The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-24

O. Hedrick, charged with numbering
Thomas Corcoran, at the race track, last
April, was commenced before Judge Du-
Bose and n jury in the Criminal Court
yesterday morning.
AS given by States witnesses up to
o'clock pm, the hour Of adjournment for
the day, the sworn evidence was as fol-
lows
DIR. T. MILES wILLETT,
testified: 81 have been n practicing physi-
clan for five years. j went TO school with
Tom Corcoran, the man killed by lledrick.
was at the race track when he was shot,
and was called upon TO attend his wounds.
Tho first injury / found was Il large hole
in the left abdomen made by pistol.
Aiterward, when Corcoran had been moved
from the race track, found pistol wound
in his leg and one in his arm. j did not
probe the wounds because the most neces-
ary thing was TO relieve him Of the shock,
which, however. he never recovered from.
The injuries IN the arm aud 10y were trivial.
The one in the abdomen unquestionably
caused his death. lie died at st. Joseph's
Hospital the day following the shooting.
| hllNlufN-ANNllflhl tAilN ~ Allln pun lllt-
sented the coat worn by Corcoran. did
not see the shooting, being on the club
house yeranda when II occurred"
ARTHUR MEnRIMAS
testified. 81 was mt the race track the day
Tom Corcoran was killed. ! was in at
tendance upon the races. At the close OF
the last race | ran out and got on the
dummy. Tho ear was in was an open
one. was facing north. After the dun.
my backed down near the ticket office !
heard two pistol shots, followed by u rush
OF people out Of the gate. ! saw q man
with pistol run out and 20 toward the
Charleston Railroad. lie was oyortaken
by Capt O'IIaver and another man about
fifteen steps from the gate. didn't know
the man with Capt. O'llayer. Capt.
Ollaycr ran past me, seemingly coming
from another car on the dummy. ! have
since learned that the man | saw running
out with the pistol first was I'D Corcoran.
After he was pnioned the man that was
subsequently killed rushed ont OF the gate
and ran toward o. liaver and his prisoner.
llo had his pistol extended ms II in the act
Of shooting. He stood there rs II arguing
for n moment, and then left did not SEQ
lledrick until lac was In the act OF shoot
ing. lledrick was about fifteen feet from
O'Haycr's group. Tom Corcoan was
about the same distance from o. llaver and
four or five steps from lledrick. saw
lleduck level his pistol. II was n silver
plated pistol. Corcomn was making no
demonstration. Ills pistol, a smaller wca.
pom than lledricks, was 40 his side. llcd-
rick was between thc race track fence and
a. L.. Nv..l AIl..as A..
fired the last time he had gone nearly com
plcIcly around Corcordn. llcdrck fired
deliberately. CorcOmn's pistol was never
raised. Corc1rn stood ill several people
ran mp and caught him. was about
eighteen steps from licdrick and about the
same from Concomn. There was no oh.
struciou to my vision. ! knew lledrick
by sight, but not personally. / never saw
COrcoran before. | didn't hear lledrick
or CorcoTan Hny anything.
81 have seen great deal Of shooting in
my Lie on the field aud in practice. An
ordinary expert could have shot five or NJ,
times with a pistol that lac would have he,
% cock bc:wsta the !iTst anu second and
second and third shots aud seven or eight
times with a sell-cocking pistol" Her,
witness was shown llcdrick's pistol aud
recognized similarity. lie wasshoWn Coz
cotan's pistol also.
Cross.examinod-"llow many seats wor
you from the end OF the carr
Three or four, ! think"
Anybody else ON the carr
at was crowded; but vacated 10 a grca
extent during the shooting"
"Whnt was the interval between thl
shooting inside and outsider
at least two minutes
'Ihc people wcrp coming out Of III,
gate. wCru they notF'
Yes, sir There is always a rush ate
the races TO got seats.
"Wcrc there not largo number q
! people moving between the dummy an,
the gaIcs''
"Ncs, sir; there were great many poo
/ plo coming TO the dummy
"Did you see a man ahead Of the mai
who had the p.slo''
81 didn't notice anybody particularly.
Odd YOU know llUanH
! 81 did not.
"Did you see n man run out and ia
/ ahead Of III CorcOmnP
| "Non
"Whcn did CapLO' llayor run by your
"Juyt after tho first shot ON tie In
side"
GLOW aid EdCorcoran hold tho pislolg
"SIaniing down."
"WUuldn't that have been a good lin
TO- 9 man ON ihc. ground''
81 suppose So
tom CoUoun ran mp TO the group con-
posed OF his brother and Capt O'llavul
| did hc not2'
Eyes, sir.
"What did he say2"
81 did not hear.
"pId not lloun got OF the ground an
run up 90 the groupG'
81 lid not SEQ Koran at an.
This occurcnccwas unexpected to you
was II nol''
Entirely So"
"Ihcro was considerable running, pre-
sumcy
Considerable"
you sly you dill not 500 Ilcdrick III
he was In The act OF shooting?"
81 did not notice him before that time.
"Mhat direction wcrc you from the par
tie, in question:
81 was On the north"
Gould YOU tell whether Corcomn's nj.
tol was cooked or nolg'
81 did not observe. | was close cnour
TO tell, though Hero the witness, at .,
quest, placed two men at about the rcla
tive positions Of llcdrick and Corcora
with reference TO himself and themselves.
EorERr nyNUN.
81 lived, up TO o'clock this morning. q
No. iii Union street, and got burned ou
at that hour ! camc over hero from AT
kansas for my wiic's health, some month
ago. was NJ the race track when CorcJ
ran was killed. | was on the DUNN
whom heard the shooting on the ins.l,
! thought nt first officers were after nick