Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-15
SIX ON THE STAND,
Ulysses Veins and Five of His Com
radeS Being Tried for the Mur-
der of Johnnie 0'Hara.
WITNESSES DAMAGING EVIDENCE.
The Principal Defendant Apparently IT.
terly Ignorant of the Peril
of His Position.
SENSATIONAL OUTCOME OF A DIVORCE.
Ten Thousand Dollars Worth Of Damages Demanded
for Wounded Feelings
In Judge Golfers branch of the Criminal

In Judge Golfers branch of the Criminal
Court yesterday Ulysses Veins, principal,
and Frank Seymour, William Johnston,
George Kelsan, William Harris and Charles
Gance, accessories, were placed on trial for
the murder of John O'Hara, on Fifth ave-
nue. in front OF McNulty Brothers livery
stable, on April 5 last The defendants are
all colored. o'Hara was white boy aged
about II years. w. j. Bremen. ESQ.,, is
assisting District Attorney Johnston in the
prosecution, and Messrs. Wallace and
Andrew Robertson have charge ofthe defense.
Veins is a slim, young colored mar, apparently
shout 20years of age and seems not to realize the
peril of his position. He sat in the court room
tanning himself with his hat, and smiled when
some of the strongest positive evidence was
produced against him.
SISTER THE FIRST WITNESS.
Maria o'Hara, sister of the murdered boy,
who was the first witness, testified to her
brother being brought home dead. Drs. Mayer
and McCann testified to holding the inquest on
O'hara. They said his death had been caused
by a bullet which pierced his heart and lungs
and lodged in his side. Coroner's Clerk H.
Grant Miller identified O'Hara's clothes,
Veins revolver, etc.
Albert Jones, colored, identified all the pris-
oners. He heard the two shots fired, one of
which killed 0'Hara and arrested both Gance
and Veins, but Veins broke away. Martin
Fshey testified that the first shot fired by
VEINS struck him in the back. He, with
O'Hara, Robert Wilcox, and Henry Pressel,
was standing on the pavement in front of the
livery stable watching colored parade, when
the prisoner came along and iostled them
O'Hara exclaimed. Look outr' and Veins
said: do you want anythingP'' Harris an
other of the defendants. then interfered and
said that they didn't want any fuss. The
colored men then started away, but after going
a short distance they returned and started
tight
HEARD THE TWO SHOTS.
Fahey turned to go away and then heard
two shots fred. one of which struck him in the
back. He did not see the shooting, but saw
O'Hara fall in the street and heard him eX-
claim: my God; Pm shot" He identified
Veins as the man who asked O'Hara 'ff he
wanted anything" and when he did not reply
Veins said Wen take no bluffs" OHara
was carried into the livery stable and Fahey
went to a doctors Office. After the shooting
the colored men ran away.
On cross-examination Fahey said the colored
men had fuss with Henry Pressel, and he
struck one of them. Henry Pressel testified
that Harris was the only one of the colored
men he knew. He was rather light colored,
and all the others looked alike to Pressel.
When the trouble began Harris went up to
Fahey and said: Il know you. We amt out
for fuss" The colored men then went away,
but returned and started a fight. Pressel
caught hold of Harris. He saw one of the COL
ored men shoot and kicked at the hand the
revolver was held in. He missed the hand and
his foot landed in the coloIed mans abdomen.
Then a woman back of the colored man
grabbed the shooters arms and held them.
ALL LOOKED ALIKE.
All the colored men, except Harris, looked
alike to Pressel, and he could not identify the
one that did the shooting. He saw the man
throw out his hand as if to strike at o'Hara,and
shoot him. The man who did the shooting
was within three or four feet of OHara at the
time, and shot directly at him. oHara had
his hands in his pockets, and when he was shot
he put them to his breast exclaimed my God,
Pm shot," and fell Pressel grabbed hold of
the man who did the shooting, and threw him
into the gutter but could not identify him.
Robert Wilcox was standing beside O'Hara
when Veins shot him. Wilcox called
into the livery stable, and as he turned to 20 he
heard shot fired. He turned about again,
and saw Veins make a punch at O'Hara
and fire. Veins was about three feet from
O'Hara when he fired the shot. When O'Hara
Fifth avenue after Veins, but the latter got
away. He next saw Veins in the CoroDer's
Office at the inquest ana there he picked
Veins out of group of half dozen other
colored men. Wilcox was positive that Veins
is the man who did the shooting.
TO SEE HIS VICTIMS BODY.
,r\ Joseph Freyvogel corroborated the other wit
did not seem to fire at any one in particular.
Witness did not know where the first bullet
struck, but saw O'Hara shot Freyvogel was
greatly affected; it seemed to be great weight
on his mind that he was swearing mans life
away, but after some hesItancy he identified
Veins positively as the man who shot O'Hara.
He had picked Veins out of group of seven
others at the Central station. Harris tried to
stop the trouble, ana did not take part in the
fight. After the shooting Freyvogel notified
the police, and while he was doing this Veins
went back to the livery stable and wanted TO
see O'Hara's body. Mr.. McNulty told him TO
60 away or he would have him arrested.
John Burns, colored, identified VEINS and
saw him shoot O'Hara. Somebody knocked
O'Hara down and when he was getting up
Veins fred two shots at him. At the second
shot O'Hara fell back into the street dead.
Detective Sol Coulson testified that Robert
Wilcox and Joseph Freyvogel had notified him
of the murder, and Freyvogel gave him de-
scription of Veins, which description led to
Veins arrest He found a revolver at the
mouth of a sewer at the corner of Bank alley
and Clark street. This he took to Central sta
tion, and putting his own revolver and the one
he had found in his hand, he asked Veins
which was his. Veins picked out the one the
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