The Portland daily press., 1897-12-11
M'DoNoueH CONVICTED.
Assault Case in the Police Court Yes ter
| day.

LII the municipal Court yesterday morn
ing, Judge Robinson was told the story
OF the assault which Patrick McDonough
was alleged to have committed on vii.
nam Redmond in the boarding house on
commercial street kept by Mrs. Cora
70. Leighton. Redmond was not very Sc
rlously injured, bit the affair proved to
Do serious enough to send McDonouah to
jail 1or three months, that being the SEN
eehce imposed by the court Redmond
WAS the flrst witness. He appeared in
court with his right hand in bandage.
Ho said on the last Sunday in Noyem Der
he was taking care of the house while
Mrs. Leighton was at church. 1t WAS
then that McDonough came to the house
and got Redmond to give him a bottle of
beer and trust him for it. Later in the
evening when Mrs. Leighton returned
McDonough a attempted familiaritles
which Redmond prevented, but there was
no trouble. 1t was the following Satur-
day night that McDonough again visited
Mrs. Leighton's house. He paid the wit
ness the ten cents he owed for the beer.
and then assaulted him. McDonough
struck at Redmond and a scuffie ensued.
AS it progressed, Redmond discovered
that his hand was covered with blood.
Afterwards Redmond showed MoDonough
against the glass in the door, and it was
broken. He was sure his hand was cut
before the glass was broken.
Levi (LroonIoof Eco ubo appaarad for
McDonough, examined Redmond at some
length. Redmond said that McDonough
paid the ten cents for bottle of Uno
beer. Redmond denied that there had
been any previous trouble between Nc
Donough and himself. He knew Of Nc
Donough's visiting Mrs. Leighton's only
twice before, and each of those times he
had come to set up stove. The witness
denied that there was any objection on
his part to McDonough's visiting Mrs.
Leighton's house. Mrs. Leighton he be-
lieved was married, but her husband does
not live at the house. Redmond did not
see knife or other weapon in MoDon-
ough's hand.
Mrs. Cora B. leighton was the next
witness, who told the story. She was
sure that Redmond was cut before the
glass in the door was broken, because she
saw the blood running. 1t was only
after this that Mr.. McDonough was an
cry, 1.-THE sight of the blood started his
temper McDonough had his hand in
his pocket. Mrs. Leighton thought he had
something in mis- hand, but could not
swear to it,
On cross examination Mrs. Leighton
said she had not heard Redmond singing
to the accompaniment of harmonica
played by MoDonough. County Attorney
Libby wanted to know what that had to
do with the case.
Mr. Greenleaf--''I thought, your honor
that I could show the amiable relations
existing between these two gentlemen in
no better way than that they played and
sang together
Mrs. Leighton said it was not her be-
lief that McoDonugh came to her house to
pay the ten cents. She believed that he
came there for fight. This was a strong
belief.
Wallace +. Gardiner told substantially
the same story of the assault. He is a
boarder at Mrs. Leighton S and added a
missing link to the chain of evidence,
for he said he was the man who finally
elected McDonough from the premises.
During the GROSS examination Mr.. Green
leaf asked many questions designed to
show that Gardiner had talked the mat
ter over good deal. Mr.. Greenleaf said
he wanted to show how much the wit
ness had been schooled. Mr.. Libby OBJ
jeoted to that expression, and Mr.. Green
leaf retorted, ''You can't pen me in"
Gardiner said he had talked about the
case, but denied that he had discussed it
with any police officer.
William Hill, another boarder; also
told substantially the same story.
"You say this ARRAY was all around
over the lot?'' asked Mr.. Greenleaf.
''There wasn't lot. Twas room,'
was the reply.
DR.. J. W. Comedian, who attended
Redmond. said he found q cut on Red
mond's wrist. The cut was from one-hah
to three-fourths of an inch long, and one
eight to one-quarter of an inch deep. 1t
had severed the radial artery. 1t was a
clean cut. The edges were not roughened.
1t was cut that might have been made
with knife or piece Of glass.
odd you find any glass in it?" asked
Mr.. Libby.
"Did you find any knives there ~ ad-
ded Mr.. Greenleaf.
This closed the case of the State, md
then McDonough took the stand in his
own behalf. His story of the ARRAY
differed from that already told in that,
according to it, Redmond was the aggres-
sor. On the Saturday night, after Nc
Donough had paid the ten cents, Red
mond told him to move on. He started
to leave, and Redmond struck him.
The scutfle followed, and during it Red
mond pushed his hand through the glass
in the. door, cutting his wrist.
McDonough said he had no weapon
of any kind. and struck Redmond with