Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-04-14
LOCAL NEWS.

-sH - LOCAL NEWS. @
The TuKLL MURDER TRlAL.-Yesterday,
| after our report closed, the case OF Cornelius
| Tuei}, charged with the murder of his wife,
JaEe Tueli, was still on trial. zsf rs9sIA
The case was opened by District Attorney
Carrington, who briefly recited the circurn.
stances OF the case as he understood them,
| der, ana that to find him guilty. of any other
| crime would be mockery Of justice. - } -
Mr, Bradley followed, stating that the coun-
eel &c FOR the prisoner were @ firmly convinced that
case and taken hold Of It as If it were their own,
| and they could truly say thar they were satls-
asd ta,as sna, he was not guilty They District At
that the fatal blow was struck, was about to
bring in the child Of the prisoner to swear away
| his father's life, And he further alluded to the
| horrible details which would be brought forth,
and urged the District Attorney If he had other
testimony than the child to bring it forth and
not suffer the child 10 60 forth with the knowi-
sdge that M ne a ate mpted to swear away the life
:. Mr. Carringt on stated that he wished to call
Ur. May to prove the condition Of the deceased
was called in and found her m uch bruised and
the the prisoner admitted that he had inflicted the
| Dr.J. F. May was sworn. He testified that
about three weeks previous TO the death OF the
| deceased, when he went there q small child
opened the door for him and ran out and
| brought in reishbos. The neighbor came In
| and struck light, when he went up stairs
and and found womanin bed he understood tobs
Mr., Darlington desired to prove by Or. NAV
that Tuel was in the habit Of maltreating his
| wife. and that he the doctor) had attended
deceased while snffering from juries inflicted.
C0unset Tor defense objected; and excepted
| to the ruling OF the Court allowing the testi.
rioIiJ to be given. 5a Y ~
| DIR. May testified that he found Mrs. T Tuell to
be the worst beaten woman he had ever seem
She W as utterly powerless, and could not move
a leg or arm. The bruises and contusions an.
peared to have been caused by some blunt,
round nstrument-something stronger tn an q
hand. 1t looked as though a heavy piece OF
wood had caased the confusion. Such contu-
| sions as Were seen on Mrs Tuells body were
sufficient to cause death il repeated. Subse-
Quent to the time above referred to, witness
| testified TO having visited the deceased -
Gross s-examined.-W Witness paid the visits
| above referred 10 two or three weeks before the
| witness saw occasloned death. tzb
Sergeant Crontn, OF the Fourth Ward, testified
TO the fact OF hayinsa conversation with the
| prisoner with regard to beating his wife, and
that Tuell at that time said the cl ub he hit his
wife with was not a large one. ylI1r
On cross-examination, witness testified that
she got drunk, and witness then advised tue
| prisoner 10 go home and both of them stop
drinking, and they could then live happily to-
gether. Tueli said he had made mp his mind
to stop drin king. Witness cautioned the pri-
soner to stop drinking on account of the man
ner in " hich he and his wife was living. They
hVcO mO1c llAc SdtS duQ uORS LNd0 human
beings. Mrs Tuell frequently came to the
| station house in the dead OF winter, sometimes
bareheaded and barefooted, and complained
that her husband had driven her out of the
house. Witness never knew Mrs. Tuell to get
drunk. Had never seen the prisoner under the
influence OF liquor SIS - a,1.e;.a t|N
Mrs. Elizabeth Barthotemy-W Witness knows
Cornelius Tuell, the prisoner. and knew-his
wife, who lived next door to witness. Witness
saw the deceased on the Tuesday previous to
her death, in the afternoon. She did not see
M dap h,,f haorI Mr.,
Tuell crying, apparently up stairs, and heard
Tuell call her down. The fuss between Tueil
and his wife appeared to be in the front room
down stairs. Mrs Tuell called witness twice,
when Mr.. Tuell asked her who she was calling
and theE witness heard him whipping or
striking her, but does not know wha. he was
striking her with. This fuss lasted an hour,
then everything was quiet, and in q few
moments witness heard noise, as though
articles were being thrown about, and after
wards heard something fall very heavy from
mp stairs. Witness heard nothing more about
this time. Witness heard the prisoner beating
the deceased within two weeks of her death,
and heard her say, "That will do, Con- 1t
seemed that he would give her knock once in
while. Witness has heard Tuell beating the
deceased right often-about once or twice a
week-for month or two. The beatings seemed
as though they were with his feet. Tuell had
been beating his wife AT intervals ever since
| witness was living there, fabout two years
After the beating she received five weeks pre-.
| vioGs to her death witness saw deceased, and
| she looked badly used Last summer deceased
went away from the house.
BY MIR. Bradley. Witness knew both Tuell
and wife very we'll. It appeared Mrs. T. had
been drinking When she had been drinking
| she was very noisy. Witness had seen her In
liquor, but could not say that she was drunk,
and on one occasion witness had her arrested
and on account OF her arrest she fdeceased)
went away. Witness described the house. tes-
hfying that there is no hand rail to the stairs,
and thought person who tell would have had
bad fall. Witness went in the house on Fri.
day after one OF the beatings, and found the
| furniture broken and knocked about. The de-
ceased had told witness that her husband gave
her plenty to eat, but nothing to wear. On one
occasion it appeared that they were scuRiing
By the prosecution.-Witness had seen ths
deceased in liquor about once week, but
could not say that she was SO drunk as not to
be able to stand. Witness could tell when de-
ceased was in liquor. but she appeared to keep
at her work-washing. Witness never saw
her strike her husband. When the last fuss
occurred, she did not hear Mrs. Tuell strike a
blow; it all appeared to be on the side Of the
By the detence-w Witness could not state
positively that all the blows Were given by the
prisoner.
DR.. Albert King testified that he was called
on to make post mortem examination Of one
Jane Tuell, at Glenwood Cemetery. Witness
went out with DR.. Began, and they examined
the head, where the most Of the injuries were,
and found the skull broken, and on each temple
an abrasion OF the skin on the forehead, con.
tnsions above the left eye, and on the left lower
jaw. The back was bruised all over and there
was q severe brulse on one wrist The blows
on the head appeared TO have been with a hard,
but not sharp instrument; ia and could have been
death was caused by the wounds on the skull,
There was no evidence Of disease about the
woman.
BY the defense.-The deceased must have
been unconscious after the first Of these frac.
lures.
The Court at five O'Clock adjourned until
this morning The jury was taken to the
Metropolitan Hotel, under charge OF baiiif.
OFFlClAL