New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-09
THE PROSPECT STREET MURDER.
CORONERS INQUEST AND VERDICT OF THE
JCRY

JURY.
| Coroner Hanford OF Brooklyn held an inauesr on
Saturday over the body Of Cahsrne Butler, who d,d
as supposed from injuries infected by her husband.
Jertu lab Butler. The following geEilemen in
psnnsled ss urors and the subjoined evidence wa,
! taken:
Randolph Parkinson. Francis Eaton, John Perring.
berg. Richard c. Keeer John WORMS, Thos JllIan.
Il iOe. Ssuncers Gilbert Vaeutine.
DR. Philip G. Bieek testified 10 making post NOR
TEN examination along with DR.. Gray and foun con-
siderable bruises the neck, -houbes hips and legs
OF dect ased; also wound about inches long on the
back OF the head, apparently caused by 8 binnt
weapon; on removing the scalp We found consider
able extravesat.d blood caused by the bruises be-
tween the sea and the bone; there other bruises
on the top Of The head; on removing the scull We
foand bet"e.n three and four ognc@s of cosgusted
blood between the membrane and the brain, on the
tight side; sher removing it found large super
fetal VEN had been up'ured and csused this euson;
found fracture Of the skull the rupture csuset
probably By the blows on the head the i'm mediate
Of death this effu 700 Of blood the bran,
thereby causing depression; the other organs We're
/ he,bv.
Dr. Van Duyne's statement was corroborstive.
W. j. h. Butler, boy about eight years OF age,
te,fed that he is the son of jeremiah and Cabsrn.
Butler; at home Friday morning; father came to
the house Thursday night bet aud l2 clock
mother wes IN bed and BE drew her fiom behind the
bed by the hair and knocked her in the sid. and
the head; be then put her on chair and threw water
her, ana threw her down and kicked be- again
became she won d TO; speak; he said "Cath4rine,"
ard she did not wake up he tied 10 the bed and
tlen be went for doctor, and stayed away the whole
night. Before lie went be united me. and my mother
spoke to mc and told mt TO get tso pillows, for her
and for me- she wss lying the door at this time;
he bsC previously kicked her during the cav;
to the Ciy Hal that day, ard lawyer would speak
t. her. After gave her the pillow she Asked me
where father had gone / sa;d for a doctor, aud shc
said, Devil doctor him. then went 10 sleep, AMI
woke Up in the morning when father came with the
doctor; nv mott er Wa lying on the floor the doctor
examine the cut TO ace how deep 1t was and said II
vGs down 10 tie bOpe father said hair pin did it
The doctor { dnt know sny better; mother lookea a.
if she asleep they went away to get another doc
tor and they did not come back two Of the neghbors
stayed with mother till she diec went after doctor
TO tie Sta,ionbouse about IL O'clock and when
came back my mother was dead; saw father had
nothing in his hand; be had heavy boots on When
she -at the chair the blood ng out Of the
would On the back Of her head.
CathaIiue Mcclure testified that she was present
when DR. Duff probed the wound; Butler wa. there
at the tame she lying the floor, in-elsible il
was between and O'Clock; the wound was on the
back Of the head; it appeared to have beel an old
wound; Butler, it appeared TO me, wanted the coc-
tor TO say she drunk; saw Ca'harine frequently.
The past few days and the perfectly sober re.
NAMED wrh her yesterday until she died. il was ten
minutes to 70 O'Clock; have never seen Butler strike
hs wife, bat have her very much disdgurcd; she
got drunk sometimes have frequ' ntiy Butler
drunk.
Susan Buckley. who resides in the same house testi-
fed hat she had Better strike hi wife, but
had h ard him do 20 frt auenty had seen her bruised
fom these beaings; Jaw him strike her lat Sunday,
but don't ktow what IT was with it was decanter or
hing of the sort he struck her the head aud
che cane 20 me and showed me the lump the top
OF her head; it was not cut; heard him talk loud
about IL O'Clock pight before last an Billy crying
son, father, don't kill mamma" heard heavy fall;
down stairs and he ard her crying al mosning
afterwaid heard him scolding and calling her n4me,
aid telling Billy be would Kill her if he told of it. he
sent his boy to call me down about O'Clock yesterday
morning because she was sick; came and found Ser
lyIg on the floor sensib c; nobody else there
he said Here tbi. damned thing has fallen out Of bed
:" a. d cut her head | went 'or Mrs McGlane aud
when returned Butler and DIR. Duff were there; the
DR.. was probing the wound; | remained there till she
died; cant say when il was; think It WAS about
two hour after called; Butler and DIR. Daft went of
together
DR.. Duff, Of No. l9i Bidge-st swom-Testifes
that be was called to zee deceased between and 9
o'clock este rdsy mon ing, by Mr.. Butler found her
laboIIDg ubder compressIU oi the brain frun, as
supposed a rupture of a blood vessel of the brain;
be- ieve stated 70 To Mr.. Butler fodnd s,alp ~cund
II inch Ion the right side of the back part of the
head there were slight cont usion- near the right
shoulder; considerable swelling about the neck. prob
ably caused by interruption cf the circulation; saw no
marks If violence the neck; dit nothing Ter heri
thought il use; examined the wound ana ouhd
that the skull not fractured thougut sne would
die; caed about three hours after, aud she was dead
when Butler firs called on me he slated that Ills wie
had fallen out Of bed and, "a be supposed, fell upon
hair pin ard cut her head he wanted me to dre's II,
and stated that she was a habitus druukard; he
Gtayo yoied to make me believe tia, she had received
her injuries by falling while drunk Thick the wound
must have been inflicted by rome blunt instrument,
very recently; Il bar pin could not have made the
wound; the heel of boot might.
The jury, after short dellberaon, found that de-
ceased to her death by compression Of the BRAIN
produced by violence the part of Jeremiah Butler.
The prisoner brought before Justice Smith, and
waving AL examinstiop committed TO jail for .ral.