The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-30
COrOners' Once.
THE CANNON STREET MARsLAUGHTER CASE.

THE CANNON STREET MANsLAUoHrER CASE.
The Coroners inquest in the case OF Jacob Rcherter,
who killed at No. 50 Cannon street Sunday after
noon, while engaged in nght witha German and his
wRe named Henry and Eva Semmst, was concluded yes
terday at the Eleventh ward station house, by Coroner
Hills The evidence adduced went 70 corroborate the
count which have already published in relation to the
occurrence duplicating the accused in the deadly assault
made upon deceased large number of witnesses
examined, all Of whom agreed the nature and
Of the assault The of deceased Andrew Rcherter
gave detailed account Of the whole matter, which
substantiated by all the other witnesses His evidence
reads as follows:-
Andrew Richerter residing at SO Cannon street, leng
duly sworn, deposes and says-Deceased was my father
on Sunday ast, between ! and O'Clock, went down
stairs into tire yard to get pail of water, and as was
turning the handle of the hydrant boy of the prisoner
snow on his sleeves the boy went up stairs as was going
up with my pail of water and as was just turning the
second fight Of stairs met the prisoner and the boy
coming down; the prisoner then asked me what had
thrown snow on the boy sad that had not thrown
and tell my father; he did in English; my father said,
speak German, SO cannot understand English much"
the prisoner then talked in German, saying had thrown
his boy my father said the prisoner did talk
right do not remember what said when my father
told him TO walk out before any bad luck would happen;
the prisoner then said Icannot talk you that way''
my father then took hold Of prisoner To put him out
my father had told the prisoner two three times go
my father thought the prisoner wanted to make rou
ble there had been bad feelings between the deceased
and prisoner all summer the deceased took hold of the
prisoner to put him he took hold Of deceased when
they both got out into the entry they kicking each
other as far as could the prisoner made the first
strike, striking the deceased the chin the deceased
had the prisoner beside the railing and could have pitched
him down stairs he had mind to; the prisoner then
begged to be let and deceased let him co. the prisoner
got around at the deceased again. the prisoner wife now
came up having acub under her apron looking like
handle and with struck deceased twice under the tenn
ple and then hid under her apron and stood looking
few seconds she then drew the club again and struck
deceased in the back of the head che made fourth
blow but missed she then bid the club under
both hands, holding the prisoner off the deceased
did not strike after this Casper Myer then
up, hearing the disturbance, AMI approached
his room the prisoner said to Myer that il he pulled him
off when he was lighting again he would give him pun
shing the deceased sat down and said he getting
dizzy the prisoner very angry and said to my father
that If he could get another chance al him would
have TO fall down before him. the prisoner said that if he
got deceased in his hands again he would not get out be-
fore he would die this said in German the prisoner
then went down stairs haoong butt could not hear what
he said the deceased bathed his head he laid down,
and fell as he getting in the bed the deceased direct
ed me to bahe his head; he said that the water not
hot enough he did not speak again. do not think il
more than ten minutes after he got into the room before
he was dying.
The testimony Of the witness who followed young Rich
erter nothing than repetition of the above,
refrain from publishing IT, However, give space to
the testimony Of the physicians, as follows
TIE MEDICAL TESTIMONY.
Doctors Fnne Ferguson and Beech, being duly sworn,
deposed and said-We have made post morem exami.
nation Of the body of George Rcherter lying dead
So Cannon street found small confusion the
erna angle OF the leteye there wound appear
ance OF injury oany part OF the scap close inspection Of
the skull fracture could be dscovered removing the
cavenum the external surface of the brain presented
natural appearance; on raising the cerebellumn We
found large clot of blood in the interior OF its left Lobe
the brain tissue at this point torn through and small
clot of blood passed under the middle lobe Of the brain
from the history OF the ana the post mortem exam
nation Of opinion that deceased came 10 his death
by compression Of the brain from external blows the
suit of injuries TO the head; would further state TO the
jury that persons die occasionally from exavasaton OF
blood into the cerebeum, such met with in de-
ceased who had received any injury the head
the and constitution Of deceased aggravated by
sion excitement, conducive the production Of
apoplexy.
The then given the Jury who after de-
liberation rendered the following
We find that Jacob Rcherter'cam TO his death by com
preston Of the brain from extravasated blood the resn
OF violence receive al the hands OF Eva and Henry Sem
met on the 9th December 1857, nj No So Cannon street
Upon the rendition Of the verdict Coroner Hills pro-
ceeded 10 examine the accused Semmet in his
ton stated that he 20 years old, native of Ger
many and lived AZ No. 81 Cannon street. In relation 10
the charge preferred against him, he sad;-I did not
strike the deceased until he struck twice the face
Eva Semmet IN her examination said" The deceased
struck me nrst and then struck him on the back with
small stick Of wood
Coroner Hills concluded allow the male prisoner 10
90 large upon bail but committed his wife prison
await the action Of the Grand Jury.