, 1876-10-22

VII Who is RESPONSIBLE, He refused to give me
What in Gods iD1n name 'fh IS ti'is, sa1d Aid:
san Osdel has just told me, that it
It does.' said 1t was infamous and disgrscefnl
it, ana said, aWhat would you thinE II Should
eationand publicly state there without invc.tiga-
t!on that the author OF this communication hnd
been guilty Of criminal intimacy with lady that
was boarding In the same houee with him:" r
air. Van Arman objected to sucn testimony.
OPT TIE TRACK. -
The Court-That is = good way of the track.
Mr.. OfBrien said it went to show the impression
that was made on the mind OF the defendant as to
the character of the man who the author OF the
anonymous communication.
G. What WIS the appearance Of Sullivan during
this proceeding:
Objected to.
The Court Show what he did.
Mr. 0'Brien proposed to show that he was utterly
Ale appeared deeply agitated, aud seemed to
w1lthe under the whole matter. Invent to the
Cross-examined: I left him at about 20 minutes
Of o'clock
MRS. FERNANDO JONES
testified that she called On Mrs. Sullivan the Sat
urday after the homicide. She vas in ped, and her
check was discolored.
cross;;eramined: I could not point ont the exact
spot in her cheek.
Richard Parish, James i. Gates, and one Bron-
son. BARRIERS in the shop where Sullivan got shaved
swore that they had frequently seen him have a re-
yolvet the latter said he saw it the Saturday be-
DR.. Jonn Il. Hollister testified rs to the injuries
received BY Mrs. Sullivan IN March 1874. He
could not say whether they would disable her per-
manently or not
ALEXANDER SULLIVAN.
Ihe defendant was then put on tho stand, and
told the same story as at the Coroner's inquest.
With some additions. He said hc ,vas born in
quainted with hrs wife in Detroit, where he kept
retail boot and shoe store, and she was q teacher
in the public schools. In August, 1860, he went
and remained there until April /, 1872, editing
newspaper and being Postmaster also while there.
He went to Washington. thence to New York,
he came to Chicago. He was telegraph editor Of
tue Post for time, then became reporter Oh the
Inter Ocean, and subsequently on the 1imes. On
Board q He haa e
ford prior to the shooting Going to the Council
Chamber he met Brennan, who told him that
his wife. Then he detailed what took place in the
Council Chamber, and his
CONVERSATION WITH VAN osDEL,
and his giving him at last the Of the author.
Van osdel told him the article did not reflect upon
his wife; s. it only said she was smart woman. :"
AID. Thompson told him IL was disgrccefu1. He
asked him to present communication denouncing
the article es false, but It WAS not presented,
Thompson telling him to 90 slow and he would
move the appointment OF q Committee Of 1nvest-
cation. He waited until the Council adjourned:
internally false; he agitatcd and oppressed By
it, and left the Council to avoid the gaze Of tho
people, and the conversation which they forced
upon him. He did not wish to be understood as
stating that he believed any
CHARGES AGAINST Ex-MAToR coLv1S,
but he knew he had been publicly assai1ed-that
immoral character. CcrtsinIy, he said: ~ had
read, myself, article stating that he had spent
nights OF debauch In can-can; that he took the
L.
$50 at supper with them I do Eot know that it
is true. believe It is not true because it is due
to every man to believe that charge is not true
been created By that article, for it had been pub
lished in The Chicago Times. When knew that
communication WIS infamous: that this direct
Board OF Education; That man was foul enough
to debauch woman, and so much more foul that
he boasted Of it; when knew that the comu1uni,
cation Was anonymous (no man but coward would
ever write ali anonymous communication}. could
not but put the
y1LEsr CONSTRUCTION ON THE LETTER,
pressed all reference to it. Ny sympathy for the
man. although he had n,algned my wife and at
tempted to lnjure me, and his unfort innate family
found that the public press lied abont my wife,
and Eiliied Eay poor sick wife, nud denounced her
rs q tiger, although che jumped out Of that car-
hurt him; and When these scoundrels OF ministers
who preach religion lied about her, and denounced
herin the pulpit thought it was due to me and my
wife sna ,hat The Jury ~h1 To- are fec. to @ tne
three weeks after the occurrence. I told ,Mr:
O.Drien what heard in the Council Chamber about
Hanford.r he then told about going home. and
what he said to his wife, and OF the
agreement to 60 to the newspaper. to get the pub
1ori'B to get retraetlon, and the circumstances
attending the shooting. Haaford told him he
would prove anything he had said at the proper
mote ed Of ietTaetioa, Sullivan ca1ied him do
BOTH STRUCK OUT,
and sulliyans fist hit him lrst They fel Of siip;
pes hins III h b!ow Knocked Manior down IN the
fa5 his thumb got in the corner of IIanforls left
eye, percciyiny which he took his hand away, be-
'ag nS seoundrsi 81 M hns Struck me, Meulen had
an arm around his neck. and with the other was
holding bis left hand. He thought he was friend
and hig be- vas in no condition to
nrotcct Himself or he wife; he thought uan5ord
was going to attack him; md he H. reached Ct! ID
59f 5o bset as The thought ashed Though his
mind that he would disable the arm that wrote the
article and struck his Wife-brcak the arm. lie
could have licked him i'll the stomach or choked
him aud lie conId not have prevented 1t. He got
the revolver out, and the result s:as Hanford was
onarrcl with him or of taking his life. Il he bad
lie would not have taken his sick wife within 100
miles of the place.
EFFECT OF THE SHOOTING.
o.-Wlat effect did the shooting produce upon
vou? Al do not know as1 could answer intellf-
He continued: Ills wife did not know Mayor
colvn until year after tns'r mg IN Sne Resed
of Fducation, except in the case OF Miss Shaw
The Court-WAc1l did you provide yourself with
tJ,at rcyplyery Al have had the revolver SINCE
ls67. It was presented to me By gentleman in
Detroit