, 1876-01-30
WlLCkE.
testimony as to Flora Crandel's
Confessions.
rhev Vary Decidedly from the Story
Told by Andrews.
qAo Woman Herself Rciterates Her De-
NAL Of the Story.



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The examlnas1oo o. 'tao a'sose"s aou '4o4A
crsudalL charged with the mn1def o1 1ui'as
"A. s,,isbury. The prisoners were brought
ans''ee e1 .-.n, ;,,a 1owar rec;one and cxhihi,ea
into court 1lo'n .oo 'o"eA 1s'ooo, A1e
distress By their haeealu 'aces' co"!icsss eyes,
md nervous actions. This MAS particularly the
~. ,,;.b Flora, and Andrews looked careworn aud
Gee r,,o cr,rd hacap nssemhlinc- hcfore
flspS71eu' 49, na sra+o,,oa I'm ,,ro,;r,;,,.-
Tue appointed uonF' onu "A..noo .Ao sAo''.a0'
r. prefacngs Of the trial With interest," About
!, o,,ock the examination Was begun by the call
sU Henrofin. ii. D.. County Physician
snS u ~ +ha ,,rraar. raa ro,,m;t+aa
md Who testified as 70 Tue CAUSE Oh oeata'
Tha next witness called was
Macy A. PIERCE
.,,,o. =, nr,va confession bc r1oro
dho *as cSn.o n ~ ~. ~, ,an" 10 ~ D;.s.a
cande sne 1au atroat uas - y
r,or, crandelI shout 4 year, and Andrews about
aa g. half I Was mt acnua;nted with
hsesl anu ~ .or,r ea,r III, ,,,+ n,.aa. - u..s
dr. WlicSe- no'e4 90" A*A c"' ooeS' ~ ""a
1heu went fnese WILL fiota esanoell. went
there BIZ ber invitation 1 heard Of his murder
49, .,1s morning it occurred. Flora Crandeu
80 0 ~ -,r n1aca sovcra, t;nes drr;no +,,o
:ame -, c..ahas I. vara-nhar ..a -
montds Of oclope'' co'etnoeA' Ano Dsee1toe1'
1875. / have had two or tnfee Conversations
With her about the murdef- Inc hsss WAS IN
October. was not intimate with Aer, tuS sho
called to $50 ne. She came IN there swo
or three times under the influence
Of liquor, and began crying. i asked her
what the matter was. and she SAID
that sho didn't KNOW, sue d1ont safe ABOUT
living; nobo1y cared 1oc her. ASKED II cue
vas III that scrape aoout tne man mag "as , muE-
dercd. She said no. and tnen got to taking to
bet, and she said yes she knew al! abone 1t. She
said she went down 70 MS place SUNDAY morn
ins and rot glass OF WHISKY no gave II 70
her. She wanted another one and ne "outdnt
give it to her. ttes haa some Horua. anu no
wanted 10 put her QUE. 9he "oniont go CUT Tor
lin. and 50 he sho'ed her out; sAe got oack
and picked up nttlo hatches and struck him IN
the back Of the head. Then Anderson and
smother fellow came IN: they grabbed the
ha:chet and struck linn. Ho va. all bleeding,
and che run out She tnen went up
10 the corner Of DcEplaines and
La.e Somers keeps the house. Tho men said
theg we're going to have Eslcke's money. She
didn't see any money, but I'm out, Eate Somers
c,ed last spring. She ran Up to Miss Somers'
honse. ard took tho broom up a!Y the flopr, She
didn't know Whist to do with herself, and be-
ran sweeping tho door, but the officer came
IN naforo che had finished. and arrested her.
Miss Somers told me the ssme, I haye had other
ronyersat1nns With Fjora. She staved in nv
place for two weeks. I never SPOKE to Andrews
about it. She told me The name of the man who
came in with Andrews. don't remember it; he
/ heard it mentioned. / used to see him nun
With Andrews.
O.-Nas it Noynihan? A-Yes. that'a the
us1ne: Peto Moynilan. She snoka to ma fre-
qrently about it. She ted me she was at Wilckes
o. Saturday night and STAYED there ali night.
time she vent there Sunday morning, She told
ne she slept there Saturday night. She came
back to this wom.n'e house aud IVES sent Tor
coal but in rlace of eoipc for the coal she want
TO Wiicke's to get dIink. These congregations
occurred in October, November, and December.
The tir5t was sa:ly in October: j. Enow it, be-
10. y Eagle street. don't remember the tina
u day. She was sober. hare known her about
year. She sleps ut my house ouly two nights.
Flora-1ou didn't Keep me for nothing.
Witness-She stated that she was in there
bout quarter of an hour when the men came
n They we're outside when she first wont in.
lavo been about the city for the past two
1onths have not talked With any police Off
:er about it. lsad the last conversation With
Flora III december. told about It two weeks
If1er. told officers Bellows and Ma1oney about
,ne in December and one about three weeks ago.
didn't 60 and tell when she first told me- be-
.ause didn't care to. I believed her. There
zas no one present when ELo told this to me-, ex-
:ept little young one. she SAD aho struck
Inn becauRe lie Toniont give nef d1ink.
SUE struck him On tbs back Of the
aead, when Andrews and the other
nan came in, took the hatchet out Of her hand.
aud struck him twice, when she TAU out He
Tas standing outside OF tbs counter. know
Nell Grant; hare bad no talk with her. I have
hRd no words with her for over month. She
sold some furniture Of mino that's why don't
speak to her. work at sewing, aud 20 out. I
have been arTeetcd on charge Of a;sorderty
o1epse vas arrested last SUNDAY night in 4
house where man and wife had some troubIe.
have been in the Brideyell once or twice. 1
]idn,t stnv +hoTa 1onc WA n caiI
ii the o1d srmorv with woman Who
ma fonnd aean IN there Was mt
.hsreed xith hcr mnr,ier sha wss
uy1ne when shc eas 1.ronoht in. T lived Mt M
Il Canal et-aet at ,hat fi.rs 7 lad tvo rooms
s,Id didnI teen INV wom,n was in ti,e RT;lIa.
veil twn dava scn IL Testify IN +i;a raee NJ
Dne carne nyt tSere ~ sac me nho11t tesfifr;n"
didn't sen5 for INV onr Flora said it was n
gmal] Iatchet thst inv sniff 1r;n5i,no Will,
sba sa;d sne or1r strnck Inn onca ,hc1 thesa
L8o relloEs prahha5 the h,tchet mt of hsr
Dand md strnci, lin tw7ce and sne ran nnt She
aid ehe str7,cS l,rr, on the side Of thu i,eod
The men struc1 him and he fell. As oujcE as