New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-26
KIyRDERS-GARROTING.
.AFEMALE SHOT AND TERRIBLY WOUNDED.
THE PENETRATION UNKNOWN.

A myste,ous, and probably fatal, attempt was made
10 murder young vo named Emma Green, Il No.
4S Elizabeth street house Of assisnaton on Tuesday
oytLng. The perpetrator Of the outrage met her In
tLs street and induced her TO enet the house, wherc
he sou sflex shot her in the sbdomee- He then
aed and thus ia, efuded the police. She 10 not
positive of ever hsvi'g tees him before that evening,
and therefore could have gvea him no cause for a.
tempting her life. The villain lef biz ovsrcoat and
the pi,,o in the room wses be fed and the police ar
rented a young man FAMED Kerissn on Suspicion OF
bepp the owner OF the oneles; but such proved not
10 DO the case, ard be was liberated. Tne woman
rssst.kento the New.Yorh Hospital where yesterday
afternoon Coroner PER-, took hsr dying deposition,
which gives full account OF the Transaction.
Emms Green being sworn, says-I AN fully under
the be.ie that s1 DOW oa my dyiog bed, and that
va but short tue ~ hve uoder that belisf make
- blowing deposiiOp: l i've at No. ~ DtvAoo
rtreet am in.rfied, ana my hasbtod Is a. sea;
h.ye not seen him siu CO Q first Of jury Lest; since
that time have lived with another mao BY the nan,s
of Silly who u low lead; las. night 7:2O / went 70
meet friend BY the name of Thomas -; thought
70 meet BIN some Of the street aney bsioS
cut five minutes person feIlo "ias noe came up add
paid, Don't know VOC" SID No; yeu have
Efhe advantage Of me- lie aaid, ~ think saw you
p, tie Crystal Pa.scs" told hin lever wy theIe
he tien took ne by the hand and put ny baud nn
and took out IS bill aud sad, :" Come sIons With
NE ano will be friend VI years l dill NOT Yer KNOW
eth street where be ssve ths IS bill and told me
10 follow him I'D sttirs; did 90, and when We so,
Inside o. the room, he ssd, =" Gave me that money.
q, first refused " do bu. he sPoke N rouge TONE
to bis coat, which he bad previously pulled on, sAd
fook ont a pis,ol and said, MIND. tbs u
ei1 bareled revolver" While he wes Pointing
che pistol al me. be said be woad haze reveas'
Er.A n. "
boltsd the door snd down stairs cryiog os', On
4 am shot" l was bi,c1na dresdfaliy, aud ran 1910
The room below, whore the woman OF tho h9use mss
ard another young women; feu On my hae~s you
Rarippsd M NV Globes ~ whore vs. shd; wnsn
the man who shot me down, he took me oy tae
hands and said wa. so ~ be bad done VI the woman
sAugbt hold of him, ou. he poutsd the piston mex soo
sAid lie would shoot her also; ehe t1ea teesseo nef
hold aud be ran oats tbs An whD s1ot NE thio6 was
disguised; thCush i bis wa like t1a OF yoans
nan Who had proviousiy gvea me ~ 70 hei2 pay my
rect with and who bed SEQ two on toisS times pre-
vous; the man who tho. me wore rough ierry Drown
oSai Kessuth hat whskers, short, fau iostures,
rrop N ewes between ~ and 20 yeas OF asvi bad
N also black pants and tae black unecos, tas N n
who cave me the ~ bill was aooat hsfs head tasef
than am; bad ligbt, th'ck saody whiskeGs ADD mus
ische full face between 20 and 80 yesrs OF css; he
us.d TO drees in different suits hs cIjthes we're not
Ike those WON by tho MA who shos ms;
j have reason to believe tass thus psreon
was Jealous Of me; ne had heca t. see
me three tines and | saw him 10 the shees las'
Tutds, he used 10 stop vita ms two or throe hours
his whiskeis were not 70 ~; the young man nSN mere
(Kesiigsi) not tho one ~ho gave me uss 81 but
can amoi take my osih DC wa the Ole sao saot me;
nov that this ouIg IN n has pat tho coat, do no
yeoogI ize him as the who shot r,sI Sm certain
De not the one when the person last descriosd We
hdue, johanna Welsh wss PIE cent; Mr. Pfats, Of
h. lime; kpcw nothioz moro sbou. tbs msttsr
EMMA = = GREEN