North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-07-06
Haggerty Murder Trial. Thompson put
UDon Trial for IL Crimos

or y years Of age. The BODY OF ME0. nag
gerty Was found last. The three hodie
frst mentioned were found in the water
Of the Mississippi, near Jaso Island, near
II opposite the southern boundry of Clay
ton county. The body Of Mrs. H. wa
found in the Swift slough below Jaco ID
land. An examination showed that Mrl
H. was in IN advanced state of pregnancy
Her body was nearly naked whom found
About the same time two trunks contain
ing tho effects Of Mrs. Haggerty wer
found in . slough, about two miles abov
Prairie du Chen. An investigation sool
developed the facts, that in the December
previous, the prisoner left McGrsgor In ,
sleigh, having the four members Of tn
HaSeerty family with him. The numer
Gus places In Wisconsin, visited By the de
fsndant, were mentioned. Some member
of the family were sick, but the defendant
refused to stop, bat kept on travelling il
tho bitter cold weather Of that period
His treatment of the family during THU
time was Noted - being rough and unkind
He had . dapplsd gray team, and whit
cloth cover on his sleigh. He was notice.
BY numerous persons along his route
many of whom arc in attendance - wit
nesses. He Was last seen with the family
short distance below Cassville, near the
road leading to Beetown. The remains o.
fre were found opposite Jaco Island, be
low Cassville, and In it were found articles
which will be identified - belonging q
the Haggsrty family. There was also
found Q piece Of board which il will b<
shown was part Of the sleigh box Of dc
PENDANT, part Of some bows belonging ID
defendants sleigh cover. There was also
. locket found, belonging to Mrs. Hagger.
~, with buttons, buckles, scissors, etc.
Il will also b shown that defendant wa
absent from home ct the time tho crime
was committed about one week.
Mr.. Granger admonished the jury to ap-
proach tho case in N impartial manner,
and give it that degree Of attention which
it, Importance demands.
On the part of the defendant, Mr.. No
Bile informed the jury that the matter Of
defence would basv very brief. That they
would consume but little time cross exam
lining witnesses, or introducing testimony.
He claimed that the prosecution would
fail NEST signally in showing that Mrs.
Haggerty was ever murdered that the
corpus dslicti could not be proven and
that no testimony would DO produced
showing that an offence had been commit
ted which the district court of Fayette
county, or any ether county in the state Of
Iowa had jurisdiction 70 hear and deter
mine. He admitted that defendants con-
nsction with the Haggerty family was .
mysterious matter, and that the ciIcum-
stances were suspicious, but that these
suspicious circumstances would only b ex-
planned when the defendant was arraigned
TO DO tried before . tribunal having juris-
diction Of the case.
Trial proceeds. The first witness pro-
ducsd for prosecution was Henry P Green
who was sxa1ainsd by Judge. Murdoch,
and who tsstiAed - follows: My name il
Henry p. Green, ny ago - % years, ! re.
side ct POtosi, Grant county, Wis. On the
30th Of March, 1869, I was down on what
10 called Bluff slough, on the Mississippi
bottom, / saw the body Of woman raised
from the water. The place ! saw the wo-
man was ct this bluff slough near where
it enptiss into Grant river. She vas lyina
on her back. She had on . ladies' cloth
sacque, twilight and nubis on her head
She had on . chsnise, and drawers and
stockings. There was three twined cord
about her neck, about nix foot long, and q
silver and gold ring on her right hand
That was I'll SAW on her. / don't recol
lect what she had around her waist, bu
don't think there was anything. She had
NO dress on. What have described 10
member DISTINCTLY. The cord she had
around her neck was three strand cord
can't ssy what material it was made Of
E>v> ~nnu lrka IS amnhsnnsd funvA a nn~1
WAS shown witness, who said it was th,
cord that WAS around her neck. thinl
the cord Was left there. The rings were
brought 70 . Justices of6ce ct Potosi,
took the silver ring from her finger. On,
Brown took the gold enc. 1would know
the rings If saw them. Here witness
was handed two rings.) One of them
took from the wonan's finger, tho other
saw taken Oh. The reason / know they
are the same rings, marked them ct NJ
0regor at the examination, my marks Or,
on them now.
The woman had very dark, bright, pref
u hair. ! should judge shs Was about Nv
feet four inches high. Her teeth In from
were little decayed. The twilight va
about the s,zs Of ysur hand. She had Of
cloak. The cord was around her necl
over the CLOAK, which was pinned I'll th
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