The Newtown bee., 1890-06-27
MANvILLE BOUND OVER,
Charged with Murder in the First
 Degree.

Including witnesses and spectators, the
 Town hall at Brookfield was well filled,
 Friday morning. when the hearing on
 the case against Henry Manviile was to
 occur. Manville had been arrested, the
 day before, on information from Coroner
 Doten, on complaint signed by Grand
 Juror William F. Wildman of Brookfield,
 and was charged with murder in the first degree. He was kept at NewtoWn, where,
 for several days, he had been in charge
 of Constable James Kelly, awaiting an
 investigation of the cause of the death of George F. Leavenworth, near South
 vile, Saturday, l4th. Justice of the
 Peace Harvey w. Roe sat in the chair of
 justice and Manville was brought up by
 Deputy Sheriff Glover. The prosecu- tion was conducted by Davenport & O'Hara of Bridgeport. Manville plead- ed not guilty and wished Judge McMahon
 of New Milford for counsel, but, as the judge could not be present that day, the hearing was continued to Saturday Ut 3 a m. t8 The press, represented by Bolles of the Gazette, Sagendorff of the News and a BEE reporter, was accommodated, Satur-
 TOT Wildman, with seats and a roomy ta-
 ble. Dr A. l.. Williams, Brookfield's s
 medical examiner, was the first witness. He was called to Daly's saloon, shortly after 9, Saturday evening, by Frank Cas- tie, who stated that there had been troub- le at the saloon and that a couple of men had fallen from the bank, one of whom, he feared, was dead. They did not reach
 Daly's until after 10 and found all dark, save single light at the saloon door; no
 one could be seen. Surprised at this, Dr
 Williams sent Castle to Daly's house to arouse the inmates. Peter 5. Hall rode down with them and dozen or so oth- CTS appeared before Daly could be brought. One of the first there was Hen ry Manville; another was George Gil- bert. Dr Williams expressed indigna- tion that Leavenworth had not been re- moved from the foot of the bank and iIl- sisted that it be done at once. He was too lame to descend the bank and remain ed at Daly's house until told that the
 body had been drawn up by means of a
 ladder. Dr Williams then went to the
 saloon, in front of which he found the
 body, which was quickly taken inside
 and partly examined, a full examination
 being deferred until morning. The body appeared cold and Leavenworth had evi- dently been dead for several hours. When
 found, Leavenworth's face was covered
 with blood and he was freely bleeding from nose and ears and large pool gath
 cred on the ground in front of the saloon
 while he lay there. The body was fully Dalys, Castle stated that Leavenworth l and Manville were not quarrelling, but
 were celebrating Leavenworth's birthday by getting 'spretty fulf' and were play fully wrestling, in the lot back of the sa- loon. He stood near the saloon and, while
 approached the bank; he looked back just in time to see a pair of boots disap- bearing over the brink. When Dr Will Hams arrived at the saloon, Sunday
 morning, he found a crowd and the door was opened by Undertaken Wilson. On
 examination, Dr Williams found a large, irregular, triangular wound on the back of the head, just below the crown, ex- tending to the skull. It was ragged, as if inflicted by some blunt instrument.
 The skull was denuded for place as large as the palm of a hand. The skull was not fractured and there was no oth- CT braise or wound, save skin abrasions on the front of the head. The immedi- ate cause of death was -coneussion and compression of the brain; if Leavenworth fell as claimed, the force of the blow was sufficient to have ruptured several inter- nal blood vessels and caused instant death. It was possible, though not alto gether probable, that such a fall might produce fracture of the skull. No au- topsy was considered necessary. The cross examination by Lawyer McMahon
 brought out little new testimony, save that Dr Williams had been given to un- derstand, by Peter Hall, that Frank Cas- tie told him different story from that told to the doctor. The wound on the
 head might have been made either by q blunt instrument wielded by another, or by fixed object, as Il stone.
 Denis Daily, the saloon keeper, was
 questioned in regard to the distance of
 his saloon from Babbitt's bridge and the
 neighbors on both sides of the river. He said that Leavenworth came to the sa-
 loon between and , o'clock, Saturday afteriaall, when Henry Manville, Albert Curtis and Daly alone were present. Man vile had been there all day. Leaven- | worth. who came to get a drink, sue cecded in his errand and remained at the saloon or in the vicinity until about
 o'clock. Manville and all present, in
 cluding Frank Castle, who came with ! Leavenworth, drank with him. Card playing, dice shaking, singing and drink ing occupied the hours, celebrating Leav-
 enworth's 52d birthday. A number o1
 games of set back were played for drinks,
 IS customary in saloons. LeavenWorth
 Castle, Daily and Manville were playing
 and all ssgot stuck at fines; Leaven. worth at least once. \ round of drinks
 cost soc. Leavenworth paid 5Oc at first,
 on an old bill of g., but appeared tc
 have little money and showed no more
 until he treated the crowd. After play
 ing cards for an hour or so, the quartet
 began shaking dice for more drinks and
 kept that up for about an hour, Leaven-
 worth getting beaten at least once and
 paying for drinks each time. Besides
 this, singing and story telling were in.