New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-21

"a Jury W thse.s G,szheg the ee.c o. Iouh p0',
lCulfe of tn rnufd Of Ann Hcrkins ~ N'f'h sur %
lMr Hsn aud new irrT W. inPsffeied NJ. Bu'ie't
f., the prisoner dii wish tortnay 20
hem 20 testify whether ny one them bid such Peudiee
s'Hsi ,oored Hen - IN Wv u ibe charSe 95osl. ~
hs ei-ntyir -, murder Il white Pr would eseif pr
Jaded freuoe he ne Jursr N the case ana II 81 u
their 81 ihris ? ~, were ume sisi ~ supplied
M t is. T,se ,hI ' Ts.S4 On is st q se S
Nar'a .is I'D 20. ;Ie bloody s'tsHss. o, -, o.
TIE fme VEN tssfcd directly 70 val 90 het
john Al Cord police naa OF the Fih District cs,hri toas
he iouId the deceased tue morning ~ TIE a 81 Ni9 a
about O'clock al, h;ween West bIoad~sy sad rug
'ou street icadHS from ". "Hn sheet 10 1es "a .ss
that street her body ly about twenty tc Tom oa
se' toward tie Of The alley she ss deal hr
~ two place on cut immediately undrt vac . , y
from 10 the other sssh io~er down ana n'' 80
crnSh' VI her hand n'ec-ni piece ,o-e on ntr 81 80
Tie handle # by her side blood wss tracked from me
nous by drop, scattered intervals snd ,h- 'eVra h.h'
Of ep. 20 The fourth story tai IL led 70 Dorsey door; dISp
~ hand .mesi blood and also on
the right skirt Of blue o'ercosi belonging to the prisoner
sLor eidr on ine i Of house N me rra, 81 .ae o
about M O'Clock 'ha, Night talking colorcd not the
prisoner knows the prisoner her talking about half min
r -, IA. = ~. ~ "a Nm =, hi Soor AID in
bed about quart OF blood ay around where the deceased
bowl in adjoining which directly communicated With
that IL which Dorsey The blade found on the smoke
bou considerably o,ched in the edge tow,rd the top Of
the sde and the wound on the right side OF tue sr'
- ~. found rsgsed.
Ocer A P D.vis sworn-Corroborstei the material
part. 81 the foregoing testimony and ,dded that shirt
found tucked the foot Of Doreys bed sud blood
discovered right wrsbsnd Shirt exhibited in
also bace and broken handle found IN
th- pool Of blood beside the deceased
Josephine Dixon cooredl said she lived m The third
story TIE building q which Dorsey occupied tae
fourth that the murd rcd girl had made her home with her
about preceding her death that she went out
sht March about y O'clock and tia. abe
DID her again till sier her assassination that about
O'Clock the night she heard distressing coming
from III, alley in Question aud In moment AFTER raisinz the
window she tall. dark in from the alley aud
the -yea! stairs TO Dcrscy door, aud heard the door
shut.
lydia Gro-s ore sworn alec heard this attended
by something falling like bag snd immediately after heard
psn sknk long rapid strides toward the door of this
r-ar building.
Mr.. Helrna Burdoe (colored) .worn-Hesrd Dorsey say
before the tragedy he meant to have hs
woman; she (witnes occupies the
with him he that gh az 10 and cam- back between
y that she him the shirt with the blood mark
day Put and he put Il was the only white
shirt no hsd has Dorsey whe-handed razor 70
shave with
Jshn Wilson (coloed Coroborated the above wit
a, 10 the Dorsey he (Nson) occupying
adjoining room: that he had Dorsey shave with both
white black handled that the ster had blade with
vsr nochss the of the blade precisely correspond
ing blade found the Of the smoke house in the
of Dofsey's room window.
Officer smith ,worn-Su.aned the evidence OF the other
officer. blood marks found and also that the empty
razor found in the rghhsnd pocket Of the blue
claimed by Dorsey.
Here the prosecution rested aud having reached the hour
decided TO hearing the till to
occupation sailor, born in ST. Do
r,in-o, aud . twenty six years Of age.
Adjourned 10 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning