Illinois vs. August Spies et al. trial transcript no. 1 Direct examination by Mr. Grinnell. Testified on behalf of the Prosecution, People of the State of Illinois. Officer who was with Mathias Degan when he died on the way to Cook County Hospital. Testified on various topics (page numbers provide a partial guide): Degan, Mathias (vol.K 700).
Testimony of Michael Burns, 1886 July 31.
Volume K, 700-701, 2 p.
Burns, Michael.
Officer, Chicago Police Department.
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MICHAEL BURNS
a witness called and sworn on behalf of the People, was examined in chief by Mr. Grinnell and testified as follows:
Q What is your name?
A Michael Burns.
Q You are a police officer?
A Yes sir.
Q Did you know Mathias J. Degan in his lifetime?
A Yes sir.
Q Did you see him on the night of May 4th?
A Yes sir.
Q Where first?
A Corner of Desplaines street and the alley between Randolph--and I forget the name of the court--Waldom Place.
Q Near the station?
A Yes sir.
Q Lifted into the patrol wagon in which you were in?
A Yes sir.
Q Where did you go with him?
A County Hospital.
Q Was he alive when he was lifted in the wagon?
A To the best of my knowledge, he was alive.
Q Did he die on the way to the hospital?
A Yes sir.
Q About where?
A About Ashland Avenue and Ogden Avenue.
Q When you got to the hospital and carried him in---
A When we carried him in he was then dead.
Q That was in Cook County?
A Cook County Hospital.
Q That was in Cook County?
A Yes sir.
Q Died in Cook County, State of Illinois?
A Yes sir.
Q That was the night of May 4th, was it?
A Yes sir.