The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-27
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
ZOE ADDITIoNAI IocAI IgnMs snn OUTSIDE rAers.

THR BUTCHERY OF MRS. MAaILToN-The cir
cumstances attending the murder of Mrs Magil-
ton, as reported in our last issue are no longer
matter OF mystery. An inquest was held vester-
Gay, Gay, oy Coroner Daniels and his deputy, Mr..
tletcher' The party acc used of the murder was
present at the inquest His name is Geo W Win
nemore. His father was high constable of the
Clty1 ana some branches of the family move in
very respectable circles. The accused left home
AT an early age, ran wild about the CITY, and finally
entered the regular army. He served IN Montana,
and was discharged.
His discharge is dated but a few W weeks ago. He
seems 10 nave lived since vagabond life, spend
ing his money riotously, and when reduced TO
pennry taking refuge ia the business of a street
huckster, He appears to have been believer in
spiritualism,
At the inquest yesterday, he appeared to be
buoyed mp by an artificial stimulus, also, to the
thinking of our reporter, the husband of the
murdered woman. Coroner Daniels and his de-
deputy performed their duty with exceeding tact.
Adam Magilton, the husband of the murdered
woman, was the first witness sworn He reached
the bar OF the Ooroners office amidst silence
broken only by his sobs He stated that after dinner
he went away from his home to have his spectacles
repaired. His wife he left reading the newspaper.
An hour atterward he returned, and found the
door locked Then he went round to the other
door, when Winnemore came to the front door and
opened it, and called the witness into the room
where the murdered woman lay. All the expla-
nation the fellow offered was that "some one had
butchered her" The witness called a policeman,
and gave Winnemore into custody.
The hammer which was used in the murder was
produced by the Coroner. Mr.. Magilton said that
1t was his; he had picked IL from the floor, near the
body OF his wife. Beyond the pool of gore at the
side, and around the head of the woman, there
were no traces of disorder in the room. Her knit
ting ball lay on the floor. The paper which had
fallen from her hands was near the chair IN which
her husband had last sven her
Mr. Dwight, who appeared for the common
Wealtn at the inquest, inquired of the witness
on Thursday morning she told him that she had
procured change for a ten dollar bill, receiving
two two.dollar bills.
George Parker was then oalIed-He said that he
he a the ssRS sRp an ReVs S and
appeared
the street, calling that his wie murdered; Win
vented policeman, "a SocOsted Policeman 1odaIon' @ ne
Mrs. mary Stewart resides At 1868 shippen street
Her story was that, sitting at the window opposite
the door she him try 70 T. and turn from il
nemore come out and pull Magilton in. She saw the
two enter the house and MaRilton run out into the
Winnemcre walked toward ShiTteeptR street, and re
turned wi the policeman minute later. Winnemore
MRS. Rebecca smith stated that, living Immediately
and sat upon the steps for hour previous t
she sat there no one passed into the dwelling When
Mr.: Masiton came he entered the house, and immo-
snIdns saSTmsd MF Msston win 90 the Decor Or
m sn sf Of fnS Mr. maS
Cornelius Donahue and b number of others deposed
Robert Buck testified thet he lived at the nor invest
or ahTSFsdsy mrs W1nem0,e came to the premises and
two O'CLOCK. Then WInnemore wslk ed down shippen
about eight or ten minutes later girl entered on the
same errand q Then he looked at the clock and found
Later cry OF murder was raised and the witness gGng
man McCullen, and heard that Mrs MagitOn had been
Nathaniel Nesbit testified that he winnemore
go down shppen street and stop in front of the door,
minutes, when the witness went into his own house,
S the 6t an Ses R oT nS nes er
entering the house, in thu afternoon it about two
Martha Dobbins, who lives directly opposite to Mr..
bs a Sase and nSs stand sie on 0T S S
him take the knob in his hand but turning her alton
Sain ed this alter two SR aS
hour later she heard that MTs; MasiltOn was mur
William selby, superintendent of street. cleaning
he IN oatg
the house when the prisoner came out and accosted
Senior Policeman MoCuilen who was then put upon
OEstsd the tie Of % TG1g the ba@%sr from
and & to
Junior Policemen nioouIleR who assisted IN the ar,
snPRs& SPS SsqPgh
tWo % two en doSr notes ten cent note teen pennies
and two three cent pieces from Winne%Ores pockets
sStsd that he Ss mad put
hSna upon sSa & w@ vt09 on 6e ooT with her throat
cut This he did if she dead, bat whea Rs
The yard the policeman said there was small olot Of
@SSnen sso sPS ated that c got e lad
gyy hall mia11e ,hS boy 70 found EszOf o which t6
WE'LL the re- zor was produced, aud the policeman
cognized it; it s straight thin blade, with long
identified; Mr. Me- uIlen said that there were dsr
stains the under the deposit OF the cesspoo
he did not wash the razor lest he should remove th
James Gaen, the Ia who recovered the razor, wai
then called He corroborated Policeman MoOuen, Jr
Lieut.. Hampton stated that he was at the station
house when the prisoner was searched pocket diarl
all the contents of his pockets traces OF blood
were found upon the body or clothes Of Minnemore
tracks in the yard; from the house the Lieutenant
went to the boarding house of Wnnemore. and founC
Chief Lamon testded that with Detective Tryon, ht
went the of the murder took possession Of thu
house of Winnemore st Menooh'si in Front street TIT
chief found there, a small hand trunk, in which was
whether he had ever seen v Wianemore with razor
Menoch said that he had to- ned one to him,
more came to him, and, finding the witness shaving
said Il have q good razor which will loan you
the razor, and after the witness had used 1t he re
turned it, MIR MenCoh declared that the razor in tn
Ooroner's hands was the slme Instruments he recOg
niZed il readily by the manner in which it wa
grooved and the peculiar manner in which 1t wa
sWiIiism sutcl II, who was pre- ent at the house o
Mr. Menooh when the Iezor was loaned eorEoborate
the state ment of that wit ess in regard to the loan
the razor, but could not identity it,; ,.
Mr. Mickey, the sonln-law OF MRS Mag!ton, sal
that o'clock ia the afternoon preceding the mar
der, that lady came TO his hopse; He gave her wv
two.dollar notes, government oills' 80, .,,,, S.
The Coroner produced the two notes taken iron
the prisoner. Mr.. Mickey could not swear tina
they were those given by him to his mother-in
law, although they were The same Kind OF bills, Q
the same denOml nation, aud were old notes, sue
as he gave her. He said that he had folded tneI
several times and put them in a small pocket oooH
The notes on the OoToner's table were creased Sc
Yeral times =. = ,ssas
The report of the post -mOrtem examination con
cluded the inquest. This was signincanL III
ShapleiRh stated that he made a thorough lnspec