The Portland daily press., 1869-09-23
Thursday Morning, september %, 1859,
Portland and Vicinity.
Trial of Francis Murphy
FOR THE
Murder Of Patrick Murray.
[Sreeially Reported for the Daily Press.l

[ERRATUM-For Dr. Gardiner, on first page, |
read DR.. Gordon.]
Cross Enamined He stood about two feet |
from the door on the right side, two feet to- |
wards the stairs. He was kind of leaning for |
ward and his hands were up as though he was |
going to spring. As we went up from supper |
we heard no shuffl ing of feet behind u.s. Don't |
know az the ladies said anything coming up |
stars-nothng about his having spoken to us. |
L was first and unlocked the door and pushed |
it open and then stepped aside towards the |
window OF Commercial street for them to pass
in; / faced the stairs with my back towards |
Commercial street. stood right close against
the casing of the door. took the key out
when unlocked the door; I was just closing
it when saw this man. The door was very
nearly closed. could not help seeing him for
the light shone in his face; the burner is right
opposite the door across the hall. The door
was not broken open and the lock did not
yield nor the hinges; screamed from the time
the noise commenced until it ended; L kept
screaming until it was quiet.
Q. You kept screaming, scream after scream
until it was quiet? A. Yes sir, cannot say
how long it continued, it seemed to me a good
while; 1 saw Mrs. Hagar stick her head out of
the window and heard her scream murder;
cannot say how many times She hallooed. Be-
fore she stuck her head out she turned to us,
and says, "sh''-"sh' that. We did not
light the gas in there; there was only one win
dow in the room; had my back against the
door; heard no voices in the hall, except 1
heard this man tell me to unlock the door;
heard no talk between him and Shea nor be-
tween him and Murphy. No. Is was Mrs.
it when we went to tea. No. 20 is right across
the hall next to the window, facing CONNER
cial street. Don't knew who occupied No. II.
think that door stood open when we came
along the corridor. The lock on 10 is on the
side of the door towards Commercial street.
NbaI do WI, han r1o "a OF yn
we did not swing in clear back because there
was large sized trunk sat in behind the door,
and when it opened it struck the trunk
Lena Croatman, called by defence, testi-
fed:
Reside at Green Point L. I. came to
Portland with Mrs. Hagar and Miss Vanwart;
we left New York the 23d of August and got
here the 25th; we boarded at Bradley's Hotel
and were there on Friday, Sept. Sd; l was in
the dining room at tea time that night.
@. What took place there? A. sat near
the hoad of the table and this man came in
sat down most opposite to me; he murmured
something to himself that I could not under
stand, and did not pay any attention TO 1t;
he says to me when did you arrive, or
'.Where, did you come from?" l says come
from where? He made no answer to that.
@. Beside the remark addressed to you did
be make use of any other expression that you
dsd not hear or understand? A. No sir, not
that noticed; few minutes after that he got
up and went out.
@. Did he make any other attempt to have
any conversation or interview with you? A.
No, sir; l. did not see him again before
reached my room.
@. Did he say anything to you or either of
the ladies in the dining room about either OF
you being his wife or his being your husband?
A, No sir; he never made any such pretence
in our presence; there was one child at the
table belonging to Mrs. Hagar; don't know
that he took any notice of the child; after we
got through our tea we went out into the SIT
ting room to get some clothes for the child; re-
manned there few moments and then went
up stairs; we met Shea in the entry, and we
passed along; that is all know except that
Emma screamed after we got into the room
while she was shutting the door; the rest OF
us were inside the room and the room dark;
there was no one that saw outside the door;
was sitting at the window in rocking chair,
with the baby in my arms when Emma scream
ed; the child was three years old; did not
see this man in the corridor as passed along;
I did not hear him; did not see him after he
left the table; when Mrs. Vanwart screamed
l got up with the child in my arms and pu,
my shoulder against the door, and could feel
HIM press the door in; Mrs. Hagar put her
head out of the window and told Mr.. Murphy's
little boy to tell his father to come up; During
this time Mrs. Vanwart and / both were
screaming; Mrs. Hagar was screaming murder
from the window; that violence at the door
continued for some time until somebody came.
L did not hear any words outside only the
scuffie, that was all; cannot say how long the
pushing against the door continued before the
scuff1e commenced; could feel the door yield
to his efforts when L was holding against him.
Cross erdnained-I sat on the other side of
the table from him. Mrs. Hagar sat on the
same side with him and Mrs. Vanwart sat at
the end of the table and the child between us.
We had been at the table hardly long enough
to turn our plates before this man came ill.,
did pntipa what ha p1t He made
further remark except to ask me when
arrived. That was shortly after he sat down.
1 had not met him before in the house. He
left the table before we did. He did not come
sion table about as long as that. (pointing to
the rail in front of the Jury.) The distance
between him and me was about as far as from
you to that book, [abcut six or seven feet.
We ladies were not having any conversation.
We made no remarks about his speaking to
q. Did you ever see him again from the mo-
ment he left the room to this time? A. No,
sir; did not know his name; did not inquire
it,
@. In what manner did he speak to you ?
A.. He just looked over to me and says, "When
did you arrive?' or ''When did you come
here?" says, "Come whereof He made no
answer; he spoke quietly. We passed directly
from the sitting-room up stairs; did not meet
any one on the way but Shea; did not speak
W ulul uo WIS az tuC Hcdu VI tuc slsiiIs,
parently coming down. Mrs. Hagar locked
her room when she went down to tea; her
room was No. 80; cannot say who occupied
No. 90 Did not hear any disturbance in the
corridor before Miss Vanwart screamed; can
not say whether she got the door fully closed
before she screamed or not did not hear
any words in the entry nor any one demand
the door to be opened. No one spoke to assure
us we should not be injured, that 1 heard.
Cannot say how long it lasted; was so fright
ened did not notice.
@. Was it SO dark in the room you could
not distinguish faces? A. Yes, when the door
was closed. Before I went to tea was hold
ing the baby.
Direct resumed.-Capt. Hagar was not at the
table nor in the house.
Cross Erdmined.-WhenI first saw Murray
in the dining room, he was laughing and talk
ing to those ladies, but 1 could not understand
what he was talking about. Don't know that
these ladies were acquaintance of his. They
were respectable ladies boarding at the hotel.
Don't know whether Murray had room of
from that corridor or not. No person would
pass through that corridor to get to any rooms
alone. The corridor leads only to the rooms
that open into it, 1t is only for access to the
rooms numbered from II to 20 inclusive. The
ladies were occupying Nos. 10 and Is. Muir
ry sat the same as on this side of the table and
two of the ladies on the same side and 1 was
at the end.
@. Did he have as good an opportunity to
see their faces as you have to see mine now?
A Yes sir.
Q. What is Murphy's character as quiet,
peaceable man. A. As far as I know he is an
honest, peaceable man. He has family In the
house, a wife and five children. 1 never knew
him to be engaged in any broil or disturbance.
While was there did not hear hurry ex-
press any desire for a police officer or for as
sistance. When first heard the screaming /
thought it was either female or a child. At
that time cannot tell where Murphy was. L
was in the dining room when l heard this
scream. l had not finished my supper. He
left before the ladies did. Some of the ladies
were at the table; don't know whether all
three were there or not. One of the ladies
had young child at the table.
Direct Resumed Two ladies sat on the same
side and one opposite him; the two on the same
side were only two or three places from him
1 have known Murphy for seven or eight
months, and have been with him five weeks.
Have been in Portland most two and half
years.
(Col. A. w. Bradbury's opening for the de-
fence is necessarily deferred until tomorrow,
when we shall probably issue a supplement
containing the same, together with the argu-
ments of Gen. G. F. Shepley, Attorney Gener-
al Frye, and the charge of Judge Goddard.l
Emma Nanoort,-Called by the prisoner tes-
tilted: My residence is 2aS East Fourth Street
New York city. 1 arrived ut Portland think
on the 18th of August in the Franconla;
When arrived in Portland l resided first at
Bradley's hotel and from there went to Fore
Street. Remained at Bradley's hotel week
and halt There accompanied me 10 fort-
land and to Bradey's hotel to reside Mrs. Sa-
rah Hagar and Miss Lena Croatman. MIR.
Hagar was here in Portland when We came.
The ladies' are sworn here as witnesses / am
No relation 10 the other ladies'; Mrs. Hagar and