The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-13
FATAL STABBlNG JUSTIFIED, SAYS CORONER PHELAN Holds That John T. Daley Yielded Knife On Don
 nelly Tn Self Defense v1CTIM AGGREssoR IN FIGHT. HE SAYS Finding Says Donnelly Has Always Been ''P Peaceable'
 In His Character

That John T. Daley stabbed John Donnelly while in s..justifable defense of his person, is the finding of Cor oner John J. Phelan published today. Bailey, who is an assistant foreHnan at the Bridgeport Brass company fac- tory and lives at 2s Edwin street, had a fatal fight with Bonne1ly in front of the house at 15S Cowles street. early konS Sunday morning, November 1. From the testimony of Mrs. Sadie RiosendaIe at whose home Dennelly boardeds and the testimony of her daughters, Bessie and Irene, DonneIly was the aggressor and had knocked Dafiey, down The latter while un- derneath Donnelly stabbed him with a pocket knife. Donnelly died in a hospital from the wounds.
 According to the finding of the cor pner. Dpnnelly came to his death from ssacute lobar pneumonia, secondary to shock from stab wounds inflicted by Dailey.s' The latter had called at the Eoves street house late Saturday night and asked for a room He was refused admittance. He began to make g. disturbance outside and Don nelly, boarder at the house, went out and engaged in a fight with him.
 In describing this fight the coroner in his finding says in part:
 The evidence as to the cause of the quarrel and the quarrel itself at the doorway of the boarding house is in part .contradictory: that of the de- to have been the aggressor and that the latter stabbed and cut him when
 ae opened such sdoer and was the cause Of the continued fight in the street thereafter, whilst that of Sadie Rosendale and others then In the kit chen of the boarding house, from whence the deceased went to open said door. with the knowIedge before- hand Of EaaEaga presence there, shoW- ed the deceased to have uttered angry words o9 denunciation against Daley on his way to such door; and that Of Bessie Rosendale showing fhe de- ceased in the act of striking Daley : when on the street and Of both fght- ing each other as they lay prone on the ground: and that of the Rosen- daIes and others showing trail of blood from the street to the house. the same indicating that Dailey's use of the knife was on the street and not [ at the door in question
 Prom a full consideration of the facts together with that showing the ipeaeea:bIe character of Daley as prov en by his superdors in employment and sothers, the tmprobabillty of the stab l ping having occurred at tho door of the house in view of the blood trail lfronn the street to the house. tho na- ft51re of the weapons and character and direction of the wounds on the body of the deceased, I ann of the opinion Esuch wounds were inflicted by Daley in defense of his person
 fI therefore, find and hold that the ldeceaSed came to his death at the time place and from the cause set Iforth and that said death resulted from stab wounds inflicted by John IT. Daley in justidable defense of his person
 Donne1ly was formerly employed as "a bartender by Tohn Cooney, who con- sducts a saloon In Barn1rn avenue, near FSeavieW avenue. He had lived and lworked in the East End most of his I1ife and was familiarity known as ssRed. =
 Daley has never been in any trou- sble before and has heretofore borne 1.-the reputation of 8 peaceful sober and HandustTfozIs workman. His foreman and superintendent testified before the scoroner to nds previous good record tEfe is held for trial before the city Ecourt on charge Of unansIaugsster EManie1 T. Hoffman, the baseball play fer, furnished the S8.000 ball on which RDa1fey was released. It is likely that lin view Of the ccroner's finding. the lcharge against Daley will be drop Iped-
 Mrs Rosendale with whom Donnelly Ilived. is registered in the directory as Mrs. Sadie Da1e,' and the other IEnembers of her family are also re- B Ecorded under the name of '-DaIe."