The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-01-31
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killing OF Mccormack.


- .i.a,1 KILLING of McCoEmack.s.:'-
PosTlMoRTEN EXAMINATION OF BODY OF DE-
i cElsED--DEATH UNQUEsTToEIBLT FROM A
1 BLOW ON THE BEAD EVIDENCE BEr0RE
|ntCpRoNBR's JURY-THEi MYSTERY 2OPi THE
MURDER NOT YET s0LvED-AoRE EVIDENCE
e'To BEgHEARD TODAY tII@itf7.'ois
yesterday morning, at the Plnel Hospital,
Coroner Taylor, assisted by the superin-
tetdent OF the institution, DR.. james D.
Moncnre, made n post-snorten1 examination
Of the head OF Frank cCormack, whose
wounding, wand nderings examinations, and
death have frequently been alluded to in
this paper recently. They found that there
was great congestion OF. the brain, especially
on the side Of the wound There were two
small assures In the inner table OF the skull.
The external wound had nearly healed.
Death, in their opinion, was produced by
congestion OF the brain, traceable to the In
jury received by deceased. At o'clock
last evening an inquest was held at the City
Morgue, at which the Commonwealth was
represented by Mr. George D. Wise, and
Giblin by his counsel. - -.
THE WOUNDED NAN TRACKED BY HIS BLOOD.
Policeman Fensom was the first witness
examined. he said that he was told on the
morning OF the 18th that q man was going
down Fourteenth street, towards Cary, very
bloody. He tracked the man to; Eighth
street by the blood. At Eighth street he
was told the man had gone to Byrd. The
officer then went to the Free bridge, where
he overlook the man and stopped him.
Told him that he was badly hurt, and he
thought it was his duty to take care of him.
The man replied: 81 don't want anything
said aboutit; am going on to Philadelphia
in the morning, and don't care about being
delayed" The officer told him he must 60
q little way with him to. get q doctor to dress
his wound. He carried Mccormack to the
station-house, where he assisted DR.. Brock
to dress bis wound. -"rvaa 7s-HE,n
While Brock was out OF the room Fensom
asked Mccormack who hit him.. He re-
piled that James Giblin did it, and that Glib
lin kept place in Locust alley. Fensom
told Mccormack that he was in liquor, and
might be mistaken as to who struck him.
Mccormack turned, and, looking the officer
steadily in the face, said, Why, yes, / do.
Jem Giblin did it ), he hit me three times
with club" And;pointing to his head, said,
And this is the lick that knocked me
down." Mccormack was under the In
fluence of liquor, although he answered all
the questions put to him clearly and dis
tinctly. He persisted in asserting that Glib
lin had hit HIM. .ll.G iM... GrE @t-s E. i
DIR. brooks EVIDENCE. '225 .
DR.. G. VI. P, Brock, who dressed tie
wounds Of the deceased, said he paid very
little attention to what Mccormack said
while he was dressing his wound, as Nc
Cormack was very drunk. The injury was
1.as a. "a hnoI Sro,, 1x.l,. oh
there was profusc bleeding. The hemor-
rbaee came from an artery which had been
severed. The wound did not look as il it
had been inflicted with a sharp instrument,
but looked as though it had been made with
blunt instrument. It had confused and
lacerated appearance. There was but one
wound on his head. There were one or
two insi gnifcant scratches on his face.
y ONE OF GIBLIN's BoARDERs.
Mr.. Moses Shields, who is at present stop
ping at Giblin's saloon, said that on the day
of the wounding, about O'Clock, lie met
Nice Cormack staggering about on the corner
near Mr.. Giblin's. He knew him to be q
stone-cutter, and said to, him, ".Take O
friends advice and 60 into Jaim's (Giblin's,
and have Sleep" They went in together
Witness advised Mccormack to go upstairs
and 60 to bed, for il he went out he might
be locked up. Giblin said to Mccormack
that he had better take witnesses advice and
20 and lie down. Witness then went out
leaving Mccormack and Gibhn together
| Witness was gone about an hour. When
he returned he took seat in the back room
| by the stove. He had been there but few
minutes when Mccormack, came in, and as
| he was about to take seat fell, face fore
fno yp1 a
| if he had many more such falls they would
sober him. Saw no blood when he fell.
Witness went out again, and on his re-
| turn, while having his boots BACKED ir
front of Giblin's, saw Mccormack out by
the curbstonc, bleeding; remarked that
some OF his friends ought to know about his
condition. Witness thought it had been
| fully half an hour from the time that he saw
Mccormack fall to the time he (witness) was
! in the street having his boots BACKED
Never heard any cross words pass between
Giblin and McCormack; had been away,
| however, from them some time.
| The night following the day OF the wound.
ing met Giblin going up the street to get 4
warrant for Mccormack, because McCor'
mack, he said, had accused him OF assault.
Yes, replied witness, thought be was the
insulting party. Did not say that he had hit
him. Witness knew OF no circumstance
that would lead him to suppose that Giblin
had hit Mccormack. Mccormack said al
times that Giblin hit him, and then again he
said he didn't hit him. ~. y, .,..,....,
At the conclusion of the examination oi
Shields the case was adjourned until this
morning at II O'Clock.
1t is stated that evidence will be intro
duced in the Hastings Court, when the case
gets there, to the effect that blows, heavy
thuds, were heard even on the opposite
side Of the street on the morning of the
alleged wounding, and that at the next mo.
ment Mccormack, wounded and bleeding,
was thrust into the street, with the words,
uttered by some one, 'tThere; go, damn
you." H,, --....L ~ :. '.Jat~H T.
| THE LEIGH-STREET BAPTIST CHURCH En-
TERTAISMENT LAST NIGHT.-Althougl the
| Leish-Street Baptist church was not crowd
ed last night upon the occasion OF DR.. w
II. Taylor's first entertainment on Church
Hill, yet there was fair audience present
and the exhibition was one OF the most sue
/ oo,,f,,l oY tho Kind over piyen in the CITY