New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-18
TIE SPRING STREET MYSTERY.
INQUEST BY CORONER CONNERY THE
MYSTERY SOLVED.

Coroner Counery held an inquest yesterday at a.
H.. at the Fourteenth Ward Station House, upon tho
body of William Williams, clerk in the drugstore at
the corner of Spring and Mott streets, who was found
dead at the store early Tuesday morning. IL will be
remembered that the circumstances under which the
body of the deceased was discovered gave rise to
suspicion that the man had been murdered by his wife,
With a view to elicit all the evidence possible 10 the
case the inquest was deferred till yesterday morning
TIE wife of the deceased was present. She Il young
woman about % years Of age, and quite modest ana
progressing in appearance. She seemed deeply
| affected at the melancholy death OF her husband.
The following is the evidence and the verdict of the
| Jury in the
Jt seph b. Perrig was the rst witness called, and
testified as foows-I am physician, aud proprietor
of the drug store at No. ~ Spring street. deceasc1
| VIM. Nliams, was a clerk IN IHy employ; he had
been with me only two weeks | never saw hun under
the influence OF liquor the last time saw him awe
was at lOy o'clock on Monday night, in the store his
wife was III the store when left; she was perfectly
sober: | went home 10 No. 100 OOster street, ano
left deceased and his wife in the store; was told 0
deceaseds death Tuesday morning about clock, by
Dr. Sheehsn; | went 10 the store aud found deceased
lying bis back, dead, in the store by his side was
a bottle of arsenic, a phial 81 hydrCgeannlc acd,
and q bottle Of sulphuIic acid in his pocket Was
bottle containing about drechm Vt suiph morphinei
| know nothing further as to the occurrence:
DR.. John L. Gafrisn was next sNOIu' Gnu gave inc
| following evidence made post-mOtem examine
| ton of the body Of Wm. Williams, the deceased,
f,und his face covered with blood which had flowed
from scalp wound Just above the left superclsTy
ridge there was further external mark OF violence:
the wound wa a clean incised wound half all inch
in length and had the appearance OF having been cut
with piece Of glass proceeded to examine the brain
ftbe dec 10 the effect Qthe wound there was
no fusion Oi blood in any part Of the BRAIN found,
however ell the vessels vi the brain cOngested there
was 10 evidence Of congestion; the thora1 and aldo
men were in healthy condition. as ao the he Art snd
eft lung the right lung gave evidence OF diseased
chronic adhesiOns | removed the stomach 10 make
careful and thorough analysis Of rs contents; about
the only food in the stomach were some straw
berries. partially dgestedi q chemical analysis dis
covered the presence OF prlssle acid and laudanami
there was enough Of poison in the stomach 10 produce
Death il il my opinion that the deceased came to MS
death by pTussie acid aud lAadanUm administered
either Ly himself or some other person.
Dr. Patrick l.. Sheehan next swOrn-l am physi-
clan aid reside at No. ii Spring street; on tuesday
morning before / O'Clock, having been called on, on
o professional visit, | passed by Mr. P-nys drug
store there was a light in the store, and went IN;
found deceased and ms wife inside they were both
perfectly sober: deceased introduced me to his wife
We bad some conversation, among which Mrs. VII
lians stated that che was al Irishwouan aud hal
once been in the employ of the Marquis Of Water
ford; in short time he swallowed some tncture OF
gentan, when be put out the light aud locked up the
store; walked with them short distance, when tisy
went down the BOwery they were on most anhea Pis
terms, APPARENTLY; know deceased was ID ih' haoi'