New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-09

M .hrost and dragged her into the back room; was
afraid to go out for polcemsn thought mere were
o. t me If went out; went 70 the door of the
and lid them there was an officer there when three Of
them went out Of the back window and the 0thsr
vert out Of the front door,
Leslie Blackburn Of No. q Greenwich street de.
po-ed that be lived st bis brothers store, No log
Greenwich street; met james OTooe, Morris
o Cornell. hoy csllcd Sailor Dan, Fairy Divine and
VIM Hsgan at No. sc Greenwich street, taking to.
resnwch streets, but crossed over to No. 80 Green
vich street. when one Of them ssid Let us 90 down
and get come money from HIM" ! think Morris
OCoI nell was the person who fret said Let us 90
down into The bssernt MT" then Hagan, Cornell and
O'ToOe started for the basement / think they went
into the entry and INTO the back basement; Divise,
the sailor boy and mysef stopped for about ten if
teen minutes after the boys went down into the base
eLt; the boy called Sailor Dan then went into the
basement went as far a. the door and heard some
loud taking; think it vas womsn's voice; I then
went down into the basement and said 10 the be-
hind the bar Whats the matter ~ he was the boss;
room commenced talking in Dutch to the man behind
the bar theb went into the room and Hagan
g cut of he room; said something to him, and then
IN where ssw James ToOle lying on the body of
oman on the bed the woman might be the person
who is oead for eught know; then left the room
end went through the bar up stairs; Hagan followed
me, and think O'Toole likewise; they said to me,
Morris is down there yet, and is dong the same az.
outsi6e few minutes; Morris did not come on; he
was the ast man in the base neut there music in
Walkers public house, ACROSS the street, where we
went over, and stopped outside the door for few
minutes; there was with me except Hlgsn;
we then went away and met Toole on the corner of
Greenwich ard Morris Streets be- Divine, Uagan and
myself went up Rector street to Broadway and then
came down Morris street; while coming down Morris
street we met OCOnDel, who said TOole was going TO
be arrested Tooe laughed at o Connell, and 30 did
all Of us; a boy by the name Of Smith, who lives in
Trinity place, said the woman at No. 80 was dead;
the witness John Weikle, then came across Green
Wch street and said the woman was dead; he went
up Rector street when we followed him; we stood on
The GOMEZ of TiLpot alley, when think T0ole came
up and stood with us; Morris then went home to bed
sm pretty that OConnel was the last person in
the cellar; Toole lives at No. 80 Greenwich street,
Hogan lives in Washington street; Morris lives at No.
81 Greenwich street; Divine lives at No. "a Green
witch street, and live at No. % Greenwich street;
saw TOole this morning, but did not zee any of the
woman others said that Sailor ID an had aso heard
that Sailor Dan went to Mobile this morning; do not
know where the other parties are.
By Jurcr-Toole was the person who was having
connection with the woman who was on the bed; l
old not Morris having connection with the wO nan;
saw DO one holding deceased; saw no one in the
banoom but the woman who was talking Dutchi my
Impression ia that the boys forced the girl.
Christian Martin No 80 Greenwich street depose l.
That he was the husband Of the first witness am
tailor by trade, but keep lager beer saloon at the
above numbers keep prostitutes at my place; about
81 O'Clock lsst night some one knocked at the door
and asked to b admitted l refused to admit them;
they threw bricks at the door they then went round
to the back door, when my wife told me to open the
door for them; Of the forced open the door "
front the Others who in the yard, were then ut
in by the back basement door; there were three or
four then in the basement one of them attacked
ny wife, when che told them that she was married;
then the deceased nterfered, and told the men that
they should sit down ard keep quiet then they took
hold Of deceased and carried her into little hall one
of them took her by the legs and the other by the
head ard land her bed in the bedroom; one of the
two who carried her in was Morris; / saw Norris
throw dece ased on the bed and there have connection
with her. locked for club, but could not lind any;
the deceased was screaming and struggling at the
time; ssw no one else having connection with de-
ceased beside Morris; my wife went out after the po-
lice while staid in the basement; heard Blackburn
tell the to go out of the place; don't know how
many persons there were in the basement; was SO
much confused could not tell one of the men tried
TO have connection with my wife, but she got away
from him. they also tried to have connection with my
wifes sister but fsiled in the attempt; they had no
connection with any one in the basement except de-
ceased.
THE POST MoRTEM EXAMINATION.
Thomas Finnell, of No 80 Grand street, beiu |,
duly sworn, says: held a post-mortem examination
on the body of a woman now living dead at the sub
Station House in Trinity place. the thr at was bu sed
and scratched more or ess on the rlgh. side OF the
peck, such a. would be produced by strsngulation
the genital organs were much bruised and swollen, aud
u email Iaceratl0p fOunu al the part
vagina; the stomach was veg much distended with
gas and contained large amount OF food; the liver
was much diseased being in that con dton called err
hosts; there enlargement ct the thyroid gland
pressing upon the trachea or wndpipe this condition
of the gland is common to persors living in Switzer
land aud tho dsease is called gOitre bronchocee
am of opinion that deceased came TO her death by
strarguation; a moderate amount of strangulation
sc uld have produced death In this instance.
With tie doctors testimony the nqusition was con-
GUIDED and the Coroner briefly reviewed the the prin
opal scts to the Jury, whom he called upon to render
verdict which would tend to bring the perpetrators Of
this Infamous affair within the scope of the law.
The Jury then withdrew for deliberation and after
being gone nearly twenty minutes returned with YER
dict as follows:
ave find that the deceased, Teresa Spitzin, came
10 her death from violence received at the hands Of
Morris OCoDnell and James Toole, and that Sailor
Dan and William Hagan were accessories before the
fact. Further, that Morris O'Connell and james
Toole had criminal intercourse with the deceased by
means of force and violence. We request and hope
that in the present alarming state of crime 10 this
city, the Mayor ard every good citizen will not only
offer reward for the apprehension Of the offenders,
but that the police will be instructed to use every means
to have them arrested
Upon the rendition of the above verdict, warrants
were Issued for the apprehension of the accused par
ties and the same were placed in the hands of Officer
Shar gle Of the Coroner's Office for execution.
The deceased was poor but respectable woman,
aud had been in this country but about is months.
During the passage from the old country her husband
ard child fell overheard, and were drowned. OF late
she sctsd as cook for Mr. Frederick Zoeppeitz keep
ipg a drug store corner Of Greenwich and Cedar
streets, and lodged in the premises where she was
killed, because she was only charged sxpsnce nigh.
for a bed.
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nell had been seen dodgirg about the Fourth Ward,
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