The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-03-26

HOMICIDE. About ten o'clock on
last Saturday night, John Ryan killed his broth.
cr-in-law, John DOherty, at his own residence
on Mr.. McCllntick's farm, two miles up the rail.
road. On Sunday the Coroner, Peter Ewing,
held an Inquest upon the body Mrs. Julis
Doherty, the wife Of the murdered man, and the
sister of the murderer, testified as follows: "On
last night, between nine and ten o'clock, my
brother, John Ryan, and John Fennel came to
my house. My husband, John Doherty, was In
bed got supper for John Ryan and John Fem
mel. John Ryan was not able to eat any supper.
They went out to the stable, they came back
together,-when they got to the door John Rys1
said TO John Fennel, Il am too drunk to go into
anybodys house." / said ''come in" Ryan
went out doors and stumbled and fell. tried to
lift him up. My husband called me and told me
TO come to bed, aud let him go away. said as
he was drunk and did not know what he was
doing he should come in. Ny husband raised
| up and said he should be ruler over his house,
and John Ryan made answer, why not, that he
was ruler and boss, and he was not striving to
take 1t from him." With that he jumped out of
bed and made for a stick of stove wood, and /
went between them and begged him to go back
to bed. My husband said II he would stay he
would raise quarrel. Ryan wanted 10 know
who told him. He would not tel--said he would
give him satisfaction in the morning he
must leave the house or 90 to bed, Ryan said
II be wanted to, to take it out of his hide then,
when Doherty made at him with the stick of
wood and struck John Ryan, and the two fell
down on box, and then to the floor. had to Id
the Fennels to part them. saw nothing more
after that, only Doherty had Ryan by the throat.
Billy Fennel said Doherty was stabbed. They
turned him over on the floor. He tried to talk
to me, but he could not do not know who
stab bed him. John Ryan went out the doer
| have not seen him since, nor had no account
of him. | got the knife Of VIM. Fcnnel, and
throwed it in the fire, and said if it had murder
ed my husband it should never murder another.
her
JULIA 4 D0HERTY.
mark.
John Fennel testified that he and Ryan had
been to town, and Ryan had got drunk In town,
and that they got to the house of Doherty about
ten o'clock at night. His testimony is substan-
tally the same as that of Mrs Doherty, except
that after the first quarrel Ryan went to his coat
and said he would get some more whisky, and
Doherty told him he should not drink any more
whisky in his house. Then they got into the
fight. The Fennel boys then got the knife from
Ryan, and Doherty fell and never spoke. As
they were going along the railroad, before they
got from town to DOherty's, Ryan was so drunk
that he had to get on his hands and knees in
crossing the trestles. Witness ran TO Woodson's
and got Mrs. Woodson and another colored lady
to come to the house. Got Woodson's to send
for the priest
William Fennel came to town for DR.. A. B.
Monahan. He saw Ryan strike Doherty with
the knife.
DR.. A. B. Monahan testified as TO the nature of
the wound, and says that it penetrated the heart,
and must have caused instant death.
The following is the inquest returned by the
jury;
1--WE, the undersigned jurors lmpaneled and
sworn, on the 22d day of March, in the year 1868,
at the township of Lick, county Of jackson and
State of Ohio, by Peter Ewing, Coroner of said
county, to inquire and true presentment make,
in what manner, and by whom, John Doherty,
whose body was found at the late residence of the
said john D0herty, on the 21st day of March,
A. d.. 1863 came 70 his death.
after having heard the evidence and examln-
ed the body, We do find that the deceased came
to his death by violence and that said body has
upon IL the following mark and wound, inflicted
by John Ryan, and which the Jury do iud caused
the Immediate ueath of said Jonn DOherty, whose
body was found as aforesaid, tU-wiL: wound
in his left side, about four or live inches below
the LETT nipple and inward and upward, about
the depth OF four inches, penetrating the lower
part OF the heart
Given under our hands at the time and place
of said inqulsiLlUn above mentioned"
D. w. LAIRD,
w. N. BURKE,
i. KAHN,
JAMES Martin.
ii. &. MILLKn.
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