Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-25
HANSON BOUND OVER
FOR THE MURDER OF MORIARITY
ON FAIDAY NIGHT.
A Full Report of the Evidence Adduced
Before Judge Cooley in the Preliminary
Ezamipation Yesterday Afternoon.

Before Judge Cooley in the Preliminary
EzamipatiOn Yesterday Afternoon.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the pre-
liminary examination of Frank Hanson,
charged with the wilful and premeditated
murder of Patrick Moriarity at his Han
son's) house on the night of Friday
Nov. II, was begun in the municipal court
before Judge Cooley. Messrs. Pitman and
George Robinson conducted the case for
the state while Eugene NJ. Wilson and F.
H Boardman defended Hanson. The lobby
of the court room was packed almost to
uffocation by curious crowd of specta
tors.
The original complaint was dismissed
upon the motion of Counsel Robinson,
owing to an error in the name, and a new
complaint having been swsrn out by the
Sergeant John West; was read.
CAPT. NJ. G. CHASE
was the first witness sworn for the state.
He testified to Hanson coming to him and
stating excitedly that he had ''slugged" a
man who had attempted to get into his
house, and offered to bet the oysters that
he would not leave before the
police should arrive at the place. He also
testified TO finding the body, or the man,
who was not yet dead. Hanson said he
struck the man five or six times.
On the cross-examination Capt. Chase
testified to the rough appearance and poor
clothes of Moriarity, which, all in all, much
resembled that of tramp. He also gave
a description Of Hanson's house and
the yard where the man was found lying.
Hanson said he only struck the man with
his fist.
Katie Theis, the German girl who lives
with her parents nearly opposite the house
of Hanson, was the next to take the wit
ness stand. She relates the story of the
homicide much the same as pub
lished in these columns, as given
by her before the coroner's jury on
Wednesday last. From her window she
saw Hanson clicking a man whom he
called a c. d tramp" He and his
wife came and got the witness to stay with
the wife while he should
GO FOR AN OFFICER.
When the three were passing the man
lying still in the yard, Hanson kicked him
in the back.
The cross-examination failed to develop
anything new. She was positive that she
only saw Hanson kick the man once. The
moon was shining and she could see from
her window quite plainly.
James Quinn testified that he had known
Patrick Moriarity
TWENTY YEARS,
and recognized the corpse
as that of Moriarity. They were
friends. Moriarity stopped at his house the
night previous to the msrder. The wit
RansOn's house.
Upon cross-examination, Quinn testified
that he lived on one side of the railroad
track, while the defendant lived on the
other; he had seen Moriarity drink, but nev-
er had seen him drunk.
Captain Chase was recalled to identify
the body at the undertakes as the one
found at Hanson's house, and DR.. Hill tes-
tilted respecting the
POST MoRTEM EXAMINATION,
giving full account of the injuries found
upon the remains of Moriarity, which has
also been published in detail in the columns
Il.
however, DR.. Hill testified that the broken
ribs alone would
NOT HAVE CAUSED DEATH.
He thought it more probable that the
shock to the brain had induced death. The
broken ribs had punctured and lacerated
the vital organs so that death must have
resulted, but the latter all could not have
occurred while removing the body in the
wagon to the police station; if death, how
ever, had resulted from the puncturing OF
the vital organs it would not have been
likely to have occurred in SO short time:
it was in his opinion caused by nervous
shock. The witness was not certain re-
specting any of the theories advanced. He
thought the blood found in the peritoneal
and pleural cavities might have caused a
nervous shock.
A recess was then taken until 2 O'Clock
p. m.