New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-21
THE TENTH-AVENUE MURDER.
THE PERPErRATOR KNOwN-CoNFEssroN
OF WITNESS.

OF A WITNESS.
FLIGHT AND ESCAPE or THE MURDERER.
The mystery which surrounded the recent mn-der
Of Mr. John Swenson, in Tenth avenue, near r~enty
rst street. on Saturday night last has been pell
bv the arrest and confession of Daniel Canninglsn
boy l6 years of age, residing at No. 20 Tenth ssAa
who was in company with the murderer a the tina
the bloody deed was committed. The fatal sab wU
given by James Rogers, a young fellow sboat ls
years Of age.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning Coroner Hills 70
tumed bis investigation in the matter Of Mr. Ssenson,
when the boy Cunningham, who had heeL arrested By
tie police was brought before the Coroner and JaTy.
After berg placed under cath, young Cunningham
proceed to reveal all the facts in bis posse rel
tive to the bloody and unprovoked murder. The fol-
lowing is copy of the testimony and the ve-dic' Of
the jury:
about 10 clock coming down Tenth svense t.o b9Js
rsmse 5 and SusS ns. srus & on d. s
side q the .,enue coming down they TUNED INTO ne .vsrS. M
The inCsl with b: elbow IN her S The ms: % sSrssi I
ciyIe; ed to pull Rsss ssy believe da
:tIie Fmy Jimmy walked w % psSs' NV ss'y 3 s1d SSa sa
ny, see him open ti: Inte when be turned
stabbed the man hs.Id the woman .h,s. = ais n
whether he hit the .hs ,s.Oa sapp,..a
the ata to rue Il. ass
sn sE s. =, id '1 not e 4. s.s M 80
the other boy went down tbs avenue to Nns,sen.s ss
c a' ~Sen the sS1 stsb va. given have ay I
.h as S%y Sa; yna nsf Ss.p %
IN Twelfth street bot sheTs 90 not know psss: TIE
be would not give him spple he chased the boy no s.e
there other difficulty that evening before meeting the
By Juror-I have known Jimmy Roger. su. .bga. two
weeks he used to be With other boys sst.ea aisss
never saw him have knife met him In Seventeenth street.
near Eighth all took dnnk ba. don't rensreef
we SS1 s:ss sS aa IRs G e.
m1dsred saw stsPhsn snnasy be ,.d then ne;
Henry Block ssorn-I reside at No. 40 Pits street,
and rnh
in the boy, whose name have sioce leaned D.nA
the srse.t Of the three boys tined 70 strike the Soy m W
Of their wsy ~h.n his pursues vent swsy down s
the store arm In arm one of them said ht the vent
to lick the remark thought wa. mean: for m. they ;oon
hands went into the store and shout minute ard sss
cry b m peT.ep the
saw boy turn round into Twenty srst street ssd Sea
then bach % .h;rs the ascs..ss ws. se W..
: wasU g. s:a 1I s the
the three bOy' the boys all sctsd though
Eben Hassell, being duly sworn 'sys--I an ply
.ici,n residing At No. u %s:: Thirty seventh .sss: a.v:
ma
made examination at deces.ee's sesiasoo, se $40
Twenty seveth street Sunday sAt found incssd
penetrating wound about fveeighths Of length
situated at the Ct the cartilage Of ths hfh rib the
right side Of the stepum other MARKS Of external violence
found upon the body upon making insna exsuns
ton this traced and fnw1 with incns
tion little to the LEFT till it entered the sscsndne
soits within the cavity Of the pericrdium sboe. hsf
inch above its Onsr making incson IL the ssery m
lar in size to the external wound the cavity Of the prad
and surrounding tissues filed with clsed buod the -
stU|s5s q caused % this souna d Sss As ca
IL csrtsge Of the fourth rib 10 s upward prot
ably ordinary dirk knife with blade -four I've isobs 10
epeth with which the stab inflicted all the ether osras
the which found sdheug 10 the plesrs BY hsaN
false membrane Of recent date In my opinion sssrn W.
caused BY the stab have described
The testimony was here brought to close, and tie
Gaze delivered to the Jury, after brief charge ffou
Coroner HiIs. The following is tn. verdict;
"Thst Johs swepson, the deceased hi. Sssh b,
while walking in Tenth avenue Twenty street. ct The
hands Of james Rosera"
Rogers, who lives With his mother at Nc "a West
Twelfth street, is supposed to have fed the city ana
gore to Woodbridge, n. j., or another place 10 the
country, wtere be has relatives living.
Acting Inspector Carpenter Of the SixtsenA Pre-
crct Officer shsrys and Others are in pursut Of the
fugitive Murderer and have fair chance of over:sk'
ing and auesting him. The young mes, Char.ss Nc
Nance and Edward Bsney, who were ssTsetsd 90
suspicion, have been discharged.
Cunningham is detained as q witness. He, stsf
being traced from porerhouss to porter house. vss
finally arrested 10 his mothers place.