The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-08

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Q. royou rcmember wh-,hsr they were round bullet
or tuesf me bullet that WAS In fooles heart Ira
become somewhat Cylindrical ffUm passing through tn
pistol should judge
Q. And the other bni'es-ws n OF the same abs pc
A. No, SIR; regular: n mvh. have nm 10,
through thin board-thst is, tho shown me by gr
PutDsn. =
@ Can Jou ssy whether the hole, IN tbs, a. n,., t.,
wee made by sharp instrument, aotf handing the
geIm"nt 10 be witness, A. Nor with very SHARP in
s'rument; tho Tissue IL apparently somewhat hcers I'd
y. night THY not De- made by y kni A IT Ia pos
O. lie there anything in the texture Of the fabric i.sei
to sb"~ The toi.s sei. nsoe b, = buets A. No, SIR
h9e IL not; II Is very ciEculi matter to tell; th,y
usy or may not have been msde by bullet.
Y were bullet 20 hsv" msds such . eat through MI
tbk clothing shown would IL have yeioi. " enough 10
penetrate ib- bod, b., The shin M, tot
within.
q How 10 ge an abrasion must there t made on the
sir ball were discharged with sufficient force the
ho',s IN ile,e cohe-1 A. Not than three line
judge 'hni wound might have been FRI quarter To
bali on inch bslo~ the surface u would have bled
deubsdy did not nj On isas ers he a.
Wu. /. co frcslleo-i was here this NOR ing when
Cunningham was examined was In my house when he
came in.
want to get AZ the precise time when you say you
met Baker II ixpenad street and mat hs
It'd you that Nor issey and oolc hal cHjcuIty and
requested you 10 tell Turner A. II was the TINE the
fret sftsy WAS gong onb-tweea niue aud clock;
did not s.e a",isey for tSo aud half after that
Il then within ,hie. Of II; Baker left
ne vi 'hr oorher VI oadway ana Hossrd street, any
MI. Whiting submitted that they ~ere not TO 20 over
the exam'Is don o. ths witness sgain.
Mr. Clark mercy wished 10, Tor tie time Of the first
uivi,w wi ID Bskrr.
Edward NJ lckero examined by Mr.. Brady-I am
ID attorney and counsel or law nm acquainted with
peebaDcs received to o,nca,ion vi epui neer
] am Bventr myset; am scausin OF with Mr. Colt.
he 10 client Of mine; have been frequently his fac
tory al HARTFORD here have been three and onr
hundred men employed there; from 1918 TO th. ime
there hR- b.eD average Of 200 men, have examined
thst pistol the in evider rooies) the number
Il es4a the nnnoer made up TO February last 20
9 !. ,L.,s anything about 'ha, pistol to enable any
Mr. Viii otjec'ed
The Court sso they had right ask IL there was any
way Of identifying tie pistol but by the number.
Mr. whiting said that had beer admitted for the last
10 Mr.. hsdy--u dozen other of those pistols were
taken s.under and thrown 'osehsr any Of the parts
Of ihsn tho woiamen 'aAe the pieces unfortunately
fiom box and a. them.
muEye OF The pistol and igLte ,rch any teriA
A. That would der end the com,us M lily OF the
m.fris u would isniae cotton at foot distances the
expansive distance oi flame, after eaviog the mouth II
the pistol wot be at the rate Of thou, and feet
second fwisns-s examined Pcol.'s At, think tina.
Kind Of scorcbng the inside ood b. pr duced by
tbot from The ou',ide. should say II this IL bullet
mark, the sho' must have been fired from the .nsde
don't know Bsker, or aoy OF the parties.
Question by Mr.. Brsdy-You come here as q personal
favor "a mef A. Yes
Cross, xsmi, ed by Mr. Whiting at considerable
interesting scientific lustra ten Hs ,es out
IL divege-, and Is apt " scnreh the eria xo
points; hole made by the bullet would DO Ia u direct
bne with the muyzle.
Mr.. Clark-I bid In my hand file Of the Nrw Yonk
HERALD ~ The 26'h of February, 1855, which contains
copies OF the dispositions taken before Justice Brennan
The o,ginsi had been lost Ard he the prose
cuiion 70 admit that the printed copies correct.
Counsel for the prose -uon perused the CO positions
Mr. Whiting Asktd the defence int nc ell 20 put all
The oepo itofs In evice
Mr.. Brady answered in the negative
eli .y
John NJ. Rue examined by MIR. Oark--I am police
officer, and such la February, 1855; the evening
Of the 2h Of February when TooIe re, evei his DEATH
wound, Vas poipg home, ena stopped snto pooles
Corner 81 Howard 5 rect and Bro.dway) ! was
quainied with Poole; was t~kibg 10 Mr.. Ingsrsoli
and me- parties came Ia and Whispered to persons
Who we're tit,inH n sofa.
O. Who theief A. don't know.
q Was one of them shay A. shay OF those
sitting there; others In after and whispered 10
those sittrg On the sofa; the parties out, aud
arc started up Bre adwsy; vent up Bro"dway stan.
win Hall; horghsey ard Po.ie there pointing at
another and calling each other names hea
ping 81 pistols some 'ne said 70 take that man out"
took bold oi Moriistey, and Irving assisted me take
him away he proniised me lot 70 go back, and went
(Wi then described that Other officers came In
and took Ioos into custody he not present at the
aGfay Mcrtissey came poi.e station next
NOR ming nd gave hsii Ia the Of 81 600
fross-exnDined-I did not aoy pistol with Morfs.
~ when isio hold If him aid not SEQ with Fools
Mo ri,sey sober as witness him;
veil acquainted With him. be appeared sober and
bic Of tskirg Of himself; when he took Moi.sey
away they went 10 Charley Assps where they had .
crpti went TO iLgs~ith him, and after that eitaess
went bt ok 10 rtapwm Iisil
Q. lid you make Morissey promise before you parted
With him that h. would no, 10 N o' Cana. street ,h,
nipbtf A. don't recoi ect. be promised ths, he
not 60 bsck 70 stanwix Hal IL he had not made
that promie would have taken him TO tn. stat n
bouse. Y. Why did you not take him 10 the station
houses A. Because there nc complaint made against
him
In reference to the flight Of Pakcr Mr. Clark proposed
&c fhow by the paiesand the Gle OF the HERALD in
courtthst publicly rumored that Poole lIkeiy
to recover and be mir Gsrk) would contend tina, Bs
kerr hight occasioned by the rumorr u pooe's re-
coveiy and not ty the npprehelsons Of his death Ba
her IT Is to be presuned read those rumofs every intel
lieent nan rsads The newspapers.
W. wbing-Inhicuhrly The HnMD.
NJ Clark proposed q read from he sa.in Of February
7, 1850 uLder the hesd Of 'Pugisc Encounter para
grsIh BEADED "roce's Recovery" and subsequent
pa agIsphs.
detail II might lie admitted that there tha,
Pole was likely a. recover. The Court would unaer.
stand that the bulletins Of the health Of Mr. Poole (as
couns,l cal them) would put 10 evidence from the
the babe lis Jewett.
~snf board. The Isabella Jswstt sailed Of
March.
sr Clark then referred to the articles in the Hyaaip
resIectiog the nnfay Of 20 February and 9Th Fesru
sty, reading the tsadpgs of each article.
Vim. Mitchell re- called by the defence-Dc.n vent out
for ocer after Poole made the bet Of $500 Van Pet
went oat befre him, do not know that Poole had
hit BY ball tbst time Paudc~n took hold ~ POO The
later hso BIZ bands 70 his pocket about FOO, Fl the
ing how when Psudceo spsrrtng arou, him and
bsctec towards the wssh-snd Poole got hi pistol gu,
and tufn.d II IN his rsots pocket put u In hls back
pocket vas after seeing he rioi that Turner sail
BIN, fou want 10 shoot do you, you son VI o--h-
then draw"
BY Mr. Whitirg-Haye been staying at the Ho-ard
Ho'e tnce last testified iav. Mo-rsey sad Pau.
deem Mt Johnny iing's since last the stand
one dEugs.o the matter wi since. did not BIB
n ~ u 70
The hack Iosn when Turner swung his pistol srouod hs
bead Turner oc not FIRE At Poole bere he backed the
closet
Ivespee " wr. wirs, IA juror)-Examined tho oil.
coil the tccr Of stanwix Hall found bullet hole
wall "a book containing diagram ~ the places wh-re
the bullet hs.s were Discovered here prodoocS)
did not Than two bullet holes the door.
Q. supIce this bench the upper suftcs Of the bar,
co. u bullet make hole the va-hstand az De.
rcI ~ "a In The obgramf A. Not uniess the shooting
stood eminenee tbs washst.nd Ia perhaps a fool
lower han the har did not marx the disc 400 II tia,
bul ~ hole; there several marks about fh~ wash,
SIS nd Don't know whether thy were casser by tas~