The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31
VfRM|LL|ON NOT ON TRIAL
Judge Cautions Counsel for De-
Tense on This Point.
WATCHMAN rKENT'S WORDS
He Raised "A Laugh by His Irish Way
- of Answering observation-disclosures
IA shaw That the PatrO!nian Was
Not Lying Down When He Shot
Defp-ey. % -

Nathaniel Kent, a special Waterman in the
Ninth precinct, was the first witness i'll he
| Nermili:uE-Ear ly-Hurlcy-Davis trial befC re
| Judge Cox this morning. The same fight
| made yvSterdiy 10 show that the KILT g
OF Timothy dempsey by Policeman Vern,ii-
lion, on September - last, was njuslii ia
| Bile, was vigorously continued tCdIy.
Counsel on both sides was unchans I'd
| anu the government witnesses were ere S.
| examined in the same searching way
| MI Kent made some statements uniEt.n-
| tionally little humorous. He said he h nd
met John Early, aias Jimmy John" after
the ARRAY at the Malone lot, and Early ad
said he was going down to give himself ID
nat time that night was II you IL ct
| Early was asked
| Il didn't meet him that night till III xt
morning" was his reply; high-graue
proof of Irish lineage.
1t was finally got out of him that lie
met Early about a. m, soon after the
Tight He was going along Sixth street
between u and II, i'll the direction of the
station house. Early stopped him and
told nm OF The fight. and that there had been
| plan 10 do" Policeman Vcrmillion
Tim Dempsey had been killed in it. He
was going down TO give himself up.
THE WITNESS REPLY.
You are a special watchman?" said
Mr.: Lipscolnb.
Yes"
Where is your bcat?"
My commission covers more than run
to. l could go over TO Kendall Green if /
wanted to-
sort OF rowing commission" suggested
Mr.. -Shillington.
You We're on duty that night, had on
your badge, your billy in your hand. and
were armed with authority to keep the
peace?"
Yes"
And this man came up and told you he
had been in this row? Why didn't you ar
rest hin?"
He said he was going down to give him.
self up"
Wed, If you should meet Il murderer un
the street and he should tell you all alb. .ut
his crime and say he was going down tugive
him self up, YOU wouldn arrest him? You d
just let hun go on to the station?'
No; If I'd known he was in any shOotn'
or that sort, I'd arrest him. But thong Int
this was just Il scrap"
Daniel McDevitt gave testimony as to he
condition of Policeman Vermillion's clotI cs
when he saw HIM at Emergency HOSPITAL
Vcrniilion had evidently been in Il hig
fight and his clothing was cut IN two plac IS.
Mr.. McDevitt was not cross-examined
Policeman Riley testified that he w'nt
to the scene of the disturbance soon amer
the shooting; found Policemen Gordon and
Dalrymplc, Citizen Fisher. the defendants,
Hurley AMI Davis. there. and Dempsey ly Ing
on the ground Hurley was very dis or
derby, trying TO get away from Dalrymple.
dempsey was curSinE and swearing, 81 yng
what he would do to Vermillion when ne
got out OF that. He assisted in getting the
- Later in the morning he saw John Ea rly
come in at the station. They put Ea,'ly
under arrest Early cursed them and sd Il:
Il saved one of your men tonight and wv
you lock me up. They laid a plot for YER
million the other night, but he failed 10
fall into it. Tonight he got in and Dempsey
was too much for him and downed him
helped him out
MEANT To DOWN vERMILLIoN
Policeman John A. Hebrew testified that |
Early told him they meant to down V .r- |
million, but he was too flip for them
Policeman Ncrmillion was recalled TO |
testify that when Davis got out of the
station he asked for his knife. He failed |
to demand that the knife be kept as Ell |
dence in the case.
Cornelius Norton, a bartender near the |
Malone lot. had no evidence of interest.
De la Point Rice, a reporter, was al the |
Ninth precinct station when the men were |
brought in. Early came in aftcrward and |
said he had helped Vermillion. There was |
II consultation between the policemen, and |
they determined to lock Early up. Early
was drunk, and in the cell went on with
TRADE that he would never help a policeman
again.
FIRST FOR THE DEFENSE.
The first witness for the defense was