The sun., 1894-03-15
FOR KILLING HER HUSBAND.
MRS. DUNE ON TRfAL FOR MURDEH
IN IHE FIRST DEGREE.
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IN THE FIRST DEGREH.
she a.nt Tir, on the head uith = Hs--sr
White Hr Sietp-Sbe Drank nad was 0uarA
reisome-He was Temperate and Steady.
The choosing OF jury in the General ses-
sons before Recorder Smyth TO try Mary
Dunno on an Indictment charging her with
murder in the first degree in killing her hus-
band. George Dunno in their home at 100
West Twenty-sixth street on the afternoon Of
Oct. IA. 1893 took up most OF yesterday. Dlfn-
Guilty was encountered in obtaining jurors
for many Jurors who had no conscien-
tious scruples against capital punish-
ment said that thcy would be reluo-
tant TO find verdict that would subject
woman to capital punishment. even though
tho evidence satisfied them Of her guilt. When
the Jury was completed at about o'clock As
sistant District Attorney Osborne opened the
Peoples case Mrs Dunne who is q middle
aged woman whose face bears traces OF dissi-
patton. sat beside her counsel Lawyer Lewis
s. Chanler unmoved while Mr.. Osborne told
the jury what he expected to prove.
Mr.. Osborne said that Dunno was q duiet.
temperate. Industrious man. about 45 years OF
age. He was an engineer. and had worked
in hotels in this city. usually doing night
duty. lie married Mrs Dunno. who was
a widow with one child. Charles McGovern.
then about Z years OF age. about three years
about I months old at the time OF the killing.
Mrs. Dunno was frequently intoxicated. She
ouarrelled with her husband and often as
saulted or attempted to assault him. On the
night before the killing she went to ths Hotel
Marlborough. where he was employed, and
told him that the baby was sick and that she
needed ey for medicine. On his way home
in the morning he learned that she had spent
most OF this money for drink When he reached
hia NJ N, fho ~ nnt-
IA. his wife was under tho influence OF liquor
and quarrelsome. He lay down in the bedroom.
with the baby beside him. to rest Frequently
during the day Mrs. Dunno sent her son.
Charles McGovern. out for beer. When he re-
oeloeR em he saw Wis Dunne Isn ISna O Spon the bed,
with his face and head covered with blood
the ana ,h ee a snd ,sss
she had struck her husband with a hammer
because he had called her vile name and
wounds upon her husbands head, and the
skull was fractured He died within few
Deputy Coroner Donlin testified to, the ma
tture q the wounds on Dunne's head Then
when ts she entered Mf tbe DuSnss Dune ICONS roons alter
wa was % stained With blood and there there were Std blood
stains upon the bedding. the floor. and almost
BABY BABY was Was' also bespattered with blood as she
lay beside the dying man on the bed.
Brown testified that they ask cd Mrs. Dunno
why she assaulted her husband and che made
gepy asE.s M MSa Ssd was asssn.sd ab n ns
MIs. Dunno ssid:
hin, He g called me vile D1 name M nI,, and wanted
struck him. He had no right to call me a vile
Mrs Ceclc Chatlllon testified that she lived
on the door above tho Dunnes. About "a week
before the killing. when Dunnereturned from
him trying to get Into his rooms. Mrs. Dunno
would not admit him. Mrs. Dunno said in a
won't let you in. II you come in I'll kill
Then Mrs Dunno went out into the hall and
beat Dunno. After beating her husband Mrs.
dunno cried out:
Mrs, Dunno had a violent scene with her
nus, husband at her door. said Mrs. thatillon: ale
monstrated % Y with Mrs. Dune % telling eli % hor that
she ought not to treat her husband SO badly. be-
cause he was quiet. hard working man. Mrs.
dunno cal ed her vile names and said angrly:
- When am mad will go for a. hammer.
smash his brains"
Mrs. Chatillon testified that she heard Mrs.
dead after Policeman Scully entered the rooms
and when he asked Mrs. Dunno why she had
assaulted her husband:
Mrs. Ellen UBrien. matron OF the West Thir-
Dunno told her that she assaulted hsr husband
because he called her names and wouldn't
influence OF liquor but seem ed to understand
what was said TO her. Mrs, Dunno said to Po-
lice Captain OConnor in the station that her
husband was not intoxicated.
Then Mr. osborne called Mrs. Dunnos ten-
year old son. Charles McGovern. He testified
that his mother sent him frequently for beer
on Oct. IL. His last trip to the nearest saloon
was made Just after 3 O'Clock. His mother
drank the beer. He looked into the bedroom
and saw his stepfsther covered with blood
upon the bed He asked his mother IL his step
father was dead. and she said that he Was
Sho told him that she struck his stepfather
with hammer because he had called her q
vile name. His mother and stepfather FREE
quently quarreled. His mother struck his
stepfather often. but he never struck her.
Joseph T.. Dunno. awning maker OF Brook
lyn. testified that he was brother of George
Dunno. His brother had worked in this city
in different hotels for about twenty years as
an engineer lie was a quiet sober man. and
was about 10 years OF age at the time OF his
death. Ho weighed about 20 pounds. and
was very muscular.
Peter, j.. Brady, day engineer OF the Marl-
borough Hotel. where George Dunno was en-
ployed at the time OF his death. gave similar
testimony Dunno. he added. was perfectly
sober at O'clock on tho IN corning OF Oct IL
when he quit work. Dunno was a temperate
man. and very steady and industrious
Then Mr.. Osborne rested the peoples case.
The trial will be continued to-day. IL Is un-
derstood that Mra. Dunne's defence will bS
that she killed her husband in selt-deience.