Category: AMERICAN STATE TRIALS VOLUME 10, NINETEEN EIGHTEEN
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604 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,wealth. Andrew P. Wilson,* James M. Bell’ and 8. Calvin,for the Prisoner.The indictment in the first and second counts charges theprisoner with the murder of Rosanna Brown; in the firstcount by a mortal wound given with…
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ROBERT McCONAGRY. 605the prisoner with the murder of John Brown with a rifle;the bullet entering the right side of the breast and penetrat-ing through the breast. The fourth and fifth counts chargethe prisoner with the murder of Elizabeth Brown ;…
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606X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.came; saw the blaze come out ofthe mow of the bern; looked inthet place to see; could seenothing; then the other shotcame; made a step down, audthen saw his face betwean theJoga, and ssid, “You d—d infer-nal…
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ROBERT McCONAGHY.607had come together; saw the manin the mow from his breast tothe top of his head; he had dark-ish clothes on; a clean shirt; aBlack head; had no hat on; toall appearances it was RobertMeConaghy; his face I saw;…
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608X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.and said he did not know whatinjury he had done to the folksthat they should kill off his fam-ily in that way; about ten orfifteen minutes before Browncame to alarm us, heard twoshots go off; Brown said…
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ROBERT McCONAGHY.609ing elose beneath the skull; his‘wound presented about the sameappearance as Elizabeth's, ifanything, the worms in herwounds were a little the largest;that might have been caused byher hair creating more heat; the‘wound was larger in the frontpart of the…
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610 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.thing cleaner than men’s handsin his kind of life usually are, asif washed particularly.George Quary. Got at Brown'son Satorday, between 11 and 12o'clock; went BR. MeCon-aghy’s ‘house; it was shut up;went on, and after I bad…
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ROBERT McCONAGEY.611Brown would kill or shoot him;I then asked him if he andBrown had had any serious qnar-rel lately; he first anid they had,but afterwards he said it wastwo or three years since they hadsome pretty bad words; Brown’shorses bad…
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612X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.‘way be was tied; Y alackened therope 2 little on his arma; I askedLightner if he thonght that was‘a bnllet mark in Brown’a cheek;he said it wea; said if he haddone it himself, his face wouldhave been…
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ROBERT McCONAGHY. 613person guilty thereof, ascertain in their verdict, whether itbe murder of the first or second degree.’’The indictment, in the first and second counts, charges theprisoner with the murder of Rosanna Brown; in the firstcount by a mortal wound…
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614 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.say whether there were two balls in the gan—the hole largerbehind than before—but that it was immaterial, as such awound would produce instant death,He thinks these two were first killed, as fermentation hadcommenced in the wounds,…
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ROBERT HcCONAGHY. 615‘wilfully, deliberately and premeditatediy,”’ as laid in theindictment, there seems to be but one opinion. There can bebut oue. The crime, for wickedness and atrosity, is unex-plained in this or any other civilized country.There is but one inquiry.…
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616 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.dwelling. That he traveled in company with Fisher, andsew and spoke to several persons on the road, and that hereached his own dwelling about 5 o’clock in the evening. Sofar his testimony is supported, and stands…
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ROBERT McCONAGHY. 617his wound undressed. Many men were questioning whetherhe knew who shot at him. To some he answered ‘‘no,’’ toothera he stated that the prisoner was the man who ebot athim, and he knew him, That he did, situated…
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618 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.‘wag not.’? After this, he accounts for himself by statingthat he was in the woods sitting on a log, on Clear Ridge.‘When it remains necessary for a man to acconnt for where hewas the day before,…
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ROBERT McCONAGHY. 619human being (of which the court and jury has knowledge)clear even of snapicion, Still it lies on the Commonwealth tosatisfy the jury by the evidence that the prisoner is guilty.Tf that hes been done, it is the duty…
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620 X,. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.You followed the child—seized and choked him until life wasextinct. You returned to the house. There, your aged mother-in-law was engaged in baking, and you struck her senseless,and then eut her throat. You covered her up…
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ROBERT McCONAGHY. 621you be there on Friday, November 16, 1840, hanged by theneck antil you are dead—dead—dead }And may God have merey upon your soul!THE EXECUTION AND CONFESSION.Though repeatedly urged by the clergymen who attended duringthe trial, to confess his…
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622 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.spell, waiting for the old woman to come out. She came near thedoor, and I shot at her and hit her in the arm—and she ran aboutthe honse holding her arm. I then ran to the…
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ROBERT McCONAGHY. 623changed, and hid them; the money, shot-poush, and the tin, I hidon the north side of Jack's mountain, half or three-quarters of a milefrom the path on the left hand side, about half-way down the moun-tain. I put…
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THE TRIAL OF W. J. COOK FOR BLACKMAIL,ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 1918,THE NARRATIVE.Asa G. Candler,* Mayor of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, aman of large wealth and a philanthropist of note, was appliedto one day in the summer of 1917, by a…
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W. J. COOK. 625other official favor, and a month later, meeting him on thestreet, made an appointment with him to receive her thenext Monday about a complaint which she had made againstan officer of the Humane Society. When at three…
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626 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.ler, or aue her for divoree. Mr, Adair then, by phone, gotCook to come to his office, and told him that he representedMr. Candler. Cook said he was a close friend of Mr. Hirsch,and he had…
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W. J. COOK, 627absolutely the charge of immoral conduet made by Cook andMrs, Hirach. He was followed by Mr. Adair, who told of theconspirators’ demands as they were made to him as the repre-sentative of Mr, Candler. Two nurses at…
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628 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.very promptly returned a verdict of guilty on all the countsof the indictment, and the male blackmailer was sentenced bythe judge to pay a fine of $1,000 and to work at hard laboron the public roads…
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W. J. COOK. 629Mr. Bedgood moved for 8 change of vere on the grounds of theunusual calling of a special session of the Grand Jury to indict thedefendants when said jury had adjourned; also that the publie mindhas been prejudiced…
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630XZ. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.benefit of the Red Cross, andhad been told that it would beageinst the law, and they want-ed anthority from me to go onwith it; I told them to go on,that they would not be interferedwith, in my…
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W. J. COOK.631had been trapped. I ran to hisoffice on the floor below and ranback with him; was gone prob-ably a minute, When I got backCook was gone; Mrs. Hirsch wasin my office erying; I left hererying; she began to…
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632X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.the next Wednesday, the 13th,he walked up to ihe Mayor'sdesk. I said, “What do youwant?” He says, “You are trif-ling with me, I have given youreasonable time, now I will giveyou till Friday, if this thing basnot…
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W. J. COOK. 638two windows to that root. Thetransom was not closed over mydoor. There are shades to thewindows, but they were up. Shewas not in my offles exceedingten minutes; did not take anyliberties with ber. I suppose Ishook her…