The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-21

my conversation with Seignette in the hal, ,a. ~
low tone; think that in going through the han
mat afternoon, ] trod lightly, rot to be heard by
those in the room; that person in the room STOPPING
think was tall man; his vest, / think. was a
| white one; the pantaloons were black I believe
could not tell il he had boots or shoes on; the two
crowns the table has leaves; cover to IT. yulI-
eo the glass here from under the folding rooms IN TO
my room; there were thirty or forty little pieces of
| $50 aha met big pieces just showed a small
was arrested; the noise like foils was like single
cash oil io'ls; IT might have been like class fall
ing GOWN and breaking. After this there was a
snarns % ieeti ana have faint recollection Of
! neass ho'se IKE TIE stamp Of foot before the
| ciashng NOISE was heard; heard nothing like The
uPseting OF cnaIr; I've not often been able 10
eas me voice OF conversations in that room;
times heard leud talk; could not hear upexeited
conversation there. Mr.. Hockden is a colored
man, and lives in the upper part of the bu;ld,ny
by SELDEN-The sun shines into all those sou,b
windows; the building sppesite is nigh five story
building. and cuts off abe sun from these windoys
some part of the day. ...
AHzAc SEIoNETTE examned-Resides corner
18th and Wooster, did so last September was
b"Pi, OF Wheelers; went to Wheeler's between
z and that afternoon, 18th Of September; Iwent
direct to Wheeers room, took my seat at the de sk
opposite lnot against) the folding doors; il run pay
a aeI TO broadway, about opposite TOT the folding
doors; on bench, my back to the doors
The fall first excited nv attention-I heard
the scutie, or n kind of a rush: heard a sndden
noise; should judge, 1 think il was like fakinr
hoid OF man and throwing him down without
much trouble or struggle, any noise at all then
heard the fall, and got up Immediately: M
Whe9ler got up too, and by his ceantenanee I
thought he was very much frightened The noise
was IKE heavy fall; couldn't compare il to no.
thing Dat the TALL OF man; asked Wheeler vhs,
he Thought it was he said he couldn't tb;nk.
a.n Know what answer he made me; asked MIR.
Wheeierto see about IL he went into the entry
anu locked through the key hole Of Colts door and
| md in
saw somebody engaged in somethit on the floor.
ADVISED Wheeler to see to il; he went up stairs
and got MIR Hockden; kept watch at the door,
and no one went in or out of Colts room: looL "a
through the key hole while he was gone nm stairs
put IT was stopped up; it was FIVE minutes after w
lett me to go upto Hoctden before locked fhroueh
me Key hole lie and Hockden talked awhile and
Hockden went away; then me and Vince talked
together he went and looked second time and
SAID ne saw two hats on the table then he came
back then three pupils aud another came in: the
hrst ana second were strangers TO me the third
was Mr.. Wood, the fourth wss Deinose Delnose
got there about half past foar; from the time of the
noise till Delnose came saw Colts door, and saw
that no one went in or out; during that time hadn't
neata human voice IN that reom; nor had heard
one previous to this noise; when Dcnose came we
all conversed; then in quarter of hour Wood and
stranger was sent for officer; Wood returned;
Wheeler and ! and Delnose remained there till
three qsar,ers Of an hour gone; Wood said he
couldn't get an officer: staid there till half past
eight; Wheeler and Wood was all that was there.
met Delnose in the entry returning from the police;
after Wood returned, we staid long enough to talk
about it, and advised Dclnose to 90 for an officer
he said he'd go; he gene about half an hour for
the officer; met him on the second floor near the
STAIRS from the time OF the noise till left for good
went out into the street but once and returned
did not see the door all the time went into the
room sometimes to say few words; when went
into the street left Wheeler and the pupils there:
don't know il Dolnose was there; Wheeler door
was open all the time that afternoon; don't think
was there the mex, day; on Monday was there;
didn't see Mr.. Cob that Friday; didn't knew
him. .a-a-
Cross-eranrined by snLpES-I think that Friday
was the first day was there had made arrange
ments that week TO be his scholar; can't fix the
exact time | went there; hadn't had any dinner;
sometimes went there at half-past three; can't
tell what time went there within an hour; that
desk where sat was three feet frosn the Broadway
wall; the desk was four feet wide; was little
nearer the north wall than the centre, and about
eight feet from the Broadway wall; didn't hear
noise that day like moving on the floor heard
something like the breaking Of glass; heard the
rush and the fall-no other noise. The first noise
was like toils rushing together, crossing each Others
don't think il was fols, though cant compare il
to any other thing; the noise and the fall was too
close to sound like men rushing together with foHs
there was but second or two between them; the
last noise was like the sudden falling of body;
thought heard struggling or something Of that
kind; couldn't see through those doors; after
saw Wheeler go TO the key-hole, ] went and lis
tened at the folding doors; while Wheeler was
looking through the keyhole, stood half a minute,
and then went and got the desk, and put my
ear within three inches Of the folding doors; was
on the desk nearly minute; can't say with any
certainty whether l heard noise while my ear was
at the folding doors not; the key. hole stop
ped up ith the brass drop before It; Wheeler was
absent up stairs about five minutes; can't say GER
tain from that time till went away, there were
other scholars there but Wheeler Delnose. myself,
VIArE Has, .,I H. ks L.
gone away at eight. think Delncse would have
refused to go had we not kept on. Delmose came
there at hall-past four quarter OF an hour
afterwards, Wood and the stranger went out; they
that made hafl-past s we talking about
it about quarter or half hour. That was six
oclock and he WAS gone tn the police efiice about
an hour. When he came back was going away.
did not go away between six and seven CLOCK,
bot from hall. past seven to half past eight o'clock
All these things might have consumed more time
than have SAID they did. think It must nave
been later than hafpast four when Delnose came
] was going home when | met Delnose IN the nan
returning from the police. When went out be-
fere went in front Of Colts buildings on the SIDE
walk, the same side as the Granite build
ings When ieh to 60 home ',.ht mar Nv wnse hsa
onlv lust lighted them. / can't say distinctly
whether they were lighted OF not ! generally left
before cande-light; was there twice after candle
Iipht NV lessons took two to three hours; some
times four hours. Wheeler generally kept his
candles under his desk He generally lighted them
by matches in the summer. don't recollect light
ing them for him ever. I don't recollect seeing
any one light light the candles there that evening.
| could see who was there when left. think all
that left there was Mr.. Wheeler and Mr.. Wood;
pretty sure they were all. Wood sitting
the eastern side Of the desk whenI left. Can't
tell what they were doing. Wheeler might have
been lighting he lamps, or fixing them, writing
Sometimes he trimmed his lamps before dark to
have them ready for lighting. When | got into
the street, going home there light enough to
see Delnosc in tfe entry. think there was light
in the entry that night: because saw him
entry was not light enough in the day time to
him so plain. When got into the street, It was
misty, and they were Just beginning to light the
lamps IL was in the beginning Of the evening.
walked home TO 9TH and Wooster; had been home
half an hour; and then had my tea; had tea at
the usual time that evening; there was no usual