The record-union., 1891-04-21
SUNDAYS TRAGEDY.
Descriptions of the Terrible Crime
Given at the Inquest.
Haggerty Kissed His Son Before He
Slew Him-Liquor the Cause
The Jury's Verdict.

An inquest in the case of the murder o.
John Haggerty, Jr., by his father, or
Sunday afternoon, was held by Coroner
George Clark last evening.
An immense crowd gathered about the
Morgue long before the commencement
of the proceedings, but as the inquest
room was too small to accommodate even
a small portion of them, the Coroner
very properly closed the doors to all ex-
cept interested parties.
The mother, brothers and sisters of the
deceased remained in an adjoining room
and did not listen to the proceedings ex.
cept when called to testify.
THE BEREAvED MOTHER.
The first witness called was Mrs. Hag.
gerty, mother of the deceased and wife O.
the slayer. She gave her testimony in 6
calm, quiet way, without giving way tC
her grief. She stated that she was away
attending a funeral when the tragedy oc-
CURED and did not return until it was
all over.
''Several days ago." she said, "the ole
| man said that neither Johnny nor myself
would live another week-that he would
kill us both. My husband was crazy
drunk yesterday, and / was afraid o.
him. He was dancing and singing all the
time. Sadie, my oldest daughter, amused
him while / got ready to go to the funeral
| was afraid he would follow me. My sol
John was not home all the day. He was
off fishing during the morning."
JEFF. Womack, the deceased's friend
who was stopping at the house with hin
when the tragedy occurred, was the next
witness. He stated that he had beer
stopping at the Haggerty home for q week
or more at young JOINTS request. Heand
John and the latter's little brother Dar
went fishing Sunday morning, and re.
turned early in the afternoon. The old
man was home ut the time and was drink
ing beer. The old man and young John
quarreled almost Immediately. The ole
man wanted some money and John
wouldn't give it to him.
WOULD CUT HIS HEART OUT.
Later on L was out in the backyard
cleaning some fish," continued the wit
ness, when the old man came out, and
! asked me if | was a friend of Jacks.
said yes and then he said well then, its
all right-you can stay here as long as
you like The old man then united his
| bulldog, and, going back into the kitchen
spoke to John again. Then be came out
into the yard again with a knife in his
hand, and addressing me said, You dirty
bum, I've notion to cut your heart out.
L did not see the cutting, but it occurred
right after he had threatened me. The
old man l think was drunk. The de-
| ceased had been drinking, too, but was
not drunk. The first / knew of the cut.
| ting was when Sadie, Johns sister
screamed and said, Father has stabbed
jack l ran into the house and saw the
old man going out the front door Johr
was trying to follow him, but I caught
! hold of him. He said, Il was sitting
down, when the old man made rush al
me, and think he got me in the heart.
He died in about ten minutes without
saying another word. pulled his shirt
up, and, seeing that he was bleeding ter.
rlbly,. tried to stop up the wound with G
cud of tobacco"
HAD BUCKET OF BEER.
Sadie, the 19-year-old daughter of Hag.
gerty, was the next witness She said
when Jack returned from fishing the
old man was in the house. He had q
bucket of beer and asked John if he
wanted some. John said, yes and
father said, all right your daddy will
give you some.' John took drink, bu1
little while later they got to quarreling
Father said that he could lick Johnny
for $4,000, for first BLOOD and made fists
al him as if he wanted to fight. Johnny
only laughed at him and teased him, tell
ing him that he was foolish. Father
went out of the kitchen, but presently re-
turned and made fists at Johnny again
and wanted to fight for 200. Johnny
told him he would knock him through
the ropes in two minutes and half. and
also said if he didn't keep quiet he would
knock his head off his shoulders. Father
said: You can't do it; you are nothing
but a drunken bum At this Johnny
began to cry like baby Father went
over to him and kissed him, and told him
he didn't mean it. Then they shook
hands. Father went out again then, but
came back through the back way. He
paying much attention to them, anC
didn't know there was any trouble unit
l heard the noise behind me and turned
around. / saw father have hold o.
Johnny, by the shirt front with one hand
and saw that he had knife in the other
| hand. knew that he was going to give
| II to him, SO screamed and ran out Of
the ROOM"
HEARD THREATS.
Mrs. Mazeaux who lives next door tc
the Haggerty's testified that she heard
John Haggerty and the deceased quarrel.
ing yesterday. Just before the stabbine
the witness saw the deceased standing al
the kitchen door, and heard him say
Father, if you will keep away from me /
won't harm you" Later on the witness
heard Sadie Haggerty screaming and
looking through hole in the fence she
saw young Haggerty bleeding. The wit
ness had frequently heard the old man
threaten the son, and shortly before the
stabbing heard him say that he would
kill him before he got through" But
she said she did not mind this. because
the Haggertys were continually fighting.
Police officers Campbell and Higgins
told how they captured old man Haggerty
| after the stabbing in lot at Sixth and
streets.
The report of DR.. c. b. Nichols, who
performed the autopsy on the remains,
was read to the jury. It showed that
death was caused by a knife wound in the
right side Of the heart.
The case was then submitted to the Jury.
and after few minutes deliberation a
verdict was rendered to the effect that the
deceased came to his death from a knife