Daily Republican., 1881-12-07

Bird The Prisoner.
on the s'"n"-1h" Line Of I., sN's
to be insanity. "e'ens
,pon the re assembling of oo,,.
morning Mr.. Bird opened G,r s'aft tn
fsnse in the Harrigan case he he rant, 'ne
the circumstances of the shoot lewa
outlined his defer So AZ temnorns az
SANITY, brought on by excessive i."ly
,ng, on ace unit of the unfai,hf,lnu u''al
hi' wife. He said that he eynna'%S "'ne%
prove to the jury that at the t;.el0
act was committed iiarripan ,n' mn
iering from maniapotu. and vaS wa. 81
responsible for his actions NJ, IaS
spoke FOR about thirty minut.s ' bH
Mary Harrigan, the oldes, do,,
OF the prisoner, was sworn and ,s'Sa sa'
that her father had forbld1sn 'T'Nna w
Shea coming TO their house, sha ,'Gll
heard her father tell Shea , r Suc hs
times to stay away from the oes h
sometimes Shea would come 90 IouS
the barn and asG her if her fatbs. ID. ."r
IN the house, and if she said he wa,
would 60 away, but if she told bin', was,
father was out he would alwavs 'H ts
the house. The wisncs, said J'o 70
several times up stairs with nv m" m",h ~
IN her bed room, and when wan,a Luz
up, Dennis would always s.rI
do 1n. ! have told father ahon, .,
coming to the house in hi, ab,enca' 'nc nv
that Shea had threatened "a It IAN an
bodily harm. told father ,L,,J n' ~
seen Dennis in mothers bed rnom a n
that had teen sent down stair. "l
Shea came to the house on ,bo @.
urday nigat, when father aud m mo,h %
were out; one night they had rons .',u' W.
wake, and the next time ,Dey xo,' ~
u neighbors. He asked where , m',,
was and told him she was on, 1'o,I aS.I
was father and he said that ".on .,
gun III catch him some time" p..
or was brought home sick last sp,"
he had beyl sun struck and VI, r om
his miud. VI"
DR.. Mitchell attended him and j
up with him several night, he w,,S'
about ten days and wien he %, at %
commenced drinking very hard
night he wond think that he saw q,
heard things that we've not in the roo,,
The Wednesday be ore the shoo,in
he commenced drinking again and w.
still doing SO on Saturaa,. He ar.
strange on that day aud said that ,r,r
were burglars about, and great man.
other things that wrre not SO.
CrosseNainined by Mr. Grly-N,N
er was in her own room when | :,
her upstairs with Shea, ana AZ ,1on
| went up, he sent me down ON An a.
rand. When Shea boarded tour hons,
his room was on the second floor m
same as mothers, but there was a lon
entry and small entry or landing bs
tween their rooms. | CauuO, ryact,
tell how long II WAS after father ordered
Dennis away,when saw him in lnothl
sr's room, but think it was about
month; the second time that saw him
| there was about week after that
] did not kuo~ that Shea WAS in tra
house, until | went up stairs and
saw him and mother in the room tod
gether.
The nj eht Of the shooting when Cree!
don an the others came 90 the house /
was in bed, and hearing their voices b
got up and went down and sat on thJ
stair steps, and while | was sitting
there father came and asked me for It'd
keys. / gave them to hlm and he weu5
on up stairs; shortly after | fylloWeIN
but went into another room and did|
not hear father when he went down.
Re-,ilrect-!ather was laying ana
sitting around the house all that day, |
but did not stay long IN one place.
Ellen Harrigan, another daughter
aged about nine years was then called
to the stand and testified that she had
known Deunls Shea and recOlieC'cd
when he boarded at their house. one
night Dennis said something TO mother
at the supper table when Ia'ucr came
in and tod him to 90 out OF the house
and never come there again; he called
father outside and asked ii he could
come aud get his clothes, father said lie
could; he came twice and got al! his
clothes, but l saw him at our houseAye
or six times after that.
| met Dennis several times on the
road after he left our house, and he al.
ways asked me if papa WAS home, aud
when said yes, he would 60 on, but il
told him no, he would always 60
the house On the night OF the shoot
ing was in The cellar with motier
she had gone down to get some whisky
~. las
and | saw Dennis Shta at the ceIA
door he threw some sand down Wat
tract mothers attention.
Cross.eXamined saw Dennis sll
standing outside at the cellar doN ill
when mother saw him, she went DO
door and talked with him; they ta'iG
in Irish, and | could not undersal'
what they said; we were down ce@
about fifteen minutes.
William Lucy sworn am cohDer
ed with the Kaolin works at lioche'slD,
Jerry Harrigan worked for us, 'fN"S
cart. o
live in New Jersey and went hons
at least once a week; Harrlgan sI"a,'
brought me as far as Wilmington III
the carriage. l remember wlel Ut H;s W.
taken sick last summer; the iact VI ,no .'o
being sick was reported to me oy tns Sne
man in charge OF that department. On, Ss
know of my own knowledge Una. Nv Nv
was not at work. He came back "
work in about ten days, and after "y'n .nan
ing awhile he went off again ! 'utI I;I
called at his house to ses him np ",a
not know me and made arraneelleuS
TO take him to where was staylne' "S
| believed that course was hesn,s hecess"'.
to save his life. He was at my hUuIT naT
several days and then became w"
enough to come back to his woih. ..s
Daniel Creedon was called anu shss 20"
tilted to the fact of Dennis oHtI h;,
Creedon, Lucy and Kelly beng a' MS
hotel on the night Of the shooting, hv
Cornelius Creedon was rtcaileu ,bs NJ
the defense, and testified that ,paa on 's al
night of the shooting he saw on1d nar.
Harrigan's cellar door, while MFS'h"'
rlgan was in the cellar. ,ntIs