The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-03
MURDER.


Coroner's InOuest on the Body Of John Reilly.
This morning Deputy Coroner Tees held an
his death on Wednesday evening at the hands
of Perry Broomer, colored waiter, who was
arrested to answer the charge.
The testimony was as follows:-
Kate Reilly sworn-Am the brother or the de-
ceased; saw him on Wednesday at II o'clock noon;
saw him in evening, wheu he came home between
10 and IL O'Clock was sick then; did not say any
thing to nae he went to bed that was the last saw
Of him until faw him dead. .
Gross examined-When he came up stairs was
In bed / got up and saw that there were marks on
his fvce, one on his Chin another on his forehead;
Coarles Summers sworn-Live at No. / Joint
Alley: am stepbrother of John.Reilly saw him about
~ o'clock on wednesday night when came home;
he had inst come when came in Roberts and Slater
were standing at the corner of our alley; Slater
half way up the alev; thought he was intoxicated; ;
told me not to let the people up stairs know that
anything the matter with him slept with him
could not get asleep on account of his moaning;
told my mother that he had been drinking and had
cut on his face he got up out OF bed to vomit twice
mother came up and attended TO him; when got
up found him sleeping went to work and ABOUT
seven O'Clock my sister came and told me he was
Cross examined-I asked him who had hurt him
and he said nobody.
Edward Roberts sworn-Live at No. Q Benton
street; was with Reilly on Wednesday night; was
with him most Of Wednesday afternoon; was play
ing cards at Sixteenth and Locust streets when we
came out he went into johnson Buffers store on
Sixteenth street. near Chesnut; went up tl Mar
ket street and met Felix Morris and Charles Mont
gomery; Morris and ! went back to the bitters'
store Reilly called us in; this was about 8 O'Clock: I:
Reilly went to restaurant in Western Market and
got something to eat; afterwards some six others
Joined us, and we went down sixteenth street
Reilly then got ahead OF u.s. and Morris and went
down town coming back we went along Twelfth
street and when near Chestnut saw the prisoner, the
colored man Broomer; said good evening to him
never saw him before; Morris told me who he was
we went to little street Oack OF the Girard row
when came out L met Morris and went abont
named TgddarT TraceV Sen said let's 90 to house
on sixteenth street, where we knew person; while
we were going there, we m. met Reiy; toid az Reilly hi
who he was; he said let's go see him; he went to
Marble alley and back of the Mercantile Library,
and we followed him; Reilly grabbed the darkey
man, and said here, am going to arrest you; then
| the colored man said something about the place
being too public; Reilly asked where he would go
then; the prisoner pointed to the small alley that
runs from Marble alley back OF Carncross'; Reilly
| far end of the alley; the colored man then said
| to Reilly, ''Do you think I'm a id
fool and grabbed Reilly; said look out he's got a
knife the prisoner picked up piece of pine board
| and struck Reilly with the edge of 1t some place
about The face; the board was three or four feet
long and two three inches wide; Reilly fell, and
the prisoner RAM called to Norris who was at the
| end Of the alley to give it to him Morris threw
| something at him, bdt missed him; Morris and
| chased the prisoner, ana when we got to Tenth
street; Morris continued to follow him. while went
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drug store on Thirteenth street; we then took hin
% tine corner OF MS own a alley Gn the rG Goad d home H
most of the afternoon; Reilly fell heavily when hC
was struck, like dead man did not go all the way
| home wlth:him because thought it was not very
| bad.
Felix Morris testified to substantially the same
| facts as those related by Roberts.
Dr. Shaplegh testified to making the post-n,orten
examination. The body was identified by the father
| Michael Reilly. There was line OF abrasions OF
the left side of the face another on the nose anothe
| on the upper lip, another on the upper jaw, ant
another on the neck These were not severe mol
| were the bruises under them. On the left side o
the head back OF the there was another abrasion
| and under this the tissues were much injured
| pressing on the BRAIN This bruise on the left sd
| Of the head was what caused death, or rather tn
clot OF blood under 1t caused by the abrasion. Thi
| injury could have been made either by fall er
blow.
The jury after deliberation returned the fol
| lowing verdict
"That Reilly came to his death from compression
| OF the bran caused py blow on the head, inficte
| by Perry Drummer" Drummer was therefore com
| mittad 10 nrisnn.