The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-23
ANOTHER MURDER.
EVIDENCE BEFORE THE CORONER.

Lucius OBrian, the young man VINO was nc
tced in Saturday mornings paper as having been
assaulted, on Bath street near the Bridge, on Fri
day evening about eight o'clock, died of his in
Juries at two O'Clock on Saturday morning.
At eight o'clock Coroner Sparkln assembled the
following jury, viz: John NJ. Gardner, foreman;
Justice McAllister, John F. Kerner, Thomas 0.
Jones, Charles j. Stewart, Richard Lilly Jr
John E. Evans, W. A. Glanville, Thomas D.
Sultzer, William Eldridge, John Mills, and Geo
F. Lewis, who met at the house of MARGARET
ONeale, on Saratoga street near Holiday street
where the body was lying. The following evidence
was elected
j. A. Johnson, sworn.-Is employed in the cooper
ing establishment of Mr.. John NJ Everist, Nos. los
and ITO Holiday street, witness was sitting on the
steps of the shop when deceased, in company with
person whom he could not recognize, passed him;
OBran was staggering he crossed the street; the
two stopped at No. LOG; several girls were on the
porch, of whom called to witness and said
"O'Brian has been beaten, come and take him to
the station house," witness went to OBrian, and,
with the assistance of Barny Bridges, took him to
the house of Margaret O'Neale: witness went for a
physician, and after trouble secured the servi
ces of DR.. Whtridge; the Doctor examined the
wounds and said he did not think he was dangerous
ly hurt; on the way down a man named Nugent
remarked to OBrian that he must have fell, but he
replied, "NO, that he had been beaten.''
Policeman Miller, sworn --Conversed with 0'Brian
after he had been brought to Margaret ONeae's;
deceased told witness that the who had struck
him had followed him for some distance and that
it was not James Sullivan who had done it, a Jimmy
was found on the south side of the bridge; it had
several spots of blood on it; Lieut.. Carmichael and
Sergeant Holbrook, and officer Magruder were to-
gether when the jimmy was fOund 0'Brian said he
did not know who it that struck him.
Margaret O'Neale, (the keeper ofthe house where
OBrian died. sworn.-It about half-past eig hit
O'Clock when y Brian brought in he had only
been gone a short time; he did not converse much
ahOut ST ~ Eri,i
morning man called to see O'Brian and witness
called him out of the back room the two CONVEX
sed together for some time; but witness does not
know what passed between them; O'Brian said he
did not know who struck him, and said the assault
took place the corner of Baltimore and Front
streets; the jimmy which had been found was
shown to the witness and she sad-never saw it
before; have such articles one was thrown
into witness yard last summer; O'Brian had been
living in that house for about ten months he had
only been gone away about fifteen minutes when
he returned beaten.
Barney Burgess, sworn.-This young man was
the one referred to by johnson having assisted
him in taking o. Brian from No. LOG Holiday street,
he cOrroborated the evidence of johnson.
DR.. &. Z. Morgan stated that he had made an ex-
ternal examination of the wounds and thought that
several of them were very severe; he had no doubt
that the wounds caused death.
The jury desired post nortem examination, and
DR.. Morgan was directed to make it.
Lieut.. Carmichael testified to the finding of the
jimmy and to the arrest of Sullivan, but knew
nothing of the assault.
The jury then adjourned to meet at four o'clock
They visited the locality where the assault took
place. On the pavement, at the east end of the
bridge, there was quite quantity of blood A few
feet from the east end the bridge there was also
blood, and it appeared as though O'Brian had fall
en- at this spot or else leaned against the railing
of the bridge for some time. Along the bridge
were drops of blood and at the west end quite a
pool, though he had again stopped.
The jury at O'Clock met again at the Middle
district station house.
DR.. Yates was the first witness called. He testi-
fed that on Friday night, between and 2 o'clock
he was called to see O'Brian; when he first saw
him he was insensible, and the wounds upon his
head were the cause of the DEATH
DR.. Morgan, sworn and corrOborated the testi-
mony of DR.. Yates. The wounds caused the death;
suppose that the wounds were caused by bilies.-
The Jimmy might have committed the wounds but
witness thinks they were inflicted by the billy; al
most any one Of the wounds would have killed the
deceased.
Fanny Lyons, sworn.-Was sitting on Friday
night, at LOG Holiday street. the step with two
girls; saw two men coming down the street; said
here come two drunken men; went in, and the
men; they were sitting on the steps, another was in
company with O'Brien; witness said don't bring him
in here, and went out and asked who it was;
OBrian said it "Luc" witness said, NV God,
who has done this; deceased said | have been aw
fully beat; witness said, you ought to know better
than to go there the party with O'Brian wanted
to take him across to the cooper shop to wash him
off; the parry with O'Brian seemed to be friend
of deceased; saw that jimmy last night in the hands
of an officer; Jimmy shown;) there was a man at
witness house on Friday morning enquirng for
0Brian, but it not the man witness with
OBrian Friday night; the man who called in
the morning was quite young and slender man;
don't know anything about the beating; witness
was sitting on the steps; it was very quiet; could
have heard blow struck; thinks it was very
strange did not hear any noise; witness knows
James Sullivan very WELL
Mrs. Reynolds, No.. 2 Bath street, was standing
at the counter with mother and man who has
boarded in the house with witness up stairs: about
o'clock heard noise as if somebody pushed against
it; mother remarked there was somebody against
the door; opened the door, saw man stumbling
against the bridge; was going towards Holiday
street, holding on to the bridge; there no one
to be seen in the street on the BRIDGE except q
small boy, who said he did not know the man. but
that he was full of blood; witness did go to the
man; feared to go, because thought might be struck
when witness saw the man on the bridge, heard
something strike against the iron of the bridge, as
if it was in the hands, the man struggling a.
the railings; witness went on the bridge about 2t