, 1861-09-21
THE WEST SIDE MURDER,
Arrest Of The Guilty Parties.

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case' empannelled On Thursday, resumed their
Investigations 1t tho Corouer'a ofHce yeater.
day morning. Evidence Of very material
character WIS introduced, which had the ten
dencJ to remove the onus Of guilt from the
Auphys, arrested on Wednesday, and fas-
tened the authorship Of the horrible crime, al
most beyond the shadow Of doubt, upon tWo
brothers, Michael and Thomas Morris, who
lived In that vicinity.
The body Of the deceased man was found |
lying near hogpen directly In the rear
Of the house occupied by one John Morris,
father Of the two brothera. The house was t
also Temporarily occupied BY John Jcnes, a |
newly returned convict, and his wife, Kate |
Jonee, known in that neighborhood by the
elias Of "Butfalo Kate" She bears
bad reputation in that neighbor- |
hood even among those who are them-
selves the very epitomes Of vice, Before
| the return of the convict-husband, the neigh
| Ecrs allege that the deceased Was In the kabit
| Of visiting her, and certain 1t is that on the
| fatsl night, the deceased called at the house of
| 8 ne1ghbor and inquired her whereabouts.
Lste in the night, one Mrs. Cronan, living
cn]y tHeuty feet from the Morris house, dis
tinctly eaw il the bright moonlight the two
brothers quatreling with third person, and
shortly after saw lin struck to the ground ez-
aet1y In the spot where hetwas found Oh Thurs
day morning. +
The overwhelming weight Of this evidence,
uninjured In the least by the attempts OF the
brctIerr to remove 1t, as detailed in the testl-
| mony below, led to their arrest and the re.
lease Of the Murphys from custody.
The following is the evidence taken yester
day morning:
caAarine Jones szegrn-I have lived at Morris
seGrs ty IN the hs
houfe On Wednesday night; heard no roise during
Ieaw man yesterday lying dead; yesterday nora
1ng, nj; Mor11s came In With two pals of mill,
hoE oe nsfs sna easd let R 3
raw them there; it was little after five o'clock;
1s Sc hsn Ell h'E sss ssid
mo! let him sleep until he gets sober; :; the rs
vent to bed, Ehen went; they might have been
ont abcut six and went to where the nun was he
lay u the place where be died; never hta
prairie snd brought there ~
:, ifichGI Morris ttg09n-1 am seventeen yeavB OF
sge I live near ch1cago Avenue bridge with my
Went to before o. nine nine ocock; slsep wtE F Ton
nd John there ~ Tas only one bed II the room out
Mr. Jones s1d Nj @ Jonss sleRt On The aqor M r. the
| 1hea1d 10 noise in the night We got up about
half sast three in the morning to milk ; 1t was
called my brother; when we vent out, We saw 4
man rolling and snoring: he la1d about 100 feet
hss II sit at
: seTed % lin t. where he E. disa; q, ny 6Eesf:F :!
lin alone @ my brothef TOOK * I sias - Of him M
and took the other and lifted him, his feet drag
ef ad 91 e hs lin G es anss Rsss ss
h hnrt At MafphJ'e, because we haze olssn heard
u ing; heard 10 noise or qaarreling that night
there WIS no blood On the grass that saw; Il
rot %haaS e eo1ny Il
T. Ann McGee ssgo9n-l live near Chicago Avenue
ID Bridge wes At home night bsters Ut; vent t.
n Jones); she stops with John MORRIS, two doors
Or nom me; man called at our honse and asked TO-
n6t tSd lin t. f. t. Sd
~ ar told me . man was nearly killed; g Bnfalt
~ Kate stopped ut Murphy's some time; she stop
I'd ped at one time with me; saw the deceased be
~ ~ fo5s he died; don't know who struck him.
N Macy iMeafurroy .acosn: live near Chicago Ave
deceased; eaw him between siz and seven g. N
"a the Light BEFORE heard an awful scream between
:. / ssked mother, what Is that; ahe eaid il vas
op nan out doors the fcream was from man;
@tro1g vcifs ny mother vas at st ths dog
,e Kate: husband il just ont Of State Prison he
ga ps asa man Ssss as IL IN II
Is back way; thr1e were two men With him; one {
he ad Gd n tans tha
he Mike Morris snd his brother Tom; at least sh
~ ta1d she thought it was Tom it was Mike Il!
ID ef atood at the back door and saw it. 1t was rgl
ota moonlight; she was about tWenty feet rem the
lly Gorrias door 1 Before that. '''u p''p.' '~Nf
pts 1A9snas Morris ssso,n1I NJ lye with ny 18th
chsgo AysIge e1hdgs hog Was at hoRe
..e all plight: Jones and his wife N! father and brot
m e hs and n
s. s;Ps Fsss,Sss3 *sat =:
u. IL he morni1 to hep MIX tae cows saw ths .
5e ~ lin ,e =, n hs
in. tbe man nd vent 70 ths police staton sad to
about thirty let rom lie 6ouae rhen We e. can q
'tal back the police man sent me after docter Ka
sass ION s aast He a'l e
Catharine c5onan suora II live near G.
I l
sss Murry;. we wert to bed about ten o'clock. b
essa So. got o1t sfsP ssol fss1s sssa M
fec and then heard 9 man screaming; got Q
40, ,ur. Of the bed aad opened the door, LOOK
Ad b!o% ard the fal5 q - and saW man Y t9mbit9g dow
u1 good chares to look; it was very light beEor,
lnx heard the ecreau heard the man talking emart
the naa's iset iyinE p p Il stoaed: the hogPeq /:
80 my daughter there Was q man killed; Am pr
ano tive saw the man Michael Morris there. s
dbl heard him nse the aboYe expression. CFhe res
The evidence closed 1t this point, and
jury after short deliberation returned '
~. eict "that Patrick Delany came to his de-
on the 18th day Of September, in the "
Town Of Chicago, aear the west end Of
Cticago Avenue bridge, BY blows on the hi
nate with some heavy instrument with = fist 8
sad face, Hin the ha1ds OF Michael Morris
ere. Thomas Norris"
te1s,
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