Daily Republican., 1888-11-21
FOURTH EDIT!SS


sentenced TO pay the costs Of prosecu
ton, hne Of $500, and Be Imprisoned
ono year. There was another indiol.
ment against the prisoner, charRina
him with assault with Intent 70 kill
Jonathan Y. Iceland, but - he WA
convicted in the fret case there was 4
nOlle pros. entered In this.
The case Of Hugh II. Sweeney,
charged with assault with intent to kill
Thomas b Martin, was called, and the
| Attorney General stated that Levi o
Bird, Esq, who represented the prisoner,
wished 10 enter plea Of guilty Of o.
aAult only, and that 81 the punishment
Was largely in the discretion Of the
Court be was willing 10 entertain the
| plea and examine Witnesses.
Thomas B. Martin Was SWORD, and
testified that on the night Of the assault
| he, with Sweeney, and o number Of
others were 10 Caroline Ringers saloon
on East Second sttsit. They were tax
tuR about pigeon shooting, when 4
| h2ht ensusd bHtwsen him and the prl6-
oneF. The lA.ttr Was taken out, and
after remaining in the saloon sometime
tbs witness came out - 60 TO the Yves
tern Hotel, where he boarded.
When he reached Second and French
| streets, he was suddenly confronted b.
the prisoner who struck him 8 terrible
blow on the head with astOne. S,no,
then be has been totally deaf, ard bas
! lest his taste. He also has frequent
dzzy spells, and Ia unable TO work 81
DO did previous TO the assault. The
examination bad 10 be conducted BY
means OF writing the questions on q
| paper, rs the with tss 10 80 deEf that be
siAtsd he could not hear gun fred.
Arthur Wilson was sworn, and te't
hed to the 'aots about the hsht which
occurred IN X iRgeT's saloon, and said
that soma time Rfstr sesney was take
| gu, he came out with Martin, ar ss =
| Sweeney when be struck him, He Wal
Won't ten feet from Martin when hI
threW the stone, aud Martin fell to tht
/ ground. The witness tepsd to take
Martin 10 his hotel, End rem iled Will
him all night. He thought that lie Wal
badly burt.
The oross-exsminRtlon by Mr. Bird
showed that at the time the hstt 0c
| CURED In ths saloon II was h,lei will
Martins friends, some Of whom said
Kill the IF!si OA.h1lio son OF a h--h,'
and thai While The n hit was going or
he dCo were locked. sweeney Lad 8
paTt OF his ear bit oh by Martin, and ht
wAs In dsnEer Of being killed when tn,
p ilce broke 10. The witness heard
Martin say that he was just as good 4
mGn rs Sweeney.
William =. Rudolph testified that b.
sRw Sweeney in his saloon At Second
snd French streets washing the blood
from his ear He heard Martin aud
his frienda coming up tho street making
considerable loud talk. Sweeney hal
tCou 81 the hotel about ten or hitseI
minutes OIL d tho msn came direo.ly
! sJwArd BHssuey, who WRV sitting in /
chalk near the porch Sweeney jumped
| az and threw the Stone when Martin
WAS about tea feet from him. Tho wilt
mesa run hia hand over Martins heat
and hnding thNt II Was badly hut
lalled carriage and went with hin Il
lie hotel.
On eroEa eXAU inAtlon he said tina
wien Ma tin aud the others came nj
lhey were curalnR and swearing, and h
anew there VAS going to bs trouble.
he had bsen in SReoney's plEoa b.
would have looked ont Tor himself And
probably done woIss than he did.
DIR. Morrison IGstaed that he wa
| called TO attend Martin, aud found hiu
unconscious and bleeding from a woun,
/ u htH LHAAs NJ WHITES ttuA iUE IL
OGle, snd he determined that It va
necessary TO remove part Of tho tkull
Done that ives ffActuIed. For two week
he Wiiness Wss very uncer ain sbOu
bis re oYery. He lid not lhluk tneF,
VAS any danger OF his dying nov fgou
ha q Ct OF the wound, but his physioA
condition Was not NJ good rs Il was bs
fore assGut In the opinion Of th
VT eaa he ,s permanently deaf.
Dr. O2.G testified that he was csllst
In to after Martin. aud alter problni
he wound and ardinR that tho sku
wa frIotursd deemed It oto's,Rry /
remove stms of the Pplia,ersd bone
Chs witnOsg ATTENDED him for abou
eight or nine days with Dr. Mlryisog
and considered hts injuries OF q var
-arl9us nature. He b3isVsd hlui 10 b
iosf, but oouli mot positively ssy tht
he g..
NJ, Bird raised the point that Mari
~ar only fiRninR deafDsss, aud AAl
that be could produce half gog n vi
nehste who Would testify that in 40 IN
guarded nom snt Martin had Rnsgsre
quettlons, Whinh we're asked In .
..-sry tone OF voice. a tisorsslc
snsusd between Mr. Bird and the A
I bAANI SHluNN'g ELu ~ WAS M all
I s?reed that Martin should bs examine
by an expert, and he left the court rooI
with DT. O5le for thst purpose.
John OemeRyB testihei that he WI
In the saloon when ths fsht took place
De heard Sweeney cay 10 licking wa
70 Martin that be could not hit o bar
door with q shotgun, when MARI
called him an Irish Catholic son Of
BIB" aud also struok him. sWesne
tried to pAoify him, and laid his han
On his shoulder, whom Martin slrup
him again, and then they cllnched,
They both fell to tue floor and Ii
winsss hoard Martin, who was chew
Ing 6weeney's ear, gro wiling like
Cog After they we're separated Il
witness went to the WRshy euQiE
house and went to bad.
This testimony WAS oOrroborated b
William Smith, who said that whs
Martin was pulled off OF 8 Eeensy, Il
alters ear WAB bleeding and there wi
also wound on his forehead.
E1WATd Meredith also gave the pa
!, tioulArs Of the hshs In the saloon, en-
said that when Martin left the sAlol
with four OF his friends he folio we'd b
: hind them aud heard Martin say: az
= hill that Ifish Catholic son OF b-h
g When they reached Second and FFenC
streets Martin saw Bweeuey and pul.e
- IN his cost. he WAS going tewAl
sweeney when he threw the stone, III
, witness b I'D seen Martin drunk sin
! then try ing 20 kick up = fight He IL
= very quArTelsOme man when In Nuuo
/, Alexander HagRerty testified that
D. was In Ringers saloon tie night ii
light took place. Martin Was MT hu
in the hght, bat Sweeney was, rs b
) ear Was oheWed aud he was bleedir
from . wound on his forehead. Aft