The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-13
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
For Addtfiondl Oty Intelligence see F.tlh paoe.I

Ieassembled at 3 o'clock Yesterday afternoon
ana me following additional testimony was
Sallie Gibbs sworn-I know the prisoner: be-
came acquainted with hlm in the Red ROBIN
sMOOni knew MN three or four weeks before
maggie Baer was killed; | attended there for
that length of time; great many girls came in
ana out; mean by attending, visiting the place
ana sitting there and talking; Maggie Baer was
there that length of times during the three
weeks II was frequent occurrence that I saw
the prisoner there; he seemed more attentive TO
Maggie than to any OF The rest; he has talked
TO me about her; whenlhe came there he passed
ms time b plaving cards and drinking: ] saw
him the day OF this occurrence in the saloon:
be was drinking and playing cards, believes
they played euchre; can't say with whom he
played; they were both meu and women; he
asked me If | was going to the theatre: | told
him did not know; he said he would give me
the money to go with; / told him would go
he did not give me the money; he then said "f
aIn going away tonight to New York, for | am
satisfied now; Maggie has spoken TO me and
VIII go away;n he did not say what had taken
place between him and Maggie or whether she
had promised anything; he left the Red Robin
about q L. NJ, very much in liquor; he said he
was gong to the theatre, and would see us all
there; he left the Red ROBIN before l did;
went to the theatre about a quarter to g.
and went to a private box; Maggie Baer was
there when ] got there; ! did not see the
prisoner until after / got in the box; he
coming in the box and kind OF turned
and saw it was him (the prisoner); at that
time Maggie sitting / was on her lap;
she turned and looked at his face; was sit
ting facing her; he SAID, Maggie, are you going
to do what | asked YOU 10 dof' he was leaning
kind OF over on my shoulder looking and talking
to her; kind of touched her and sald "Say yes,
Maggle:" Sale Price was standing back of him.
Sale spoke to Maggie in German, but don't
know what she said; Maggie Baer understood
her; after i had urged Maggie and told her to
say yes she said TO the prisoner, May be so;" he
then said, II wish an answer yes or nos" sne kind
ofhesitated, saying, Eyes, "and heard pistol go
off close to my head; then the second shot went
off, and some one pushed my head ou, of the
box; was too much frightened to see any
more then; don't know if Maggie fell on tue
floor; did not see anything OF her; saw her
body the following Tuesday at Mr.. Horne's, the
undertaken.
CIoss-examination- was a companion Of
Maggie Baer; / and some other girls lived in
the same house with her; the prisoner was
drinking very hard all tnat week. he came TO
my room once during that week after Maggie,
and acted very strange; he had never been ID
the habit of coming there, and he asked for
me, and the lady said he could not see me; he
said, II must and will see her." she then let
hun into the house, and he Knocked at my
door; said, "Who is there?" and he said
''Me-Billy, let rne in;" | then opened the
door, and he looked so wild he frightened me;
] then said, Billy, what is the matter with
you?n he took hold of me by the shoulders, and
said LET me go;" he SAID, Not till you tell
me where Maggie ISL / said, ''She is not here;"
he said, Say, so help you God;" then said
it,, and he went away; the next morning |
up in your ROOM" said Yes, you were;' and
he said, mo, don't remember being there;p
his manner was wild and excited during all
the time he was at the room; can't say how
many days this was preceding the murder; the
affair occurred at the theatre on Saturday
night; it could not have been longer than two
or three days before; saw him between the
two occasions at the Red Robin, still drinking
and showing the effects of it; saw him on
Saturday just before | started to go to the
theatre: he was drinking very hard all the time ;
ha W Mapuip that
to her was very kind: nothing occurred to mar
their pleasant intercourse that saw; he always
treated her very kindly in my presence; he
seemed to drink that Saturday more than at
other times and spent his money wild; he
seemed very much excited when he bid me
good.by; don't remember if the expression of
his eye was CLASSY OF garing; had not much
chance to notice him in the box; Just glanced
and saw who it was; / think the prisoner eX-
claimed, Immediately after the shooting, 81
loved her, loved herr" some one was trying TO
Get me out of the boy, and heard him say, 81
loved her, and VIII die tor her." here | heard
the pistol snap, and | supposed he meant to
shoot himself; don't remember saying he had
the pistol pointed at himself, and some one
knocked it out of his hand; after he asked her
the question in the box she hardly had the yes
out before he shot.
clara SNYDER sworn-I was at the Continental
Theatre the night Maggie Baer was shot, stand
ing at the box door; when | hrst saw Mcguire
he was coming into the box; he went in alone
he bid me good-by as he went in; did no
know what he meant by II, or where he wa
gong; had known him three or four weeks
before this had seen him in the Red Robin
nearly every day; Sallie and were at the Rec
Robin every day, staying there nearly all day
sometimes the prisoner would come in, stay {
few minutes and go out; ] never saw him there
but once or twice in the evening TO my recollec
ton: Maggie Baer frequented there; | usually
went there about IL O'Clock in the morning; let
in the evening about 10 O'Clock; passed the time
by PLAYING cards; men and women played cards
there together for drinks; the gentlemen always
paid for the drinks, and the ladies drank witt
Them; the prisoner told me on Thursday that ht
loved Maggie Baer aad if he couldn't have hel
no other man should. or he would take her lite
never heard OF desire on his part to take hel
to New York.
Crossexamined-Sa him and Maggie at the
Red Robin the Saturday Of the occurrence; ht
treated her very kindly in my presence; never
saw him stagger; ] paid no attention to the
threat he made, because | did not think ht
would do it; OH Thursday she told him she wa
going home, and he came up to me crying
saying II he could not have her no one elst
should, and lie would have her life; they were
kind and on pleasant terms 10 each other tht
next day.
Examination direct-I saw the body a
Horne's, the undertaken; the intimacy between
the prisoner and deceased had been going OF
TOR four weeks to my knowledge; was presel,
when he was introduced to her
The Commonwealth closed
Mr.. Brooke opened the defense, saying h,
would show the insanity OF the prisoner h.
the most conclusive ard overwhelming evi
dence
The following witnesses were called for tn
deiense:--
Mrs. Sarah Aiaguire sworn--I am the mothe
OF William Mcguire, the prisoner; he is aoor
twenty one years old; | live IN Wilmington, an
have lived there seven years; William was Dor
IN the city, here; have three children by M