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

NO. 4; D0nnelly at tniS JlIne lau Hot tahcu
up but SO Of his wages; it was due monthly;
he had not been with me a month; l could
not state the precise time / engaged him;
there was no stated salary fixed; Donnelly
would not disagree about that; would not
have hestated to advance him money had be
wanted it; witness considered that $35 a
month would be as much as he could give
Donnelly, board, &C., included; the servants
generally get up about 5 o'clock; Donneiy's
bed might have been laid on the outside; il
was not much mussed up; my impression, from
the appearance of the bed, satisfied me that
no one had been in the bed; there was hair
mattress underneath and one on the top; nc
words were exchanged between US as Donnel-
ly was taking the books out of the safe, as
was the usual custom; he handed me about
$3.50, the amount taken in the night previous;
that money was not in the safe; did not try
any of Donnely's keys to see whether they
would open any of the doors up stairs; my
wife tried them and they would not; the pass
key would not unlock door inside if the key
was in the keyhole; each door had it's key, be-
side the pass-key. The prisoners bunch Of
keys were again shown the witness. | be-
| lieve the keys are all here that were when he
gave them to me to examine his trunk; he ap
peared solicitous that and others should ex
anime and see; can't remember that he said
he could tell his pantaloons by tear in the
seat; Mr. Botelle first saw Donnelly when he
came to my house, l never remember to have
spoke to him before Donnelly did; my plaI
was to have the books posted every night, anC
receive the cash amt, and Donnely Away,
done it to my entire satisfaction; at the time
he asked me for the 50 he said he wished tt
loan it to friend; Mckinley might have come
on Tuesday morning; think he was acquainted
with Lent; cannot say whether that was his
real name; represented himself from New Yorl
Lent had very few acquaintance at the house
he came to my house about the 18th or l5tl
of June; he resides at Wards, No. l45 Crane
street, near the model artists; Ward keeps {
liquor shop near there; | saw Moses ther,
once; Mckinley was a gentlemany appearing
man; do not know his address; he left on Sat
urday morning at about 9 or 10 o'clock; No
SO is dark room, having no window in it, ex
cept over the door; it is nearly as light as tn,
other No. "a, if that is open; the window,
have green blind shutters; person could steI
out of No "a on the roof of the piazza; tn,
| roof of the piazza is nearly even with the sill
of the window; if the shutter was closed thu
room would not be very light; the door wa
open of No. "a when | went up; rooms No. 81
and No 80 also open on the piazza the SAM
as No "a; the windows in the paror run t.
the floor, and should suppose there would b.
no difficulty in person getting in them; tn
fastenings are very poor; after getting into tn
parIor, there would be no difficulty in gainin,
admission to any part of the house if tn
rooms were not locked; one of the window
was left open for Mr. Lent to get in by whel
he was out; Francis generally opened thu
house in the morning; when / saw Donnell
first coming toward me that morning. in al
agitated condition, from the direction Of tn
main building, he was coming fast, and wa
some II or Is feet from me; he must hav
come down very fast from the noise he made
[ think saw him first; went to the sam
stairs; heard some one hallowing after hearC
the running; did not think the noise was in th
rear of the house; went up stairs immediatel.
after saw Donnelly; did not see the person
that made the noise; heard no servant glrlcal
The Court then adjourned