The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-09-13

UNoNTowN, Pa, September e.
When court convened to day there
was an unusually large crowd in
the court room The prisoner was
accompanied into the COURT room
by his little son Howell, but he did
not remain Mrs. McGogan was ac-
companied by her two brothers-in-
law, James Thompson and Lou
Coldren. Frank Monaghan, son of
the murdered woman, came in later.
There were an unusual number of
women.
Elk District Attorney Ira f. Pat
ridge opened the case for the Com
monwealth. He outlined it in an
unimpassioned manner, going over
in deliberate terms what it expected
to prove. While MI. Partridge rela-
ted the incidents of June 2, when
Mrs. Monaghan met her fate, Mrs.
McGogan sat listening lntently
with tear filled eyes.
Counsel A. ID. Boyd asked the
court to permit the jury to visit the
scene of tie murder, and despite
District Attorney Crows Directing
Judge Reppert remarked that he
would like to see the premises. The
jury was taken by Tipstaves David
Boring and William w. Elliott,
counsel for both sides, Judge Rep
pert accompanying them. The fam
| lily now living there was not at home,
but entrance was gained through a
side window. When the jury re-
turned Mrs McGogan was called
and said:
81 am daughter of Mrs. Mona
CHAN, and lived with her on Jefferson
street. l have known Mccormick for
long time / saw him on the even
ing of June 2, about 5 o'clock, and we
ate the ice cream about 10 o'clock. l
saw Richard Diffenderffer on my way
home. We went upstairs together,
and went into the front room, next to
the adjoining house. Mccormick
came to the front hall and asked me
who was up there / said Mr. Mar
shall. He left and l locked the front
door and inside door and went up
stairs to the room over the parlor,
where Mr.. Diffenderffer was
SAT II O'Clock heard Mccormick
at the door of the room over the par
| lor. He came in, grabbed me by the
left hand also grabbed pitcher and
said, "I'm going to kill YOU" He hit
me two or three times. Mother came
out of Mr.. Pickard's room in the rear.
She said, sob, Will; don't kill my
daughter" He still had hold of me,
and struck her. | screamed and ran
out. Coming back l saw Mccormick
in his stocking feet, bare headed and
in his shirt sleeves. When the blow
was struck no one was in the hall but
Mccormick and myself"
The aim of defense is to show that
a fourth party, unknown as yet flgur-
ed in the tragedy. The defense asked
if there were not other women occupy
ing the house that night. She said
no, but there had been women there
before that time. Also that men
would come to see her and her mother
and often would remain over night.
Mrs. McGogan stated she had been
married to John McGogan in Pitts
burg, but she did not live with him.
Her intimacy with Mccormick COM
menced shortly after she was married,
and it continued throughout the years
that followed till the tragedy. The
defense tried to draw out of the wit
ness that a key was furnished Nc
Cormick but she denied this. They
wanted to show that she was false to
him, but the commonwealth object
ed The point was to show that the
character of their relations would nit
igate the crime.
Coming down to the night of the
murder the cross questioning bore
mainly on the theory that other men
were in the house at the time of the
killing other than those named. They
aimed to show that Mccormick had
been Stunned and put off that night,
and on thus being treated he became
ANGRY.
The key spoken Of was presented to
the witness for Identification, but
she had never seen it before.
A new witness will be BAIL Brown
field. He was passing the house just
after, the murder and one of the first
persons, Mrs. McGogan saw when she
ran for help. She told him of the
| murder, but denied that she had told
him she did not know who he was.
She also denied having caressed Nc
Cormick after her mother had been
killed. she could not account for the
wounds found on McCormick's head
and arm, The defense claims that
/ marks 81 feet were seen on the win