New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-08
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''ey pd YOU smell any unusual thing in The atmosphere
&C Neither in the hos.. Or out of T. I No. sir s,I'
.. Did you beer any ho' ,re A. ImrnmedisteIy
o And .uypo.e vent TO sleep pretty SON A. 'iP
.s sS iP PAID ny s Sgs ta to ' They
are d not stnei Yoa had ask the lady
Tb Lsy"The skaters closed in the hal shd Tie
ma You urn up the your dressing room Yes,
Sir turned il up don, know sometimes DO and some
tines Ma SO VOW turn out the ,ss in the hall A. did Sir
OF, the ,5 gas II III sa i ioo ~ some. Y Sir
O. Whereabouts in the room your bed located A. IN he
O. On which side A. The east side.
And you Of did nothing after 20. g.. ;oeIs S sin
up The light enough to see to undre'' and
o. And then went to bed aud .espl A. Yes, s
CAPT. DILKS, RECALLED.
Mr. Hal-You hind enough 70 60 70 Mr.. tredenoEs
O And you have become acquainted with these hou'e' A
q Which arc the house. from NJ, F,edsTie..
room having respect to Bond street A. Well the Two houses
o. These attic rooms in No 81 have dormcr windows A.
Y.s Sir; one in the re and two in front,
CrOss-eTdmiRed by M Dean.
@ This house No ST. and the h0ue No % from the rear
precisely similar are they not A. Ihey are very snh "a
il might they appear The .s%s Very y.t p lain.
Mr. Desn-I would like TO know if MI Frederck' would let
Hall have no doubt he would be very glad to do
TESTIMONY OF MRS. FOSTER.
Examination conducted by Mr. HoH.
@ You Of the matrons at the City Prison. the day
How pa bsye YOU YOU been Matron under the Governors
ofthe Aims House A Since the Governors Of the Alms
O. ME- Cunningham has teen under your charge A. Yes,
Have Won bad occasion 10 notice Mrs. Cunningham
her hands A. Al time observed her sewing with her
left she told that she had rheumatism and had 10 sew
but repeatedly since have seen her sew with the nsh
Cross-cIamined by M. Dean.
Mary Donohoe Hannah Conlan have been under your
charge fave You been ask them what they would testify
What sa pohsn the evening before be murder told
speak to the Attorney if they had anything to not
O. You don't do this sort of things, A No Sir don't
TESTIMONY OF MRS PHELPS.
The next witness was Mrs. Lavnia Phelps, who was
examined b. Mr.. Hall, as follows:
O. Are you night mstron OF the City Prison! A. Yes, sir
O And as such, Mrs Cunningham has been under your
cherse1 A. Yes sir ~ c-,..,..,.h.,.;.
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any occupation A. In sewing, Sir.
O. What was that you noticed noticed her using her
hand sy with the needle ard thnbc aud IN cutting
Cross.eramined By Judge Dean.
O. Mrs CUNNINGHAM has complained of being III part Of the
tfnel A. She has two or three nights:
OF rss.TS% 81. f SSd SqeS w penms
O. In her night hsnd She did not mention the right
O. Did she give that why she used her left hand
A. She said some time ago had disabled her hand.
O. Did she give that for using her le handl a
MOI that time particularly she always sewed with her left
q. Did you never her her Ugh, hand No. Sir;
was lett handed said she had had the rheumatism which
the Ct her using >,,.
TESTIMONY OF OFFICER BLIvEN.
Examination conducted by Mr. Hall.
O. you attached to the Fifteenth Ward Police District
O. You were ordered the house Saturday morning after
the murder the house No. 81 Bond street A. Yes Sir ~
@ What time did you get there A. think about %
O. Did you into the back where the Doctor was
O. Did You touch the body there' A. Yes, Sir;
O On returning to the Station s Io.'s 9 what condition
A1s 7SS ShsA sSd al apartment Pp'
Q. Not longer than that A. No, Sir.
@. Which door did you go out of A. The front door
O. The leading from the parior to the sTeet Yes
Cross-aamined Gy Judgc Dean.
Q. By what your left hand made bloody A. When
took hold Of him 20 roll him over.
q. Was the whole hand boodyl A. Yes, Sir.
The CourYou mean the face OF the hand ind hneer a.
q Did you rub that hand the b.nni.ter.i A don't
8 Did You ON the door, T. My impression I. did not
q. What Others in the room with YOU A. Some gen
tlemen there.
O. Did they go in IT with you? A. Yes, Sir.
9. Are you lef or tight handed A. Lei .hsna s
Of the door it open A. took hold Of the knob aud
| opened It myself; a., ,.,,,, . RI.
| night hand ss my left was bloody.
By Juror-Do you think probable you blood your
s oSe a. he laid on m f.c my sh hand when the
act pressed his back there was no blood where put
BY Judge Dean-Hs hand folded under the body if he
apparently holding 1t against the spot where he was
BY JuroI-Dd you touch your left hand to the door, A.
] was careful not TO, a. It was bloody.
Dr. David Uhl was then recalled for cross-examina-
tion which was conducted by Judge Dean.
TESTIMONY OF DR. UHL.
O. When you went to the where the homicide tool
place did you notice particularly the appearance blood in the
O. You have stated that you have had large experience In
these examinations In Of COroneIs lnquess A hsvv
@ For that your attention course called the
material points with reference to the blood have made
il point TO examine all such whenever have had &C
The Cour-You have made speciality fin A. ] have
and made point to examine with reference to that In this
and back the second story-the with wash basin
In % from the leading from the operating TO the
Doctors bed oom) A. went into that closet aud examined
every part Of the inside.
g. What It's condition A could not fad single spo;
Of blood
O. Was there anything there that had any resemblance
blood LIKE bloody water anything Of that Kind A. Nothing
O. You examined that with great care A. Yes Sir be-
had supposed that might have been secreted
IN that room
@ How did you find the blood in the within THE
diagrams producedl We're the diagrams under
direction A. Yes, Sir; present when the artist
The Cou-Are they cOrrec. diagrams A Yes Sir very
correct.