New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-19

returned she tired the door, she SAID,
II was locked she stopped all night; | do not know
what time she Sunday morning it before
was up she went she told me, 20 church; she
returned about or o'clock, but did not remain
over five minutes her again Sunday afternoon, about
sun down she had a bonnet on and n dark merino
dress she again stopped All night and away in the
morning about clock did not see her again till they
took her away To bury her about four hours after
she left tina. heard She dead: never saw prisoner
strike deceased him take her by the hair Of her head
the back part OF her head il little before Christmas
lCh,cteG too remote and for the present aowed
Crcsscr0Dfiacd-Nhenl irsi saw deceased on Sunday
evening Mrs Dolsns, little before sunset and
She went home with me she was not doing anything at
Mrs. Dolan>. only sitting by the ire | abOut five
minutes AZ Mrs DOlan's deceased there when went
in | did not that they had been having refreshmen
think Mrs Roach was also there.
.NqYgord Co,hsn sw0ri-Is wife of Phip Goshen lived
in January last in house with Mrs Fitzgerald occu
pied the back up stairs deceased and prisoner lived
in room under had known Mrs. Fitzgerald five six
months | was in my room about 10 clock heard the
woman halo very low; could understand what she
said went down with my sop pail and when n their door
heard Mrs +. cry for help two or three times told
Patrick DoLn, who in next heard the shooting
threw the sops out and came into the entry and saw
Roach and Dolan out of the front entry went with
the two men 10 tie Fitzgerald out with
his hand IN his pocket and hat Roach said GU
have shot your wife " Fitzgerald said nothing Roach
peated IT, and Fitzgerald said. She is half dead ;"
into the back room and deceased lying her side
two pals. of them having SOp water and the other
coal in she dead saw Fitzgerald about months
before with an mot pursued too remote \ him
the Sunday before with heard the halo and
ran out of my ROOM and saw prisoner with an AK and ms
wife out and into the next door. Il the day
before she was killed
Gross ero1aiAed-I was sometimes in the store did
bay much there bought potatoes she did not sell liquor
or beer had not been in her back room il about
the time that people went Church that her
of her room and HIM with the she from her back
room into the entry, and then into Mrs DOlan's had
heard noise before saw her runningshe halOng out;
for about eight days before that when anybody into
the store Fitzgerald cleared them the time Mrs f.
was shot, the bed was muSSed up.
DfrSct-Do not know how old woman deceased was.
Francis COHN0by, swOrn-Iived in January at No. 10
East Sixteenth t. did not know the deceased I'LL her
dead was coming down the Thirdav Thirty sixth
ST. heard scream from female could not understand
any words il was weak voice; next heard the report of
firearms looked into the store and man shut the
door of the back looking into the store did
mark who the Twenty .tourth.st two men
came up with the prisoner went back TO the store and
saw the lying there il the same and back
room in which had the man shut the door and from
which heard ths report and scream
DUfct-Ihe door had window in it,
IhO1aGS " Bennett, swOrn-Lived in East SiXtySecOnd
ST in prisoners the morning his wife shot
there about before the transaction happened there
one in the store, and Knocked no one came
for coal saw Mr. Fitzgerald looking through
the glass window thought strange h. did not come To
n he had done he said there none. or |
could ut have il, something of the kind thought he
was out OF humOr | went to another place and got the
coal and then 10 my shop after got back was told de
ceased had been killed went to the room and her
doctor was there prisoner had becntaken away
Cross cr0miUd-I did not see Mrs. Fitzgerald when
and wondered at IT, she always 10 attend the
dc not know that prisoner said he could give the
coal because his wife out and had the key; he said
something about key; think he said could not get it be-
he did not have the key: of the coal bin outside
had been in the habit of buying things nj the store for
years Mrs F. usually attended it, her husband being out
driving cart, or something sometimes they were both
there together; did not observe whether the bed
pied she appeared to have been dead Is 20 minutes
had heard something about before going
to be robbed rsomethng, do not know what
WIcbo,i Dol9h sworn reside next door. went to the
entry door but closed went into the store and from
that To the back Fitzgerald walking about, but
toung mp his coat asked him what he had been doing,
he sand nothing; asked him where was his wife, and he
said there she is dead painting to where She lay; she
lay two pals along by the mantepece her head
from the bed said nothing further at that time, but
colarcd him and took him to the station house; a
gong with him told him he had shot his wife, and would
hang for II - he answered, well then, II will all be over
store when was told she shot had seen her
about five minute, before, IN my back room there hall
leading from their room As well as mine she seemed to be
troubled but did cry wanted her 10 get breakfast,
but she would not and my wife gave her cup of tea she
strong, healthy woman, about forty seven fifty
years OF age; She not very steady.
eI0min,d-I keep wholesale lquorsore next
door heard two three weeks before OF the window of
their store having been broken and poultry stolen
think Mr. Fitzgerald told did not hear her say they
meant to keep watch often heard her say Mr. gerald
had pistol; il both before and after the store
broken open; heard say that Mr. Fitzgerald have
company that evening was to have raiie for watch
do not reC0ect seeing the pistol TIL saw in the
by Mrs. f. not being very steady, mean
she a drinking woman my wife did not have any
pauy the Friday before saw Mrs Fitzgerald drink week
before she killed glass of beer did not
her drink any after my recollection she bought liquor at
my store and carried it out recolect her getting It the
Wednesday Thursday before she was killed it
brandy-haf pint she did not get amy gin at that time
she took the brandy 10 her store she the habit of
purchasing liquor my store three times day she
usually bought from gill to pint have her under
weeks before she killed she about once in
ey two weeks have known her to be affected two
H. .ft..,
heard quaTres in their house but it, do not
think saw her on Sunday in my room saw her Satur
day forenoon standing on the sidewalk in front other store
do not know where fitzgerald was.
Uirect-I have heard Fitzgerald threaten deceased but
to Kill her It was about month before she very
attentive 70 her store and good woman when she did not
drink she sober the morning she shot She had no
appearance Of having been drinking she down heart
ed think she had her bonnet when she was in my
room and that she had will not be when she
shot; only about 1--WE minutes or before she
shot that she was in my room
Mrs. Hardy recalled Deceased was sober Sunday eve.
mig and also on Monday morning, when she left.
Iatrtck DoiqA sworn Resided with my cousin Michael
Dolan was the back yard Monday forenoon and heard
cries from the went 10 their entry door and found
the getting weaker, ola person struggling
shook the door then heard the shot went my cousin
and told him. and went to their store and sawFzgerald
coming out Of the store Fitzgerald Sunday with ps
to il was in his room; they in their quar-
repg he would shut the door and She would come and
open and tell him he could not have shut saw him 90
to the head of his bed take up pistol and put il in his
pocket; Monday when went 10 their door, the last
scream weaker if person had hold OF her and she
was choked; when went IN she lying two pals
cIamiRed-She taller than Fitzgerald. and A
strong hearty heard her, Sunday call Fitzger
aid murderous villain when She opened the door
there were no there know Thomas Ward he not
there heard nothing that Monday monn except screams
heard first passed 10 the yard and after my return in
all about minutes they quareled Sunday. about
five minutes when he attempted to shut the door she said
YOU murderous villain you cannot have il shut her
push him with her hands and push hun down did not hear
II his having lame heard Of their store being broken
open did hear him say he had pistol and fthey