The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-03-25
THE DAILY CAIRO MORNING. MARCH % 1870

merely putting on her corsets. She further
said that | had tried to kill her two or
three times and would have succeeded but
Tor Newman. She loved Newman, she
said hated me, and had left me for good,
then left, went across the street apd
talked with Jim Monroe awhile. Seeing
Ruth and Ellen leave the house, returned,
went up stairs, picked up an axe in Mrs.
McFadden's room, and went into the room
where Newman was. didn't intend to
Kill him. | had leased the house, and sub
let portions Of it, I told Newman, who was
sitting on the bed, to get up and get out of
that He then ordered me TO leave. 7
then up with the axe and struck him. The
first lick was light. but knocked him over,
the second lick was very heavy, and killed
him | then set the axe down, went down
stairs and started up street. The balance
of Glass testimony adds nothing nav to
what has already been detailed.
Ruth Brown was then sworn. She had
been Glass woman for about a year, and
they had thought of getting married and
living decently; but he had been beating
and abusing her for more than a week, and
last Sunday she told him she wouldn't live
with him and longer; hut wanted her
things and they would part. He replied
that he was good man--as good man as
she could find, and he would not stand it
About 8 o'clock Sunday morning witness
Ellen McKerney and Newman were IN the
Ellen's room (where the murder was com
mittedD Newman asked if he could lie
down, Wyatt McKerney then came in
and says: Come Newman, let's 90 have
fun on leveF.' Newman says mo, ship
tomorrow and want to sleep" Witness
was adjusting her corset Glass came in
saw Newman lying on bed, and quarrelled
with witness for stripping before men.
Witness said she WASH stripping, but was
putting on her corset Glass then left il 3
bad humor, and shortly afterwards witness
passed down stairs. She was speedily
Joined by Ellen, and the two re.
paired to the Photographic tent; but find.
Ing it full, started back to the house; and
met Glass coming up the street. He shook
hands with both of them and bid them
good bye The rest OF this woman's
testimony was unimportant.
Ellen McKerney corroborated Ruth s
statement and added that when Ruth
passed out Of the room, she, the witness
told Newman not 10 put his feet on her
bed. She then joined Ruth on the side.
walk and the two went TO the gallery
Coming back they met Glass as already
stated. Ruth thought he was going to
Mound City to get work; witness thought
he was going to the river to drown himself
and besceched Ruth to go with her and
keep him from destroying himself The
two continued their course, however until
they reached the house. Witness hurried
to her room to get dinner, and seeing
Newman, lying asleep, as she thought, she
pulled him by the pantaloon's leg to ava.
ken him, and instantly afterwards discov.
cred that he had been murdered, and gave
the alarm by running down stairs crying
"murder"
Sarah McFadden, who occupies room
adjoining that in which the murder was
committed, stated tina. she had lived in the
building about week Glass entered heI
room between / and 12 o'clock Sunday
morning, and picking up an axe which she
had borrowed from Ellen McKcrney
opened the door and passed into the room
where Newman was. She heard no talk
no conversation Of any kind; but heard
three heavy thugs and thought Glass was
splitting kindlng A moment aftcrward,
Glass came out of the room, without the
axe, closed the door behind him, and with
out saying word, passed out OF the house
Shortly afterwards Ellen McKcrncy camt
up stairs, passed into the room where New
man was, but Immediately raised the cry
of "bood brains murder!" and ran down
stairs and into the street. This was the frs
intimaton Mrs. McFadden had that mur
der had been committed.
DR.. G., w. Dunning testified that the wounc
on the head Of deceased was undoubtedly
the cause of DEATH and that it might hav,
beenInficted with an axe.
Upon this testimony the jury very prop
erly arrived at the conclusion that Carte
Newman had come to his death from Blow
upon the head inflicted with an axe in tn,
hands of Charles Glass, and that the KILN.
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DELIBERATE MURDER.
Viewing the matter in the most char
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