New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-03

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TRIAL FOR MJkDER
CoUKr OF O1Hs AND II RsI>ER - Before Judge Par
ser and AID Nc-eroIe sni Com '0n l-Lr1aar4 Hof'.
kirs and Daniel Lirp ys,q the Two Young indicted
tor The murder & Jesse Lee Bartis oroush, into
Court Nj PhuniN and Nj Price appeared a. counsel
in their sehaif All NJ Patterson pisrr- A-roEuoy Tor
the prosecution.
AJury vs. empann,'ied after bur orc challenge and
the District Attorney opened Dee To which b. sisted
thatthe decreased 10 wears ct sgr rs father had
over 500 10 hi, bureau deceased ou sunday evening
p EN- 20 home after which the lad never returned g.
hi, home tie seen day or two Afterwards fo 20
orr .n a boat with HodgSins and Ligin -siou--hc boat
"a. hired by tue latter bat not returned. and the
b1dv afterwards discovered IA the water without any
head Hodskus had previously purchased ,inal. rope
ship chambers store 10y NJ ia.l nieni, - lfoNn
dog and wanted rope mar Nu--i --i -hlti Nhitr-
Uofrkns on being questioned ssd De- h1f ctsccn Bur
IL. except sunday IN coming from church. lhe
Counsel stated other facts n the case
J. Barker .iAe Lectaseds step 'sihcr Aipnras NILS
| pau.h Michael Langdove. James Gallagher " IN. Muir
rsy Is Collier and j. H. Woodward icsuned 70 TIE facts
substantially a. stated by The District Attorney
/ Jotl 4 Snlai sworn keep boat .ritns esiaoli-l
rne. 81, foot Il .5thst have seen prisoner AZ ae bar
before First time was on Tuesday 25ih FEB iet' be-
tween and - with two other young men cannots say
that have the other since Their business was %
hire boat hired them one. rrst iod tn-n dd not
want 20 let them have any and told them % 20 I'D HI
pearsas aud they said they bad been hG De would not
s, them have boat. t being tLsf umc 90 year. ines
said they wanted 20 90 10 Ncwto"n crccA They were
there near an hour before ef them have o. They SAID
they wanted 20 20 OF an erand They wanted some re-
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p.y them with some mix snd would send Tor some
cake ami pie which die. gave them tue boat
and todd them u might De- stormy and iaey had o.
leave her any where 10 leg me SnoN a. ard hud-Nlns
sil certainly He gave understand that his lshtr
k.uta livery stable Amer they started one oi the young
men said something 20 the other ami De- ,in "on yt-
bacSup" They then asked for anchor stone. bur
told them they did want any II they were gong 10
NewiOwn creek They said they would Ike 10 have one
At any rate, and gave them one weighing shout 80 lbs
IL peculiar kind OF stone but di not see u again
They down the river instead OF % Newio"n ciceN
After they had deceived me watched them but had no
boat 10 follow The Novelty works AZ the foot OF lOth
or iith 81 The boat did not come that night Seeing
that the young men looked respectable thought tnel
would bring her back On wednesday and did not 20 %
look tor her ON Thursday found her al the Novelty
works but without the oars snchor stone. found
h, oars afterwards at the Novelty works. My name
Was branded on the oars but person had attempted
/ 10 cut il out / did not see Hodskins again ul IN Ae
Cty prison { or 5 weeks afterwards hsd been called
10 recognise him had taken particu'arnoiice a iodg
kins as he was the one had le the boat TO- asked him
where the boat and he said they had LETT her AZ the
Novelty works. and the oars IN her one OF the three
lads who cot the boat smaller than the other two
cannot say that Livingston. VINO Is present was one OF
the three They paid me dollar b winch Is described,
but cannot -y which of the three paid H. Part Of the
/ pies they took OF with them.
I,5g ~ Uoe4,c1rs sworn-ls engaged As clerk 20 Nj
I gayls ship chandler. 1916 south ~ Knows hodgkins
and Livingston They IN the habit Of calling 40 the
store once or twice Wees In FEB after NSshins'ons
birthday Hodgkius called cannot say Livingston was
with him lie took piece of line IN his hand ana IN
quircd what 10 was for; told hiin IL for lead Line
aud things OF that kind lie asked me 20 give him
/ piece and gave him yard and halt or TWO yards
a.xed him what II tor. and be said he " nied 20
I drown dog asked him why he wanted 20 drown the
dog and he said he wanted 10 81 the Id hns OUT OF
his sight Tie a-scd me how long thought would last
under water told him there was nothing 10 cnaie H.
/ il would last Time, but II anything did chac u II
would not last At ALL It was about noon when he called
/ Tie had not asked me- for any line before.
Cross erGmincd-lt was some time after cut the line
Of that he asked me how long The line would last
under water. Wasnugton'- birth day was Feb p Ii
was = g. days after that when HodsAins got the
! rcpe-caAuot say how many.
Hiram Ih0rae -worn-Nss employed rs Captain In
Municipal Police 1t No E-sex market last Feb Fret
saw Hopkins the station House Feb. % Barker said
be- understood that his step and Hold kns Was 10
~ together. but Hodesin- denied IL. lie said be-
had not Burtis. saw ilodskns on Monday 20
r0d him there reward offered. and as ms (ttJdg
SnsD father Municipal Police officer he might
well put him in the way OF getting the reward not
He promised To assist Us IN finding young Buriis be-
| could We went out the HuTlgste Ferry, HOdg kln-
with when the who keeps the house stated thai
Hodgkins and two lads had been there Monday, and
stated such 10 llod- kns who acknowledged H. and said
didn't you see Burs laugh wnen ne took up me paper
containing the advertisement and handed 10 us This
| Hss Tuesday OF "Wednesday They denied several tnc-
rha, they had Bur but finally acknowledged thar
| they had him Monday On being previously
questioned about H. Livingston finally -aid 70 odgSin-
they have witnesses prove that We nave been tpgeh
| ~ Monday and tAey might as well achnowlcdse-
llodgns said they had hired boat and went out IN her
| together.
! H. Rars0n swOrn--ls Coroner on sunday 18th Msy
called body on Backwel- Island the head
was zone the coat vest and other cofles The
head would come % after time n small cord such
ehown tied round 10 and fastened 20 stone in
fhc river Both OF the hands gone The flesh had
been injured the back part OF the thigh but 10 could
be- told whether by injuries before after death b
me body had lain under water it might have presented
the appearance of decomposition, it did in about 10
weeks, or perhaps longer
Cross. e1amiaed-l knew Of body in cold weather
hat under the three months before n
| hoatei There was nothing by which it could De ascer
faued whether the head of Burtis taken Oh hy de-
composition on. never knew any other drowned
body where the head of at the neck II body had
been tied by the head and and the body anchored
at the bottom the head and bands mi ght separate The
heed and hands might also come on by decomposition
The Court then al burned 10 this forenoon NJ 10 clock
| the Jury being ordered 10 be kept together
| COUNTY SrPERTNTENDA~r.-Board Of supervisors
yesterday afternoon in continuation Of the enquiry
| A. To the petitions against Dr. Reese. County Superin
tsndant Of schools Mr.. ketchum opened TOR the de-
fence in hi- usually able and eloquent manner in which
b. contendcd that nothing had been shown By the pct.
lions he slightest manner derOgaory 10 the official
individual character OF Dr. r. but that zeal to flnl the
duties of h- office shewn throu ghout hs oftc.a.
course. Mr. Chardcvonye of fhe Commissioner
elected last year in the ith Ward was called to the stand
and spoke highly IN avor Of Dr. r. and agreed with him
In his Of compelling the Of the Bible OF one
version the other. without comment in the
schools The Board then al Ournec THIS afternoon
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Dr. Banning has returned TO TINS city