The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-26
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and saw that he was cut Hughes arose
and put his hands together as if closing
something and showed something into his
pocket.
When Bernard O'Hara was called by the
state and was put on examination there was
lively set-to bet ween the counsel for the
defense and the solicitor general as to the
admissibinty of evidence about a certain
telegram which had been sent to O'Hara In
Boston. The matter resulted finally IN the
summonlng Of Supt. Maxwell Of the West
ern Union.
O'Hara proved the best witness for the
state. He detailed the trouble in the bar
room, which led up to the killing. He
said that when Hyde showed Brady down
Hyde remarked: "You Irish ---
you couldn't shove me down that way"
Hyde replied that he could if he wanted to.
STRUCK HYDE IN THE HEAD.
Hughes then started toward him, and
Hyde struck him over the eye. DeignRn
separated them, and put Hyde into the
hallway. Hughes continued calling him
outrageous names, and finally Hyde went
out into the street and came into the bar
through the Mcclure street door. McGold-
rick told Hyde not TO go in, that Hughes
had a gun and would kill him. Hyde re-
piled that Hughes had no gun, and
went into the bar. Hughes
made jump for him and Hyde met him,
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Indian street door. McGoldrick called to
O'Hara that Hughes had knife and asked
MIN not to let Hughes cut Hyde. OHara
said he ran out and found the two men on
the bench. Hughes underneath. He ran
over, and catching Hyde asked Hughes not
to cut Hyde. Hughes replied: well, take
him off, O'Hara said he found Hyde hold
ing Hughes right arm by the wrist. He
asked Hyde TO let go and he did. When he
lifted Hyde ne found that he was cut.
SAW THE MEN CLINCH.
O'Hara said he was going out the door
when the two men went over the bench.
He made a jump for them, which
OHara didn't think took more than
two seconds. Under these circumstances,
in OHara's opinion, the cutting must have
been done before the men fell ON the bench,
because Hyde had tight hold on Hughes
wrist. At that time Hughes hand was
open and O'Hara didn't sac any knife.
Hyde told me" said O'Hara, that he
caught hold Of Hughes hand because he
had made dash at his throat with the
knife"
O'Hars was subjected to a severe cross
examination by Mai Meldrim, who tried to
impeach O'Hara's testimony on the ground
that he had assaulted boy several months
ago, an offense which O'Hara denied on the
witness stand. There was a lively discus
sion between the solicitor general and Mr..
Meldrim as TO the relevancy Of such testi-
mony.
There was another tilt about the tele-
grams, but they were not allowed to be put
in, because Maj. Meldrim objected on the
ground that unless the kilograms were sent
by the defendant at the bar, or with his
knowledge, thew could not be admitted.
DIR. Dunn testified as to the nature Of the
wounds which caused Hyde's death.
THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
DR.. Norton was examined at length as 10
the wounds which he found upon Hyde,
and as to his physical condition. the point
evidently being to bring out the fact that
Hyde was much more powerful physically
than Hughes. DR.. Norton, In reply to a
question as to his opinion Of Hughes physi-
cal condition, said he thought he looked
like man in pretty good condition. This
wasn't the answer the defense had calcula-
ted upon, and it was not followed up.
Then the defense put several questions to
DIR. Norton as to the cause of death, appa-
rently to prove that il was peritonitiS which
caused Hyde's death and not the wounds
which Hughes inflicted upon him, which
caused death. This didn't work, however,
as Judge Falligaut brought out by ques-
tioning DR.. Norton that peritonitis would
not be likely to have set in, but
for the abdominal wounds.
Officer Patterson. Of the Central railroad
police force. testified as to his capture of
Hughes the morning after the cutting of
Hyde, in the Central railroad depot.
A QUIET MAN.
On cross-examination Officer Patterson
testified that he has known Hughes for four
or five years, and be always knew him as
quiet, peaceable man. The officer was a
little in doubt about the identity of the
knife. Maj. Meldrim seemed for few
minutes, by the questions he put to Officer
Patterson, to be endeavoring to raise point
about the knife.
This led Solicitor General Fraser to put
Sheriff Roman on the stand TO prove the
fact Of having received the knife in an en-
velope from the police barracks. Maj.
Meldrim kept up his questions of app
parent doubt, and after Sheriff
Roman left the stand, the solicitor surprised
Maj. Meldrim by politely asking him 60
take the stand as witness for the state.
After the willy lawyer was sworn, Solicitor
General Fraser asked him if he didn't re-
member opening the envelope containing
the knife himself or seeing the envelope
opened. Maj. Meldrim admitted that such
a state of affairs was true, much to the
amusement of the spectators.
At tee conclusion of Maj. Meldrim's testi-
mony the state rested its case.
THE DEFENsE.
Inc nrSt witness Tor the defense was
Brady, the man showed down by Hyde. He
didn't prove of any account as he said he
was too full the night of the cutting to re,
member much of any thing.
Mrs. Larkin was the next witness Her
testimony was on line with that of the
stats witnesses regarding the trouble in the
saloon. She said she tried to get Hyde to
go to bed but he came back in the saloon
and renewed the difficulty. after which they
rolled out into the street. Mrs. Larkin
knew nothing of the cutting.
On croSs>examination Mrs. Larkin said
Hughes cursed Hyde in very disagreeable
language, and that Hyde replied in equally
offensive language. She saw Hughes put
his hand In his pocket after he was struck
by Hyde, but she didn't see him take any
thing out
PARNELL RULED OUT.
Arthur Parnell was called to the stand
next by Maj. Meldrim to impeach O'Hara's
testimony, claiming that O'Hara had as
saulted the boy two weeks before the occur
renee, and when his attention was called to
1t he absolutely denied it.
Solicitor General Fraser objected on the
ground that the testimony of Parnell was
not material to the issue.
Maj. Meldrim undertook In his argument
to go over the alleged facts of the Parnell
case, but he was interrupted by Judge
Falligant who said the attorney
had no right to bring out the facts
before the jury, but must oonfIne
himself to the legal pOints Mai Meldrir,