Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-30

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suppose any one in the house had it he call
ed me a bad woman, and said Ihad it; denied
it; then he said if l did not give it to him he
would burn the shanty down; told him he
had better leave the house; then he took his
knife out and said he would kill me if l did
not give him his money then Chicago Jack
and Mulloy came in; the young man took hold
Of me and showed me over on the stove; we
were then in the front room; defended my
self by picking up stick of wood and hit
him with it; when Chicago Jack saw that he
was going to strike me, he took hold of him,
and helped me put him out McClay and
Mulloy were standing outside; when came
out saw Cormick Mullay hit the old man; |
saw the young man fall Isaw Mulloy strike
the old man; Chicago Jack had a poker in his
hand (the poker was shown in Court | am
positive the poker was used by him !; he struck
the old man acih it: | don't know that Null
10y had anything in his hand the old man
fell when he was struck he fell from the bloc
ofthe poker: Mulloy struck him, but he did not
fall then; it ,cas ChicagO jack that struck hlm
| ,chen he .ttU; did not see any body else strike
him Nulloy hit him after he acas dozen ]; L
am positive Chicago Jack struck HIM when he
| fell the old man was struck once with the po-
ker and twice by Mulloy; Mulloy and Jack
happened to be passing when the noise COM
menced and came in; don't that the old man
was struck by billet of wood at all.
,bhn INoran-suorn-Wa in the house
when the two men came in; both seemed
| drunk the young man used vulgar language
| was fooling with the girl, and he seemed to
be Jealous about it he did nothing, however,
until | left the house | heard MullOy say,
however, that the old man picked up some
stones, but the first he knew he got knocked
down.
JosepA Neutrality-suspicious. that
Chicago Jack and Mulloy had boasted to him
after the affray that Mulloy had struck the
old man, and while he was operating on him,
Chicago Jack and the girl were fighting with
the young man.
Joseph Murray-Testifed that he was pres
ent at the row during part of it, and after
wards heard Mulloy say he hit the old man,
and was sorry he did not give him more"
john c. Smith-Did not see the fuss; but
heard Chicago Jack and Mulloy relating the
circumstances in Connors Saloon Mulloy
said he was in at Sweeny's on Monday night;
two men came in; one of them accused Mrs.
Sweeney of stealing money, when she said he
had better look out; with that he drew a knife;
when she got stick of wood and struck him
over the head; the boys then came in, when
Jack grappled with the old man and Mulloy
with the young one and they put them out of
the house; after they went out, Chicago Jack
and the young woman was at the young man
and got him down and beat him; the old man
picked up stone and threw it at them, but
hit no one He said then that he picked up
stone, and Che didn't know how it happened)
but the old man fell mighty quick; all that
Jack said was that he and Rose were at the
young man.
Jtmes ,Sreeny l am the father of Rose
Sweeny. was acquainted with deceased,
McClay. He was at my house last Monday
evening, &c.
This witness did not elicit anything new,
but merely corroborated the testimony of the
other witnesses of the fray.
Here the testimony closed, and after some
consultation, and the charge by the Coroner,
the Jury retired and made mp a verdict
"That deceased, James McClay, came to
his death from wounds on the head, inflicted
on Monday evening, Oct. II, 1853, by John
McDonough, (alias Chicago Jack,) and Cor
mick Mulloy."
THE New TINE TABLE BETWEEN THE EAST
AND WEsT.-The following general time table,
for the running of regular through trains be-
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