The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-01

Forty-tVVo NoIIes in City court-JEdge
 Bishops Appointments.
 i Before Judge Bishop sitting in the city court the cases of Michael Terri bile, charged with the murder of Pat rick Coffey, and Antonio Guarino, GuillO Foppiano and Lorenzo Marcugiano, charged with assaulting> the murdered man, were called for trial. When put to plea each man pleaded not guilty. The accused were severally represented by Judge Blydenburgh and Attorneys Booth, Russo and Alling.
 The hearing was adjourned about II o'clock yesterday morning and went on again at in the afternoon, but before the morning hearing was concluded there was given testimony which show ed the murder to have been one of the l most brutal that has ever been done in this city.
 The prosecution opened it's case with John Joseph Eagan of 5412 Oak street, employed by the New Haven Gas com pany as a blacksmith. Before City At | torney Webb could put the first ques- ton MT. Blydenburgh requested the court that all the states witnesses be i excluded from the room during MT. | Eagan's testimony. This was acceded l to, and the chief attorney for the de- fense said he would be willing to have his witnesses also excluded if he had any in addition to the four accused men and, of course, it could not properly be asked that the latter be excluded. The states witnesses then left the room, l and after a few preliminary questions MT Eagan started his story | On the day in question, Monday, March 16, Eagan was employed as usual in the blacksmith shop at the gas plant. The shop is about seventy-five feet from l the retort house. Eagan was at work sharpening some tools and laborer named Marcugliano was waiting to get the tools.
 l He said that after hearing few hot 1 words in the yard he saw Marcugliano grab up an iron bar standing beside the blacksmith shop and start toward Fap- uiano and Coffey, who were fighting. He saw Coffey strike the Italian blow l in the fact, the latter falling on his knees and then backward.
 As Fappiano fell Marcugliano rushed up and struck Coffey with the bar, hit- 1 ting him across the arm and breast. In the meantime Terrible, armed with an iron pipe yard long and about 119 1 inches in diameter went up quickly be- head. Coffey fell to the ground. "Cof- 1 fey" said the witness, meyer knew what struck him.
 Terrible, still grasping the iron pipe, stood over the prostrate form of Coffey and with a deliberate blow crushed in Coffey's skull, killing Coffey instaptiy.
 The witness was very positive in his statement and told straightforward story. Shortly after Judge Blyden- burgh took him in hand for the cross examination and when the hearing clos ed for the morning was examining hiel on unimportant points in an attempt to get the witness to contradict evidence given before the coroner at the time of 1 the inquest.
 | The Italian names of the four prison CTS were confusing to MT. Eagan, and he continually fell into the habit of call- ing them by their gas house nicknames. Tn telling of Fappiano's quarrel with I sl1ined Italian as Murphy" .,
 "You mean that gentleman there?' asked Judge Blydenburgh.
 T do,' Eagan assented.
 His name is Guillo Fappiano in the | warrant" said the counsel.
 Well, his name is 'Murphy' down at the gas house." Eagan explained, and a ripple of merriment from both factions of the audience relieved the intensity of the situation for moment.
 The cross examination of Eagan was continued through the afternoon after the noon adjournment. Judge Blyden- burgh's questions tended to show that Terribile's assistance to his fellow coun- tryman (Fappiano) was more timely than Eagan had indicated.
 The hearing continued until o'clock yesterday afternoon, at which hour court adjourned. It will not go on until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.