The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-09-23

hurrdy, the deceased.
=, cross e1anai'aed.-This was between and
vile, my ssterln-law, DR.. Ordwav. two chill
dren and myself; the gas not lighted in the
ROOM loonli one kerosene lamp burning on the ia
oie' furniture was two chairs, q bed, washstand
ABOUT all; the doctor attending my sick child
doctor midway between the door and the win
hhowi room IL by feet; passage between the
ued ana side of the room quite small; the door
opened close by the head of the bed doctor
Just beyond the foot of the bed towards the
window; door swung from the bed; four grown
persons and two children present. The doctor
had been in there ten minutes; doctor's Ia I'll
to the door, examining the child; my wife b,
my side, l nearest the door; l could reach the
door with my hand very easily The man ms
stepped across the sill of the door, and backed
right out again; didn't speak a word: didn'
let go the knob OF the door; could have touched
him; opened the door as would open the doc,
i'll wanted to go into a room. 1 lust took
glance at nm; he didn't speak; | could no
notice which way the person went: | neye
saw that man before; l noticed that he had :
Dlaek ieit nat with moderately wide bant
upon IL, dldn notice any whiskers; would
tache "''"' HIS n''ins =" Ill u'
ihonaas p. Murphy called by the prisoner
ahd testlhed:-I slept in room No II the night
oei9re this difficulty; my brothers, William
and Robert, with me-
"hs buuS Cuulc " thc wv ". INC.
room on Thursday night before this trouble at
the hotel? A. Yes
=. Who was it? A. The deceased.
.. State what he did. A. He came aud
MIR. Hagars door and opened it and looked in
!here; do not know that he knew who was
IN my room when he opened the door; the irst
knew about this matter of Friday night Mrs.
Hager raised the window and halloed out
'Murder!" and told me to tell my father to
come / went nm atairc nd nj e,fh
to come up; went up ahead of him; saw
Mr.. Shea and him in The passage way scuffling;
my father told me to go down stairs; L went
down stairs; that was the last saw until l
got up and walked into the office.
Cross e1amined-I told my father to 90 IN
stairs where the woman was who hollOed: /
did not tell him what they holloed; went
up; he gave me slap right at the side of the
head and said $50 down." didn't cry: was
up at the head of the stairs ON the first stem of
the STAIRS; at the top of the stairs think;
hadn't turned round to go back into the entry
way where Mr.. Shea was; saw Mr.. Shea and
this man scuffie when l stood at the head of
tween7 and 8; two brothers with me- dark /;
had p candle; when the man came there was
gashght outside; my light put out; the gas
lighted my room when he opened the door; my
bed towards Commercial street; my room very
near No. 10, on the other side; saw it was
that man; saw him; heard him go to Hager's
room; no where else; the first time told any
body about his looking into my room was here
the other day, to Mr.. Shea and my father, in a
room in this Cont House, since this Court be-
gan, since my father was brought up here
William Murphy called by the prisoner and
testlhed:-l am son Of Mr.. Murphy, the
prisoner, and brother of the last witness; oc-
cupy the same room with him, No. II; sleep
with him; this man Murray came to the bed
room door, stuck his head in and said "Ha!
lallOaI' when la said that ha out in
as quick as he could; that was Thursday night
before the trouble; he then went into Mr..
Hager's loom,
Francis Murphy, the prisoner called by his
counsel, sworn and testified My age is 80;
occupation, proprietor of what is known as.
Bradley's Hotel, corner of India and CONNER
clal streets, No. 1; my lease commenced the
4th day of July last; 1 recognized Murray, the
deceased; had no acquaintance with him;
the first time ever met him was at the land
ing OF the Halifax boat, pretty near my hotel,
what they call Galt's wharf; when the Hail.
fax boat arrived L went to it, as it was my GUS
tom, to circulate my cards; among the rest I
gave one to this man Murray; after the pas
sengers had come off the boat came up to my
hotel, and Inquired of Mr.. Shea how many
guests had arrived: there were some eight or
len OF them, and, among the rest, Murray was
one of them.
40. What was the appearance aud condition
OF Murray at the time-his physical appear
cate that he was just gettingiover adrunk, that
he had been disspated in his habits-his
countenance looked like that to me; he had
large scab right here on his nose-rather
de6auched looking appearance.
u State what took place. A. After nv
arrival at the hotel l went into the sitting
room and saw some of the guests had arrive d,
and passed tn } compliments of the mOrnin !;
returned to the Office; went into the dining
room think, and had my breakfast; came out
n m nrado III H..
there was any man in the Office except myself
and Shea, and this man Murray, who was sit
ting in chair; 1 spoke to him saying that he
looked rather lonesome for a stranger; he said
yes, he didn't feel very we'll; he enquired of me
it he could get employment as tailor in this
city; told him considered he could, provided
ne would keep sober, because that had been a
tailor that had been boarding with me had
good employment; stranger when he came to
the city, and good respectable situation,
boarded at my hotel, and had been an habtual
druDkard and lost his situation. / was reat-
ing to him this other mans experience. He
told me that he had been on drunk and that
he would sot drink any more but that he had
made up his mind to quit drinking; 1 told him
II he had he could get good remuneratve
employment in this city. That was all the con-
-versatian had with the man at that time
CHOW pass to Friday night, and tell what
took place there. A. On Friday evening was
sitting in my Office cOnversing with some
boarders in the house, and noticed this gen.
teman. He had been late for tea; we had all
been to tea. He came in and laid his head up
on the table. There was an entrance from the
office right into the dining room; there was a
door that opened and connected the office with
the dining room. had no conversation with
the man any more than seeing him come into
the house at that time.
u. What took place in the evening? State
everything just exactly as it occurred. A. Yes,
to the best of my knowledge will try to. 1
was sitting and conversiDg with the boarders;
my second sou came to the door and said Pa
you're. wanted up stairs Immediately; did
not ask the boy any questions; started;
saw that the child looked excited; thought
from his appearance that there was something
urgent; l started to go there, when I heard
stairs that sounded like female voices to me;
went up stairs that way from this fight, wit
ness refers to plan); went up stairs to where
the trouble was; 1 heard the scuffling and
screeching, which excited me come, and went
as hastily as l possibly could. When got to
the head of the stairs looked and saw two
men squabbling with each other; to the best of
my knowledge their location would be between
II and IS; that's where I would locate them;
both men were in holds with other and crap.
ping with each other before got to them;
saw that they were using violence to each 9TH
or; said, stop that work at once; the lam
gnage which | made use of was, said 1,
For Gods sake, what is this trouble?-
told them to stop before got to them; bur-
RED up to them; the expression / made was,
for Gods sake what is the trouble;" Shea
SAID to me this man has been attempting to
commit an outrage upon these ladies by at
tempting to press open the door; said I, what
is the matter; asked him what he wanted in
that room; he said he wanted to go in it; said
you have no business in the house; said he
my wife is in that room; said 1 your wife is
not in my hotel, you have no wife here want
you to go down Immediately and shall hand
you over to an officer; he made grappe to
get away towards rooms Nos. 10 and 20;
checked his motion, when Shea stepped round
in front and was going to strike him; told
him not to; said l, think can get along; he
resisted; pnt my hand upon him and pushed
him along.
q. Did you put your hands under his shoul-
der? A did; caught right behind the
shoulder, and pushed him through the hall; at
the same time he was struggling to 60 back,
stopping down and trying around 80 as to 60
back; swear positively that 1 never struck
the man in my life; don't think there is
witness who has been examined either pro or
con who will state that ever struck the man;
never did, swear positively l never did.
q. Did you put your hands under his arms
to get him away from that door? A. did not.
O. Had you any luminosity or i'll feeling
against that man before that day, any quarrel
or difficulty with him? A. have stated all
ssfftet J. had to do with him.
u. Did you ever have any conversation ex-
cept to give him that good advice? A. never
had.
@. Did you ever say aught but kind word
to him? A. did not.
@. Did you ever have anything but kind
feelings toward him? A. 1 had kind feeling
for him. He never received anything else from
me but kindness. My acquaintance will swear
that thew have never seen ANYTHING else from