The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-21

had down ara ssu his eatsaiis rotsn1ng; / said.
tsrp<do in that box; tnen beard Ms. Allison
ssrs snisg ~Fsr Gor,s sake come In nere!' A'lison
said, doctor, 80 70 my wile; oDnldnr get IA she
room, for He pafrt on was b.o~a out, and me nal
h,lsd With rubbish; passed around from Ic door
INTO the front room, and then into Der roo AM, to
my b1sros, found her clothes ON fire; attsm ,ted
10 take her ERIN, and found u was blown OF; tore
or her dress much as could; the bed AID sSssss
were % FIRE; graspei thsm and threw them ils0
the fireplace; then tosk held Of her aud discover
ed th2s the partition broken open, asd through
tits oesuir l. CARED her cut, aud mat some per-
sons shom gave her 70; my bands wero burned
from stay ieg the borning clOshug &; resarnsd 70
put the fire OUT there thirty forty pssisn.s
IN the horse-Dess AL sbove; 60. water from the
bathroom and put the fire ont; by this time NJ.
Allison wa taken out aAd removed 20 what Ii cal cd
the green room, where hii Wounds attended -,
al d where he Died; Mrs. Alhssn was taken down
stairs, In . room immediassy underneath tho green
room; had bn. little conversation with Mr. Allison;
from the time left him il the room until lie in
the faculty room bad noshirg % d, with him; when
IsaS Allison after ward Il 10 this room; he wasOn
large table, where he placed for the purpose VI
attending his wour d. the first thing rs said 70 be
stked for hin ~ife; he says Doctor, can seoJver?'
"How long can l iivsl' remarked, "You might
live ill morning and might not live three h0urs;
told him how he wss irjussd; be then c,nsersed
about bis wife; SO ,med very much distressed about
be asked De II bis wife was badly hurt; did MI
wish 10 distress him; be asked ne how; sail her
arm wss blown Oh be seened very anxious about
her; thought she would be cripple; wanted hsr At
tended 50; no showed DO emotion, save as en- afac-
tomato husband; be repeatedly talkei Of he WI Q,
ard desired that she should be ats,g ded tc; while
DR.. Smith attempted TO return his bowels, he CON-
plated good deal; sfterwsrd wien he LAID on tse
Lama aIraIr
he had anything to communicates; lie said he would
like 10 talk tome alone remarked tne same 70 the
Others and they left the room, with the exception Of
DR.. Lawson, whom desired TO stay; ne made NO OBJ
jection to Mr.. Mclean being present; he may lave
said before that this was the Act OF OF his
mics; one Of ssked him who had done it, he said,
II u ink man by the name OF Connol'y;" he wa
AK what Connolly would do it for; be said, II am
perfaps the only witness agsinst Connolly in . mat
ter, and he may want me out Of the ways" said.
"Whak was that" he eAld, Perhaps q peni
'entiary offences" be was now sinking, and would
occasionally stop and gather his ideas; that's AL
not certain that he mentioned william Connolly;
think be said William Connolly OF New York; don't
recoecs Of Allison trying to give the street AMI
Der Of Connol!ys resi- dsnce IN New York; don't
sony wrote aletter to Connolly, telling him OF his
me- anness 10 himself and wife; think heard some
such conversation; don't recollect OF lis saying II
know thst be Gid II" don't reoouast Of his saying
him." don't think got such remarks from him;
might have got them from the newspa ,ers; in
speaking Of Connolly think he remarked tha he
did not think Connolly would resort to such bsss
means; Mrs. Allison said 70 me the next day that
she said to Mr.. Allison, "Let us 60 into the room
and open it (the box); want to show it to the
doctor"
Ques.- Did he (Allison) say ~ did not think
it to be 30 bad; want to snow It t, your
AnA-I cant place It anywhere; got II from the
ne wrappers, hut cannot cay. that Allison said ii;
did not say that I heard 1t ffcm Anison's room;
the probability Is that It Vas from the ne spapsrs
haps little over three hours; the time Of his death
YVES little after one O'Clock; don't recolleos OF his
say ing that he had somstbing more to oommuLi
Gaze, and he wished to live; recollect Of asking
him he had anything more to communicate, and
he said mo-" oil he wanted was his wife cared for;
HE life passe off grad ualy; he did OF sink rapid
~; at the time OF the last rema his m ntal enar-
gies had not greatly do lined; he did not suffer
quite so much in tso hours from the &C, usrcnc,;
he suf red great d al about the time he breatSed
his last; the Mr.. Mclean speak Of IL Collector
Of the port Of Cincinnati | attended upon
Mrs. Allison; had but very little convsrsason
with her; she was seldom spoken 10 bat IL
CIT ased unpleasanthess it was al objecs to
keep her Is quiet as possible; would simply ask
her how she fet; che would sometimes say better
and sometimes badly; towards the last We hardly
ever talked with her; she made request 70 see
PRIEST he was there; think It was father Collins;
not Ger ain; had cow ersation about he box, my
recollection 3 that abe blamed no one; think
either herself or some one made the romark In nv
pres once that AQison Was mistaken, that Connolly
would OF do such thing she said the day fol.
lowing, "You need not tel me, know Mr.. Allison
is Dead" somebody may have told her; the priest
might have told her.
Cross examined by M. Pruden-These we're thit-
ty or forty patients in the house, and abou. fifty in
mates; never heard A lison, TO my knowledge, say
that he knew the contents Of the box before the ex
posian; Lis face was burned and his eyes closed;
his wfe's face cut both sides, cutting in the
esIs.a deep cash; don't think her sight was de,
stroyed; her right srm was torn entirely oil; the
smputarion was just shove the injury.
Ques.-Did Allison express an opinion or susoi-
cion ss to who sent the box?
Ans Rather think IL was . suspicion A llison
remarked, when his wife called doctor, 90 to my
wife, Mrs. Allison had repeatedly made injuries
about her husband abe ead II Mr.. Ali son died she
did not want to live.
The testimony Of the defence after the examioa
ton CT the above witness was mainly to prove the
previous good character Of the prisoner. After
sorne rebulting testimony offered by the prosecution
the court adjourned, and the counsel were TO com
mence summir up on the opening Of the cour: tae
following morning.
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