The New York herald., 1870-08-12

q. DID u seem an unusual thlngY A. NO, sr; !
burning at the end of the hall.
q. Do you know whether Mr.. Nathan was accns-
TONED TO nave any light burning when ne went 10
, & y That library door, leading into the nall was IT II
know lit was locked it was shut.
9. DO you know If that door was usually kept
q. Have you entirely recovered from your wounds
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Since how long A. About year ago.
q. Are yon as strong as you were before you went
O. Have you any trader A. No, SIR.
q. What trades have you worked atS A. Hat
making plumbing and gasfitting and boiler making.
Q: Are you competent TO 90 into either OF those
understand them
Q. Could you serve as laoorer in those tradesq
@ Have You tried to get work In any of those
tradess A. No, SIR.
gets by going outY A. No. sir, not TO my knowiedge
have been supported by my mother without trying
Z. Who furnishes you with your cothinga A. My
! PENSION MONEY.
" HOW mnch 10 thatP A. Eight dollars month
O. When you examined the trunk for your dis.
charge papers who was with youi A. No person.
not have any Fey s the Trunk IS my mothers
wanted 10 see If the ofcer took the paper out had
no conversation with my mother about it yesterday
Q. You never worked for Mr.. Beekman9 A. No
Q. How long before you left Ireland did you see
| your fatherY A. cannot say; ] do not know
| whetnef my lhtnef ana MOtuer HVed tOgetnef; i
have never heard from my father since came from
| ireland.
Q. When did your mother come over here9 A.
cannot say came over from Ireland III 1859, and
was then Twelve years OF age.
@. You say you were twelve or thirteen years Of
| age when you arrived in this country? A. TO the
| best OF my knowledge.
Q, Did you not say Just now You were twenty-five
| or thirty years OF ageY A. No; did not.
| BY the Coroner-Were you sent to any school In
f, lrclands A. Yes; went to school In the same
place in winch was born; it was parish school.
| u. You said lust now were with two friends In
Madison square on the evening previous 10 the mur
der; what was the conversation theres A. We talked
| about the music.
Q. What were the names of those irlends9 A. One
was James Gardy ANA the other James Cassel
Q. What WAS the business or occupation OF those
| two menY A. One was plumber by trade; can
not say what the other was; got up at my usual
| minutes past ten on Thursday evening, after had
been to Madison square, listening to the music, and
| O. Have you any other clothes beside those you
are now wearing aga A. Yes !, have t, black cloth
Yes sir.
and who brought you here from lreland' A. My
mother sent for me- and was brought here in charge
After a recess OF ten minutes Kelly was recalled.
BY the Foreman--When did You awake on Friday
mornings A. Between hafpast Ave and six O'Clock,
when got up dressed aud came down stairs.
q. From whom did you first hear OF the murder.
A. I first learned 1t from Mr.. Frederick Nathan:
met him on the stairs and he told me In very
excited manner that his father had been murdered.
q. Dld you hear any screams before you came
down stairs A No, sir; ] heard no screams
@. When you saw Mr. Nathans body living In his
room did you approach the body to examine it 4?
A. dd MOI approach nearer. than. within i've or
Elk feet; did not see my mother when first came
down: spoke TO MIR. Williams, the mason and one
or two Others about the murder that morning.
Q. Was there not woman with you III Madison
square In addition TO the two young men you have
named = A. No, SIR; am positive did not speak
@. When You have been in MIR. Nathan's room with
reference 20 the errands you sometimes did for him
.lt.l NOT tfra n lafa Hng.
the safe last summer but did not see the key OF
The safe.
A. No, sir: | never talked with any one about the
safe; Mr. Nathan paid me money when went on
q. From where did he usually take the money
which he gave your A. out OF his pocketbook.
murder? a. Yes. sir; think my mother washed
inem IN The house; have not seen them since.
q. Have y0u ever been arrested or been in the |
hands of tne police or were you, during the time |
you IN the army, subjected to court martial
A. No. SIR; was never arrested or subjected TO
Q. bid YOU ever remain any length of time in The
stable while you have been 10 Mr. Nahan's house 7 |
A. Yes, sir; the coachman was always IN the coun-
try when was there
q. Did you keep your clothes and papers in your
trunk a. 1t was my mothers trunk in which they |
were kept
q. You nave said you kept your papers, &C., in
your trunk: have you been 10 the trunk since the |
murder was committedS A. I have not been
to the trunk I'LL last evening since the murder;
there was nothing IN the trunk belonging 10 me
but my pension ana discharge papers: the trunk
was kept over the stable; have been everywhere
about the stable and yard this year excepting the
hayl0ft; have not been in the haylolt this sum-
met.
dining room in which large quantity OF silver
was keptY A. | knew there was closet there but
did not know there was any silver In IT; did not
know there was a safe anywhere but in Mr.. Natban's
library; knew there were two large closets in the
billiard room, which were usually left open
.. Had you ever any conversation with the labor
ers working at Mr.. Nathans house? A. No, sir;
nor have had any one to visit me at Mr.. Narhan's |
house this summer.
q. Who do you think committed the murder? A. |
have not the slightest idea.
y. Do you suspect anybody? A. No, sir.
.. How many ROOMS are there on the top floorY |
A. Four rooms there is also al open water tank; |
though these rooms were always open did not |
enter them.
o. DO you remember if you were near the water |
tank inat day. A. cannot recoect
Q. What religious belief have you, MIR. Kelly? A. |
am a Catholic.
o. DO YOU attend regularly to your relig Gus
duties attend confessions &c.2 A. | attend confess
si0ns sometimes.
Q. How often do you attend confessions A. Dur
inc the last two years ! have attended confession |
three or four times: have specific place Of
snip, hut go sometimes to one and then another.
O. How much money has Mr.. Nathan given you |
this summer; twenty y-Gve dollars less2 A. have
NOT received as much as five dollars rom him this
summer
Mr.. Nathan? A. No, sir.
@. Have you ever been in any other regiment be-
sides the one you entered In Massachusetts A. No.
sir: have never gone under any other names than
those OF James Watson and William Kelly.
q. WHdl UDle uiu you say you came nome OH
Thursday night? A. AT six minutes past ten O'CLOCK
@. How is 1t you remember so accurately as to give
the precise time a. saw the time by the clock at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel; my mother let me I'm and
locked the door safely alter me; | saw my mother
lock the back door.
O. Were you acquainted with The woman who was
in charge Of the
VACANT house NEXT DOOR
to Mr.. Nahans: A. No, sir; only knew the house
was empty by seeing the bill in the window that The
house was TO let.
q When Mr. Washington and Mr.. Frederick Ma
than came IN dld they make much nOjse--l mean IN
coming up stairs &c.2 A. never heard them;
don't know wien they came In
Foreman continung)-I wish you would mention
any place places you have been In the house since
Mr. Nathans death; have you slept In the house. in
/ your roomY A. have slept III another room since
/ then and am now sleeping in the middle room, on
the same floor, and not the atc room; am certain
! heard no screams the night OF the murder.
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