Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-27

where the inquest was held. in the pres
ence of o. large crowd Of spectators. Hon.
/ SIS. b. McllWaine was present as counsel
| for the accused, as We're also the brother
of the latter and Mr.. Bailey, the auditor
OF the James =. Mcdonald Construction
/ Company.
The first witness examined was Mr.. r.
/ r.. Slaughter. who detailed some trouble
/ he had had with one of the railroad en-
/ ployees and with Albert Hunt, the ac-
/ cused. The latter proposed 20 take up
| The trouble, and $50 persisted that the Wit
ness. after expressing desire 20 drop the
natter invited him to get into a hack
/ and drive out Of the city % settle u. lie
/ testified That Dee was followed about by
/ Hunt: that while he was in bar-room
/ ON Lombard street he was knocked down
and stamped by one of the party of rail-
/ road men. presumably Edward Wynne;
] that subsequently. with Leroy Slaughter
! and John is. Parrish, he walked down
Lombard street some distance. ON the
/ steps of the house of Kate Bell Edward
/ Wynne was standing, 90 whom he re-
marked that he had treated the witness
! dirty. and knocked him down. The VII
! ness recognized Hunt who was with
| Wynne. and who started for him. Mr..
| Parrish 40 this time stopped Hunt, say
| ing: MY friend, let me speak TO YOU
with that q pistol was fired, and witness
/ heard some one Say. II ann shot WIZ
ness. when Hunt was brought into the
room. positively identified him as the
man who did the shooting, and suisse
/ uuently reaumed this statement giving
as his reason that only three men were
/ present al the time. that Hunt mad been
/ following him all the evening, ana try
/ ne To- get into % difficulty with HIM, ana
was making for him when Parrish stop
DIR. OSBORNE.
Dr. j. D. Osborne, who held the
autopsy. testified as TO the course OF the
! ball and the cause OF death. the bali
passed through the lung, grazed the
/ heart. and death was caused by memoir
/ rhage
/ Edward Wynne. whom Slaughter tesu-
/ fed To- knocking down, appeared before lhe
/ Jury with badly swollen head ana closed
/ ewes. He swoie that he had been drinking
SO much during the day that he aclualy
/ knew nothing ol what occurred except
| that ne was ln Hunt company a' ''i'i''
during the day.
ARTHUR %. FRENCH
Mr. Arthur %. French testified to diil-
cultfes that occurred at house on Ola
street. between T.. T.. Slaughter ana H.
I. Mckee. ID railroad man. and TO near
iug Slauehter invite Albert Hunt out lh
ann alley to fight Hunt would not co.
Slaughter and his brother then went
away and Hunt followed them up TO "a
/ sslno, nn Bank street Hunt took "a drink
of whiskey and then called r. j.. Slausnl-
er out I'm the hallway Witness SUD
seouantlv went back ~ old street I'D
company with Hunt and Mckee. Mckee
/ pulled ont a. black-biue Steel pistol, win
/ "a niece Clipped of tho handle. and gave
/ it 10 AIR. Hunt Hunt put the piston
/ i'm his inside coat pocket Witness SAID
he could identify the pistol ii DE saw 10.
The pistol with which Parrish was snol
could not Doe found last night and ituhl
denied that he had any, TINS morning "a
long-barrel pistol with three chambers
emutv. was found in a stable yard ON
Lombard street, rot far from the place
of shooting,
This pistol was shown 10 the witness
and he at once Identified DO as the one
Mckee had given Hunt about o'clock ~
The evening Witness did not know why
| Mckee gave the pistol to tunt.
LEROY SLAUGHTER.
AIR LEROY Slaughter testified 10 some
troutle al BlackWelrs house, ON Ola
street between his brother, X. b..
Slaughter. and "a man. who appeared To
he friend of Albert Hunts, and the
latter. he said. took up for him. Trouble
followed with Hunt who subsequently
followed the Slaugnters 10 "a saloon on
Bank street. where further words en-
sued. r. f. Slaughter there expressed
WILLINGNESS to Hunt 90 do what was
right. and invited him TO get into a hack
and 80 out OF the city 10 settle lhelf
amenities. Hunt refused. Subsequently
the parties shook hands ana apparently
made up. About 6 o'clock tho Slaughters
were I'm Tiusley's saloon, on LON
hard street. and r.. j.. Slaughter went
D., the bar To- take a. drink with Hunt.
Then the former was Knocked down 10y
sone one John *. Parrish, the deceased,
afterwards came into Iinsley s, anu
IN their request, walked with the
slaughters down Lombard street as Iar
as Kate Bells house They rang the
bell. but were told they could not come
Ina. Edward Wynn came out OF the
house and was knocked down by r. h.
Slaughter. While these two were down.
Hunt came out Of the door and started
to get over the fence. when Parrish
touched him, telling him he wanted 10
see him. Mr. Hunt turned around and
shot Parrish. The latter cried: Il am
shot. send for a doctor as quick as you
cam" Parrish died before a physician
could get 90 him. Witness says he saw
AIR. Hunt shoot Parrish. Did not see
Inc ulstol. but saw tho flash. Did not
know where Hunt went after the shoot
ing.
At 63O o'clock Hunt was at Firms
saloon, ON Old street.
ALLEGED CONFESSION.
Mabel Horton living on Old street, said
Hunt came TO her house last evening
and told before a crowd in her house.
Chat he had shot a man in the stomach
three times Hunt was arrested M her
house
Charles A. Nelson deposed that he saw
crowd go to Kate Bells on Lombard
street. the first man who came out Of the
house was jumped upon and beaten; the
second one, when he saw what was going
0n tried 60 get back into the house but
the door was locked on him. The crowd
backed him towards the fence, when