The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-11

into the house, first procuring pail OF
water. lie met Mrs Mcrrigan near the
hyd.ant She was screaming, and he
asked, "Wherc's your babyr She re-
Piled, "Herc 1t is" and held itup in her
arms. When he started up stairs, Mrs.
Merrigan said, "D6ntgo In there. There's
kerosene there" He insisted upon going
in and entered the room. His landlady was
with him and unlocked tho door, He saw
no blaze at first. He advanced into the
room and saw little blaze and poured wa
ter on il and put it out The smoke was
dense and suffocating and he tainted when
going down stairs. When he revived he
procured ladder and reached the window,
The blinds of which were tied with strong
rope. This rope he cut and then entered.
He saw
4 nIACKENED COEPCE
on the bed. The hcad-board and sides
were standing, and the Stats at the foot were
out of place. The corpse rested with the
head down and the feet toward the head of
the bed on the Stats. He pulled the mat
tress from the bed but could not tell on
account of the smoke, whether the body was
| on it at the time. He saw that closet was
on fire, and quenched the flames. He met
Merrigan down stat and said: "Mr. Mer-
rigan, there is dead person in your room. y
Merrigan replied: "You must be mistaken.
| There was no one in my ROOM" There
was a strong smell of kerosene in the room.
Straw was scattered about.
John Eaton, youth of sixteen, testified
that Mrs. Merrigan met him and boy
named Blake at North Fifth and Seventh
streets on Wednesday night and asked them
to go to her house to remove some boxes.
They went. and upon reaching the stair.
case Mrs. Merrigan said something to q
woman on the landing above. He did moi
know, he said, what it was, and then Mrs
Merrigan told himself and Blake to GO
away and return in half an hour. When
they returned they were ordered TO carry
some tool chests and chairs downstairs
After this witness was sent for some beer,
and all drank. This was about nine o. lock
at night. When witness started out Mrs
Merrigan said "Wait, I'm very cowardly
when alone" He saw n hcd IN the room
| covered with
WHITE SHEET.
Mrs. Merrigan did not say why she was
moving the furniture. The light used was
Il candle stuck in an empty kerosene lamp.
When the witness had finished his story
which was very tedious one. Coroner
Whitcliill asked him whether that was al
he could to ]. Witness said: ''Wcll,
smelt smell. 1t was in the bedroom. |
was very strong SMELL lie added tina
he spoke to Blake about it, and Mrs. Mer
rigar. said that it was piece of inca
brought in by cat some days before. A
this time the prisoner seemed much af
fccted.
Each of the witnesses was asked by pris
oncr's counsel whether they heard an,
fiutc playing on Thursday evening just pre-
ceding the discovery of tn. fire. but non,
but the landlady answered in the afiirma
tive.
After the conclusion of Blake's test
mony it was IL o'clock. Counsellor Kead,
said that Mrs. Merrigan was i'll and that
would be well to adjourn. Some of tn
jurymen were unwilling to adjourn, an,
signited their intention of remaining if
took until morning to finish the invcstiga
ton.
YOUNG LADY WITNESS,
whom policeman said lived in Ellcnvillc
and could not remain in the city, was point
ed out. The Coroner called her forwar
and the jury proposed to hear her. Coun
scllor Ready begged the indulgence of til
Coroner again, asserting that his client wa
i'll. When Mrs. Merrigan caught sight @
the witness she said. 'Why, she don't liv
in Ellenville; she's one of my neighbors
The Coroner concluded to adjourn unit
tomorrow. Mrs. Merrgan clasped he
little sleeping baby to her breast, and begge
the Coroner to be returned to the Raymon
street jail. as she must suffer greatly
forced to lie on the rough boards in tn
Fourth street police station. Her requcs
was granted, and herself husband, and ba
by were taken away.