New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-15
THE Aun-st. Murder.

CorRr oF OYEg ANn lERMiNER- beiofe Jlct' ~
ward. and AID. Dodge sud Me,er,leT iF'a' % i"'''"
Dunlop for the nlsrdcr Of Her. n Nsii'
u. o,coro, .,.,.a tbs1 Alex H. NsiIi painter doing
bushes. ia Aun-st found 10 the agonles OF dest ~
hia back work shop, about IN the mofhas ~ no
18th October last. and soon di-d Ihefe were h ~
his head which evidently caused bis death hs
n 20 him for wases heard 20 utter threats
ard coming iIem the place about me TIME o' TIC
William, Pani,r, sworn-On the 29ih oet lss' 10 the
mornBs Neil killed my brother snd mr Nsi,i NJ
risd sisters went 20 n Ann st ~ naii-past >, men
n.ss.d 10 Mr. NelPs basement. - Aunst.i observed
when opposite his place was closed Ia cfossluf Aus =
f-st west Of Mr. Nels observed one OF the doors a.i
about two inches, sufficient 70 suppose ne s 20 ~ IN
went in ard went TO the back oihce where ne was ~
the habit OF staying when half way through tee hont
base nent observed bis legs lying % me BOOT 'nsi
door sod on reaching II saw him lying on ms osos -
glance It required to me he had pee mutueIS. o s,
mitted suicide very much frightened reached us o"
door as soon As possible and gave the alarm up sla'
1oticed bubbles and blood coming from ms NOUN ysey
ihng about the shop seemed 70 ne Ia c9hiusOhi ny
Jaw lire body afterw when he was dead he y neaIy
six feet high, stout In proporion ne NO Hlle ~ -
children: after I went up saw Mt Matthews ne ena
me or two others went down; said, Go down stairs
for Gods sake Nell has committed suicide or pes n,
dosed - the prisoner had been some ak "seAs I'd MI
Nsirs service. - -, -, .,.
Crose sramiaed-I cannot say whether tho windows
we're opened or not did not speak 70 MI NELL there
was no mOven ent Of his limbs that observed lnmeet
,ely urned and made probably but Dur strides 10 lne
JoS did not 20 down again myself went to the station
6on. and gave the alarm did stop 10 speak TO any
one on the way 20 Mr. Nes Here an officer brought IN
broken chair an ron bar about % feet long, one inch
vida and third Of an inch thick also two other
things found At Mr. Ms place thar morning sne" OF
~ bsing about 10 have lawsuit In relation 20 an al
legation that two Of his boys had stolen money from
room in which they went to put In glass he sud the So
verse party however hsd agreed 70 settle " iot
u,,i in. before his death IN the hsbt o. GONG
good deal with MIR. Neil 1.-THE declarations o. deceased
were objected 70 by the Distrst Attorney trey "sIo
admitted as circumstances in the he defence sayns
they would make them relevant, but for the present WIN
drawn The house he f'equented In the eyenlsg was On
the east side OF the Bowery Stanton kept by aly
named Lott / never heard anything against tho house
Mr. NELL and his family resided at Isl Rvingon-' wa'
with him At Mrs Lofts only once was introduced 10 t"o
/ Young ladies, one Of them Miss Lott 80.
Drsct-Two officers returned with me from the station
| house the prisoner and boy named Green we're NE
BOYS about whom the difficulty was IS to The stolen money
| M Neil 80 stated TO me. 40, m -,
Dr Patrick ~ McDoHHtt sworn-Lse ~ AZ poe
st was called 10 about % NJ on leh Oct oy ponce
officer; Went to Anust and saw tho body, rouna very
extensive fractures he was then D,s..hlns 'a~ ~ ~
useless TO do anything Tor himthat death must ensue on
the hack part OF he mead vas very extensive hsctus
over the eft eye hesh wound not eseslns
the ehu the most extensive iplqiy was osi va
ght eve the fracture taking elect On me ofsheea $40
extending the angle OF the mouth the Dohes =. ns
inches aud the wound or inches deep taxing shect a.
,r back o. the verebrs Of the neck ths wound ou
b,ek of the head would have caused death lhaeprnu'
en-, Of that he breathed with great dihculty was theie
for about minutes The wound the baeS o. the neaa
was Of semunar shape might have been lnnceep l.u
IN. hammer here show likely By the IRON bar
the bone having resisted night have caused hs shape the
ba had brain snd hair searched and found me par
horton of tho blood and hair on It they were
very ptbe then the bar was found Ia the room VIII
otcsd the chair found IL was spt in the middle Of the
seat and bore udentaon corresponding Win inc pal
1.-THE mark the float edge OF the seat IL bore eVdepe
If HAVING recently been done have doubt bu, th'
wounds caused his death remained there Gnt no al9o
an the pation Immediately opposite where the BODY la
| were some marks Of blood Il,
Co.'s eras,ned-There wss blood The floor th'
.L occnnisd about three feet OF the depth the leg
the chair was missing at time the Iignt eye oouuoe'
from the the blow must have struck tne upper p
zion Of forehead and extended In straisnt Iee GOVT
e the ght corner OF the mouth thought tue dow OF
The chair have been given while II was raissu !.
ward of blow the blows must have oeen given wiz
H.. he rks CI
ace snd head Of Nj NELL there were no wounds on aoj
other part ., -, Al,,, ,.,.s i,aic.sa u,hi
deceased prostrste on the moor. =. .
thou ht therst bloV had been on the
hack part of hssd and the party foil think the bio"
mi AIT had that appearance n gwen while PROSTATE
Dr. Holnes al supposed the wounds TO have peer
indicted BY tho iron baF the wound behind aud above
tho ght ear appeared be round abouthe size OIL the
face Of shoemekers hammer the ordinary ciaw-ham
Cros-eramined The blow back snd about az inch
above the ear The main blow should think mu.t have
by person standing ct the nesd OF
/ Gustauus H. Hinton Is lad) sworn.-Lve In bfookJ
work for Mr. Fremont, chaser In Ann-St knew the pr
soner when worked for Mr. Nel saw him on the morn
Ia OF ths murder between and 10 o'clock Gus o.
the basement OF Mr. ~ with what appeared u b sinai
round bundle wrapped in newspaper; he venf towaI'
Wiiamst | went TO two places Fulton-st. doing g
through the entry Easements OF Ann 10 fulton hink
sss than quarter OF an hour between the time knew
Nei murdered and seeing prisoners heard OF II ate
came back there was crowd IN front Of ths door
/ he ard a had killed himself -
/ Cros,.eramined-My boss told the time; did no
!
blue he walking rather laser than usual
aid pot see him 90 round NiiHm-st. | vorsed Ia ths
ams building up itais knew him by sight, bat he die
not know me- did notice any other person passing
John Campbell swOrn.-Resides m West Broadway; su
engaged in bayng and selling furniture Mr. Neil
opposite II Ann the morning OF 18th Oct; II 4
minutes he his 10 his place Of business
vas cas- rYing a sulAli work table he smiled at the man
ner was carrying tho ble and passed on Il was sbou
{ ,sn doors from where - kept / the body about i
or IN uiunes aswsId when learned he had been killed
Ma A. GraiGm-(young observation-disclosures u
BROOKLYN; worked ct Mr. Derbys painter, Ann-st op
posite Mr. Neilrs anew the irst him tina
oIaips about O'Clock standing at his shop door saw
him ain about 20 minutes after passing down Ann.s
with ssn the word syisole smith on u
heard sfterw ard IL was " Music smith,
Suaaei r. Giles Of 3l3 Bosery, s~ofn--Mr 49,
- - s5ss Esn That morning there was OF
IA hfsn susiih musicsmith, 10; MI h, was no
In he asked me II knew ytody who wanted boy
he lid not care the Kind Of work, he was going Z
leave Mr. N as he dAnot get enoush 20 Tsy his beard
he saia he was stranger from Philadelphia he
70 leave sign unless he received l5s the balance du
Mr. =. he ssid Mr. " owed him months pay saw tn
sisn few minutes after~Ard az Mr. Neill's heard .
/ tte murder as as he weAf out Glrost
THE death Of Judge Spencer having been announced
the District Attorney. his motion. seconded by Gre
/ IAN tho Court adjourned 10 this forenoon
MARRIBDi