Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-24
THE SEA.VEIW HOUSE
MURDER.
TRIAL OF JAMES p. D0NNELLY
IN THE MONMOUTH COUNTY COURT.
Continued from. the fourth page.

I genuine; they all are OF small denominations
among them is q portion Of $500 note OF the
kind often issued by business men, as an ad
vertisement, and having the appearance Of 9
bank bill.
At this point the Court adjourned till Fri
day morning at o'clock.
FOURTH DAY-FRIDAY MORNING, Sept. Is.
The Court convened at o'clock The examina
| ton of Mr. Rue was resumed Some of the tori
bills picked up in the garden were submitted to wit
ness for examination, and variously pronounce
counterfeit or worthless-not good bill among thu
whole.
Henry Miller sworn-Resides in Canal
street in the City of New York; was at Sea
| View on the is of August last; | laid awake
| in bed about fge minutes; heard st fed, cry
of murder three times and the m$ment follow
ing heard female as l supposed, excaim
:" Ny God, somebody's murdered;" then got
out of bed, looked out of the door. and saw
blood on the hall floor, up by the front stars;
then shut my door, locked it; occupied No
A, extreme northwest room on third foor:
| turned the key and put on my pants; open
ed the door aud went out; this was about ten
minutes from the time / first heard the cry;
went to the head of the stairs; there was a
large pool of blood--so much SO that | kind
of jumped over it to avoid getting my feet in
it; traced it to room No. 81; looked in and
saw young man covered with blood lying Oh
the bed, and went in; the young man sald
somebody had killed him, aud Immediately af-
ter named the person; Twas in the room from
8 to minutes; the exact words of Moses were
II witness was here stopped and question
raised as to the admissihlity of this evidence.
After some time spent in argument the Court
decided evidence admissible. Counsel for pris-
oner stated their intention to file a writ OF ex-
ceptions Il he State then withdrew the ques-
t4oa for the present. Witness continued
Left Mosess room, and said in the room that
would go for doctor; went tomy room and
slipped on my boots; then went down the front
stairs and passed through the Office on to the
trout piazza; the first person met was Don
nelly leaning against one of the columns; from
the time | left Moses's room till reached the
office, was about FIVE minutes; he appeared to
he in state of very great nervous excitement;
ne was very pole and looked very wild out OF
his eyes; he said to me in very quick success
on, some half dozen times 'fWhat room is he
in ?" | replied g He is in his room," and pass
ed on; had not previously spoken to him;
ran down the front stairs as fast as possible
aud went over to Thompson's; asked one Of
| the colored walters if there was doctor III the
house; he said he believed there was one Oh
the I'd floor; went to the room designated, hul
found none; | went back, and went up by the
back piazza; saw Donnelly coming out OF the
water-closet; his dress was changed; | passed
up the back stairs to the third hall, and into
nv room, and finished washing and dressing
then went out: there were number of per
sons in the hall; passed through room 5B'in
to "a; saw among Others, Munter, barber a
Schenck's; Coroner Connery was also There;
passed again int So with Smith and Rpund
fSaw them lift up Tile maItress; saw UtterA t;iK'
Imoney therefrom; twas wrapped in white
handkerchief, not very clean; went with then
to "a; | think Round opened the package anc
commenced counting money; at that momen
| Connery was sewing up the wound in Moses
room; then heard him make the remark tt
the young man, As you are about to appear
before your God and Maker, it is neeessar,
you should speak the truth and nothing but
the truth" and words to that effect; moment
after | went to my own room: did not 90 IL
Moses's room again while he was living; thu
door of 81 was not open when | first went in
| to the room; It was open afterward.
Cross-examined- Il did not think Smith wa.
excited; do not think was excited; Donnel,
appeared to be herveously excited; don't rec
ollect that any one else was excited; he appear
ed more calm when coming from the water
closet; saw him up stairs when Coroner Con
merry was there; was walking up and down til,
hall; lookeda little more excited; had mad,
up nv mind that Donuelly was a man of i'm
pulsive disposition; | had been to the house
weeks less two days previous to this occur
renee; there was white mating on the floor; af
ter finished dressing met Donnelly coming
out of the hall toward front Of stairs, on Sc
story; think saw him in the hall of mali
building 'i
DR.. Robert Cook sworn Assisted in a pos
mortem examination at the Sea View House
in company with Dr. Edward Taylor, DR.. Johl
Fought, and others; the Doctor gives de
scription Of the wound as previously given, b,
other physicians; says that the --- arter,
might have been taken up if surgical aid hac
been on. the spot at the instant; does not thilE
this would have saved his life; / should thinE
the instrument used was sharp at the point anC
beth edges; a narrow Instrument
Peter T. Scheuck, sworn Il reside at tn,
Highlands; 800 or 400 feet from the Sea View
House, in northerly. direction; was at Sea
View on morning Of Ang. ]. q little after 6
went to room SO; saw Donnelly, Coroner Con
merry, and Others in "a; passed through SO te
"a; Connory was trying to staunch the BLOOD
running from Moses's neck; Donnelly was neal
foot of bed; Connery told Moses he couldn't
live but short time; he told him rot to ac
cuse any one wrongfuly; he asked Moseswho
cut his throat; Moses said, Dounelly did it;
Donnelly stood by; a short time after all the
gentlemen who were in Moses's room went out
shortly after went to door of 81, in company
with Staden and Wilson; Staden asked Mo
SEES if he was aware he could live but short
time; Moses nodded his head and said Yes;
Staden said, "Be sure and don't accuse any
one wrongfuly about this; Moses then said
Donnely the book keeper, cut his throat; Mr.
Donnelly was notpresent then; Wilson asked
Moses if he had any previous Quarrels or dis
turbances with Donnelly (aiIswer to this ques
ton objected to by counsel for prsoner-ob
lection sustained by the Court.
Adjourned till O'Clock, p. m.
Court opened at o'clock. The Court Room
was filed with spectators Immediately after
the ringing of the hell large .number O