Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-21
ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
Testimony In the Case OF Dorsey Suber.
Charged With killing James Payne.


Charged With killing James Payne.
In the Criminal Court, Judge Bradley, to-
day, the case Of Dorsey Suber, colored man.
was put on trial for the murder Of James Payne,
colored, on December n last. Mr.. Lipscomb,
for the government, and Campbell Darlington
for defendant The following jurors were Sc
lected: ]. +. Hodgson, James A. Talbert, SAM
uel Bryan, Charles A. Edelin,, Warren G. Fear
ing, Joseph Ottinger, L. r. Trembly, Lewis
Mex. Turner, Michael @. Lepley, John H.
Brooks, Weston B. Turner and Alexander
Campbell
Mr.. Lipscomb briefly opened the case, stating
that the defendant lived as a boarder in the
house with the deceased and his mother and
sisters, on z street, between 18th and 18th
streets; that on the night in question Suber
and Mary Payne, who occupied rooms upstairs.
got into a quarrel; that the mother of the muir
dered man, Virginia Payne, went upstairs and
Suber cut her on the hand, and then the de-
ceased weut upstairs where he received five or
ak cuts with knife, and from these wounds
he died.
TESTIMONY OF THE MOTHER OF THE VICTIM.
Virginia Payne, the mother of the deceased
testihed that he was twenty-five years of age
at the time OF his death and was q larger man
than Dorsey; that her daughter Mary occupied
the front room upstairs and Suber the back
Went ,,n Ia sNeS sos Lnto q9arrei ana she
emf bar T., az ~, "nen Suoer tui neu Oh her anu
and asked .Nnthor 5;S siie ~. ,.9s, ~ny
the I've 49,, I'm" uiu ne MI A1ut anu lleh
hers room and tho,. - ~, A., "a - Ca;
when she, being afraid that the lamp wouId he
overturned, took it out of the room, and in a
'.,e .inie dorsey ran out Her daughter came
"He has tIIed nv Sa,'aS. anu ml, vines ~
plied ono motbar - :; III ~ ~.
hTboy drass,ad -; ~ 10 NJ neI, puU me-
shoulder and that nirbt ,hn,. 80. e.. sno
clans but tbe doctorse d;a SLY ioi Pn9si
ON ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 80 ;.:; l. -,
penknife narina bor onr,,s ,,So III nau I
menced and To- - ~ "n.n .no nsLt oohi.
dronped on tbo aoor ST. ~ oS,. Wiz ,1 ~
Suber's boad and banaa "a NV eSai vi
observed tbat On Al - $3.50 81 o"i a sno uau
renee bnt bad no. Co., tIo 81 sne WV
son took braaLfaSt nv. ,r,;, nel
little tea. e' ~ iiiAAns
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$3.50 oni We me WITHIN SISTER.
Ella Payne testified that she was asleep in the
front room; was aroused by the noise and Dor
sew ran down the stems saving ..rva liIlad the
-ofa-mon5 ,os, ~. -, -
were both in tba borsa 49, . d n,i. -. in
shont m o,I, VIC nou'e "nen sne went W sieep
I'm crossNa~an;no.;o, --;..,.- ia -
came and asIad co. Snha, "a.n n. odiu man man
tbav wara oivan 20 h;u. 9o"' "nu n"'' anu
I'm obiact;on NJ Taru;r.o,, .o;a Al. A.
oxnaotnS - - a. "a q iLs WI e"iu tna. sney
biI own roor nnom wa ana. Suoel was al.ackeo ~
dofonso "a IT, r. IiI a sie s ~ :s:
bsrebead cd 'i'"' ne oiu no' nee iron JUSTICE
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,ras hIeod;,a. - 49,. 81 lA
saturated With Hood Tbnre W. fonr cts
near the left sbonIder bIade in a radins Of five
inches come tbrao-ouor,ars 90 a., ;nnh -,
and ono on the arn, Nona Of tba-, ba5 -
ever. nenetrated tbe wall of tho chest Payne
had lost about four or five pints of blood at
the time. The amount of blood is abont one
fourth the weight of the BODY. The cause of
death was loss of blood and shock
On cross-examination witness said that .be
wounds conId have been made nv the nnder
party in a scufle. Witness thought that had
physician treated tho man within a fav bonrs
after the infiction Of the wounds life m;obt
have been saved,
Iieut. John r CIV testified that snber sur-
rendered bimseif 10 him on 1ctb Stroat no. T
Col Moore was with him at the t;me sub
said that there had been n disturbance and that
Pavne's mother assaulted him with tba Iamn
and he went in another room rben paHno fagI
lowed and assaulted him, and while PAYNE was
on him he used the knife. but not To Kill him
He gave witness the knife, a small tortoise
shell-handled one, with which he said he had
uo one t,e cutting;
were wounds on dafendsnts head and lbs bands
were bandaged mn. which wounds he said
were made by Pavne.
rxa,oen no np ,,.nn,,n no non.rv
Ar, 1,N, -
mary ihornlon tesuneo that she was en-
gagged to be married to Dorsey; that the fuss
commenced by witness calling Dorsey a liar
Her mother came unstairs and Dorsev ,oId
witness 10 hnsb mn and her mo.bar TIA -
mt 10 bnsb 10 taIL oS mncb a. shc ,-a,,a5
Her mother shook her fat in Dorsay's faca and
tbe latter said. s.Don't Won Ont me- y;,b tbat
Lnifa - and showed ber W;tnass, brothar .hn,,
came rnstairs and be- r,othar ca az 49,,
..Dorsep n,,.be5 mo y Iamas ga. ~, I'M.
20 rop ,,rsb ~, -. a,m l. IN u Va
vor,u iii me- y Than noraar ,ra-,, =, 49,, -,
80, Tban dooaasod L,aoiyo. - =. ms , wv
on the bed and jumped on ton of him on the
bed. There was light in the room, and wit
ness mother took the hight out, leaving them
~ .n e. oI IT, ni'nesS Sot ner protner on DOR
SIy 'ne Ges' sne ooui'' anu 'ne! pO'h went
w %.l o~nas ,;.; II.
NJ IN 80 S',h ha,naol witness saia sue qua