New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
THE DEATH OF SALMI MORSE.
McGIyNEY TELLS HIS STORY.
coSTRADrCTs MISS BLACKBURN, wlio "''''''


,,r coxrRADICTs MISS BLACKBURN, WHO RIFLE"
ATEs HER FORMER STATEMENT
Naarlv every seat in the inquest room o, hen te
CaroneYs office was filed yesterday moilis J, CON
Miss Mary C. SfGre 'SST Coroner Levy regard
70 the death of Salmi Morse MISS ov aave an We'd
peated in substance the evidence So he visit that Mr.
pesdsy with special reference 10 tne orn;ng Of
Wcesiyyney made 10 her house on tne nioitus nnsov
Tebmary o. She fixed the time OF L. MI ,bo fact that
nyoncc as about o'clock. by the iace .i". i
reappeaiu.eb bII ~ in the neichborhood begin TO ring
, snc coz in the morning. When asked whether an.
Mcl;iyney had been paying her particular "''O"
fion she replied in a low voice. A.,
NJ McS,ivpey had repeatedly asked me TO become his
wife. %s .~''' -a~. r.n,v, ,-yOu can imagine my
re6b'gGwhat did you rerlyi Al refused him.
Miss blackburn added that Morse was great
anS &C her father and that she had come to New,
VorI last Nav in order to act at the twenty tniru
Street Theatre. She had seen Morses poay ha1 aoSi
aath and noticed a blue mark on the lelt cnech'
Reference was then made to the medallion which
Morse nsed TO wear and which has been missing
.eer sue That he was wearing it on Thursday night
Mir Morse had often SAID that he wlsnen ne et Meie
dead after his failure at the Iwentytnro 9'iero ro
Theatre, but she had paid no attention 10 ~ 10
her knowledge he had no financial resources .nousn
he often spoke of pension received for services
they had in Eighth-ave. on Thursday night. ,;s
deputy Coroner Conway testified that IN frnn, nIS
opinion death was the result Of dT %ad been in
utownS n ntT ahont two bonrs He observed marks
of violence on it, the marks on the face being LII Ills
oninion due to contact with the rocks ooo >;.h
John Nugent hQuor-dealer OF NO ooz Nihon. MIL.
ave- stated that Morse and young man IN his
name he did not know took urlnh toee'neA IL S
sbop about ii 80 Thursday night ~, shor.
Thomas McGivney was then called shors' sIorS'
thick-set man, WIN dd reg Ia. sa,d in Substance
have known Mr. Morse about three months and M MISS IS
about the same S d time %SS SSS dd not want
20 know possible that Morse introduced me TO nrd
but don't remember exactly MY na esO5s 5cntV wSn about
money matters Her lawyer wanted 10 put nSts9e S Y
on The e@1 D THURSDAY night last
the theatre before Miss Blackburn and Morse S % re-
into liquor store 9 on Broadway road anu f0f''
o~What did you do after that Al believe O., GsTa es
on Miss Blackburn about O'Clock. The amtress et Do
in She had the key Of the door ana %en' P,oSed uP
SsG Of the IseFs Gnns and
nv the janitress struck match, Lit the gas and i3Sna
MSs 1e s Soo% ss
lyon old rascal you Gavf 1eS saTsd aSOS is
minutes talking business matters with MISS bisc M
hqTn aTe near registered name
aud went bed At O'Clock got up ana Wen. Sn nTn
Miss B Se IN and sayed some time asked her
what she wasgong to do about the mater %
nnsInes affairs Neither then on my former WISH WIS
sami Morses name mentioned between us When ad mrs,
found them together she said she was m v % never struck
him my life Some conversation on S anS Mas Black
bnrn don't remember what was said 1t came up IN N
the course Of conversation and some % NV az Vel
have been come TO after the production oi Oh 'no ICY
lowstoDe."
The witness then referred to the, pecuniarry lar
troubles between himself ata MorSS xbicb he gave to
Miss Blackburn was by her handeq 10 @ nloiso, w W.
paid it out as though it had been ms own money hy
After a recess MoGivney was recalled. Wneh us us
statement was read TO him he mage soiie LnpVL o.
tant corrections in his testimony lie salp lhae tne
ianitress had light and that at the hote ne regis,
}}ared as thompson; on being further questioned
he admitted that lie had not registered az an 1us
had taken his room before n;d snS 1 that be Went to
Harlem after his second visit TO the house gong
by the Ninth Avenue Elevated Railroad. On being
re-examined he testified that he was wlG9Tel WYha
and repeated some of his former testimony Wnen
he had concluded j. p. Berg addressed the coIohe!
as counsel for Miss blackburn. ne e saiu n,eat; srd
fhongh il was not strictly pertinent to the invest
cation into Salmi Morse's death, ne hSIl uSV =
would be merely act of justice TO MISS DiaGH 6r
bnrn to allow her counsel, by cross-ex amlnatlol
of McCvney to clear her character from the clout
of suspicion which the testimony just gwen nae
cast upon it. Coroner Levy said
W. are NO, ,nvescatng the character Of Miss Black
hurn OF any one else. We investigating the clTcnIn
can aS th witness any question they wish, but as this
not conrt Of record cannot allow cros7eAn"'i'
by counsel /, .
w ! FLEMING. of No 312 West Thirty-sixth st
late stage manager for Miss Blackburn, testned
10 some of the business troubles between I h
and Morse. He then repeated conversation @ ne ma a
had with Miss Blackburn after the news z
Morse's death reached the theatre 1t was SUI
slantially the story she told when on the "l'ne'
stand. ,,. nj,
Ann Mccullough, the ianitress of Miss ISIS Bacs SIG I,
burns flat, stated that she ss roo
to MeGiyney early on Friday morning morning: to hs zee
himself in and she sent her sister upstairs W se1
Miss blackburn wanted anything. She returned
about three minutes. saying 1t was all Iight' me
was no gas in the hall. ,. A. ..o,5 .,
Miss Blackburn then returned to the staho az
confirmed her former statement In all points; ~.
James Blewitt testified that Morse ana M
Blackburn had supper at his restaurant ana 4e
scbiiline. Keeper of restaurant in Sixtl
ave. said that Morse borrowed $50 from him
Tuesday before his death. ,,.,.- 4o.4;eo
Isabella Gault Morse's former landlady, testihe
thUt the conduct OF Miss Blackburn on t 5e rnan man
asentirely proper She stated that the face OF u
dead man was badly bruised but Dr. Conwa wa
asserted that this might be due to hypostatc @ eGi
gestion taking place after death. Once more MI
Blackburn was recalled, but nOthng OF interest ";
elicited. Mrs, Charlotte Behrend, Morse siSte
was the last witness She stated that though the
Tor I'VE or six months before his death.
The inGuiry will go on this morning at ii o'cloc
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