Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-24

package; bner6 were cnalrS III Inc r0OHl; one
Of them sat against the table; there was
nothing ON the other side 5Sleeve buttons
were here exhibited to witness and identified
asbeing cut off the slesFek-of the shirt Moses
had ON when he died. There is blood on
them; they were given to me for safe keep
ing; / gave them to Mofes's brother some
two or three days after; the coat Donnelly
had on in the morning was a frock coat; it
was fashionablv made, large sleeves and easy
waist; sleeves pretty long the bed in Don
nellp's room did not have the appear ance OF
any one having slept in it that night hemay
have laid on top some time before this oc-
currencc, he had his pocket book out and
exhibited a roll of brokeR bank bills, which
he said he had bought cheap and expected
them to come up again, when he would get
| full value; he did not show many OF them;
we were anxious to try achambermaid whom
we supposed was dishonest, and wanted tc
get some bad money to try her; Donnelly
said he could let her have some; gave her a
81 Washington bill identified by witness');
Dornelly has not had the bill since; after
this occurrence saw some money picked up
in the garden near the water-clOset, nearthe
fence, in the passage way; it was picked up
by young man named Morris; | saw him
pick it up; Morris was cut there before /
went out; I learn TIPS Sas-since died he
called me there thesmshey was torn in pie
ces; exhibited to witness) noticed the
ocean Bank, Washington, Districf OF Co.
lumbia," and the spurious bill given to Mrs
Smith was also upon that Bank.
The Court was here adjourned till 8 O'Clock
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The Court reassembled at o'clock p. m,
on Wednesday. So great is the interest man
Tested on the occasion, that almost every seat
was occupied before the ringing OF the bell.
The gallery was almost entirely occupied by
ladies. Coroner Connery is present as a wit
ness on the part of the State.
The examination of Mr.. VIM, Smith, the
proprietor of the Sea View, was continued
and, as he is an important witness, was still OIL
the stand when the Court adjourned.
Mr. Smiths examination continued The
money was picked up about ! o'clock in the
forenoon Of the murder; the bills were dry;
witness looked into Donnelly's clothes that
day; they were ,ia-ssS AssEer; found one s.
bill in his vest pockeb, Mr. Tompkins took it
out a bill on the Genesee Bank exhibited
this is the same bill; Moses and Lent were &C
quainted before they came to the Sea View:
witness knew it from the fact that Moses in
troduced him to Lent; when witness went to
No. "a Moses was lying on the bed; the door
leading to No So was open; the door opens
against the partition; when Donnelly came OIL
the porch, witness and his wife were there, or
the second story; witness and several other;
looked some time for dagger, but none coud
be found
| CrosS-examined- Witness stated that the
prisoner was about three weeks in his employ
| found him to be man of remarkable inteli
gence, faithful to his business, and depended
on him more than any other about the estab
lishment; the money | understood him to be
on banks that were down; never knew him tC
make an improper use of any of these bills; he
was always frank and open with them; | die
not see the bills for week or two before this
occurrence; they wvi%Tvund on the ground
not as though they had been secreted there
Donnelly said he expected to realize the ami
when the banks came -; on going up stairs
knocked at the pris3l ~ door; he exclaimed
"All rights" after waiting a reasonable time
I sent Francis for him; he said Donnelly was
in his room and would be down soon; Donnel
ly changed his dress in about half an hour af
ter he came down stairs; he was In the habit
of changing it every day; he left the clothes
he took off that morning in his room; we
found coat and three or four pairs of white
pantaloons in his room that he had soied; saw
no blood on them; the pants were under the
bed, the coat on his trunk; don't know that
[ was the FIRST person in the room; can't tel
whether Donnelly had heen in his room before
| went there; the room was perfectly open
so that everything could be seen; | saw nc
appearance of blood on any of his garments
went Immediately up stairs on seeing Donne
| ly; left him on the porch my wife was in the
hall at the time; saw large quantity Of
blood up stairs on &c tETd story, and looked
as though it had spirited on the wall; there was
| blood pretty much over the whole extent OIL
the hall; there was quite quantity for three
or four feet on the wall; it was on the part oc
cupied by Moses; noticed blood near Don
nelly's room; it extended ten or fifteen feet
along the entry; saw no footsteps until hal
or three-quarters Of an hour after Coroner
Connery came; during this time there was q
great running there from all parts of the house
| had about 126 boarders at the time: all the
rooms were occupied in that part of the house
the rooms were occupied in front of where Mo
ses laid; No. "a was occupied by Moses and
No 36 by Donnelly; No. 80 was occupied by
gentleman calling himself A G.. MCKINLEY
and lady; saw nothing like blood on Donnel
| ly's shirt; from the time saw him at the safe
until / again saw him after changing his dress
was not more than ten or fifteen minutes:
saw no weapon Of any kind on him; he tolc
witness he had sold his dirk to Moses for S.
Donnelly kept the dirk in the drawer of the
Office; there would h.. Nc difficulty in persons
outside opening the drawer; witness had moi
seen the dirk for two or three days previous tc
the murder; saw Donuelly and Moses til,
night before in friendly. conversation; Donnel
| " always showed aquiet, peaceable DISPOSE
lion; found him so throughout; as a gene
raj thing, my boarders were permanent tho
had some transient ones; Mr. Mckinley ant
lady came to my house on Friday afternoon
he left on Saturday morning; the room oppo
site was occupied by tile Spanish gentleman
About twenty seryantsslept in the attic; knew
nothing about them; Isent to an intelligence
Office in Yew York to send me honest ser
wants; they were nearly all Irish, and as {
general thing they were an orderly, nice set o
servants
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