The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-06
KIELT Is CLEARED.
Evidence Touching the Uniucky Bioy
That Killed Michael Mccarthy.

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Evidence Touching the Unlucky Blow
That Killed Michael Mccarthy.
At Roche's Hall last night, Coroner
Parslow held an inquest into the death OF
Michael Mccarthy, who died. IL was
alleged. from the effects of a blow deliv-
cred by Policeman Kielt in Murphy's
saloon on Newark avenue early last Sun
day morning. After hearing the testi-
mony, the jury retired, deliberated for a
few moments and found that McCartby's
death was caused by rupture OF blood
vessel. and exonerated Kielt from all
blame.
The hall was crowded. The mother
and sister OF the deceased, attired in deep
mourning, occupied front seats.
Mrs. Susan Mccarthy, the mother OF
Mccarthy, was the first witness called.
She said that on last Saturday evening
Michael left the house Ia the best of
spirits. About two O'Clock on Sunday
morning a rap came TO the door. She
went to the window, and man outside
on the stoop called out TO her that her
son was badly hurt. She begged of him
to tell her the truth whether her sou was
alive or dead, aud the man told her that
he was dead. She then went down to
Murphy's saloon where she saw her son
stretched lifeless on the bar room fioor.
John Reilly, of No. 567 Jersey avenue,
testifiea:--ADout one,o,clock last Sunday
morning / went into Murphy's to get a
cigar. noticed that Mccarthy, wheu he
came in, looked pale and appeared TO be
sick. asked him If ne was sick and he
said he was. He said he had been up TO a
dance in Oakland Rink. He went outside
and vomited and came back again. Car
roll, the bartender, advised him to go
home. Kielt came in and he aud McCar-
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words between Kielt and Mccarthy. l
heard Mccarthy say. You'd look little
better if you had uniform on, or words
to that effect. Then Mccarthy hit
Kielt and knocked him down.
Kielt got up and Mccarthy was about to
rush at him again, when Kielt pushed him
against the ice box and Mccarthy fell.
He did not fail hard and got up again.
He stood with his back 10 the stove for
a while and then he walked towards the
Second street door as If to go out. When
about ten feet from the door l saw him
fall on his knees; then he put his hands
out and rolled over on mis- side. He was
very still and breathing heavily. Then
he stopped breathing. Kielt aud Carroll.
the bartender, lifted him on chair and
his head dropped on his breast Some
brandy was forced down his throat, but
1t did not revive him"
John Carroll. the bartender. contra
of the concurrence. He wanted to fix the
hour as one minute after twelve O'Clock.
Martin O'Hara and Nicholas Kane
gave practically the same account or the
affair as the previous witnesses.
Dr. Converse, the County Physician,
testified 10 having examined McCarthy's
body. He found no external marks of
violence of consequence. On opening the
body found that The right lung adhered
to the chest and both kidneys were in
famed. Both cavities of the heart were
flied with blood. Upon opening the
skull he found an extensive hemorrhage
aud this was the cause of death. A blood
vessel mad been ruptured; whether IL was
spontaneous or had been caused by ex-
ternal violence he could not say. He
said that the hemorrhage was exactly
the same which causes death by aLopieXY,
but cases where a man OF McCartny's age
had died from apoplexy were very rare.
Several policemen OF the hirsb precinct
also testified. The only point worthy or
note about their testimony, and which
they all appeared to agree upon, was that
the witness O'Hara was drunk when they
arrived upon the scene.
Councill Gilbert Collins appeared in the
First District Police Court this morning,
and asked for the release of Chanceman
Kielt from custody. 1t was Justice Still
sings first appearance on the bench
since the arrest of of kielt. During the
Justices illness Mr.. O'Donnell the newly
appointed Justice who will succeed JUS
uice Stilsing, has occupied the bench.
Not being familiar with the disposition
Mr.. O'Donnell had made of the case. the
Justice was undecided as TO what to do,
but after listening to the counsellor's ar
gument he paroled Kielt until next We'd