New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-12-14
COURT OF OYER AND TERMlNER.

Phelps, OF the -'in oil - pteuioar. Iei".
The prisoner Is Sboai " years OF sse de has lost dnr-
ing MS long confinement 'a' bright ooH "hch marked
ms eo'n'nanoe on his hfst exsn2on beng now some
~ha' pare ana ta'"'
Inc usual deaS n capi@ e'ses took place IS 10 ihc
formation q a'u'y' one wa hhay formed composed
Of the following gentlemen
SsHael l. Roberts, Joan Barker, Daniel Clayton John
c. Lott Jscob Denyse John War;msn. John Kenny John
Willamson Abraha n BicA!ord, Joha King, Thos DOYLE
and Stephen Crowen.
recess for one hour vas then ordered.
The District Attorney opcued f5r the prosecution in
which he detailed the various facts ts,t hayo come 70
gh; in regard 10 the murder and stated belief o. be-
IN. able TO aten It. preparation upon the prisoner
the bar.
Isabella McEav, svorn.-ltesiies ~ No - Vssdewa-
tsrstreet. y. Resided ~ sieei near Bergen III
September l7i9 the front Of her house facing The rver
The house mad bu window on Sefecn-sreei and that
IN the garrett There were two vacant lots between her
house aud Bergen street. Ih-y formed hollow, and
Bergen stree; ~cs on b9uk. Rccoecls the body Of
boy being found IN the vacant ots. IL va. between nd
O'Clock IN the afternoon ~nea xas on my OPP and .av
hoy cap a rock Went towards and lit
tie boy lying his SIDE lis hesd towards Bergeuslrect
HIS knees bttlc dawn up. There round
wound tie right side Of he neck, apparently nbout;he
sizs e .mall marble. Went 10 Ms GFesz1nd's, next
doom Size did not go to see iae beiy. bui sai ne woRd
call some Mr.. HING was on the railroad and wen;
snd got han. When "eai fsc1 ssF :" or strange
men, rhom Mrs. Greenland had brought. There we're
two or three rocks N the thSm the boys
feet had blood on IT, II uas sort of shelving rock aud
there was blood on the inc lined part Of It. There
great deal of blood on the ground and also blood on hi,
hand, and tAroat ms cslllr ay near the cap Did
know the boy and had nc, seen hin before Docs not
know the prisoner at the bar The body of the boy
taken away to his father. house. Understood
Geo Phelps There was grocery pass book in the cap
Cross eraraned Did not see any but that one wound
Had seen three boys that afternoon the house
With guns Tncy were from IL H. one Of them CORES
ponding in size the deceased When hrst saw him
SAID thought he had been shot. The wound looked
round like a ballet hole Did notice the report Of
gun about there that day. The window the garrett
line with the boy. There no curtain 10 H. There
very little passing ;he The thrcs
or four feet higher the lots and no fence between
them There were no houses near there except Mrs
Grcenands and nay own The next house streets
Of but the ois could not be seen from 1t on account of
the bank The collar vas such as small boys wear white
linen, usually tied vita ribin. There blood
upon the collar. Did not the collar til hsd re-
turned with Dir. King, when il ,ho-n me. Had
head noise whatever aud supposed the little boy lay
asleep when FIST saw HIM Dad not see hele IN each
side of his neck
BIZ Prcsecutioa.-- Only saw one side of his neck.
Cro,s.e1amtRtd Saw no cut on his neck because
thourht II was blood there Did not examine him and
cannot say ro,,tiyelv ~ 10 his wound Am sure bsYe
wa, rouct hole. and saw no cu,. There wa. blood rum
ppr from il HI. coibiup seemed IN he dark green or
black bombazne lie he'd ouave,t. His ewes were shut
jana. E. EnderhW. sworn-Rc.iles IN Brooklyu-
body of the boy. lie his back, leaning
toward. the left side There was handkerchief over his
face ~hen came up Took OF and saw his throat was
cut about three inchcs long on the fsn sde IL seemed
10 DC such "ou"u Is "ou'h oc "'e WIN fo'a'
~ A"' nc P''' u so 'ut "'a '"V
A',o "''' "',' ~ -, ~ -,
- ,hs commoe CnnociI Tho o,shna.mor, On
R,ocr stree, i. four or 6ye feet h,,b Go, winJow
shutter laid the body ON IT, and directed it to he carried
syay Believes II weEt to hi. fathers where aitorw
it, between Court aud Cntonstrects 1t was next
morning. The body was taken away about o'clock III
Tue Afternoon Inc "Ouua 9'',N'u d. '"' hn'c ""u
UuO" 'I"'" - ~ iI ,,,.
i"s ny ofs. -, t 49,. ~, a ~.
c,co /, was thor. when came. Tho pl,ce !, very re-
,,,cd The ground WAS broken good deal about there
With the exception of the two houses the situation wa.
as much retired any about there. Has pco
pic about there cunning Coming UP iroin the water the
body could NOT % tee ''' "i'F passing ' renee on 'a
'idc' in'"Ns " "oulu 'ee" - '''D
~ h,n.,. rro,ac,,on
Cd rs if the wound had been give, while the boy
Law on the ground ~ artery cut and the blood spirited
up ugans, under part the projecting portion of the
rock. There blood the ground. The wound
seemed have been given with very sharp knife as III
portion Of the hee inches the cut was very light ard
fine The knife was stuck under the fish ear ana drawn
towards the font Of the neck
Or. kins' sworn.-l' physician. Was called to the
house Of Mr. Phelps, in row OF bncs buildings IN War
rensieet to sec the body OF hi- son The body was "
Ing on table Saw wound on the right side OF MS
neck The MAJ" artery and all the blood vessels On that
side oil the neck 'Ae "ndpfe ans me eu'e' were AL