The Morning herald., 1878-08-15
oL WHMa5ToN ONE

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did not hear Of anything like noise in Mrs
MEG Cyp1's yard |; did ptOhears any fghtr in
frcnt of ld Mss. 1McCsnp, 4; al. tI,;dv.le uam
tOnT Hatupdayinight2 he sswr Mary dWAahf
op Fr9pt stfssts near Madison, going oui
toward Hedgeville; be- WAS coming II
toFsfd the police station; taefe Was
drunken ,usu with her, who did not Gwaut
to, 20; II WAS then 8 Or ten, minutes to, ~
wh6h saw her, remarked TO Michael
fConnell, who'll was talking with. that m
was Msry Whann.; A man about tho size,
OF McClain, went out Front street about IL
minutes before 10 O'Clock; as came Ii
about 12 O'Clock, 4 esawnA Hight over tthe
tra,soq qf MEs, AcCam's door,sdid mot
p John EN- sworn-Livs III {WashinptoSn1
street, above front; hoard o noise down at
Mrs. IcCann's between II 80 and 10 O. o'clock
7 saw Mi. Collins driven out Of the skieon,
And ewas on the first step; smother man
stood near the awning post, who I did mot
know; there was q, man standing In the,
door; Collins went In soon, and as he aid 50
he seM it'g all right; also heard svnoise,
as, though some female was crying. did
not Hear Of the murder until 10 Or II
O'Clock Sunday morning. WhennI went
towards Mrs. iMcC Csnn's, 100 one lay OF,
McC Cormick's steps, but as returned home
soon after, Haney staggered across the
street, as though scarcely able to get along,
and ,tottered, or fell down on the steps,, be
had on . round topped, stiff rimmed black
hat; after the putting cut Of Collins,
heard him inquire for his hat; sawfa wo.
man sitting In McCsnn's; could not tell who
She was; from Collins' appearance, would
suppose be was drunk; did not hear Mrs.
McCann swearing in front Of her own
own house that night and say, she would be
mistress Of her own house. Hh '1'.'e e.' a.
James 1Briar sworn-On Sunday mern-
ing ae was going down the railroad, past
Harlan's, saw three or four colored men !;
they tSld me man was dead up there IN
the gutter; went up and saw him lying face
downwards; I said 'let's turn him and see
II we can recognise him." one Of the, col
ored men caught him by the shoulders and
took his foot and turned him over; Just
after shis ANDY McVey, George Dutton, and
James Haney came down the alley; as soon
as he was turned over, we saw little bot
tie with some kind of liquid in 1t on the
ground; one of the men picked It up,
smslled 1t, and said that's vinegar; one arm
next to the fence, and one side of his face
was bloody; as soon as saw bis face, that
sickened me, and I did net stay any longer
than wss absolutely necessary; I know
Costello, the milk man, but he had not
seen the dead man then; I did not see
whether his feet were tied or not; his arms
NJ lad cho
his head; his clothes We're dry as there was
very little water running down; as soon as
picked him up, made the remark, "That
man must have fallen on that stone and
killed himself" Il meant blue sort of q
rock, that seemed underneath his head
when he was picked up.) "No," said one
of the colored men, she's been butchered
sure" 'v~,rfr# ag -
Arthor Duncan sworn--Saturdsy night
at quarter Of 10 o'clock, went down to
Mrs. McCann's and got IS cents worth of
liquor; when I went in, noticed Michael
Lally, standing on the stoop, and as I came
back, saw . man, whom I did not know,
lying on Mrs. Mccormick waited on me;
got half pint of liquor; did rot notice
the man lying on McCormick's steps, and
did not notice how hs was dressed; did not
see Mrs. McCann on the pavement with
brick in her hand, but as I went in she had
q brick, and she said she was going to lock
the door; I did not 90 to get liquor to drink,
but for medicinal purposes; do not drink.
AT this point Mrs, Mary joyce, the moth
Ter OF Patrick Joyce who, was the first wit
ness; was brought in and sworn:-Saturday
night my son Patrick went, out after sup
per. J,ftnrIa115 r-lItrp
O. Was Patrick home before / O'Clock
Saturday nights .,s.,.,, .,..., ..,,.,,,
A. Wen sir, be was sir; be was home
before II and before IL ,e,,trylIv
After some further questioning the, At
tOrney- General said s'.''
~"Mrs. Joyce, we would not have sent for
you, but he, said to a gentleman he was at
Mrs. McCann's Saturday night" ara
"Oh, N.Y." exclaimed Mrs. Joyce, in ap-
parent surprise" |" to think that the foolish
child would ssy the like Of that.n ~
"And," continued the Attorney General, !,
che also said to the same gentleman that
he saw Collins down, and that he knocked
McClain off of him." ,s,-.y,,y,f
well, indeed Sir, Patrick was certainly
fooling with you and then after protest.
ing her sons good character, Patrick was
permitted 10 60 home.
DR.. Blocksom stated that the wound I'M
the forehead Of Collins appeared to have
been made by, the end of some instrument, ]
and was q sort Of q mash, and might have,
been produced by falling upon stone.
.. ~ understand; Doctor" said the Attor-
ney- General" from yours and DR.. Ogle's'
report, that there was very little loss of
blood; how do you explain this 9"" - =" a'
A. Because the wounds were not of o.
nstureto bleed. EE A IL w
Mary Whann sworA: Il went to Mrs. Nc
CAMS from O'Clock to 8, snd left between
7 and 8; Collins, McClain, Mrs. Keegan,l
Finn, Mrs. Mccain, were all there q II
we're ID the kitchen except Collins who
came in soon after; when went in went
straight to the kitchen and sat down; I do
not remember seeing Norah Gardiner there;
we all had . glass of beer, and Mrs. Nc