Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-11-15

neighbors say that he and the woman
were fighting all night on Monday,
and that they raised a big racket.
Mrs. Foster and Mrs. Mitchell, living
in the house, say the noise in the
room indicated that the two were
quarreling, though they didn't go in
to see what was the matter. After
the woman died a superficial examin-
alton was made by the officers, and
her wrists and neck seemed to inai-
cate that she had been subjected to
some rather rough treatment. The
body, as it lay at the Morgue, showed
no signs of violence other than the
dlscoloration of the eyes.
The dead woman was the daughter
Of Augustus Oertel, but had not liy-
ed at home for many years. She
was 50 years of age and had been
leading a life of shame a long time.
She had lived with several men, and
was well known to the police. OF
the middle height, dark hair and eyes
and rather pleasant features, she was
not at all bad-looking, though dlssi-
patton had set its mark upon her
countenance. She was heavy set.
weighing probably 175 pounds, and
was very nicely dressed in black,
with a sealskin cap. The theory of
the detectives is that one cause of
her death vas Dunn's treatment of
her; that he frequently beat and
abused her and quarrels between
them were Of frequent occurrence
The character of Dunn is not of the
best, though there has never been any
very serious charge ever laid against
him before. He has been the associ-
ate of the lower class of women for
many years and spent a great portion
of his time among them.
He had been living with the woman
for the past eight months. He is a
saddler by trade, 50 years of age,
rather tall, with light hair and mus
tache. He was not unwilling to talk
to a Globe Democrat reporter, but be-
trayed a hesitating nervousness which
showed more than anything else his
appreciation of the situation he was
in. He took frequent occasion to
assert his innocence of any act which
could possibly have led to the NO.
mans death, and maintained that an
examination would show that she
died from the effects of heart disease
or something of that kind
Were you quarreling with her
MONDAY night ?" he was asked.
''No. She had been out with a
girl named Daisy Flynn, and l don't
know whether she came in before CT
after l did"
''Had you been drinking 2"
Eyes, all of us had been; me and
her and Daisy Flynn. Gussie had
been complaining all day Monday
about having cold chills up and down
her back and she couldn't get warm.
About 4 O'Clock Daisy Flynn came in
and we began to drink beer and she
soon 'livened up and got up. Then
she and Daisy went out and l don't
know when they got back. l was
pretty full myself, and came home to
the room about 9 or $50"
Ibid you beat her or hit her at all
Monday night?'
mo; l didn't. | bit her with a
teacup this morning as she was lying
in bed, but this was all. 1 got up to
get breakfast and she was lying there
abusing me and calling me all sorts
of names. She had a nasty tongue
and knew how to use it, too. l got
tired of it, so l grabbed a cup, one
of those thin ones, and let fly. 1t
hit her on the nose and then glanced
off against the wall"
you're sure you didn't beat or
kick herr"
II know l didn't. / just hit her
with the cup, and that was all. /
never did anything to her that
would kill her. She must have died
from some disease or something. She
was a very heavy drinker, and l don't
suppose she's been sober two days
all the eight months I have lived with
her."
"Da you know of any disease she was
afflicted with that would be apt to carry
her off suddenly"
sI couldn't say. She al complaining
Monday of cold chills."
"Tou and she were going to seperate,
weren't your"
eyes; she said she was going to quit
me and 1 told her all right; if she would
leave me the furniture in the room so ]
could have a place to sleep I told her she
could leave"
"Did You know she was coming to the
Foul Courts to swear out a warrant
against your"
"She said she was going to, but I did
MT believe her. When the officers came
to arrest me this morning they asked me
where Dunn lived. I told them at the
corner of Eighth and Wash. That.
where my mother lives. Pretty soon they
came back again and I told them my
name was Dunn, and that 1 was the mar
tthey were looking for. Then l dressed
and came to the station with them.n
"You didn't know the woman was dead
then, did your"
81 had no Idea of such a thing. 1 CAM
imagine what would kill her, for 1 know
1 never did anything to her that would
cause her to die. Have they made any
examination yeti"
The reporter told him the examination
was to take place to-day. Dunn was ev-
identity much concerned about it, land while
he was talking shifted uneasily from one
side to the other. He made an effort to
appear as though the matter sat lightly
upon his mind, but it was very apparen,
that he was Ill at ease.
"Both the eyes of the woman were
black, as If she had been struck a pretty