Daily Republican., 1881-06-25
M0WBRAYSDEADLYBLOW
IN JAIL FOR THE HOLLY FREE
HOMICIDE.
The CorOuer's Jury Hear Fail
Testimony I'm the Murder Case
and Hold their ampfor COurx

! ohS SOiA pV OhO SlJy Ilhll' DWTlnE IL
afternoon he became terribly agc nj .e
and was frequently in tears. Az I'll
cOroner's inquest, which met at o'cl0c
in the Office of the Chief of Police, I'll
proprietor of the Holly Tree Inn, Mar
Il. Hickman, was witness and he wer
down TO the cells and identified the pri,
oner. Mowbray appeared to be in
wretched state of mind. He was ter
ribly agitated and his appearance bs
hind the bars was affecting to the ex
treme "Oh, gentlemen" he cried, il
an aSonized voice, while Mr.. HickmaI
was looking at him, "For Gods sake d
something for Inc or III 90 crazy i,
here A number of ,jurymen accom-
panied Mr. Hickman when he wen
down to see the prisoner. Hickman
identified him as the man who strucl
Guinty.
In the afternoon Drs. Ogle, Morrison
and Springer made an autopsy of tn.
body at Martins undertaking estab
lishment. The result of this eXamina
tion will be found further on.
At the inquest last night, b. Schaetel
was the first witness He was at the
Market street crossing over Water
street, at $40 O'Clock yesterday NOM.
ing, standing 81 feet from the Market
street entrance Of the Holly Tree Inn,
Witness had the distance measured
after the murder. He saw man
Mowbray come out of the door back
wards and fall upon the pavement. He
got up swearing and tried to get into
I - n NJ bIIt i
tance by Mr.. Hickman and "Jimmv,' -
| the murdered man He continued
his efforts but was unsuccessful and
continued to swear and threaten what
he would do. Witness directed his at
tention to a pile Of bricks near where
Mowbray was standing at the time, but
did not see him take brick from there.
tie SoGn left the door and went to the
hrSt window on Water street, around
the corner. He reached in and threw
into the room. He went 10 the second
window and did the same thing. Wit
ness could not see whom he struck with
the caStorS, or whom he threw them at.
left here and returned to the
Market street door and again tried un-
10 get into the house. He
hen came across the street and stood
under the awning OF Mr.. King, the res.
.aurant keeper, and there made threats
against the keeper OF Holly Tree lnu.
In about five minutes Mowbray went
Up Water street to Shipley and in about
i've minutes more came back and again
the railroad to Orange or Tat
lalllt was the opinion OF the witness that
was not very drunk although
le was intoxicated
Susan Hinson. colored Cir. who fol-
owed SChaeter in her testimony, saw
lothing OF the affair until the castors
'ame through the windows, except that
he noticed Guinty bleeding from
wound in the temple. When She saw
hat he had been hurt she asked him if
he man MOwbrayl had hit him.
yes" he replied, "with this brick"
lie had the brick in his hand. AT this
'oint the brick was show the witness
nd she identified it as the one that
iuinty had. After making the above
emark the murdered man staggered |
gainst the bar and She called assis.
anCe. He said ooh my" when he
ias laid on chair. Those were the
Isl words she heard him utter She
NV no blows struck and did not see
le throwing of the brick.
Mr.. d. Hickman testified that Now
ray first came to the kitchen door, and
something to eat. He told
i'm to see Mr.. Warner, and said, 81
n not running this shop, he said that
2 might have said this Shebang, but
d not wish that to 90 in evidence
r. Warner is the boss" From the
.tinns OF Mowbray witness was salts
ii that he had no money. MOwbray
en- cursed him. When he directed
IN 10 Warner, MOwbray said he would
damned If he was going to run all over
WI to get "A bite to eat Witness replied
we'll that's your business, I'm not '
ingry: ltyOu don't want to 20 to the
0per place you can go without. -
hen M0wbray cursed witness he
Inped up and pushed him, saying,
10 out" As the prisoner stepped back c
ter the push, lie stumbled over the o
1t of the screen at the kitchen door, t
lich caused him to fall into the res t
lrant department. AS Nov bray got C
Guinty ran out Of the kitchen to as V
t the witness. They both "beckoned fl
n togo out" When MOwbray reached II
; front door he called Guinty "little II
glishman. Witness could not say y
lether he accompanied this term with Il
oath or not. Mowbray then struck p
inty on the left temple, but witness IL
not see him have brick or any
apon of any kind, but he might have
something in his hand. Witness
$ greatly excited at the time Guinty cl
lck Mowbray on the face, knocking OF
4 out onto the pavement. AT this de
mt, the brick, with which it is alleged til
t Mowbray struck Guinty, was pro- ev
ed, but the witness could not iden- 81.
it, though he said, that it looked by
; the one used for keeping the restau- lie
t door ON Market street open. I'm sh
re-examination Mr.. Hickman re- in
ated that he did not see him use any liQ
Is, and did not see him, to his recol- of
ion, ,stoop to pick up one. After the ell
l was elected he thought he had
. away, and that the affair was all
:, until he heard his wife scream
saw the castors, which were thrown vel
ugh the window on Market street, ha
Se the floor. He had no recollection vo,
yer seeing Mowbray before. Guinty fun
been employed at his place for 3 be
y past, and had never complained of do,
ness or shown any signs of heart In
lse. CT was reported over town eve
heart disease caused Guinty's he
h, and special questioning was held the
MS point.)
ferris Butler testified in substance
lar to Schaefer.
:. n. b. Morrison, who had been 7
d in to attend the dying man, tes. Ite
| that Guinty was dead when he We
ned Holly Tree Inn. He discovered Pre-
all abrasion, or confusion on the pat
emple about an inch behind the Tin
: corner of his eye half an inch in in {
leter the skin was peeled back on A.
side; there were a few drops of
ed blood oozing from the wound, in N
h he inserted his finger to see if 7
J was any fracture Of the skull Bis
find none: then cut the skin with retr
nife, and again inserted his finger tiff
ould find no fracture; then left the bas
supposing that an inquest would whi
,Id. think tha wound was auch aa and