Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-08-14
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Preliminary Examination of Tom Gull.
nan for Murder.
Betor .Johm Jolns, Esq, Police Magistrate
STATE Oh IOWA uerSus TOM CtILLiSAS.
SECOND DAY

STATE Oh IOWA versus roM CtmLiSAS.
SECOND DAY.
Brtdyet GaiUtnn,. sworn-Guesses her age
is about Il she was at her fathers on
Friday Afternoon last; she was not in when
this happened, she was down at the levee
after wood, that was about three o'clock !:
nobody asked her to go for wood she went
Of her own accord she was not away more
than 20 minutes when she came In her
father asked her where she had been she
told him he asked her why she didn't stay
and take care of her mother; told him
that ! thought my mother would stay still
while ] was away; lie took me into the
loom her lips were swelled and She was
bleeding from the mouth she was then
laying on the bed in the northeast corner of
the back room; my father did not say any
thing. but went out into the bar to play
cards with a man who was out there; |
stayed IN the room all the time and until
Hrs sullivan came down stairs; and came
into the room: she asked me what W as the
matter; said | did not know she came from
up stairs looked into the window and told
me TO take the veil from mothers face
took the veil from mothers face she said
| that my mother was dying; she then went
and told my father that mother was dying,
he said nothing was the matter with her
| he then went into the room and looked at
her; he said she was dying; father went
| close to tn. bed. spoke to her, but she did
not make any sign; veil was over her face
! at this time; could not see whether che
looked at father; she had her eyes closed
could see through the veil that her eyes
were shut father did not touch her at all :
called her many times did not say ANYTHING
/ else was very close to the bed he then
went out did not speak to me: lie went af-
ter the priest; put the veil over mother ;
face the first time: the Il es troubled her
rut it over her first after ! came in
she did not speak to me when | came
| in; was lying with her head towards
! the foot of the bed when first saw her
| her head was not on the pillow she was
| dressed at the time: was lying on her back
after Mrs. Sullivan asked ne to take the
veil off did not put it on again; Mrs. Shean
! put it on the second time. ! saw my moth
er first before | went to the levee for wood
! spoke to her this time, but she did not an
swer; ! asked her if sh. would not get up
! did not say anything more to her, but went
| for wood | was in bed with her before this
| time, and father came and asked me to get
up and sweep out the bar-room- | got up
! and swept out the room, and then went in O
the basement; stayed in the basement but
a short time went up stairs the back way:
went into the room to look at my mother
when father came to Inc had beer 10 sleep;
do not know how long had been in bed
mother had been in bed the same time that
had mother was not up to dinner that
day she was washing, and got weak she
said she could not stay up any longer. She
went to bed, should think, about o'clock,
talked to mother She wanted me to get
fan and keep the flies off; | got the tan
she then went to sleep; she did not say any
thing more; before she went to bed, she
told me to give her a tunlbler full of LIQUOR;
and tlat it would be the last she would ev-
er drink; gave her the liquor; the tumble,
was full !; the liquor was of the color of bran
dy; got the liquor from tin pail that wa.
in the basement; there was just tumblel
full in the pail; gave it to mother, and
she drank it all at one time she did not ga,
anything while drinking it 4; she asked fo
the liquor just as she was going to bed sh,
remained awake about ten minutes; didn'
appear to be in any pain or distress; when
went to bed she laid her head to the foot o
did So she always wanted her head yer,
high; don't know that she was in the habi
of sleeping 80; gave no reason; told me T.
raise window for air; foot Of the bed was Ia
wards window; but one window in th
room, which was down all day she hadn'
been much in room prior to gong to bed
window was down Thursday night; mother
: myself and brother slept in one bed fathe
and McGrath in the other; McGrath was a
our house until o'clock next day, and cam
back fer first time in the afternoon was a
! breakfast; had not been there during tn
day, while mother was dying; there wa
/. but one man in the house from time mothe
: went to bed to the time she was diving; h
8 was o stranger; was there when went fo
: wood and when returned; the man didn
: 90 in the room when father and | went in
!, the man staid in the bar room; mother iii
). not tell me where to go for liquor; motht
). drank out of same Iail before that day
, father and mother had guarrelled that mo
8 ming quarrel was about mother accusin
n father OF being down stairs with n ,tild
: Thompson; did not see father do an thin
Y to mother; said he was not down stairs wi,
y Malild. father had not drank out of the Il
!, pail during the morning; mother sent u
:. in the forenoon for five cents worth Of viii
}. KY, and got some that was in the pail;
y was at in the morning; bought it of M
}: Hartnett near our house; Miltilda Thompst
q lives next door; heard no conversation b
X tween father and her father went to b,
D with McGrath on Thursdsy uieht, and th