The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-01

O. Have you the corpse which has been found
Q. what is your inn resson with regard 70 10 A. Ny
impress Ion h that II Is that of nv wife
DO you know her by any market A. do not vecog.
nise the marx under the ye from her general appearance
should think II was her
Have you seen the clothing found on this bodyf A.
O. Do you identify any of iu A. do not recognize tho
Had sDs any popularity fastening her clothesf A.
O. Had she ever any family A. No, sir, she preg
pant once, but bad . miscarriage.
DO you know Of any ore who could have reason
for getting her out OF the wy2 A. know ., who
would have any reason for numbering except somo
persons whose transactons she was zant Of and
fsarec their expoure to me-.
Q. Who were theyf A. Their names are Mclaughlin,
Q. Do you know these menS A. have seen More q.
Sparks In New York
g VIVA. Is McIAughlins businessf A. That of thief
How do you know than A. He Is known BY thas
Q Whit about the other menY A. William Sparks,
corner OF Pearl snd Chatham streets; do know tho
name Of the oaher man; would know him ifI saw him
q. BY foren an Of Jury-Abou, what time u when
you FIRST your wife In New York; A. Il was evening
when nrst saw my wife in Ne~ York; about the last OF
Q. Where were you and she then, A Up in room Nc.
10, corner of Orchard and Canal streets.
Q Did you stay there that nighu A. stayed there
@ Did sEe stay, A No, sir.
Was che pleased 70 see your A. She was eased 10
@ Had you lived peaoeably beforsi Previous 70 her
coming 10 New York We lived peaceably.
Q. Did you ever strike herr A. No. sir.
q Where did she live after she moved from Hester
street, A. Corner Of Orchard and Canal strests
Q. How did you obtain an interview with bert A.
waited outside Till saw her 60 In; knocked 1t the door
Of the room; she opened q side window and II
told her that If she did open door burst
opeD French people who lived door Out,
What Sa h s,' "s sy u. o.
John Actauahn ~ the perron who had been living with
her q her husband they told they wond get couple
Of police oncers, which they did, the o6ces cane, and
she went out Ia another room In which . Dutch woman
lived; the officers Knocked At the door and demanded
Q. Did she come outi A. she came out Int her own
room before the ,fhcen had got back.
of has sS them up and put Ssm in another soom
and told her That they we're bought with my money and
would take eli her furniture the next day The officer asked
would not be Afraid TO stay tnere told her go stay,
and she went with the officers remained there mil
two O'Clock; Mclaughlin cAme with q couple OF
ofcers, and wanted 70 open the would not and
tod him II he diI would blow their brains out; stad
NV went 70 icoE for cart % carry ..sy he iSnss;
gone hour, meanwhile Sparks and Mclaughlin had
~ Pa ~ e GO h bach ssy came dow. and
were bis; told him abe my wife; they said, "Do
you know tha. black has rsh. 70 have .ifeT'
Sparks handed Mclaughlin pistol and asked how
would Nike % hsht duel with hi a; told them not
afraid Of balls, away and found DOT that had
Bseimsd street, and to lawyer SPENCER, corner Of
Leonard street and Broadway, up stairs SPENCER told mo
he would take my case Judge Osborn said was bad
niger and had better 30 away; have never gct my
l furniture snCo.
O Did you zee your wife srcrwsrdsf A. saw her At
II Iaurens street, when little quarrel occurred bet
her and me, she being alone oy nerseh an officer
sent for who threatened TO arresme, telling him my
business there he allowed 20; ner Afterwards
In Bayard suess and went with twice the house IL
Grand street, previous 10 this second meeting Of II
Laurens street, received s2 from Sparks he gave
me 10 80 10 Boston and insisted my immediate depar-
| ture.
O. How did you ind that she was stopping at No. II
LAurens street, A. By Of letter cosored
Of Chatham and Reade endea vorod 70
gain admttance, but told she there her
shortly Afterwards coming out when she invited 70
back with her, when fracas occured Boston
| the 16lh Of April.
@ Did you see that days A. saw her on the cor
ner Of Baxter and Leonard streets.
Was she 10 return with your A. She made arrange.
mems with me 70 go on TO Boston that day. but she did no.
| leave ill the next day
her the 23d DAY or April when pu her on tho
In the afternoon Of the day gay 10 New
York; che told me on leaving she would write
New York, which abe did went 70 Lowell exhibit Gu
ro.iiy, The way stuffed calf In conjunction Win
another man stopped In Lowell 1t Bep amin MoiviIIes
Page street Between my arrival, the 23d OF April
ano the aob OF Nay was not absent from my boarding
house tw enty four hours
Since Thursday, when the above testimony was taken
The negro has been walking the Of Newbure and
talking freely He identifies the Initials on the breasnin
tbose OF the name by whioa his wife ha, pa,sed
He rays he has never noticed auy pecuharity In tho
formation Of the toes, has wife, any mole on her leg
out solely from her general appearance The ooers
are busy hunting up the Witnesses, and before
marked, may while bro~ing some light this case de-
velope some facts nh reference a recent mysterious
murder Ia the city
since wiring the above we learn that officer Clark has
succeeded in securing Mclaughlin, Sparks and several
other important Witnesses, with whom viii proceed TO
Newburg this morning. There be doubt their
proceedings.