The daily gazette., 1878-08-12

Of her house; she said she did not know
whethtr r II was Peytou or Haney. Mrs.
McCann then said, $50 help me God, /
know DO more about that case than q
man in ireland; / forgot TO- lock my
back door last night; that's all know
about It,"
Witness further said that the reason
she took the carpet up was because 1t
was dirty and greasy; heard no fighting
In front of the house at eleven O'Clock
Saturday night. When Collins left the
house the last time be turned down to-
wards West street; he was often in the
habit of going ome by way of the alley;
witness said she found nothing wrong In
the back room when she got up In the
morning.
Question by MIR. Pennington-Mrs Mo
Cam, do you say on your solemn oath
that you krev 10 hing of the death or
!. Collins until this morning?
Witness-Yes. so help God, and l am
as innocent of this affair a. child not
yet come into the world.
Witness further said most positively
| that there was no blood upon the back
room carpet when she got up Sunday
| morning, and that there was no fuss in
her place Saturday night, beyond the
slight scuffie when Finn was put out.
VIM. Peyton being recalled, testified
in substance about the same as during his
| previous examination, with the follow
ing additions: That to the best of his
knowledge VIM. O'Donpell put Andy
Finn out of the house, and that Haney
was not present at the time. When wit
ness left the house he left Collins, Nc
again described the scuffle he saw in
front of the house after he left; Haney
was standing on the pavement. and the
other two in the door they had evident
ly been putting Haney out; when the
dinner pot was upset in the back room
Mrs. Norah Garner, Mrs. McCann and
Mrs. Keegan were present. When the
Ipot was upset the cabbage and potatoes
fell out ON the floor, and Mrs. McCaun
tending over pipe which Mrs. Garner
wanted; witness still maintained that
when he left the saloon the last time Col
lins and McClain were the only men
there.
| VIM. O'Donnell was recalled, and sub
stantiated his previous testimony; he
also said he did not see Collins at the sa-
loon; does not know him; when he left
saloon with Peyton no one was there but
| McClain; / did not turn back after we
left the saloon, nor did Peyton and did
not see any scutfie out on the pavement;
was sober at the time, as / had drank
only two beers; L am sure neither Pey-
ton nor myself came back after we start
ed out; l went with Peyton out Mary
land avenue, and when left him he was
going towards his home saw no fussing
or fighting at all during the evening.
Mrs. Lizzie Leary was also recalled,
but she testified to nothing additional
to the facts given in her previous testi.
mony.
The witness identified the carpet in the
possession of the jury as the one she had
taken from the floor of Mrs. McCann's
kitchen and placed in the closet
DIR. H. .. Ogle-About 10 o'clock was
requested to make post mortem exam
ination by DR.. Blocksom, and commenc-
ed about 1890 o'clock. found wound
above the lett eye one inch in extent, un-
derneath some little abrasion of the skin;
on upper lip four small wounds; wound
on the front of the head, two inches long
about two inches above the baze of the
nose;one half inch long above the right
eye which was also discolored. On the
body was a bruise on the right buttock.
These wounds were produced by some
blunt instrument like chair or club;
they were all irregular. The heart was
lingood condition and also the liver, lungs
and intestines; but the brain was slightly
F., congested. The man apparently died
from conclusion of the brain from the
wounds, they being sufficient to produce
deah h. The wound above the left eve. or
the one above the line of the nose, would
have been sufficient to produce death.
The wounds might have been caused
by blow from the fist. Do not think
the man could have walked after receiv-
ing the wounds.
DR.. Blocksom corroborated the testi-
mony of DR.. Ogle. DR.. John Dever also
corroboratsd Or. Ogles statement.
Officer Mcachem, ,sworn:-Heard Han
ey say to Mrs. McCann a. he passed the
cell in which she was confined, "Now
you keep your mouth"
Hubert, recalled.-About 11.30 ! was
sitting IN the barber shop Front and JUS
tison when heard noise at McCann's
store and ran down; saw Collins in front
without his hat, lying there. They gave
it to him, and after he put it on he threw
it down saying it was not his; McClain
was standing In the door and he said,
"Collins come in here, there's money bet
on you" He went in, and Mrs. McCann
said, "Where will l get my sixty cents
from now" The man standing at the
post went down the alley. was in there
about half past eleven. Mr.. Collins and
Peyton were there; did not see Finn;
no quarreling then. Collins looked as
though he had been drinking; thought
Mrs. McCann had been drinking; last l
saw of Collins was when he went in.
lOD0nnell was brought IN, In oruer 10
allow the witness to see ifhe could recog-
nize him as the man leaning against the
post, and who afterwards went down the
alley. The witness said he was not the
man. McClain was also brought in.
| The witness said that McClain looked
like the man that was standing in the
door. This assertion was denied by Nc
Claim.
The jury here adjourned to meet this
evening at O'Clock. VIM Pey ton and
Mrs. Lizzie Leary were released upon
their own recognizance to appear again
this evening. The other witnesses were
detained.
EXCITEMENT OVER THE AFFAIR.
All of yesterday afternoon and last eve
ming there was great excitement over the
affair, hundreds ofpeople crowded around
the hall, eager to gain the particulars.
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE.
This morning one of the jurymen saw
a man named Watson, living on Front ST.,
near Washington, who said that at 1870
o'clock Sunday morning, he saw a man
thrown out of the door of Mrs. McCann's
saloon, and then drawn inside again by
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