The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-19
Trial Of Samuel 0prague for Shooting Mar
geretta Furty.
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS.

gerettu Furty.
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS.
Eesc,-, Recorder Smith.
DEC. 1S-rt was nearly Il O'Clock before this Court
got fairly under way yesterday Ate, some pre- 'mnsry
business of particular Importance the Distr.- A'
ney, Mr. Hail. called the Of Sa uuel Sprage, wn'
stands indicted for murder In shooting German woman
named Mrs. Furry the 18th Of June last, with
pistol. The woman died 10 months after receiving
the wound. The opening Of the District Attorney Was
short and stated only the above facts
The prisoner appeared attended by counsel lie Is
young man. years OF age, very respectable In his ap
pearance and bearing bold look conscious of beag
justified bis The fsther n the prisoner also
in court IN old aged per haps sixty years. aud Ap-
peared to be much affected
The Grst witness called for the prosecution was
Or. VIM. Froihngnam--l physician 10 Bolsvuo
Hospital remember Margefe "a Fury she admitted
to the hos a - Va" a.e, pdrt o. July asst she had
undoubtedly the Of her death; she
wise healthy csnnos ray whether she was short or
tall woman; we did not discover the ball upon exam
nation.
Co.'s examined-we examined her brain; it was
slightly congested; .xanined the lett lung: there
very slight viiencc a dis. upon IT. this dis
was tuberccs there l. course of diet drink
will produce the tubrrces, such MS low die foul air
and sb Of light the intoxicating drink might
have this effect upon the lungs 50 Tar ~ hi-
tends TO depress the syse after resolving THIS wonnd
intoxicating drink might have been necessary fox this
woman
u
WitDess-It has some nts xicating properties; 1t Is
suplo that modei liquors much iutox.cat
from % naa abs haze 20 isa S. IA
supposed to be the place where the bullet had
capped think he wound passed through the e,y it ia
very difficult TO cure such wound as his 'ae c,nSes-
ticn the brain was slight that Of the phvsi
clans thought IT was OF no nsequence; this congestion
The brain might have produced arrangement Of the
mind.
The Recorder don't think this congestion was sum
Coroner Hilton, sworn--I an Coroner; held an anti
roItem examination upon the body Of Margereta Fnrty
her residence Doarccy street; this woman spoke
German, and she spoke to thro Ugh Interpreter
the wound; thought her iua very dangerous
to interfere with the DOCTOR he showed tho wolnd,
and saw 1t was o gunshot wound; she spoke very
Phillip Jaeger sworn-I officer in the Thirteenth
ward; In Delaney street to Margarcta Furty,
s g m wss hs s m s
woman told me in German that she thought she would
die nom he wound which she hal received was tod to
ask her " che knew who gave Der Thu wound
Mr.. Clinton, for the defence, obi ced TO The witness
answering what the woman said ia reply to these
The Recorder ruled in favor Of these Of the
woman being allowed, iuasmuch as they given by
the woman In the presence OF the prisoner.
The de ence excepted = II ruling Of the Court
wiuess-As soon ~ the woman spoke to me rendered
fr the prisoner to hear me; am not certain, but
think my drss question to the woman was "whother
Se
the window with check shirt on the prisoner ques
tons to the woman through me- hs answer, that gave
Coroner Hilton IecalledI heard ,he testimony Of last
witness; this document Is In my handwri'ing 1t Is evil
dence taken before Coroner got II from the wit
last upon the stand he translated It into Engsh
wrote it down the woman spoke through the interpre
ter in regard TO her situation she said she satisfied
she was Ia dying condition
By Mr.. Clinton had bible there to swear the &C.
ceased; she told in English she would not
from her wounds afterwards got the same answer Ia
tain understood her. QueAtfOn through the IN
terpreter, was "whether she thought she would
she did not A' think sho would live; she "t tsea
said her doctor told her she would but he would
never Dc as well as she had been oeo,e Ih' ans yer
my opinion about It, gave her my opinion up IN the
The District Attorney then read from the documents Of
the Coroner the dying declarations o. tae These
declarations that ,he shot by Samuel 5p
She raid she bad quarrel with sprague his wife,
and she knew no reason why he 'houla shoot her.
Franz Joseph Furty the husband IT the deceased
tho next sworn--I live in Deaucy street, No. 2ol
! do not speak English; ! d,a not live there 10
house; he lived in the fourth story; spragas lived
on the same floor; his room was next TO mne HIS room
wa. just At the bed Of the sns's ., the stairs my
was thot; ] raw her shot; she died in Bellevue
Hospital; about x oel,es in tue evening, my siis
took supper, and myself ard wife and child went
down In the yard down stairs there two shoe
mai ers and they drunk and they waited to kick
my dog told them that my dog, aud paid for
him. OF the shoeuakers Thea struck in the ACE
seizsd the pil and struck the shoemaker sprLgue all
this time was looking out Of the window and came do
and told the shoemakers to whip that Du,chman then
my wife got hold Of my arm, and were going into
abe door of the house spag stood that could not
first then my wife myself folio we'd and then spragne
shut the leading into the hall aud then the shoe
ynp,a my & then so 81, ny Key to
don't know wba be said sprsgue then pointed !he ps
tSl right At The breas. Of my wife my wife ooked me Ia
my wife, 'Come quick, and let go 10 Court" and
took her toto the street but in the street she could
walk and asked to be taken back to her ROOM took
her back, and the doctors IN and examined her.
and the bali fell out she sick IN my six weeks
before taken TO the HOSPITAL had difficulty
with sprseue beore spragus and had lived together
Oh. ut six weeks at this time mad spoken to spragoe
once, which the time Of renting IT. my wife
and spIsgue had no difcul'y my wis want GU, every
shooting locked my door; did see sprsgus wa
went in the yard because 1t hot In the garrett
sftcr the scule with the shosmaker "a ths
ball my wife and and child went a. up stairs;
thIl the shoemahers went out Of the sindo~ sprsgue
followed us up stairs when opened my door say him
behind us; sad nothing To him; he was seoding In
English, and did not understand him; my wife and
we're standing jnst before cur door when my wife was
shot be said nothing after he shot but went in hs
and shut the door, heard no erwards carried the
pistol to the shoemakers and they run of with 1t.
Cross examined-Nether myself nor wife spoke to
Sprsgue before the firing :, knowledge; did
my wife speak to sprague when TIA room h-ed TO
him. the only time spoke sprsgue was the ii ne told
him he must not cut wood 10 his room in Spagues
the night he moved ints the house, but my wife
vas not my business sometimes carrying In Goa; and
me'imes helping people 70 We the day Of the sh BOT
Ing got home at two O'Clock 10 the afternoon, and my
wife about eight O'Clock; stsid In long
enough 10 take tea and then into the yard the
shoenakers bad not struck my wife when sprague
down; they had only struck me- the shoemaksrs after
wards struck my wife Ia the entry way; sag Of
them strike her with his Gs in The fsco had drank
lager bier that night; my wife dii not follow the shoe
makers In o their fighting them: my vie did
not strye either one of the shoemake with cllb she
used club that evening; had Knife tha' evening;
wed no knife At all sprague did nor down stairs
to stop the fighting he did not try op It; came
down to have and my wife ~hippei be told shoe
makers In English TO whip that Dutrhrnsn;, heard
this; asked my child what Viii him. meant and she
told me- never talked eth the prisoner In English
talked With the prisoners father In English; my
wife did rot strife spraRue the head with eluo
~hen she got up stars she had ca, IN her hands