Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-06
TIE HExNEssEy MURDER.
C0mmItGaI of SOhn Pe1der and
DiSohaIse Of DyyFeF and
LOndrfgan,


The preliminary ezsmiuElion Cf fhf
men, charged with the murder Of Her.
uessey IN sunday DisA, terminated be
fore 'SsaiEs Bnrke yssbsEdsy sfHTn0an
aud resulted la the COMMUNAL o. JohI
Ponder, aud the discaeFge Of M.Ohae
AMI John Dryer ard Michael Lon
drigsn.
fhe testimony wss oil clrcums;autiEI
but the links In the chain OF evidsnc,
against PsUdcr were 90 stFoDg that bu.
iIuls DOUBT was left on Ihs minds q
those who heard it that t0e prisoner wa,
"a ity OF the horrid crime imputed I.
him.
There were eleven witnesses, Ia sL ex.
smined, but the only testimony % cOnse
qusDce was sGducsd from the tco D W.
zrs and LOndrigan. The latter Is q brU-
thsr-in-lsE OF the deceased, and is toe
oldest Of the party, having hair nearly
white, aod an honest and rather pleas
4ut fscs. Coroner Sanleis0n WIS tbs
dr5I witness examined, aud merely ties
.f=d to ;hs fact OF the body, the locality
where found, and the nature of the
wounds. The latter, be ssS*rd, were all
Ol the head, aud were made By 3 sharp
Instrument, like akhife-uot with q clue
T dull-edged instrument, as stated b.
The time.
Mrs. Hennessey, the widow of the
murdered man, was the second witness.
Her testimony was Of lille value, except
10 establish The fact Of the friendly rels-
tons existing between the deceased and
nsr brother lL0ndrigaDb who, she said,
would share the lzst cent, or the las,
drop OF blood With eAch other.n
John DEysr was the next witness, and
through him a fact transDiFet which
gave = clue to the whole sf Fir. DIVER
testified thst the whole parry went to The
houss 0! 8 Mrs. O'Hearn, afeE Coming
% from the landing, Sunday night, and
after remaining some five minutes inside
yad taxing 3 drink, he and his brother
made % their minds 20 stay
sil night but the balance deter
mined 20 60 TO their homes.
Tom HenDessey, the murdered nsU,
L0ndrigsn and Pender went out of the
house FIRST, and ths witness sad his
brother followed, stopping at tbs gate
Oh the Sidewalk Henaessey told Fender
that he (Henuefsey) was = better man
tban him (Pender.) To this Psnder
msde some reply, and the deceas5d
knocked him do10n, giving him a black
eye. LoEdrigsu inieIrereu and wss aiso
knocked down, bat not hurt. The par
~ AAEhsaCeeDga 1-AEt4EAA E4N EA[EG
t0En wsnton together.
Witnesses were introduced proving
these facts, and EisO thst Londrigsn vent
Immediately 20 his home, iesviGg PEN
der and Heunesssy together. O.ber
facts were Eddueed showing that Pender
did not 60 home for three or
four hours sflsr the time he
vas last seen by LoBdcigan with
Hennessey. He then vent 10
house offs Mr. Martin, and went to
ped in n bed ocsupisd generally by .
.IIend, who happened, however, to be
assent when be came in and went to
ted. The owner OF the bed returned
some time during the night, or morning, I
and, fndIDg some 2 asleep ia his bed, |
ir = light, and FscoEa zsd E-n5er. His
shirt and clothing we're all bloody, and, |
pa being asked what caused Il, ne an
lRered that It wss esased by Shrinking
90 much Of : man."
Thsss, SOD GLL7r little liuks, were
ieemed su6ieient By Justice Bake TO
rider the COmmittzl OF PendzF TO Jail
without 6slI, 70 swat the scgi0a o. tue
rand jury. TIE OiheFs V5rs held IL
heir C~l TeeogniElEcs to appear a. Wit