Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-02-11
THE BLACK FLAG OUT,
Michael Hennessey's Assault on
+. DundOn.

He Is Placed Under $500 Bonds, with
s2OO More 20 Keep the Peace---Tried
10 Throw Bundon under the Cars---
Dundon's Picturesque Testimony.
The local police court seldom has upon
its hands so entertaining a trial as was
held before Judge Newton yesterday after
noon. when Mike Hennessey, the same
Mike who has been under the ban upon
divers other occasions was on trial for an
alleged assault upon Patsey Dundon, also
a familiar figure in the police COURT dock
Chief of Police Hall arrested Hennessey
Tuesday night upon complaint of Dundon,
and hearing was set for Wednesday even
ing. G. G. Fits appeared for the state
and G.. b. Hit for the defendant
Counsel for the defense offered to waive
examination if the court would accept
Hennessey's father as bondsman in rea-
sOnabe sum. The state asked that bail be
fixed at $500, which the court considered
reasonable. but the court would not accept
the elder Hennessey's bond for that
amount, so a trial was ordered for $3.50
o'clock yesterday
At that hour the court room was filled
with spectators The first witness called
was Seymour c. Butler, who is employed
at j. A. Pullen's market. He testified
that about 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
Dundon came into the store and bought
some articles of food. So far as he could
tell Dundon had not been drinking.
Dundon and his mother then arrived,
and Dundon was called TO the stand. He
testified that having bought his supper he
was going home, by way of the railroad
track Tuesday afternoon, when be met
Hennessey below the freight house. He
said Hennessey took hold Of his collar and
said "What have you got in your pockets
Dundon replied, "None of your business,
whereupon Hennessey knocked him down.
He said that Hennessey repeated the oper-
alton several times, and when the 4:3j eX-
press train came along he attempted TO
throw Dundon under the wheels
L. {. Bacon conducted the cross exami-
nation. Dundon was stubborn and con
lIary. MIR. Bacon asked, "What did You
do when ne hit you?" ~ didn't do moth
in | was insensible; he killed me" Mr..
Hit then objected to the presence of
corpse as witness, and the spectators
laughed so loudly that the court called for
silence. Mr.. Bacon: "If you were insen-
sible how could you get up?' Dundon
so, don't get too fresh
Dundon then told about being kicked
several times by Hennessey. Mr.. Hit:
when was it that he kicked you?' Dun
don: go. it was the same afternoon
Dundon was now getting excited and the
court found II necessary to reprmand him
several times for using profanity. Upon
beng questioned further about what took
place DundOn said he ran TO the house of
Mrs John HoughtOu, and that Hennessey
followed, and after knocking him through
the window, tried TO roast him oy putting
him upon hot stove. Dundon finally
succeeded IN eluding Hennessey and ran
home.
Dundon's mother testified that after
Dundon reached home Hennessy came to
the house and demanded Abundance.
which was refused, whereupon he burst
open the door. Dundon secreted himself
and Hennessey searched the house but
failed to ind him Thomas Rouse, a con
ductor on the narrow guage railroad, testi-
he'd that he happened along while the fight
was IN progress in season 70 hear Hennessev
say. you black hearted son OF -. III
throw you under the Wheels He said
Hennessey madelan apparent effort to do so
and that he held both men back until the
train had passed. Then they continued
the fight near the river bank, finally roll
lax ubNA lut uallh together. W men tneN
came up they were both bleeding He
stated that he left the scene then and did
not know what followed.
Both sides then rested and the state
asked the court to fix bal at $500 and to
place the defendant under bonds 10 keep
the peace in the usual sum of 500. which
the court said he intended to do Mr.. Hit
then proceeded to free his mind H. said
that he thought $500 bonds were sufficient
but, while the statute allowed the court to
take jurisdiction and impose a fine Of s..
he didn't expect anything less than $500
bonds. II made up my mind some time
ago. said he, chat no matter who is
brought in here ior trial, and no matter
with what ofiense ne is accused --." /
Here Mr.. Fitts interrupted by saying, Il /
object To any allusion TO the manner in F.
which justice is administered here in Brat /
tleuoro.' "Itwill not make any difference
with me, said Judge Newton, to which I
Mr.. Hit replied, mo, didn't expect that
ii would Court was then adjourned
In default of bill Hennessey was taken /.
to Newtane this morning to await the &C
ton OF the grand jury. II is believed that /
the cause Of the Hennesey assault was
bis belief that Dundon carried bottle of /.
liquor in his pocket