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ROBERT McCONAGHY.

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had come together; saw the man
in the mow from his breast to
the top of his head; he had dark-
ish clothes on; a clean shirt; a
Black head; had no hat on; to
all appearances it was Robert
MeConaghy; his face I saw; it
was plain to me, and I knew
him; do not mind what I told
Taylor; he asked me if I saw the
man; I said I did; he asked me
if I knew him; I told him I did;
told him it was Robert McCon-
aghy; on the next Sunda:
‘was at my house; he had a
ican eleven pence; he asked me
if I bad ever seen any of this
kind of money; told him T did
not know, but thought I had a
dollar of the same kind in my
shest; I took the key down from
the top of the clock and took out
my purse, and opened the purse;
this Mexiean dollar, a ninety-five
eent piece, and four half dollars
fell out; he said it was the same
Kind of money; the two guns
found in the mow were mine; I
was not in the habit of lending
my guns to any one; have owned
it since last June; no person, to
my knowledge, ever used this
gun except what it was used at
the time of the murder; Lewia
Carothers and Eli Wakefleld I
showed how to use that lock, also
Robert MeConaghy. I could not
tell how near the first bullet
came to me; it was so near I did
not hear it whistle; John was
21 years old the 15th of last
February; Elizabeth was 17 in
Jam ; George was 16 last of
March; Jacob 14 in June; David
10, 15th of last March; one of
any daughters is prisoner's wife;
Th have 120 acres of land in
Cromwell Township.
John Taylor. William Ather-
ton and I were working in an

old field, sbout half a mile from
Brown's house, on the day of the ©
murder; Brown came about 5
o'clock, said there was a man in
his barn that bad shot at him
twiee from between the logs, a8
he stood on the step of his honse
doors he said he shot his big
first, for the ball came
Shistling y his head; the next
took off » piece of bis ear; he
said his son was murdered, and
was laying in the house, and the
rest of his family had cleared
out; he asked one of us to go up
to Bare’s, and the other to go
with him to his house; William
Atherton went to Bare’s, and T
went to the house; first thing I
saw was that the floor had been
washed; it was quits wet; there
was two loaves of bread in the
basket that seemed ready to be
put in the oven, and two guns
on the chest; Mr. Brown opened
the door into the sleeping room,
and I saw that that room was
wetter than the other; John
Brown was dead, lying on his
back, with his head toward the
foot of the bed; the fall of his
pants was unbuttoned, and his
shirt out; his left hand pocket
was drayn about balf out; he
had his coat off, and his waiat-
coat pulled over hia head; it ape
peared as if he had been dragged
out of the first room; we went
and looked around the barn and
MeConaghy’s house, but saw
nothing wrong; we then went
into the house again, to look at
yonng John; says I, Brown, do
you think there is any body in
that bed? he said no, I guesa
not; I said, Brown, you had bet-
ter look in that bed; we drawed
the elothes down, and there was
hia old woman's head laying on
the pillow; Brown began to ery,

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