The Morning herald., 1878-08-20

1eolgan, susD6Anefsl ana Judicious men (
sAid7 county, who being in, due mspns
sHoprn, Do affirm and say that the said, Pa
rtck collins A csne i 70 his death By, ;yiplsps
ih The house OF Mary MeCsnn,n . on nii., the nil MI
of August 10Th, ~ morning II August Xu. Is p III
yYhs hahdg H 9'Naly' Mccain sfJ,Inp Sane
FAcolain and Andrew 'Plinn, ana t6atp VIZ
Pesten, VIM. O'Donnell and Iflchsei Dsye
ARE acoessofisD TO aaid crimG3ds ,di nIo1l :
The aboye is the verdict which was Eres
dsred last night by the coroner's 1jnry q
1pquiSion Into the cause Of the death. O
Patrick Collins, and We do not doubt tht
|thsiTsgqlt of the jaric1 ,labors will l,be0s til
de surprising 70 the Thousands Who hay,
besn Interested IN tie progress 1t hsa Tea
making from day to day. The laborS7 8
the, jury hare no. doubt been arduous, bS
the way In which the fore part; OF, the in,
quest was conducted no doubt had tnucf
u do with increasing their WORK. ggWhni
they have made soms blundersy tbere H. nt
FcAuss for any one 70 SAY that .ths nineteeI
pel whose, names AppesE In, the verdict
abovs, have Seen idle, 3" Ssye ave lsG f'S an,
stene tlntufned to brfRG about that verdict.
Had they commenced right however, = Ehere
might hays beeu moro full and explicit eyi.
.deHce elected. The exideacs Which VIA
given, CWas In q great measure cutie con
tfadictory, and Yhils It 10, not, to be expent,
sd that > lot Of drunken men would tell the
sAMe 'storyin every particular these werIs
uhnsqsllyi uhs Wild and nsatisfsctorys EHeugh
Was cleaned However from the tales of tha
suspected parties, TO show that thoy had
been iAthe house of Mrs. McC Cann,; and thRt
0ellipa ras sesn there also on the fatal
> Add so thiis,- the story told ~ Jsmuaess
Watsop, ofseeiDgT Collins dragged intop the'
hbqse. .N 1.80 e'slock, 90 no cried out, 'ijDo,
yAI Ill moan to jump on met" The threat
which Mary X eeaan hssfa NcClain nasksI
against Cgltps, and the AndinR of utfscasl
Df Blood about the house and on the piece
81 board, to say nothing Of The coHtradiceOl
lsry declarations, which Andy Elinno 4skaSa
d ether parties thaa the Jury, and sSsu|
have chain that in . msasure. .eonnects
JoHiaS dnttmely esd VIII Mrs: NIX am
house ,sand some that were IN it.mIoI sd
JThe jgry went into session With the ves,]
lict mapped out, which in the end. ;assl
!dopted. Saturday and Sunday having been
leyoted 70 research, and = number, Of new
'4iRts, which fH tho end proved unimport!
ut. AhAong thsse was the discovery OF an
.4e, which HAD the least speck of blood on
be handle, and the holding Of q converse
ion by ysthe eoroner with o 'Connell In whose
louss, Michselt nAven stays,t Iwhiclf made
htngs lock a trina cloudy for Aichsel.
The examination however revealed nothi|
nG tending to crisainate any Iof the parties. |
THs INQUEST ansuMsp.
At7..S0 the Jury vent into sessiornl a. yw,ith
R. Pennington Esq, conducting the ex-
pfi.ation OF witnesses for the stsss'sH Attt
Aichael IA lly. who was the first witness,
'Ss called upon TO explain how certain
IAina 81 care upon psir Of his ,psnts,r found
kfa: AcC CJslnn Jl 4, hoase, and did 90 salts
thagiss 3. Ewing svorn--I had q con.l
afsatioi Win Andy Finn Sunday syeninq, I
1Gust l1ths Nhsp hs was In tho coli, ana
ffesr J6nsp VI H4ipg By; gitness sskedI
up Hhs ssW bhat fuss and he ,snsWered
'Ss%S Il aaked hin, WHO killed him, and theI
iIy reply Ia made yas 30 You thfnk I'll
d dstnned fool; he did not toll me any{
Nichael I 9McE Eloskey y swofn-Li I've 4 ION D,
aFylsnd ayenue near Liberty, street, on \
Iturday Iisht, August 10th, I saw saw TpWImIJii
Jton lat II .35 o'clock; / and my wife werel
ding onths steps, and Peyton came slonSl
d talked with me for about 10 Ininutes:3 y
came from tho centre Of town, and did
Y seem t., be drunk; the tenor OF bis con-
Ration was the nomination election. q ~ sJC
9rs. Mary McCsnn recalled. " p~4I
Assistant State Attorney. Mrs. McC Cam. Ip
your own instance, we sent for YOU. | Il
hatdidlou gishsto impHtssI fI,TIsT1tl
A. wen Nlsst Friday Svenink, I heard !!
fsthinG about an axe: Aman told Nc Claim :, =
Ses cell Z jast ssaaass Nv coll, and II g, y
Afd man t4n MtClsia, that, he, would =. =.
y TO 20 70 jail, bseauss thay h1d found = +
Sxe, and HcClAia crisdA (Axe shown ! u
q t.IHy aIe, Keep II sboste the house,
\: Itlt ShiS * 10 unot Tre- y
rthsg IhAAt hAt ny. LHliy esme, 10 GmHi huusei < =
Seka ASo and changed his lpants; slf AiSIA
lts came there, Ido not know Ih0K. " Tn
fnasb tSnneil swornLivTeE "a On afUoSarsg Ulasrpsggs3 4.
'et near Second; Michael Dayan rents ic
'om In my house; on Saturday night, St