Daily Republican., 1881-09-12
MURDER.
.,-r,umENT OF HOCRN
SCENE OrA wILFUL
MURDER.

u.rr,gsu tho Murderer
sn ,.rni. shca the Victim
90 p,"n,p. Arrest ."d In
.areers'ion Of tho
Murderer.
-" Harrigan, for many years
VERY ! haen the pest of the beautiful
vt nas soue, v ouiet and intelligent vet
ctnFtsqssIui Iuinckessin, about nine miles
men, Wilmington u and located ON the
III Mn wa Western Railroad. Jerry,
aware barefooted, frowsy headed
th Hrtv woman whom he calls
as,a, as,t. and and several children schooled
WIZ WIZ i've in a little frame tenement
elII., iDw feet from the line that divides
Va ,,.s ~" from Pennsylvania and on
IaNI., M.',ware side. Whenever there
p',rj "a,herjug on either side and
I,;' a ,sn or twelve miles of "Jerry $
'nt' h thsre was liquor sold in q mystic
pn. 1, kind of a manner in some WOODS
pu' h,mn " of trees not tai off and though
srIf S.,v" WAS not easily caught he was
W.. w.. .hout at such times and was
~ay. ~a blamed for the results which
n.Ily followed.
saa, s"", hs had become such character
W. same ten or twelve years ago, Jerry,
!, ,porkl A, times in Jackson's $ lime
Nv ,.,r;as and at other times ut wei!
aa;no lost his left arm from a blast
. H. Iot,om OF a well, which created
s,mnatby for him amongst the sym
;betjc people of Hockessin. This
mnatby resulted in considerable pc.
uiarv advantage to 'Jerry" and he
maid their kindness by setting up "a
u unlicensed grcggery near the line
barp he could easily escape the
,ilsnce of the officers from either.
mnrh violence ensued at his mid
Oh, orgies and Saturday night carou-
h. that he became the terror Of the
Immunity and has remained so up TO
nre.put time. So notorious had his
{ncha become that the following in
(,ptor should have been written over
loor, "He who enters here leaves
cpe behind. A few years ago
|rolorel man was found dead in close
ro1iuli,y to Harrigan's house and he
|as blamed for the murder and the fact
kat he was cleared by the law before
he courts did not remove the suspicion
A, he was the murderer of the man
everthe'ess.
This time however, the clutches Of the
ly seem to have fastened tightly
kound Harrigau, and together with
i own admissions of guilt he is
rought within sight Of the gallows once
bore, Whether he will be able to swear
|way the positive proof of the murder
emsins to be seen when the case comes
eiore a Jury. The circumstances of
be case are in substance as follows:
On Saturday night there was au orgie
the house of Jerry Harrigan.
.oul talking, fighting and pistol firing
lad been usual disturbances at these
rgies. A pistol shot was fired on Sat
rdsy night but it was left until the
ext morning to develop the results Of
bat shot. Yesterday morning q me-
hanic named Howard Watson, well
cquainted in Hockessin, and who
sd stayed over night with a friend in
be village, left for his hvme in the
cuntry and had to pass though val
y near Hsrrigan's Rancho.
At the bottom, in the middle Of the
pdand near Harrigan's house, he was
|or'lted TO find the dead body ofa man
Eing with upturned face. He had to
Pke a second look convince him that
was the body of Dennis Shea a labor
about the lime quarries and kaolin
Forks Of Hockessin Valley. Watson
moving from the blood with which
be clothes of he dead man was sasur.
Fed that foul murder had been com.
lNted, and there being but very short
ENance to the residence of John q.
IaCkson, anewly appointed Justice of
lePeace, with hurried steps he went to
Pc iesideuce and informed Mr.. Jack
Pm of what he bad seen
Constable Williamson, who also
lvsi close by the residence of Mr..
ackson was hunted up and together
ley hurried to the murder, where sure
eoush, there lay the dead body of Mr..
Penhls Shea, a laborer, we'll known to
C'' Mr. Jackson and Mr.. Williamson.
|Aese gentlemen took the body in
Earse and telegraphed to coroner We.
~ 70 Come and hold an inquest but
@lhe 10 some delay in communicating
10 message the coroner did not get the
esSase until almost one o'clock Z. M.
~ ~ consequently, the Coroner not re-
oualAg Dir. Jackson summoned a
NY anu Proceeded to hold an inquest
~ tne remains OF the dead man. BY
-, ;, 'lile large crowd had gathered
,Ae little valley near Jerry Harri-
VI ~, : mouse, for it was not often that
N". Evshes'ln had such real sensation.
uoi' ", was nobody who did not believe
|. "a, ', Jerry Harrigan did the deed,
: ,ai !. was just such a one as was nat:
n". ..s expected from the scenes OF vio-
nse ,So 'la' had become so frequent.
. "laife jackson soon had warrant
oI1o s1'I anu placed in the hands of Con-
au.t williamson, for the arrest of
st saa 'sal but before the arrest was
. Ns, ~, tne Squire preceded the Cons,a-
w. aua unannounoed entered Harri-
M Hnd mouse, house and I roceedin1 up stairs
,atsndi a t'ie suspected man lying in bed
aIIenullg sIe to be asleep. The following
Ha.Isue g aIs. took place between the two:
a" '"''fy' you did this, you know you
Ibid ''lid WHAT"
..,vl aat about this man."
Do,.n' u"' nan?' said Jerry feigning
oe Innanas Oh anything unusual that had
LfNhCu,
ab,le Yba, jackson then detailed to Jer-
u"' was nad been discovered, but Jer-
ID ssia o profoundly ignorant OF it all
,ds a - " ne had been abel sick since
NJ n;.. alHht and that he had not own
sbe1;a.'oii 1S.oi or gun for several months.
ID b,.As ba every thing Jerry
a rool ne stepped out Of the
,pped j. anu Constable Williamson
lore ha ~ J. ana put Jerry under arrest
10 lnt0 ' p i'ad time to skip across the
sat wv w;,;, r,ehnsylvania. He expressed
to ii'iiIilhgness i,iI to accompany the Off
d to 49, .,.a W which he was no stranger,
Soni,o' 'ee the thing out" az be said.
not ' Jackson then, Coroner Wei.
ID the having arrived, proceeded to
lion MI