Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24
A COURT INVESTIGATION.

Was John F. Crowley Murdered2 On the evening of Sept. 11th, at midnight, | Police Officers George O. Bradley and Will | liam Bohan were informed that the body of a
 man was carried from the saloon of Michael l Lafayette streets. The officers went to where
 the body was placed, on a lot opposite the
 saloon, on Water street. The police found the man, with his right arm partly out of | his coat sleeve, and his pantaloon pockets [ turned inside out. The police wagon was l summoned and the body taken to | the police office within ten minutes | after the body was found It was then ascertained that the man had been dead some l time. This was twenty minutes after 12 o'clock in the morning. Promptly the police made an investigation, war rants were at once made out against the proprietor of the saloon, Michael D. Mccarthy, and his barkeeper, Michael Donahue, who were charged with homicide. The others who were in the sa- loon the evening in question were also plac- ed under arrest. Their names are Patrick McGiveny, Levi Dickerson, Nicholas Me Groeder, John McDcnald, Bernard Keating, Patrick Cohen and William Doyle, who were charged with assault and battery The cases were continued until yesterday, when Timothy J. Fox appeared for Mccarthy and Donahue, and Hugh Daley for the State. All were put to plead and answered not guilty.
 Timothy J. Crowley, as witness, said: I reside at 31 Stevens street; was conserva- tor of the late John F. Crowley; he was about B years of age, single and had no particular business; he was born me the 11th day of September, about 10 o'clock in the forenoon; he was perfectly sober; he desired some money to go to Waterbury he said; gave him S5. The name of Frederick Mansfield was called, a very material witness who had been sub poenaed. He failed to respond. Mir Dailev asked that capias be issued to bring him into court. The capias was granted He was not found up to the adjournment of the court.
 William H. Tuttle-Reside at No 8 Silver street; am a fruit dealer for myself at 2O3 State street in this city; on 8 certain day. which I cannot give, was in the vicinity of the corner of Water and Lafayette streets, about o'clock in the afternoon; stood near the corner talking to Frederick Mansfield: while speaking with him I heard
 
 in the saloon on the corner; looked and saw a man fired out of the door: this was the same man whose body saw the next day in the morgue; I saw man stand ing at the door whom now recognize, short hair, moustache and in his shirt sleeves "Can you pick out this man?" enquired MT. Daley.
 "Yes"
 'tDo it,'' said Mir. Daley.
 The witness put his hand on the shoulder of Donahoe, the barkeeper. I heard Donahoe say there would be trouble if he (Crowlev) came back into the saloon again; I think he added an oath; I saw also on the walk a feI- low named Cohen; I kept talking to Freder- ick Mansfield and lost sight ! of the parties mentioned; then I stepped around the corner, when
 heard thud or fall as if body had fallen l in the saloon; then. stepped to the door of l the saloon before mentioned and saw one person picking or assisting up from the floor | the man had seen fired out of the door; they l put him out on the sidewalk; do not know
 who picked him up; Donahue stood up near where the fallen man was at the time looked | into the door; the man stood up against the l building rubbing his head and chest as though in great pain; I then left; the man who fired out the man the second time Don- ahue1 said 4D-n you, don't want you in here, you are sleeper and no good" Fox did not materially change the evidence l of this witness. At o'clock the court ad- | journed till this morning.