The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-12-29
INQUESTS.

The jury of inquest summoned by Coroner Spakin to
investigate the causes leading to the death of George
Donivon whose body found on Sunday last in boat
adrft Fort Carroll reassembled yesterday morning
at the Middle district station house where the following
testimony ELECTED:
Dr. II P P Yeates, who made post mo,tem examna-
on of the body Monday recaptulated his testimony,
previously given before the jury to the effect that he
found the neck dsocated and also spots upon
the face side and belly He did not consider however,
these spots to be caused by the dis
location of the neck to be the cause of death
Alexander McIlvan, testifed-That Saturday last,
while hunting the shore between the Ma inc Hospital
and the Ferry Bar bridge, he to spot where he
found his dog eating ham, being surprised looked
about and discovered the body lying
e face down IN the grass and the hands grasped under
his breast there also boat high and dry on the
shore and lot of bundles bucket pair of boots and
hat lying near the face black and blue as if beaten
the body lying about 20 feet from the water the feet
were towards the water witness did not disturb the body
but went off and told some of his acquantances about it,
on Sunday morning witness in company with friend
named Peacock again went to the spot and discovered
that the boat the other articles and the body had been
taken away witness does not know who removed them
witness heard about the body being the boat and
up tell what he knew about the matter; the
place where witness found the body between the
Hospital and Raynors housewitness thinks tide does
not rise as high as where the body laid witness did not
name On 5hs beat can't @ fer the
Hawkins Point, where witness first saw the body
B. A. Minikn testifedThat he resides on the corner
Cross and Warner streets; that friend and himself
started about O'Clock P NJ on Christmas day to 90 on
cunning expedition they crossed over the bridge to
Brooklyn city, and intended walk over to Curtis Creek
but witness being tired, they endeavored then get
boat to row down. unable to do they concluded gun
through the country witness going along the shore and
his friend taking another direction witness walked along
until he saw man in boat, who also cunning, and
he asked this if he would take him in and 90 up
little farther and if they could not get some game
the man consented and he in the boat they
up some distance witness then got out and walked along
shore, the other man remaining in the boat witness had
not gone far, before he three negro children
who told him, that there was the shore, who
was dying and they pointed to the spot witness haooed
to the man in the boat and started for the place. when he
got there he saw lying upon his face the shore
in the grass; his hands under him. grasping his
breast as if he had been trying shirt OPEN he
turned the body and felt his breast but
life in him. he was cold and stiff; the in the boat
then landed and after talking awhile. they concluded
that they would put the body in the boat and take it to
BROOKLYN and inform the Squire of circums tances
the body when first seen lying with the
the water about thirty feet from the water there was
boat there and bundles of groceries piled up care
f2y on the shore about ten feet from BODY there was
also jugs corked up another with the cork ont
about half full OF Whiskey and pair of boots it was
about sunset then there prints around the
body saw the footprints of children further up on the
shore in the sand they then took hold the to put
it in the boat witness taking hold legs and the
other catching hold of the head shoulders they
they then the body swing and lodged it in the boat
the head lying the bow and the extremites over the
seats; the boat in which the body placed was the
same one which rowed by the man who was helping
Witness they put the groceries and things in the
boat with the body, and taking the boat which they
found the Shore they tied the other one to its stern
the boat they found with the body largest of the
two; that was the reason they took it to tow
the other boat they rowed up to Brooklyn, and
tied the boats the shore Henry Raynors house:
both boats were tied by Witness witness then the
house of man named Fowlks whom witness knew and
told him the circumstances of finding the body and re-
quested him to go and inform the Squire and have the
body brought up to the house Both Fowks and his wife
refused to have the body brought to their house would
have nothing to do with it, witness then went to Raynors
house; Raynor home; there was an old negro
there witness told him about the boats and the BODY
and then they started for home witness acquant
ed with the who with him and assisted in bring
ing the body up to Brooklyn.
Samuel T Acton, tesed-That he resides on the other
side of the Spring Gardens knows nothing about the
ttere nat McA A1vaa
day afternoon that there a dead man laying down
along the shore and told witness that the thing ought to
be attended to; witness promised it in the
morning. then heard that the body been removed by
Dr. Debuts to the Hospita witness then paid
tention to the subject heard afterwards that body and
boat had been taken to Raynor's
Joseph Canox, tesed-That he resides at l97 Lexipp
ton street. that on Christmas morning he to go
cunning he crossed the bridge at Ferry Bar, and
down to Raynor's, and asked for boat Raynor loaned
witness boat and also assisted wtaess place his
ket and decoy ducks in the boat witness then down
to the first point below the bridge his decoys; wit
was there until the afternoon, when he saw a man
on the Shore who asked him if he would not down
the other point and try the ducks witness and
took the man in his boat; did know the man. that
the person who with me (ponting to Mr. MinikinD
Witness then coroborated the testimony Mr. Mlnkin
about finding the body and taking it up to Brooklyn
Witness saw no marks of murder ON the bcdy when wit
the whskey jugs he led the opinion that
intemperance the of DEATH the boat witness
Raynor was named the Tag witnoss thinks The tide
would rise where the body lying the clothes were
dry the body not stiff witness had hold of
hair of the head and shoulder when they heaved the
body in the boat
Richard Bradyhouse testifed-That he knew deceased
he was very nice deceased had hired with DR. John
about three months; deceased witness place
last Tuesday morning; he had butter in a bucket
about thirteen pounds, which witness bought
and paid for witness gave deceased five dollar note on
the Fels Point Savings Bank, and deceased gave him
the change witness not at home when deceased left
Tuesday; deceased left about four o'clock in a very
heavy rain deceased requested by of witness
people, not to that afternoon but deceased said his
wife was alone the farm with black man. and thoug gh
he would witness thinks deceased could have got
OF Curtis Creek before dark the deceased had
not fit for the boat and witness told him in the morn
ing witness thinks deceased not intemperae man.
he was not drunk in the morning when he left
ceased drank glass ale with witness young man be
fore he left the wharf, witness of opinion that deceased
must have landed that night the shore.
Joseph Schaub testied-That he keeps grocery store
on the corner of Alice Anna and Broadway on Tuesday
last deceased came to his store and said
groceries, and handed witness memorandum some
tces requesting witness to put them up; deceased
went up town; about O'Clock deceased returned and
paid for the articles and also bought gallon of whskey
the article of whiskey not the memorandum wit
ness thinks deceased gave him the Fes Point
Bank; deceased did not drink in witness store ne was
not drunk that the bill deceased got when he purchas
ed the goods (Bi Of groceries shown witness)
After the examination of this witness there being no
more testimony before the jury they retired shortly
rendered the following verdict That George w Donvon
came to his death from causes to the jury nknownn
Two brothers named Thomas and Henry Raynor re-
siding village of Br ooklyn short distance from
where the body was found, arrested late hour
last evening by Deputy Marshal Manly and Captain
Mitchell on suspicion of being in way connected
with the mysterious death of Donvan They were
house. and will undergo examination before the Mayor