Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-03-09

which pocket White took the knife from to cut
the tobacco; didn't see him open it; when
| White went in he went up to the bar and called
| for two bottles of beer, and asked Egan TO drink;
| Egan stepped 10 the bar and he and Whiteshook
| hands don't know who offered to shake hands
first; Immediately the fight seemed to commence;
| heard White cry, danger after he called for
| the beer; this seemed tn be common word
with him | often heard him use it; thought
nothing of it as heard him use IL often; after
| | left the Ocean saw White back of Johnsons
! barn, about half an hour after the trouble /;
White asked me how Eagan was and told him
| he was dead he cried and made a fuss he said
he would leave; was with him about two min
urcs; White started toward his home he didn't
say where he w0uld go; after left White
met Morrissev and ID. w. Ford, and went to
Lockhart's; MorrisSey and went to the Ocean
| and Ford went to his office, | believe.
VIM. J. Brennan, sworn.-I.ive in Donegal
| township occupation, boiler maker | went to
! Delamater's Ocean saloon between nine and ten
o'clock p. NJ; nobody was there but Charles
| Eacan, Plum Holland and James Hill; Charley
| Eacnn appeared in good humor and was fooling
with me; after little, Perry and another man
! came in. and then James Crowley came in
there appeared to be no ill-feeling; a short
! time after Morr;ssey and Billy Frederick came
in the front door and Billy White the back
, door; Billy White called for some beer, and
| appeared to be excited than Eagan and Billy
! began talking little, and the first thing knew
I they got in holts, but | thought they were only
! fonling as Charley had been with me | saw no
/ blows struck did not think thev were angry
| at the time ! about fifteen twenty feet
AWAY; was not looking directly at them; ! went
| up after Charley fell and Bill Morrissey turned
! him over, and | said he must be stabbed, and
! he said he was; James Crowley, Billy Morrissey.
| Plum Holland. Billy Frederick and two boiler
makers, whose names | don't know were
! law NINA inf tbn from 6nnr
| c. H. johnson, sworn-Live in Milleistown;
am hotel keeper; saw White about twenty
minutes after eleven o'clock p. NJ; heard some
| one mt tn, front door; went there and found
! Billy White; when | opened the door he stood
| there crying, with blood on his face and his
nose bleeding, and blood running down the side
of his face; his coat was all torn he says "My
! God, guess / have killed Charley Egan :" /
says, WHAT" lie says, II have killed Charley
I Eagcn :" lie had not been gone from my house
over twenty minutes he was in my house
about half an horr belore he went 10 the Ocean;
! Jim Crowley, Billy MorrsScy. Billy Frederick
! Humphrey Frei all myself were there; White
! dill not take but one drink there; before they
went away Billy White said that somebody told
him that Jimmy Hill had told Charley Eagan
! that he White was going t. Kick him Eagan
! White said he had been told tnat Easan had
! pad Madden 500 tu kill him he said if Eagan
! ever en;niErnced on him he would never let
: of me the 6rst time he hits me. he Will never
! live TO hit me the sec.nl time :" he asked Billy
| Frederick to give him Il chew of tobacco he
! took his knife out of his pocket 10 cut of a
chew, and said ii he had nothing better he
| Wagla use that the knife was black handled
Que with three blades the one opened being
! alcut three inches Icing aud about three ioa.tAs
of az inch wide he asked me what to do;
| told him 70 go 10 HEsei;on's and give himself
up he said he would go and see Ford he
| waGted NE TO give him twenty five dollars and
let him take horse to get away, both Of which
| refused.
c. c. Runlberger, sworn.-Am practicing
| physician examined the body of Charles Ea-
| gan, deceased together with DIR. McCaskey
| found six wounds the first examined was a
waerd penetrating the skin in an oblque d.
reetioa from the right side IN the infra clavicu-
| lar space, aud il was only flesh wound, in
! voiving no blood vessels Of magnitude and was
| no, thc immediate cause of death the second
| wound examined was situated in the same re-
! gion, about four inches from the first, pointed
III the same direction, and penetrated to the ar
ticulntion OF the first rib with the sternum par
| tally severing the same-was not the inmedi-
ate cause Of death the third wonnd examined
was in the right aSiilary region; was large
| flesh wGund, hut involved no blood vessels Of
sny size, and was not the Immediate cause of
death ; the fourth wound penetrated the SIX in
in direction similar to the others, immediate
ly beneath tho the htth and seyering the sixth
rib from its cartilaginous union with the ster-
mum, opening the peritnneum, but not interfer-
ing with any Of the abdominal viscera the
| lifth wound examined was in the left inguInal
region and penetrated the skin in the same di-
rection as the others, and partially separated
the internal illiac artery. causing great liemor,
rhaye, and was in nv opinion the immediate
cause of death the sixth wound examined was
flesh wound of the right arm. involving
blood vessels, and was not Immediately con-
cerneG IN causing death.
pr. 9. A. McCaskey, sworn.-I agree in the
abave statement in all particulars.
BUTLER CoTSTY, rs:
An lnquls,inn lndentel. taken ut Millers-
town borough in the county of Butter, on the
2d hay ut Murch. \. ID. 1881, before me, j. J.
Campbell, Coroner of the county aforesaid upon
view of the body of Charles Eyan. then and
there lying dead, upon the oathS and solemn
aiiirmatons of Samuel B. Gamble B. j. Far
quer Henry Lockhart. James Sellers, Il. l.
lienshew and q. IL. Bole, good apd lawful men
of the county aforesaid, who, bong sworn and
affirmed. and eharaea to Inquire, ou the part of
the CGnimonwe2!th when where, how, and al
ter what manner the sad Charles Eagan came
TO his death, da say--on their oaths and atlir-
nations atarsssid-Ihatt the said Charles Eagan,
GU tho alght oT March lst, between the hours
OF /. and II o'clock r. NJ, at the Ocean Saloon,
in Millerstown borough, Butler county Pa,
came 10 his death from wounds inflicted by a
knife in the hands Of Wm II. White. And 8"
the jurors aio; esaid upon their oathS AID atfir
nations aforesaid, do say that The aforesaid
Charles Egan, for the oeuse aforesaid in the
manner and fGTln aforesaid, came 10 his death,
and r0t otherwise.
In witness whereof, az well of the aforesaid
Coroner, We, the Jurors, have hereuntoo put
our hands apd Is, on the day and year and
~ the place above mentioned.
Coroner JAS. J. CAMPBELL seal
Foreman-SAMUEL Is. GAMBLE, seal
HENRY LoCKHART seal
JANUS SELLERS, seal
Il. j. FOEOUER fSeaIl