body through the window, and four o'clock; got the body and went out my back way; turned to my left, crossed over to Diamond street, then turned again up Diamond as far as Sixth, and turned up Sixth; went into Dauphin and then turned again; saw a man on the opposite side; got behind a cart; don't think he saw me; then threw the body down on a spare lot; crossed over to either Fifth or Sixth or Susquehanna avenue, and a lager beer woman saw me; I came down her side of the street and saw a light in a window and some one standing at it; got away home as soon as I could; it was now after four o'clock; cleaned myself up and fixed up my shop, but as soon as the body was found that day I was suspected; knew the 'spots' were watching me, and, for three weeks, no matter where I went, one or two of them were watching me, and they gave it up and left." That was all he told me that time; he told me next he could not kill her in the privy; it was in the cellar that he murdered her; he hurt her to keep her from crying; he put her in through the cellar window and went to get some hair oil. "She began to cry, and I caught her by the neck until her crying was done; when I was done her crying was done;" he told me when he carried the body out of the cellar; that was all he told me then; he told me at another time he got the body and put something in front of it when he went out; he said, "My back was turned to my left; crossed over Diamond street; then turned up Diamond street again; all was clear until I was crossing Susquehanna avenue; there I met Charley Mass;" he spelled the name for me; I thought it was "Mace," and told him we had a prize fighter in England of that name; he said, "No, Mass," and spelt the name on a slate; he said, "I had on a pair of light plush slippers, for which I gave $2.50; the way I was dressed and fixed up, I thought Charley would not know me; know Mass was going to the stable to feed his horse, so as to get to market to buy things, as his mother keeps a grocery store; he only lived a few doors from where I met him; if I was going out of Diamond street I turn up Sixth and going straight ahead; Mass was going at an angle crosswise; at the time I met Mass I had the body in my arms; went on to Dauphin street and then to where I put down the body, near to a pond of water on the spare lot; I hardly had it out of my arms until I saw a man coming; then I ran and got behind this barn, a little distance from the place; waited a minute or two; then I went down Sixth street and Susquehanna avenue, and a lager beer woman me; she was opening her shutters from the inside; I held down my head and threw up my arms like this (crossing them over his face) so she could not recognize me. seen I asked him who did his washing; he told me his wife, at first; then the washing all went out; he told me three different ages of the child; he told me Mary Mohrman was only six or seven years old; I told him he was a liar; he said that was her age; he asked me if I was in his place what I would do; he had friends and money and influence; I told him I would get my friends to see Charley Mass and the lager beer woman, and try to get them to keep their mouths shut; he said, "I have plenty of time to do that if I am to be brought up;" he asked me did I think the detectives would settle it for money; I told him I didn't know; "How often," he said, "can a detective search your house?" I told him whenever they had a warrant, I supposed; he said, "This Taggart is a 'fly man,' playing sharp;" I said Taggart was marking thieves from New York; he said, "I've a good mind to send for Smith at any rate;" I said, "Please yourself and you'll please me;" he got a shoemaker's hammer and knocked on the door; I told the keeper he wanted to see the assistant superintendent, Mr. Howard Perkins; the next morning he told me he saw the man in his cell, and I think it was the next night Mr. Smith saw him in his cell; he told me the next morning when he came he had seen Smith; he showed me a pipe Smith had brought for him; he said if he had taken her through the cellar door it would have been on the kitchen side; that's the reason he put her through the window; his mother, wife or sister might have come down into the kitchen and seen in; he said there was a little passage between the kitchen and back cellar door, where they kept coal and some old bottles; he said his mother went out with Mary Mohrman's mother that night; he went, too, but returned; he said something about his mother going to visit Mrs. Mohrman at her house; he told me the officers watched him for two or three weeks; he did not say he spoke to them, but said were made; all the parties then arrested were discharged except one, who was held to bail for open lewdness; the men brought into the office were generally men who had black whiskers; did not know Hanlon by sight; first came to know him about the time the murder was committed; saw him frequently after that up to the time of his arrest; don't know what name he went by in December; I first learned of what Schriver could testify about the time a true bill was found in this case; never saw Michael Dunn until I saw him in court; never had any conversation with him; am familiar with this locality; in September, 1868, there was a brickyard on the southwest corner of Fifth street and Susquehanna avenue, and a lager beer saloon on the southeast corner. William Quester. Am a butcher; remember the morning when the body of Mary Mohrman was discovered; had been to a watermelon party the night before; left the house twenty minutes before four o'clock the next morning; I crossed the lot at Susquehanna avenue about ten minutes to four; I crossed from Sixth and Tyson streets to Sixth and Susquehanna avenue; after I had crossed Sixth street I saw a man; I stood on the edge of the path, and didn't know whether to go over the path or not; he stood on the lot, pretty close to the old house; he walked around the old house and I went on; he went to the north of the old house to get around; I passed on; after he walked around the old house I saw no more of him; I went pretty smart when I passed the lot until I reached Fifth and Susquehanna avenue; then I started on a little run; the man was, I thought, about fifty yards ahead of me; it was pretty dark; I did not overtake or pass him, or see anything more of him; cannot describe the man's appearance. Cross-examined by Mr. Brewster. Heard of the murder the same morning; was at home, at minutes past six o'clock; told my my mother's house, about ten mother I saw the man and no one else; I did some time after, I could not say when; I did tell, I don't know who, did not take notice; this thing was a subject of general conversation all about the neighborhood; the nearest I saw this man was about fifty yards from me. Joseph Neal. Was an officer on the police force in September; remember the death of Mary Mohrman; was detailed then, with the others, to take charge of the matter, by Lieutenant Whitcraft; saw Hanlon; no detectives were along with me; had a little conversation with Hanlon at that time; he wanted to know what kind of looking men the deteetives were, and how they were dressed; he asked me if they had a right to go through houses; I told him that depended on the nature of the case. To a Juror. Think that was about five o'clock, just after the child was found; it was in Hanlon's barber shop; Hanlon knew me; had my uniform on; never took notice what he wore on his feet in the barber shop; he asked me as he was shaving me. Samuel Grant. Was an officer of the force in 1868; was detailed in reference to this mat ter; I was kept on duty about seven weeks. Mr. Tryon. Was detailed for duty in this matter with several others by Mayor McMichael; some four weeks; was not in the house of Hanlon; saw Hanlon only once before, first of March; I told him nothing but what I heard; some time in March I saw him; I communicated that to Alderman Heins; first learned then that Schriver knew of the case. Mr. Taggart. Was one of the officers detailed by the Mayor to investigate this case; was in the neighborhood about three weeks; saw Hanlon frequently; was not in his house; about the latter end of last December I first learned that Schriver knew anything about this case; I never saw him until on the stand here; have seen Dunn two or three times; did not communicate to him any of the facts of this case; was not at the house of Mary Mohrman's mother on the day of the funeral; don't recollect seeing Hanlon that day. Mr. Smith. Am a detective; was detailed to investigate this affair; was engaged three weeks; saw Hanlon; was not in his house until after it was over; saw Dunn several times; did not communicate to him any of the facts of this case; was not at the Mohrman house the day of the finding of the body; can't say I saw Hanlon that day. Mr. Perkins. Am Assistant Superintendent in the convict department of the county prison; Hanlon came in the convict department ninth December, 1869; Dunn came August 15, 1868; was present at several interviews between the detective officers and Dunn; did not communicate to Dunn at any time any of the facts relative to the killing of Mary Mohrman; no one but detective officers had access to Dunn to my knowledge; none but religious newspapers are allowed to be given to convicts, and these not by visitors or friends, but by the Prison Society; all letters in and out are inspected; they are opened and read; to my knowledge no communication was made to Michael Dunn of the disappearance and death of Mary Mohrman, none whatever, sir. Alderman Francis Hood. Am an alderman of Philadelphia; know the defendant; on twentyfifth November, 1869, at my office he gave me the name of Charles C. Harris; the business which brought him there did not have any connection with the present case; did not see him again after that until I saw him in this court on Monday last. November 7. The crowd to-day was even greater than the previous days of the trial, and the excitement of the spectators was equally as great. no Edward K. Tryon. I at time communicated to Michael Dunn any of the facts relative to the murder of Mary Mohr man. To Mr. Hagert. One week ago I first learned that a man was seen to go behind the old building on the lot; I learned it from Ald. Heins; did not see the witness William Quester until I saw him here upon the stand; prior to the confession had not heard that a man had seen a man go behind the old building upon the lot at Sixth and Susquehanna avenue; a week ago I first learned that the witness John Giberson had knowledge of the transaction he has related; learned it from Ald. Heins. Mr. Hagert offered the plans and clothing of the child in evidence. He said that he had given in all the evidence that they now had with the exception of a witness who might not arrive until late in the day, or perhaps tomorrow. The Commonwealth would like to close, reserving the right to examine the witness whenever he might arrive, during any stage of the cause. JUDGE LUDLOW. We are to understand with the reservation of examining that one witness? Mr. Hagert. Yes sir, with that understanding we close. JUDGE LUDLOW decided to ac cord the Commonwealth the privilege of examining the witness, but stated that the defense could make their objection when he was produced. Mr. Hagert. We will now close without any reservation, leaving the application for the admission of the evidence of the witness at the close of the defense. JUDGE LUDLOW. Very well, the Commonwealth now closes without any reservation. THE DEFENSE. P. F. Carroll, junior counsel for the prisoner, arose and opened the case for the defense. He said the Commonwealth had exhausted a whole week in presenting their case; had presented a great many isolated facts, which, but for the statement of the infamous witness, Michael Dunn, would not have thrown the slightest ray of light on the matter. He would prove that the prisoner was not where he was said to have been by the prosecution, and, in fact, would establish a complete alibi, and vindicate the prisoner's innocence; he would prove that the witnesses examined in corroboration of Dunn's statement gave entirely different statements when the occurrence was fresh in their minds, and they were examined before the Coroner; and they would produce witnesses who testified before the Coroner, and were not examined here, to prove his innocence; in short, he would prove that at the time of this occurrence Hanlon was in bed and remained there all night. |