Daily Republican., 1881-12-06
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THE TRIALO HARRIGAN
Proceedings this MOrning-Au
Irish witness On the Stauu-The q
s'1fe's Attorney ASKS for an In

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morning, and Levi G. Bird, Esq asked
the Court, on behalf of the Delaware
Western Railroad Company, to appoint
commission TO assess damages for
the right of way through Delaware
College, James II. Ray and others. The
Court granted the application, and ap-
pointed Edward 7. Bellah, George
Richardson, William I. Porter, James
Bradford and Jacob Derickson.
The trial of Harrigan was resumed
and Daniel Lucy, who had not finished
his testimony when Court took a recess
last night, was again placed upon the
| stand.
| went Tome that night because
Was afraid of IIarrigau; / left right
after Shea wss shot.
Cross-eXamined by Mr.. Bird knew
Dennis Shea very well; used to see him
two or three times a week; he did not
work at the place where | did; while
we We're standing outside Mt Ilarrisan s
| did not see any light in the cellar; |
saw Mrs. Harrigan go out of the room,
but don't know certain where she wen t
do not know if Shea went to the cellar
after ! went in the house; did not hear
any one call from the outside while
was in the house ] talked with Ilarri-
gan for about ten minutes, and he did
not appear TO be excited when he was
talking about Shea: when Jerry went
| up stairs ! went out of the house: after
! went ont heard some one halloo and
Shea stopped; do not know what the
| man said who halloed as Shea and
| tl,p pri. Al, III ~ |, |
heard Jerry say "Dennis do you want
to be killed" did not see Shea kick
| tIarrigan; he raised his foot but did
not st" that he kicked him. | was not
afraid of Jerry while | was in the
house; did not fell afraid If him until
after he Shot Dennis; never had Il
quarrel with llarrgan, after the shoot
| ing Jerry sail ;hat he should have kept
Dennis away from him; ! understood
| him to mean that should have kept
him away after he raue out
john Kelly was called and the States
| Attorney stated that the witnrs, could
ntl speak any thing but the irish langu-
age and asked that Dennis tlllll be ap-
pointed To interpret his evidence.
Mr., Bird objected to having an inter.
prefer, and said that he would snow
that that the witness could speak
enough English to give his evidence in
an intel'igthlc manner. After hearing
evidence ON both sides, the Court de-
cidel TO hear the witness through tee
interpreter
The usual oath was administered in
Irish, by MIR. Quill, who repeated it
after the Clerk OF the Court
The witness then 50 i'll that he lived
al HCCkes>iu and knew Dennis shea,
thr last time he saw Linn was the night
Of the shooting
lie was with him that evening at
Creedon :, al! each had fur drinks
but none OF them were drank. After
wards they went to llarrigan's and
Shea sent Creedon in for the whiskey;
he said lie thought that Creedon was
staying too long and sent Kelly in TO see
what had become of him; when he
Went in he saw Harrigan and several
other persons; did not think that Har-
rigan was drunk. After they came ont
OF the house he saw Shea coming toward
them, when HarriEan came out and
Shea turned toward him: they had
some conversation that the witness did
not understands but he did understand
Shea, when he told Jerry to 60 home.
He was afraid of Harrigan after he saw
that Shea Sas shot, and went home.
Cross.eNamined by Mr.. Bird, came
from the same county that Shea came
from but not the same parish. He was
not related to Shea he had been at
Harrigan' house three or four times
previous to that night did Hot see Har-
rigan take but one drink while | was in
there.
John Watson, swurn--l live in thes-
ter county, Penna. At the time the
shooting took place, | was boarding
with my son-in-law at liockrssin. On
the Sunday morning after the night
Shea was shot, | started about four
o'clock to walk home, and when
got down near Harrigan's |
saw the body OF a man lying in the
road. went to Mr. Rearlon's and
called him up, ami he went with me;
when We looked a. the dead man, he
said that 1t was Dennis Shea. then
Went and called my som.in-law and told
him about il.
George Reardon,1 sworn-l recollect
the morning that Mr.. Watson called
re ; went with him and recognized the
body as that of Deunis Shea next saw
the body about ~ o'clock i'll Harrigan'
barn.
Dr. Taylor Mitchell, atiirmed-I am
practicing physician: live at Hockessiu,
was called to view dead body in
Harrigan'S barn ; this was about one
o'clock in the afternoon ! tried to
probe the wound but the ball in its
passage had fractured the breast bone
and the probe would not enter. He
then described the result OF the post
mortem examination which he made
and said hat he found the ball embed
ded in the spine and the wound was
undoubtedly the cause of his death.
ohm q. Jackson, recalled am a
Justice OF the Peace and Notory Public
at Hockessin; was first informed of
the shooting about + O'Clock in the
morning, and went to the place and
found man lying dead in the road;
let the body remain there, for a while
and then finding that it frightened hor-
,es that were passing, | had it removed
to Harrigan's barn; went into the
house ald up stairs where | found Har-
ripan in bed with his clothes on.
told him that it was a bad Job out
on the turnpike that the body OF a dead
man had been found there; he said that
be did not know anything about it, as
he had been Cn batter for several days,
and did not feel very we'll l asked him
if he had pistol in the house, and he
said that he had not, somebody had
stolen his pistol.
had him arrested about noon and
at the hearing he said that it was a bad
Job but it had to be done. told hlm
would have to commit him to Jail,
which did.
Garrett Ilu>y sworn: Recognize that
pistol; received it from Mary Harri-
gan
Mary Harrigan, the daughter of Har-
rigan was called, but before she was
sworn the defense admitted her testi-
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