Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-09-12
THE KoNKEL MURDER TRIAL.
Yesterdays TESTIMONY.

Konkel is dead she died ON the Sun
day following her confinement was
with her on Saturday DR.. Mcconnell
was there 1 encouraged Mrs. Konkel
to be of good cheer Mrs. Noodle, an
old lady, was to attend Mrs. Konkel in
her illness saw the child it looked
natural I called on Mrs. Konkel again
on Monday; she was quite cheerful
and was able to sit up on Tuesday
Konkel paid some attention to his wife,
and subsequently went to hiss work F;
Mrs. Noodles little girl attended Mrs.
Konkel on Tuesday Mrs. Denman
also dropped in to see Mrs. X. Tuesday
noon at noon the child had spasms !; l
offered to take it to my house, but Mrs.
Konkel said she could take care of it !;
an hour afterwards, the child died; 1
told the little girl, Sophie, to go for Mr..
Konkel, who did not return till six
o'clock Konkel then seized the dead
child and squeezed it till the blood
oozed from its nose; demonstrated
against his conduct Konkel said "what
have you been doing with my child ?
then you can die too" Konkel in
quired if the child had been christened !;
the wife replied that she had made a
cross on its forehead; I told him to go
to Westfield for coffin he said he
would bury the child in the Catholic
burying ground I went home and pro-
cured lamp and left it at Konkel's
then departed ; at about ten o'clock, a
quarter of an hour afterwards, I heard
Konkel at the well, near my house !;
on Wednesday morning, 1 went to
konkel's and saw box, which
man was painting; I asked Kon-
KEEL if he was not ashamed of HIM
self to paint in room where his wife
was sick; he was angry, and replied that
the paint would not hurt her; I saw q
colored woman in Mrs. Konkel's room
at six O'Clock she was asleep near the
bed she left at eight o'clock Konkel
asked my sister for money /; I asked
Konkel if he was not ashamed to bring
drunken colored woman home to care
for his wife; the woman was tight,
when saw her; Konkel went after q
wagon to bury the child ON Wednes-
day afternoon at five o'cock, I was on
my way to Konkels house I saw Kon-
KEEL raise and lower his hand, and 1
heard Mrs. Konkel groan her cries
made me so sick that at once returned
to my own house the window was
open l was but four or five feet off
when Konkel delivered the blow he
was scolding in German Mrs. Konkel
cried three times ; heard Konkle talk
about money, and heard Mrs. Konkel
moan terribly she halloed loudly half
an hour afterwards I went over to Kon-
kle's house saw Konkle sitting near
his wife's bed he was asleep Mrs.
Konkel asked me to send for Konkel's
brother, which did L remained there
about five minutes this was about five
o'clock / went for Konkel's brother,
who refused to come sent for the
doctor, who soon came Mrs. Konkle
purged, SO the Doctor told me she
was in dreadful distress !; saw Konkel
in the evening went there with the
doctor at seven o'clock we fixed the
bed ; the bed was very foul with purg-
ing; I returned to my house, and OBJ
tanned clean bedding then we fixed
Mrs X. comfortable she complained
of great pain in the abdomen Konkel
was up stairs with the doctor when we
fixed the bed <; Konkel was in liquor; /
went home at nine o'clock ON Thurs
day Konkel was sober, [ asked him
if he was not ashamed to strike his wife ];
he denied having done so I told him I
saw him do it; he then hung down his
head Mrs. Konkel said Eyes " he
wants me to de-" Konkel was home on
Thursday he slept a great deal he felt
very bad on Friday called again, and
gave Mrs. X. medicine at different
times on Saturday Mrs. Konkel was
very feeble the breath was nearly
gone she was insensible to pain !;
on Thursday, Mrs. Konkel said Konkel
wanted her to die; that he wanted her
money Mrs. Konkel died at one
o'clock on Sunday; saw Mrs X. at
dusk Saturday evening on Thursday,
when I applied poultices, found her
stomach greatly swollen-infamed She
was buried at ten o'clock Monday morn
ing. No ministers were present at the
burial 1 told the undertaken that
would be responsible for the expense in
Cured, then he agreed to furnish the
coffin Konkel had no money.
The direct examination was conclud-
ed at half-past twelve o'clock, when
Mr.. Cloke, leading counsel for the pri-
soner, commenced cross-examination.
Mrs. K. commenced failing some six
weeks before her confinement she was
q small woman ; she went out doing
washing each day. When Konkel came