The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-20

de1yols of for.ale orgs o' thieves aad black
legs Of The wmst description ispenard street mas ong
been tie Tesnr. Of gangs Of short boys ard dsrepaable
claracter or both sexes The operations OF the pcse
crested ntanse excitement in tbs. ncghoOrhooa last
night
brooklyn city News.
THE HrNpH xAHD EpapnR-INvHsrIG ALTON HEFoHs
TEN CoR0SSa, AND CoxaITrkL OF rHE PRIsoSER.
Coroner Cozns hs,d ipqoes yesterday 10 ssoertan
tho facts attending .he death OF Dennis Reynolds The
deoeasei occupied portion 81 house In Dean street. near
vsndsrens s7aDue, which wss owned by his brothsy
Christopher Reynoldf aad Who resided with the family
BE came bone soous ets o'clock Wednesday evonns
h sla Of sxci.smen;. and threatened N t1rn h's
brother ~ the Bsoeivug an answer hs dti
NOS rea he struck the table with heavy stick he hal
10 bs ssDd. penns forced he stick ffoD, hm, and toa
n.s lbs s1ry " ais return 10 the room Christopher
rssed chair, which caught by Dennis, when they
oi,pchsd and tho latter erred that he stabbed.
he ~ Mccormick grcosry, next door, where ne Tell
exhausted. Bsinr conveyed inside, DR.. FranSafa
called, who sedc5d proJtng she soani whom he
dad DsDDs sTe and children hri made tho'r way out
OF TIE bouse through hs hass viaow, .oavog cnrs'o
pber alone He was arrested sIrtiy Afterwards. me
following ihe jury epaareied, aad the e7iieuce taksa
on thc rquest, which wsa sei In the county Judso's
chamber, City Hal
DsemaD, VIM server,
Samuo, y .a5sTB. James Roberts,
VIM. Boyd, Andrew wilson,
TGaras Lemon. lobp Garvey,
Andres rbcm.son, Robert ese~At,
Franklin DoreraIs, JEines Esnry,
p- George Cochran swor1-I nade pos. norton ex-
appa.cu x the body OF Deln,s Reyaoiis, at his hoee in
5; stree. near Vlnderoi!. avenue; Irs Hutcninson,
| .;eorae G Bail fransun S1o Whtcheac were present;
Inc external appearance c The ,siy sho~cd an inside
woa,d ncb in ieDgth, situated two inches from tho
aiyple within SAf On inch ef the sternun, passing
obnuely downward, bakwsrd and inward 70 the cx.
tent 0. two inches dissection found wound extending
a.o te percsrdium It ,i;sd with coagussod venous
osod 10, wound 2eaera1ng the upper and anterior por
sons o. The sh. vesHce OF me heart aoo1t half An inch
"a iers.a.
pocke. krfe, With o long, marrow bsSdie)-Waness:
thys :hi- ioiie co1id cause such wonni "a ou.oasrs
E,Re ezbsi:sd ihnk this TN large ese otcrs would
no. be bke'y t. produce such Q woUnG.
-os Juror-H the sia5 " .nGictet at tho instant the
heart dAes fbor. o-sjet kne, ouch sno ~n, would
make incsion ne came u bus death IN consequence OF
he vsl7t.
Dr. 3aorss O. Ban sxorr-was presen. at ths port
posten exsanson sad took down the potter ~ given by
Dr. Co:hya sn also Witnessed the apPeaS<es doecrb
cd sdd roh.ng tur,ser 20 is Testimony ose thing
.he Hn;h ward officers ss they coc bot aad ts knife;
seA,chsd snou; The house With sergcan: VII .A was
informed cy deceased mans wits thai aer the EFsouer
nad ssbsea Der husband, he back ~ house. aud
there something half Al hour alone; asked her
hs bod p the bocse and she sad yes and
shove3 10 thinking perhaps he might hava pc: tho
KNIFE In, I oienet soi there discovered two p0,se,
xoes, Which ,c,k ont and gave 70 the ooir VIII G'reo
ions % hand IN the Coroner the trunk
IN hacx bedroom which he prisoner occapcd gsther
| cd n, Mrs Reyaods ha; he remained aone IN tho
Il he basement there was revolver m tho
Euak wrapped up N psper could not s!I wbother hore
4
90 dask has is was mpossible {, tel.
Dr. rh,ms u Franklin swoyn-wss ea.sd in 70 sec
ociocf found him 10 James H:cornick's store rseSc
street. State Of collapse having previously been tnsd
ths. be received q stao n the ssh.pen cn mAkns a
the rocol or The heart Which, am OF opnson, was NJ
came Of death heard the testimony OF ~, Cochran,
wound Of deo~ssod, AMI be died about quarter OF
hour ater my arrival should iutse that be dld about
twes,y mnn-- after r-oeiv the wound he quite
tbsi be hal been stabbed by his brother tbs de-
Rssvr, sypoap % f,, OF deeeased sworuWa se
house w1h my husband on wednesday evening lIsh nst
at ha.f pas. nine o'clock whom Christopher Reynolds
i'm a hAsty with his sisters SON. Michael
Nugcnt Christopher told my husband 10 clear ont; my
husband sad nc would whom he got ready; Christopher
then struck tho table with An oak stick Deoni VT
ting q chair tho table hs goa up and
took The stick from him and placed II In the
entry penns wruns out ?. p. nsna % t,r c,'r sedne
took up chsh to strike Dennis Dsnns caught the
chair aDd they had another scui,o Of minute or two,
when he cried on, thai he stabbed And out into
the entry did not him afterwards untl went into
NcC cb store; he weniout OF the gate hsllDong muy
der had my child Ia my arms, and went INTO u- os's
bedroom viii; my children when got OF The
dow; tbea went INTO McCormoks and found him nere
IN the last sgon-- OF death: he died while there.
used to carry pocket knife Ike tbe shown, but at
that time sA~ no knie ,cd 90 one that The knife With
the butcher snfs shown ~ss found tse bsneh IN Tho
knife box where usually vas Christopher hsd no time
not enough % rcrch the boz; the nephew out
Vher Christopher struck The table With the stick; he h
quite young boy; my brother Peter Wilson, In tho
at the rmo Of the sCupo.
Michael Nurent, q lad, stated that he cane i,to tbs
house with the .oper bs uncle and oovrobovsef the
testimony Of preceding wness up 10 The time they onch
cd when becoming frightened he len and ran homo
rhs oorcluded the evidence, and the following verdict
rendered by the jury
mat Dennis Reynolds cane N hs death by being
sabsed In The heart With knife or some sharp .nstru
mend, In the hands ec one Christopher RsyDoIts on the
evening ~ TIE irb day a March, al lhe bou.s occupied
by sad decos ed In aiac street Vanderbilt avenue
The Ccrccy n"D tcos thc prisoners voluntary sa,e-
men,, ~ folicve.-
Ny name l. c.y.orher Reynolds; 20 yea, OF sse;
was born - 4 svzi I've pscie5 street, seooni door
cast Of yAaiero. am by occupation laocror
To the question:. have you aoyvins 70 say, and " -
what relative to the charge hcre preferred against you
the prisooer answered ~ da not do o. know o, f
Cd mus. have been crt Q my senses
The PRISONER theSSdpcn tssen w Jail by Deputy
Coroner Brdsa 10 await The acton OF the Grand jury
vhi.h % IN scsson
The voluntary etaminailcu was made In the Supreme
Court chamber On being taken out OF the cell by The
Deputy Superintendent Of PolSe large crowd hsl col
lected gt sight Of him but hcewS hurrcd % with all
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