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

Court convened at 9 o'clock The weather was
very Indictment, but the attendance was good A
number of ladies appeared in the gallery. Among
the audience, and seated at the bar, we perceived
Gov. VIM. A. Newell The prisoner appeared cheer
full The trial progresses slowly. Mr. Smith pro-
prietor of the Sea View House, was on the witness
stand during yesterday, and is again called. He
gives his evidence in very candid and impartial
manner.
VIM. W. Smith, resumed-No one had been in
Donnellys room previous to myself, that know of;
his door was standing wide open; great number of
persons came from other houses, but not allow
ed to go up stairs: Thompsons house is about one
hundred yards from mine, but in going from one to
to the other is necessary to go distance of about
four hundred yards, there is no direct communi-
cation Schencks is situated north of mine is called
" Schencks Pavilion;" Thompsons is called Allan
tic Pavilion; there are not to my knowledge, any
other boarding houses the west side of the river;
there is road running along the river for short
distance, but turns into the country toward the di-
rection of Riceville; have learned that there are
bowling alleys, where refreshments kept, along
this shore; believe there are two-one at Thomp-
sons, and another at Schenck s-both belonging to
the boarding houses; there is plank walk leading
from the foot of my steps to the steamboat landing,
and also in the direction of and past Schencks the
dock is in front of Thompson's property; have no
knowledge that persons were in the habit of coming
in at late hour, and after my house was closed;
never heard of such a thing; there gentleman
staying my house who did not pay his BILL kept
his baggage he returned atterward and paid me; l
did not notice that he had any other money than
what he paid me- | called Donnelly in the morning
and told him to call the servants; did not see any
OF the servants up when called Donnelly the rooms
Nos. "a and Sc are in the north passages there may
have been some blood in the south PASSAGE there
little door No. 81 between the floor and the
knob of the door, which is situated at the corner of
the passage; after leaving Moses, | went to Mr..
Thomps0n's; on going down stairs, | saw Donnelly
coming out of the water closet, in the rear of the
house; did not notice his shoes
Recalled by State-I never saw Donnelly before he
came to my house; what have said to him is from
the acquaintance had of him-an acquaintance of
about three weeks; do not know whether he is in the
habit Of playing cards; had opportunity to de-
tect his dishonesty if had suspected it; my books
are kept in such way tina: it would be impossible
FOL Mr. Donnelly to deffaud me- they were kept so
by my order; should not advanced him any large
amount OF money-nothing more Than was due to
nm; paid him " on Sunday before this occurrence
at that time he did not say whether he had money;
never saw him have any of any account; expected
to settle with him monthly, agreeable to hotel rules
MS name was onthe hep-ro he put it there himself
he knew that all our help was employed in this way:
and it was SO stated on that book; when saw Nor
rls picking up this money he ia the garden near
the water closet, two or three feet from the fence
IN the garden side of fence and on the opposite
slde from that which was standing; he had no 9th
er bills In his hands except those he had picked up
he had before given me bills of the same character
aud torn; about Is minutes before this he gave me
some that he had taken from the water closet; these
were offensive in their smell; Merits examined the
water-closet frst found some pieces of money; re-
turned to the office and procured candle searched
the closet again aud found some more; saw him 90
/ tuoS moi int bo f,.,t.
statement of the manner in which Morris found the
money by the fence, and how WITNESSES attention was
first called to the act) the money had every appear
ance of being flung there that morning; it was dry
and in good ORDER it had raised excessively on the
Wednesday or Thursday previous to finding this
money ION Saturday morning) and continued rain
ing all day and night; the bills were in wad, and
looked as though they had been twisted or screwed
around in tearing them; Mr.. DonneIly generally
changed dress about IL o'clock, to make prepara-
tions for dinner never on any other occasion knew
him to change his dress in an hour after he came
down stairs; the color of these pants that found
were white; never remember having seen him wear
thin black pants and coat the gray coat was sent ia
Mr.. D. at Freehold it was packed in valse with
shirts, &c. the next day after this occurrence il
was three quarters Of hour or an hour before the
deathathat Moses told to make what disposition
of his property he wished did not tell Donnelly to
stay in the Office and would 60 to Moses room:
should have have recolleced it if had from an oc-
currence that took place in Mosess room recollect
lremarking to him as as Ireturned from Thomp-
sons that this was pretty piece Of business" he
was leaning against the frame of the front door, he