New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-01
Trial OF william Pierce for the murder oil
Leusin Butta........ftsr pAf.

This case Wa called. and The empsnneirg Of . Jary
eorr.need Messrs D. B Wheeler and II y Clark were
asked by he Court TO be Triefs
re- second Juror called Of the old psnei. he
sd h,. be aad ire prisoner ~hen previously ofousn
- Dis not know that he hsd expressed any opinion er
, a, 10 his ooks-h thought The prisoner hads avery bad
Lon. The prsouer "a very yoCng man Of even fesures
having what 10 usually termed Grecisn fsee-nga io'e
-. hs, hair worn down O~-dNk hair. and mild ihoufh
ss.,,.. look He wa s,ked II he opinion hus formed
y.,,th. pri.ousr would have sny eject upon him The
Juror repe hist he swsys looked al he eetd sna ne
cpnion would be q benefit 10 hin The Eiie''
Ia. he WA an Indifferent impartial Juror oui me Soan
ss for prisoner made Per.mPtory ehaeuse one ort~o
other Juror, hsd present al conversation o. ne 0d
Afer exhsusdng the ~ persmP'ory ehslsnse' Jury
/ enpanue.ied.
Mr. Thomas Warner ard Mr.. John Coehrsn appeared A.
Coansel for he prisoner snd The Dsuic Attorney and
Assistant. Tor the prosecution.
The Counsel IN opening he case Tor prosecution sec
hsi previous to The January ss prisoner had Ell eHo
Al grocery corner Orange and L-onst stt On ne
a,d usdissey went outside and struck Butts m lauan
oresn mar. Ievers blows The msn wss sHer~sid coz,
v-yrd 10 he Hospital srd did The only csnse seged
W.. ZONE cpprohous words aid 10 him by deceased before
I he weoi iato The sofe
Jka Neisos "a somewhat elderly msnl sworn nows
M. grocery keTt by Henry JefAns corner Orange
sni Lacpsrd about = block RON ih- five folno wa
here Httls before siierrOou Of sih OF jan at Mr.
Pierce came ~ BE- sfed for s's oe hsl en- 'hrfr he
80 n rom, The clerk and wsui out Il ssoGt wo feet
orr ard a. inch ard haf through 50 organ man ws'
standing outside the -ss on he corner n- FAD his or
a., osn when Rrly PIERCE out and rsn into the
tres, Percs ran ae him and struck him VIII me suck
On me back head The man Tell and he srck MIN hve
NJ az Zines soer: me blows except the rfsL were on the
| .Afg Pierce weul up Orsngeft sferwsrd snd took re
suck him; The orgsn.grnde' ~as nump oAcArl man
vary old man: when Pierce came hack which he did soon
anerwsrd b. sail The man had called nm dc .on %
- "a mar WIS the reason he struck lin anew the pfs
o,er hree or four he always appeared very cs
10 NE 1--we shout heee the o'Esn IN ~ 20, up snd men
6i anon he of,an on the sije~s Az helped him ap md
a. 81 named Riley then went a~Ay WIN hlW' thls "n
90 Tuesday Tie previous Saturday, me m'h Was II my
Cys,s er1nned i keep boarding-honse saw Pierce
TIA, morning be cen Into the shop 3! $40 corner
when csme 10 that evening ne appeared 10 % psso
believe hs bad been drinking thought 50 because 10 Vas
aways very si 10 he snop, aud hai le or hohls W
sa IN Il occasion flowed Gus becsus- he sppraI.
III Il, ne sugry. men ne came m he sssed Char ey ne
cIert 10 eire hm stick he called Il sucl not cuo
ne wa, not 40 tnox Gated IS .agser when Pierce went
out win the STICK lying his Ofgsn down on ne
.iSsxsk he ran and halOoed FOR policeman, and Bill
overoos MIN ard struck him. be- with one hand Bill
returned Ia Shout micutss ster hs wentup
,sw him snerWard leaning sgsins, the counter; he re-
NAMED ,here about bali hour he sbou there oil the
6yr!L did not hasr him say snythng sbou, The affair
| shsrwsrd; 10 no, kuow where Pierce lived; the man
h.ooed IN language did rot uudersisnd Fierce used
hut ore hand In s,rikng hin; think twas locust tucH,
rrstty near az heavy guumvtse u wSs dry, shou1
the ht ~ ccusshes staff after ne nisn rose rom
| chs Shaykey, swornWss In the neishhorhood inst
night, sf.er though recovered the hrsI bow he
.sg-r or ran iaO middle OF tbs s0d hs oosd
.o1ethiug and Pierce followed him up and struck bin
a. sin and knocked him down ard struck him aIer"Hd
h1ug sounded 81 on hs head rs The msn wss Oh h'
hanas and kuees prisoner soon aetwar' 10 Bsysrd.
ani hs showed the young man mat wss WIN me nsmd
Coo~ The cus Witch he pulled ouI from hs breast Nc
ssIed & ifhe him give that ID son o'a b-h
some 3" had known suce he VISA boy beiieve hs
people live somewhere upon Manhattan Islam watch
mans club here shOw0the Ons hs bad about tn
thickness hut not 80 long. hs was shout u or 20
inches longs place sop-d Tor the hsnd thought he Tel
FROM effect Of The t''I blow think more than Que wss
Ei,,,s Rp,, sworn-Ofcar SIKH Ward did not soc
-. kpssN leffg 4 nj
assisted he organ he ssd h. lived Orsnges1
woad Eeto 80 home he uied To carry his organ but
could sot and an0hsr csrred H. understood he had
been struck bs c5mpsued Of his hvsd, tut did net see
sny blood mark u, en hun At me corner Dot FAR
rom his house did think him much inuredonly
down ne showed ths mas how To- put the organ
| on his BACK
II OrHng. where deceased DID the orgsn
mar, AMI aned Il into ths house. Buus hepei himself
the bed ard said hs fet very Indeed comp that
h. had hsen beaten about hs head ard body and also hs
| they had lskeD money away from him him about 2
next morning did not him after that time alive he
| was nearly desd when he was taken 20 Ihe Hospital
| when saw him In hs morning ~ could hardly sir NO
eyes bleeding al The nose and could nj spesh NJ Gil
he had been here sb1uss year and was " or 80 years OF
Croscrraiass y be stairs Up which dscsssed
the SECOND Hofy he ssd Ia hat lot cent ofmoney be
Dy Ruer sworu-surgson At the Hospital recollec see
ing wlmrss with msn on l0sh Jan las. thr nsn he
aaa sisht bloody fro.h coming from his mouth the
man had soms he hight eye and the bach
Of the nHsd no SFohinR,
quantity Of blood found between the scslp and the
ssu, corresponding with hs bises the skull After betng
removed wss found TO be fractured AID large cot 81
blood found tho stu and the brain thrown out ny
fracture the fracture the night side of tho head
Hide toward the back part the death was caused by the
blood the bran the skin grszed iiIlei suek
| uEe this (tne wsehmsn's club would Kill person.
| Cr0"errnEsd There we're several bruises shout The
head part Of bons had been driven into the brain
when scefs'eo 81 sto'y 80 we ouu escu po
ton Of the fracture might have been hreequsders OF an
inch The injury could have been produced by he head fall
upon the eurbsIons sons object tho street, ffac
| lures Occufin ihsI way
| A Reese wss aken FOR dinner.
JInes FLIaas.a swom.-Pisrce pretty well drunk
and staggered sgGn.t the org al man the organ M so
hrsd two three pieces Of ice snd y into
grocery ssksd he Duichman the clerk for
c'u6 he got H. yellow .colorsd one va, ,itlng In me
when he came 10 pierce lived In LsOnsfd.sL TWO
doors rom here his parents i've up town | saw hir
come back aferwsfd aud Mr. Rnoy searched him Tor a
club, ut he had him amer hs struck the man
ram The cub 10 his bosom saw him Two three days
a.erwsrd hs said they were aer him; said he had stuck
ihr hard enough 10 knock hts brsios cut wen,
Staten lsand and returned started for Philadelphia got
Ihefe, walked II miles and got The Of the way
cart; DID not pay anything had not two shings be-
hsd been before that New Hsven hs said he did
ghina they caught him hsy cou give him msre Than
years Understood from 10 coping .he way
10 prevent being taken
laugh) Pierce sndl have been good deal together snd
frequently paid vista that stores he Standing by the
door ~hen the ice al him ard hs yht In and
got lhe club The organ man -ts angry and said some
uing 10 Pierce when he stumbled sgsDs bin sometimes
Billy worked, drove peddnng wagon "a nan wagon
did wers onen G-r~erd a. grocery corner Of WesG
Broadway and Leonard 81 where n arrested, and
was also arrested he charge the lat
cracks Pierce gave the hard enough mock hs
brains out be oen said be sorry that b. had bit the
msn msny tIes and killed him had him sccideo.
tally IN the street. and asked hin home hs
Intoxicated; came far - tho with him; no wa
ncknsmed Bill Jackson, but his IL Pierce lived
with young woman named MARY believe IL =
pretty bad house. was assed II Ars Pierce was 10
| COln, Ind = young woman Of handsome appearance
| stood
Ed0ord G,lesTre swO,n.Wss In company With Sharsey
ard Connolly Psrce stdEe the organ man hsn he
was down, struck him on the head him strike him
| once twice.
Mr. Warner then opened for defense lie said that pris-
on-r, At ordinary times pescesbis quiet and hind
when be h.s ind1ged IN a0omin able liquor quarrel
In the present Instance however such pfOyOcauon
given 10 P-rce 10 the present Ouly
Of murder sut Of sxcussbls homicide IL VIII BE-
shown that prsOnef 10 company with s1snsrce had
been TO two three pisces that Afternoon ADD drank 90
freely that Piece becsms nIor Gated, and his friend deter
m ned 10 sss nin home and hey cams along ~ hey met
with flanagan corner from where the difficulty
cured H- eithsr alns. tbs organ man.
sxsiusf hiG, Whs0 tie aler called him stated,
down MA organ ard him blow Ia The neck snd FOL
81 By trOSing ne pieces u Ice Of By
ngan, who the momou had gone into the He
IN fOr srcs which he hsd whtied aud lef thsrs The
reyous day HAVING been attacked BY some boys previous
IT, sbd intended FOR sefdefsnse il will - shown that
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