Evening journal., 1889-06-17
THE MONROE STREET MOB.
MANY WITNESSES TESTIFY BEFORE
THE coRoNER'S JURY.

Men Held 60 Await Further Develop
msnts.
The coroners jury in the case Of
Walter Wright, killed in the fight at
Sixth and Monroe streets on Thursday
evening, met in the City Hall yesterday
morning. The court room was crowded
with spectators
Deputy Coroner Barnhill, Attorney
General Biggs, Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Davis and Willard Hall Porter and
l.. G. Yandegrift. Esqs., counsels for the
prisoners were ipresent. Attorney Gen
eral Biggs examined the witnesses.
John Banks testified that he was a
fifer In the drum corps and was with IL
on Thursday night. When at Fourth and
Monroe streets his fife twas knocked out
of his hand by stone. There were seven
fifers, bass drummer, cymbal player
and three kettle drummers He heard
two shots fred at Fifth and Monroe
streets.
William Thomas, testified that he was
also ffer in the drum corps He saw a
crowd Of boys throwing stones 40 Fourth
and Monroe streets. He heard several
shots fired. The corps had quit playing
before they got to the flying horses on
acc cunt of the throwing Of stones.
George Walker, another ffer, said he
saw boys throwing stones. He went up
Monroe street to Fourth. Heard two
shots fred at Fourth and Monroe streets.
He saw Harry Laws on Heald street after
the fight.
George Benson, still another ffer was
not with the corps the night of the dis
turbance.
Nelson Govans. ifer, ran up Monroe
to Tenth street as soon as the stones were
thrown. He heard shots fired.
Richard GovAns was about two squares
away when he heard the first shot fred.
He heard two shots. Saw George viii
liams and Grant Bantum at Eleventh
street bridge after the fight.
Edward Bolden, another fiier. testified
that he heard one shot fred at Fourth
and Monroe streets. He saw George
Benson beyond the bridge after the fight.
He did not see any any of the drum corps
after they separated at Fourth and Mon
roe streets.
William Freeman beat the cymbals.
| He saw a disturbance at Fourth and
Monroe streets and heard one shot fred
at the same place and one when he was
at Fifth street.
William Richardson, still another fifer
1
stones and heard four shots fred. Harry
Laws and he were together.
Charles II. Govans testified that he did
not see any of the drum corps until he
was arrested and brought to the hall.
He was attending church at st. James S
Chapel on the night of the disturbance.
William E. Govans gave important
testimony.
Robert Cooper testified that he beats
the bass drum in the corps They stop.
ped playing between Third and Fourth
streets. He heard two shots fred and
ran up Madison street Saw George H.
Williams, Grant Bantum and Walter
Grose after the corps broke at Eighth
and jefferson streets.
The next witness was Sewell Hall.
Attorney General Biggs told him that he
need not make any voluntary statement
if he did not desire to. Hall said: II
was out to the brewery park at Fifth and
! DUPONT streets on Thursday evening
Joseph Morris sent for the fife and drum
corps to advertise a picnic. / came II
} town with them. At Fourth and Monro,
streets the crowd threw at us, and I,
escape them ran into saloon. l cam,
out shortly after and ran up by Steecklei
brewery, when / ran into the vestibule O
private house to save myself from be
ing knocked in the head
[ Grant Bantum, was the next witness
] He said: eve were hired by Joseph Nor
3 ris to advertise picnic. AS / was mana
ger, received the order. Charles Lam
l bert carried the transparency. He starte,
3 to go toward Fourth street and l said
don't 60 that way for we have beer
stoned twice down there. He said, oh
? that is all right, they know me and won
a bother you l said go ahead. do no
Q know what streets we went on. We ha'
d a number of stones thrown at us befor'
we got to the merry -goround, but no
? enough to stop our music. When we go
e there the stones came so fast we had L
stop our music and break ranks and run
George H. Williams was allowed t.
= make statement. He said: "We wen
r down Fourth street to jackson, then t
Y Front, then to Monroe and then up
e Fourth. Stones were thrown at us froI
n the time we went down jackson stree
{ till we got to Fourth and Monroe streets
T. When we got there we all commenced t
n scatter. / ran up Monroe street TO Mint
and went home.
= Henry Laws was also allowed to max
S a statement He said: when we &c
d to the flying horses they began to throl
= stones at us. / was struck in the hea
d with one brick and in the shoulder wit
d another.
IS John M. Richardson, Waterman 8
Quigley's morocco factory. testified this
he heard the corps when it commenced
play and when it stopped He remarke
'e to several that were standing with hin
r 'That is a short tune" The corps &C
3 nearly across Fourth street when 81
l. boys began to crowd up on them. i
p saw the boys stoop as If to pick up stone
but did not see any thrown. He saw
big fellow. rather light-complexione'
j fourishing pistol. he heard five shot
'n fred.
e Lester Dayett said that he saw tn
boys picking up stones and short ms
fire one shot.
n. Leslie Moore testified that he did n,
see any of the fight, but heard the sho
and saw a colored man running. Son
one cried 'Catch him, he has shot son
one" and started after him. He startt
It. up Fourth street after him and caugl
him by the coat tails at Fourth al
10 Montgomery streets, when the ms
struck him in the mouth with a pistc
The man ran up Montgomery sire
st to Fifth, thence to Jefferso
r thence to Sixth, thence to SIMPLE
when he disappeared He would be III
r. able to identify him. The man vi
til dark and did not wear uniform.
Charles Glazier testified that he sa
at the boys throwing stones and saw q
ls- first shot fred. The man that fired q