National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-05-23

between them then, but what they were she could
not say. Mrs Murphy says, Get out of my house or
I'll burst you OPEN He said, Sit down; don't
mean you no harm. She says, Do you know
where you are atT He says, No; do you know
where you are at% She says, I'm in my own
house, He said, Who are you? and she replied,
Pm Jack Murphy's WIFE He said, Jesus Christ.
am in Jack Murphys houseg He then got up
and it appeared as though he was trying to get to
the door. heard some one then run through the
house, and heard Mr.. Murphy ask: Is that you,
Tom Fitzp Then there was loud noise like
person falling on the floor. could hear the sound
of ticks then, several in Succession-1 could not
say how maryland a man groaning. He said,
Murphy, for Gods sake don't kill me- and re-
peated it several times Mr.. Murphy said, You
s. ola b., intend to kill you Mrs. Murphy she
hollered, Don't lock the door and kill the man.
1t seemed as if Murphy was trying to lock the
door. He seemed to give him several more ticks
then. Then 1 could hear the man groaning out
side of the house. Then saw Mr. Murphy in the
back yard with candle in his hand, and he said
he was
LOOKING FOR AN Ak
to kill the of b.. / saw him through the
fence. 1 was in the yard all the time The
trouble occurred in the front part of Murphys
house. was looking almost in the window, but
it was SO dark that could not see. Murphy, when
he came out into the yard, seemedto be talking to
himself. About ten minutes after that saw Mr..
Murphy coming up street toward his own house
from the direction of the river 1 accused him of
killing man, and he said he had killed the s. of
a B., and he would give me the same if didn't
keep my mouth. He said, coming up the steps,
that he had two buckets of blood to wash up, and
he thought he had finished him. was in front of
the house then. He did not mention any name !;
only he said he was going to give Mr..
Co lion, 4I,n H. ~ and oil tho
door, and after that saw him no more" Miss Carr
was closely questioned by the jurymen. 1t was
fully ten minutes, she said, after she saw him in
the yard that he returned to the house and from
the direction of the river. He had nothing in his
hand. She did not see the man Fitzgerald) who
came there go away. Mr.. Murphy was person
she was afraid Of but she had animosity against
him. She saw Mr.. Murphy when he went away.
He said he was looking for his wife.
DOWN ON THE MURPHYs
When Miss Carr LETT the stand Murphy stated
that she and his wife had been fighting the last
two weeks about chickens. "She is" he said,
dead down on me and on my wife" He explained
that when he went out into the yard he feared that
the man might get help and come back again, and
he would get ready for him. He did not he said,
go down toward the river.
The jury, in order to satisfy themselves regarding
the locations ofthe different houses here adjourned
and went to the scene of the tragedy, where they
examined both the house and the spot where
Fits" body was hauled out of the water, when
they reassembled at the station-house.
PROFESSIONAL OPINION.
DR.. Hartigan, who had made post norton ex-
animation, was sworn, and said that he had found
two cut wounds OH the left side of the head, both
longitudinal, one two and half inches long
and the other five eighths of an nch and several
bruises of the scalp. There was limited fracture
of the skull under the principal cut wound, and
there was a small effusion of blood in the mem
branes the right side of the BRAIN The left eye
was blackened. The organs of the chest showed
no evidence of a struggle in the water, and his
opinion that the was laboring under
some conclusion or shock, or insensibility from
some cause, when he entered the water. The in
juries sufficient to cause death, but the wit
ness was unwilling to give positive opinion as to
whether the man was drowned or killed by the
blows.
John Moran, who lives at 500 Twenty-sixth street,
was next sworn, and testified that he saw man
leaving Mr.. Murphy's house about ten minutes to
one O'Clock. He was alone, and crossed Twenty
sixth street and New Hampshire avenue, going
toward the river. He was muttering something
which the witness did not understand. Three
minutes afterward the witness saw Murphy stand
ing in his own door. He remained at Murphy's
five or six minutes and then went home. Sergeant
Perry testified to finding FitzgerGlds body at the
wharf.
THE VERDICT
The jury then consulted in private for a few
minutes, and returned the following verdict:
That the said Thomas Fitzgerald came to his death
about O'Clock a. May q, 1851, at the foot of
New Hampshire avenue, by drowning while intOxi-
Gated and in condition of shock from fracture of the
skull received at the hands of John Murphy.
Accordingly Murphy was committed to Jail. His
wife, who had been locked up all day and seemed
in great distress, was released.