The daily gazette., 1880-02-14
FIRST EDITION.
Michael conneII's Death.

THE cokoNER's JURY FAILS TO FIND
AMY EVIDENCE THROWING LIGHT
UPON THE DAkK SUBJECT.
The sad fate of Michael Connell, who
| di appeared on Christmas eve aud was
not heard Of until yesterday, when his
dead body was found In the Christiana,
awakened general interest In the com
munity, and caused prevailing opinion
that the man had been foully dealt with.
ft was with considerable interest, there
fore, that people looked forward to the
developments that were expected TO re-
suit from an investigation Of the Case by
Coroner Bulz and his Jury.
THE INQUEST.
A little knot OF interested men crowd
ed around and into Undertaken Palmer's
Office, on Shipley street, above Front, at
7.30 O'Clock, last evening, anxiously lis
tening TO the testimony adduced BY the
Coroner's inquest, In hopes that Il would
shed more light upon the dark"ned fate
Of poor Michael COnnell. The jury was
composed Of VIM. ii. Quinn, foreman,
Ell. Il. jackson, Secretary, and Messrs.
Joseph Vandegrift, l.. w. Palmer, Robt.
Meacbam, Francis Sawdon, Seth Stew
art, John .. Kennedy, Thos. J. Bennett,
Anton Henze, Reeco Pyle and Henry
Bradley.
The evidence adduced was mt al all
satisfactory, so far as IL went TO show
how Conhell wandered into the Christi
ana. IL only proved that be was seen In
two pl aces on Christmas eve, the night
Of his disappearance, with no suspicious
circumstances attending his visit TO or
departure from either place.
The first witness examined was Geo.
Y. Wigglesw Ottb, who testified TO finding
the body at the Delaware Western rail-
road bridge, as already fully described
In the GAZETTE.
The n. xt witpess was Michael Carney,
| OF No. 30f Monroe street, who was sup
posed to know somsthing important,
but who. from bis testimony, apparently
know nothing more In relation to
Michael Conneliy's death than those
who never Saw the unfortunate man.
Carney testified that on Christmas Eve
he met Council on Front street, bet ween
Orange and Tstnail, walked hack 10
Fagans Sorrel Horse Hotel, and took
two DIR nks with him Qn company with
Michael and John Holland, who were IL
the bar-room at the tim-). walked out
side and then parted from him, Holland
crossing Front street and starting tc-
wards Market while the witness walked
of In an opposite direction. This was the
last he saw OF COnnel.
Mioba, HOLLAND, who lives on Bird
street, said he met Connell in the Sorrel
Horse on Christmas Eve. aud spoke 10
him, bu' did not drink with him. Wit
ness said he went out the back way and
left Connell in the bar-rounI, after which
he saw him no more.
John Hehand, \ boarder at the Sorrel
Horse, testified TO taking n drink there
with Cunneli on ChrstInas Eve. He
SAID Connell departed after taking the
drink, and he never saw him again.
Each of the above witness stated that
| Conbell was perfectly ssber at the time,
and that bis general character for So
briefly waS good.
SergoaDt Dolan, of the police force,
testi ned to looking Al the body, and
recognizing IL, from the pass book iE the
pocket, as that of Connell, as stated In
| yesterdays GAZETTE.
John Hayes said he belped to take the
Body out OF the water, hut did not recog
nize u, though he was we'll acquainted
with C0nnsll and had worked with him.
Mrs. Margaret Fisher said that Connell
came to her saloon, at No. l13 Shipley
street, on Christmas Eve, about z
| O'Clock, drank glass of beer with
young man from Philadelphia, who saw
nim IN the saloon at the time and then
went out out. He was perfectly sober
at this time. He came back shortly after
| 10 o'clock, pretty drunk, and sat very
quietly at the table until a bout II o'clock,
apparently asleep, when he arose and
| departed. Mrs. Fisher never saw him
after ward-.
THIS closed the testimony, and the
jury, without discussion, agreed upon the
folio wing verdict THAT the deceased
cams 70 his death from causes unknown
to the Jury, being found in the Christiana
river"
The body of Connsll IL still at Under
taler P4lmer's office, and will be buried
from there Tomorrow afternoon. On
account of the condition of the corpse
lt has been ieemed advisable not to
remove 1t previous TO the funeral.
Mrs. Connell was IN Philadelphia yes
| terdav, but returned last night and
| learned uf her husbands sad fate.