New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-06


AGNES ANDERSON - Her Examination for
M~dsr.-Ths examination Of Agnes Anderson for the
murder Of william B. Taylor the eth ultimo, on
yesterday before Recorder Winter. The fair prisoner
her appearance in Court arrayed in deep mourning
and accompanied by her counsel, Alfred Hennen Eco
There vast crowd In attendance each individual
more eager than another to catch glimpse Of her to
whom this terrible misfortune has given most Disagree
able notorety The prisoner appeared calm serene and
collected amidst the agitation that possessed all around
exhibiting by her mild demeanor and In her cold blue eye
an easy Indifference akin to stoicism.
In her person she Of the ordinary height with well
proportoned person. ety and curling hair and fea
ture although sofened by the existence of the most
refined sensibties yet pleasing in eminent degree
She appeared to be about twenty years of age.
Harry 7. Hayes Esq, appeared Prosecuting Attor
ney.
The first witness called the part Of the State
VIM c. Terrell Deputy Coroner lie testified rs follows:
On the morning of the 2sth Of April was called to
hold inquest the body Of VIM B. Taycr. The body
found In the yard Of the premises Of Hercules
ing The house was topsy turyy The body was about
ten feet from the bed the bed tossed and bloody
The body had nothing on 1t but an undershr and was
covered with sheet pstticoat do not think the
knife penetrated the clothing which covered the body
The clothing deceaAed the back Of chair
the bed The house was reported to be occupied by &C.
think there were nine wounds on the
body. wound on the left side of the neck which
II Is said severed the jugular vein There wound
low down in the abdomen The knife exhibited in court
is the with which is thought the wounds in
cted found the kuife in the armor Of the room the
knife shut up made inquiries, but know not to
whom the knife belongs The knife when found was
cred with blood now appears probed the wounds
i with it and 1t fitted them exactly
DrJs Crockett sworn-The result of the examination
made by much as the Coroner has described
s Of I IN sn
wound in the right hypochondrca region, several
slight wounds in the upper part Of the chest the neck
The principal wound the left side of the neck,
passing through the external juguar vein There
quantity blood at the sill of the door, evidently
from the cut Of the uguar vein and think deceased died
from hemorrhage Such wounds do not always produce
death-hemorrhage may be arrested Under state Of
might ensue in five minutes from such cut / could
other cause, and felt 1t sufficient for
death to result from that wound Of the juguar At the
instance of the Coroner caused the body to be
humed took out the stomach carried it to the Professor
of Chemistry (Ridde and had it thoroughly examined
Found the situation Of the stomach perfectly healthy
The Coroner supposed from that poison had
been administered to deceased but there not the
least evidence Of It after examination Deceased was
small weakly looking man. and after feeling the of
accused concluded she much stouter than he
could have wrested knife from him. Deceased had
small cut the thumb, which might have been done
by drawing knife through the hand.
Crosserdmined- blood venous, not arte-
rial On the finger Of the left hand Of the prisoner is
cut, which appears to have been wound Profess
Rdde applied chemical tests to ascertain whether
narcotics had been used but found that the stomach had
| no evidences of them.
Policeman John McGovern, for the State, sworn
was Waterman the beat in which is situated the
house occupied by accused the night Of the murder
about three blocks from the house. when heard the cry
Of watch and on going to the place where the noise
came from the by-standers remarked "here is the
did stab him. and surrendered herself to asked
her where the man she took me into the house and
showed where he was lying outside of the back door
left another officer with the body and took her to the
Watch-house The prisoner at the bar is the identical
woman whom took in charge When got there the
man dead had nothing but an underhirt and
covered the body with sheet did not touch the body
it lying the fiat Of the back only stopped down
and looked at it the wounds still bleeding when
the body there great deal of blood around the
neck the ground the clothes of the deceased
lying in order the back of a chair, If he had
dressed himself The prisoner had some blood on hei
hand her finger was bleeding do not recolect the
small man. with apparently weak he did not seem
to be much larger than the prisoner About five or ten
minutes after accused surrended herself asked her why
she stabbed that she replied that IL she had not
stabbed him he would stabbed her appeared
be much agated and distressed from the time she
prisoner what she stabbed him with she replied with
knife asked where the knife she said she threw 1t
away said it Is very bad work; she replied the rascal
had seduced her and would not marry her.
Margaret Dowd, witness for the State testified son
the evening Of the murder the prisoner into my
premises BY the back way. live door to her She
began to detail her troubles to and in the
her statement remrked that she intended to kill
that night She then said watt and went out and soon
O'Clock in the evening. She absent for the knife
scarcely minute and returned and opened the knife
was much alarmed, and did not know what to do When
my husband came in, tit about halfpast ocock)
began telling him what she had said and DONE and had
mans voice. This perhaps after O'Clock. recog-
nze the woman in question the prisoner in court She
stated that she intended to kill the who had brought
her to that trouble have heard the prisoner in her
house oener than have her there and have
onally her from my premises She from that
house into my premises by the back way She said she
intended to kill him with that knife-the same now in
CORTLAND that he would be there at her house that
night This the first and only time she
my house.
CroseIamined-I shocked both by the threat made
by the prisoner and by the narration made by her She
that had educed by Mr. Taylor and after this
that he had deserted her for somebody esehat he had
peared much excited and agtated and distressed She
came to my house before. and sorry she
| there then. On this occasion she boldly to my
house was going to leave house account of the
reputation of the house occupied by accused but could
| find other, My two servants ELLEN Mathew and Ca
Uterine McGunn) were both present, as well child
| Il years old
Ellen Mathew for the State, -Corroborated tbs
statement of Margaret Dowd fully About the time the
cry of murder made was standing in my yard and
looking into the premises whence the cry came
saw man standing at the back door calling murder.
thought saw him fall 1t was dark, and could moi
distinguish we'll II twas only couple of minutes aftei
this, that went and the lying dead where
thought saw him fall heard only voice crying
murder, and that the mans Had there been another
| cry, think should have heard 1t.
| Cross eraniaed-The prisoner seemed much troubled
when she was stating her grievances if she no
right in her mind She said she had not eaten
days-her thin She seemed greatly effected
felt convinced In my heart she telling plain I'm
vanished tale and the truth believe myself that sh,
was not in her right mind Accused complained of de
ceased having deceived her. felt very much indeed
accused From her own story thought she had beer
wronged She was so young, and spoke eelingy tina
she enlisted my warnest sympathies Two mornings be
fore the killing accused complained of being sick
into her room, and she appeared to be sick.
Catherine MoGnn, sworn-Corroborated the statemen
of Mrs. Dowd.
A. e Shaw, witness for the State sworn-I was on my
way home and came to house of Erato and Her
cues streets at about quarter after o'clock heard
noise of talking in the house. As passed the house
heard cry OF surprise of pain, and then noise
persons running about the house passed and hear
the cry of murder mercy mercy ~ from mans vote
proceeding from the yard Of the house had passed.
went back to the house and came out and said
81 stabbed him, and gave herself up She was then
| ried of to the Watch-house by a Waterman
Cross-erdm,ied-As passed by the house heard per
sons as if in alteration The voices loud anC
the subject could not understand She may have sat
something than have stated but was 80 muol
could not have been more than a minute, If so much
from the time heard the alteration until heard tn
| cry of "murder.n l satisfied heard two voice
speaking quickly together and think in alteration.
was standing at the time Immediately in front of thu
door. thought of the voices a mans and tn
other womans and could understand which spok
most could distinguish nothing the nature of tn
difficulty between the parties heard the cry of murde
| from one voice only-that was the mans.
L. D. Beecher, sworn-About the middle of last month
as to my store after dinner found the prisone
and another with her wi tn he