New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-14
ABURGLAR KILLED.
,oROEER'S INQuISITlON.

81 hody OF hJtlt, WIN uscu tOnc ~
,b.n repor.ed, from the effects Of garsnot wo0nd
,eceved DUNG the riot Of the AR inst on the corner
~ f,ayard and Mulberry streets.
Myers. ss appears from the testimony taken, was
.no. bu. not in the riot; be would have saved he
reputation had such been the case A; The t'me The
fatal bullet pierced his body, he, with two others,
we're in the act OF breaking into and robong The store
Of Henry McLane, No. 1850 Broadway, OIL the night
ofthe Cd inst.
Mr.. McCahm, engaged in the store IN question:
having received information that the premises were u
be forced open OF the night of the 81 inst, TOOK
with him Mr. John Kelly, both fully armed to the
teeth. and av aited the arrival ofthe deprediIors'
They no: long kept in suspense sor In about ten
minutes after the store VIZ closed by the porter, the
bargsrs cs.ae n by mean, of false keys, where they
met warm reception, terminating in the fatal wound
ing of Myers. The latter, although badly shot, MAJ
aged 10 escape from the premises with his eonied-
ero:es and rode home, bleeding profusey IN the cars
as be went.
The following is the evidence adduced before the
Coroner and il is of quite an interesting character
Ann Myers being sworn, says-Deeeased was my ny
husband; July ,, about 8 o'clock in the evening, he
left the house to take walk, was his CUSTOM ne
returned at 10 o'clock, sat down. and said, Il an
shot" said, "My God, who did It !" he answered
tha. he did Rot know, and again said, " when 4 &c.
well will tell you" but that he could not tell me
now he said that he rode up TO Nineteenth street IN ne
cars after receiving the wound immediately Sent ioI
physician who said that he would come up III the
morning as he could not to extract the ba,l III
night: in the morning the physician came and ex,
tracted a large leaden ball from deceaseds back; L
flung the ball away; my husband never told me VINO
shot bin; be had no enemies that knew OF; 10 ~
know where be was going TO when he left the house
bis mind has been wandering since Saturday; my hus
band had no firearms Of his own; the physician at.
tended him up to the time of his DEATH which was at
o'clock Friday last; was married to Myers IN fh-
adephia in 1915, as near as can recollect; we were
married by an Alderman whose name do not know;
we moved TO this city about New Years; my husband
trimmer by trade; we moved to Philadelphia in
August; had previously resided in this city We then
lived in Twenty-seventh street. between Eighth ana
Ninth avenues; my husband was in no business for
several years; did not know why be had no business
recognize the bags shown me they belonged TO my
husband and other men; do not know their names;
they were men, and used TO 60 with my husband there
were two who left the house just before my hus-
band on Thursday night; my husband wanted Inc to
make the bags; lie did not tell me for what one OF the
men who left with my husband was tall man whose
name was John -; he had heavy head OF hair,
sprinkled with gray; no whiskers was dressed
in dark clothes | do not know where he lives;
he used TO come to my house quite often ne
was about 40 years Of age the other man was some
shorter than John, and stout, dressed in dark
clothes; he about % years old; his name was
"Joe;' he has not been coming to my house Tor me
last month or SO; my husband returned by himself;
these two came in little while after; they
asked, "What is the matteri" said, "John is shot"
a man by the name Of Moses Enrich went after the
doctor; no one else came that night; Officer Hogan,
of the Chiefs Office, came to my house about four
weeks ago; he asked me if my husband was In;
said no, he was not; there another officer with
him. they went ont, and meeting my husband they
talked with him awhile; when my husband came back
] said, "Who are those men p he said, They are
two officers" asked him what they wanted; he
said that they for money and that he had given
them $25; asked him why he gave them that money;
he answered that as my mother was here, he not
wanting her to know about it, or he would not have
given him cent; l understood that he gave. the
money as hush money he has given them money before
these men were dressed in citizens clothes; my hus-
band told that Hogan belonged to the Chiefs Office
Hogan came here again about the 4th Of July; he
asked me if John was in; told him that he was not;
he talked awhile; he then said, "Tell him that Will
be here between two and three o'clock on Monday,
the other mans name is Radford-a stout man, with
moustaches dressed very gay, with diamond breast
pin; my husband was arrested several years ago
for burglary; he was arrested about two years ago,
and was taken to the Chiefs Office and releasedi he
was arr, sted about six years ago; know Chrich he
and my husband had great deal OF together;
he lived in Tenth street. between First avenue and Av-
cnue C.; be now lives at No 212 Eighth avenues there
was man named John Miller who used to come to
on house; Hogan at my house the day before my
husband was dying; he asked if John was at home;
said, "No-he has gone to Phladelphiai ne saa
that he wanted TO see him, and then lett; was gong
to give him some money. but as he left soon dld
not; four or five weeks ago Hogan came ill., and
was going INTO the bedroom; l sad, Don't ,t, go
in" he went in | said, "lou have a hard cheek;
he said, "May be | will have, harder one;
said May be you will and may be yOu won t.
Cecilia Brown, residing at No. $50 Lewis street,
being sworn. says-I have known the deceased seven
years. kept boarding house, and he and his wife
boarded with me; he had no business then; l have
seen him frequently since he returned from PhilaGel
phia: visited the deceaseds family ON the 9th OF
July: deceased was sick abed asked his wife what
81. ,o+t.r ebaG IA mot toll 1
a conversation with him; lie told NE that he was
shot; he cid not tell me how he was shot at that
time; then went home; called on them again on
Monday; dressed his wounds; On Tuesday night ne
sent for lie to come over, aud asked me If could
come aid take care OF him | went again; had no
conversation with him at that time in regard to his
wound on Thursday morning, at o'clock, ne was
somewhat wandering in his mind he said, discon.
nectedy / unlocked tue door and let the two IL;
felt something strike my side unlocked the door
and they out; after that walked on the other
and rode down to Nineteenth street after this he
became more wandering in his wind; he said that he
was shot in Broadway; he said nothing else in refer
ence to his injuries; i do not know deceaseds ac-
quaintsnces; have heard u great many cay that
they did not get their living honestly; man called
on Thursday, whore name l understood to be
Hogan; / understood that he was a discharged
ssx Ter h aYss aa not he Ssnt oon HI"
Edward L. McCallum, residing in Thirty, sixth
street, being sworn, says-I am foreman for Henry
McLare, No. 1850 Broadway; he keeps clothing
store on the morning Of July 9, the man who opens
the store gave letter purporing to come from
neghbor, stating that he three men at our locks
the night previous and that he could not find police
man. concluded TO stop in the store that night an
other man by the name Of John Kelly stopped with
me; we armed ourselves with rifle and other weap.
ons about 10 o'clock the porter locked the store and
took the keys with him; in about ten minutes We
heard some one unlock the first lock- twenty minutes
ai,erward the other lock was unfastened; there
three men who came into the store; we waiting
in the buck ROOM there was no light the men shut
the door after them the last standipg by the door