Telegram-herald., 1891-04-05

the ground. she answered quickly and
was sharp as the tEadItsonary lrish wlt.
Nothing phazed her, though put
throuEn a questioning that would TWIST
Ep . lawyer. >le testified: "I knew
Patrick j. O'Connor and Eagan;
remember the dance At Glblin's: went
WITH Esgan; my right name Is Mary;
am called Minnie; they danced at the
party Dy violin music; danced the hrst
set with OConDor; didn't dance the
second set WITH Easan: danced with
him fTst al about IL 80; danced twice
after that set; We went out OF doors at
Eagsn's request; he asked me 10 take a
walk; went on oakland-ave. half a
block; on the way be said that be and
Pat OConnor had fight; he said this
right away; | SAID, Where Is neP; he
said, 'l'll tell you after while;' we
walked across the street 10 the east
side; | said, Where is Patg; 'pll show
you, SAID he; We were across the street
then and We walked on; | asked where
he aas because ne had had fight; he
never said ne had killed him tail | said
be was dead; We went 10 where he was;
tninx ABOUT nait a block
The map was shown to her, but she
said she Was unacquainted with the
locality and the map wouldn't help
her. Assistant McGarry explained the
map both OF the house and OF the
streets.
''fie didn't tell me what the fight was
about. He told me nothing about what
occurred at the hight until we were
going home. tie said II was about Pats
dancing with hisgirl. We went arm IN
arm. not very fast. didn't know how
| I'd find 0Connor II at all. dInd't ex-
pect 10 see 0Connor in the road.
did see hlm, and lying in the road. The
night was dark. UConnor was leaning
against the bank. 1 put my hand
lightly on the cheek. 1t was cold.
/ SAID
my GOD, Have You Killed Him."
Eagsn said yes Then we went back
TO the house, not arm in arm. We went
| danced with Eagan, who called OF al
the same time.
II sat with my sister while John
Slatterly sang song, and then we went
| home. | heard about flute but moth
had gone after il. think Thos. Welch
spoke about il. After the first dance
went To get drink of water and asked
where O'Connor was. Someone said he
had gone to bed.
We were gone, when we saw the body,
| about tive minutes. Eagan said not to
| mention the thing At all. | presume
that was the reason why l said nothing
about It. He SAID this wnen We lett the
body. We went home together. He
said To me that he was sorry he had
done it, and that he didn't mean to.
He told me that he had heard Pat was
going to lick him. When he met
O'Connor he said they had some words
and Pat struck At hlm. He knocked
Pat down, and then said that he
jumped or pounced on him, l believe
he said jumped"
The witness was shown her signature
To her former testimony and identified
X. The testimony of the inquest and
of the examination were offered to be
read TO the jury. and was objected 10
by Mr.. Mathewson.
Told Net to Know Too1Much.
Going on the witness SAID she thought
she remembered her testimony. ~
was told at the time that / didn't want
to know too much. l was mixed.
There is testimony IN that copy that |
didn't give. | knew 1t when Mr.. Nc
Knight read some of 1t yesterday. Ny
| testimony before the magistrate is
/ about correct" (All the evidence of
| the inquest was objected to as incompe-
/ tent aud irrelevant and as attempting
/ To impeach the States own witness.
| Miss Dyer said that her testimony was
/ only read over one-nalf sheet of
/ II. The coroner didn't read il all over.
/ She signed II because she was directed
/ to.
/ On cross-cxanination she said: al
have been IN tins country four years
1 and have known O'Connor ever since.
/ lie was one of the first men got ac-
I quaInted with. Have known Eagan a
| little over n year. l used to go out on
| Sundays with him once in q while,
| that's about all went with
him. At the dance Eagan found
no fault with me. When
got up to dance with OConnor
| said ought.not to do 1t, but Pat said
he guessed Esgau wouldn't care. When
Eagan and | went out to- walk, he be-
gan TO tell me about the fight. lie said
the lie was passed and that the trouble
began. | am sure he SAID that he
Jumped on O'Connor. He did not tell
me he was dead TIL we got to the body.
lie didn't cry when he told me about
IL. He said "My God, Have killed
himT' This must have been about II
O'Clock. When we got back TO the
house, he didn't want to 60 IN, but
- nj
house about It.
Esxsn Sorry He Left the House.
"Before that I saw handkerchief
wrapped around his hand, but thought
nothing of II; he took It oil when
spoke about Il and put it in his pocket;
he was the one who proposed to 90
home before the last song was sung, but
i wanted to stay and SO he stayed; I
didn't miss Eagan when he went out
after O'Connor ..on the way home Eagan
SAID he didn't know what IN the world
To do, and was sorry that ne had ever
left the house; saw him weep near
Hilton-st.. he said he did not know
what Pats sister would do; he told me
several times that he struck OConnOr
only with his fist. his last words TO me
that night were goodnight; he told
me to say nothing about II that night.
Redirect told hum I would say
nothing about II II | could help It.
told Detective Smith about It when he
Questioned me. He sad II | didn't
tell all knew he would arrest me.
This was Sunday, after dinner. There
VAS no blood on my head from O'Con-
nor. cheek. | thought ne wss dead.
be was 40 cold lie seemed sorry after
we went back. and dldn't want 10
dance. lie called Oft because he was
pressed b. do 40. AZ the time be vas
crving he spoke about bis own sister
and Pats. lie cried all the rest of the
wsy nome"
The witness testified that she ren,en1-