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. THURSDAY, APRIL 10,1884.THE VERDICT.srr.X1810ai©10aaroric.Carrie Wood had Provocation, but was not Wholly J untitled In Shooting 16 I iloneph Hennessy.The coroner’s jury, sitting to inquire of the death of Joseph Hennessy, finished itsis^ labors yesterday evening and returned the following verdict:“We find that the deceased came to his death by a pistol -shot wound inflicted at the hands of Carrie Wood under considerableted,^ j provocation, but not wholly justifiable.”The first witness who testified was James U. Brennen, who repeated the same story tlt;l substantially as that given to the reporter, ^ and heretofore published in the Courier, which was, in brief, that “1, the deceased nl and Thomas Marony went to the house kept k by Carrie Wood and obtained admittance j. between 10 and 11 o’clock at night on April 5th; Hennessy and the woman shook hands; she jerked loose and called him some vile name; he struck at her; don’t know whether he hit her or not; they got into scuffle; I aj parted them, and pushed her to the left and him to the right; she ran into the next room; heard her make a threat to get even with him; Maroney shut the door to prevent ra her from coming back, and then called me rlt; to help him hold the door; in the struggle the door was bursted open, when she (Carrie ,j. | Wood) put In r band through the opeuing and shota revolver, the shot taking effect in | Hennessy, who was standing on the opposite side of the room, striking him on the left side of the abdomen; just as she fired I snatched the revolver from her; after the firing Hennessy exclaimed, ‘I’m shot!’ took a. | Hennessy to Dr. P. L. Brown’s office, assisted by John Smith; Hennessy walked all the way; deceased was about 21 years of age; the shooting occurred within 5 to 10 minutes t. after entering the house; Hennessy died April 7th at 19 minutes to 4 o’clock p. m.” te Miss Sadie Vincent testified: “Was at the house when Hennessy was shot; first I saw of him he had hold of Carrie’s hands, and she%Strying to get away from him; I went to her te, assistance and palled one of his hands loose;,t. just then there was a rap on the window, and le she broke loose and started for the window;Hennessy followed and Btruck her twice ou tje each cheek; he then caught hold of her and ,y choked her; his companions took hold of Hennessy and pulled him back; he broke A, loose and followed her into the room adjoin-of ing; she warned him not to follow her; as he he stepped through the door she turned and uh snapped the revolver at him; he then stepped back and made a motion as though he would spring at her, when she fired at him. After she fired, Hennessy said, ’My Ood, you have .j shot me.’ One of his companions took boldof the revolver and wrenched it from her; Pl’if Hennessy and his companions seemed under c., | the influence of liquor, he more than the others; he was quite quarrelsome; at the time she weut into the other room she threw thedoor open; the door was not shut after thechoking.”Dr. P. L. Brown testified to the nature of the wound.ro Mollie Cook, another inmate of the house at the time of the shooting, testified to about the same as did Sadie Vincent.Dr. W. H. H. King testified to the nature of the wouud and death of Hennessy.Fred. Vincent, of Peoria, railroad man, testified: “Was in the house kept by Carrie iyt Wood night of April 5; the first I knew of tot the row was when Mollie Cook threw open rt- the middle door and called out, ‘For God it sake, some one go in there; they are choking lar Carrie to death!’ I made a rush for the by room, but was shoved back by the girls, who he said, ‘Don’t go in there, or they will kill ct- you!’ Two of the mea had hold of Carrie; ed one had her by the throat and the other had in her around the waist; her tongue was hang-he ing out of her mouth and she was black in ic- the face; * * * when she got loose she ran
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Jacksonville Illinois Daily Courier
Jacksonville, Illinois, US
Thu, Apr 10, 1884
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