The daily gazette., 1879-12-10
A.-No; but the chamber under the
hammer was not loaded.

A-Noi put the cnamDcr under the |
hammer was not loaded.
MIR. Bird proceeded to cross examine
the witness in regard to his relations
with the Dugan family and said that Oh
The morning Of the murder he had been
In The house Of Dugan and treated him
TWO times he (Dugan) took a cigar and
glass Ut cider; witness had never seen
The prisoner take a glass OF liquor after
he came out of Jail lie was asked if he
had a conversation with John Davis
AFTER the shooting and replied that lie
had.
Odd you not tell Davis that YOU
did not hit Dugan, and had no quarrel
that day?
Al did not tell him so.
Odd you, or did you not, after
wards tell him that you did hit Dugan?
| Al did not.
| Q-Did not Louis Widdeman tell
you that Dugan said he did not want
You to come to his house what " ere his
wordsp
Ale told me one day that Dugan
said he did not want NE nor Dick Rowe
to come 10 his house.
| Q,-N hat wer The reasons.
| tObjected to and ruled out.)
Re-direct-The reason | d. not live
with my wife is that she is a drinking
woman; while | have reformed She
comes and annoys me into drinking
when / am home.
DR.. George Troup Maxwell, sworn -
| made post morten examination of
the dead man the day after the killing !;
ne had eun-shOI wound in the left
temple made by pistol ball; | probed
six inches the wound passed transverse
ly across the base of the brain, and un-
doubtedly caused death ii was just such
wound AS a man standing with his
back toward the person holding the pis
tol would receive II he turned his head.
John Gavin, sworn AIN half
brother Of Edward McGaugl ey remem.
Ger the day Rowe was killed | work at
Jackson u Sharp's; on that day | was
not at work but was keeping my eye on
my brother, who was drinking | was at
Dugan's with my brother at $40 o'clock
the night before the next day about
7:45 O'Clock my brother and ! went to
Dugan's saloon and | left, leaving my
brother there; l went to find him at
ll:3O, and saw that Dugan had shut up
his place about 4 o'clock my brother
and came by Dugan's, and he asked
Dugan to let him in, saying, "let me
have drink" and Dugan replied, "no,
you nor no other man can get in my
place to-day" after that the door was
opened and we went in; l cannot say
who went i'll first, my brother or l; as
my brother went into the sitting room,
Dugan sat at the side window and got
up to go into the bar room, and rushed
at my brother and then put his hands to
his face and kind of trtmbled; did moi
see what passed then; Rowe and my
brother then had conversation and
stood talking when Dugan came bacS
and stood in the door; saw him put
his hand in his hip pocket and walked
within three feet of him; hesitated to
take hold of him for fear he might be
stronger than l he pointed the pisto
first at me and said "liughey don't dc
that; )" he then raised the pietol up an6
fired; Rowe looked back and got the
outlet in the head, as my brother
lodged as he fired ne put his right toot
CUP and took careful aim i caught hold
of my brother and said, eddie, get Out
of here or he'll shoot YOU" "Oh," sale
he, "he's killed poor Dick Rowe" as
went out ! saw the pistol levelled by
some one in the bar room as if to shoo
my brother; could not say who it was
; and just saw the weapon; the pistol wa.
of the "pepper box" make; after tool
my brother home went back to Du
gan's Rowe was alive and lay on The
sofa while Dugan bathed his wound.
Cross-examined-I did not hear Nc
Gaughey call Dugan a s. of a y; il
was about ten minutes between the time
McGanghey got in till the shot was fired
McGaughey might have hit Dugan with
out me seeing it; did not testify befor'
! the CorOner's jury ; as soon as the shoot
: ing was over ! left TO play game o
: base ball.
Q.-Did you not say to Morris Car
.. berry in the Franklin mills in Whining
= ton when you applied to him to get hin
10 go on your pond as witness, tba
you were not in the house at all at th'
time of the shooting and knew nothing
, about it?
Al don't remember saying wort
of it.
Question repeated twice with SAM
= answer.
Q.-Do you know officer John Clou(
in Wilmington if so do you remembe
!, meeting him on Thirteenth street be-
tween Clayton and Head and telling
him that you were not in the house ant
knew nothing of the shooting.
Ayes | said that did so becau Sc
{ did not want to have TO 30 to the Coro
ner's inquest
Thomas Rowe, sworn-Am Richar'
ii. Rowe's brother; saw him after h'
i. was dead; he lay in Dugan's house OF
- the lounge, with wound in the side o.
:, the head.
). Sylvester Reeves, sworn.-Was witt
Rowe when he died.
: Sergeant James Il. Whelan, sworn =
=, On the day of the shooting Dugan me
u me at Sixth and Market streets and sal
% for me TO get doctor and send him t.
J., his house, that he had shot man, au
. was going to give himself up; asked hin
If he had shot Rowe and he replied
= ayes; poor Dick. Rowe opened tn
10 door to let McGaughey in and fired a
McGaughey and hit Rowe by mistake.
y When he had been put in the cell nc
:, ticed a lump on his forehead which
:; - had not seen at first | asked him aboI
" '. the pistol and he said he did not kno
~ what he had done with it, but thougl
,. he had put 1t on the shelf in the sttin
room made search, but could not fin
~ it.
IL Cross -examined-Dugan came to civ
y himself up and was mach excited di
% not see the lump on his forehead at frs
D. but he had his cap on As min Ltes afte