The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-09

A. was at the Opera in the Aoaiemy Of Mode; !
suppose II broke ap between ii and II O'Clock; I
o. me down 70 Bead street directly from the Acade
my Of Music; I came down Fo1rSh avenue and
BswsIy, and turned into Bond sssset q my house;
mo Ss' ~"SIs nssarsiI Wa Sssoes "so' '0A'
@. In consequence Of the information which you
received, What did you dot A. dressed myself -
quickly possible, and went to 81 Bend street; sa
was coming down the stairs of my hsuse l met
Hannah, the cook, in the hall, and abe also-
Jnsge Davis (inter1upting)-Do tell what abe
said.
to the Doctors door; found Dr. Maine student 1t
DE door with the key the outside; he had looked
The door and WA Standing 1t 1t; raw DIR. Main At
the foot Of The stairs leading from the third story
think that Mr.. 6'sples, the next door neighbor,
followed me in; then look d into the Doctors
room; saw the Doctor; locked round the and
went cut sgain into the bah and olosed the door.
Q Did You at that time make . minuts examina
ton 81 the room, or nd you sfserwsrd1 a. Not
at thst time; then went up airs; found the de-
fen1ant sitting in king Oh air by che ride Of he
ted; spodgrass was holding her; snd-shsl state
where the young ladies' were2
JUDGE Davies state nothing except about the
defendant
Q What did yeu ray, ard wbas did she say2 A..
Sbe WIS crying, end the first remark heard her
make wss that II the Doctor sas dead she could spt
live; that in the spring be had promised to make
everything right.
Qwhst then7 A. And she said she knew that
ne would eOit.
uu ct her and told if be deao it could not BE-
helped; she made the remark. -then Won don't know
the secret or "shere lie q s+cret which you do nos
know" think those were the words
O. Was there any further c0Dvers sion before you
eft The room2 a. Dc DO recollect what do pas;
there some other conversation nut do not re-
collect II; remember that part because 1t startled
me exc edpgly, not kno~ieg N what she referred
Vup hcd1 MT nj hat iunAh ea nj
or pretended marriage? A. No sir.
O. And she said nothing about u in that
conversation A No, sir; ~e then lifted
s lss bed bed; she ' coud not not help nerse, and
1 being 80 startled at the secret which she
spoke of, Immediately went down stairs; there was
police officer there At the rime; We then entered
the loom; the body was then lying.
Judge Davies (interroeating)-Is it worth while
20 over this again. al had il from DR. Francis,
Dr. Main and DR. Knight? II thsse is any new fact
Counsel want TO call he witness attention par
siculaSiy to the drops OF blood.
To witpess--l " ant to cal your attention 10 the
drops Of blood which You saw in the room soul Of
the centre tabe and around the window.
Witness-I would state again shat 1t the time
when the policeman was there he wanted 70 MAKE
report Of the cause Of the death.
Judge Davis ito witness) Do not repeat the oon-
versation which you bad.
winess-we ed him over on his back; the 20
hcs man. myself and some one else assstiDg-to as-
certain the cause of desta; traced the Hood imme-
distey leading from the Doctors ~ between the
chair and the chair and centre taOk 10 the instru-
mept Gaze, which stood between the two windows;
they were mere round drops, as II dropping from
above.
Q You distinguished them as drops rather than
spots made by touching? A. Yes, sir, and they
were darker blood than the blood upon Che wall as
II It was venus blood; the drops on the newspaper
was particularly SO; vt the instrument case there
appeared to be more drops; the instrument case
mad the appearance a. If whoever the blood dropped
from must have been over it some time; from this
point there were drops traced around the rocking
chair to the body.
Judge Davies-That is precisely az DR.. Uhl de-
scIjbed it.
. 9: You beard Or; Uhl's testimony in reference to
Q Were there any other drops outside than thoee
which be describedi a. Not DROPS, bot there was
a brush; the knob Of the Doctors door outside had
slight brush which perhaps could not be perceived
by Dr. Uhl, there; 1t was on the easement going
Gown stairs, "a toe person who mace II had brush
ed his coat sleeve ON the easement; 1t was like arte
rial blood; Just o slight brush.
o. You say that? A. Yes, / discovered that par.
ticulsrly.
Q. The drops which Dr. Uhl described you also
ooeeryed2 A. did; ut that time took particular no
tice Of il, because the policeman might have made
IL there after turning the body and &c ting s,me
MOOD on him; there orc vent and 90 opared that
blood with the blood in the Doctors room. and
found il Just OF the same dryoess az that IN the
room that in tse hall and that on the front door.
o. what was the 81 u.t,on of the Doctors RON
when you went in ~ 10 the shades and shutters?
Judge Dsvies-we have It already. The is,tioes
we're closed and the buff shades pulled Dawn through
the lattice. would also state that In the corner
Indicating il ON the sketch) behind the operating
chsir there was another chair, and another in the
corner by the window. We could not get them inoo
the craving. There was no blood ON tosm.
O. wapSto ask You oos the front rom wasg A.
The doors hadny between the t~o rooms we're open;
both doors through sere open.
Judge Davies so that the passage was clean
omen into the front rooml A. Yes. SIR.
o. Now describe how he front room was! A.
The front room was usual; there was thing
disturbed there; as 20 the front WIDOWS, 90 not
know whether the shutters were shut or not; think
not.
o. Were the shades down. A. did not take par.
tcular notice of the sha0es bit the top OF the Sin
dow itself was dropped from five TO Six inches-the
Judge Davies-Do you know whether the inside
shutters were closed or their sh ,des DOWN A.
cannot speak posifi rely.
Jndge Davies-How as to the door which led into
the balll A. That door WIS shut; do not know
wbeiher il was locked or not
q. That was the only door kading out o. that
poom, was IL a. No; there sas another door leao-
ing TO the little bedroom; Ihuk thaI sas shut; do
not know whether II WAS locked; there was NOT the
minute inspec don maze Of that rvom that there
was of the other.
The District Atospey-Not by you.
.Juoqe Davies-Who occupied that little bedroom
in front, do you known A. do not know.
O. Did you find any trace Of blood at all In the
front room a. Not any, cir; there was one little
drop OF blood which vas no, mentiyned; that was q
spot of blood On the wall, about ak inohes behind
the map which evideptly spirited on frsm the door.
Judge Davies-We have had The jet very accurate
ly dee ribbed.
Q. Were you present when the doctse's clothing
was taken on A. ~ss; believe that John Con
merry searched his pockets hrst and then took his
clothes on; took ont knife and ripped them open
hrs pantaloons.
o. The fact wan, Ia, whether the blood on the
cloihmg was thlewn against the wall A. Yes, SIR;
here texhisitpg on the arswirs) you vii see crop
Of blood on the blackboard, between the closet door
and the door that goes between, which must have
been put there by the clothes-
Q. Are the spots OF blood In the room now a. they
were at the timer
Judge Davies-It " NOT very material whether
they are there now or pot-they were msnifesty
there at the time; that only p inpovtant.