The morning call., 1892-08-16
McNULTY'S FORLORN HOPE.
Startling Testimony Against One
Of the Jurors.
Animus Shown Toward the Prisoner-Unsuc-
cessful Attempt at Jury-Fixing-0ther
Important Evidence.

Attorney Carroll COOK IN his 0ftlce, 3O3 GALL
fornia street. last night, with the object of
obtaining a Communication OF the sentence of
death passed upon John McNulty. The
evidence last night of four witnesses was to
contradict the witness who. at the trial, tes
tilted that McNulty was going around on
the Saturday night hunting for Collins to
kill him. Two witnesses testified as to the
assault upon McNulty on the Saturday, and
startling evidence was given as to a state
ment made by one of the jurors on the case.
Anne Featherston testified II am mar
ried, and reside at 476 Fulton street. had
known McNulty for two years previous to
his arrest. McNulty and his wife had been
living in my house for that time. On the
evening preceding his arrest Men ulty came
home very sick, and was splitting up blood.
which / was told was caused from blows
received on his side He talked steady
enough, but couldn't say whether he was
sober lie appeared to be suffering, l
couldn't say the exact time he came home.
/ know he was in the house all that night.
His wife told me he had passed restless
night lying here and there, sometimes on
the floor and sometimes the bed. He didn't
60 out till next morning. That was before
his arrest. lie was hardwOrklng, peace
able, honest man."
COkkOBORAIlNE TESTIMONY.
Peter Featherston corrObOrated his wife's
testimony. He would add that McNulty's
wife wanted her husband TO see doctor
on the Saturday night, but he would not do
1t. He went out on the Sunday morning
for the purpose. as the witness supposed,
of seeing doctor.
Mrs. Mary Heating, II Zoe street, testi-
fed: al have known McNulty long time.
He was a very fine, quiet, IN dustrious, hard
working man. We lived next door TO each
other for some time before he was ar
rested. and were living in the same build
ing al the time he was arrested. / saw him
on the Saturday evening when he came
home and heard his wife say he was hurt
very badly. lie appeared to be suffering
and l didn't notice any int0xicatiOn about
him. His appearance was different from
what ii usually was, as he was suffering.
He did not 90 out again till next morning"
Thomas Keating. laborer, husband of the
preceding witness, testified: "I knew
McNuty for about year before his arrest.
lie was quiet, peaceabie. hardworklng
man. | saw him the day before his arrest,
but did not see him that night as / was
working. | was also at work next day. l
heard he had been hurt in fight. l also
heard he hadn't left the house on the Sat
urday night. saw nothing of the fight"
SHIP CLERKS STATEMENT
J. w. HOdnett, snip clerk, residing at
800 Seventeenth street. testified: ~ am
citizen and taxpayer and own real property
and have been resident OF the city and
county about 50 years. On Saturday, March
q, 1888, i was acting as ship clerk at the
ship BOtan from Calcutta. She was dis
charging her cargo. About 2 or 3 in the
afternoon, l couldn't be sure of the exact
time, my attention was called to excite
ment on the wharf. About 200 yards away
l noticed lot of men running along the
wharf. and when they got to the head of the
wharf, man, whom | know as Sam, tried
to stop them. Sam caught hold OF two Of
them and the others ran to a truck and
pulled some stakes from IL. Sam said:
Don't do that, boys, but go back to your
work. Ii you don't, you Will kill that man.
They didn't go back, but went toward the
saloon. At that time men were fighting in
the saloon. l heard young Haskell call
out Come on. boys! and keep that man
from killing my father! Young Haskell
WAS taking lot of men from the y hart to
Main street, where the fight was going on.
| saw Fogarty, the whariinger, and Smith.
the toll clerk, going toward the fight.
don't know who the man was that was being
set upon by the crowd"
Mr. BassilliO came in at this point 10 sign
his deposition and witness said: 81 identity
that man as being there. Sans reputation
on the water front is Al; can't be i'm
proved upon.
SAM HASKELL AND M'NULTY.
James Hodnett, son Of the preceding wit
ness, testified: Il am n years of age and
work for Wilson, plumber, 2O4 Stockton
street / was on the water front on Satur-
day, March "A, 1885. helping father to clerk
/ was then attending school A bout noon I
saw old man Haskell and McNulty In a
saloon about two doors from Main street.
A fight started in the saloon. McNuIty
backed out and just then Collins came
along, dressed up in white shirt and fine
clothes. They were talking about fighting
and old man Haskell said, Here's a man
that can lick McNulty.' Collins challenged
McNulty TO fight. Collins pulled off his coat
and McNulty went with him about 20 steps
10 the drydoek. when they came back argu-
ing. | am not sure IL McNultv had his coat
on. The crowd came running up from
the wharf and crcled round Nc
Nulty. McNulty drew out knife and
they ran TO a blue truck and took
some staves. They ran back, and one Of
them hit McNulty with stake and knocked
him down. / couldn't saw who hit him.
saw an old man whom | could recognize
again take away tho stake. McNulty, while
lying on the wharf, threw up blood. Two
men lifted him up and helped him along to
a saloon, and the crowd went after them.
When they. got inside the saloon the doors
were closed. and | could not see anything
more. McNulty was badly used by the
crowd. All seemed TO be against him ex-
cept young man with black mustache,
who was with him."
WHAT A JUROR SAID.
Jeremiah Cnddy. 623 Harrison street. who
keeps saloon on the corner of Third and
Folsom. said: II have been resident of
the city about 20 years, aud have been seven
years in my present place of business. |
remember remark made by one of the
jurors on McNulty's case In my saloon
about two weeks after the trial. II was:
i was the first man in favor Of hanging the
Irish - using vile epithet. That same
juror came to my partner week before the
trial and asked II the jury couldn't be fixed
to save the mans neck The Juror made the
remark / have mentioned because, | sup
pose, he didn't get any money from Nc
Nulty's friend to fix the jury. The Juror at
that time kept restaurant on Third street,
near Folsom, aud couldn't spell his name.
There were few persons present in the
saloon when he made that remark and they
laid him up for two weeks afterward. They
used him up pretty badly. am positive he
was one Of the jurors. My partner, John
Wall, can tell what he knows about it also.'
There are few more witnesses yet TO be