Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-11-12

MURDER IN PITTSBURGH.
t. }. Campbell Murders his wife Isabella

On Sabbath evening last horrible mur-
der was committed in the 18th ward OF
Pittsburgh From the Dispatch we clip the
following extract from the hearing before
the Mayor:
On the part Of the prosecution District
Attorney Pearson submitted the following
statement sworn to, previous to hearing, by
| Job Marland:
|, Job Marland, of the Fourteenth ward
of Pittsburgh, make this my solemn state
ment: | was 10 Mr.. CampbelPs S house on
Sunday evening, November 7, 1869, about
| 4 O clock; Mr.. Campbell went up stairs. /
| heard Campbel's wife scream and cry mur-
| der; | heard a heavy fall then Mr.. Camp
| bell came down stairs; he went up stairs
| three times; every time he went up stairs he
beat her: eyerv time he was I'm stairs She
called murder. The last time he was up
stairs he said: you = IN xii
you. " He then ordered her down stairs; he
| then kicked her down stairs; after he came
| down he picked her up and laid her on the
settce and commenced beating her with a
poker; told him it was shame to abuse a
woman; he told me if interfered he would
| cut my G-d-n liver out; | then left she
was alive when | left | did not know she
was dead till the officer came to the mill thi:
| morning.
The witness was cross examined on this
statement by Mr.. Mccarthy, and testified
as follows:
Did not have my hands on his wife S per-
son at any time. He came into the house
and said, Il II cut your Odd liver out: -
/ then ran out Before ! ran out | saw
Golden First went in on Sunday morning:
went for some liquor; we were all in the
room. / was not upstairs in the house; |
| did not throw this man Campbell into bed.
| | was in the house also during the day, fouI
/ or five times; | got pint Of liquor and took
| 1t In; left in the evening, between seven and
| eight o clock. Between two and three O.
| clock | was away from the house; | had foul
| drinks Of liquor in me when | left / was
In the basement, sitting on a settee oppo
site the foot Of the stairs, at the time of the
quarrel Could see to the top of the stairs.
Campbell and his wife were on the top Of
the stairs, when he threw her down. He
| had hold of his wife by the arm and shoul
der. He gave her a kick, and she fell down
to the bottom. He then picked his wife ur
and threw her on the settee. He ther
struck her again, while she was on the set.
tee. He struck her with an iron instru.
ment-think it was iron from the sound Of
it; then became frightened and ran out:
thought saw large knife in his hands
Owen Murphy sworn-Was in Camp
1 bells house last night; he asked me to gc
to the drug store and buy some sticking
plaster; | refused to go and then walked
away heard scream at Campbell house
on Saturday evening; went in and found
Mrs. Campbell crying; she had lump on
her head; | told Campbell not to strike his
wife; he told me that if she didn't behave
herself he would cut her; he then threaten.
| ed to cut me.
Redirect had bottle of whisky when
| called on Campbell in the morning;
knew he liked little, and wanted to give
him drink saw no blow struck.
James Golden-Live near Campbell; he
called me early on Sunday morning: was
there again in the evening about four
O clock; Mrs. Campbell said she had some
whisky and was going to sell it on Sunday.
Cross examined: When | went up stairs
in the garrett Mrs Campbell was sleeping;
went up to get some Whisky; Campbell
followed; when he came into the room was
standing at the foot of Mrs Campbell
bed; saw no blows struck; he attempted once
to kick his wife IN my presence, but | kept
him from it.
Officer Long testified to having assisted
| Mr.. Ruch in making the arrest, and that
the prisoner, when arrested, was under the
influence of liquor.
The Mayor then committed the prisoner
to jail for trial at the next term of the
Criminal Court.