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Show In anuwer to questions by parlies present, Stillson said ho h id already deacribad the mn several times; and a is known by the public generally, that description lnu been accurately published in the piper', hence ihe objection to its being repealed at that time seamed a good deal like non-aense. non-aense. There was a little Bp,rrini; among some ot those preaimt. Gen. Bane waute.l SlilUon to writs th description and give it t tho m ir shal. Mr. Lewi b.i'uI that wh.-n crime was commit'.eJ i.V- tin scripltou of tho guii-y p.irty was always given to Uio world as soon as possible, so w to m-ike everybody a detoctive. Mr. Ba,kin was in favor of the description bein; given; other gentlemen also spoke on the motion, and the result was the giving of the description ot the unknown un-known by Stillson, as Ivw already been published. The correspondent exhibited bis vest, with tiis cut iu it, the photographs, t'io suipundr buckle, and a pockot handkerchief, wltich he had found to havd been cut through in Beveral planes, and which he asserted w3 iniide hid vjit tt the time whin ho waa struck with the kuile. He didn't kuow whir.li direction direc-tion the would-be awisiin had fled, but thought he went dowa jhe fire escape at tho back of the building. After concluding his testimony, Stillson desired to make a statement state-ment on his own accuunt, and ; being told by the myor to proceed, he went on to say how he had come out t Utah for the New York Herald, aud had worked hard and conscieulioualy. Some thinga that he had caused to be published were dis.igroeable to the .Mormon people, but he did not want to bo understood as attributing either of the attempts on his life to any clasa hare. Neither could thoie attempts deter him from going on with his ueier mm irom going on with his work as he had been. He then intimated inti-mated pretty strongly that he waa uot pleased with what had been said about him in the Hkkld; iu f.ict, it hurl him; aud we premised that he considered con-sidered ua as naughty. Well, we are sorry if he feels badly, for heaven knows that we tried to daal gently with him. But this is all "on the side," as it were. Judge McKean said that the parly referred to by him previously as being a necessary witness, was a gentleman, named Davidson, whom he had overheard Friday morning remarking that he had heard a shot fired on Saturday night, and called his wife's attention to it. He had ssked Davidson to attend the investigation, investi-gation, but did not see him there, linnet) desired that he might be sent for. Major Erb, proprietor of the Walker house, was then questioned as. to, what be knew about the occurrence, i lie hail been summoned to Stillson' s' room at 2.H5 p.m., and Stillson re I laled tc him the story of the assault. Major Erb said Hie only way the assaulting party could have escapeil from Stillaon's room waa by the fire-e.-capo ladder, or tho main stairway. stair-way. He had examined the ladder, and was convinced that no one had gone down it. The eoil in the yard at the fool of the ladder showed n tracks, which it would certainly have done, had any one gone out that way. Besides there was a high fence around the yard, the gates to which were locked. There was also a trap door which it would be necessary for a person to open in order to go down the fire escape, yet the door was bolted aa usual when Mr. Erb examined it, He had enquired of the three chamber maids wiio sat in the hall near Iho head of theslaiiB, and they asserted that no stranger had passed up the stairs. There was no guest in tho j house answering the description given j by Stillson, and none of the employes had seen such a person. Mr. McCornick, banker, testified that he was with Major Erb when tho examination of the tire escape ladder and the yard at the foot of it were made. He could see no evidence of anyoue having gone out that way. Daniel Davidson, the gentleman referred re-ferred to above by Judge McKean, waa sworn. He resides in the 9th ward, en Fourth South Btreet, east of Fifth East, about three quarters of a mile from where Stillson claimed to have been shot at on Saturday night. Davidson heard a shot fired in the di rection of the city haM between 11 and 12 o'clock en Sunday night. This evidence didn't "pan out." The bellboy was examined, but he knew nothing additional to what haB been told. Dr. Hamilton testified as to the wound(?), which he said waa a slight abrasion of the skin on the left breast, no blood had escaped from it, and the skin and flesh around the scratch were in their norma! condition. Three chambermaids testified that they were in the hall at the head of the stairs, on the floor occupied by Stillson, from 1 to 5 p.m. They thought it unlikely that any one could pass along the hall without being seen by them. They saw no one go along the hall except Mr. Erb, Marshal Mar-shal Nelson and the bellboy, thepe being the parties summoned by Still son after the alleged occurence. Mr. B. H. Scheltler, near whose house the shooting is said to have occurred, testified that ou Saturday night lie retired about 11 o'clock, and went to sleep hall an hour afterwards. Ho heard no shot bred, but would havo done so had a pistol been shot so near to his house. The report of a pislol would have awakened him. Dr. Smith waa asked if he knew any person answering the description given by Stillson of the man who assaulted him. He preferred not tc answer, but afterwards Baid he had an impression that ho knew the mm. Marshal Nelson alao intimated that he knew the party, but preferred not to state his knowledge. Dr. Winslow corroborated Dr. Hamilton's statement in regard to the wound. Policeman Hampton testified thai on Satuiday night he weut home after tho theatre closed, about 11 o'clock, passing B. II. Seholtler's resi deuce. He did not hear the report of a pistol, neither did lie Bee a carriage car-riage or buggy on ihe atrret. Ira Pfoutz, Stillaon's amaneuensis, testified, but threw no additional light on the mystery. Ho was at the room two or three limes during the attpr noon, and went up and down the stairway where tho chambermaid a were, but did not remember to have seen them, City Marshal Burt know no man answering tho dmcriptiun given by Stillson. He had mr.de etlbns to discover dis-cover tho alleged crimioal, and had investigated the case. The testimony closed here, and the nx-cting adjourned nine tlie, with the umleiuUiidiiig that the stenographei will transcribe his notes fur future use at his earliest convenience, |