Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-30
CITY ITEMS.
nh. mauslauxhter Casc..COrOner's Ah'
ou.st..Ful Testimony.


morning at the City Hall.
Officer Conner sarorn. This witness tesu-
fed to facts of the affray, of which he did
not see the origin.
c.. A. Branch. Police c9fcfT-teStltied that
he saw the dead body Yesterday. saw him
first on Monday evening last, about eight
O'clock near IL, corner of Fifth and Minneso-
n streets | was on jackson street, and
heard an alarm whistle from that direction.
Went there and found this old man in the
street, sitting. or leaning on a piece of wood,
endeayoring 70 steady himself. l went up to
him he was covered with blood, on his head
and shoulders. Said to him. get up" He
answered, " | am killed" | helped him on
his feet. He said he could not stand. l told
him TO remain still until | could search the
premises to find the persons who had done it.
We searched around there in the house of a
man named Sweeny. We found young
lady, under a bed in the back room, hid Did
not arrest her She said she hid because she
was frightened On farther questioning hel
she said man had been in there abusing her
and some one had struck him with billet o.
wood
| found Chicago Jack and Melloy on thu
corner of Minnesota and Fifth streets. They
Were standing on the street at the time. No
ticed no blood on them The old man was
right opposite the house where the atfray took
place-on the north side. Found the other
young man vino was hurt on the sidewalk
He has since gone away. The old man was
brought up to the city jail because we had nc
other place to take him. He said he had been
hurt, and showed us where. Did not think
then it was serious.
James Fitzgerald - P11ictman-Srorn.-
Saw the deceased the night he was said to
have been hurt-on Monday night, on Fifth
street, about : O'clock; (the witness here de
scribed his appearance) was not on duty at
the time, but heard whistle and went to
that spot; found other Policemen there, and
two men that were hurt in their custody; they
said there had been row and these two men
got hurt; went into the house; woman
known as Rose Sweeny" was there; | also
saw the old man sitting on the sidewalk, but
did not hear him say anything; he was sitting
opposite to, but near the house.
The rest of the testimony was merely cor
roborative of officer Branch's.)
OFFICER Branch recalled-Whenw we brought
the prisoners up, had Melloy in charge it
was dark, and he passed something over to
one of the other prisoners it might have been
a slung-Shot
JOHN hilr0y-P5liceman- Sw0rn-He de-
tailed the circumstances of finding the deceas-
and searching the premises Of Rose Sweeny
and finding that young lady under the bed,
Officer ConLJr took her in charge, etc; went
out then and attempted to take up McClay
called on officers to assist me, as he was un-
able to walk and brought him up to the City
Hall DR.. Wren dressed his wound it was on
the top of his head pretty bad wound; the
old man told me :" that he had come across a
young fellow name unlnown) as he was com.
III diJ.lE NliC lOiu lllit lily lidu SlOPPSu
at the same house; old Mr.. Sweeny was an
old acquaintance of his deceased, and he had
called III to sr,:id a quarter with him, as he
said the young fellow had gotten into trouble
with Rose Sweeny; blows followed, and Ii
got up to save the young man; he was struck
over head with weapon; did not know what
or who struck him - do not recoect what else
he said about the difficulty, but it did not
amount to anything important; he said he was
badly hurt, and that it was the first difficulty
he ever got into he said he was a hard-work
ing man. and had come in from his place al
Eden Prairie to receive the price of two load,
of grain he had sold to Winslow's Mill said h,
wanted to be at St. Anthony the next morn
ing to meet man, ETC. | examined the ole
man and found no arms upon him. Bresett(
found stick of wood supposed to be the one
that he was wounded with. know nothing
about the character of Rose Sweeny's house
never knew that liquor was sold there; thu
old man had probably been drinking some
the name of the young man who was hurt
do not know; he has left and gone down the
river, it is said.
DR.. Norton srO,m Testified that he had
made a post mOrt6nt examination of the de-
ceased on yesterday. He found the wounds
on the head, one fracturing the skull-and
driving pieces in upon the brain, and another
depressing the plate of the skull, the third
wound was long cut. The wounds might
have been made by round pointed, instru
ment-such as stone or slung shot These
wounds were sufficient to produce death.
did not examine any farther. l think this
stick Zone produced in Court might hav,
caused the cut, but not the other wounds
Deceased died from the effects of the wounds
John Brezette, Policenaan-saco1n.-I frs
saw deceased just after the affray, lying in the
middle Of the road, fiat upon the ground, with
his limbs stretched out, on his back. He was
scarcely able to move. l saw the woman
strike the tall man-(this was the young man.
She struck him with piece of red oak wood
On the head, and brought him to the knees
think she then struck him again. This took
place in the street, near where McClay was
laying, about 20 feet from the house. or
dered the woman to go into the house-just
at this moment, "ChicagotJack" ran out |
then blew the alarm-when ,this woman ran
in and secreted herself-other officers came
up in answer TO my call, and | told them to
ar est Chicago Jack. Crhc stick was here
SHOWN covered with blood, and was re-
cognized by witness as the one uscd). I
could not then find Chicago Jack, but after
wards Let him and Mulloy in the hands Of
the officers. The young woman was unde,
the bed. She said she was frightened, &c.
Hate Larkin-scor3e-Tes that she
lives opposite the house where the affray oc