The Morning herald., 1878-08-16
NEARING THE END.
What VIII the verdiot
rHECoLLIrs IseUEsr ConTrsUED

ssw-A light at mrs. McCann's Sun-
day mOraing after . o'ciock-An.
other adjournment. 's'fT tsA6i i''t
The Coroner's jury met last evening and
heard Testimony until 10 o'clock, when It
went into secret session, and at II O'Clock
adjourned for an hour. At the end OF that
time 1t re-assembled and again held secret
conference, when verdict was failed to be
reached and . final adjournment was made
until Z o'clock this evening.
During the day additional facts had been
brought to light abouNMrs. McC Cams house
which still puts more certain aspect on
the anal result Of the jurors labors. The
facts briefly are these: The fatal alley down
which Collins is supposed to have baen
CARED was thoroughly examined, and along
It's floor was found scarcely distinguishable
traces Of what is supposed to be blood, and
q portion of the earth containing this was
taken up and brought away for closer In
spfction. The house was gone through and
in the upstairs was found pair Of panta-
looms which had stains upon them, but 1t is
difficult to tell what they are until placed
under the microscope. On the first floor in
the closet under the stairway, where the
carpst was found, . cloth was discovered
which plainly bore the stains Of blood. NJ "
A little after o'clock last evening, the
Coroner's jury In the Collins case re-assen-
bled and went Into session The examina-
tion Of witnesses was conducted BY II. R.
Pennington, Esq, acting instead of the
Attorney General for the State.
Samuel Davis was the first witness: Live
ut 10.12 Chestnut street; work for Harlan
y Hollingsworth Co.; my work calls me
down between the hours Of and 5 o'clock;
on Wednesday morning as I went down I
passed Mrs. McCann's house, and on one of
the steps I saw o bundle like something
done up In pillow case, with the mouth
facing the curbstone; about the centre of
the pillow case WAS q large, purplish stain
about the size Of the top Of wash bsein;
the door Of the house wss ajar, and looking
through the opening sew man whom !
recognized as Thomas Welch, who lives
next door 10 the Bucket House;" there
was someone else 10 there whom I did not
know; his hair was gray; Mr.. Collins
worked at the same place do.
Thomas Welch sworn:-I was at Mrs.
MoCann's all Sunday night watching the
house; Michael Lally came to me and said
some one would have to watch the house as
the door would not fasten on the inside;
watched with him and would not 20 into
the house, and go getting sleepy went oyer
home about 10 o'clock and got pillow and
slept on the curbstone; during the evening
officers Brickel and Bouzarth came along
and spoke to us; saw Samuel Davis as he
came along and / spoke to him; the pillow
case was little muddy with laying on the
streets; / saw Andy Finn In John F..
Dolan's saloon and he was put out about
IL o'clock:
Michael LAlly:-Live with Thomas Welch;
on Saturday night went home; at quar-
ter to IL was at Mrs. McCann's saloon
where Iremained only few minutes; saw
VIM. O'Donnell, VIM. Peyton, and Mrs. Nc
Capn; did not see Collins; MeClain, Haney
or Finn there, and did not see Haney
lying on McCormick's steps; did not see
Peyton put Finn out, and did not hear any
noise. is'
George Gray sworn:-On SATURDAY night
after / had been fishing it struck 2.30 BY
Harlan & HolliDgsworth's bell, and as I
came by I saw bright light in Mrs. Nc
Cams house; suppose II had looked un-
der the door / could have seen whether
there were any persons in there; this was
about ten minutes after I quit fishing; at
the corner OF Front and West streets; I saw
four or five persons standing, and one of
them by the name of Cahill spoke to me;
live at Chestnut and Adams streets, and
just after ! reached home heard the clock
strike o'clock.
James Hsney recalled Sunday morning
was standing In Front Of the Black Horse
Hotel, and Bob Burns came alcng; spoke
b him and he did not notice me; another
fellow came up and told him that Bob and
had "hitch" together; says I" Then
that's why he didn't speak TO me, but I
don't remember Of any scrape / had with
Boo last night;" went into Tom Welch's
house. and there saw Michael Lally who
seemed to be very sorry about the murder;
after this went down to see asgunning
skif with Geo. Dutton and Andy Mcveigh.
At the conclusien ofhis evidence Haney
went down on his knees and said: "Gentle-
men, can 70 down on my knees and say
This: that II / was to meet my God to-mor-
row morning, and have my soul damned to
eternity and erernity for ever and ever, I
had any hand IN the killing Of that poor
Seageant John Legg sworn-I had con-
versation with Mrs. McClain; heard her
making noise up in her cell; she told me
she was to be sent to jail, and wanted to
know If there wa. any chance to get out on
bail; I asked her some questions, and she
tsld me that Collins was killed In her house
while she was asleep on the sofa; / asked
her how that was, and she told me that ii
must be 30, because the clothes had been
found with which the blood had been
wiped up; asked her who was there when
she awakened, and she said no one: she
told me that she had told the Jury ali she
knew except this, and asked me to inter-