New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-08-09
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TEE MYSTERIOUS PoIsoSING CAsE-IsvEsrIGATIoN
INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES REFORE CORONER HANFoRD
AND JuRY.-Coroner Hanford opened an nvesti-
gaOn yesterday into The circumstances attending the
death of the girl Mary Mccormick, who died at the
house Of Reuben Powell, No 37s Hudson av, nue., on
Wednesday evening last II will be recolleoed that
deceased stated that she had been stopped in Roose
welt street, Nsw-York, by a party OF sailors, and
tprc.d TO swallow poison from q vial and which re-
sulted in her death the succeeding night. Her own
Placement regarding the matter remains uncontradced
& yet
/, The following Jury was impanneled: Andrew John
son, Henry T.. ROsenthal, John Barrett VIM. Austin,
Asa Marks Alfred Horton.
The evidence elected is az follows
DIR. Arnold IIallet, ssys: am physician and sur
reside at No S42 Aua9uc street, yes,er day male
Of Drs Rhodes aud Van Ddyne found opening
he eIs that there wac eonsdefsbe congestion OF the mem
also much consesed found cosi er4be
dtested food 10 be stomach but traces ~ Inflammation
re o'her were az HEALTHY these post motem appear
~ha we fnd wneu dea has resulted from narcotic
DR.. Robert X. Rhodes said am physician and
srseon reside the Of MYRTLE AID aeht
evidently uuder the hueIce Of narcotic she
tod that At soou' Y M Of nat dy she
men ~hen witha half block Of the ferry h-1 and
quantity q audAnIm poured down herfhIoat could
smell any preparation of opium IL her orea :. the time
thinking that she had tAhe us- quantity uaTe
e for tune after giving directions TO have her occasion
ny aroused be sesin about :! ocok - that "a size
~ss dying condition; boo4y mucds Gonna. fom her
AID aid DO her hands AID
cole and thf very little pulse; ! applied external
unable her 80 that she swa
low she died o'clock the NY impress
that she bad been taxing chorOfom; the morem
show ed ~ the uba Of tho BRAIN
AID OF the lungs and ver there quaint table
sYotuinOi blood the bra II she had t-sel sufficient
9nAhy of opium to haye caused such apPsa should
have ece unable 70 her when wss FIST called but om
NE et OF her beng easily aroused and from Other appear
cts 'ucte ha must DO other uarcOtc 10 vOlsnee
Aad been dcne her person she virgin there rothg
u ths 20 sho" why ehoiourm ngt have hNcn anin
Isefeo hink sae Was PERFECTLY rational ifs
she said she tnew that u lauea mn m was giyu her by
the taste, AZ sho hsa taken audauuIn before.
Mrs M-rearet Ann Powell being sworn sta.cd that
pbe lived hefe NO 57S Hucs svenus d.reael ne hsr.
bsteeer and oc CO last "Wednesday Neraon hongt Al
bet she Deh &c quo ou' the officer BROUGHT her said
che OF found ste aot Intoxicated III bsr bsr
shs bad been aud what caused her come an sS a.
been ~ her cousins No So Thirty street NJ W -
she sof On. OF The toe
abe s''sesed BY pA'ce u coiored Creased in
clothes thus was apout The middle Of the r.,
let her she aDel 10 get boat; thsv M -
sbe tot il she drans iTocI
sad abe would not 3riuk ~ om her description II Wa TO-
wal she sad The coDtenS
before when she sck me- s. 49,
ad bach and the other p0uei The r
asked why she did cry sac sad she could ust As
slsd Of the said, nv God
fsiher nd be knows what have will kul N.
then made effort 20 get - tbs mas aud they pushed her
Into the gutter before she could Get hey AL cellar
rot of sgbt she Got OF the
everything losked back ~ the said she drunk
ushed Of the Brookyu de. sDd IN
barge q officer who tod her 70 be station ogse
proved that she Lot in hquor her request she
,roustt te SAID she hsi rether tber mother
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