The Sentinel, 1881-02-11, Page 2- 1-
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THE BIDDULPH MURDERS.
The Evidence Given at the Court.
Le:4ms, Ont., Jim. the Biddulph
murder trial to -day Johnny Connor was
further cross-examined by the defence and
maintained his former story, which was
not shaken in any essential particular.
The young Man, Joseph Whalen, a neigh-
bor of the Donnelly's who was called up by
his father on the night of the tragedy, was
examined, and merely corroborated the
story of the discovery of the crime.
Mrs. Connor, mother of Johnny, then
entered the box and gave brief testimony
as to the condition in which her son re-
turned home on the morning after the
murder. In cress -examination an exciting
scene took place. The woman was asked
if she had lately been at Toronto inter-
viewing the Attorney -General, as to who
paid her rent in this city and sunported
her son, etc. To all these questions she at
first gave negative answers, but was at
length made to say that she had gone to
see Mr. Mowat to try -and get a reward for
her son, and that the Crown has been
.paying her rent and giving her son an
allowance all the time.
The effect of this testimony on the .minds
of those in court was extremelyexciting,
• and many freely said that the case for the
6 -Crown would fail by it. But it must be
borne in mind that it does not affect the
material issue of the ease, because Johnny's
identification of Carroll has been corrobo-
rated by the Whalen family, . whom he
first visited after leaving the ill-fated house.
Lois -mos, Jan. 28 -.---The court was ad-
journed at the close of Mrs. Cdnnor'S evi-
dence to -day, principalIy.out of •considera-
tion for the prisoner 'Carroll, whoappeared
to. be suffering a good deal all the •fore-
noon. ilia eyes were red -and bloodshot,
and at times the tears were coursing down
.his_ cheeks freely during.a. part of the fore:
• noon.. XIS. Maher,. the, only woman who
has been under arrest in connection with
the murder of the Donnellys, oecupied:
seat just inside the prisoner's dock,.. and
:conversedat intervals With Carroll, ..She
is a :mediurit.:sized woman, with intensely
blaek hair; and plenty -of _it, a lowforehead,
buke, stating that he ought to be stripped
of his position.
In the course of the proceedings one of
the jurors was relieved from • further at-
tendance because he was suffering from an
abscess. -
A letter arrived in court for one of the
jurymen, and it was passed to him by the he might want to make same statement..
agreement of the counsel It was said that the case against him would !
O'Connor in regard. to the crime. A MOTHEIV5 DCCD_
He said he had no conversation with young!
Mr. Hutchinson was recalled, and, the
crown counsel agreeing, made the following
statement csoncerning the prisoner Purteil :
"1 asked sheriff to bring Purtell into a
room in the jail, under the impression that .
Fall Details of the Double Child
Murder 41.nd Suicide at
Whitevale.
A. TERRIBLE RECITAL.
The court adjourned. for lunch. be dropped if he made a statement. I said ' As briefly anOunced in the despatches
- LONDON. Jan. 28. -The evidence given I would offer no advice to him on the mat- i to the Tufts last (Friday) night, a, most.
incemy last despatch is very unimport- ter, but was authorized to tell him that the I terrible case of murder and suicide oc-
ant, relating mainly to the doings of the case against him would be dropped if he did curredin the village of Whitevale yester-
Vigilant Committee, the object of • the make a statement: I did not. tell Parte'. 'day. Whitevala is a thriving village in the
that I believed he was there, or that I township of Pickering, Ontario county,
Crown being to show that Carroll was in
believed he might have heard the converse.- : about- five miles from Markham, on the
league with that body, and that it was
tion of the prisoners on the matter. Purtell , Toronto & Nipissing. railroad. Sometime
banded together for a bad purpese.
Martin Hogan is an important witness denied being there,. and I said.: • 'But you `.early in the morning- Mrs. Shephard, a
may know something these parties have ' resident of the -Allege, Murdered her two
in regard. to the Vigilance Committee. He
happened to go to the meeting one night, said.' This was made in consequence of a children, and. I then inflicted such in -
and some one asked - him if he would jtin, reported quarrel between him and Carroll juries upon herSelf that she cannot possibly
and witness said he didn't know what it
about . survivey Mr. Shepherd, the husband of the
ut two weeks ago. I did' not consult
meant. They asked- him it he was pre- you about it."• _ ! murderess is an Englishman by birth,
pared to take an oath, and then requested This closed the presecution, and the
him to come inside. The question of ad- defence was entered upon.
mittiug a new member was discussed,- and Wm. Thompson and his wife deposed
that the prisoner,.
the meeting dividing upon , it he was re- James Carroll, and his
brother, William Carroll, had slept
jected. He was not told what the oath was a,t his
about. 'James Heenan kepi the door. house on the ._night , ght of the tragedy • there
were no other persons in the house except
Mr. Meredith -Who asked you to go?
Witness: -No one, I went there of ray witnessar.d his wife; Thompson said the,two
Carrells slept upstairs; the door between
own accord. '
-Q. Were you drunk that night ?. .A. No, the front room and the kitchen catches
when about ha f closed ; the prisoner came
Q. Why were you not admitted? A. down in the morning, and, like his brother,
Because they decided not to take a fresh was in his stocking feet; -witness first saw
member that night. -•the; Are at Donnelly's When he looked out
of the window before -Carrell came down ;
-Mr. Meredith -And you were too fresh,
I faudy. (Laughter.I.' his wife looked out also.; he had not been on
Mr: Irving -You Were not drunk -that good •terms with the Donnellys for some
eigtht ? • years, because the ))oys came one time at
Witness -No, sir; I'm not in *the habit a. charivari and fired bullets into his barn
of drinking. • and house andIbUrned his fence.
. i.
The prisoner Carrell has recovered his Qi-Wnat did Carrot' say when he came
former appearance, but evidently not bis down and looked lout of the window? A. ---
strength,. for throughout the day. be re, He Seemed suirisecl and viondered howit
clined upon sonic pillows in the dock, but llappened. H ionderbeif it was . set on
in: such a- Manner as not only to command
Car -
-- -sharp, angular.- face, pointed- ---nose, . large
. --0 ,.
- • mouth, Smelt eyes . arid, _- dark -Coniplexion.-
She wore,a, dark dress, black beiniet; ..-Rock
• Martin- Victorine •and.-allohltoy sheWl.
*--.--JuSt '..as -Johnny Connor's- evidence: Was.:
. - OoncIiidedalittle,skirinishoccutred between_
_ -:zr , the, opposingeohrieel.. Mt. -MacMahon in--
'---. rtiniatedthat_lie had- .sent .-for Purtell. _and.
- ---.-i't-,-11yder-..' "Mr-,1,tvina objected.- Me. Meredith
- . seiditWasimporant thatthejtiry- should -
The ehOWn. by -the _witness --.-lioW.:theee._-:men
r:Steed..- ',His Loidship. justice -Cameron said
' it waS.-fqiiite: hinnaterial, and• -reftised to
•_. -grant the -etder._=-_ In :the . afterneo.n- the.
- - beiitt-te-orif. waS-denselypacked,.the 'attend._
lance :of - lathes • beieg . siirpriaingly. _large._
In. factthefront, deats „ and -thoSe. at.
-- the; ti,glit : of the .-bencif•rnight- be said -te.
-I.= contain 4-.- very -.Init._ representation." of
. the: beauty and ..-fttsliion ,of- Loedon,
- -_ - The• catise- of the-, :bentiatiness. of:,Mrs.
- CCinnorth-daS( was 'probably evielent alter
:- -cation -'Whieh --she -.had- with ---soMe.- Of the
' Whalens in tho-witnes-S-reoni , jnst . before
.- -beingealled;;Aligh..Words were AiSe1.-. be-
tween there, in the! Midst -of- Which_ Mrs,-
- Connor rushed . out to get - police' proteetion.
- T. - - - - -
-- She was called to the stand few moments.
• _ - . .
.. after, -and" geve. sequel= "extraordinary. evi,
- denee; . refusing to 'answer- "at ---times. and-
'. -Central:bating- :herself! :, repeatedly.',- --, The
prisonerCarrollCarroll -WaS -4nite unwell to -day
• _alio, hilt was propped! up in the doek with
. piliews.-: It is the opintien that he has only
_a Seyere.:.bilious - attack, . from having been
fed. "..-so-.. Iiighly,-- of . thits by„.,-- his •.: ail -
miring ' -.friends •-.. froin.--..Biddelph...:. iT.he
- - eVidehee.- r eiy.sa this I afternoon --,did-- . not
-- arkionnt to miich.:. -Ah : interesting -point-
.., arose. concermeg the pair - of_ hatulc.uffs
'---, whieh. were -in --Carrolre..posseSSien, at'.. the
-tired- of - the - =Murder. rite - had • borrowed
them from .Conatableit: Hodgins..-leinetime-
- ..
beforeforthe n -purpOSe Of- arresting- Tona--
-„: Donnelly, the mitrdpied . youth,- who was
under.- a charge:- of - robbery. . -Yining
.COnnot- has: sworn that Oil the :night, of the
•. tragedy, and - while Carton ! waSH-artesting-
thitbmity„. he. heard. -Tein Donnelly ay
-.-
that Carroll - had handcuffed - . hi iii ,.. " and
.distil"t he think he. was ,.siiiart,',': ---.Hodgins!
. -
to -day awdre,-; that the. h'endeilffs ' he had
- . letit the.prisoner . (Carroll)." were returned:
:1 -to him on the : day .-after.:the Donnelly
--1.- funerathy MikeCarroll,: prisoners brother.
•
The key, kei,._ however,- Vids. n•ot. returned till
seri:Letitia? last Surnmer. _i _ Ile -Said the ciiffs
•Were In the same State as ,3e.heit- he lent
_ them; had.not been throtigh the tire.
J.Frem the fact:thet_Mrs..- Wrn. Donnelly
-Was not. questioned.relative-- tO.-- the Murder-
. . - of, jolinDonnellY,-, it appears::that. it iS not
. -the intention of - the proseention to -teke up
- that . pert of - the - evidence in--the-present
trial- at 914:- - - -. _• -.-_-_ _ ' „,": - - ,=_._. -. .
, Therenieining :portion of: the .6Vidence
• was mainly taken. Up. by ,a..recita.t ofthe
fUncling-of .spedes,--4'tieks.end .other instru- .
ents-of -w,arfare, by ya ous parties on -the
tzt
ay 'followingthe maSs bre..
.' It: -having- been.. repot ed that- the--.
wit-
nesses 'were Prepared tesWear,anything.on
the.Peotestent Bible used court, •=e-D.oliaY
. Version- was precured- -44 used fur the first
tinae. by._ Mrs:._ -Connor, ,:When the,...cOurt
aj.c!se the prisoner looked wretched, and
. _hobbled rather than.wa*ed back to his cell.
• . l'eepie_ erelpoking anxieusly forward to the.
elaarge.--)?y'•the,-.,presiding justiee,;-ivhichi
judging by number of notes he is
proriiiseS: to be an - exhanstiVe - address;
..:--_.Thereie- now little-.prbability -„ef the teen.
, being finished thiS vieek.-.
LON.DON Jar,11.; 2$. --The Biddiilph- murder
- ...- trial is in, the.fiftlidey.-andstill "the. prose,
- ..ution . continue. Te -day _-eVidence• was
--4iven este- the CoMpositioni.of theAgilance
---''COnitnittee and their rnaVements for sum:
• _ --pression of -crime:: It..,Was_felt _necessary to,
appoint - ei- ; Magistrate:. and -_-ori.-e-..
-
two -',. penstables ' • fiern. _-:„ aniong-..- - them-
-"Selves. --from the : fact that outside
.- a;nthotitiee couldnet be got to iaet-
Willingly.- -. After e-goOd...deel of diseussion-
Nartim.McLaughlin "-- 0110 0! the pkisenere
Was appoieted'inagistrate, and Tallies Car-
roll, :-.the _prisoner in. the deck,. benstable.- In
' rexeduting:his duty . he borrowed tWo-pairs
• Of handeuffS previous to the: intirder., . One
of these ' cases waS - testified: to yesterday
:- land -:-- -.another- -to-day, , ' the ..:latter . for
.- the = ..fitst ' tithe by 4. constable - iiiiined
'Hedging. This -. -.--witnesSi--_ ' was - 'asked-
. yr .Justice :Cameron .Why he ,did not. come
lb
- -. fOrWard- befere land tell about lending .7 Ca.,r-
- .. . . .
presteir
-The
It:Stan:4s
fire:
Q. --Could n
upstairi?- - A.
curtains atside
a view of-thewitness-itand, but also Of the t he haie seen it from- the
counsels' tables.. -His sister, -a handsoine ee,--if _be. had pulled the
woman, stylishly dressed, occupied '
young
a seat At the.sider or the Adak and the tWo -Q--'-Did -3'°. °r Carroll go over to the
-proceedinga: . 'There were -.titer. 100 .raY hc*ses an Darr°11 didn't ir)IeT'-'
ellY,'8, place? '.-4.-No, I went.: out to
-laughed and chatted . at: various .stages: of - Dcinn
lid:lea-in_ court to -day, filling' the unised -"Q•-77Did an ono °6nie to 37°°n.Place.tin't
jury'boeg-and-lialf of the . auditOritim.,-- - SO in'pr.nin? -A• ;-,-es• ; -P8-'t Sullivan carne -73.
and asked where.1 the 'fire Was.
interested- did sonie Weenie that they sat
in court during the , adjournment and had Q.---,Couldn' ' . e. see it? - A. -Yes. F
hinclebrought. • - • • - - ' r-• ' 1:.B.C2e.'-daWd. Ili'laltg. ..114,0*mil:',.,i_1(5? . A.. -----Ile said,
-` "The jury toOlt an airing, in -the,' streets - • - • - - -
this morning, being-, eseorted.- between con_ -.9.--Dia Pit roll ktosir of the osOaPe. of
'stables About a mile, for :exercise. - -.. : . the boyteCiazinollat that tin*. ;A:=4. donl-
- -LONPON; Ont., 4au-.29.-In -the-Biddulph, think : -.- ' - - 'r- - ' • . -
murder -trial this - forenoon the -Prosecution „ Q....--Was iour - sister -iii :thereOn
'
closed ari'd the; defenee Wes -entered-ort,-nigh A•.' -i 4041 -think Ei-°.-- .--
.. The first- witeess was James -Thompson,
having been born in Middlesex, and is -
about 30 years of age. He emigrated to
Canada some twelve years ago, and has
resided in the viicinity of Whitevale nearly
siz years. Shephard is the daughter
of Mr. William Steeper, a well-to-do farther
in Markham township. They have been
married about live years, but it is supposed
did not live veil, happily together. They
have frequently had very. serious quarrels,
but these never, went beyond words. They
are both -considered by the neighbers to be
somewhat simple; or, as it is mord commonly
called, "not q!aite right- in their minds."
They haye had three children, one of whom
died shortly alter its birth, the other ' two
being the victitna - of yesterday morning's
terrible- tragedy. Asrfar as can be aspen
tained"; Mr. ShOphard Ose. in the -morning,
got his own breakfast as his wife had been:ill
for sometime past, andwent to work sawing
wood.ab' ut a tm le diStant Irani his home.
Q. -Was SI there on _Ttiesday night?
A. -I don't t so: Lean t say. _
n. farmerrliving-abouthalf a, mile from the -
•Q _ --Do you mean to say that you are
Donnelly's. -Ile: sWore-that the prisoner
Carroll' slept _ at, his:lie-use on .the night of
the murder, going to -bed -it 10 o'clock with
his -brother, who worked :with thevvitness.
Ile says they both Slept • in the.Sarnehed.
upstairs. --.- -_To thechief of pcitice,howeVer;
on the morning after the -Murder he stated
that lie (Witness) . had -.gene to bed: at 7.30
pn the previous eight, dini did not. wake up
till -7 that morning., _Inthe hex to -day ho
-mod hedid. not remember saying that; but
if he did.Say-it, it .was because :he- was
afraid of beiog arrested:, This Thoutpsen -
is the same whose cow was lost and.sup-
posed to have been -stolen by the'Dennelly:s,
giving -rise to tho. visit- of : the Vigilance
..Corinnitthe- to, their piece -en-masse.at
day-
hght aimed with _gnus" and-- clubs. The
cow- was -afterwards -Joend-_ in the weeds
. -
back of hie -owe -house; -
--LO'NDPN, Jen. - -.the =court to -day•
Carroll, the prisoner, was Supplied With
-
S- as before, and Insos no;ettemptte
sit .up more ' than, just long enough:to have.
hia: pillows rearranged v" but
, •
telling us the per.tieulars, ofr.that.nig t.,
and eannet tell_whethet_-yenrsister-inJaW
slept there:or' -,.net ?' " Then -we may take it
that-the.rest ,OLIWhat you have, said is only
What you think.9-- A. ---Well, _I- cannot swear
-that -.she 'ws - there _. or that She WaSnot
I
there.- ' • •.--. - ' - - .f-. '- ; - - ' - . -
-..Q.--.,--Whe-n--: he ohief of ,Police and those
..
wlio were W-th ' hiiii :. tame to yourplacei
Carroll litid--.lf erulaqeSted:?:- A:, les.
.Q. --,-What. ii you say to them? A, -7--I
di} not rementib r:: -.-_---: • , : . - - - -.-
I Q. ---Did you fell the- chief iliat-you -went
to betithet night. at half -past $'-:- and; never
'woke pp till halfTast.- 7- in the morning?
A. -.I don'treniember,
Q.--Will-Y ne-Say. yea- .did not ?: -=,A.:-.I.
p
will net swear positively Whetherli did or
did 'riot.- -- -. --.. . 1 - _ -: -, ...
'.Q. -4f you aibi tallith- that; whatebjeet
- t - • -
•had"you ? A. ----I could:not have -told. him_.
Before , e lefi
Shephar:d.had
child. The next
he house, however, Mrs.
en and dressed the eldest
• thfi,t was; seen of he f was
hors' children,ip ssin the houSe- on their
about 2 ki'clock II when; some Of tbe neigh-
,
way -le Ischooli saw' her istan iiig_ at the
1
"deorrwith the haliyIn her griiia. About half. -
...r 1 1 , , __,_,_
past -0 Jars: Itee$Ori !)- n(Pigno?r- who was
in the ihabit j'af calling upon her when she
was sick; went: to the house to ime if Mrs.
Shepherd wasin need of 'anything, ' Upon.
entering the hOnse anaciat horilible; -heart-
sickenieg sPectaple presented -itself to ---her
gaze.. Upon -the floor lay two children, 'one
shot,the other with its throat cut, quite
dead; tile.Mral ShePhard-la.yienthe floor
near the door,lcovered-withibleod and nn-
-conscious. ,MTs Re-etsor ; inaniedia,tely in-
formed the. neighborg; -Who uPon•-coreing
in, found : that; . Mts. 1 Shephard -, was.
till. - alive lint that hall children - were
, . ., ,
steno:- dead, 1 it d already .- .quite- cold. -
THE POPITLATION OF `THE
UNITED PrirATES.
NEW ENGLAND- 1880. 1870.
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Total
MIDDLE STATES -
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland and District of
Columbia
West Virginia
648,845
346,984
332,286
1,783,012
276,528
6N,683
626,915
318,300
330,551
1,457,351
217,253
537,454 -
4,010,338 3,487,824
Total
5,083,810
1,130,983
4,282,786
146,654
1,112,260
618,433
12,374,926
WESTERN STATES -
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Mindesoto.
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Total
3,198,239
-1,636,331
1,978,360
3,078,769
1,315,430
780,806
1,624,620
452,433
2,168,804
995,961
194,649
17,424,852
SOUTELEBI4 STATES -
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LouiMana
Missis
North
South
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Total
1,262,794
802,564
297,351
1,539,048
1,648,708
940,100
sippi 1,132,592
Carolina..........-- 1,400,047
Carolina ... ... 995.622
1,542,463
...... 1,592,574
• 1,512,806
14,636,669
• PACTEIO STATES -
California
Nevada
()vegan
r TITS'
' Total
Terri
• G
864,686
62,2C4
174,767
1.
4,382,759
906,096
3,521,951
125,015
912,594
442,014
2,665,260
1,184,059
1,680,637
2,539,891
1,054,671
439.706
1,194,020
122,993
1,721,
364,3
39,864-
13,006,795
• 996,992
584,471
187,748
1,184,109
1,321,011
726,915
827-,222 -
1,071.361
705,606
1,250-20
818,579
1,225,163
10,808,397
560,247-
• 42.491
90,923
1,101,718 6931
tories....-.-...... ..... . 606,643 271,1
rand tota10. 152,W6 38;558,371
Ar..11_eecher. on the Sabbath.-
. _
Mr. Beecher, in a sermon on the text
" The Sabbath was made for mat, not man
for the Sabbath, said "Every father ip
best qualifiedto tell how 'Sunday should be -
.kept. " It ouentto be tlaepleasattest day to
e -
your childree: It was not to me -When I `_
was -a child. was a Mirthful boy, but
was carried te.cburch after hexing had My
face washed -Land it heeded it-(laugliter)
-and I was walked down the street and.
not allowed to play with „any *Stray dee I.
' --The_heuse ia rich the- _Shepherds live
1 i - •
is-a:stone bui di. g, -bile and a half storeys -
high. On the!, groundl floor are the kitchen -
--and twO-sbed-roOms.--..1 In 'the centre of the
-kitchen stande-.thej steve..;. at -the Tjg14 ba,nd
the table; on !the leftSide alcupbeard: At
the right eide of the sOve lay the oldest
boy, ' Gorge, bright little fellow' of three
years . �f agel He - had ibeeit shot with a-
revcilver and til ed instenteric usly. There
was. not a .-sagn. of asttuggle beyond hie
elenehed fistst,------ The ball_hed: -.one through _
1
his heart - mid he : lay:With outstretched
arnis, his ,- lece ea-- calm' ' and peace-
ful ' as .- if '- le Wete sIeetfieg., - No blood
had. caree - grom : the I wenn& , There
Was ho, di' -'figuring, Uring, _ gaping Wound to
1
shock the eye f the beholder. In striking
contrast lay th ethef child; the baby, only
seven month4 eld, .-It : lay in e .1500J of -
blood; its liest,d almest cempletely severed
b Of the -
knife, itspoor
ould net -..sweaz:. that ...you- -dia.
not ? beeinse I -was considerably
frightened ; - as told me, and I thought
sit up - he appeared - stronger and looked - . ,-
better than he did yesterday. His sister they_ were go to arrest me ; I don't know
-was_in close attendance -upon him through- exactly wha,,iI aid say.
out the whole day, and appeared to be per- . Q. You. hought they were _going to
arrest you ;' $ that the reason for telling
fectly happy in --administering to Itis com-
forts. The prisoner` himself also appeared an Untruth --- at all events you will not say
_ tna,t you did not say it to him 9. A. -No,
in,•_better spirits 011 acceuntothe.tip_resence_.._
.
At times when the 'witnesses. for the - - - -
defence were being se., elriaselY.:_pressedin.
the,: crosaexatninatiensi to Make, the.
PtiSeriet'S -case Yety ,glooiny
one- she lean -her - 'flushed cheek
against. the prisoner's; hand as it rested
upon the tail of thedoelOhile-With Sy -ea
:unnaturallY bright _she viatChed .the -fencing
witness With the keeneatinterest. Next to
Mise-Qarroll Sat the.anburri-heired Thereia
..Whale-n,:-dreaSeliirmuch the .semeetyleas:
- she :wee- when she appeared in .the witnesS
stand:. , 1gfinietans- other .1adyl.rieed$ ef the
prisoner Set in' the. seats nearest:the -deck,
and.after both :the 'noon - and, cAtening.ed.'
journitents scores of both niale:and female
. esedsrneou.
frienda-swermed-around .the7dockto shake,. -
heads With him. As on the. previous days
,. • -
;the • ceurt. -tame, though toniparatiyely
empty at..the time. et; Operiingeourt-iin 111e
morning, soontlied Up sothatall the:seats,
were taken before 12 by 3 in tlie.-
afternoon there:was no Standing room' avail-
•--- •
- Mrs.,Mar) 'lionipson, wife Of the '.pre-
vious witness, partially corroborated hina;
Int tripped,' e_rself *gin -several . instances
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when. talkin of the interview With the.
chief Of police, when a; shorthand ,reporter,
took down If* -_conversation. --._ 'Sile ex -
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hibited 'sem t mper -while undergoing her
crogs:exarni aeon, - hiit 'altogether Con-
trolled herself pretty well. - She said she
T . • .
was the Wife o. William Thompson.. Bar
Sister, Julia was Aipt in: her house on the
night of the traeedy. - ' ... , ._ .-- , -
e or. •
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SP TING1:140TES:
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K -THE O'LEARY -DELT CONTEST
: ETRECORD. -
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NEW Yon, 'Yens - Jan: 29. --In-- the pedestrian
contest_ at "5--cifi thig afternoon-Elugh. es com-
pleted .580 thilea. and -,' ond lap, thedistande.
covered . by Bowen' dn. hislast naittch;. and :
which was . he best on- record. --SatiSfied
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- - - 'With this- ughes 'retired 'until 7,40 p.m,
'able.:!Durin.61-- a :Short delay occasioned by - - when he -a ale ctinieupon- the track and
the absence of a witness , the, niembers: Ot-
Walked "en ther'mile. About. 8.000 people
the -press availed.themselves-' Of-an._-epper- .
wereitithe bUildinr,e etthe time.. At three .
tfinity to. thee a run through. the jail- for ;Minutes before 9.the " Lepper ".. was- again
the -purPoseef olatainiegazglance . at :the _
assisted uliont- the- track or thelasttinie;
otheijidaiiiPli*honera. '.---The-wholetrip- .
He had gone -three lape-7amid.: a rattling
did- -n°t. -66euPY rn°Y-e-144iutfliie Pii.j'--lite-si'a,_ii,d_' Volley of ..epp. Oise .wh.en. Father.. liTa.ekie,.. a .
.it was f. iMPOS8lble to gain any very seliapie .
Cathelie priest front F-ordliana, stepped in
opinion as to _ their . mental ,and :Physical
front of Min and threw a SeSh :formed of
condition '.';in:rso short a .tinie,. they. -.all-
American -and Irish-fiage oyer his shoulders.
looked clean and well dressed, andcortainly
Aprocess4 was gptten up afterliehadVeni--.
huog..out no outward. - signs of - in -health:
pleted_598 niiles,TatlierMackiebringingdip
-That the -y Were seine -What --nervous . id 110
the -rear.- _ O'Leary fitsten-ed the belt a:rennet
more_thati one-niight expect, and they were
Hughes': waist, end he Wee eseerted-by-hini -
naturally anxioustoleatii whatthey ecnild. for sevetal leps around the track. . -':At 9-.24
about the progress -of the trial..-, When the.
the refere -inStructed the -markers. to dthp
Visitors- were :Opposite -the ward in- which
James Rydet was coefined Some One Made
the remait, "-Johnny- °Tanner' is about to
met. (Laughter.)-", in church, if 1
went to sleep, _I was snapPed on the head;
while the deacon hear inc was allowed
to slumber: -Then I Was taken -home and
allowed the privilege of learning nay cate;
chisin. • (Idaughter.) _ If did not know it
I conld, not have rey dinner and you all
knew what a Sunday dinner is. Loud
laughter.) I have given a' geed many hard:
knooks at Calvinism and the origipewas
-the deprivation of the Sunday _dinners of
my boyhood. Charles and I -used-to stand:
in the window and watch and the -moment •
that the rim of the sun went under we
cried, "-Good, good, '• good'!" N(Ilere Mr.
Beecher clapped his .hands like a -hey:)
Make:Sunday sweet and lovely in the
family. Some ney.els might, be -read on '
Sunday..i- It is the cc:Intents of a book that -
makes its Value. This institution.of Sun,. _
dey is Moving .silently down the ages, a
guide to life and ,
. -
bY.theieruel i!t ,
little -limbs twi's d convulsively, showing
the agOtiiiiii••=4hich it had died. When
lifted -1f the -,14a - fell ' back, showing the
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gevere -`,..:_artri ii.: and -' • wind -pipe. The
mothe errible sight', How many
wounds she has 'could het be ascertained,
but, hr loss of blood she had still
-sufficient strength to Orewl the door,
which Mrs. B1 edser had left Wide Openwhen
She ran out, closeit, and then drag her-
self to ehair, against :which she was,
leenihig when- Mr, 'White and the .others
:entered. --Bet_ een . the :two childreu. lay
the reVolver. Mrs. She Intid lay the
knife. . - - '
• :-. 110* TIM: DEED WAS _ 0N1. ,
_In the aft..rnotin IMrs. Shephard rallied
Sufficiently to 'relate how she did the mur-
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der and, whe.t caused her to do it She said
-
George haddisobeyedher commande %eve,
ral-times;.alid at last she became enraged,
and seizing the revolver she shot. hirn. ' She
had evidentty itoed directly over him„.the
ball- lenterilig:411el left breast high lip
towardsthein Ok and pa,ssedidown- through
the heart.__Ed er killing iGeorge.she thought
'she- naght ate ell kill herself and the baby.
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As near , -ad =could be. ascertained, she
had itakeni.-- the tknife and cut the
the ileer. $he . then shot - -herself
poor LI bing' throat end thrown
Extiensive Seltzer -Writer.
New YORK, Jan.; g6.--Htigh. Stapleton
brought, suit in the Supreme Court, circuit, .
Kings county, Against Jelin F. Meyer torte:
coyer .t8,000 dairiages for injuries sustained.
to his left hand. The defendant is , the •
Owner of a seltzer water bottling menu- -
faetery. On May ,8th last, As the plaintiff
waspassing though -Greenwich street, Where -
a. 'waggon .containing syphon bottles was
dratvp: up, -a bottle ,exploded.aod piece Of _
glass.cut his left hand; permanently dis-
abling hirn: " The case was tried yesterday
and the jury found for the plaintiff,. award- --
big $1,890 -damages..
--The following is said to be the lan-
guage of gloves : " Yes " i.S. Said by letting .=
one glove fall.; the gloves are -rolled in the • _,
right hand to say" No." If you weiiklheve
it understood that -yOu have. become in-. =
different partly , iinglOVe .yolit left -hand,
,To indicate .that you desire to he ,followed "
strike the left elioulder with the gloves, •
" I do not love you any more " .ia 'pro-
-nounced by striking the- gloves ,several.
tinaes against the chin.' For 'ciliate you,"
turn the gloves insideout. • " should wish
to be beside you," is said. by -smoothing-the •
gloves gently. To ask if you are loved the
leftlaand is gloved; leaving the thinala un-
covered.. If you wish to make the ' charm-
ing confession, " I lave yen'," both gloves
are let at once. To give a warning;
" Be attentive --we are observed,' the
gloved are turned tonna -the fingers. If
you would show you are displeased, strke
thehack of your hand ageirist your gloves8;
-" furious," you take thein away. .
in the left breast; the ball .striliing It rib
and, lpassing .1 round. the -bedy, ,She next -
shot herself' in the throat, and then taking
the knife ha, d stabbed herself in the throat
'eeveraltirees cutting her chin in a fearful
manlier ; mild finally had drawnthe knife -
across her:Tilt-re-at:- Almost severing her
laiit not; 'injuring either of 'the
main arter ed. It pas,. the 'gurgling sound
maile`by b. eitliing through the put -wind -
I
pipe that Mrs... Reeser had heard while -
lawn_
ing-autside.the deer:-
,. IMr.; ShePhard• is, it -:itpliet; mediocre-
• looking indliV dua1,1 and- does not seern par-
-tio14arly age tedby the terrible blOw'that
has fallen ilipon his hontielio d. The occur-
rence has caSt a deep gloom over the entire
scoring for: who, had . accomplished .neighbo_rhe- ed.
568 , -miles, 13 laps, 4:Pcl, 10' -yardg.." He .was: - Airmidnighf mrs.-Shephard was sinking
sore end.etiffi': and could not very well -_have stitrAy. - . I- - -
gone -mat miles -further.. _The...following i
1„
ie the. fin 1. Score Of the five. best men :
-Utighes, 5 fg -- 'leg ; ,litbert,.558',-- Vint, 1150;
Iirehini; 5 9:. 'Howard; 514: _ -The receipts
at the door aggregate :over $14,000.- Sixty
cent. of ..tbis is to bo ,aiyiasa.-smongst
.. •
the first fiVe pedestrian*. - Their Shards, itt.
round. figUres, will -be about as follows :
=Hughes, ..- 3,200 ;- Albert; :i$2,460 .;-, Tint; IC-Thliiv6altsut li•
4
1$1,200 ; - ohne,-$800 ;. lloWard; $400. 'In
additien t , this -11..nahea gets 8.:specia p .
VL tagnant .atei.
-‘i Dirt," ,troll this second pair of handcuffs, and said
.agricultural m - Aid not want to be'mixed -up in the ase
material in the.% Justice Cameron. administered a severe re-
-Ertindreds of
by advertising, an,
imperfectly madam
•
be recalledr" On hearing this, James Ryder
remarked, with a geed deal of bitterness
his voice, "That son 'of a b ---h will swear
anything." • - • •
Jane 'Currie, only- daughter of the late
. -
Mrs: DemiiellY.-, gave evidence as to her mo-
ther's arrest at St. Thomas for the burning
of Byder's - During her testimony,.
-when ;referring to the Old. honati;_she burst
into violent weeping and the whole court
was Much affected,'
Chief of Police Willims deposed he
-picked up a spade, an and "a clubatthe
ruins: • ." - . - •
. Charles Pope, constable;;testified
that he attested- Carroll April, 1879, -
for an attempt to shoot Mrs. Deneelly.
. William Donnelly gave. an -account Of the
doings of the vigilenee committee with re-
ga,rd-te his family. He spoke -of • Carroll's
--N arly All of Ireland's 1,740,291 acres of
irsh belong. . the great bog of
bog and 311,
Allen, whib spreads ever tlie central por-
tio of theig eat liMestone plain of Ireland,
and occupre a large portion of the count -ie
-of Rosc•erdnaon,1 Galway, Westmeath,
neen's eenntieS and Kildare.
for4ation yarips in depth
-five to forty feet, and is lull
1 rize fro twP t
:KEEPING eorres en 'writes: _
Wheo frost corees -and you ' 'raid that _
the ,fire may get low, and you i plants get:
nipped, just get a lantern :end. -some good
oil; fix your lanternmicely,-and it _
all night, and by placing it under your
flower shelf you will be pleased. to find how. .
safelyijour plants get along. - I heve tried:
this for ,sorne years, and t.nd that the -heat
.from a common railroad lanthrii '
qUite a quantity '..of7f-plants•if ,,the lan-
°t1. e' record - and. many : _ :...
'.•, • " " •i* . . ' DEssavipo ,l'uNisumnNT.--A. -man named
-,-.N. Cryfrom ther'lleart.tittle -Diniee James e.g., ace has been tried at Lindsay
(looking np:: suddenly from her - history for a brutal assaiiit on Mr. Barr, -editor of
book) : " Oh miinamy :darling, I 'de so Wish the Post.. 6 was heavily fined: By -and -
td ,liye under- _Jaines .the -Second!" bye,lafilli i Will learn that
Mamma: !' Why 2''-'" Little Tounee .--‘-! Be- are eipoaed they illaVe to _.
I
cause I ee here- that education was. very An editorN duty hi to m
epteilinhis reign!" - - - ' . not to sereen ranicreants. -
of, $1,000 for beating
Valuable presen,ts.
dealings with his fanuly as a constable. .much ne
ternis placed among or under the plants. '
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A. number spf English coal mines are -
being worked under the eeeen.- In Nerth-
Umberland the .net available quantity of •._
coal under.the sex is estimated at 403,000,- •
Ci00 tons, and on the Durham =coast =dee '
the see, including a -breadth of three and a
half miles with an area of seventy-one ,
square miles, 734,500,000 tons. :The latter
minois in a veipt'-of AD aggregate_ _thickness -
of -thirty feet . distributed n six seams, ,
*
Engineers are considering )ii it can be
worked successfully in thel , re.
cold, last night the therroorneter failing as •
ceived in London ;froth tionehilu. shOwe,
how much- the relatite preiails over the -
actual in the matter of comfort: " At pre-'.
sent (Nov. 30th) the Weather is .extrereely %
low is '69. 0. Fahrenheit. -My eldest child
came to my door in the Middle of the
iiight .complaining that he was ss.o'Cold that
ho could not sleep. I shivered,. RS I .emeyged.
frTiiinhe bfeonlleoawthingit- eitarnalicte:t oo mfin -as; letteraaal ti olea-i
whil4P-.11-an4dhebleraa;itts, coverings for -his bed- Behold what life lu` '
1
e -:facts Public, a tropical climate brings -one to, shivering
'with the thermometer at 69-° Fahrenheit I" - •
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