The New York herald., 1845-03-26
Circuit Court.

MARch 2o-I'iai Of Polly Bodine, continued - Fifth
early hour presenting quite array Of beauty and ia
shon The curiosity hunting portion OF the community
ment that prevailed thelpevious day was abacd
avenues The court room, however, filled to its
capacity the opening Court a, I0B ocl.ck
The prisoner and her female relatives already no
ticed, took their usual places
Isaac CRUzER recalled = Examination continued BY
MrCLARK-l was about quarter OF mile dstan,iwhen
drst discovered the fire When arrived the fames
issuing from ths back door; the flames bursting
there; entered the house when the Are exingushed
pretty much; entered the house by the back kitchen
iown; examined the posts; they were burnsd; also
.mined the rs and the ped there was part Of the bed
burned up; saw purcell OF rubbish ire stirred it
ne hole in the corners the hole was burned in crcu-
lar form can tell the exact size OF the hoie might b.
about three four feet the hole burned up to the
base; there was cellar under the hole; the body
lying in the cinders can't whether not the body
lying its back side; there was a carpet under
the body Of the mother the carpet burned; the
mead and brea appeared to be burned than the
lower exremities; they were very black observed the
cupboard; was very much burned; did notice the
looking glass; the body burned cinders in some
paIts lsaw carpetI also the stove wes up;
room
Toa J0r-I was not the first that entered the house
Cos examined by MIR De WIrr.-I discovered the fe
about half past nine o'clock can't Der the hole
was more than foot in diameter not; don't reco
iect il the room was full when enered the bed was
.rey apart when got in; only piece Of ticking;
| turned the body over with stick of wood probably
Ave or six feet long; can't exactly tell how thick
took hold Of the stick and turned up the cinders then
urned up the body with the stick; Thave recollection
Of the exact position in which the body lays appeared
me that the body turned after lifted II with the stick;
discovered by the leg that it body the neck and
chest much charred could not know it by look
ing them; did not know whether or not it was the
body OF man or a woman cannot exactly tell how
thick covering Of rubbish was the body it
plstsiy covered the body may have been walked
the rubbish; don't know if any water was thrown on
lead body;" it appeared to make great excitement and
sung out OF doors not in the house when the body
was wasxea o%t and there was great deal Of
fore the discovery Of the body that there person
home; did not think until after the discovery but that
was an accident began TO think afterwards that
same might that it was not accident could
tell how thelbody lay until after turned it, made
cond attempt beforetl stirred up the body.
Direct erananaon res,imed by MrWHrNG- think the
body turned overs was on that evening going home tina.
first concluded 1t was not an accident
To Juror remained in the house from about hall
past nine o'clock until eleven
To another Jtr0rIt an opinion formed bv nv self
that il was accident.
ABRAHAM WHITLEY, examined by Mr. ClaTk.-I was at
home at my residence. Staten Island Christmas night,
halIo; went in the kitchen and hall door; there
number there bearing water went in the corner
heaved the cnders; again went ont and returned
and heaved think two pales the cinders and
gnbbish;I again left and met Mr. Cruzer he last wnes
and we both reurned saw Mr. Cruzers,un up the Gin.
!ers with stick, and heard him say have found
lead body;" replied don't think it Isl" he then Turn
I'D up with the stick; it was then to be body; i,
vas then taken up and carried out by among the
Gro Nd; saw the child lying between the mother and the
partition; the body Of the child discovs red until
alter the discovery of that of the mothers
ken out; think it Abraham Miller that carried
the body; about couple of feet from the door when
the body first discovered; holding the light
Mr. Cruzer heturned the body round: think the body
lay lengthwse by the bad: should suppose the head
lay exactly the hole the child lay exactly the
PARTITION exactly the mother; saw the body Of the
mother after it removed; did the position
he srms at time: observed the neck there appear
u TO be red mark upon il; the head drawn back;
ND OF observe the position Of the legs; did
he neck under the chin; saw blood, any cut;
he head part of the BODY most burned the bed
that was burned the hole in the Aoor about foot
sghteen inches way, ard about two feet ano.her il
might have been within foot OF the partitions it
burned exactly in the corner; he flames were from the
eorner the door, the scorched all over;
the bureau there; did not examine TO
there blood III re.
Cyess-eraminedby MIR. De Wur-I was o. 10 minutes
son that entered the room. can't say who gave the
alarm; gveo from the of the building; can't
say through which door went in; saw appearance
Of fire until got there; there about dozen to
twenty in the room when CRUZ came in; when got
walked the rubbish; bad my feet III Cruzer felt
with stick, and remarked thst il dead body; that
think much force to turn up the fubbsh canttel what
be rubbish composed o.; burned when
ell up there were some cndes, composed Of what mat
Ter can't exactly say.
JUROR Did the body of the child appear to be burn
cd more or less than the mothei1
WIrNIss-f did not examine
Cross Incarnation confinued.-I think the mother
have lain on her right sie with her sce towards the
all keore CIuzer turned the bosy with the face
and the back west; when Cruzer turred the body he
turned face the north he tried the body
,er he turned it about both arms were on at the
time frst saw hers saw the body from the waist up
wards saw the re mander of the b.dy afterwards what
did in state OF nudity; the mark on the neck
about inch in diameter; saw no handkerchief.
remains of handkerchief, about the arm when /
rst saw it, the bodies raised up don't remember
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lerce on the body except the marks the neck;
't the house several times on the succeeding day;
at the Coroners; heard the next day or The day after,
Direct examination resumed-I know net what became
OF the bed afterwards.
A JuRoR-was the mark marx of nature or a mark Of
WirrEss-I cant say which-nor whether it was ma
tural or IA mark Of violence.
JosrrH svMoSpsoS examined by Mr.. wHrrrSe-I was
at the house the night of thu fire; attract by the
halo OF fe enter ed the house by the back hall door
was blazing at the times the kitchen door open !
then got into the hall ond stood there's ascertaned that
Mr. Housemsn had not been there for times heard
open the doors the door opened the
time got there's there was fire in the hall when got
there; saw fire on the posts in the kitchen; MIR
Winds at the there not light enough in the
room show its situation without the aid Of candles;
outside; Captain Houseman was standing at the rear
alter discovered the body of the woman home
and again rtturnsdi saw Cruzer stirring up the embers
sheep Think" saw white spot the leg; he then
turned the cnders. and human foot; he
then turned il and IL a human body; the
part OF the body have lain the part
the bed the body very crooked indeed; the legs
drawn back in crooked manner much they
cievery conid be; the looked like black sticks
pretty straight; bu hnk they drawn back of the
body. When il first moved 1t turned The
body lay the LETT side With the face turned GU before
he body was moved by Cruzer when It was moved II
tn rnej over on the right side The htte mark on
he right thigh. went home in about ten minutes ater
the body discovered; 70 that time did old
Mr. Houseman returned in about Is minutes. told
some Of the neighbors. When | returned rem
nants of the bed Things were black In the room,
could hardly discover any thing The body lay about
three four feet from the door. did not notice the
body particularly did notice whsther the front door OF
the kitchen locked think all the doors lock-
ed saw the body in the back kitchen also the
body OF the child in the same kitchen did not see the
bureau the kitchen burned mp TO tho ceiling oil the
jois,s Of the ceiling about tive three feet of ON the
corner The upper part Of the back door was burned
through it charred noticed the stove-there wss
NO in it il was little outsidehe aches in il
were not so warm in the other part OF the