The New York herald., 1879-12-03
BLAIR.S NARROW ESCAPE
Further Details of His PefilOuS Visit
TO Mary VOlkmer.
LAGER BEER AND MORPHINE
Mary Connolly's Story Unbroken
by Cross-Examination.

Voikmer. of No. ia Essex street. on Thanksgiving
Eve. continued in Essex Market Court yesterday.
Justice Duffy opened Court shortly after ten o'clock
in the morning. Mary Connolly was recalled to the
witness stand and said:-.'The last time left the
house in Essex street on Wednesday evening was
when returned from the American Museum; when
Blair and Mary Volkmer left the house did the
same because Joseph Volkmer was going out at the
time and they wanted to lock the door of theiI
apartmentss when / returned from the museum
met Mary volkmer going into the street with 4
pitcher in her hands she and Joseph volkmer talked
together in the hallway; stood little distance away
from them; 1 went up stairs and Mary called me
aside and said to in low voice that
it was too soon yet to dose Blair: did not UNDER
stand that was to do the dosing was not then in
possession OF the dosing stuff; Mary had it; one
pint of beer brought in by Mary volkmer just
as entered; drank glass and half Of beer. Blair
drank one and did Mary volkmer; served it out
and waited on them in about fifteen twenty
minutes more beer was brought in by Joseph volk.
mer; previous to that Blair andI were alone he
sitting in chair and near the window; there was
no conversation between that can remember;
did not him OF the plot at that time; Mary
yolkmer returned alone. Joseph came in . couple Of
minutes later; Mary asked him. what brought you
here? go down to lager beer places; closed IL
nm he says, and came here to have some fun;'
Joseph asked. Whose got the most money to
send for beerY she said, Go down yourself. open
the place and bring some up;' nothing more
was said and he went after the beer and came back
with it in pitcher; Mary served it out and waited
on us that Pm Of was near the window. Mary
near the table, Blair the mantelpece and Joseph
sat in chair i'll the middle OF the floor; there Z
light in the room; Mary volkmer went to the closet
and came back to the table, which was the glass
with the red flower it, Blair sat so that he could
not see what she doing; she had her back turned
to him; sat facing her; saw her drop some Of the
poison the red glass before she poured the beer
into IT. the poison was in the bottle had taken to
the druggists and which he marked .Poison;. she
passed the beer around q minute or two afterward;
she took the bottle from under her apron; didnt
Blair them she held the bottle OF poisc in her
put the bottle under her apron again. and think
into her pocket.
MORE BEER.
.rhere was more beer in about four or Eve minutes
time Mary said she'd go for the beer; when she
came back with it Joseph waited on us; ! don,e
think there any poison put into Blair's glass
that times Blair had not complained o. feeling sick;
Joseph took the pitcher ana went for some beer;
when he returned lie talked to Mary Volkmer In
German she filled out the beer this time; no drug
put in the beer then; Blair drank little OF the
of his glass and put the glass on the man
telpiece; Mary volkmer then took Bairs glass Of
and put it the corner of the bureaus Joseph told
Mr. Blair to drink up; Bair SAID. don't feel very ~
did drink though. and Immediately became SICK;
he took the glass of the mantepece. where MARY
=
out Of the bottle into the glass; was
within three or four feet Of her; she
from underneath her apron; she did not
turn her head away when she poured the poison
out put rank this we ts bots
was in Mary hand saw the label on 1t; said In
low voice to Vokmer. 1t IS great shame to poison
man like that; Mary Volkmer when Joseph told
her what said. said it was her business, not mine;
they went into the bedroom and talked in German;
Joseph told me that she asked him to me to MOTEL
because
she was AFRAID Oh me; 'osePn toiu me III very low
voice wondns take you. Mrs Taylor to hotel;
not bit afraid of you; there was still some beer
in Bair's glass; Joseph Voikmer spoke to Mary
Volkmer again IN German ana she poured ABOUT Two
teaspoonfus OF the poison from tne same 1otte INTO
Blalrs glass OF peer; aiter tue iourtn glass biar
said to Joseph voikmer. Can lay down on the
floor? have no power IN my legs Joseph SAID Yes.
Mr.. Blair, I'll take you to hotel; Blair said I'm
not able to walk
WOULD NOT TAKE BLAIR TO HOTEL.
The witness continued; - Joseph Volkmer, !
said. it's nice thing to take man to the hote,
after dosing him.; intended b arr To near me; \
didn't have any notion TO take him. Joseph sao:
Il would take him into the BACK streets. and II ne
didn't fall I'D knock him down; but it's safer to
have him within my own house;' Volkmer took
Mr. Blair into tde bedroom ana put MIN sittng on
the side OF the bed; Joseph brought out my pea.
made it for me, closed In the shutters and SMOKED;
Joseph then went 20 ped; biair was very SICK ABOUT
day break Mary called Out 70 me from the oed' are
you going to get up, Mary AnnE YES saio;
Mary got up then and SAID 10 me, Why are you up
so carlyT Il can't sleep, saiu; IN ABOUT ten
minutes Diair c"hs o.'' .ooe oAnink'. S"ie ~
him. are you sickT I've rapid neadache.
he said; I've been SICK all nignt; 4 guess
you were said; went SLOWLY 70 the
Eidridge street Ponce s.A.ion anu scu ny
story 70 the sereeant, wen went uac4 M, -. 70
Noikmers mouse anu saw Asry, Josepn u,o snu D'air
seated at the taoie; piair was no. eat,ne an
did not say that ! hau toiu tne ponce wna' nag. Iao
happened; urank siass -. wAer. Say -
aahgerous 70 drihn 1ut 81 .nese @ .nAnss . nuw INK
looked astohisheu anu waiheu out' VIII
the ueecves' 'oiu then soous ..le '"o oo''les ~~
tod bair tnat ne nau oeen uoseu. .s. ,. Az.
Have you tolu verythih9 thai Ano" soous sni'
POISONING Oh piarf
YES. sir nave cohceaieo notning.
Ihat VIII 90. -
Counsellor Dogert saiu :-''hour aonors We -.
again that the contents or these bottles De subjected
to competent chemists analysis. My clients vans
TO know what crime they are charged Win and eno
this uncertainty.
Thalberg Biedenfeld, druggist. was recalled Ho
said:-"I saw Mary Connolly in my store last Tues
day or "Wednesday, between ten aud two O'Clock; she
showed me the Do,tle anu asked. what IS IL! sns
told me she got 1t from dispensary, and said, I
forget how am to take II whether teaspoontui