New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-30
THURSDAY. JULY 80, 1867.

| for some tine; that he friend Of hers she
seemed to exhibit geod deal Of feeling with regart
TO him; did not cay where he lived, nor did she men
ton biz Dsuei the strange girl soon left. and did MOI
see her again on ADDas return she told me th 1t she
had gore a piece Of the way with the u;rl who hsd
| rsid sbe lived in . street wbrh sounded ike North
| street or some inch name thai ~ all know.
John Dy kes, swun-I ieside 1T No. W Grand
street; did n,i know deceased ssd never saw hin
old not see him sinee biz death; on tbe mornieg after
b. wss murdered went into the grocery storr corner
Of Crosby ora Gra streets, and the man wo Keeps
II (bares Baihma M told ME that John Hurley was
see, 10 rob deSd Ran who lay AT the csrner Of (S-spi
and Mercer streets; Mr.. Batbmann said he wa. told
this b, al Eye witnoes know Hurley he is nick
pocket, he does Do Other buslness but picking pockets
there WEI, three in company va. told cat Hure '
wa, the man who robbed deceased.
To a Jsror-I am acquainted with Hurley through
having ben OF The police, and know him ~ ne
piokpcket; have DO fteksg sgnInst him; believe
he resioes in Crosby street.
"A Juror ,uggest. that Harley should be arrested
before il goa abroad that has name had been men.
toned. The Coroner accordingly issued warrant for
his arrest
lice for one yesI but resigned; this Hurley two
or ibre, day. sg"; knew him rs a thief when was
an tbs poice be ba, ing been peinted ouf 10 me "a
such / axe about $4,000 or y, 700 year now, as
have cha ge Of all George Leas proprietor of the
Model Airi~t estnbllshment buslSess and travel for
him occasionally.
Anthony Davis Reed sworn-I reside a. No 1874
Mercer street; partially knew Gece ased would not
know him il 10 meet him in the street, but would
know him wht n he speak TO NIT; keep book aud
nater STAND In the ST. Nicholas the last time | saw
Mr. Vsbliew wos about five months ego; 1 vas not
there the evening IN question, and cannot tell If
MIR, Vauliew was there.
Urab Laat, sworn-I reside at No. lbs Christie 2her
sir. ct; did d. know deceased am private watch
man in Broadway Mercer Howard and Spring streets;
at IL o'clock on Monday night was coming down
broadway to Howard street and saw two pockets,
l.. tn l.. sfanIt i'm ba t.lorx
the N. w. corner; asked then what they doing
hre; they told NE they waiting for friend who
was in The saloon; l don't know their Banes,
hut know them by reputstion told them
w.it down stairs into the saloon, and followed
them; they went into the further part Of the saloon
there we're three others in there with whom they
in con psny there was quite number in the saloon
rnckpockets like themselves; one Of the patty who
tood on the paid for what they had; the whole
five then went out ard when came up stars they
wer. all standing in company together On the conner
LEI. them there standing, and saw no more Of them
az came up out Of the saloon SAW man sitting on
the h, drant right il front Ut The door, there
sitting there when l went COVE, but | can't tell
if it Is the came; took notice that the had q
peculiar lo about him, as if he sick he looked
yery Yellow his cap back of biz head somewhat
he had on daIk clothes with the exception Of the vest
which was light; be was thin faced man; lett IN
about five minutes and went up my beat, leaving the
man sitting there; h-se paties there Also and
are II ere every night the week; saw nothing more
Of him till raw him at the house. dt ad; was again
rouno OF that conner AT IL clock saw the deceased
last hight and have me- doubt 1t was the man whom
SAW .it,r on the hydrant recognised mis- features.
To Ju or believe one OF the three men who
went down stairs into the saloon had black Kos
snIh bat; won't be sure; have no doubt but that
deceased and the man saw sitting, gu the hydrant
ave The tame.
Louisa Hogert. the eoored girl who testified yester
day. WAS reswOrn and questioned by Ny. D. b. Taylor,
Juror, says: The girl Who came into the house Was
nm Irish glrl and had black hair took them both to
be strange girls as did not recC gniIe Anna VIII
lians: If.crgbized her here this morning boarder
in the bous. but old NOT recognize her on MONDAY
night if had should not have said she was stran.
ger; she says che is Of the girls who came 10
suppose il il ue tie girls come and go so fast 1t Ia
had to "keep track" vi them; some dom stay longer
tbbn week.
Mr.. Bathn ann, the German grocer who was said to
have mace the statement to the ex-poleeman Dykes,
that one John Hurley seen to rob q cead man at
the corner Of Mercer and Grand streets on Monday
night rent for and delay of an hour occurred
after which the messenger returned saying that his
ssI SICK and be bad gone to The other side OF the
city "a coctor, equenty he was mot f,rthcomlng
After waiting about quarter Of an hour longer, Mr..
Bathn.apn aiIved and was sworn. lie testified a.
foIows-My name is Charles Bathmann; keepa
poc,, store at No l3l Grand street and reside there
old Dot k, CIV deee ssed; yesterday morning black
smith nab.-d James Armstrong, who works ut No. III
Grano street told me that Jake Phillips, carman.
working for Houghwaut & Ca told hun that he ~
FL had seen several round this dead who lay
On the eide. walk Of Grand and Mercer street
since then heard it Canal aud Mercer streets
and That ole of them was named Johnny Hurley he
didn't say they took anything, but he thought they
were g"iDg to rob the msp; | heard thot this ohm
Hu,ey does be around the Arcade" in Grand street;
ID. last time saw him was Sunday, at the
of Howard street and Broadway Jake Pblli} s i've
I'm Crosby street. took notice of the matter at thu
tine, as / didn't believe it until | heard that dead
man had been robbed; Armstrong did not say that
Hurley had taken anything from deceased; that Is all
know.
The Coroner here said they near the mark
as before. He then asked the jury If they should
send FOR Armstrong and Phillips or if they would
adjounl The Jury agreed to wait aud hear these
mems testimony who we're accordingly supenaed, aud
d Te :ess taken until u cir arrival.
At O'clock james Armstrong arrived and WAS
-worn- He raid reside at No. l69 Mulberry street,
ard work at No. l27 Grand street; did not know de-
ceased; Jacob Phillips, who drives horse for ar.
Houpbwsut to our shop yesterday morning; told
me- that be Johnny Hurley and one or two Others
coming from the direction Of Grand and Mercer streets
on MONDAY night, and on going in that direction saw
The dead may lying with his pockets turned inside our
and bunch Of keys lying alongside hun l hal
heard that it was at the corner Of Grand and
Mercer street but learned from The Herald this morn
ing that it was at corner Of Canal and Mercer Streets
Phillips gave NE to understand that these fellows sup
posed the man was drunk IL lushy was the WORD he
used) ard they went through him riHed his pockets;
ask cd him If the Wan murdered and 10 eaid he
believed not: know Hurley by sight, he has the
iePuta'iob VI oeing PhhPothe. Al A. -
Nesrly half al hour elapsed and the ofhcer re-
turned, stating that MIR. Phillips could nos be found,
Int be had l,f the eubpens with his employers; the
officer had Ot ked for Hurley, but he was nowhere to
lie found. The Jury agreed to wait until MIR. Philips
woulo anive.
Jacob Phillips, residing at No. Sc Crosby street,
beng duly sworn. deposes and says did not know
the deceased on Monday night between III aud IL
ocltck, as l was coming from the corner OF Grand
street and Broadway, through Grand street, toward
Marion and when bad got far as Mercer street l.
met some officer conveying the dead body Of mar.
an a hoard. This wa. the first ths. had seen OF