, 1863-07-23
THE CITY.
AN FRESHMAN DIES IN THE
STATION HOUSE,
THE FRIENDS CLAIM THAT HE
WAS MURDERED By
POLICEMEN.
Arrest OF the Ofhcers upon the Charge
OF manxlauEhter.

The Coroner held IN inquest yesterday upo'
the body Of IN Irishman named Patrick Con
ners, who was found dead in the cell in which
he was thrust late Tuesday night, at the 20
lice Station corner Of State and Twenty sec
ond streets, The facts Of The case WILL he
best shown by the evidence here produced:
af,x. afayy coaner1: The old man lying dead
here il my ans6and; VeatenaV e4cnnc
i had a disturbance with him ne hAa taken
itouor, was drunk and kicked me; he did 1t often;
he did not abuse me- 80 veIy oi.Sn, maJ 9e once u
policeman there; he Is that mau here before me
now. Jacob knaus; We found my husband IN bed
he was mach ft,ed then; be was not eieeping; j
le said he sllon1d get up; Mr. Peter Davis, who
lives on Archer Road, a carpenter, was with rs
be and Kuans pulled my man out: the policeman
the dub to Nj. Davis to hold, while tic policeman
went after help; in the meanwhile Davis knocked
him with his list; my husband gave tho otacet
scvczal blows, hut not before he hed clq,bed him
my husband refused to 70 with him; they
clubbed him badly outside Of the house
lie cried, ~ an killed. could not walk any more,
and he fell down; my residence is on Taentieth
ut @ eoad sep 70
ntked for water; they held the cup, and he drank
! heard my husband make sone motions; he was
The policeman seve1al timer gaze Tin drink when
lie died. I think be wac alone. -"
William Conners, sworn. live on Twentieth
IL: he worked for tue Illinois Central Railroad
Company; he did not work that day: be drank a
g 81 Ee ae;1a ms asd
him out OF the honec; kpaus chosed and clabbel
him: HI. Davit kept him on the sidewalk till
Knaus came back, They pulled him On the road; !;
strike the officers. he was not willing to 60 With
lin; shcy aekcd him II he would 20, and he re-
fused thtf aeked him several times but he always
refnecd ;Ac generally bought the cheapest kind Of
.jaoS1 Enan*-About II o'clock was on tho
Archer Road, corner Of ed street; Peter Davis,
and AID Kaun, Of ths Flith Ward. were standing
hand had beaten her and said she wanted Ut to At
Iett him said she would appear agaiust him; shc
:od me she tad him arrested before aud be belav-
cd ltrnselffor short time: shc said ehe wss away
from home list Sunday when they were making SO
much noiec; VIII connor opeEed the door when
VIC arrived at the house; Iai connors was lying
1cst him; he taid he would not 20: lifted him
BY The collar Of the coat; he wse Intoxicated, but
walked with u. to the door; did not strike him
be showed tight, aud got hold Of me by the coat
collar; Istrnck him on biz hands; he grabbed for
my tl.seas, then got bold Of my neck aud choked
nnl hc e,iutk 1ne the lett eye; that was before
! struck lin: he said he wouid sooner die than
e. to s,ota the 1Ss }"sk .rasa. nPi Tee pa''sd Pulled
a hR ahe wsy esus he nsesbors and nd his Vie: 3is
called Peter Davis TO hold MIN, while went for
assistance rapped and Abbot came. and to:ether
ptisoner u. gave him water. He askel ior water
a,d spoke Of his wife. This morning at O'Clock
LEARNED Le vas dead. and went for the Coroner
Dr. An'nsrzaaH <sro,.eDiscovered no marks Of
TIE Two principal wounds we're on the head, one
oytr the nose bctween the eyes here the skin was
youn1ed and bones driven in There was smother
Ilo~ the 1eft side Of the head about the center,
apparently produced by clab-wound x inch
Get p irrcE ulaf ~ inch long-d,d not 60 through
Inc skull simply scs1p wound Tnefa were 1t
7he eku1 was uninjnrsd, and there were no other
nal injuries. Ny opiDian is that none OF the
Injuries found On the body d deceased was sum
.isrt 70 produce death. Thought he might h,ye
wornas might hsre contributed to his death.
Ixfer Udt1s WAS allowed to make 4 statement
brt was not eWorn; His eyidence corrobo:ated
selEt. Abbot a1eo cnrrobosAted In his TESTIMONY
the circumstances OF the arfest and detailed how
f-oLnore Waa found dead )
The evidence in the case, being iu the
cpirion of the jury conclusive, verdict was
rendered that tie deceased came to his death
frem whisky, disease and over exertion.
Immediately upon the rendition of the YER
Knaus and Davis, upon warrant issued by
Justice Roisington, charging them with man
slaughter In unla~fally killing the deceased
Patrick Connors. They were taken to his
office on Clark street, and there AelH In the
sum Of 5000 each to appear this afternoon
for examination.
The facts Of the case are set forth in the
foregoing testimony before the Coroner, md
VIC anticipate the speedy ncquittA of the ac-
Euscd