Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-09

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reply. Witness didn't know it was
Smith till Lieut.. Smith, the brother of
the deceased, went to Mr.. Harlow's
front door and exclaimed, "My God,
its George" Deceased had exclaimed,
JEFF Phillips shot me for nothing"
Phillips's state of mind before the
shooting was not of such nature as to
pay strict attention to what witness
was saying, though he entered into the
subject discussed. Witness explained
the nature of the business he had with
Phillips on the night of the tragedy.
Gross. Mr.. Kell was the
first to reach Smith after the latter had
been shot; witness was the second
Witness was then subjected by Mr..
Burke to the same examination re-
specting the geography of the scene of
the shooting as MIR. Hill had under
gone. Witness said prisoners face
was flushed while talking with him I; he
may have been drinking; it was custo-
mary for barkeepers to visit saloons
other than their own to drink.
Mary Coleman, colored, repeated
in substance her former testimony.
She was sitting on the step CT
a grocery store at the northeast
corner of Cameron and Royal
streets; saw Mr.. Orrison and Phillips
talking in front of the Ell Dorado
House; saw two men standing on the
southeast corner of the streets, but did
not recognize them saw Phillips leave
Orrison and cross to the place where
the two men were standing saw Phil
Ups put his hand to his hip, draw a pis-
tol and fire, and saw man run toward
the northwest corner of the two streets;
the fleeing man ran into Mr.. Harlow's
door, and she screamed, and shortly at
terward learned that it was Smith who
had been shot. Her cross-examination
produced more merriment than facts.
Peter Iaphen, upon being placed on
the stand, said he was on Mr.. r. t. Luz
cas's step at the time of the shooting !;
saw Phillips and Orrison in the door of
the Ell Dorado; saw the she citing; three
shots were fred by Phillips. His evil
dence in the main was corroboratlve OF
that of the previous witnesses witness
said shooting occurred at half-past nine
o'clock.
Lieut.. Smith, brother of the de-
ceased was at the station house at the
time of the shooting heard shots and
ran to the scene of the shooting met
Phillips with pistol and turned him over
to Officer Taylor went to Mr.. John
Harlow's house and Mr.. Kell told him
the man shot was his brother ; found
the latter in Mr.. Harlow's door; his
brother had said, "Jefl Phillips shot me
for nothing" Witness described the
conveyance of the wounded man to Mr..
Schwab's restaurant, &c. The defence
made exception every time the witness
quoted any of the words of his dying
brother.
r. NJ. Latham testified that he was
near the corner of King and Royal
streets on the night of the shooting;
heard three reports ola pistol; ran TO
the corner of Cameron and Royal
streets and learned that Smith had
been shot; went to the restaurant
where he was lying, found him on his
hack, and asked Smith how the shoot
ing occurred, to which he replied:
"Jetf. Phillips shot me-" dying man had
also spoken TO his sister; Smith lived
Is or 20 minutes after witness saw him;
witness took the things from the
wounded mans pocket. Deceased had
complained much of the wound he had
received in his arm, and said he felt
badly. Witness believed Lieut.. Smith
had told him to take the things from
the pockets Of the deceased. The lat
ter didn't seem to realize he mad re-
ceived mortal wound.
VIM. kell was in front of the Hy-
draulion engine house at time OF shoot
ing: saw shooting heard all the shots;
saw Phillips follow Smith while shoot
ing at him heard Smith eXclaim, Pm
shot down like dog" Witness had
at the first trial testified that when
Lieut.. Smith aud Others mad found the
deceased in Mr.. Harlow's vestibule
Smith had exclaimed, "Open the door;
don't let ME die here" Witness final
ly remembered having heard this. He
was cross-questioned numerically by
the defence,
Stephen Taylor Oh the night of the
tragedy had heard pistol shots aud ran
from the station house to corner OF
Cameron and Royal streets; met Phillips
who had a pistol in his hand; Phillips
said 'Here am, here is my pistol"
Witness who was then on the police
force took prisoner to the station house.
Phillips would say nothing to witness
in regard to the shooting:
The hour of two o'clock having ar
rived, a recess was taken until 3
o'clock. When the doors were opened
another rush was made by spectators,
and in less than q minute the crowd
without the box had become dense.
Officer Samuel TIGER was first called.
He saw Phillips about six o'clock in
the evening on Lannon'S wharf talking
with John McGahey; later in the even
ing saw him on north Lee street; saw
prisoner after the shooting. The cross
Questioning elected no new facts.
J. NJ, Hill. the next witness, saw
Phillips twenty-five minutes to eight
o'clock on the night of the shooting at
Braxton Smiths cigar store, he got a
light for cigar; Smith came to the
store often; Phillips was not in the hab-
it of going there. Witness described
the rear room in the store where peo-
pie sit or smoke; Phillips could have
seen who was in the room from the
cigar lighter; didn't know whether he
looked into the room; witness frequent
ed the cigar store often; noticed no pc
culiarity abont the prisoner at the time.
Witness had seen Smith pass the cigar