The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-28

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10 O'clock. l aud my friends walked
out, and shortly after came back to the
same place. We left in short
time and walked up Vine street.
as far as Allison street, where another
fuss was started and was cut. Doh't
know who cut me. 1 think could rec
ognize the man who cut me ii saw him.
l did not know deceased by name. 1
did not know he was cut until the next
day"
L.A.Querner,o N All Race street.
testified that he attended O'Donneil a.
ter he was wounded, found
the wound to be dangerous,
a cut between the fifth and
seventh ribs; sent him to the Hospital
and has not seen him since. Emil Al
berti, the keeper Of the saloon where the
quarrel took place, testified that de-
ceased and young man named Abel got
into difficulty in reference to ring.
UDonnell took Abel by the
HIM outside the house. 81 and
my watchman jumped between them
and parted them. They both went ont
inally, and then came back. O'DOnneil
walked up and down the hall about
two minutes later than Abel. About
five minutes after wards 1 heard that
lUDOnnell was out"
}. j. Henshaw, of No. 478 Broadway;
IL was informed OF the cutting on
Monday morning, and that Officer Abevs
boy had stabbed O'DonneIl. | went 70
AbePs residence, at the corner Of Main
and Franklin streets, where l met
Abel, who told me that his
son had gone to Bremen-street
Stution-house to give himself up. Oficsr
Abel told me that his son had confessed
that he cut O'DJnneil, but that he did il
IN sell-defense. Joe Abel, the accused,
did not report to the Station-house ab
all. do not know Ii he is arrested yet.
Mrs. Abel, the mother, told me tie same
story that her husband did In reference
to her sons concession"
THE AUTOPSY.
| DIR. N. 2. cambridge being called oD,
presented his post-moftem examination
as follaws:
representation wac made seven
hours after deatD. The body was well
n0urished and muscular. The only il-
jury found in the body was wound cyl
uently made by sharp cutting instru-
ment on the left breast and one inch and
a half TO the left OF the
median line and TWO inches below the
level OF the nipple. This wound was .
little over one inch In length. Tracing
severed The left internal mamary artery
and to have cut completely through the
cartileges oil the fifth and sixth ribs, and
to have opened both the cavity OF the
pleura aud pericardium. Tne leit
1 pleural cavity was found TO contain a
large quantity OF fluid and coagulatsd
blood. Forty ounces were collected
and large quantity lost. BoIh the COS
tai and pulmonary pleura were covered
with deposit Of recent lymph. The
lung was compressed so that section
sank in water. The right Jung
, was greatly congested, but was otheA
cardium was nearly an inoh in length.
The sac was everywhere lined with re-
cent lymph and also contained
quantity Of coagulated blood.
dSn tPs sgssn'ng %ss Concealed u 'sy 3 pisss Sss1s
deposit of lymph. No wound could be
found on the surface of the heart. Toe
brain and all the abdominal orgaus were
examined and found normal. F.0m the
above facts it is apparent that the
!, man came to his death IRON
the wound in the chest, which had
caused severe hemmorrhage in both the
perlcardial ana pleural cavities, and
had been followed by inflammation Of
|
IN. T. DANDRIDGE MD,
II "PatnologisL OF Cln. Hospital.
"CINCINNATI, July Il, 1871"
I Henry Abel, the father Of the alleged
murderer, who is a member of the poiice
orce, reporting at Ninsh-street Station
Ihoase, and residing at No. $50 Main
street, testified to the effect that he did
not see his son after the cutting, but
h ie fa boh told him ho H. h..
had acknowledged 10 having done the
deed, but in self-de.ense, saying that
N several parties had attacked him. I
then told him to give himself up as soon
as he could. went to the Station soon
after, but found thai he had not been
there. T have not seen him since this
occurrence. My son is seventeen years
! old, and formerly attended bar at Al
bertps saloon. ..
Mrs. Kate O'Donnell, a lady-like and
handsome woman oil perhaps twenty
years of age, the widow OF the deceased,
being called to the stand testified as
follows:
81 live at the corner of Vine street
and Hamilton Road. My husband WAS
abput twenty-three years OF age; born
In this city. and peddler by ocoupa-
ton. He lett home last Sunday even
Ing, about 8 O'Clock, saying he was
going down street to see a man alb ,ut
moving Us across the river. learned
of his bs!ng cut at hait-past il ihai
night. l know none OF the orcuu-
stances connected with the d fiiculty,
nor am l acquainted with the man az
cused OF the deed. lremained with mr.
hus band, in the Hospital, up to the time
OF his death, yesterday morning, bat he
made no statement to me as to who cut
hnn, saying, when questioned by me On
this point, that he was 100 weak 70
talk" Wal
Charles II. Brill, young man who
resides at the northwest cJrDer OF f.
teeIth and Bremen streets, and who
was arrested the night Of the occurrence
but afterwards released by Chief Wood,
who decided that he was not the eAs
who inflicted the wound on O'Donnel,
by his testimony substantlated the the
Ory Of seIfdeiense, as it appeared by has
stateme MT that Abel did all ne ceuid 10
get aAay from ODOnnell, but was fol-
lowed up and struck several times; that
he started 10 run; was pursued by
IUDOnnell, who still Kept striking b N
over the head.
James Robinson, OF No. Sl2 Central
av, nue., who works in paint SHIP oa
SIKH street., corr0boraieI BIll's stats