Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-08-14
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Preliminary Examination of Tom CuillI
nan for Murder.
Before John Johns, Esq, Police Magistrate
STATE OF IOWA UerSuS TOM CUILLINAN
SECOND DAY

! STATE OF IOWA Versus TOM CUILLINAN.
SECOND DAY.
Brtdyet CaWina,t scorn-Guesses her age
Is about IL she was at her fathers on
Friday attei noon last; she was not in VIII
this happened, she was down at the levee
after wood, that was about three O'Clock
nobody asked her to go for wood she ent
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 5welled 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 10 play
cards with a man who was out there: /
stayed n the room all the time and until
Hrs Sullivan came down stairs and came
into the room she asl. ed me what was the
matter; said did not know che came from
up stairs; looked into the window and told
NE to take the veil from mothers face );
took the veil from mothers face she said
| that my mother was diving: 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 look ed at
her; he said she was dying; father went
close to the bed. spoke TO her, but she did
not make any sign; veil was over her face
at this time could not see whether she
looked at father; she had her eyes closed ;
could see through the veil that her ewes
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 he went af-
ter the priest; put the veil over mothers
face the first time the fies troubled her :;
put it over her first after came in :;
she did not speak to NE 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 me to take the
veil Oft did not put it on again AIrs. Shean
put it on the second time. | saw INV moth.
er first before | went to the levee for wood
| spoke to her this time, but she did not an.
swer; | asked her if she 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 into
the basement; stayed in the basement but
short time went up stairs the back way:
went into the room to look at my mother
when father came to me had been to 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 fan
she then went to sleep; she did not say any
thing more, before she went to bed, she
told me to give her tumbler full OF liquor:
and that it would be the last she would ey-
er drink; gave her the liquor; the tumbler
was full the liquor was of the color Of bran
dy; got the liquor from tin pail that was
in the basement; there was just a tumber
full in the pail; | gave it to mother, and
she drank it all at one time she did not say
anything while drinking it she asked for
the liquor just as she was going to bed she
remained awake about ten minutes; didn't
appear to be in any pain or distress; when
went to bed she laid her head TO the foot of
the bed do not know the reason why che
did SO; she always wanted her head very
high; don't know that she was in the habit
of sleeping SO; gave no reason; told me to
raise window for air; foot of the bed was to-
wards window; but one window in the
room, which was down all day she hadn't
been much in room prior to gong to bed );
window was down Thursday night; mother,
myself and brother slept in one bed father
and McGrath in the other; McGrath was at
our house until o'clock next day, and came
back for first time in the afternoon; was at
breakfast had not been there during the
day, while mother was dying there was
bat one man in the house from time mother
went to bed to the time she was dying he
was stranger; was there when went for
wood and when returned the man didn't
go in the room when father and went in ::
the man staid in the bar room; mother did
not tell me where to go for liquor; mother
drank out of same pail before that day ;
father and mother had quarrelled that NOR
ming quarrel was about mother accusing
father OF being down stairs with Matilda
Thompson; aid not see father do an hing
to mother; said he was not down stairs with
Matilda father had not drank out of the tin
pail during the morning; mother sent me
| in the forenoon for five cents worth of whis.
ky, and l got some that was in the pail; it
was at Z in the morning /; bought it of Mr..
Hartnett near our house; Miltllda Thompson
lives next door; heard no conversation be-
tween father and her father went TO bed
! 9TH Mnf1~Akh 81 L.