, 1873-12-10
WALSH AND D0NNELLY.
They Are Tried for tho Murder Of
Patrick LilWless.
The Result Will DO Announced This
Morning.

street Into on The night OF Sunday Oct. II. Tie
oaso is still comparatively frosll In tllo minds of
newspaper roadogs, and 1t is therefore uunccos-
pnry to rofor to 1t exempt in general torns. MI
c'aol Wool and his family occupied tho sllanty,
alll Lawloss boarded with them. a number Of
low people wero fu tho hnbit OF whiting thou,,
aud, when they got together, It was tho signal
for bproo. There were yisitora Of thia charac-
ior at tic slanty on tho Sunday night In quoa.
tion, aud all wera stupidity drunk. About II
O'Clock two men uau'ud John Walsh md
William Donnolly, who woro considerably
1tndor tho Influence of liquor, caltcd OF
tho shanty, md succeeded In gaining
adn,ittance. a quarro1 soon eftor sprung up ho-
twoon thom and Lawlcss, nrd Tho hitter received
wounds from wl,icl, lo died In a short time.
Walsh and Donnol1y woro nrrcstod, aud tho
Coroucrs Jury committed thom to Jail to await
tho action Of tho Grand Jury. Tho 1attor body
Indicted them for murlor mud on tl1ib Indictment
they were nrruigned boforo Judge Troo md a
jury in tho Criminal Court yesterday. Tho
morning hours wore spont in impanoling a jury,
consisting OF 4. u. Griffith, VIII. Edgor, Charles
Gaines, L. II. 1Ioyt, J. 3. Evan, X. y. Atwntor,
u. Webor Stephen L. Hubbard Z. e. Edgorton,
G. III. UotterHtron,, !. II. N1owatt, and +. Kop-
nedy. Tho families Of tho acc,,scd surrounded
TIE PROSECUTION.
1t noon tho prosecution began to talsc testi-
mony. Dr.. Eu,mons, County Physician. was tho
first witneaB callod lie testified to holding n
poat-molt tom examination Oil tho body Of Patrick
Iawlons, aud described tile nRtrro OF tho wofint1a
which produced lis deatt. They might have
Leon inflicted with the drl-lil,ifo Oh exhibition
III court.
Daniel Wood was sworn, md Ills testimony
was tho san,c i'll effect as that Of Tho 1,oxt Wit
neHe. he having bccn In his company whom tho
nEray took place.
MONTHS HURLEY.
Morris Hurley, ? hoy of 1C. was tho next wit,
with Lawlogs. t!Io deceased. no wns nj No. IS
IN bo won a'SIi Wa o cae po Was
nelly raped Mt tho door, and witncss let linn III.
Donuclly aslod ii Mrs. Roa1,1on lived therc, md
was told no. LawlcEs tl1on nroso, md aaid lie
had had enough Of that noisc. lie uoxcd q stovo.
with it. Donnely md Lawless got into n Btr,,g-
glo soon nfter, aud tho hitter got his opponent
down. Nilneas !llc,a BECAME scarod, nnd ran ont
OF tho houBo. Whom ho reached tho door l4e Oh
ing or sticking to io done, want to llayo q hand
in It," Witness did not eco my moro Of tho
quarrel. Walsh Ind Il knife III Ais hand WHOM
liz was Mt tho door.
Tho croes-oxamiuation developed nothing now.
except tlat witness believed Tint tile Wouds aud
II nun 1,amod Qninn, who wns alao iii tho house,
wero all drt,ult Sunday evening. Ho did not SEQ
Lawlesh with I'LL OK i'll his hand.
Tho Court took a rcceHs for lunch ut this
point. Upon rcasscmbjng, Hurley WIS recall-
ett, but Ills additional testimony waH mero rop-
itilion.
JOHN EaAS.
John Egnn wao sworn. LIS testified that ho
lived about hfty foot from Woods ]loune. Tho
morning nfter tho MURDER lie visited the house
with several Others aud found knifo outside.
Ito gava it to policeman. 1t WAS dirk kniso.
and rcscnlblel tho one in tho poBscssion Ut tnu
Court.
OFFICER nAnrETT.
Police Officer Andrew Baryetr testified TINT ut
daylight on tho morning after tho murder lio
went to Woods house to search for ths k1,iic.
Tho previous witncsa. EGan, joined in the search,
anu finally found Tho knlfo, nnd gAse it to Wit
rees. THO knife il, Court was tho one. Tho
BtAnB Of blood oil it were fresh sscn l!o got it.
Tlle knife was found about IS feot from Woods
lunso.
JOHN WOOD.
johnny Wood, aged ii, WaE noxt srrorn. ue
had known Patrick LawlesH, the deceased, for
two or three years. Saw linn 1T hia (,;itncss')
llouue ut Il o'cocis On The evening OF the murder.
llo wont to lied shortly after that honr, aud was
a"axensa 3 y "oe M1 ot ii" aud saw es nS
toward Donnolly twicc, md then tho lattcr hurled
all ax ut him. hut it did not Htriko him. Then
thoy cloncfcd. aud Donncliy throw Iawlcas, and
gu Oh him. Walsh then stepped il. from kle out
ID
knife il hin Land. ant said to Donnelly, "Givo
it to him while he's down" LnwleBs, few
seconds afterwayd, said, II am dying" aud n
non,ont later, ~ am dead" Hc then dragged
himself into tho next room aud died in about
halt an hour,
On tho denomination, ho said his father
mud mother, Mrs. Hurley, and q man nnu,cl
Quinn, we,o III tho house whcn witness got
wore all drunk, Int did nut roo tlcm drink uny-
thing. Thorc was only ono bed In tho room
whcre ho riopt, and Mrs. Hurley, witness. aud
Lis father and mother occupied II. Iawless ap-
pearcd 10 le drunk OIL tho evening Of tho iulIr-
tcr Don'olly also appeared to DO drunk
said, "Go anl get yos1r head drossod. and Ill
call Tic pulice." Dou,.clly'a head WAS covered
with hluotl. but Witness could not tell how badly
lie Wa9 cut.
Police Officer 'lclinty toutllicd TINT llo arrest
ell Walsh aud Donelly on tho niellt Of De'. II.
llo found tho tormor OIL Eighteenth htrcot, eisd
the lattcr ut Woo1'G house. Walsh was int ILL
naar tho cvc.
On tho cross-examination lie aaI whom llc
found Donnely tho latter said that some ono i'll
Woods house struck INN viii, I'LL nx. Witness
Ao could not seo linn, that it made no difference
/ after all Wltncss then obhorycd man lying
parlly under bed in tho room. The man wus
Lawless;; To Thought, nt first That no
"ah uFunN, pus dlscovcfcu that ne
| wnA badly wounded. Io took him
to tho cont1o Of tho room, and anlel ponne'!y,
rs that tho man who struck you?" Donncl1y
| replied, IL Yes, alsl t-n hin, l,s doserycd what
! he got" Ito could rot tell who raprcd on tho
]amp-poat for tile police 1Io believed, however,
! thut The nun followed Inn to Wnod's, nnl was'
/ positive that Malh!4 followed him from some
place.
| On tho redirect examination ho Haid Donnelly
paia nothing alter mining tho run,ar!s about
LnwlosH in Woud's hcuse. WtncEs f:,,lnd an TX
covered with booti ia II room in Muola house
tho morning utter the murder.
! TIL: lIIlESH!:.
! Tho Stnsc'a Attorney announced that tho cnpe
t WIS eluhcd for tho people, and the sicfonue call
| cu their witneHEeR.
Tho first was DcnniA Mahoney. who testified
tint Ao lived on lilo corllor Of Dnttoviield ind
| Niuntcnuh Hkrcct. On lie N.lt Of tho Inrflur.