Telegram-herald., 1890-09-16
'CORONER'S INQUEST
The Cause OF O'Connor's Death
Orieiany Ascertained.
TIE DEED VAS DONE BY w. ElCN
fhs story Of ths Cyims sad the Pest
aortsn kxSnaiastien Ioie Before the
Coroner sath PSihfui CiTcutn-
-SaRtiaIity-Ins Verdict.

1-1r - AtbNh tNHtctNAf -A-rAAtt.-f vs."
the following named jurors: FL.
O'Donnell. Ira Y. Burnham, John Ii.
Colleton. +. w. Miller, William Morris
sey and w. F. Dickerson.
The first witness was Or. William Full
Ter. lie was present at the autopsy,
and deserted the eandition OF the body
and the nature OF the wounds. The
eond ton Of the brain indicated that
O'Conaor's death was not instantsn-
eous, but that he might have lived some
time after receiving the wounds. The
dura mater, the tough sack which sur
rounds the brain, and the brain itself
was not broken, except that a number
OF smaller blood vessels had been rup-
tured. There was no fracture of the
skull, although nearly every blow dealt
nad cut clear through the scalp
to the bone. lie might have
! lived an hour or two under the
circumstances, but nc might possibly
have survived and recovered if he had
immediately received proper medical
treatment. The cause of death was
| the conclusion OF tke blows he received, (,
| together with the subsequent exposure
To the cold night air. The partly up
right position in which he lay also con-
tributed to prevent returning vitality.
Dr. Pcnwardcn was sworn, and testl-
| tied substantially rs above.
Miss Minnie Dyer was next sworn.
She IS the young lady for whose sake
| the hatred and jealousy was fired IN the
| breast of Eagan. She mas been IN this
country from Ireland four years. She
was present at the dance, and went
/ there III the company OF Eagan. She
! danced the first set with O'Con-
nor. She had known him ever
/ since she came TO this country.
! She also danced with O'Connor in the
/ third set, and this 1t was that excited
! EaCan's jeal Jusy. She had been with
! O'COnnor on several other occasions. II
was about u O'Clock when O'Connor
left to get MS flute, although she aid
not know exactly when he left nor
what for. She was dancing "A set, and
afterwards went INTO the kitchen where
/ Eacan was. When she asked hlm
where OConnor was, he replied that
Patsev lad gone to bed. she Went
back into the parlor, followed by Eagan,
who danced set with her. Sne asked
Eagan if he was mad, and he answered
that he had reason to be, and that she
would never again dance set with
| OConnor. Eagan then wanted her TO 20
| out tor walk, aud she consented. They
walked toward Fourth-ave. and Eagan
| told her to accept the next opportunity
she had to dance with OConnor. When
she asked why, ne replied that he had
| done something be was sorry for. When
she asked what it was he had done, he
| replied. IL hit O'Connor and knocked
HIM down, and have killed him." He
| sald OConnor was IN the ditch down
there, and took her down to where the
| body was. When they got INTO the Vi
cinIty. she wentahead and she saw tue
| body in the gutter. This was about u
| half a block from Giblln's house, on the
| opposite side of the street. The BODY
was ia the gutter, and she stopped ard
put her nand on OCOnnor'S 5 face. Ea-
gan asked, "Is he dead?" and she re-
piled that he was. The face was cold,
and EaCan said ne had killed him. Ea-
gan then cautioned her not 10 tell any
/
questioned about it. When they
| walked lack to the house ne said at the
| gate that be wanted to say something,
but she said she thought enough had
been already done for one night, and
she went INTO the house and he fol-
lowed. They danced tile last set to-
gether and then prepared to 60 home.
Eagan went home with her. but did
not pass the body on the way. On the
way Eagan stated that when he hIt
O'COuuor he did not intend to kill him.
He SAID that he had followed OConnor
out, and that they had quarrel about
| their various rlyalTies IN other IN
stances. He said O'COnnor hit him in
the cheek and then ia the forehead, and
then Eagan knocked him down and
jumped on hm. Eagan said, "NOw
YOU are dead, and then he went INTO
the house and into the kitchen. Minnie
got home about nalf-past ? and went
straight into the house. Eagan did
not threaten her IN case sao
revealing anything. He said ne was
gong away on Monday. and she told
him he had murdered Patsey, and be
had better stay and stand his ground,
and he ssid that perhaps he had. When
she went out to see the body, II wa
lyiug partly raised up, with the head
thrown forward on the breast Just as Il
was found Esgsn was drunk. bat
IOConnOr knew what he Was dong
she did not know how much beer they
hat had.
In the afternoon. Detective Smith
testified as % how he rad run down
the murderer, substantially as related
in tbe TEBE4Bsa-HERAGD. lie said
tnat he obtained his clue down tow
from a man wn0 casually remarked
that Minnie smith wss sorry tast sat
had attended tae dance and she wou d
I not aave gone is size bad known there
was gong 20 ~ 3 ROW.
Patrck Rogers attended the party q
tF.hi.n s. IL testified thaf BE- kGcs
0'Cennor we'll. and Egan CaGv
There were two quarter kegs VI beer or
tap at liii4 Ms. b.ft nobody s88N e1 ti
effects of drinking Pc didnt rote.
that Eagsn was away from the noaa
fer anV length of tFle. iut BE dan
always Sc a.m. There were fweefF
ave er tertY people present. ~ Ffs
20 knew 20 tfLDnr8r's L - aTss ~
was when DEM ~csnran hs1 t0.a lo
he hsd goas hone after be eale. Isl.
7 9 dnt nottce hagsn wearz a fs11
sercaaei around ls hsrd oI a'a1t -
1sm wae1 he was -aE noue
t1s cone 20 fne feSt narT. a
after ce hrrarcl ~ sbcnt fTt.
"a nutes. fae 'urv returned a fefa &
tlat tffoInor came to be as4ta g.
4oTs infected ~ VS. sn1 Esgaa.
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