The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-08

The Mohrman Murder-rrial OF John HanIOn
Tho Defense.

Court Of Oyer and Teyrniner-Judges LwdlOU and
Peirce.
There was not such rush 10 the Courtroom this
morning as there yesterday, the interest excited
by the defense appearing TO be much less than that
which the Commonwealth sought to fasten the guilt
OF this horrible crime upon the young man on trial.
The testimony for the defense was resumed
Mary Quinn sw orn-I am eighteen years old l re-
collect the evening Mary Mohrman was missed;
and then went into the barber shop; picked up
weekly paper and read It; after had sat tnere
good while, John and his wife and mother passed
through; his wife asked for lamp, and heard
them go up stairs; q good while after that went
into he yard did not stay at Hanlons all night;
went home in the neighborhood OF 10 O'Clock.
Cross-examined-I am first cousin to John Hanlen;
did not go upstairs that evening; no one was IN
the barber shop with me- Johns wife did not come
i'm until he came after with his mother; did not
notice II there was clock in the barber shop; do
not remember what time they came in; IL was
good while after got there-I don't know how long
/ don't think il was an hour; they all three came
in together; don't know where John was when she
asked for the lamp, and don't know if she got one
the gas was lit in the barber shop; 1t was not half
an hour after that when went into the yard; re-
member that evening in particular because before
j went home heard the child was missed, and there
was grea: excitement; when John was suspected
] was asked If / remembered that evening 1t was
long time after the child was found; l don't re-
member II It was year, it was his mother told me
John was suspected; first knew OF 1t when 1t was
in the papers; when passed through the kitchen |
think Johns father was lying on the settee; l did
not any other members OF the family than John,
his wife, and mother, Mrs. Kelly andaJOhns father.
Mrs. Mary Kelly swOrn-I am married woman;
John Kelly lB my HUSBAND: / nave been MARRIED
seven years live at No 9o59 Germantown avenue;
my husband Is liquor dealer; have one boy living;
l am John Hanlons sister; he was barber; he
commenced that business after he came out of the
army in 1866 OF 1867, don't remember which; he
then began business in Fifth street, below Diamond;
mother, two sisters, two srsthers and Johns wife
made up the household; was at his house the night
Mary Aohrman was missed; don't know what
time went there, but it some time after people
had went to church; took my little boy with me;
weRt on Diamond street to Fifth; then went
down Fifth TO mOtherS. sister Kate and
cousin Ellen Quinn were sitting on the STEP asked
for my mother and srpSss passed In met
shop; we had some ice-cream, and went into
John room Ire was in bed and his wife was getting
undressed; he and his wife were In there when
went in; 1 called my sister, Mrs Steinmeyer, out of
the other room, and my mother went down to get
into the bed with him: the child went TO the side OF
the bed and John lifted him up; then VIC all ate
some OF the ice cream sat little while and then
went home my mother and father remained there
until the following APRIL think after that changes
there; they took the goatstasie and my mother and
father took 1t with them; John took up the bricks
and made garden in the yard John carried ON bu-
siness there until November or December after my
mother and father left, and then he did journey
work; the house belonged to my husband after
and John put repairs upon 1t, too; Oicer Tag
CERT called upon me for the keys of the house and
Cross. examined-John Hanlon is also related to
me by marriage; in May, 1858, he married my step.
daughter as well as being his sister l am his
mother-in-law; bought the ice cream at Mann's,
Germantown road and Norris street, it was half an
| hour after people had all gone to church before
| bought the cream aud went to my mothers; / did
| not see the clock can't say how much more than
| half an hour do not know what tune 1t was when
got home; people were ali out from church know
| this was the night, because my mother went with
me to the corner, and Mrs. Norman passed US and
Mary was lost; don't know whether she said 1t to
or the Children did not hear the bell ring; she
had bell ;iwas not ringing it; did not hear it
never lived In johns house.
| Re-examined-When went there my father was
lying on the settse in the kitchen; Mary Quinn was
corner with Louis Norman as was going home
he came up to mother, ana then left us to go with
Louis to hunt for his sister.
| Mrs Bridget Hanion sworn-I live in Jersey; my
husband is alive we are living at Milyille; am the
maTried Coudnt e sav sSe is sifteen w hsiievs
she may be more; in September, 1885, was living
at Fifth and Diamond; my husband was living there
then he was laborer; remember the evening
| Mary Mohrman was missed; John was at dinner
that day. he went out near night, and came back to
the house; saw him when he returned at the cor
ner of Fifth and Diamond; came up to the csrneI
and his wife was talking to her uncle on the
law was in the middle OF Fifth and Diamond and
| l stood still, thinking he would come over; John
came across from Fishers until Il, Fifth f street;
and l came after him; Ellen Quinn and
we got into the shop his wife came after nim;
went into the kitchen. leaving him in the shop talk
MARY t s ns ws Ss ssksa s na me or Ss & &s%p
| up stairs into the second story back room; next
saw him in his room when Mrs. Kelly came with the
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| Kelly and me ate the ice cream; went down fol
the saucers and spoons: after eating the ice
we sat little while; came down stairs and went tc
| the corner with Mrs. Kelly; we stood there few
| minutes and she went home; stood there few
minutes and came down home my husband was lying
| on the settee in the kitchen he had O spraineC
| knee; he was on the settee near week with this
knee; on this Sunday he remained there all night
this settee mightn't be more than few inches from
the door that led into the yard; 1t might be foot
or not that for from the cellar window the kitchen
was board; there was q little kindling wood in the
cellar; the cellar nice and clean, with gr ave
moor; there bricks in 1t; he used It 60 keeE
| victuals in; when John went out OF the house
| he was in his shirt sleeves, and his pants
he dressed the same on his return from Fishers
| / saw John next morning in bed about 81 or
| O'Clock; would always sweep the shop aud theI
| wake John; / woke him this Monday morning and
| he got up; he was dressed the same as he was the
| night before he ate breakfast with me that morn
ing; was in the water-closet and in the cellar OF
| OF 1t in the Water-closet, in the yard, or In the
| cellar; did Johns washing; washed on Tuesday
| his washing was never given out; washed tht
| shirt he wore on that Sunday and Monday the mex
his pantaloons or any OF his clothes
| he wore the same pants on Monday that he wore OF
| Tuesday; there was no blood on them; none OF hi
clothes were missing; used to lock up the house
night and open 1t In the morning. locked 1t on Sun
| day night and opened it on Monday morning; W.
used TO go to bed in the neighborhOod OF 10 O'Clock
on Saturday night we were up late, sometimes til
Is O'Clock, on account OF the shop; on this Sunday
night was up till after IL O'clock because my LITTLE
| boy went with Mrs. Mohrmans boy to hunt tn,
| child, and was waiting up for his return; founC
him on Mrs Mohrmans floor, rolling with Mrs
| Mohrman's boy; this was between 12 and o'clock
! while was waiting up / was in the alley talkinl
with Mrs. Canaty, land in the kitchen with N!
Here the Court took a recess.
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