The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-25
TFrom the New Orleans Delta, S.pt. AL

From the New Orleans Delta, S.pt. IA
The people Ct fourth fastiic be 81 90 rided
and ssc.ed to exsor mary degree, b. oee of tue
NEST cruel murders that our city has ever bees the
theatre of The Coroner called upon yesterday to
years and months named Christian Rohoor, . 4tve
Of Germany, which ha me to its death by foul
he cbiios father 1t appess, des IN Europe; aud ii
had been scopted BY Geruaan PANIED William Young
WHO resides on saapsru street It has treate By
to the ax owedge Of the Deighbors generally aud yes
terosy morDiDg DIED from tue effects Of blow indicted
on the rgst size OF the head BY William Youes the
adopted father The CorouoSs jury, af tee heating the
evidence rendered their verdict above Young aud
his wife Fseorika, who are both implicated the
b, the police Of the Fourth DISTRICT, and we're under
going IN extm'I aiion tefo'e the ecordsr.
Tbe ae as lay exposed before the jury, presented
the evidence Of thurman IT, atmeot plainly visible,
and in sme cases pieces Of flesh we're stripped from tue
poor, erasciated, ha Starved infAn"s back As tho
spectators bebs these certain signs of it
WITT tie utuost ofcu ty that they could DO rest lined
the foil outrage The evidence before tho Recnr Ter
Was 20 tie effect that the cnd hsd been ali aloog
cruelty treated b, Young and thst hts wife had not
intertered to save IT. For days had been ked up in
garrett ospived Of food, and almost starved to death
Dung Irish tea ided that having seen tne child
knauing that 1t had no fo,d eha procared ladder,
rescho o. openi,g IL the garrett and conveyed foot
also that WIN Youna found out what soe had ne ne
csnsured her severely and ~arued her ngau
to step between hin and the of his cruel
Peter Miller testified that he had seen Young beat the
Chi mos crue'ly and p'ess and crash rs sides to
geth.r sDo that Monday last hearing the tie e low
conn isir e tupaer be gave ii sone bread which
very Oily md for which act OF Young after
wares abused him (Aiuer> most shame fully
Several cther witnesses testified to having him
suspend the cho by the with . srf ana beat IL
cruelty with 9 coahide.
Mary Dudley, ss.rn-Stated thst on last Friday shs
the accused have the child har ng the neck With
scarf (Which in court aud strap ABOUT it, mid
Gle, aDd With cans Gall Of which article, were IN
court be struck II Whenever 1t cried murmured and
last II Friday che the trestneat
Of the child repeated the wife Of the accuse did not
as witness knows, abuse beat the child but sho
prose MT when her husband cid and wheo asted By
witness Why allowed her husband hang he It end
abuse IT. che rephed that she could not help that
her hu, bands fault
Josiah Miller, sworn-aw the prisoner Young bsat
the child with the shown In court and otherw
Ill trcatf It
Mrs. rRrpg, swcrn-Ssw the accused rub the child's
face in nuisance the foor and then strip It
whip 1t cruelty with the rod In court and after
wards take into the Knows thst the prisoner
used the child in IN inhursn manner.
The evidence proved sufficient to send tho accused
down fer trial. There Q large and cited crowd
around the court and the indgnaH at the horr
bic inhumanity OF this quite apparent; and It
feared that the excitement made might in
act Of jawlsss violence, which would mako further in
vestgaton Of the matter unnecessary and defeat the
ends Of justice.