by George Smith the day
| preceding the murder. The deep dent from
| the deadly blow of the instrument was
plainly visible.
The counsel for the prisoner asked the
witness if Cuddie Russell wasn't the step
son Of Lawson, killed by a relative of
Smith, but the Solicitor General entered a
protest against the form of the question
and it was not pressed. The witness then
described the time of the tides about the
| time of the murder, but there was nothing
important brought out in the cross-exami-
nation. He admitted a relationship by
marriage with Russell.
In the redirect testimony he stated that
he knew nothing of the stepfather of
Russell being killed by any of Smiths rela-
tives. The witness was a friend of Smiths,
and had run with him for five years. Rus
sell was a friend Of Smiths, and wouldn't
have harmed hair of his head, but he did
say the morning after the murder he would
like to put a knife in the man who had
killed him"
At the conclusion of Mr.. Bos ellis testi.
mony the jury was put in charge of a
sworn bailitf, and the court adjourned until
10 o'clock this morning.