Daily Republican., 1881-12-08
uARHIGAN'S TRIAL.
WAS DOSE YE"TEhDAf
.FrxRNOON.
,,.,Is opinion Of @Hrri'
H. .,. cadence ill IN, DePu.
.,lorncy General Cooper
" opens for the State.


b,ncinn II. +. Beckett, affirmed-l
l.'''e w Ierry llaTrigan he prisoner at tht
f0TgpSn pern a dlinAlng saloon al No. l0'
NJ 80 N .trert this city. The last time
LlSb him was at my saloon, the night
lsN ,he shooting he was in there
I,,, p%, timos the last time abou, 80
t's,' s,t in the evening" he was drunk
t@N wand nd s1opped hlm at the door and
psD VIZ t;m that he Ii Il better go home.
~ fca,arlgs a Brickle sworn-An police
s'.r | saw llar,i2an out IL O'Clock
ep', epsiont before the shooting, lo was
ltina sns in wagon, and he WAS drunk
w.. w.; IN aud drove him to the Sorrel
~, ,,,bnr Fox, sworn-Ilived withHar-
..," an, was there on tho 10Th OF last
sst".mb,r, Al 8 o'clock in tho morn
ir'irben came down stairs he wa-
VI wa, with him ali that day,
'.iI suppose that during the day lie
G.,k a Guart OF whiskey. After We
.,rt home he acted in very strange
amer saving burglars were about,
,la nuu.D>r Of other things l went
Sbal about half past ten that night.
rr,,..pyamiltd-We took the first
link early in the morning, and had
rn,aeyery time he wanted II. The night
hsr the shooting, came down stairs
Nd went out on the pike and saw q
nan lsyiug there groaning. went in
d. house and put on my shoes, and
,lan Invent out agl lin | thought he
us dying. went back to the house
rdtUld tneln, and went out again he
vs then dead. | saw WHO 1t was; no
et e,qc went on, from the house.
pr TAYLOR : MITCHELL recalled. |
vas called 10 see tiaIrigan ea y in last
INV and Iullud MIN suffering from
pustrJkc brought on 10y tho hot
v,a.Arr,aud the wn.,h-y ho had drank
lvas aglln called to visit him the 2ith
dJuly, aud found niln in condition
knlerlng on dellrlIm tremens; his
wife told me that he had not eaten any
ming for about week said that |
would see him every day, but whc |
vent again he had been removed II W..
Lcy's. Shea was u larger and inJre
muscular man than Harrigan. Deli
ruW lTtIltuS WtAll hdNo 'hV thN'I "a
,latterng the nervous system.
Cross-ex lined Never saw Harri-
ian atit c,ed with dellrium tremens.
Ihomas Harrington, r.cAlled-l saw
thea on the ears about the An Of July,
gOing gup t. HoIkesslL; h; h Id some
vAHkey III a TO tie, aud lie gave me a
drink
Albert T. williamson, recalled =
After the shooting l searched around
Hari.au's premises and found tracks
Oh the ground that | recognized as
! SheaS. they lead from the outside cell
ar DOR TO the orchard, and then to-
ward the barn | knew his tracks from
an iron plate mat he wore on his heel;
did not hear Harrigan say that 1t was
abal lob but it had TO Re done, and he
had sstted an old grudge.
Cross-examinatiou lie night have
said it, hui | did not hear IT,
Elhs kensey testified that he did not
hear Harvigau say the words that the
witness Browut testified to yesterday.
Cros-exauned II DID not hear
Harigau make use of the language
that has teeu testified TO, although in
the noise aid confusion lie might have
said So.
Albert T. Williamson, recalled for
the STATE, testified that he was
present in New Castle jail and heard
HarTlgan say in answer 10 u question
by Lucy, that Shea was not ai,tr his
wife, that he would not blame his wife
for such a thing. The conversation
was addressed 70 Mr.. Lucy.
Dir. Lucy recalled by the defense;
after Mr.. Williamson went out, the
prisoner said to inc that ho would sut-
fer before any reflection should be- cast
upon his family.
The defense stated that they closed
t5eir case with tins witness.
Deputy Attorney General Cooper OPP
ened the argument for the State. lie
ald that the defense had made u strong
plea Tor the prisoner on the ground OF
humanity, and said that his mouth
was closed by the law, but there is
smother side to the question. Poor
Dennis Shea, his mouth too is closed,
but closed by Harrlgau's bullet. l have
no doubt that the defense will talk to
you about the prisoners innocence, but
think that We have shown you by un-
impeachahle witnesses, that Harrigan
not only killed Dem Shea, but he
Killed him with malice expressed, and
EXPRESSED beforehand.
we have procured three eye witnesses
OF The occurrence aud further that after
ne had committed the deed he did not
express any sorrow or contrition for the
ACT, and even the next day he said to a
reporter that sit was u bad job but 1t
mad TO be done, 1t was an old grudge
and 1t had to be settlrd," and 81 don't
Know Cor don't care) how it will be
hereafter | think that all other things
ICING equal, a reporters evidence should
% gwen the preference, for the reason
saat The other witnesses hear the words
Uut they have nothing to Impress them
upon their mind, whereas tAe reporter
win his note toJk in his hand, takes
aown the words rs they fall from the
Speakers lips. MIR. Cooper reviewed the
ovidsncs that had b,en given by the
Witnesses, and went over all the scenes
anu Incidents Of that fatal night.
ne said that although HarIigan was
unlicensed, still Le kept a public house
.hd sold liquor, and as lats ~ it was on
- no night OF the tragedy, yet it has been
.hown that there were several mon in
me me house drinking, when Shea came in.
Dennis Shea had rs much right there a.
snybody else, and ;he only thing that
narrlgan could do WAS to order him
Sut, and if he did not 60, then he would
oe justified In using force enough to
Put him out; but he did not do that; it
uas been shown that Shea went out
hnaen he Was told and Harrigan who
saH NSa been up stairs and got his pistol.
,oliowed him, stopped him on the road,
ald shot him down.
A. Inc defense has endeavored to show
s1at ma shea had committed adultery wi,h
.narrigan's wife, and have placed his
the fact.
Now think that these girls would
sy sy almost anything to save their
~tner, and another thing, they have
.nty testified 10 their knowing Shea
%He ; IN the house twice, after their
M,s iMH'ner had forbid his corning; now is 1t
aIAely that with at least one Of those
eirl6 1t home all the time. that Dennis