Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-06
LIEUT.. AMISs' DEFENSE.
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Fowler was taken out some one said be was
glad of il.

ToWier was AAen out some one eaid ne was
glad of it.
MR.. JOHN n. AAoRuDKR.
The next witness was Mr. John H. Magruder,
the grocer. who as n member of the committee
on information bad charge Of the Information
booths at 18th street and PennsylvHnia avenue
and 18th and New York avenue.
He noticed at 18th and Pennsylvania avenue
the crowds we're outside of the ropes. The
police had great difficulty in trying to keep
the marching space clear. Several times dur
ing the day the columns had TO break. He
had been at this point good deal and assisted
the police. He at no time saw Lieut. Amiss
use any means but the most gentlemanly kind.
Describing the difficulties confronting the
police the witness said that for over
an hour number OF women squatted them
selves right on the pavement and refused to
go back The witness did not see the alleged
assault.
JOHN Q. A. HoUoHroN.
John @. A. Houghton who has recently be-
come conspicuous in connection with the
Canaday case, was the next witness. The Wit
ness was at the corner of 18th and PENNSYLVANIA
avenue. He described Lieut. Amiss ~ almost
imploring the people to step back and
motioning with his club. over the heads Of
those in front to those in the rear to get
them to move back. He saw Fowler struck.
The lieutenant was then motioning over the
heads Of people. 1t appeared to witness that
Fowler was lodging the club and moving his
head his mouth was struck. II might have
been that the crowd pressing forward had forced
him against the club.
Mullowney. In the course OF the cross-exami-
nation he said that Fowler did not seem to him
! TO want to fail back when the lieutenant asked
the crowd. but was trying to bold his own
ground. The witness was questioned consid-
erably as to the movement of Mr.. Fowier's head
l-A n
he would demonstrate IL Mr.. Muliowney would
come in front of the witness stand and personate
Mr.. Fowler. Mr.. Muilowney did 30
and Mr.. Houghton had him turn his
head and eyes to the left. Then
he brought the club down close to the right
it appeared to him Mr.. Fowler. whose eyes
were turned from the club, lodged in
stinctively in such way that the
club struck him on the right side Of
the month. 1t was either this way or the surg
ing of the crowd forced Mr.. Fowler in the way
heard some one in the crowd cry, Shame"
BENJAMIN r. MARTIN.
Benjamin F. Martin, a letter carrier, who WA
present at 18th street and Pennsylvania avenue.
described Lieut.. Amiss as exhorting and APP
pealing to the crowd and begging them as citi-
zens of Washington TO keep back.
1t was then. he said. that witness and several
others who were in front locked arms, and.
pushing back, forced the crowd back several
PAGES. Witness described several incidents men,
toned by other witnesses There was one man. he
said. with two little children who had con-
spicuously forced himself. and was continuing
to force himself to the front. The lieu
tenant called to this man in a very
gentiemnniy way, saying he had noticed
him pushing. The man said:
You're but one man. There's too many men
here for YOU"
Thereupon the lieutenant said: II never saw
q crowd that was too large for me-"
The man then said: II will be d--if you
can take me-
The lieutenant then took the man by the
neck and forced him through the crowd to the
rear. stating that if it were rot for his children
he would lock him M. Mr. Shillington OBJ
served that this was the man who had been mis-
taken by some witness for Fowler.
At this point the Odd Fellows parade came
by the court and Judge Miller. remarking that
they could not talk against the music, ad-
journed the court for recess until O'Clock.
DID NOT SEE FOWLER STRUCK.
Mr.. Martins direct examination was con-
tinued by Mr.. Shiilington after the recess The
witness said he did not zee Fowler struck. He
saw him first after Fowler had been brough,
out of the crowd. The witness, like
others, at Mr.. Shiington's request took a
Illustrated how Lieut.. Aniss was handling his
baton. He held his arm forward and up and
moved the baton upward and downward by q
movement of the wrist.
He said he saw the lieutenant tap two or three
people lightly on the head. When the lieuten.
ant seized the man by the throat and forced
him back the baton struck witness on the nose
and also n lady on the head accidentally
Witness said, on cross-examlnation by Mr.
Clagett. according to his idea the police should
have been armed with base ball bats and have
dubbed the crowd back.
The witness having been asked again by Mr.
| C,agett to show how Lieut.. Amiss handled his
baton went through he motion again.
something like the Speaker OF the House OF
Representatives counts quorum?" suggested
Mr.. Ciagett.
"He doesn't use baton" said the witness.
Nor base ball bat either" said Mr..
Cagett.
They use reed" remarked Mr. Harry
Davis.
''Not now" said Mr. Clage.t. "They used
to-
OTHER WITNESSES HEARD.
VIM. J. Cook. the next witness, described
the operation ms of the police and The actions o,
Lieut.. Amiss very much as other witnesses
for the defense had described it. He said
Lieut.. Amiss was pushing the crowd back with
the club in his hand when the club struck Fow-
Ter or Fowler ran against the club.
Mr.. John T. Lipphard. who was in the
crowd, also gave a description similar to that
of other witnesses for the defense. He did not
see Fowler struck. The police, he said. were
trying to get the crowd back to fill up
the vacant space near the curb. Several times
| the marching column was broken on account
| of the encroachment of the crowd upon the
| carriageway.
John l.. Carroll also told how Lieut. Amiss
tried to get the people in the rear to move
back. He showed with the baton how the
officers holding the baton horizontally in front
Of them by the two ends tried to force the crowd
back and also illustrated. as other witnesses
had, how the lieutenant used his baton to mo-
ton the crowd back
On cross-examination the witness said that
after Fowler was brought out bleeding a Young
man beside him said: They manage to fall
back now" He thought the remark was made
because the man had been struck.