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S. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1884y of ister(heDr.. D. was wasM Ofipontheield,fetedLin-raryrnedgonal rork, and-»ing re raldel-leralcity,IdersMr.read-the ar atin a the the Con-ive alifled reet-3tiou id its id by cular, Dr. sent, a they-a the Id byosed, arsof f the rhicbfcmil-•25c.,West(tiedares, for1 75c.•dayt in not part-abbit gular n by d, he elect-deded *d iu ks the 3 sue-lican at he g the te the with confi-a not; one, in no found other usive, i the ucted law-1 citi-set ive essful tinals. r in a ibited many eour-de his id the le for offlcerTHE VERDICT.Carrie Wood had Provocation but was not Wholly Justified In Shooting Joseph Hennessy.The coroner’s jury, sitting to inquire of the death of Joseph Hennessy, finished its 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 considerable provocation, but not wholly justifiable.”The first witness who testified was James U. Brennen, who repeated the same story substantially as that given to the reporter, and heretofore published in the Courier, which was, in brief, that “I, the deceased and Thomas Marony went to the house kept by Carrie Wood and obtained admittance 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 scuflle; I 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 her from coming back, and then called me to help him hold the door; in the struggle the door was bursted open, when she (Carrie Wood) put h« r hand 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, Tm shot!’ took 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 after entering the house; Hennessy died April 7th at 19 minutes to 4 o’clock p. M.”Miss Sadie Vincent testified: “Was at the house wbeu Hennessy was shot; first 1 saw of him he had hold of Carrie’s hands, and she trying to get away from him; 1 went to her assistance and pulled one of his hands loose; just then there was a rap on the window, and she broke loose and started for the window; Hennessy followed and struck her twice ou each cheek; he then caught hold of her and choked her; his companions took hold of Hennessy and pulled him back; be broke loose and followed her into the room adjoining; she warned him not to follow her; as he stepped through the door she turned and 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 God, you have shot me.’ One of his companions took hold of the revolver and wrenched it from her; Heunessy and his companions seemed under the influence of liquor, he more than the others; he was quite quarrelsome; at the time she went into the other room she threw the door open; the door was not shut after the choking.”Dr. P. L. Brown testified to the nature of the wound.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 aLd death of Hennessy.Fred. Vincent, of Peoria, railroad man, testified: “Was in the house kept by Carrie Wood night of April 5; the first I knew of the row was when Mollie Cook threw open the middle door and called out, ‘For God sake, some one go in there; they are choking Carrie to death!’ 1 made a rush for the room, but was shoved back by the girls, who said, ‘Don’t go in there, or they will kill you!’ Two of the men had hold of Carrie; one had her by the throat and the other had her around the waist; her tongue was hanging out of her mouth and she was black in the face; * • • when she got loose she ran into the front room and took a revolver from the bureau and put it in her pocket; they made for her again, when she fired; after she came into the front room the door was partly dosed,.but soon afterwards was opened; they all started for the front room, Hennessy being in the rear; just then she fired; Brennen and Maroney came into the front room; (Brennen put a pistol to my face and ordered me to leave the bouse; Maroney took up a chair.”Jerry Luby testified: “Was in the other room and did not see scuffle; saw Carrie Wood fire.”Charlie Evans testified! to same as Luby, and also that Brennen came into the room where witness was and said, “We will clean this house out.”J. B. Smith testified to seeing Carrie Wood come from middle;room to front room and shut the door; next saw her fire through partly opened door.Thomas Maroney testified to about the same as bis companion, J. H. Brennen. T. E. Smith, C. C. Williamson and John Delaney testified to substantially the same as didFred. Vinoent, and the evidenee closed. ■ ■LiI]cPrCsDCEI
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Jacksonville Illinois Daily Courier
Jacksonville, Illinois, US
Thu, Apr 10, 1884
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