New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22
A DARKROOM HOMICIDE.
THE KILLING or PATRICK MCUDDEN OVER YgAs
AGo-THE TRIAL OF PATRICK DwYER.

THE KILLING or PATRICK MCUDDEN OVER A YE4s
AGo-THE TRIAL OF PATRICK DwYER.
The liquor store Of Michael Lynch at the corner Of
Prince and Marionsts., Centre Market Was the
of brawl the afternoon OF the 9th Of Dece.
den the hands Of Patrick Dryer The bartender In hs
place. pistol was the weapon used Ia the killing Three
successive shOts we're schaiGed IRON al NCudden.
the last OF which entered his body with fatal effect
causing his death from Internal hcmorrhagc The en-.
suing day. There political misunderstanding exist
ing between the deceased and Dryer AZ the time Of the
homicide, they having each supported uyaI Democratic
candidates for the position ~ Alderman OF The Fourteenth
ward. Before tins the two men lad been Oh friendly
At the time Of the homicide McCndden with two com.
panioDs were in the liquor store, and he called Tor drinks
which were refused him by Dwyer some knd OF dig
turbance or wIangle then TOOK place. ara was ip9Wed
by the shooting The prisoner claimed at the Coroneis IN
QUESTION to have committed the act ia selfdefehce Bs
statement Of the affair Is rs follows Before this Qc-
was waylaid In the night time by DOOSan Nc
Cudden and two Others and most terribly and cruelty
beaten; my thumb nearly being bitten OIL by McCndden
aud my life, in my Judgment saved only through out,
side interference Subsequently the parties threatened
my life, and these threats were communicates 70 mo
Both DoOgan and McCudden bad been forbidden TO en-
Ter Mr. Lynchs store by both Mir i$nca ana inyt1 en-,
When Wednesday last they came into the store be-
eyed from the instant they entered, that they INTENDED
suits without anger or uncourteous reply me- tLey Ia
itiacd violence by knocking down unOffcntin9 man
TO be- McCudden walked towards me, and fired again,
and again, until the parties left | stu believe that
only saved myself from great personal injury BY my ac
'''"' PROSECUTION OF TIE PRISONER.
IL Is nearly since giann jury Iuhu IN lInlct
ment for homicide OF the degree Of murder against
DIVER capital case, however, requires longer period
20 eapSe than IN other criminal Ofeei before II can bs
properly and justly tried There arc several reasons foe
tins the most important Of which Is that any m0mcntay
opinion Of the guilt innocence OF the accused or any
impression formed at the time OF the deed, Is forgotten
and his trial is thus more impartial, ana governed by
facts In the Court OF General Sessions, before Judge
Russell Dryer being arragned yesterday, there war
less trouble IN npanneng jury OF twelve competent
than there generally il in siuiarcases. 1AOs mostly
Objectionable had conscientious scupcS against The death
penalty. There was quite number OF thls beneyOlent
Grass who were set aside The prosecution ~ Dryer was
conducted by Mr. Robert c. HUtchings AssistantDstIic
Attorney and hls defense by Mr. John Graham. The
prisoner seated beside his counsel during the procec
Ings He ia a mddle-aged smalsized man. After the
Jury had been I'm, Mr. Hutchnes addressed them
and then presented testimony for the prosecution Only
witnesses examined when the Court aGOurhea
the case till this morning
TIE EVIDENCE.
DR.. John Beach, VI. d. was the first witness called. ts
dcpOsed that he made post norton examination on tns
body the deceased on the 9Th day OF December 1881
and found pistol bali wound in the abdomen; the ban
was found among accumulation OF ooed blood IN tne
abdominal cavity his conclusion that tie deceased
died from exhaustion, produced 10y internal helnOfIage
he considered the duration II life after the nlTy 10 %
about as hours in his opinion the hem0rgh9ge could not
bc stopped By eurgeTy although he thought life might -
prolonged little by stimulants. -
John McCuddcn the father Of deceased teslred tnst
his son died at the City Hospital about O'Clock on
Wednesday morning the 18th day OF the month; ne saw
him alive after his wOunding be sensible aud talked
but made no allusiOn TO his shooting