Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-10
FIRST EDITION.
DEATH BY DRINKING.
The United States Court.
LITERARY EXERCISES
INTERESTING LOCALS.
death from Alcohol.
A WOMAN DIES FROM AN ATTACK OF AL
CoIIoIIC APrnPLEXY.-A SUSPECTED
MtTEUER

A WOMAN DIES FROM AN ATTACK OF AL
CoHoIIC AProPLEXY.-A SUSPECTED
MURDER.
This morning, n report was current that
woman named Mary Gallagher, had, dur
ing last night, been murdered by man
named j. O'Donahue, ~ Shoemaker, with
whom she had heen living for the past lew
days, at No. 502 West S,cond street. O'Don-
Ohue, who made public the woman sdoath,
was immediately arrested and conveyed to
tho City Hall cells, To await tho result ot
the Coroner's inquest.
This morning Coroner Winslow summon.
ed a Jury and proceeded tn hol AN inquest
at the house, taking o. Donohno along. The
evidence adduced aud tho examination by
DIR. W. ". Maul, went tn show that there
was no foul play IN tho mattor, but that tho
woman had died from An attack of appo-
ploxy, induced by hard drinking. a few
bruises about her head wero produced hY
by "A iall received IA day or two age.
The facts ot tho ease as eliciieh nt th6 in .
quest, are az ioiowe:
Jas. Donohue testified that ho had been
acquainted with Tho woman Tor about ii
| yoar, that she came to his house on Mon
day, lao and her drank thirty cents worth al
| Whlskey, and sometime during the afie; -
noon she ieli anti bruised her eyes. On
Tuesday they were still drinking, and
| nothing transpred until about o'clock IN
| the evening, whom he heard her fall and
| went upstairs aud found her lying upon
| the floor dead.
VIM. Donohua, (,on Of James, boy
| about sixteen, WAS tho next witness, no APP
| pearsd very much highlobed, ana cried %
necessarily that IT. WAS almost impoSalbla ic
get ANYTHING from INN. lio roroborated
his fathers testimony aud further testified
that there had been no quarrollng or hght'
| ing between the woman and MS 1,ther. Al
ter bang reriliel he said ha told her L" :,
| home, That while She stayed there his iathei
| would drink.
Wan ii B3yes lived neXt door Tho womaG
came hero ON Monday and was iulorme
that screams had boon heard. liearl moan
aud groans myself on Monday evening
Donuhuo On Monday night hnIsted the from
window and followed ut people ON the
street. | saw him on tho st.aeL last high
at tho tinn he allego- sha Toll out OF he'd. |
J was supposed that she was inclvl MP stair
| and could not get down.
Mary Barring testified that She lad helr'
| moans and groaus On Monday, but knew moth.
| about the mstieT
Mary A. EJyss tesiG, j, that she saw tie e
man Yesterday AT the windJw-hearl no dis'uI
bance yesterday, but did on Monday.
VIM Domaine recalled, and sail there is n
locks and lo,teningS Of any kind on the doors t
prevent her from going in and out, She di
not come down at any time, Fllter "a Ied he
mp food yesterday
| Charles Agnes was called bU knew Loihin,
Margaret Carroll sworn-nevo heard an
fuss bat did hear M oan- AMI Groans ou M1rd'
afternoon about 1 o'clock.
Donahue recaIed-he was ont when this W
man gave her testimony--ho stated that the d
ceased fell on Monday about o'clock
Or ID W. Maull, made Al examination, m
gave It his professional opinion that the W.
man came to her death Clnsel by alcoholic 4
poplexy. He stated that there was a strong smC
Of whiskcy vet in her body, and that there "
every appearance OF her having been dis'ipl
| ed woman