East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-02
9otal Skaters.
An Irishman Killed by q Mulatto
Woman.



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On Saturday night last or rather
on Sunday morning, between the
hours of one and three o'clock, James
Hendricks, an Irishman, a faithful
and industrious mason who has been
for some time in the employ of Mr. j.
Fisher, contractor, upon the brick
blocks built by him this season, met
with his death in manner calculated
TO produce a most porfound sensation
in our usually peaceful and well or
derod city. 1t seems that the muir
dered man had been paid off Satur-
day afternoon, and in the evening
was down town with his son, lad
about eight years Of age, and it is
supposed INDUCED too freely in liquor.
At late hour the two started for
their home on Jefferson Street, Sd
Ward, where the boy arrived some
time after twelve o'clock. In answer
to inquiries he stated that he had
been running race with his father
who was just behind. 1t seems, how
over, that the father, by mistake or
otherwise, instead of going home, went
to tho shanty of Mrs Henrietta Brown,
n mulatto woman, near the Academy,
about forty rods from his own house,
where the fearful tragedy described
in the testimony given below was
enacted.
An inquest was held upon the body
by DR.. A. G. Bissell, Coroner, and a
jury impanneled, who, after an oxam-
nation of the testimony, rendered a
unanimous verdict that the deceased
came to his death in consequence of
blows inflicted by hammer in the
hands of Mrs. Henrietta Brown.
Lepis Fulton being 8wo,p, says Il
was in the house of Henrietta Brown
one came to the WINDOW unu saIu IIu
wanted to get III. Mrs. Brown got
up, opened the window and struck OF
pushed him, / don't know which.
didn't see her have any thing in her
hand then. He then went to the
door and tried to get in, and Mrs.
Brown went to the door, opened il
and went out. l heard them fighting
outside five minutes or morc-heard
blows struck while they were outside,
heard her say You are the sailor that
came to kill me. Heard him say that
he wanted his child Think he said
ne wanted his child when ne first came
to the window. After they had been
out about five minutes or more fight
ing, Mrs. Brown came in with a ham
mer in her hand, and told me to go
and get him in got up and went
out and brought him into the house,
and put him on my bed. L didn't
know who the man was then, though
he called me by name, and himself
jim. He groaned a good deal and
bled a good deal. 1t came from all
around his head. He said Lewis two
or three times, that was all / could
get out Of him. Mrs. Brown seemed
to be frightened and said she guessed
she had hurt him pretty bad. She
said she struck him with the hammer,
and struck him on the head-she
thought it was sailor. As soon as
we had got him washed, l went for
Mr.. Wilson. The hammer was bloody
when Mrs. Brown came into the house.
She asked me TO go for Mr.. Wilson,
and j went. l told Mr. w. that some
man had got into row with a colored
woman, and had got hurt pretty bad
ly. Mr.. w. said he didn't feel very
well and could't go. / went back to
the house and staid till morning. The
injured man seemed stupid, bled some
and vomited some, and appeared to be
in some pain. About six o'clock next
morning, John Sharpe, James Rock,
Mr.. Wilson and Mrs. Hendricks came.
l went after them. After 1 got the
man washed off, ] knew that it was
Mr.. Hendricks. The deceased is the
man injured. / stayed at Mrs. Browns
nights, and had been doing so for q
weok. LEWIS FuLToN.
Or. BeRpeH.-I was called to see
the deceased Nov. Doth, about eight
o'clock in the morning. / found him
insensible, his head badly hurt. /
think there were eleven different
wounds on the head, and five fractures
Of the Uranium. Deceased appeared to
have lost a good deal of blood and
seemed TO be nearly dead. L dressed
his head and then called in DIR. Cleve-
land. We both dressed his head and
did what we could for him. ] didn't
see him again until after his death
My opinion is that the wounds receiv-
ed were the cause of his death.
ID. c. BExNErT, M. ID.
The above evidence of ID. G.. Ben
nett, M. d., is correct, according to
tho best of my knowledge. The in
juries above spoken Of consider suf-
iicient TO produce death.
w. X. CLEVELAND, M. ID.
Samuel Wilson being sworH, says II
saw the deceased at about six or seven
in the morning of Nov. 2Sth-he was
in Mrs. Browns house. He seemed
insensiblc and / thought would not
live long. i saw wounds on his head
and saw blood in the yard in front OF
the door He died between two OF
Ahrnn n,olnnlr thn snmn DIV Mrs