Daily Republican., 1881-12-06
OYER AND TERNlNER'
.,crEDINGs OF COURT Sfs'
.rpuAY AFTERNOON.
.o.,Jury siill Hold Outline
lpe ,unrrigan for the MUIR.
~ ", Of Dennis Shea-Esi
~ .,ce Of Eye witnesses
,,he Hook ess;n Tra.
dery now on Trial.

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"%, "o,,srnoon, and after hearing add
cN ,Giarr,nent for and against the mo.
us1,bmte .b"t was submitted by Mr.. Higgins
W. y. morning, for the Court to instruct
Nv, ni,u,ry = in the Neal case that they rem
wv rysrdict of assault or assault with
m W., n commit n rape, again reserved
IN.,d ,Es ds,isiou and directed the State :
lr,.nsy au, MO-" TO proceed with the case OF
Wat WAT IS. jeremiah Hsrrigan ,indirt-
l'i I M the murder of Dennis Shea, in
August last. ... 49,, n,
.,,s,, Attorney, represent the state
1s Charles b. Lore, Esq, and Levi
~ TRirI E,u., will conduct the defense.
Ma Attorney General opened for the
s,,y , by briefly outlining the circum-
.,,,s, Of the crime, and said that the
,S",,,xpecled TO prove that this was n
,'GEooded and unprovoked killing,
Consequently murder i'll the first
s.,h4a explained and defined to the
.,r what constituted the different de-
NJ. Of murder, and closed his remark,
rnpealing to them 10 give n verdict
,mpling to the evidence.
ohu &, Jackson affirmed-l live in
lyst>sin, am surveyor, Ca plot Of
.,p0e OF the murder shown tu him
scoguize that plot, | made it at your
,Sg,l, The witness then lett the
url, and in the presence of counsel,
gpained the plot to the jury.
iGrpcius Creedon, sworn-I live al
Eakes,n; know Jerry Harrigm the
r,oucr nj the bar: | knew Dennis
Ma last saw Shea in september last;
lut him near the railroad, he was
rns no the road when ! met him;
yLrn met Shea he was coming along
a, nike, and | was with Daniel Lucy
aN John Kelly; we were coming from
Ne DEPOT, | walked along II piece with
tsr, and then went into a neighbor $;
ItM not see Shea again until later
hltevening, when we went to Cree
Ion hotel, and had several drinks;
While We were there we helped TO put
barrel of cider. When we
| Ut there, we went up the road toward
I,ry Harrigan's, as Shea had said that
Ihvould like a good drink Of whiskey,
nl Hagrgan had some; he gave me
xyenty.fvc cents to get the whiskcy as
had lie would not GO in that house.
lnk the money and went in; saw
Haihgan, his wife and a little Cir in
| ihs:-. also an old man they called Pow
| III Jimmy; he did not get the whi,kcy
| tgit away and after while Mrs. Ha
i.an cot il: when she brought it ! re-
| h,el 10 take it because the bottle was
|@su,I: while | was in there Kelly and
! buy amr in and Kelly said Dennis
lea is outside; and lIarrigan said "it
ss-n Of b--h comes in here III
b. k some more of the hair OFT his
| Tad.
Before he had finished DenLis Shea
came in and, said that's my name; as
~Qn a, he came in Harrigan Went up
stairs.
shorty after Shea came IN | went
out, and Lucy and Kelly followed Inc,
We went down to the barn; when we
got there saw Dennis Shea coming
along the road near the barn, while We
stood there, | heard man hall0oing
tF0u1the house, 1t sounded like Jerry
Harrigau's voice but l could not hear
what he was saying. Harrlgan then
came about half way from the hpus" 10
The barn and Shea went toward him;
harrlgan said Dennis Shea do you
want to he killed" and Shea said mo
but Il fight you."
Ia about u half minute, saw 4 flash
ana heard a report, and Dennis Shea
fell,
haFrlgan then came on down the road
past Shea's body towards us, and We
started of because was frightened and
Gl not want to go back there again.
haFrlgan came down the road apiece
l,aen turned and went back home. ]
Gonos think Harrigan was drunk, he
I,d not act like drunken man. Har-
'san went up stairs as soon as Shea
came in the house, he did not say any
aNgto him. Cross-examiuation by
NJ Bird. l have known Jerry Harrigan
l%Cver year. He worked at the same
g4!e that | worked, the kaolin works
INV him every day and was well ac.
anted with him; when met Shea
A' night, John Kelly and Daniel
49cy, were with me. Thomas HALEY
fSel us to 90 into Creedon's; he asked
sW 60 i'll and have drink with him:
" we each had four drinks in there, and
: sasa took whiskey every time; we were
u u freedoms about one hour, and left
" .ae'e about ten o'clock. After we left |
'uele We went down the road, and sat |
" ,le fencc for about an hour; Shea
d .Id ;hat he did not like Creedon's
'alhkey and that he would pay for
~. :.iFt at Harrigan's, if I would 90 in
asa alu set it. There were four of US to-
f''ler Dennis Shea, John Kelly, Daniel
~ ~ and myself. When We got near
,4' ae mousse Shea gave me seventy.ive
4. .tas 10 get the whiskey;I did not know
ua. a"I. Shea and Harrigan had any diff
lI,aa'Iy, ard did not ask him why he
'ul ~ not 90 in himself. 1t was about
I1I Ia'I past eleven at night when we got
Mhen went in Harrigan was sit
itns IN chair, and told his wife to get
i, 'I,e,NNAiskey; " she got light ont Of the
|Vnen . and went down the cellar to
WI whlls she was gone Kelly and
,uVs came in; when She brought the
llor III refused to take it as the bot
W ~ was a not full, and Harrigan said
,""e'i' we'll have a drink anyhow"
tnr t.s we had drunk Kelly said that
IS Iya was outside, and Harrigan said
:. Ut comes in here the s-n ola
,Ir ,I3, III knock some more of the
a.! ~ on his head" Just as Harrigan
Tb W. lnls Dennis Shea came in and said
su. suaI my name" Harrigan then
Iu, Ss" up stairs and we went out; when
Aea came out he came toward US from
" y ioac Lucy was near to Shea, and
im ituVIgnt that he was trying to hold
i i a. then heard Harrigan say: "Den-
hhslea, haea, do you want to bs killed.
,ui1 DsIe" some other conversation, but
dn ,hi not tell what it was, neither was
sto. so.e 70 see If any blows we're struck,
ny, 1'Yfe = saw the flash and heard the re-
,at rtoi the pistol; l did not tell any one
M did lgat that Shea had been shot, as
I'u not know that the man was kill
IA, NJ l answer to juror the witness said
,,sr ne - recognized the man that came
OF s so 'ne road as Harrigan, but could
ns 'ee the pistol in his hand.
b. "a,el wa Lucy, sworn-live at Hockes-
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