Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-14
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Coegrove In 1870, was an iron mould.
err working in San Francisco. Hs was
fascinated by a young lady acquaint-
snce, named Annie McManus. Re-
port says he wanted to marry her and
that she had consented. In the early
part of that year she disappeared from
San Francisco. Information finally
reached Cosgrove that his sweetheart
was in Nevada in a house Of prostitu-
ton. He Immediately came to this
State and had no difficulty in find
ing her. He pleaded with her and
begged her to leave the life she was
leading and return to San Francisco,
but she refused, and in a frenzy Of
desperation and despair at her refus-
al, drew a knife and killed her. 1t
is said sixty-five wounds or cuts were
found on her body.
Many Of San Francisco's most prom
inent men interceded in his behalf,
among them being d. o. Mills, Shar.
on, Fulton Iron Works, Union Iron
Works. etc. Cosgrove has two sisters
In California.
This crime occurred in Elko, Elko
county, on june 6. 1870, and he was
sentenced to life, being committed on
Sept. %, 1870. Cosgrove wa then
twenty-seven years old. twenty-five
years OF confinement has served to
change him to an Oldham with grey
hair.
Those who interceded ON his part
say he has at various times given the
warden valuable information, that
has prevented serious breaks for lib
erty, and that when the big break &C.
Cured several years ago, he found
himself free to escape, but when he
found the escaping conyicts were
killing men, returned to his cell.
His attorney, j. D. Torreyson, pre-
sented the fact that in serving twenty
five years, he had practically served a
forty years sentence, considering the
credits he would have received, but
all to no ayail.-Carson Tribune.
As parties in Reno, San Francisco
and Carson are making strenuous ef-
fort to secure the pardon of C~osgroye,
the people OF the state should know
the character Of the man it is propos
ed to turn loose to prey upon society
again. That the people OF the State
may know something Of the man and
the horrible crime he committed, we
publish to-day the sentence passed
upon him by Judge Keeney on the
18th day OF September, 1870. This
will be followed by the circumstances
OF the crime as they appeared in tho
INDEPENDENT following the commits.
sion Of the murder.
Read the following blistering words
OF Judge Keeney and thsn say, il you
can, that Bernard j. Cosgroye should
be pardoned:
DISTRICT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
JUDGE GEO. d. KEEsEY, Presiding
Sept. 26, 1870.
STATE OF NEVADA,
= vs.
BERNARD j. CosoRovE.
This day having been fixed as the
TINA for passing judgment in this case,
the defendant appeared in Court
with his counsel and moved upon a
statement for a new trial. The Court
overruled the motion, and ordered the
defendant TO st and up and receive his
sentence, when the Judge addressed
him as follows:
4At the May term OF this Court you
were indicted by the grand jury of
this county for the murder Of Annie
McManus, and to that indictment you
pleaded not guilty. For that crime
You have been tried by a jury at the
present term, and a verdict of murder
in the second degree was returned
against you. The evidence disclosed
a state Of facts Of unusual horror.
brutality and ferocity, eclipsing any.
thing else in tho line OF deliberate
wickedness that has ever GENE under
my notice. You deliberately planned
tho murder of yonr victim the day be.
fore you murdered her. You wrote
to your mother saying that you in.
tended to kill Annie TINT night, be.
cause You were jealous OF her who
was your paramour, and in the same
letter conveyed the idea that You
would follow the crime OF murder by
that OF suicide. In accordance with
that plan, you that night entered the
room were the girl was in bed, and
not only drove the knife repeatedly
into her breast, to the hilt, but actu.
ally carved and stabbed her from
head to foot, inficting no less than
sixty five wounds upon her. Unfor-
tunatcly you had not the nerve to
carry out the rest OF your CHASTITY
programme. aud after inRictinR two
slight flesh wounds upon yourself,
you gave up tho idea OF self. destruc.
ton and fled. AS a defense, yon
claimed to have been insane at tho
time OF committing the deed; but from
the evidence. l am satisfied that you
were perfectly sane, and 80 thought
the jury before which you were tried.
Tho more I consider the circum
stances OF tho case, the greater is my
establishment at the verdict rendered
In 1t. An unlawful killing OF n bu.
man being, with malice Hforethought,