The Morning herald., 1878-04-08
THIRD YEAR. ONE CENT.

and his wife to quarrel frequently he
drank great deal, and ence or twice have
seen her very drunk they would sometimes
quarrel for a week at a time; Thomas went =
20 work Friday at dinner time, but quit p
before O'Clock he might have been drunk
but could not notice 1t. tt. g7e 0'5~ @'sa6tas&
a# a EDWARD HAWK ftw 5a2Aaa IA q
after being sworn, said / can't say ttistsl
Twas about when the deed was committed a
but l was Ewhep 1t Ibecsme sknown:s my VI
mother Was standing 10 tho door, and ash
came toward the house say Nellie Thomas
runping up With her sisters. and Itist
caught the words g Mother'sg killed;yGI A
went up and found the children crying
and asked Nellie what was wrong, ana she
said, Mother's head is cut off" IIdih not "
60 into the house at all. Ever since the o
Thomases have lived near US they have 4
quarrelled !; Thomas has threatened to NIL !"
his wife, and has thrown her down tths, Il
cellar stairs several times II have frequently
seen, her face black and blue after theic, -,
quarrels; one evening Thomas was drunk,
and drove her away from home, she came 3
to our house and stayed all night, We
wanted her to 60 to bed, but she refused
and staid In the kitcben shed until the next n
morning; once after n very loud quarrel
we thought she was dead and went to sec
about IT.; Thomas refused 10 let any one
come in but father, and Just as be wss
going In saw q knife in' Themas' hand,
Thomas had intended to kill father with
the knife. F '.3t@a2 2to @4i !" f"'
..L ! 1H FRANK sTEBLEY ''' '' 'ls9'f
then testified as follows: I was sitting IL ~
cigaI store on Friday evening at 0.45
O'Clock, when Mr.. Hawk, came in and said,
hat WIN. Thomas had killed his wife, IN
Browntown We went out and soon met
officer Brickle, and we all then went to the b
house; we found the woman on the floor 10 a
the front room in the second story, and In
the back room Thomas was sitting on
| chair; the woman was dead; Mr.. Brickle
| asked, What in name Of God have you fl
| done, Johns" and Thomas answered, '1've
Killed my wife aud cut my throat; Thomas lo
was asked why he did 1t, but would give no
| cause for the deed.
| c.. P. BRINToN.
| He was at the house was at the borsewith
oficer Brickle, and after taking Thomas to
the Hall, be brought the wagon back;
knew neltner oi Tue partiPS. F'
| oFFIcER WILLIAM BovzARTH 's @''
was sworn and testified as follows : was
ordered by Chief of Police to go to Brown.
toWu with Mr.. John Hawk; 1t was sfLer 10
o'clock at Logan street and Maryland
avenue met officer Brckle coming In with Il
Thomas Brickle told me to take cDarge of
the house, which / did the, woman lay up
stairs 10 front room, with her throat cut
from ear to ear; In the other room was u q
chair and much blood I, officer Brickle had
said this was where Thomas had sat the
carpetwas wet with blood which had soaked
through the ceiling Of. the room below ~
there was blood Oh the wall as though It 8
had spurted from wound, and bloody
tracks down heetalrway. n ,9ao h.t"
! CHARLES JONES r@ +" Ho+ ,
} testified that he lived about IS yards from
Tb ,nlas' house, but knew nothing of the
murder until Saturday morning. Thomas
and his wife both often got drunk, and only
guarded when under the influence of liquor,
which was q frequent occurrence; month 4
ago Mrs. Thomas had drinking spell OF
, nine days duration, which ended with an
attack Of delirium tremens; witness had
heard Thomas make threats sgainst bis
wife, but he was intoxicated at ithe time;
; did not knew what character Mrs. Thomas
DO Q, but her husband had told him she vas
!, very bad woman; they were both Welsh
: and spoke the language fluently; Thomas
had told him he was going to kill Bis wife,
and when he told him the consequence,
: Thoms said he didn't care d-n; he has
then told him what an awful thing 1t would
, be to leave his children with no one to care
l for them, at this Thomas was affected to
tears. s....
FL MARY JONES, ...
n the wife Of the above witness. testified /: l
;, was in bed at the time and kuew nothing
Q of It until q negh hbor came 70 the window
and told mo of 1t knew they b.th drank
q some, and when intoxicated they would
c quarrel great deal; Mrs. Thomas wss a
Q woman who minded nec own business, and
When she got dcunk she always stayed Ia
the house Thomas WAS also quiet, never
t troubling any one outside of his own family, J,
!. and had never never had any difficulty with
4 bis nJighbors Mrs. Thomas left home on
n Friday, the 29th OF March, and to my
d knowledge did not come home until Thurs
s day Of this week cannot say positively
4 that she was absent from home ell this
q time know nothing Of where she was or
Il what she was doing, sorae say her husband
g sent her away, but 10 not know p4sr a-,s
0 Officer Neal Gibbons and Jane Hawk
d corroborated previous Witnesses. T7argl
w NELLIE THOMAS, s9@ 1,n ,.l
q the eldest daughter of the murderer, then
n came forward to testify, and great interest,"
q was manifested by all present. The girl Is
a of a bright and attractive appearances and
!. and in her answers to the questions put, to