The daily gazette., 1875-11-16
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Court re.as.embled A. 3 p. M


teen and daughter of prisoner. reside |
with him; on the night of April 2Gth !
was in bed; got up in the night but
don't hnow what time; when | came |
down stairs say mother and sister in |
the entry,t they were going to the front;
iather was in the sitting room; mother
fell backwards and sister helped her
up; mother and sister went out on the
street; there was no lamps in the hall |
and but one lamp in the sitting room;
l went out with mother and sister |
front and l raped mt Mrs. Palfry's |
door; she asked me if Il police had
charge of my father; said mo" it was
MIR. Green; heard both mother and
sister Hannah cry "murder;" | don't
know what time it was; my lame sis
ter woke me; next day mother helped
us wash, (The witness here corrobora-
ted her sisters statement as to her
mother helping the work about the
house for the rest of the week her
fathers kindness in attending to her
cut head and testified to her mothers
drinking habits and her continued
drinking for the week following the
26th OF April)
Saturday morning, after the Goth,
mother had the erysipelas; Sunday and
Monday she was better; Tuesday she
was worse and complained of pain in
her chest and coughed; father was at.
tentive and kind to her; she had no
marks OH her person where he struck
her, for he never touched her on the
night of the Goth; she died on Wcdnes-
day, May 9th, at o'clock.
Mrs. Amelia Briggs testified in sub.
stance as follows Lived next door to
Chadwick: heard noises during the
night of April Goth, between Chadwick
and wife, about III o'clock; was
aroused by cries of murder" and by
bells ringing; raised the back window
and saw women on Chadwick's porch
whom l recognized by their voices to
be Chadwick's wife and two daughters;
they were screaming "murder, open
the door, he'll kill us tonight" heard
them humping on the door; Chadwick
was inside and could hear him through
the partition wall talking; Chadwick
| came out three times; twice he came
out and each time his wife fell, the
girls running to the end of the porch;
the third time he came out | saw some
thing thrown over the porch railing to
the pavement below, and heard Mrs.
Chadwick's voice saying "Oh;" the
voice came from under the porch; l
next saw Chadwick out front and his
wife leaning against the railing his
daughters were there, and one went
and knocked at Palfrey's door; some
men were on Chadwick's steps rcmon-
strating with him; he ordered them
off of the pavement; Mrs. Chadwick
said nothing; | saw what supposed to
be blood on Mrs. Chadwick's S face and
shoulders; was at my back window
some fifteen or twenty minutes after
| heard Mrs. Chadwick's voice under
the porch | heard her again on the
porch saying, "Opcn the door" ooh
my head" 'Oh my ARM" saw her
next leaning against the railing out
| front, and that was the last time | saw
her; the night was neither dark nor
light; from the back porch to the pave
ment is about Z feet.
VIM. A. Green testified in substance
as follows:-Was going along Fourth
street, near Orange, on the night of
the Goth of April and heard cries of
"murder;" when | got opposite Chad
| WlCh . saw Illll Ills WIG anu uduEHlCI
in the entry; they appeared to be scuf.
fling; stepped on the steps and said,
"Bill, what's the matter; he asked me
why l interfered. in his business and
ordered me away; saw Mrs. Chadwick
leaning on the railing; he ordered me
off his steps, and went out to the
curbstone Chadwick knockedm down
and / fell on my side and shoulder; al
this point some strangers came along
and took him off of me; saw some
blood on Mrs. Chadwick's face; think
there was a light in the hail. coulC
not recognize any voices in the hall
seemed to be scutfling noise there
when | first came up; did not heal
anything they said; had been drink
ing that nightmyself so | could feel it
Chadwick was intoxicated.
, Albert Richardson and Peter G
Hutchinson and wife were called, bu
appeared to know nothing of the oc
curTence.
Hannah S. Walton-Live 217 w. At
St; was awakened by cry of "MuI
dcr," between II and 12 o'clock, o.
, night of April Goth; heard some on
, scream, Papa Papa! Don't xii
| maHIud, ulu NOV occ auyoucI near
r u voice which l supposed was Mrs
Chadwick's, saying: "Open the door
he will murder us tonight" hear
; her again say: Had been working al
| day, and he has come home to murde
!, us tonight"
r Adeline p. Walton Sworn. Wa
Q aroused by cries of "oh! Papa, don
1 kill poor Mamma" recognized tn
1 voices as the girls.
1: King Dolbow-Sworn. Heard nois
D from Chadwick's, on night of 26t
4 about midnight; heard women maxim
noise; l got up and hoisted the wiz
n dows, but saw no one; the noise cam
4 from Chadwick's.
h DIR. Howard o. Ogle- Sworn. Dl
S Grimshaw and myself made po'
t mortem examination OF Mrs. Chac
!, wick's body; found wound on tn
! right side of the head, below the m'
d dian line, and one inch and three quai
v tiers long; removed, the top of til
!. head and found the brain very muc
, | conraatad think that death wa