The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-08-29


came my room-;his an here tpo,niius te Iynch
alter they lett the house, for was senseies.
fBs Servants TESTIMONY.
The merit witness was Kate Cunningham, a rather
nice looking girl OF about -, whose story main
ly corroborative Of the foregoing.
I live with Mr. Allen, last pisht Tommy Connolly
came IN with three Others aud saw rsdi he said TO
S !" I saw ono ~ IN. men take TWO beer essses and
hide them under his coat.
A Juror in his shrt-seeves here interrupted the
testimony saying, " I want these peorle removed |;
they're troubling US, and making remarks and sug-
gestious have no business as jurors to listen to-"
II turned out that some njudicious reporter had lot
fail come indscreet commentary in the hearing of
this juryman; but the coroner did not think the
offence serious enough 10 remark upon II. Testi-
mOny continued:
Mr.. Alien went round and took one glass away from
the MANI he then ordered Connolly to leave the house
house, butler threw the nTs, glass. and IT struck he
side Of the door smashing picture when hung there
the man with Light clothes
THREW ROOT BEER BOTTLE,
ana Connolly then HANGED him a rusty pistol saw Il
cannot say he fred IL out somebody fired 1t into the
outside and tried 10 break in the front door Ties
uteTward. burt IN the Office door where the Germen
snots. but DO not know who ddi, ran up stars
MATTHEW GARRETT,
Of I OH Second avenue. who was at Aliens on Sat.
urdly niyht In company with Connolly, Lynch, and
Butler, was next called.
Met Connolly at rtftythird street and First
and went to Aliens with him did drink anything,
10 BED INTO the back room Mrs. Allen came ont and
Ing - here for2" Lynch did not nto the back room
Mr. Allen Interrupt ing witness)-"o, tell the
truth You know he had the glasses, ontyou :"
Resumed-I told deceased to come away cav Allen
TAKE c ss,: out Of hqS G hand Allen h1n ws1i into
wee getting hot and went out, Connolly came out
nfeG GO, TO Fec feet from AeSs SReo heard lie
mist shot nrcd say Allen come out the door with
were one after another-scarcely auy time between
COMM in my direction and dncked my head: old not
Know CONNOLLY was shot, and DID not hen oft nat !
MIR. Allen come ont with the gun.
Charles Par, VINO attends to tho bath room Office
and regarding whom the trouble originated, rworc :
comes mrs Hon GG WI NE 4, }naaG '9v wS SP GS a
looked olt The window law the fellows runninz
ftylopt street 0-' Ian '0'u ''' a. '1' 'o"" ~
J2rn Eatan. a boy living with Mr.. Alien. poinicl
out l.. ne a~ tie one 10 whom Connolly gave pis.
tol, ard Butler as tlc one VINO threw rli.se.. lie
sand lac fau 10 he station, and, ON coming bscA,
found connolly on the hill dead
WIN. kelly, Aliens son-n.ldw, denied having
spoken 10 Powers at all about the affair, "a he was
away ut tue time. saw nothing Of it, and that wien
he got back the whole ling vas over. Powers was
a,ain He'd to the stand, but he reiterated bis for.
ncr test onv ard the two irreconcila5le deposit
ions stand each equally strongly sworn TO.
JEREMIAH Lynch.
after telling the story OF tLer meeting and drinking
dur NJ the evening, said;
Hooked into Mrs. Aliens back room d1 not 20 in;
She Hs~ci me what wanted, and Dcgan calling me
names told her she must not thiuk meant any.
tang wro11 bu Sue called me loafer; Connol, TOOK
my part aud told her wasn't any lUa'er; saw she
was getting mad and walked away Allen t1en brought
out hls gun ana told Conuoy III he dldu leave ID
level him., or omc;hng Of that sort did not see any
se9t N, Area; Connolly did 30, hsnd me nistoi be did
or glasses thrown
Butler was then called up, and though the men
have been confined In separate cells, he told essen
TALLY the same story. lie
ADMITTED THAT liz WAS pRuNK
but sail he knew he did not throw ANYTHING.
Neither he nor Lynch knew OF the murder until
very late that night
MIR. Aliens story uothing more than n com.
bnauon OF his wiles ind Kate Cunningham's testi
monY. lie insisted that lie fired the gun into the
water, and not the direction Of Connoliys retreat.
He did not know who reloaded the gun and revolver
tnst night.
DIR. Beach described the wound, and sid It was
too large TO have been made by the revolver.
must have come rom the bah fred ont OF the gun
After brief deliberatioa the jury found verdict
that Connolly came 10 his death at tle hands VI
lachard Allen.