The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-31

that Fitzgerald acted very queer afte7
a railroad accident.
IN A QUARREL.
Teresa Ward, who lived in the same
house with him. said the Fitzgeralds were
quarreling considerable the night previous
to the murder She testified that the
murdered woman had said Fitzgerald had
been crazy since he fell off car Wit
ness said she had heard Fitzgerald talk
to a cat Just as If Il was a person. She
had seen Fitzgerald with a cut on his
head. and knew DR.. Keefe attended him.
John p. Burke testified he saw Mrs;
Fitzgerald after noon walking up and
down i'm her yard. He had seen FttZ-
gerald in the doorway and cautioned her
not 70 go I'm. Mrs. Fitzgerald had her
hands up TO her throat and there was
blood upon them. Witness saw Fitzgerald
follow the woman along the road. Fit2-
gerald, according to witness. at this time
had a vacant stare in his eye.
HAD A RAZOR.
Nathan Haskins. a teamster was de
liveTing coal for the previous witness at
19 Hannah street. Mr.. Haskins saw F'itz-
gerald chase the woman around. he hav-
ing a white handled razor and Mrs. F1tz-
gerald had her hands up TO her throat
which had been cut from ear TO ear. Wit
ness said he had refused at Mrs. Fitz-
gerald's request to go into the house and
Fitzgerald followed her into the road. FL
nslly Mrs. Fitzgerald came back and
threw herself on the steps.
Murdock G. Mckenzie reached the
home OF Fitzgerald at 1880 O'Clock the
day OF the murder He found a razor on
bureau and took charge OF H. He identi-
fed the razor offered by Attorney Gener-
al Stearns
Mrs Fitzgerald was taken into the
house by citizen. Fitzgerald short
time after his arrest was very much ex-
cited.
TALKED IN CELL
Captain Rowe OF the Sixth station was
the next witness. He had talk with the
prisoner in the cell at the station F'itz-
gerald was very excited and said Mrs
Feeley had told him his wife got money
from ther allway company for the acct
dent In which he was hurt and when he
spoke of the matter Mrs. Fitzgerald got
mad. Later. the prisoner said he and his
wife had a row over the dinner and Re
had got so mad he could not tell what
he did do.
On cross examination, Captain Rowe
said Fitzgerald had failed 10 recognize
Mr.. Holton. who was his counsel I'm liti-
cation with the street railway company
The state here rested and Mr. Holton
made brief outline OF the defence,
which, he sta ted. would be insanity.
Mrs. Feeley, whose husband kept a
y
aid, was called as witness. She said the
prisoner acted strangely on n visit to
her store two days before the murder
She denied ever telling him Jhis wife had
received any money from the railroad.
Mrs Feeley declared that the murdered
woman semed a very quiet and orderly
person and witness had no reason 10
doubt that the unfortunate woman was
the prisoners wife.
CALLED HIM CRAZY.
Other neighbors of Fitzgerald said
every one who lived near him called him
crazy. He had the habit OF talking 10
cats and of talking at folks who never
spoke to him. one witness told OF get
ting out of a window so as not TO have
20 pass Fitzgerald.
DR.. Michael A. Ford Of Pawtuclket
graduate OF n Dublin, Ireland. hospital,
and who had been an inferno I'm a Paris
hospital for the insane. qualified as an
expert. He visited Fitzgerald in the
state institutions with Dir. Keene. Wit
ness said the prisoner was insane. he
was subject 10 delusions and too suspi-
clous. His insanity was chronic and due
to the abuse OF alcohol and the fall he
had had from car had injured his brain.
Dr. Ford gave Fttzgerald's record at
the Taunton hospital. Fitzgerald was
when I'm no better condition than when
he had been received.
y. Continued on page Two.