The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-07

man In Rose Strcca.
Yesterday Coroner Gamble held inquest upon the
body of unknown woman, who was found dead In the
doorway Of John Nuhn No "a Rose street. the morn
ing Of the 4th inst and Who 1t rumored had met
with foul play at the hands OF parties at present
unknown. The evidence taken before the Coroner
to confirm his suspicion Of Its being Of poisoning
for from the medical testimony It will be perceived that
there remains not shadow Of doubt to the taking
administering of poison by the deceased The evidence
of - Hammond went to show that on the morning
Of tine 4th inst she down stairs and entered the
in order to go to the yard TO get
ter; the deceased sitting in chair, while the
Nuhn sitting at the stove in his store underneath
where she resided This told her that the deceased
to his store little after O'Clock and knocked at
the door, that he opened it, thinking II his errand
boy when the deceased fell into the store and that la
few minutes afterwards his boy did come, when he
dered him to light fre, to resuscitats the woman
he thought she going die, and asked the wit
ness what be should do with her. witness told this man
that she should 60 up stairs and tell VINO lived
there Of the occurrence; several persons then
down stairs along with the person in question: the de-
ceased at this time dead witness noticed that the
outward dress of the deceased wet and made seme
Louis Utterly the boy in the employ OF Nuhn test
fed that the above morning he to the store "a
Rose street as usual and on entering the room found
deceased sitting in chair, and Mr.. Nuhn standing in
the middle Of the floor looking very pale and appeared
to be very much frightened the woman was groaning
and snored ttlo his employer told him to make re,
and that perhaps deceased would get it, he did so
Nuhn told witness that the to the door
and knocked and that upon his opening the door sbe
fell into the room that he picked her and placed her
in a chair for the purpose Of resuscitating her.
The medical testimony Of Dr. Uni went TO show that
he made post mortem examination of the body. That
he found her sitting in chair as described by the
former witnesses. There were three small abrasons
sn . s asS o on ss
sions the hands and two small ecynidois and spots
the right wrist there slight abrasion at the
outer corner OF the right eye, aud the right eye
backened bruise the forehead about above
this eye and two small abrasons the bridge Of the
nose; the upper lip also cut she had blcd from the
nose, and there spots of blood the lower
part Of her Dress the cape Of her bonnet and
fingers the hands clonched the pupils OF the eyes
widely dilated, and the eyes bright and CLASSY;
there were other marks OF external violence the
body; on making dissection Of the body, found the
lungs collapsed and the heart filed with fluid blood but
they were In healthy condition. examining the
stomach II emitted strong odor Of hydrocianic acid
and the mucus membrane OF the stomach and portion
OF the intestines were very much infamed the mem
braneous substance of the brain somewhat
gested; the other viscera of the body In a
healthy condition; in the | found small
bottle of cyanide Of potassium and Sc veral large
bottles containing liquids which emitted strong odor
OF hydrocianic acid, and was probably solution
OF cyanide potassium. took the stomach and portion
of the ntesnes together with the bottles, to the New
York Medical College, where assisted Professor Dore-
in making analysis Of their contents After
peated and careful analysis the stomach gave abundant
evidence Of large quantity Of hydrocanic acid There
we're number Of yellow spots ON the cape and other
parts Of the bonnet, and few drops OF the fluid
tanned in of the bot tes placed upon bonnet pro-
duced similar stains From the examination Of the body
together with the analyzes Of the stomach satisfied
that the death of the caused by hydroca
mic acd'or one Of its compounds
Coroner Gamble then charged the jury upon the evi-
dence elected, who after few moments deliberation,
rendered the following verdict -
We find that the unknown woman came to her death
by hydrocanic acid Of its compounds. The jury
have TO believe that the poison administered
by John Nuhn, Jan 4, 1855.
Upon the rendition Of the verdict, Coroner Gamble
committed Nuhn to the Tombs TO await the action Of
the Grand Jury.
AS yet clue has been obtan ned TO the identity Of
the deceased, although the Coroner has used every
means in his power to ascertain the deceased's name
and to clear up the mystery attending this strange
The deceased was about thrtytwo years Of age, and
is supposed to have been native of Ireland. In her
pocket found paper directed 10 James Holligan
No. 22 West Broadway. In her purse found i've
dollar bill and piece OF ribbon