The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-10
Brooklyn City News.
THE MYSTERIOUS POISONING CAsY-CoNC Lusros os
THE CORONERS INQUEST,

| THE CORONER 8 INQUEST.
Coroner Ranford concluded the investigation into ,hs
Circumstances Of the deaf hof Mary
| at the house Of Reuben Powell in Hudson aYcn,e Sc
vera. witnesses examined but nothing wss elected
to shoN positively whether the girls statements were
| correct or not. The fsllowing IS the ev.dence-A
Patrick CLrey y reside Al No 2s5 Thirseenth
street. New York, near Avenue y; knew Mary McCor
mick she ( my hssae sorse day last week she
stayed several days She there Wednesday morning
last when went from home - work when returned
night she was not there ave not seen hr since she
well the evening previous st tea snd thai morning
SO far as could see; never s,~ her sck saw nothing
strange Ia her manner She awe1s refused strong drink
OF any kind she was about l6 IRIS Of ae born y Ire
land she has been in this country about SIX yearJ the
cars that pass Roosevelt street pan within hree blocks
OF my house.
Catharfne Curley sworn-The las witness il my h,s-
band; Mary Mccormick the decease5. dresseS herseC
last Wednesday oIning about 10 O. lock and started
as thought, for intelligence office have seen
Der slnce she well at the time; nothing in her
manner; sh. only ate q Bit OF bread ana drank cum of
tea that morning. sac well as ever say her
wife she WIS at our house she appee~ed a strong
hcl!tby girl 3 niece Of re when she left our house
she vent towards FRS. avenue
Martin NcCor nick, Il nm IL years old born In
ireland, and caEsot read Or write i've with ar Curey
the pravols wit,ess; deceased my sister saw her
leave cJrley's about O'Clock Wednesday morning
heard frs cureJ tell her to 60 to an ofdos and try
and get place; cave her sanding at The door
evenings talking w.th young these young ved
in the shborhooa and drove horses slept 18th her
last Tuesdty night eAe went 10 bed II about hal past 10
o'clock; se appeared TO be vcf had no con rsatiou
with her; Tkr Curley has lived whcre he now ives
moath ago she came from Eleventh avenue where shs
hal lived about one year and six 7onths she sayod
Gutsys about four week. she Thea got scquanted with
Brockyn, where she stage ABOUT trc and half months
she lhen retuIsed to Caeys and sta,d about week,
and 1en left lass Wednesday morning, which is the las.
have seen Of her she used u work at curleg's.
Brioret Curcy sworn reside at 20. rirs' avenue.
Patrc Curlcy is my father; have nc. seen deceased
since sac came t. Brooklyn % live lit once her
her ofso when she lived a. Eleventh street and SixtS
avenue she ny cousin; lived hero SIX mor tbs
she hveSat my fathers about three week. she always
stad at ny fathers until she could ge place; re
manned mere this time unit she got . place d
Brooklyn staid n Brooklyu three truths; she
have her myself for monsh--the last time was
at 2o2 1s venue never saw her keep company with
soit easy girl, but easily persaaded she was nos
what migte be called green any person partially &C
place TO drink she hac good comIon sense but
R'w Graf; sworn.--Am policeman Of the serond p.
bict Brookl7. deceased between and O'Clock
the Bridge street ferry, Wednesday the deck hand
brought her sat Of the cabin of OF the boats and
called me to take charge OF her was Roosevelt street
boat be was supporting her she o1ogh bold OF post to
prevent beins nscarred o seemed % want to stay there
the station hsuse but had to support her could mot
sme any liq3or on her breath SAID she lived ON Hud
son ave. near York strse ct FIRST but afterwards De
Kslb tho Assistant captain sad she had better be
taken home room as possble when took her from the
boat charged her with being drunS 3e replied tina! shs
had been arinking all the rl further said that
she got out OF the cars on the NevVor side within
DioCk OF tne ROOseVcU loN OF men
standing tie sidewalk who appeared TO be colored
sailors she said that the sidewalk blocked up ami
she sed thes TO let her pass hoy said she could
pass until she drank the contents o. aylalone OF them
produced. faa statement maie 70 sfrs. Powell by de-
ceGed main corroborated by this witness She
said that they offered her no Insult CHER pushing her into
the gutter thought that she crossed the river In the
boat than she told me the. che Amert
girl born Troy, New York and that her father
an EngE hman; she said that she had from her
aunts in Thirty sixth street said that her brother rode
with her part OF the way down to the ferry
and got cut just before she did she said that
che had two brothers living iu Troy told
her that she need not be afraid Of telling she hal
taken the poison herfef she said that she did not;
the way 10 this house she said that knew what
she had suffered during the year, having lost hse
father, mother and sister; she Led appearance os
being afflicted by The heat think she had been tAxing
laudsnum rom the nell OF her breath was With
great difficulty that could keep her awake she cried
bitterly because folks would tbax tnat she drunk
and arrested saw nothing that led me to believe bui
what che knew what she was about.
Mrs Powe. recalled Have heard deceased say tha
she had two brothers and an uncle living IN Troy
This concluded the evidence, and the Jury, aaor Q
brief deberation, rendered the following verdict
That the said Mary Mccormick TO her death from
the effects OF narcotic poison administered by herself
by some person or person to the jury unknown.