New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-27


the water; sfier hi. | uasuttossd the cost;
l took 81 3li from the vest poke; I took :
watch sno the c. ain attached also the watch US in
ves' pockei J slso took tao watch seys and q w1ie
bar oled knife, with single blade; also I~ckeE book
saw Iothg in The pocket book did no. search il it
ives open; left sll the property found on the body
in charge 81 Sergeant horreh ST the Siston House
Kept II sight Of the body until | was released by
Of Ger Oakley ore cIsturbed the BODY while vas
in charge, except Sergeant Morrell, vhs took two
s,uds Iom the shirt and handed thea TO me; while
procetclIg toward the body with Coroner BsnLeit
Coroner Reddre stepped up and took possession Of
10 Coroner Rsdoing, every article; when | took tle
rI'ch irou tie pocket il appeared ulirJursd broke
the cryst, al the Sistion House in opening H. sss
nothing al second hand; / took everything found
in the vest poke searched other pockets except
the yest pockets AND tbs breast pocket of the coat
the BODY simply rested the point OF the shosl II
Lot embedded in tee sand where the body
rested | should think tire water was s1 or eight
Icbes oeep there vn deeper water nesr the shore; II
was about fifteen minutes after Lsulnston lsit that
/ DIRE the bocy ashore: Mr. seal at the shore
when Lauinsion went for the Coroner be was ase
steIdiDg by when searched the pockets; thare were
several other persons also standing by called hen
al 10 wi;ne.s what VS. doing before touched
article; Patrcs Doan. think, WA present a. tue
time; there key in the breast 20 ket non sd
no mulsted paper in hi. pockets exc .pt small sub
'tarce in the bottom Of one o. The YES. pockets Which
vts sppeleDty the ChsfDgs OF the pocket
Fre6eriek Seal says-I live in TTenty.frs: street,
b'twten Fou n end Fifth avenues Brooklyn; know
Officer Van Noeirsnd of TIE Eighth W ard Poll -;
About Il O'Clock lsst Saturday morning went 10 ths
stor. foot of Twentieth street and dead body;
Vsn Nostrsud asked NE to 90 with him | did not
know there was a body there until | got there saw
Lauirston there; heard him tell Van Nostrand there
was cad body there this Wa before We started tor
tie shore; ir ali other n secs corroborate the test
mony Of Officer Van Nost-snd after we took tne
booy out Of tie water, teve-a people there, but
die 10, know them; when We took the body ashore
there was ore there except Van NostrsDd and my
self | drive a cart for JOnn Van Nostrand, masOn;
be il brother of Officer Van Most and have done an
for three ye.rs past where his breast sS on the sand
the water about thrse inches deep; vas deeper
toward the shore go over the top OF IAN Nos
trends boots the tide WA risirg ~ the Time
Patrick DOau, rericng cernsr Tentieth stree! end
Third avenue couobora'ed the above testimony.
Thomas Mclaughlin says be resides on Third ave-
nue, between Nineteenth ana Treneth Streets,
Brooklyn: saw the body of man lying on the shore
between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets last Ss,ur
day eorpbg: | Officer Van NosiraDd and Mr..
Seal with the body when went there; when got 10
the body Van NO.trand had q catch in his hand; he
afterwsrd took some silver from the pockets which hs
raid amounted TO eleven shlings; he also took
three waich.keys and small pen knife fro the vest
pocbe's be slao took pocket book and paper from
the breast.pocket Of the coat; the coat unbut-
toned; when got there he partially opened the ok
ct book and looked into IT, and then clos d Il again;
il was wet at the time; j saw Van Nostrsni take
paper out Of the breast pocket about one-thrd OF 1t
was pojectug out of the pocket; Mr. Seal pat his
hand into the breest-pcctet and Van Nostr4nd
stopped him; this was after the paper and pocket
book had been taken out, | think; | ga. no other
pockets except the vest and breaspocke of the coat
Frederick Seal, recalled-l. was some ten minutes
after we set the body shore that Mr.. Van Nostrand
took the paper from the breast pocket he took tae
paper out about minutes before he took the pocket
book out; sfter he took the pocketbook out he put
the paper in it and held them DO in his hands; SONS
n en- came there before the pOcket-book and pspers
,ale no On a he'll
before the body brought on shore; Mr.. Van Noe
trano took hold of both feet and dragged the body feet
first 10 the shore from the shos which 1t rested;
when the BODY ne ached the shore assisted the body
over Oh the back before taking it of the watsr;
then took hold OF one foo. and M. Van Nosrsnd the
other sno we dragged the body on the shore aud TO
sc0w about thirty feet distant in that way, and then
Van Nostrapd searched the pockets went away rlsht
after the pockets were searched.
John Burr saws he resides 10 Durham place, IN
this city; wss in the employ of Mr. Neville, the de
ceased, coschmsn, until TWO weeks ago to-day;
had been employed by him about two months and two
weeks / last saw Mr.. Neville two weeks ago last
Thursday about O'Clock in the morning; he was
ing in the barroom door on First street, with his
bands in bis pockets one half the door was opened;
saw him come 10 the door as WA driving by toward
South Eighth street. the foremsn directed mo 10 go 20
the corner OF South Eighth and Fourth street 10 MIR.
Trsinors, to fetch Mr.. NevilIes daughter and some
cd er persons that were at Mr. Trsinors house; the
bar room no! closed at this time; saw no one
else either in the bar room or on the sidewalk; re-
turned about o'clock then the bar room was CLOSED;
| brought home Neville eldest daughter and q lacy
sud gentleman, who all stopped at New les; imme-
dstey return ed 20 Trsnors and stayed for other par
ties whom took to the corner Of Grand street. snd II
vas after clock the same morning when returned
TO Neyles; when left Miss Neville and the lady aud
gentleman at Nevies they tried the ,l door, but did
not get in; then they went down to the basement
door and Knocked did not notice whether they rang
the hall bell or not; when returned from Grand and
ri IN streets unhitched my horses and went TO bed
| Loon quay fha fahi IN
Nevie's house at all; before got up | heard one OF
the men in the stable say that Mr. Neville was missed
III wss the first ntimation that had OF his being
missed; Martin Burns, Bryan Whallsn, Peter X AN,
Phil Kyey were in The stables when | left, about
o'clock; some of them were sitting IN the office in
front.
John Hughes resides at Kings County Hoel-IIsI
been bar tender az Kings County Hotel for the last We
YEAR in the employ Of Mr.. Neville deceased in
The bar.room mos, Of the tire the sth inst Neville
was at home Leary all the forenoon of thst day. he
went out about IL O'Clock, IN COMPANY with EdENd
Suith, who keeps clothing store IN New York; had
some business conve rsstOn with him on that day heap
peaed in his usual manner ssw nothing unusualin his
Manner that day; be returned home about o'clock
that evening, think; when he returned be asked me
what coaches or horses and wagons had gone OUT
told him; when he trsi came INFO the bar room he
walked up 10 the wardrobe hung up bis oyerc1at and
came behind the bar to ask the above questions;
be remained in the bar until left, about 10 min
uies TO clock he may have walked outside, ou! was
no absent above two minutes az time when let. the
Der it was in charge Of Edward Doyle left the hotel
went 10 Henry Clay Hall in South Seventh stree, aud
did not return to the Kings County Hotel TIL =
o clock the next morning; slept al No. Sou Sew
enth street Ms. Neville sen! for me about half sn
hour before ! 90. up, saying she wished 70 see me
about Mr. Neville; dressed myself and came Gown
to the hotel; Ms. Neville told that Mr.. Neville
hso Lot b. en- to bed that night, aud wanted to sse
if | could fnd him. this was the first indmstion hso
of bis being absent; retired 70 bed between 10 snd
II clock the night previous; saw Mr.. Neville have
some money in his possession mat day aner Mr.