The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-01

Tpr OpAr-MCMAUON Arson CASE.-JuS-
.:,, White WIS engaged until nearly 2o>clock
-, Saturday in The examination OF the cases
.rq.u~ Patrick McMahon, charged with
r,,~pin1. the dwcling.houSc Of Denis O'Dav
-, the night of the 9th OF December last, and
ngui, rnav and Ca,harinc O'Day. charged
,,;,h aiding and ahcttiuc McMahon with
.,,,,,, n drir.iud the Andes and the Mutual
1,,,vr7ncc Companies. Il will be rcmem-
f.~,5 that in December lust the alarm OF fire
was >oundcd ny Sergeant Whitlock. Of the
,.,1;rp force, in consequence Of information
1,riyri I,om Mr.. benjamin Bragg that 81
+fr,, Ind broken out III the store occupied by
crnr-r u'pay, on Main street between Nine
,.,n;h and rwcnticth streets. The members
d., ;Ar Fire Brigade were promptly on the
...r. and succeeded in SUbduinS the flames,
yt;.h had no, made much Roadway. IN the
>,,yrand rooms above. then unoccuMcd, were
,-..,yrYed the most elaborate preparations
,.,, firing the building Beds saturated win
.,.~,,rnc oil were lhrown upon the floor. ana
between the lalils around the rooms pieces OF
..i:woul and other inillmthablc substances
ind been pl.ccd 20 make the WORK oi The
! mes sure and speedy. For some reason
.... ua.rr,a! IL icroom> above had not Dech
:. ted. and the premature discovery OF the
...,. h;u,lcd in the store had lea 10 thc pre-
,,,..;.,,. ,.,f -, disastrous contia@ration, rs the
.r,,Hru, W. one at hrS block Ill a
.tf.,.,.,,,,lrl portion Of the city. The Su>pi-
,:u,> Of tlrc,'i,"r> pointed to George opay
;,...,,.,;try. and he was arrested upon
,5.' ,,r,r-.-. Denis O'Day. the owner OF the
T,,.t..fr-- and uncle uI the accused. with his
t,..., utr; in Washington AZ the time, but
,t.rr,,d home on hearing oi the tire, and were
So, i,,,it. a llpft.DG (rpN
.&.,. the ilu>tip~, Court, where lie Was
..,gsiUri.
cj.c. that time The O'Days have occupied
,,,. same house and have lived i'll 4 state of
constant turmoil. The records OF the Police
,ouyf Will show that they have bad each
ether arrested u number OF times upon Va
,iay, r!a"-v>. and the bitter feeling enGen-
d,r,I h,iUccn the parties led those conrer-
.,,. with the facts 10 hope that ere long
. :,y"lation wouId be made, by some
o... %. the mystery. About week
49, Detective Knox. who was working
s, ihc case. procured warrants and arrested
Ni,Muhuu and the two O'DayS. The case
WA. ,4,ntin,!rd in the absence of witnesses
lr;u Saturday. when The examination was
I.I, The testimony Of the witnesses was
Substantially the same Is that elected in the
;giA al Gcor@c NDay, and i'll conSonance
with the ahos,~Iclatcd circumstances George
Ulp4v WAS sworn IL witness, and with
>.lu" reluctance testified that previous TO
the lire ta.hlr!uc U'Day said TO him that she
could rot pav Tor The house and would niake
Ill" Insurance companies do 50. III reply to
Ii- question Of how she intended to do II,
>lc remarked that she would leave that TO
her brother (McMahon). He also testified
that McNuhon told him Of his inten-
ton, ard that 70 remon>trance on
j., lnrt nc {Mc,.ialon) replied, YOU leave
tina; ~ me: | have been III this thing
i~i1rr. for burned two houses OF my own
in the o.t-iic,i in isockctt>.' He stated That
he ri, tie store ,t.;t night between s and =
O'clock and went to Mr. Roach'S. where he
,.aid all ui-u;. That he lett Mr.. NcAlahon
iu The store. hui that no preparations bad
been made at that time. He aVcrred that his
uncle IDcnis} Knew nothing Of the matter
Ill; that il had been several times spoken OF
is Catho:lnc O'Nay and her brother in his
presence. but I'LL knowledge OF the ati,lil
lad hrrn >lUlii0u>ly concealed from Denis
u'lnv. The mouse was Insured in the Mu-
tl.I Assurance Company Tor $1,000 III ths
uamc ot Gcorgv DDav, but some iim(
hv;orc &c had made transfer o
,hr property to his uucle Denis
- il wa> originally bought, and one
;apu>aud dollars II his money paid Tor II
av :uiniturc ANA stock were insured lOi
>:,';J0 IN the Andes Company in the name
l'rni> O'Day, although 1T the time OF the
liz The stock and furniture were not Worti
Grrc than 5000. Al the conclusion ol Tie
t->limon" Justice White decided to send n
t.fr parties on 10 the Hastings Court, bal
!.iu- refused in the cases Of Mcmahon ant
C.lharine O'Day. DcuiS O'Day was bailc(
in the sum Of -, 600 with Patrick Larkn a
,urcty. Captain George ID. Wise represented
The tummonwealtA and the accused were
defended hy :. Al. Page. Esq.