Telegram-herald., 1891-04-04
FORGING THE CHAIN
The Links In the Circumstsntial
Case Against kagan
ARE SLOWLY BEING PUT TOGETHER
Wtsnsssss Identify the Bloody Clothes
and Bsquss Of the Dead Aan-sapI
Hartman Relates the story EagAA
Told Him After His Arrest

morning, surglng mob besiexed the
doors OF the superior court room for
entrance. When the doors opened the
people in the crowd tumbled over one
another to get seats, like water from .
broken mild am. The witnesses and
numerous ladies had previously OBJ
tanned entr ance through the clerks
office in order to secure seats for the
day. The prisoner Was brought into
court by q deputy sheriff. He cast a
half-scared glance at the spectators and
jury, and then took seat by his CO un-
sci. His face wore haggard, detected
expression, and from his eyes tn ere
cleaned no trace of hope. Once dur
ing the hearing he lifted his eyes and
shot quick look At Minnie Dyer, but
she either did not see it, or seeing. re-
fused to return it. When the session
opened he grew perceptibly paler, but
that was the only change.
Fred w. stevens, county surveyor,
was the first witness called bv the
State. He testified that he made q
map of the Glblin residence and that
| portion of the streets In the immediate
vicinity, which was offered in evidence.
| Mrs. Anna Marion was called and
testified -" Anna, sister OF Patrick
O'Conner; he boarded with me; left
home at $50, September l3; saw him
next morning dead;" (giving name, To-
cation as given by other Witnesses
'the body and clothes were bloody; his
overcoat, which he wore the night be-
| fore, was not on in the morning" The
clothes were exhibited to the witness and
| she identified them as the ones that
| OConnor wore at the time of his death,
and that they were in the same bloody
| condition on the fatal morning, as now.
| 81 mad charge of the clothes till re-
| Gently; that is the same boquet he had
on" las Mr.. Mcknight showed her one
in bOx). The clothes-coat, vest pant
aloons, two handkerchiefs, and boquet
were put on evidence. "Don't know
where OConnor went after he left my
house; saw no signs of a scuffle near
the dead body; the band was undis-
turbed; his hands and arms lay out
straight, and so did his legs"
| DR. Fuller on the Stand.
| DR.. Fuller was called and said: 81
knew O'Connor; principal injuries were
| ON the left side of the face. The nose
was bent over to the side but was not
broken" The description of the
bruises corresponded with DIR. Locher's
description of Thursday. 1--WE found
| the brain discolored, but that has ocs
Cured in my experience from other
causes than blows. though blows on
blood vessel of the neck would produce
it. A fall might produce the effects
found. Persons might be hurt more
than OConnor was about the head and
conclusion not be produced; or blow
not producing external injuries as
great, might produce conclusion, as
with a sandbag."
| Mr.. Mathewsou asked what effect
would be had on a man who attended a
dance in q warm, small room, who had
been drinking. ETC., what effect would
it have had? Objected to; sustained; !;
exception. The witness continued:
"After conclusion the blood vessels are
generally empty IN the brain. From
drunkenness there is generally cOnges-
ton. The rule is not at all general,
and you could not determine which
cause had produced death with GER
tainty. Vomiting is general symptom
with conclusion where death is not in
stantaneous. There was no one injury
which was fatal. The sitting posture
was unfavorable to resuscltatiOn; SO
was the cold; should have lald him
down. In my opinion he might have
been with good care resuscitated. In
| my opinion he lived from half an hour
to an hour after the injuries took place.
An ignorant person would have been
apt to have placed the man in a sitting
posture; they almost always do that,
1 h..k o - fo
! tenn notes were introduced IN evidences.
The death might have been from sew
eral causes. can't say that any one
cause did it. can't tell exactly what
produced death.
Identifying the Clothing.
The same scene of tumult occurred
again in the afternoon in the struggle
to secure seats. The ladies were great
| ly in the majority. There were in all
about 400 people present.
Mrs. Anna Marron was recalled and
testified: "The clothes were kept
| locked in a room after l took care of
them. Some pencils, keys, watch,
and $40 bill, was given to me. They
we're O'Connor's. The bouquet was
also given to me. No one had access
to them but myself. They are all in
the same condition now as when / saw
them on the morning he was found
| dead"
L. II. OBrien, undertaken, identified
| the clothes and described the appear
ance of the body, and told about find
| ing the watch, keys. etc., and said that
he returned them to Mrs. Marion.
In answer to query he said that he
casually recognized people he had
| known when he saw them dead"
Michael Giblin was called TO the stand
again and identified the dead mans
| clothes, and said he heard him say he
was going to get his flute and would be
hack in . hurry. Merry an hour was
spent trying to get something out of the
witness about the doors. when Judge
| Burlingame protested against 30 much
useless waste of time. The witness con-
tinued: "The people drank beer only
| when il was passed; OConnor refused
beer once; the party broke up about IL
1 O'Clock: didn't ace Eagsn make any DIS
/ turbsnce, or didn't hear any hard words
and saw nobody drunk"
Tneor.eanertiai Details
| purs Seaman said: "I knew Eagan
and OConBor. / had my flute there,
but told O'Connor I didn't. lie asked
me 10 60 after his. This was in the
southeast corner near the hallway.
Thomas Walsh vas called 10 the
! stand and sssd 'T heard the talk
about gong after the flute, bat can
/ give no details"
Joha sistterly testified that Pagan
| wss stssdinS nesr when the talk about