, 1879-06-12
THE HEGWEIN MURDER.
Third Days Proceedings in tho Trial Of
Carey, Charged with tho 0rimo,
1he Case for Tho ProstuiIon CIosea...Testiulony
for The DtFtust.
The Defendant Tells the Story oi
the Tragedy.

tllo 4IfApSoJs
Tho Interest In tho case Of William Carey,
now On, trial III tho Criminal Court, does not
seen, to 1t,ctcasc there bchlE ns small MI Rt-
tendance rs On Monday mi, Tuesday. 4 sim
pie murder, unattended by scnsat!o''al crc'ltn-
atanccs. Inns no magnetism In It. ..
Annie IlcEWcfn wns recalled by the acTense.
and stated tint sho had lind conversation With
Mrs. KAzwln. Two weeks agot III whtct1 she satd
Ct,aunccy Grliiiu had told her brother Max TINT
Carey was at lis (ltcgwe'n's} house; wlscroupoa
hfnx went to Tie place, nnt!. being told "no,n
searched Tor him. She never told Mrs. klrwin
to lot carey havo oil tho liquor he wanted,
and that sho wni1 pay for II.
bho cou'tl Z not Say whether slo told
Mrs. Shirley that she heard Mink 6ay to Carey
at the time OF tie SHOOTING: !" rant you to yet
out Of here, md not Do hanging around" She
noyer sent npy one TO hunt up Carey while il,e
divorce suit was pending. She sa,v hin, too often
NJ the ttmo; he kopl following her: nnd she
told him oil she santsd was pence. 6'io said tn
Mrs. Kirwin It was good deal better to have
him got out Of thu way than ttf llayo hin, ID
state's prson ntl,l get out and ntscck the chill
tlrcn afterwards. IIo hsd disesaccd heE.-hatt
not eygu given 1ler children n llutnc Carey
married her under MI assumed nnmel. 1ier
feelings wero tlIut It Wcnll be better ior the
whole famlly-lcrsrlf and 'vlli'dsen-io be cut
Witness @ was much AFFECTED y tht. point, aud
cried bitterly, EaplnE i her intllcr knew Acr
children 4S5 1sen ~ Tesaay gG az 10 tr
competency OF Mss. Iicgweln, Mr.. Mills offered
IN cyfdSnsc certified c,Dy Of the degree oE IL.
voret; entered Juno 1, 1873, IN the Circuit Court
in reply to Mr. Carinic!,acl. sl,e said TINT, as
far rs she knew, Carey was to hhye nothing to
do with her ai1d her family,
Or TO BEE TIlH CIfl1n1lrN.
Max Ind n allotgu1l. She never saw Him llnvc
revolver. lie was rot In the habit Of visiting
marry That mai, tCarcyA Tint lie was no .nan for
her. nn1 II she ever rcauircd Ills assistance allc
could come to him for It.. She bad n revolver In
the house. It belonged to Carey. lIo threat-
cned to shoot fes Win Y several titngs ant that
On tie redirect shu sn!d her hvotker 1ave
Carey $25. fie wcnt over to the Stock Yartis,
md casnc back with black eye. He llatl ind
three black cges to her knowlcdge. Lsmiles;l
titled tic papers In The divorce cusc.
.statc's-AttorneY hills tlcn closed the caso for
the people.
Mrs. hIchl vas the first witness for tho de-
tensc, being called to contradict Mrs, ilegwe'n.
she said TINT tie lnttts stated bcfore the Cor.
oncr's jury thut Max said to Caruy IN Tie ynryl
Tint llo (Carey) Wntited to rot out Of there. She
did not recoliect the words changing arnu1'd.n
An effort wss 1naic 10 ptoro Cnrey's good
character by tbls witness, but she knew little Or
nothing about him.
Mrs. Emma Cnrsou Of No. 24B swnn street,
testified TINT she WIS standing at her Kitchen
door ut the time the allot was fired. She could
SOC tie stairway on the toutl aide Of 1Ierwein'a
housc. Tic lash scanned to her to bn 'tthrce
Or four steps up" M1s. ncgwc!n told her that
alar said to caroy " Get out,'-ttat he didn't
want him arounl tlere.
On the cross, witness said tllnt statement was
made the night Of the murder,
John Mnrtagh, OF No. 4is3 Wentworth ave-
nrc, testified to Cnrey's good reputation for
peace ntll quictness, but an the cross llu nd
mitted tl,4t IIu know nothing about it. I1c hatl
nercr heard of Carey making his wife Jump out
Of Il window, Of his threatening to shoo. her, or
of llia hclnE In fights and gctt!l'g bruised.
Andrew Bodamer was equally unsatisfactory.
GEoIlar II. KErrga1r,
the lawyer who was en,uloyetl By, Carry In The
ltvorcu casc, testified TINT to told Carey II lu
won't tn tais house ut a psuper time, ,l1.ll In
proper condition, hs tln't think tho mother of
tic children or anybody clso would object to Ills
john KcrwIn, = saloorl.kcepcr, testified tint
Carry was ..civil nelehLor,' anil 50 far ns
witness knew, Cn.ey anu his wifo always rot
along well together.
Danlel Mulloy, fagtnan on the Fitty.nrst
before the killing he mel Hegwel1l, WHO uRkcll
sid, mo, not in Two weeks" Max asked Il Il
sa hs 5 snS bsb wnSSs %1 To- s on nly Mtnsss
=, II yet hold Of him ri put lin In wny
that be won't raIss Ill With a,ly nlore neirll-
bors." Carey came to witncss' hnuss iha,
niEht, md he to,5 hin tH ''pnt out": that
a ness asso M told s' l WIN. % M Max snIa s Ws Sn,,
that he dldn't waut any troubt-to haye lin
caught there. Carey then ran acrtss tte street
s|ta hJr.Ifr
wcnt With Wntsun thu night oi tho homirsue to
get collin. Watson told him that, the night
bniorc, Mug hna bcen III tls house at.d hu {'Vns-
son1 told him tint thcru would be son'c "bad
work out u ths,n
Gu tic cross, llo said no understood, BIZ putting
out OF this why, thut Max meant tllut hs would
put Carey LII sllth pDhitsbn TINT thu ,rghbu,H
wouldn't bc bothered by sults. Tic converse,
not apprehend anything serious.
Mis-. MANY MuLLoY
testified TINT she did Carey's washing, n,ul bo
used to change his clotlca at her house. Griffin
cuslo 10 lltr house ono night to search fur hIul.
sns told Carey. When lio came, "tor The Aonoe
Of thu Lord 70 clear cut; that IT Grlll!u caught
him he would string him Up,
This WIS atrickcn out.
Mrs. James Shirley, who was called to coutra-
dcs Mrs. Hegwsll1. Didn't 20 60 very much. She
said tia. all that Mrs. lisgHein io}1 her tllat
Max aaid to Carcy when lse sasd II nasu cotno
10 see lny chlldrcnn wns. "Thts Is no ttmu 10
$40 your ehl!drar." Mrs. ltcgwcln said further
tisat shc was afratd Carey nIgh. harm the cllil-
dren, aid Mink wouldn't lot lin come Into liz
hullso OIL tllat nceol,nk.
James Kiullock testified tint I1sgwcn ca,no
y to hts llolse 10 look for Caruy, who WIS to Isa
1isere, but dM Iot arrivc. :llley went out ",
.hoe sidewalk md there mot tjflltln, who sud
II be caught carsy l,u would lix llini. He,wetIl
md Griffin, attvr whiting asou,Hl for sono tis,e
went uway. day or twu afterwards Cn,ry
told him that ho knew tettcr than 70 co.is,
stIlce lin Wna aware that t1lty we're looking tur
him. TtIs WIS in AprIl
On the gross, wltnus5 sala Carey w,,s to coma
ter1 s, To- e1llsct : h'li. iIo told him t1r nr1t
never beard lleg~ctn mako any threats arainst
Carey.
Mrs. Mary Languli, lorner servant, testified
tliAt !or two ycars Mr. AMI Mrs. Caruy lfYrd
happlly .oEs,ler, oat tGr tl,irs year ttrrc uaa
nono Ut her busitcss. Grn searched ler ,rps-
cut & home snc n,E't In Aprll for Catoy, leg
Wsln Was oulaltc, to Griffin sud. Shv su,y ti!u
shadow ot fs'at,. 1rliln safd llu wanted To Inv
bands on Sarey. ssse toh Carry about it, and
o0 the eluas, Willlees sud she WINS ut ucr.