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r‘ I IHTHATIOX, OCT. £7. £'S and !9.e' FOUND GDILTY AS CHARGED,isoeYoung George Milholland Convicted of Manslaughter.;8 | On Aceount of HI* Youth the Jury llecommend* Him to the Clem* encj of the Court.see tlt;haveby oout bamicleaseingvisiowbicia reskillnletoailletlele■T.it-ieidD.;raoder-OQ:kSckso,helitasionilh;heall.heofininueuede,18-headalay sour-m*Des'ga ,tes i at hisIQ-beeaon,nt,81.on,The trial of George Milholland, the boy charged with manslaughter, was taken up in district court yesterday morning There were but a few witnesses to be examined. The state's case rested almost entirely on the testimony of little Guasie Uudolph.aged 10 years. Arguments were concluded during the afternoon and shortly before 7 o’clock the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged in the indictment and recommending the youthful defendant to the clemency of the court County Attorney Matthews conducted the prosecution and Mr. W. J Cantillon appeared for the defense.Gussie Rudolph told his story in a straight forward manner and with every suggestion of.truthfulness. He said that he and little Prank Mulquseoy started for Twelfth street slough that day last summer to bathe, and on the way down were j lined by Milholland. The Mulqueeny boy couldn’t swim and began paddling about in the shallow water between a raft and the shore. Milholland could swim and plunged on the other side of the raft where the water was deep. Bye and bye Milholland went over to Mulqueeney and, pulling him up onto the raft, said he would learn him to swim. Mulqueeney said he could not swim, but Milholland saying “I’ll make you swim,” dragged the boy over to the edge of the raft. ' Don’t throw me in,” Baid Mulqueeney, pleadingly several times, but Milholland was so much the stronger that the little fellow was soon pushed into the deep water. He never rose to the surface. Then Milhol-land turned to Rudolph, who had not entered the water all this time and said “Oh, the poor little fellow,' addlDg that he had jumped in him self. The Milholland boy then told Rudolph that if he stuck to this story he would give him five dollars and half of everything he got and wouldn’t let any big boy “pitch onto’’ him. but if he told the other story he would kill him. Uader these circumstances Rudolph corroborated Miiholland’s testimony before the coroner's jury. Liter on he told the facts to his parents John McFarland, who was some distance away at the time of the drowning said that he had heard cries of Don’t! Don’i!” Coroner H jffmann detailed the testimony given at the inquest. Mrs. Milholland said that her boy is not fourteen years old.I Milholland, when placed on the stand, said that he and Mulqueeney were stand-r ing on the edge of the raft when he pushod the little fellow and he fell into tbe water. Ha said he did not know Mulqueeney wa9 unable to swim, but admitted that he had testified falsely at the inquest.NO KRACD ESTABLISHEDThe jury in the case of the Dubuque County Bank against George Banworth, of Durango, who was sued to recover f 300 on a promissory note, returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the face of tbe note, with |8J interest. The defense claimed that the note was secured through fraud and darees.The trial of Pierce Murphy, indicted for robbing the Rockford clothing store, was in progress when court adjourned, and will be continued today.Clsimi his s andMrequbuq1defeflguChacaglt;threWe.CDsiglteniMoireelkneneueyeingandandposmieCHo111 C toiSPECIAL BARG J IN.
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Dubuque Daily Herald
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Wed, Oct 12, 1892
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