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The Daily Dispatch: December 12, 1865., [Electronic resource], Florida and the Union. (search)
Duke have two gold pieces, about two or three weeks ago, in a barber shop in this city. I saw him throwing the pieces up and playing with them. Cross-examined by defence.--Mr. Duke has borne a good character since I have known him. T. C. Baptist sworn.--I have been acquainted with the two prisoners for some time past — ever since they were born. On the day before their arrest, as I was passing down Franklin street, about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, I saw Alonzo Duke standing on the sidewalk tossing up a twenty-dollar gold piece. In his cross-examination Mr. Baptist stated that, so far as he knew, the prisoners bore a good character. He had seen the girls, Lizzie Seals and Mary Nixon, nearly every night at the alley leading to Mr. Batkins's house. Mr. Duke, the father of the prisoners, had always been an indulgent parent. He never knew Alonzo Duke to be a gambler. Daniel L. Murphy testified that, a week ago, he met Lawrence Duke (a brother of the prisoners) at