The state chronicle., 1889-10-04
DIR. Hines Examine d.


called. His testimony presented the fol
lowing: ! made examination Of Miss !
Geneva - nitaker on Saturday night, May |
11th, between eleven and twelve o'clock.
The evidence repre-
seuted painful injury to The person OF !
Miss " hitaker. IL was noticed that the |
prisoner Was intensely concerned ard |
thoughtful, and cnca or twice during the |
morning his eyes NrIe u1ticed. to be |
s"lmmmg). There VAS 10 complaint
made to ne Of bruises or injuries.
The witness was dismissed and the State |
rested its case for the present.
Miss Alice Tpchurch on the Stand.
The defence called as first witness Miss
Alice Upchurcn. She said: l went with
Miss Geneva Whitaker to the Catholic
church on the evening of Saturday, May
18th. We put flowers Oh the altar. We
then intended to put clean linen on the
altar, but could not find any. We went
to ask Father Riley what we should do
about it. AS We're returning from
him, we met Father Boyle. Geneva told
him that there was no clean linen for the
altar and he told her to put the same linen
Oh. We had just finished this when Charles
Young opened the door and said: Father
Boyle says come up stairs, he has note
for you" Geneva turned around and
asked: who, mel Charles Young
said, Yes" Geneva said, MY stars;
Will be back III three minutes" and left
the room. | sat down in my pew and
waited till Charles began to close the
church and then left. | know l stayed
there half an hour After Geneva left, !
heard sounds from the sitting room above.
TheEe were two sounds. thought heard
''heigho,' and thought Geneva was speak
ing to somebody across tie street. have
heard Geneva use that salutation before
i was like she always called to me. 1t
was loud, but not excited. The call
sounded as though Geneva was standing
at window facing Hllsboro street
heard no other sound or scream or call for
help. ! was not listening for anything.
| When | left | went down to the store Of
| Mrs. Bretsch, on Fayetteville street. |
Sta ed there three minutes, then went
back toward the church as far as Col.
Fullor'o corner opposite the church,
Katie Dubois was with me then. l stop
ped at the corner and Katie went on to
| the church | came back aQd stopped at
the store, In few minutes Geneva came
| by. asked her what made her stay 80
long. She said: Il haven't been gone bat
fifteen minutes, for looked at the clock"
! ] told her it seemed to me that she had
been gone an hour. She sad that Father
Boyle lad been telling her about his trip
10 Europe ! asked where the note was.
She said he forgot TO give it to me. When
walking home together, ! did not see
or notice any change in Geneva, except il
her har. l told her she looked Ike she
had been dipped in BATH tub. At this
She laughed aloud We then went on to
gether in ordinary conversation, which
do not now remember. | did not perceive
anything unusual in her manner. | did
ask what made her laugh SO loud, but she
gave no answer. We were away from home
nearly three hours that eNaning. Witness
stated, in reply to a-4uesti0n, that she
was sixteen years old.Bo.+.
Cross examined by tha.presecution, the
witness said; IT was about ten minutes af-
ter Geneva LETT the church room before l
heard tno noise Up stairs. I cannot Ger
tainly say whether | heard the cry of
,heigho" or of oh. OH but it sounded to
ne like the first. II was an unusually
loud tone of voice for Geneva to use.
When we went home together l noticed
that she was pale. The expression my
stars" which she used IN the church Is
common with her. | thought nothing OF
il when | heard it.
Charles Young's Testimony.
The next witness was Charles Oung,
colored. He testified that he Was eLnplyed
as sexton Of the Catholic church in May.
| first saw Father Boyle on that evening
come up to the parsonage in a carriage.
lie went into Father keillys room.
vent III behind him. He stayed in there
a short time. " hen he came out he met
Miss Whitaker aud Miss upchurch at the
Sacrisity door. He greeted them and
think he shook hands with Miss W hiJa ller.
He then went up stairs. l followed him
He tod me to go down stairs and deliver
a message ] went to the Sacristy dOol
and said, "Father Boyle says for yor
young ladies to come up there; be has
, message for you" | delivered the mes
sage TO both young ladies and then Went
, 10 the kitchen. l came back into the hal
and had been there about fifteen minute:
q when Miss DeBOis came. Father Reilly
/ was i'll the house. l heard no noise from
the rooms which Father Boyle occupied
The windows OF both rooms were up
had put them up that day to air til,
= rooms. There are four small houses il
r the rear yard OF the Catholic lot. 1hes
r We're occupied by number of coloreC
4 people. Miss DeBois did not stay at til,
: church long. She had been there abou
! five minutes, then went away with Mis-
= Whitaker. | went up stairs to Fathe
J. Boyles room. | found tl+e.windows u
. and the blinds open. Father Boyle wa
in his bed room. He had on a RED flame
. shirt and his breeches l sat down in tn
il sitting room and stayed there till l sa,
4 some policemen coming. | went down t
meet them, showed them to Father Boyle
room, and then went out. | never say
r. any pistol or fire arms in his room.
There were no calls or screams from tn
r rooms OF Father Boyle. Everything Wa
r Sc quiet about the house that | think
O mouse could have Teen heard to walk.
Cross examined by the prosecution, tn
n witness said: l was not employed b
Father Boyle to go down and get Tia
% young lady to go up stairs, aud l did DC
! stay in the hall to keep guard. In re
e spouse TO questions asked, the witnes
h stated that he had not acted as d procure
X for Father Boyle, and that he had neve
told his wife that ''things We're hot rigl
at the church, On the evening of Ma
11th, after l had delivered the message
le the young ladies came down town an
4 got hadf a dozen bottles Of beer for Fatht
le Boyle | did not 90 after the beer ii
n after the policemen came up to the hous,
IS had been told by Father Boyle to go a
n ter the beer before the policemen cam,
le When hey came and began looking up {
As the windows Of the house, | was friyh
le ened / had nothing to be frightene
about, but it always scares me to see
t. policeman. When they came l went @
e. after the beer. While around the hou:
ST during the evening heard no more fro