The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-13
THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE CORoNtRS INQUEST.
THE MEDICAL TESTIMONY.
THE CLOSE OF THE EVIDENCE.
Evans Still in the Virginia Penitentiary.
Is Farren's Testimony Reliable?
&C. &c 40

The inquest of the Bond street murder was
ooutnued yesterday morning at Ii O'CLOCK The excite
nent In front Of the dwelling not to decrease
any, although the crowd in attendance s not by any
means 90 large 1t has been for days past
MEDICAL TESTIMONY.
The nrut witness pla sed BON stand Dr. William
Knight Previous to his examination the Coroner stated
that the jury had his testimony In the commencement OF
the II had appeared In the statement made by Dr.
Woodward and others, but the jury thought proper
they could ask Dr. KNIGHT his opinion to the wounds,
&c.
Judge Cspron-Did you hear Or, woodwarts testimo-
ny a. was given yesterday. If you nave heard can
you corroborate the whole any part fNS
wtness-I have heard the testimony Of Dr. woodward,
and believe corroborate 1t In the msu points.
Judge Capron-wen, will swear you, D. ctor.
Dr. Knight was then sworn and examines Q follows
Q. We're you present at the examination Of Dr. Wood
wardS A. was.
O. Did you hear and understand his evidences A.
j did.
@ Do you agree with his statement in whole or with
any part Of NJ A, agree With him In nearly oil he said.
O. Ii there any portion Of that you disseu, from him
in2 A. The only part OF the evidence wnere do not
sgree with him portion Of gives opn-
on TO the wound Ia tho neck being given from behind
and cannot state my opinion on that point,
Q You decline giving your opinion then on that pont'
@ Do you agree with him respecting the character Of
Q. nmay be i'm portant 70 inquire Of you whether II
would make any difference In the respecting h' man
difference opinion the uDcer..ny Of the question
upon which ytu dntr with him - 70 bow long he would
i've after receiving this wourdH A. 10 my opinion he
would live about seconds ater he received this wound
in the neck.
You don seem to unacrssaud .hs question. Would
sc make any difference in the length OF time he would
live whcther be struck from behind before' 4.
would not make any difference all iu nv ju igmeut.
Judge oipronEwel do not deem proper TO ~a'se any
Juror-Dd you examine the content, OF the stomach,
The deceased been eating bis dinnsri A. Wsdd eI,mina
the contents Of the s,omacn, and should think from ns
or and hail. probably tao hours previous to
death
mschs Asmsn portion Of meat, como pec OF pickles
@ Osn you tell 70 half hour the time he dinsd' A.
DR.. stephen A. Main (rccsilca) the mex. witness
examined He iestided As follows
Nr Capron-We with little explanation nom you In
reference 10 The blood iound on the front door By The
policen What time dd you come aso ,u's house on
that Saturday morn'nsf About half pAs' eight OF
o. When did ytu d.covsr the blood toe front door,
Il II Af ha1 eoue for policeman, snd hsd tarn-
ed back expecting arrival Of the Co, looked
ior traces OF blood wherever we could noi tnemi We
then the front door, where we suo spot OF
Q You entered the house before the poiosn.n' A.
o Could tbs, policeman have pu, the blo,d on the
door himself A No, he could not Was here before
the poics and 20 he could not have pat toste
cdeitaiy or other wise might as we'll say here sas'
the policeman had not been up stairs 10 'os ooay ~nen
Ne discovered The blood on the front door
O You are sure he had no: seem the oody previous
a npdng the spot Of olood an even he nsd u
oaId not make any difference whaever Tor wne1 saw
the body turned over oa sne door the blood on ne
clothing the deceased WAS 90 d5y maj dd mol sAn
O. How sh VAS the spot Of blood on the from, door
from the lock A, Aoou, ten inches from the upper
g How many Iee, above the aoor' From four feet
Q Have you examined The door since thai Time A.
DO YOU know whether that spot OF blood II now
A. Il was taken of last Sunday By one OF the medical
gentlemen attendance hsre; The Spots OF blood on the
hall wall remain % found them
Mr. Capron-rbat Ia all will thank you not 10 leave
The room 80 something might be wanted OF you
yosge Caprop-Gentemen OF shs JarY the uoroner
desires TO ray 70 hat he has seat Tor zoe oook
OF msrr,sess who married Mrs Cat guam sad so ne
,oody will read the entry made in THIS ooot OF sue
marriage Under the date Of marriages ase tne
sslsbo % tober 2s ana the character 'so unoer tne
title of names VI parties IL Harvey Burdel ma Augas
a. Cur bamn ueder the title scondtoo against MI
urdeIls name !, 49," nearing suppose "oso man
,a.n,. name IN .sw under the tito "nau rtty II Nes
jYort.u against Mr. Burdeu, and "Nes YORK oy ~ -
assns, mrs oononshsm uoser 'ne u"S ~. ssw's
ssbr rnSsr the title ''residencc again" tne u'c,or
name blank, against the ladys name mo si @ s,no
street - under the nte color .s.,,ss shs ADV
rama n Ts2 Green Itch strcetihat s, the cery man
house hcp under the whole, written appsreoty pen
ell or very paie INK are ane:e c"n,o,sam No 81 Bond
,sss ssusbtey of The bride The remainder IN very
black ink, and that npe u In pale ink or u h psnou
aoo-,,s y : ae.iuir, OF the en,ry-shose words
ttalicized being written In penci-