New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-07

., ,,v,.orar with knife (which now recognize)
chasing another colored toward the river saw az
other ones have knives In their hsnds sa" SONIC :" N
white men have stones In their hands L.
IaolDkus Mau5orRae being duly sworn, says ina ne
resides at No 10 City Hall place New York Cy-ao no,
know deceased. As was passing up tne M ~ ons
the Ely,an Fields saw two white men talking 20 one
color.d man when saw a white man, who came up
while the others talking strike toe coiored man
The tgo white then retreated -snorty altsr
a number of white men came running down from tue
Colorado when a general fight commenced between
the white and colored walters and eft as SOON as the
fight commenced.
that he resides at No 81 Sullivanst New York knew
deceased; while / was walking from the cave 10 the
colorado on the morning Of the 4th instant | met two
men the walk, who asked me what was looking at
Itold them did not wish 10 trouble them, but was
acung according 10 Mrs McCarthys orders, when
prisoner came up aud struck ne with his hst on the
side OF the face after he struck me turned my head
when some one struck me on the head with stone;
there were several Of them beating me, when
lanes Dunlap and several others came and rescued
me | saw prisoner make thrust at deceased, when
deceased said he stabbed; when was struck, the
man that was with toward the house; | after
ward helped secure prisoner and we took him to the
house; struck prisoner after he struck me
Pettr ASHLEY (colored) being duly sworn says. that he
resides In Fifty third st. between sixth and 5evenhavs
New-York on the morning of 4th inst, az was CON-
ing up the walks from Hoboken 10 the Eysan Fields
In company with Benz Blanc, two white men met us
and asked what were looking at Blame asked them
why and what's the matter shortly after saw prison
er come up and strike Blame sfterward saw one OF
the white that we met strike Blame with stone
| afterward saw prisoner have knife In his hand
opened / think the koife DOW shown ms s the one
saw the prisoner have In his hand at the time they
were fighting helped 10 secure the prisoner after de-
ceased ttabbed aud recognize the prisoner al the
bar as the that had the kni after deceased was
stabbed; did not see deceased strike prisoner sa"
Blame strike him. .
Lorenzo w. Elder deposed-l am County Physician;
resident of Hoboken, ! have taken Post,moItenm
Ad q
DR.. Shepherd; FIVE distuc. wounds were discovered
and examined the first examined was located upon the
chest FIVE Inches below the left nipple and two inches
TO the left Of The medan line the wound was punctur
ed one, and gaping 1t threefourths OF al inch In
length, passing through the inseguments, In an up
ward direction into the cavity of the thorax, thence
into the apex the heart this was the wound which
proved fatal In my opinion II was SUFFICIENT 70 cause
immediate death The second wound examined was
located two inches above the highest point OF the right
hip bone; superficial The third wound examined, was
small punctured wound, four inches from the medlan
line, and directly beneath the lett nipple The tourtn
was a deep punctured wound, located In the detoid
muscle If left arm, inch in length, and one inch
and half in depth. The nth wound examined, was
situated on the back OF the left hand very slight am
of the opinion that all the wounds described, were
caused by sharp pointed cutting instrument; tue
knife handed to me- by the foreman on this Inquest
is capable Of producing such wounds If used for that
purpose
The evidence here closed and the jury after deibe
ration, returned the following verdict
That the said Charles Williams came to his death
by being stabbed with knife IN the hands of Robert
w Canton on the forenoon Of the 18th of July 1882
the walks leading from the Hsbokea Ferry to the Ely
sian Fields, Hoboken."
After the verdict rendered, the body of Williams
was given over to his distressed relatives for burial and
Canton fully committed to Bergen Jail for trial
The knife Is a small spring dirkknife, about three
inches long In blade and is in the hands Of Justice
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