Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-23
HANSON ON TRIAL.

| HANSON ON TRIAL.
The Hanson Trial Commenced at Last-The
| Jury--The Electromagnetic Defense
The trial of j. f. Hanson for the murder
of Patrick Moriarity was commenced in
the district court yesterday, Judge Lochren
presiding.
The court room was crowded in the
morning even before the prisoner appear
ed, which he did at an early hour, accom-
panied by his wife and father, and his
counsel,E. M. Wilson and f. H. Boardman.
County Attorney Wooley and Geo. Robin
son appeared for the prosecution.
THE JURY.
Considerable difficulty was experienced
in selecting jury, thirty-nine persons be-
ing called before the following jury was
impaneled: j. M. Lane, John Gerier, E.
Brent, Charles Maddox, William Cove, A.
Suits, VIM. Brakeman, Frederick Groes-
beck. S. A. Barker, NJ. A. Slocum, G. A.
Mudgett, E. A. Fetterling.
Mr.. Robinson opened the case by re-
viewing the murder and the subsequent
proceedings,
THE FIRST WITNESS
called was Capt. Chase, who testified to
Hanson's coming to the east side station,
to his remark about betting the oysters, to
his saying he'd ''slugged the--," and
to the trip to Hanson's house, where Mort
arity's body was found; saw no signs of
life after the body was placed in the
wagon. Witness described the appearance
of the dead man; Hanson told witness that
he struck Moriarity six or seven times.
asked if he testified below that Hanson said
he had slugged The. Witness re-
piled that he thought he did, to which Mr..
Wilson replied, SIT doesn't appear in the
minutes, AID 1 never heard it before, and
was there"
The second witness was Patrolman Jas.
Howard, who corroborated the evidence of
Capt. Chase. The body was cold when
we reached Hanson's house, and couldn't
feel the pulse beat, but heard gurgling
sound once. Hanson shook his fist and
moved out his foot, and said: "You -
- there's what l gave it to you
WITH he stood about two feet from the
body; heard gurgling sound from the
body when we were en- route to the station.
At the station house Hanson asked me to
help him out of the trouble; said he hit
the man four or five times with his fist.
Cross-examination- didn't testify at
the lower court about Hanson's shaking his
fist at the body, because 1 was stopped by
the attorneys. 1 told Mr.. Robinson about
it at that time.
Sergeant Bates was the next witness
and testified regarding the events of the
memorable night.
KATE THIEs,
who lived opposite the Hanson residence,
was the next witness called: Testified to
hearing Hanson swearing, and saw him
'ieking" man, but couldn't see what he
did it with; heard the blows; all the talking
he did was swearing; the other man didn't
strike Hanson raised my window and
saw the man lying on the ground; he
raised up on his feet and fell right back
again; Hanson helped hen up, but didn't
say anything; think he took
hold of the mans arms.
his wife coming over after her to go to
their house; when we passed the man, 60
ing back the man was lying still; he didn't
move, only motioned his lips; Hanson
kicked the man in the back, but didn't say
anything; 1 was four or five feet from Han
son at the time; before Hanson went down
town, he handed his wife a revolver, which
he took out of his pocket, and she laid it
on the piano. Witness
CoRRoBoRATED PArRo1MAN HOWARD
in the matter of Hanson's shaking his fist
at the body after the arrival of the police;
I thought the man wcs alive when the DO
lice picked him UP; thought he moved;
don't think Hanson acted any differently
from what he ordinarily did.
Cross examination-Hanson called the
mama Cd tramp.
Mrs. Anna Finn testified that Moriarity
called at her house between 8 and 10
o'clock on the evening of the murder, and
asked if witness would please tell him
where Mr.. Quinn lived; he was middle
aged, well-dressed man; 1 directed him
where to go to inquire, and he thanked
me and left; he behaved like gentleman;
l was alone with my two little children; 1
thought he was an Irishman.
| DIR. EVANS
was sworn and testified that the external
wounds were evidently made by some
blunt instrument; four ribs were broken.
and they might have been broken by one
| severe blow; pieces of the broken ribs pen
etrated the liver, kidneys and lungs; those
wounds were, think, sufficient to cause
death; he died from the shock.
On the cross-examination Or. Evans
testified that the deceased was five
feet eight inches in height, and weighed
about $50 pounds; have never seen a case
where fall would occasion such combi-
nation of fractures; it would depend what
man fell upon. A fall while standing on
the ground would not be likely to cause
such fracture. It would be more likely
to occur by being knocked from a porch
two or three feet high, but should not sus-
pect such thing. 1t would be very i'm
probable.
James Quinn was called and gave some
unimportant testimony.
At this point the state announced that it
had only two more witnesses Hill and
DR.. Fairburn--who had been sent for. and
asked the indulgence of the court until
their arrival.
At $40 DR.. Hill arrived and took the
stand, testifying substantially the same as
DR.. Evans, in regard to injuries which de-
ceased sustained as revealed by the post
norton.
DR.. Fairburn was called, but not being
present the state rested.