Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-06-28
MRS. TYRsLL'S PRELIMINARY TRIAL.
Some Ofthe Most EmpOrtantTestimon
i'm the Case. Mrs. Tyrell Bound
over In the Sum Of ( 200.

The preliminary trial Of Mrs. Sarah
Tyrell, for the killing of her husband, in
the town of Mt. Hope, on the evening
of June %, was begun Friday, before
Justice Baldwin. DIR. Orr was examined
in the forenoon, but the examination OF
the other witnesses did not begin till
one o'clock. The grand jury room in
the court house not being large enough
to contain the spectators, the trial was
adjourned to the court room. The pros
ecution was by the district attorney as
sisted by j. ID. Wilson, and the defense
by Clark & Mills.
DIR. Orr testified as follows:
lama physician; live at Mt. Hope; / was called
in the evening OF June %, 1886, to see David
Tyrell He was breathing rather naturally
there was some rafting In his throat; he was
not conscious; his hands were cold / could dis
cover no pulse In his wrists; his heart peat lr-
regularly; don't think he moved his hands or
arms but very little; he had a small open wound
over each eye; his scalp was bruised in several
places the left side of his head and ear was con
siderably bruised and blackened; did not dis.
cover the fracture till after he died; remained
in the night Il examined the body after his death
the next morning l found fracture on the left
parietal bone at about It's junction with ocelptal
bone: the fracture was about Ia inches square;
in the morning | thought 1t was depressed at the
upper and posterior part; there was slight abra-
sions OF skin at and near that part in my opinion
the wounds inflicted were the cause OF MS death.
/ was told that a son of Mr.. Richmond called me-
Cross-examnation:
II seemedsto be bruised wound. The wounds
over the eyes looked as If they were made by
ant thaN have
made BY hands; the wounds through the skin
on his face were merely settling OF blood
am acquainted with Mrs. Tyrell; treated her
on May ~, 1886. She was bruised under one eye;
blood had settled there, She was very nervous
and excitable. On May 27th she was sick; her
bruises were not yet well; she also complained
of bruises about the nose; she had slight fever
at this time; she complained OF pain in the head
and tenderness about the abdomen; she was
very nervous; don't think she stated to me the
cause OF her bruises at the time; one time at my
office she stated that her husband struck her; 1t
was the cause OF the bruise on her nostfil; don't
know as she stated the cause of her nervousness;
/ understood Ii was caused by her troubles; l
think the trouble she was having was the cause.
She was at Ransoms when was FIRST called to
see her. A Young man by the name OF Anderson
called me. She commenced to tell about her
troubles; tried to make her quit: she was some
what historical The bruises seemed TO be
recent. On the 27th saw her at her home. Mr..
Tyrell sent word 10 me by Dan Snider. Mr.. Ty.
reIl was present at the time. Tyre said he had
given her some medicine which did not operate
as he expected. don't know what the medicine
was think he said Ii was pills. | have known
Mr.. Tyrell since year ago last winter. l hrst
met Mrs. Tyrell the same winter but later.
Redirect examinations:
The face was considerably swollen, and over
one.half the face and scalp were discolored; was
severely bruised over the eyes.
Cross-examination:
The face was blackened when / examined him
at night. | did not attempt TO trepan him. l.
don't think he moved his head or his hands. At
first he was breathing slowly; afterwards there
was interruption in his breathing; sometimes
sterterous breathing don't thirk the skin was
broken on his head / did not discover a fracture
of the skull before death. AT first | did not form
an opinion as TO the cause OF his death. | went
to see Mrs. Tyrell at Frank Places the same
night She was quite nervous She said she
was injured in the breast some. l did not ex-
anime her. She did not say why or how II hap
pened
Redirect examination;
Mr. Tyrell died at Mt. Hope Grant County.
L. f. Ransom was first examined.
He said he lived about a mile and
quarter from Tyrel's. Mrs. Tyre1
came to his house in the morning Tues
day and he took her to Lancaster. On
the 21st of June she came to his place
and said her husband had come back
from Boscobel and abused her, using
very disrespectful language. She want
ed to have her husband arrested, as she
didn't feel safe. He was uncertain what
to do about it. He told her he thought
she would better see the district attorney.
So she came with him to Lancaster and
stated her case to the district attorney,
who said there were no grounds on
which to have Tyrell arrested. They
started home about o clock. He felt
little uneasy about Mrs. Tyrell's going
home, and asked her to 60 to his house.
She said she had some chickens to feed
and must go home. That is the last he
saw of her that night. At half-past nine
or ten he was informed of the affair and
went to Tyrells house. Tyrell was "
ing on the south side of the house, about
feet from the kitchen door. He was
moving his feet and seemed to be in
great pain, but was unable to speak.
VIM. Anderson went with him to the
place. When they got there they found
f. S. Welsh, Writ Monroe, Thomas
Ritson and John Mckichin there Mr..
Tyrell's eyelids We're swollen and the
eyes entirely closed. There was con-
siderable blood on the face and head and
occasionally he would throw up some
blood from his mouth. He was lying on
his back and seemed to be in danger of
strangling from blood in his throat. So
he was turned over and a quantity of