Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-08-12

Gross Er--Liye on same street ~ look
ing out Of the side window Of my house
could see back door Of the house; was
sewing at the window about Il or Il oc!k
when heard screa'r from that house / am
positive Of this there was no other place
there il could have come from: the first
scream was more natural, she begged him
to 20 away from her, don't know whether
il was she or not, but 10 the best OF my be-
lief it was her, the voice said "for Gods
sake 90 away and leave me" don't know
who she said it TO, OF my own knowledge
Deft has two children-a girl IL or Is
yaar- and boy or g years Of age. The
voice heard was not the voice Of girl.
The cries dill not alarm ne much for | had
been SO accustomed to them that did not
take much notice never spoke but once to
deft know nothing about her habits ;
have seen her sitting on the back porch
several times crying after he had abused
her; cannot tell what oaths deft. said.
Bythe Cours-I am positive that the sound
heard was a woman's voice, and that il
came from defendants room.
Direct Examination res,med-Do not
know the voice Of deceased never heard
her speak, only when heard her scream
! the person whom | saw standing outside,
when heard the scream, was Charley Goo
ian and Mrs. Thompson heard no threats
from defendant at that time
lcoos Ero,ained i suppose the scream
came from the room in which defendant
lived They could not have come from the
upper room. ! am willing to swear posi-
| lively that the screams came from that room,
never saw them quarreling outside, but have
heard them inside
y. Ian Iugi auorn.-I know defend
I ant; saw him about two weeks since One
evening just at dusk was passing by the
! Chicago House when saw lady who
was asking some Of the men there if they
would not 90 for policeman, as sne was
afraid her husband would kill her came
down to the police office and told Police
man Gildea Of the matter, and returned
with him to the Chicago House, then went
to defendants house found him there
woman stood in door defendant was lying
on a bed in back room with his clothes on
the woman Gays. There he Is take care of
him ! believe he will kill me. Giilea
asked him what the trouble was he said
Nothing, The woman said, :" ! es there
Is he struck ne Saw "A bruse across her
nose. The defendant either said, The
ID b-h ought to be killed, OF will
kill her Said she drank too much Told
him he ought not to keep whiskey. De
fcnlaut said he had been advised Ly his
boss ia New ! ork 10 roll in barrel Of whs
key, aul XII. her some way or other Gil
dea told him il he would behave himself he
would leave him. / dld not u in the
house after death of deceased. Have no
other knowledge Of the matter
ctosS Erm,iued-Sbe was standing i'll
the door when | went TO the house she
went into back room with Us DO not know
that she was drunk. Defendant did not de-
ny striking her The little girl said her
mother Sometimes drank too much, and that
her father slapped her in the face
H,Yb !. GHR,o Srorn.-Am lieutenant
of day police was called upon to arrest
defendant some days since | went to de-
fendantS house; found deceased standing in
(; ha IL 50 l.
| oi her husband told her not to be afraid
went in with her and Van Tuyl defendant
was |, ing on the bed in the back room. He
got up and spoke to me; told him that he
Lad abused his wife, aud had come to ar
rest hin; ; she Showed marks OF violence
lie said she did not get what she deserved
she said " No. if YOU had given me what
deserve, as you think, You would have kill
ed me- Deceased said at supper time he
had threatened her with q butcher knife
told them that if they did not keep quiet
| would arrest both defendant said he had
no objection. They both then came into the
front ROOM and asked the little girl which
was in fault, her father or mother; she said
he had struck her mother but that she had
provoked him to it when she told him If
the butcher knife he said she ought to have
been killed long ago that he had been ad-
vised by his boss to give her barrel Of
whskey and let her kill herself at once |
was at the house on the 9th, and identified
the corpse as being the person | saw there
few days previous. She was dead same
woman. Drs. Fountain and Adler made q
pest mortem examination. Mr.. Curry came
up and asked me to arrest Cuillinan. There
were several persons present. | found him
lying on the bed, arrested and took him to
jail said he was willing to 60
Cross Eran,ined-I thought she was in
toxicated, somewhat, when | first went to
see her with Van Tuyl; told her SO; she
denied it saw her twice before her de-
cease; her upper lip and nose was bruised:
defendant charged her with being drink
lng woman, she denied being drunkard
she said she was afraid to stay III the house
that night he said she ought to have been
killed long ago She was slender aud del
icate woman, and had the appearance Of
being a drinking one. She talked some, but
used no oaths
Dr. Fountain srorn-1 made post NOR
tenn examination of the body Of deceased on
! Front street in the house next 5. Thomp-
/ sons raaiIapca on tba 9Th mat Dr Adler
aud myself first noticed the external appear
ance of the body found no external marks
of violence except about the mouth; the
lips were swollen; the upper one very
much, and the lower part of the nose slight
ly; no external bruises on the lips; on sep