Litchfield enquirer., 1879-05-22
The Terryville Homicide.

murder in the second degree. The State
 represented by Messrs. Fem of WinsteG
 Lockwood of Bridgeport, besides States Attol
 ney Huntington. Messrs. Graves and Kellogg
 of this place, defend the prisoner.
 EVIDENCE FOR THE STATE
 ,Jasosa Fenn.-I live in Plymouth; am CD gagged in business there. I know Thoma
 Hickey; know where his house is situated 1 know that locality. 1 have made map c the locality the map shows the road and in l dicates certain points and distances in tha vicinity. Thomas Hickey's house is one hal l mile south of the Terryville post office; Hick ey's house is one story it is twenty feet lon l and twelve wide; it contains only two rooms l It stands forty seven feet back from the road
 1t is situated on the East side of the road; it i l one hundred feet from Mrs. Keoughs; twent, | eight rods from there to Daniel Purcell's house From Hickey's house to Richard Powers bari | is one hundred and six rods, north the barr l is on the line of the highway Powers house i | about eight rods further on; Thomas Higgin 1 lives across the lots from Hickey's house, six ty-six rods on another road it is by the roat one hundred and twenty three reds from Kick ey's to Higgins house.
 GA number of photographs were exhibited by Mir. Fenn, showing the house and surround ings)
 The front room has an outside door opening on the south side of the house; it IS the only outside doer of the house the room is twelve feet square a small bedroom eight by twelve feet opens out of this room; there is a stair way out of this into the garret. was at this house on the 22nd. day of November, 1878, about half past seven in the evening. In the room was found pile of wood, a stove and a bench. On the floor in front of the stove was spot of blood, and there were traces of blood along the floor. A trap door opened from the room to the cellar; did not go into the cellar, outside of the house there was found a spot of blood this was about five and one half feet from the brick underwork of the house. The body of Thomas O'Donnell was found twenty five and one half feet from this spot of blood, down declivity it is rough and jagged there, as it was left when dug out. 1 have since been to the place and examined the blood spots. I then found that the ground was soaked at this spot with great quantity of blood l saw Thomas Hickey that night went for him with officer Cook and Albert Bunnell We found him in Richard Powers barn he was asleep MT. Cook called him he called several times Hickey finally roused himself and answered as he came down on the way to Mrs. Keough's house he said to us, lam the chap what did this job don't deny it {; why should l, when man comes upon me to destroy me?" He repeated this, or words to this effect. There was a great crowd there and we requested hlm to keep quiet till he got before the jury. saw no marks between the spots of block out doors. 1 have known Thomas O'Donnell since he was a small boy This was his body; did not notice whether or not his clothing was bloody, that night
 Gross Eg0nai,aed. ed.-This barn is one hundred and six rods from Hickey's house. it is right on the line of the highway. We went for Hickey there because we had heard of his hav- ing been at Powers that afternoon he came down when called; no one went onto the hay now for him. O'Donnell was stout, strong young man.
 ~. IayIor B0lt1aoiaa. II reside in Plymouth {; 1 was the foreman of the jury of inquest heard of this affair about six o'clock in the evening. The jury went together to the place where we heard the body was. It was point ed out to us; we made slight examination where it lay. The body lay about thirty five feet from the house the ground was descend ing The head was towards the east and down the hill i; the body lay on the right side the wounds were not in sight as the body lay. The body was stiff. The clothing was wet ]; it had rained the night before and during the morning. It was getting quite dark, so we had the body removed to the house of Mrs. Keough 1 went to Hickey's house. Messrs. Cook, Terrell. Atkins and Griggs went in alone first, then followed. Found pool of blood before the stove bleod between the stove and the door seme dreps on the the threshold and some blood spattered on the weather board j; the blood spot between the stove and the door looked as though something might have been drawn along there. A stick of wood was cI,o xrysfh T kI~ s.~ some one's hand. This is the aX, I think There were marks of blood on it then as now. 1 took charge of the ax then The body was stripped by Mir. Samuel R. Terrell found the right arm broken the bone protruded There was wound on the temple gash on the face, 1 think cutting into the nostril deep gash on the side of the face dislocating the teeth and cut from the corner of the mouth. Do not think there was much blood on the face. af- forwards went to the place where bleed was found on the ground and on examination found that the ground was soaked there appeared to have been great quantity shed there. Here were two or three rocks-boulders-on removing them we found this place saturated with blood. These boulders are some four feet lower than the brick work of the house.
 Cross Eranained.-l have known ODonnell from a boy. He was think 27 or 2S years old He was well built young man.
 Mir. Wm. A. Griggs, another member of the jury Of inqeest, testified to substantially the same thing as MT. Baldwin; he also testified to bruse on the broken arm of O'Donnell as apparently made by the head of an ax On cross examination he testified to having found two one dollar bills, in O'Donnells pocket when the body was disrobed.
 Samuel R. Terrell testified to the same, sub- stantially. MT. Terrell further testified that ODonnell was a strong, we'll built man; that "'twould take strong man to handle him. 5 On cross examinatin Terrell said there were no traces, tracks or marks between the door and where the body lay that would show that it had been dragged along.
 Homer #. Cook. am a constable of the town of Plymouth I saw the body lying on the ground had lantern; stopped down and examined the body. 1 noticed wound on the face; was the first person who entered the house noticed on going into the house a pool of blood in front of the stove I don't think l noticed any more blood except a few drops between that and the door. 1 saw the ax. 1 soon after went for Hickey (Mr Cook related the circumstances of the finding and the statement of Hickey substantially as was given by Mir. Baldwin and the others). He did not tell us in what manner the deed | was done. He stated before the inquest that | he did it with his maui.
 Cross Eranansd -I think he was then un der the influence of liquor. He quoted some thing, did not give much attention to what il was; he sang while there. He repeated that he had killed him made no other claim He said he did it to protect himself. I don't think he went at all into the details of the transac tion, that night took him to the lock up. The next morning. had him before the mag. istrate, MT. Jason Fem. When put to plea, he said 'I did the deed but did it in self de. fence" That has always been his claim. At the inquest 1 think Mir. Baldwin asked the questions
 Mir. Frank Atkins, another member of the jury of inquest, testified to the same facts as the others. On cross examination, Mir. Atkins said, "Had Hickey been sober, should have thought his Hickey's conduct strange, but as
 we supposed that he was drunk we did no, l think much of it. He stated that O'Donnel
 had come there to murder him; he spoke o
 striking him with his fist, and knocking hin
 off the precipice.
 1homads Higgias.-I knew Hickey ant 1 ODonnell. Hickey was cousin to nay wife
 he has worked for me I saw Hickey on the l 01 of of Novo,nhor 1l,o 6r,t +;,,a =.