Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-30
WAS IT MURDER?
PARTIAL EXAMINATION OF CARR
GIN FOR KILLING MARZ.
The Evidence About the Same as that In
troduced at the COroners Inquest.

At $50 O'Clock yesterday morning.
the preliminary examination of John Gar
rigan, under arrest upon the charge of
numbering Joseph MARI on Sunday even
ing, was commenced before Judge Cooley.
in the municipal court.
MARz's IDENTITY,
The first witnesses to testify we're Benz.
and Jos. ZwicA, the brothers fn-law of the
deceased, aud that upon the identity of
the body.
BENZ. Zwies testified that MARI in com
pany with Gates and Hurle, left home at
about so in the evening snd was brought
back by 1915; MARI died five minutes
latar.
Geo. De Jarlis was next sworn and testi-
fed as follows:
TIE CHIT.
cane out of the house about O'Clock
and saw John Garrigan, Cook Connery:
John Hanley and Henry Kierce. MARI,
Gates and Hurley were behind them.
Kierce called to the trio and asked them
what was the matter, and Gates responded,
and calling to Hurley told him to come on.
They stepped up to me and asked me what
l had to say about it; [ replied ''nothing;''
Gates then said that us big fellers was
setting the little ones oD;' then he knocked
Henry Kierce down and kicked him: then
they went for Garrigan, and ba cked him
up on to the walk, and one of them struck
him; Garrigan fell down alongside house,
and both of them got on to him and
kicked him; don't know which two of the
three were at him, bat think 1t war MARI
and Hurley; the third man stood on the
walk; Joe Connery tried to take the
men off Garrigan, and the third
man Il think he was the fireman
Gates grabbed him and choked
him, and kept him away; then Henry Con-
aery came up and pulled the men off from
got out in the middle of the road and went
for Connery; Inext saw Garrigan with a
stub in his hand; the two men and Con-
merry were fighting; whom I first saw Carl
gan with club he was about ten feet from
load of wood. and four of five steps from
Connery and the two men who were fight
ing; they worked along behind the load of
wood and l couldn't see them; Garrigan
was following them up; heard
THE FATAL BLOW
struck but did not see it; when saw MARI
on the ground. he was six or eight steps
from where first saw Garrigan with the
club; I was about rod and half away;
MARI got up and walked across the street
to pump, where he fell down; when Garri-
gan went toward the men, he walked, 1
believe; WITNESSES testified before the core
ner that he ran;) between the time I saw
xuft fhn o1r1k, md hA L.
struck MARI, MARI did not strike Garrigan
or do anything to him.
Upon the Cross examination no new facts
were brought out.
DR.. Simpson, who assisted in the
POST MoRTKM,
testified as to the injuries, which was pre-
cisely the same as published in the GLoRE.
II. A. Whetmore, one of the coroner's
jurors, testified that at the inquest Garri-
gan
ADMITTED STRIKING MARI WITH CLUB,
while MARI was standing still. Witness
further testified relative to the testimony
of the prisoner: "He said he thought he
(Garrigan) was in danger when he struck
the blow; at one time during the fight
there we're three men upon him.
The court here overruled the motion to
introduce Garrigan's testimony before the
coroner's jury in evidence.
John Hurle was next called. He testified
as follows: Some one threw something at
us; one small boy called US ---;
there were about dozen boys; Gates said,
LET as 60 over and see them;" they we're
in the middle of the street, and we were on
the walk; tried to grab one of the boys
and he ran; they called us liars, and one
Teller gave me a belt in the neck; another
one then gave me a belt over the head with
stick and knocked me senseless; they
tried to fight us, and We tried to fight them
when got my senses again, was a block
off; Ed. Connery then went for me, because,
he said, had kicked his brother; he hit
me in the mouth; when I got him about
half way under, anotner man came
and jumped on to me; then they
got up and went away and left me;
when l went down the last time didn't see
MARI; I was alone; when I was hit the first
time, Mara vas BY nay side; after got up
the second time, Gates came up and asked
nae 10 help take adarz home;I didn't see
any one il the ditch, and didn't see MARI
hit any one.
Oross-sxaminsd-We had been at Turner
hall, East side; the beer was free; met
Charles Smith, George Smith and others at
the hall; when We left the hall it was kinder
dark, but not real dark; it was about
o'clock; I can't swear there we're more than
five boys in the attacking party, but think
there were twelve; don't know whether the
moon WAS up or not; didn't knock any
boy down or kick him; when the trouble
commenced, no one ran away; didn't choke
any one; didn't knock Garrigan down, and
didn't see any one else do IT; while we were
at the hall, 1 drank
FOUR OR FIVE GLASSES OF BERR;
didn't drink before going over, or after the
row, SO if l was drunk the beer made me
SO; but was not drunk; they called US
names and We called them names; don't
think was real full:" Gates wasn't full.
At the conclusion of the cross-examina-
ton of Hurle the examination was adj
jsurned until afternoon.
Mathew Gates, the fireman, was the first
witness called at the
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Being sworn he testified as follows:
The boys sassed us some;
| they.coughed at us and called us names;
Hurle started after them. and Mary aud I
| turned; Hurle said he would slap the one
who called him names; little boy ran,