The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-19
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Coroney's hs9ssst -Alderman sanxay sum
when, and ~ what means. Henry cronll
came to his death; The jury assembled ut 1
o'cloek--R. M Allen foreman, and Messrs
J. .. Taylor, W. J. Riddick. D. r Ragland
Sim 5son E 5os ;a'ss W IT, Hum
phreys, E. w. Cone, and w. j. lrby, jurorx
James Clancy was In custody under suspf
cion Of being the murderer. 9ssss s.ss -
/ Capt. w ilkinson, OF the night watch, testi
Ned: Last night. between Il and u o'clock
heard 2 cry for the watch, and ran to wards
Gary and nth streets. when i got near, 80. "
q considerable crowd in front Of the no use Of
J ,n1 I Ter ,y heard some one say. HE
this, made q halt opposite Tiernay.s bacar-
yard gate, on nth street. saw this rate
| opened q little, and q man look ONT at A. Di-
rectiy, Clancy stepped out on. the sidewalk
| l Immediately went up 10 him sndleaught
| MIN by the arm, calling another man TO assist
| me, VINO, when he came, said ClAnceyi had a
bowie knife. l told him 70 take it. from
I Clancy, and he did SO. / then sent Claucey to
the cage. He said the knife belonged to the
man who was stabbed found two pocket
knives oil Clanczv's person. He acted very
badly in the cage, beating the cell till Il had
him tied hand and foot Then ho was quiet.
Clancy said he took the bowie Knife from de-,
ceased after he was stabbed he being his
friend. There was no appearance OF blood
on the knife, here q sAetth was SHOWN
taken from the dead body, which correspond
ed in size with the knife.) Capt. Wilkinson
said prisoner shook rs II he had an ague
when arrested. 4s-s @-sst<f
Timothy Murphy testified that he was with
the accused {Clancey) all day-first at one
place, and then at another and first with one
crowd, and then with another After night,
Jim Brennan Clancy and Cronin left him and
the next thing he heard was that Cronin had
been stabbed. Cronin and Clancy had al.
ways been friends Murphy knew the knife
taken by Capt Wilkinson from Clancy. 1t
was Cronin's knife, and Cron in. had it all day
Thomas Hays, sworn: Knew nothing of this
affair knew that Clancy and Cronin had
difficulty some time ago, bat thought it was
all settled, as for week or two they had been
very friendly, and going together all the
Mrs Driscoll sworn: Knew nothing about
the affair heard q noise, and then that a m an
had been killed, and kept out Of the way
heard the name of 'Clancey'' called in the
crowd. -l- .t..s5lt -'r
Matthias Breen, sworn: live opposite Tier
nays, on Cary street. Heard a noise, and
looked out of my window. Saw first three
and then four men. Deceased asked the tall
est one it he didn't know him? The tail
man replied, 'No.' Deceased said he ought
to, and named some place where he had met
him. Tall man started away. Deceased and
another man followed him. / saw deceased
and his murderer at Tiernay's door. The lat
ter was knocked into the door. when he made
two passes at deceased as ii with a knife,
though I could see none, holding the .doof
with his other hand. Deceased stood there
several minutes, then walked thirty or forty
feet OF and leaning first against a wall,
finally Tell to the sidewalk. The N urdnrer said
TO Cronin, Have you got enough? II not,
pfI give you more" Saw a man Like Clancy
go up to Cronin, phil up his shirt, look at
him, and then heard him call for the watch.
1t was taller man than Clancy that stabbed
Cronin. Murderer had on blue shirt, went
into Tiernay's door, and saw him no more
Captain Wilkinson here remarked that he
had arrested Clancy coming out OF Tier.
nays back gate, and sent him straight to the
cage. ., E s....a-,a ~.
Timothy Murphy, (recalled , None of nv
party had on blue shirt, and cav no one
who had - -.
Oheer Blankinship, sworn Murphy told
me this morning that he was SO drunk last
night that he couldn't recollect ANYTHING
that took place after he came out Of the
house. @ t..ss -
John Tiernay, sworn ! know nothing about
this murder. shut my door the moment I
heard the noise. I saw no one in blue
shirt there, though there might have been
No one could have passed in before shut the
door. showed a whole lot of men out as I
was about to shut my door. locked it.
Don't know one of them. ~ .E4l5e
Mrs. Driscoll recalled. II saw 4 man with
Clancy and Murphy at my house last night,
and warned Clancy to have nothing to do
with him. have seen this man with SOL
dier's cap, &c, on, but have heard he is no
soiuieI, anu tilat ne was Al jail last week. /
heard him say that no onein Richmond knew
his name. $3.50 E-
Patrick Larain sworn know the man
Mrs. priscou speaks of. He calls himself
Burns. He often calls himself 1.-THE old
mans son. and he is best known by that
title saw him last night, about the time
of the murder, III Mrs Drisoolrs yard He
tried TO get into her house, but could MT.
Then he tried at another house, and finally
escaped through the back part of the ward
but WHITTIER he Went don't know, nor Just
where he got out. 5. 81, -. !
Upon this evidence, as the reader will have
inferred, the jury rendered a verdict that the
deceased came to his death from a wound
inflicted in his left side by some sharp instru-
ment in the hands OF some person unknown
TO the jury ~ .-.. u
Clancy was committed to Jail, and will
be before the Mayor this morning for further
examination. In the mean time the officers
OF the iaN Will search for additional testf-
mony and other suspected persons.