Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-20
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 Around Maurice sMoriarty-StOry !Of
 the Killing of Mrs Donovan Told in Court. -t"+& The case of Maurice Moriarty, charged with murder in the second degree, was called in the city court to-day and there were more witnesses than in any other case ever tried in the lower court. Attor- neys Lowe and Kendrick appeared for Moriarty. Attorney Kendrick asked for the coroner's finding. Prosecutor Web ster said he had not received it. Attorney Kendrick then said in order to protect his client he objected to the trial of the case. They were really on a coroner's trial and unless such finding was shown the court had no jurisdiction. He warned the court not to be surprised later should the trial go oD, if habeas corpus proceedings should be brought.
 Attorney Webster said It was hardly necessary to reply. Any informing officer can bring a case for trial If this court or the coroner fails to do his duty, that was no reason why the trial should not go on. Dr Graves WAS the first witness and gave \ his testimony as medical examiner at the autopsy ordered by Deputy Coroner Calla- han of New Haven. Margaret Donovan died on August II from injuries received from external violence. The superficial examination revealed bruises on chin, cheeks, head, arms and legs. There was a depressed fracture at the junction of the frontal, temporal and psrietal bones, and a l Potts fracture on the right leg. Upon re- moving the scalp the tissues were bruised as follows: The largest was over the right temporal= =parietal region; one, posterior to a line drawn over the head from ear to ear and to the left side; another directly on top of head. Removing the top of skull, blood clots were found beneath the above named bruises. The largest sufficient to | fill an ordinary tea cup. was found beneath the depressed fracture in right temporal parietal region. No hemorrhage was found in the brain substance. The heart was normal, valves healthy; lungs normal, no adhesions in pleural cavity; stomach and intestines normal; liver and spleen nor nal. The other organs were slightly ab- normal. The kidneys indicated that the woman had Bright's disease. The doctor was satisfied that death was caused by di- rect violence and that the immediate cause of death was compression of the | brain.
 The physician was put through 8 rigid cross examination when each organ in turn | was described and the functions each per formed given. Attorney Kendrick vied with Dr Graves in quoting medical terms. but nothing different was divulged than | ID tQ6 ulrecE eXam1naGlO0.
 Rev F. J. Murphy was the next witness. ] He said he received two calls to visit Mrs I Donovan on the Saturday in question. The | first was between two and three o'clock in the afternoon. Before I entered the door, !" he said, "I heard the sound of someone singing I knocked on the door and a voice said, Come in.' I recognized the voice as the same that was singing. As I entered I saw Maurice Moriarty in the kitchen. I asked for the sick lady and Maurice pointed to the next room. Mrs | Donovan was sitting on a chair holding a young child. I spoke to her and asked her what was the matter. She said she wanted to go to the almshouse right away. noticed the ankle bruised, and the arms and face. She said she felt all right in every other way. I asked her who gave her the beating. She seemed to be afraid to say right out and didn't in fact say, 1 but as Moriarty turned his back she bowed her head and pointed her ban toward him I asked her if she thought she would be | able to go to the town house. She replied Yes anything to get me away from here. Maurice had his team of barrels outside and said, Well, guess will have to go away told him to remain in the house as the woman was unable to help herself l drove to the seleotmen's office and notified them of the affair. At six o'clock I was called again to the woman. 1 found her in a comatose state and dying"
 | Cross-examined Father Murphy said l that there was no doubt in his mind, but | that the woman meant, when she pointed out Moriarty. that he was the one who beat her. Maurice was not drunk but had had some drink.
 Michael Duhig. milk peddler. testified that he sold Mrs Donovan milk. Saturday morning as he was going home at 9 o'clock he saw Mrs Donovan sitting on the stoop. She called to him to come back and when he went there she offered him $1 to bring her down town. She was then pretty well battered up She told him that Moriarty beat her. He told her he could not do it then. At 11:30, as he was coming into town again, he went in and found Mrs Donovan sitting on the floor. She asked him then to take her to the town house. He lifted her into chair and told her that he would notify the priest He did notify the priest The woman told him twice that she Il td been beaten by Moriarty.
 Nancy Davis. the colored cook at Martin Dalton's, said that she was going by the place Friday afternoon about o'clock. She saw Mrs Donovan sitting in the yard She went down as far as Mooney's saloon and there she saw Moriarty He was drinking glass of ale. He asked her to take drink and she accepttd the offer, taking gin and water. When she started back tor home after doing errands down town it was half past five She saw Mori- | arty at his horses head in front of the drive way. this side of the house. The old lady sat on the stoop and called to me as 1 l went by. I went up to her and she told me that Moriarty had beaten her. I saw the bruises. Maurice came up and said to the old lady: "You're telling her beat you. are you?' The old lady said, No aint, no ain't' also denied that she was telling me anything I started away, when Maurice came in front of me and caught me by both shoulders and dragging me back to the stoop said: I'm strong enough to hold you He again ac- cused the old woman of telling that he beat her. He loosened his hold and got away and went home"
 Ii was then twenty minutes to one and the court adjourned until half past one.
 Mrs William Cass lives across the street from the Moriarty house. Friday after noon about o'clock she heard screams from the house as if someone was in pain. An hour before she had seen Moriarty come home. In the morning she had seen Mrs Donovan in the yard with the children She did not see her after the screams. About o'clock Saturday afternoon Mori- arty called her to come over, saying he thought the old woman was dying.
 William Cass, the husband of the last witness proved one of the strongest links in fastening the crime on Morisrty. He said be was at his barn on Friday night about o'clock when Moriarty drove by. Moriarty started into the house and banged the door as he shut it. He heard him talking very loud and soon he heard old Mrs Donovan shout, Oh, oh!" as if she was in pain. At g o'clock he was in the house and again heard noise ID the Dono- van house. He went out and stood at the fer c across the street. He saw a light in the room Mrs Donovan died in, and look ing through the open blinds he saw Mori- arty with light in his hand. Moriarty had on only his night clothes and was cursing and swearing. The witness said he could be heard nalf mile away. Then