New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-08
EXENING SESSION.

The Count assembled at . O'clock and the Clerk
called over the Jury. The first witness sworn for
prosecution was
Or. Doueberty, who deposed that he was called TO
examine the body of deceased about II O'Clock L. VI.
on the nlghto of the murder saw d.. Bruen and Dr..
Grant, the Coroner, at the watch house saw the
wound on the body the next day the body presented
the same appearance, when he examined II and found
the wound about an inch long lOngltudmally IN the
upper part of the PIT OF tAe stomach on opening the
abdomen found large quantity OF clotted blood
the wound passed backward and little DO INWARD.
piercing the liver at the junction OF the right and
left Obes, penetrating It's vessels. grazing the pan
credS. and cutting away part of the LEFT side OF the
first lumbar vertobra The knife was arrested blythe
transverse process of that bone tie knife would
have passed through the body half an inch further
the wound was half an inch below the breaslbQne,
and would necessarily cause death. The knife being
heTeproduced, which was common carving knife,
Or. ID. said such "A knife would require heavy
blow to produce sucha wound.
CrosS-eramned-Thin great amount of physical
strength necessary 10 make such a wound the muir
dercd man must have possessed great muscular
vigOr he was about five feet ten inches high the
knife glanced the SIDE Of the bone ana not directly
against IT.
AIM. Deranf Pers0neff, sworn-Llved at No s.
Plane-st. on the fth Of August with Mr.. Hewlett
was lying the bed. dressed about II O'Clock that
night, when he heard cries IN the street he could
only distinguish the word murder and sounded
A. If there were several voices the cry "murler'
came from only one voice Immediately went down
into the street, accompamedby Joseph Squires, ThOs
Adams and ChaS. Van Ripper went 10 the corner OF
Bleecker and Piane-stS., and saw a man living dead
went to the Watch-hOuse, and saw the Doctor don't
remember If Drum had vest on or not.
CroSS-eran,inef.-Sdw female at the watch house
was told i was Mrs Drum the cres witness ncard
were for help.
Natle,r EGgtare. sworn He was nj Maiden-lane
on the 18th Of August, and al the solicitation of Mrs
Drum, accompanied 10y Patrick and Hugh Dow went
to Plane-st., where they found the body Of Drum
n "A frori s4t-
whether ne had on vest he was placed on bar
row and wheeled TO the Watch House At was about
the break OF day when he LEFT the Watch House.
b. williamson, swOrn.-lIe boarded at Mrs Gill.
ems Drum and his wife were there on the eve OF
the 18th Of August, don't know how long they were
there there was 10 party there that evening did
not hear Drum his wife anything about Mar
garet he had seen Margaret before thar evening
GEO H. Brpen. Coronor, sworn.-l am tle coroner
that held the inqueS called by one Of the watch
about n Z. NJ. ana saw the body about II. midnight,
OF the 4ih of Angus. the body was lying upon
bench the clothes were open when he first saw It
that there was no vest inquest was called 10 be
holden at the Court House al A. NJ. the same day,
TUESDAY hole IN the clothes went 10 the
Watch House 20 get the clothes, but dnl not find
them did not know who took them away. and have
not heard of them since The night dark, and
he took lantern and went over the ground TO Ind If
anv spots of blood were 10 be seen II was misty
and foggy could not see far the deceased was
about 30 years old, from appearances, and a stout
man, did not know nm
Thomas J. Duraii, sworn.-Am one OF the City
Watch and was on duty on the night o. the 4th Of
August last saw the dead body OF Drum IN Plane
ST. that night ola not know hlm-that Is, had not
seen him before II was near Blocker IN Plane-st.
Some Young men came and told him they had found
a man who they supposed drunk went with
them and man lying or the stone steps or plat
form al the corner ~ Blocker and Pl4ne-sts.. no
one went with him felt ms cheek and foundit cold
struck a ght and found the man was dead has shlrt
was bloody, and discovered wound IN his breast
he had q mex shlrt and no vest am not certain
whether he had on d coat not the clothes we're
dark there was not 20 much blood rs he should
have expected considering the nature OF the wound
he found n IN spots from Blocker TO Newest they
were mere spatteTs MS clothes, and particularly
his shirt were soaked with blood, they put MS BODY
on a barrow and man named Cornelius Tompklns
wheeled AZ TO the Watch House.
ODD you see female there
A.-Nes. i Was Nh Drums wife, tNo men were
with her, one was named Mcguire. Mrs. Drum said
Margaret Gauaiy had stabbed him. Interrupted by
Counsel and objected to- Went up TO fuckers,
public house left Young man named Thomp-
kILs and the two men who came with Mrs. Drum,
With the body went 20 Nh Tuckers % arrest Mar
garet Gara;y II was four or five hundred yards
from Plane and Narren-stS
QhestHR y Dlstraf Ahoraey-DoeS Plane run
through BrOad.st
ARSirfrNo As ar ~ Oranre-s,.
Q.-M LAT time OF night was Il when YOU got 10
Tucker house
A-Teu or df,ecn minutes before II p. VI. went
10 iToLl 'ulr mouse was closed AnOched, anu VT.
Tucker came to The window told HIM my business,
anc iaai mad come 10 arrest Margaret Gauaty; ne
e' IRE IA al he front door tie family were n bed
went v IN 3ir Tuckcrto the .,a.rs. ant Tucker SAID
he would 90 up and see # Margaret was IN stood
10 TIE 100 Of tie stairs tue COOr was opened Up
s;allS and went Into the room and found tSo ie
males tey we're up, and dressed ] looked for
MareaTe' Ga-raty. bur did not hni her looked un-
certhe Dec and >ewhere or inqurlng oi the gir.s
they said they had a0t seen her since o'clock went
to the basement door, and found Il uniasteGed
searched there AID in the baT5ers shop for her also,
N the cellar and. not finding her went 20 Boston 1t.
10 TOOK Tor her Dir. Tucker went with me went 10
Ltr brothers house didnol I'M her that night.
Ttoraas J. DarGH. recalled Mrs. Drum said they
were gong M Plane-st and Margaret came across
anc staobed nun, did not saw hat led Margaret 10
10 i I'D lCi ask her TIE reason was IN great hur.
~. IL was very Light, lie noon WAS up, could
oi>cerI person a. some distance, It hal not yet be-
gun 20 fam ihinA the moon had not gone down a. It
wis .e.j dnA Hhtn as vent Up over the ALL.