The record-union., 1891-05-08
WITHOUT BAIL.
John Haggerty Held for the Murder
of His Son.
His Daughters Relate Again the Story
of the Unfortunate Sum
day Tragedy.

0oAn I1dBgerCy, charged Win Ine nur-
der of his son, was in the Police Court
yesterday morning for examination, and
the courtroom was crowded with spec
tators. The defendant occupied a seat by
counsel, w. A. Anderson, and appeared,
as usual, with handkerchief tied around
his head. He trembled violently at times,
and wore a most detected look during
the entire examination.
The prosecution called DIR. G. B. Nichols
to explain the nature of the wound which
caused the death of the son. The doctor
stated that he held the post-mortem ex-
animation and found that the instrument
with which the deceased was stabbed had
penetrated the left breast, about one-quar-
ter of an inch below the nipple. 1t passed
through four or five cartilages in front of
the heart and entered the right ventricle.
The heart was empty of blood, which had
flowed into the heart-case.
On crosS-eXamination witness stated
that although he made no measurement
as to the depth Of the wound, he believed
it was less than four inches, and judging
from its external appearance he thought
il might have been inflicted with knife.
The testimony Of Sadie Haggerty, who
witnessed the stabbing, was quite inter-
esting. 1t was expected she would
the details, but she succeeded in telling
the entire story without giving way to
tears, although at times she manifested
signs of emotion. She said that her
brother and jeff Womack came home
about half-past two o'clock on the after
noon Of the tragedy. Her father was sit
ting in chair in the kitchen, with his
feet on the stove and bucket of beer by
his side. The son approached him with
the remark, well, old man, are you en-
joying your game rooster money?n
The father turned around and asked
latter replied, "Not beam"
''WelI," said the father, 'your daddy
will get you some," and he went out.
On returning, the father commenced
using vulgar language and went into the
front room, where he sat down. The son
remained in the kitchen and listened for
awhile to the blasphemy of his father.
Finally young Haggerty shouted out,
Dad, if you don't keep still, Pll chuck
you out head first"
The old man replied that he could not
do it, and in few minutes walked out of
the door. He came around the back way
and into the kitchen again. Sadie was
cooking the dinner, and Hattie was
standing near the sink. Johnnie occu-
pied chair near the staircase.
The father again commenced to get
boisterous, and wanted his son to under
stand that ''he could whip him for $4,000
and get first blood to boot"
Johnnie declared that the father could
not do it, and avowed that he could knock
the old man through the ropes in two
minutes.
Haggerty made some other retort, and
again went out the front door and re-
turned through the yard to the kitchen.
AS he entered, the son said he could
knock the head off the fathers shoulders,
and the latter became excited and ad-
dressing the boy said:
You are nothing but a drunken
BUMP
He then started to walk out through
the hall way again, but turning and
noticing the son crying, the father came
back, kissed him, said he did not mean to
say such a thing, and then went out.
w hen Haggarty came INTO the house
again there was more quarrelling, and
while the father and son were engaged in
cursing each other the former ran to
where the young man was sitting and
sunk the blade of a pocket-knife into the
boys left breast. Haggarty then walked
out of the house and to the sidewalk.
The son jumped from his chair after
being stabbed and stood in the center of
the room until JEFF Womack rushed in
from the yard and caught him.
"They wouldi quarrel" said she, ''and
sometimes papa was wrong and then
again Johnnie would be at fault. I've
seen my brother strike father many a
time for nothing, but he never struck
mamma"
Hattie Haggerty, the 1l-year- old daugh-
ter OF the defendant, gave testimony not
so elaborate, but somewhat similar to
that of her sister. She saw her father
stab her brother and then walk out Of the
house.
jeff. Womack swore that he was out in
the yard cleaning fish during the quarrel
between Haggerty and the son, but Just
In hot fl,a loffa h,l
been stabbed, he went into the house and
caught Johnny Haggerty, who was tot
tering 10 the floor. The only words the
boy uttered were: 81 was sitting down;
the old man made rush at me- and l
think he got me in the heart"
Womack also swore that Haggerty ap-
preached him in the yard and calling
him "a dirty bum," threatened to cut his
heart out with a knife.
Edward z. Hart testified that he met
Haggerty at Fourth and NJ streets, after
the cutting. and he noticed that the latter
was muttering something. All of a sud-
den the defendant threw up his arms and
exclaimed, Pm brave soldier, and I
won't stand back for anybodyn'
Coroner George Clark was sworn for
the purpose of showing that young Hag-
gerty had really died. and officers Hig-
gins and Campbell testified to having ar
rested the defendant.
Before the examination had commenced
attorney Anderson made an objection to
the proceeding on the ground that the
court could not hold the defendant to
answer before the Superior Court but
must remand him TO the Grand Jury for
indictment.
Judge Cravens overruled the objection,
and after the prosecution had closed and
the defense had announced that they had
no testimony 10 offer, he made an order
holding the defendant 10 answer before
the Superior Court. without bail,
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