New-York daily tribune., 1857-08-24
q, tie reqce,t Of Cooosr Perry TO ls: tLo Jury zee

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i Q. How fsr was 10 from the door a. TIE time. A.
About -iN feet: Le dad Rot iaa4 up egHiIs the wall;
he whs acquainted w ID my house AID had an oppor.
tulIty f getting out; IL order 10 hzYe escaped, Nims
| would have had L. turn his back tO Wggstaif.
| q. Did WLgs'H seem 10 Le io rsse jdSt previous
! 10 the shoOtiOe a. HIS s'iions such as would
! tend to ip,midate, aud l would have run If could
@ Bys jpicr- Uow lopg have you known Mr.
Minis A. 4 ". ok sgo to-day.
q. Wa Wsestsf much uuder the influence Of
| liquor a. lie was. but be walked straight; when
| hteiieyed b threw me beck with good deal Of
violence l could bot tell whether the iiist shot took
| cec; a.fer the fi, shot hs seemed to move little.
| Ir. \. j. Soa., tsidng at No. 10 Spring street. BE-
ing sworp ds1oses ana ssys-i was in Broadway about
Y O'Clock on Friday night directly opposite No. $50,
when Ia srl two successive shCts; seeing pe--
tee running vert il ID render any assistance posi-
BILE; fond dec sGsed lying on the Hoor, sl hvfg,
hut in dyirg coucnloD; / found him bleeding from
The mouth and prltiDs coat under his head had
| hin restd 10 the bsr, when discovered wound in
/ The npptr pert Or the let arm, evidently passing
through the t1ilery into The th0rsy without doubt
that wound was lie cause Of lis death he lived ff
teen or twenty minutes after saw him; IN my opiaOn
The am wGs thrown out from the body when the shOt
was Cred.
| Ger Of the Fourteenth PreciLct hsve been &C
qulirt6d with the accused twelve or fourteen months
! be wee quiet and peaceGble man.
John A. IiaIdenbrook, being duly sworn, says-l
four years; knew him 10 be quiet aud pesble man.
Ineyer saw him under the influence of hquor or in
oIy way ouGrreisone
| Wm. + Giles, being swom ssys-I have been in
| timai4ly acquainted with the prisoner Minis some
three or four yeais; have always known him 10 Ds
! MIDI temperate and sIniable young man.
Jotn +. Chamber, re-idirg at No. l6J Elm street,
! being duly swofD says-i have been acquainted Nth
NIs curing The last thirteen fourteen year Il
! bis character baye known him to be a1is0e, krc
and pehcesby disposed; be was teuiperat9 !aan a'
fer es know Of bin; have ino"n lnm to be int)M'
c. ed: ever knew bin 10 be IA II hrol Wagstah was
rs.her boist.rous man when under the influence of
| Iq1or.
Thomas Bocse being sworn, says-I reside at No.
20 SpIis" street, lave been acquainted with the ce
ceased d. or eeven years he practced at Of the
inferior Courts, bu. do not think he ives lawyer
biz character bad he was Inan addicted t. the
Of liquor, aad appeared 10 be sportiDs man.
when under the Influence OF liquor lie was o quariel-
| come nature.
| John McJ.eland, being sworn, ssys-I have known
the deceased by sight good many years: his general
character very bad was present in tie Court oi
| Specjal Sessions Oh one occasion VIXEN he tried
aid convicted for assault and battery on Ward,
| keeper Of house Of prostitution.
| Dudley Brockhurst, residing at No. 40 Broadway,
| herp duly swOrn deposes ara says-I was acquainted
with deceased; his character in my opinion wss de-
cide6lv bad; about four months ago | had him put
| under bal to keep th3 peace toward my son, whOse
life lie bad threatened; the deceased had threatened
| my lie and the lives Of some of my family.
Drs FinDel snd Weltje, being duly sworn, deposo
| and ssy--We have made post moTtem examna-
ton Of the bo5y Of Wagstaf, deceased at the -Four.
| ;een;h Ward Station House. we found a gun.shot
would on tho left ar si, inches from the top Of the
| thou,der the direction OF the wOu0d was obli1uely
downward old backward into the LETT SIDE OF the
chest; probe passed into this wound entered tue let
uleural cavity; found blood flowing from the mouth
end Lostl:ls, evidently coming from the lungs; no
| other gun shot wounds were found in the boc!i we
are of opinion that deceased cane 10 his death fiom
inte, nal hemorhoge, the result ofa gcn-sho wound
| ri ham clo alfp cbOrf
| charge by the Coroner the case given 10 the
Jury, who retired to deliberate on the verdict.
The Jury afler being out abou, half an hour, re-
turned verdict that The deceased to his death
| by pistol-slot fred by Theodore S. Minis, On the
| night Of the 2lst instant, al No. 4e0 Broadway.
The Coroner then called the prisoner before him
and read to him the verdict. after which he said to
} him. In my opinion this deed committed ia self
defense, AID upon my own responsibility snail dis
! charge you from custody You are, therefore, dis
charged.
MIR. Nins Thanked tue Coroner, aud hasened to his
wife, who bad been with him ell the morniog and
whowas in an adjoining rcom Upon hearing of her
husbands disc argc, the young woman was 40 over
come with joy that she tainted, but was soon restored
| BY DR.. Weltjc who WIS in attendance upon TIE Cor
cuer Mr. Nms left the Station-lIouae with his
| fiends.
! The deceased was about IS years of age, and was
very generally known about the Pohce Courts, where
until short time past he was accustomed to hang about;
| fleeing every unfortunate person who came in his
wav AS 10 the extent Of his legal lore we have DO
know ledge but it could no. have been very great from
the fact Of hh being ouy recognized az shy5tef'
or Toubs skinner. IL his practice about the Police
| Courts be has made considerable money, but at the
time Of his death he had nothing TO speak Of, ard be
| ;i,;, aeir,
ceased seemed TO hsve no frien6s and Of the hun
dIeds who cas-. glance upon his body asst lay in tie
Station. Eouse, we heard not one express regret at
lis death; and probably The only persons who will re-
| lIet his decease will be those to whom he wa' ln-
| dehtcd in various and di,ers sums of money.
~ WagstafF has figured cousp.cuoujy in the city
journals on several occasions the following facts re.a
tive to brief rericd Of lis career may prove inter
csiing to the pobho especially tlose who have been
| yictmized BY Liu sG3 who are by lo negns few:
II will probably be Iecolec,ed that between six ard
| stven wears ago George w. Niles, lawyer of .'is
CITY was nt 20 the State Prison for having attempted
| TO eafo,t $40 coo fcm Mr. Haycns, wealthy dis
tller for AL alleged violation of the reput,d wife Of
Miles, but who in reality proved TO be notorious To-
maa ramed Ellen Sullivan, who lived With him a his
mistress and aided him 10 his neaTou9 schemes. After
| Mice was sent TO Sing Sing WagstaF ecught Ellen
Sullivan ard volunteered 70 supply the place of her
late paramour which proposii ion seems to have been
scceptod by tire fra fair one, we shortly aNerward
find them,ipg together at No. 81 Howard street, as
Mr. and airs. Raymond, alias Wagstsf. Tue former
wien under thc ilfueLce Of EdIor heicg most des-
perae ard dangerous man, ard the latter being 10 the
habit Of Giving the vss Of sundy fast young men
and OF such oceassrs fastening the door against her
paismour, they did Lot, as may be supposed, get