The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-12-07

the Hoeke99ln MuF0er-An Irish
witness On che stand.
Court reassembled at 10 O'Clock, this
morning, Chief Justice Comeggs and
Judge Houston, Wootten and Wales
on the bench.
Levi g. Bird, ESQ, counsel for the
Baltimore q Ohio Railroad Company,
applied TO the Court for coumission 70
assess damages for the right Of way
through lands Of the Trustees Of Della
ware College, Rathmell Wilson, Andrew
Kerr, samuel ID. Newlin, James II. Ray,
LOWS L. Allen and Samuel Donald,
situated in Christians, Peneader, White
Clay Creek and Mill Creek Hundreds.
The Court appointed Edward T. Bellab,
George Richardson, VIM. T. Porter,
James Bradford, and Jacob Derrickson
- the Commissioners In each case.
The Harrigan trial was then resumed,
with Daniel Lucy still on the stand. He
said be did not 60 to Harrigan after the
latter shot Shea because he was afraid
Of him. Before Shea was shot he made
no effort 10 strike Harrigan.
Under Mr.. Birds cross examination
Lucy said that while he, Shea, Kelly
and Creedon were standing In the road,
Shea, proposed TO 60 TO HArrigan's for
whisky because they could get better
liquor there, - they were about to 90 In
Shea declined 10 enter tho house, alleg
ing - his reason that be and Harrigan
had quarreiled while be boarded there.
Harrigan, after the shooting, told the
witness that he ought TO have kept Shea
away, and he replied that he could not
keep him away, he tried to hold Shea
a. be walked towards Harrigan, but
Shea pulled away and walked on.
When the next witness, John Kelley,
was called, Dennis Quill, OF Whining
ton, was also called, 10 act rs interpreter
1t being claimed that Kelly had not yet
mastered the EnRlish languagesufiicietly
10 take and understand II intellig. ntly
Mr. Bird objected to the interpreter,
and claimed that Kelly did understand
English.
Dennis Quill was sworn on his voir
dire, and said that Kelley was born In
the western part Of County Cork, Ire.
land, In . parish where the people
were accustomed only to an Irish
dialect. He had been in this country
only year, and Mr.. Quill did moi
think he could understand the English
language sufficiently to carry on con.
versation or give his testimony.
| The defense called VIM. Lacy, who
said he had had conversation with
John Kelly once, about his bail, Che
being under bonds 40 @ witness in THU
easel and Kelley said he would try tc
get it.
The Court decided this competent
case Tor the admission OF an inter.
prefer.
| When the oath was being admin
istered to ths witness he said, through
his interpreter, that he had neyeI
taken an oath in his life, but under.
stood the nature OF one. He repeated
the oath as 1t was announced by the
Clerk and translated by Quill, ant
kissed the book.
The only important difference be
tween the testimony of this witness
and that Of the other two was thal
just before the shooting he heard Shet
say to Harrigan, eco home, Jerry
20 home, Jerry !" then came the fiasl
and the report, and Shea fell like th,
others Kelley said he sneaked back /.
Hockessin after tho shooting becaus,
he was afraid of Harrigan and hi
pistol.
The cross-examin ltion of this wit
ness was very short and ELECTED moth.
Ing new. Mr.. GALL performed tn,
difficult duties OF interpreter In an in
telligent and perfectly satisfaotor,
manner.
John Watson, who lives In Cheste
county, Pa, said that on Sunday morn
Ing, Sept. 18th, he WAS on his way hom
from visit TO his son-in-law, nea
Hockessin; he started about twenty mi
nutes Of four o'clock; while passin
Harrlgan's he saw dead body lying Ii
the middle Of the Lancaster pike; he di,
not stop at the time, but went and toll,
George Reardon, who came back witt
him and identified the body rs that O
Dennis Shea; they saw bullet woun,
IN his body.
George Reardon oorroborated TIL
testimony and said be afterwards wen
down TO the village and spread the new
Of the finding OF the body.
DIR. Taylor Mitchell, Of Hockessin, say
Dennis Shea's body lying on the floor Ii
Jerry Harrigan's barn on Sunday, Sept
, IL, about one o'clock In the afternoon
made an examination Of the body Mt tn
request OF Esquire Jackson; the ball en-
tered to the right aide Of the breast bon,
At the second rib and passed through
the junction OF the breast bone with ID,
third RIB; here II spllntersd the bone Q,
that the probe would not follow th,
course OF the wound; took off the breas
bone and removed the lungs and heart
found that the ball had penetrated th,
pericardium Tor sac that surrounds tn,
heart) passed through the large after,
leading from the heart, and imbeddes
hself In the bone Of the spine. Tn,
wound was Of character to csus,
: almost instant death.
pistol ball was shown to the wit
ness, which he recognized as the one b,
took from Shea's backbone.
Esquire John G. jackson Testified
to going TO Harrigan's house, In com
pany with several others, on Sunda,
morning, Sept. 18th Harrigan was Il
! bed, with his clothes on, and said b,
! knew nothing about the trouble on tb,
, road asked him II he had pistol anc
he said he had not, as some one haf
stolen his Harrigan appeared calm
and self-possessed. Between 10 and
O'Clock in the afternoon, he ordered
Harrigan's arrest, and the Constabl,
brought him TO his office after tn,
examination he told Harrigan 1t was ,
bad job and he would have to commi
him HarriRan replied, Eyes, but il
1 kAl 4.