New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-05

s.ropg ebb tide. to land the body on the p'o0n
NAV toge8 !, 10 ths city rowing into the ShP 'oO'
p..lms, stree, where they deposited the corpse ana
80 b,,o,o1 .o the Coroners Office 10 give nouce oi
a.. matter During their absence the f'nce came
,ero.a the body and thinking il belonged here LOOK
ashore. ..;.,. e,x.,
The story told by the boatmen was a'a,sh''ofwaru'
and ,hs,e saems 10 be scarcely DOUBT out thM 'he
ro,rd., ,ss committed in Brooklyn AT tie foot OF
U.sbng.op street Brooklyn, nearly opposite the spot
.be,e tie boatmen sllege they found the body lies
or.ny Of stone Of the same character as that found
ssed to the remains of the deceased, strong cir
csnce and going far to sustain the theory that the
,uder vas committed the other side Of the river.
sad thatihe quality Of stone cannot be found
v.kn hsn mile or Beekman street, aud it is hardly
.rDposabe that the murderers would lose time by trav-
eng tha. distance.
Tbs following is tile evidence adduoed before the
CofOner's Jury:
Trsncis Mcpherson, sworn, deposed az folows-I
iss the Globe Hotel bad acquaintance with deceased
shle in rearsals saloon under The Fulton Msrke about
Sisepet shea conversation .pass up relative ropej
dy peatd drawer aud showed piee OF rope he said
, pteyou.ly saw the part Of the rope shown by Brady
"a regret the murder having been committrd
eeu syep Curtis have examined the rope found around
d. deceased and resembles the detached part shown
coansy here desired the police bring forward the
pecs of rUpe IN the possession OF Mr. Brady.
John Brady, being duly sworn, deposed as follows
live No osk street. am bartender at Mr. Pesrssn''
st bay have seem the dcesed before saw him ia o place
time l..t week in the night time be came in and took
smoking he piece OF rope then produced but the witness
ensSe 10 i'd, y III there was no similarity IN the two
O place between 10 and 2 o'clock Tuesday Wednes
y night ard borrowed piece of him the ROPE and
E same :. that Hi' ssyo sSM Mi c % E Curtis
e % Ot that HG S nj sd that Man bad found
s foo. Beskmsn street with tied around his body
cafts was arrested but .ai wa. ALI Mr. Cur
OF rope about six feet oOs he sd & ne wanted 20 e
@ neOshze The piece Of rope found ground the body oi tue DE-
Miobae! Knowles being sworn ssye-I reside at No. |
t.oD tree am sSy Sns Of Ssy
Il BooLyn side Of rver the body twenty feet from
e dock opposite the second dock Of the Catherine ferry az the
s S IN as tbe boat with me at the time brought the body
Per No 20 made fast 70 ny boat then went ana d e
s board ship for rope to fasten the body they
i.ed Z to went 20 ths Fulton ferry aod met an
cer who told he would get officer take charge OF the
the officer asked me to Ese the body % that he could see
Dr. Woodward, recalled, and being shown an oyster.
& says that the knife in question would produce wound
DTsI 70 that inflicted on deceased no knife OF G1dn ,5 y
lady deceased again am OF the opinion that tina wound was
.d Inflicted BY the knife now shown
William w. Davis, being sworn, says--l reside at |
No. 2s Navy street Brooklyn am pilot did not know de-
6 have seen the body Of the and recognize it
s person had last Wednesday afternoon a. the FUTON
o No 50 South street. it between the hours OF and
o'clock did rot deceased in the company Of any one there
,in ased took cigar he did got drink saw deceased
BoOIyn thought the time did dot anybody in his
company the time did not see him go on board the terry
lave It until arrived Brooklyn did not see him ster.
Wnd yesterday morning | heard OF the deceased oelng
ss.S IN cmpsny with man Of the name Of Curtis sup
p Wednesday night he told ne thought that Curtis
with Curtis aad deceased my leaving deceased
positively that the body now see l. the body of ahe
lbs. tod ne he saw decessed curtis aud female in front ot9e
Glu Hote Wednesday night to Curs oyster STAND
iscsa.ed outside the Of the ferry that neh thought
about he sbont halfway the side~aki
wu waking toward the ejry at the time ss him;
EHsus, tod that he thought Curtis had committed the foul
before Crstis was arrested ,--,.,
3. peI.on Be saw with
The then shown the body Of deceased but he de-
psd ever having seen dect ssed before. , =. -.
Ellen Malone. being sworn, says-l reside az No 4If
: s T h.. an 1S 'Is1 H' "s'.
company With Curtis except myself on "sdnesdsy sm 'bS h
company the deceased present them the reason was
shborhood that night was that went 20 see nsu
some time not married to him be lett me ABOUT to
yass Do for ape M if went to Albany M Curtis spoke
going the boat met Curtis whel returned from tae
Were " as at the other side Buing slip; be said Come
En VEL have drink we then passed hs stand ana wen wen
soss FRONT stree, iii we arvcd Roosevelt street think
@ kos the S e, w Seb % 1s %eH s dow 6a4d to ei
Cene street aud stopped there fS IN, night ,ast Sf s So p
Ss,h Market street we then had two drinks
petty drunk and cannot rccoec the places We drank IN
v,hen my house In Pearl street aud ad another dhS
thse we rem ait I'd until FIVE O'Clock. when he left
William Kennedy being swcro, says reside az
S " fS by street 5s Srn the bod Of the deoeised have
the deceased before; know MI Cuitis saw nun
ocd that Curtis said in his company on
Wednesday, light that not so did not see him after ua'A Oh
The wi9e being taken before the prisoner the latter de-
Ad that The witness IN his company between ~ anu IL
The w "a again sgofe that he did not the prisoner aer
SOock hsd the clothes on have now, on wednesday,
pth the exception of white shirt. . -
Cor nelius Desmono being sworn saidl reside at NO.
Jackson street NswYqrk am buyer Of GA rope ~s,
20 mPaSy with MI knowicon MeGns'usy et IA Ii & a. snS
se. of BROOK side of the East River osme
.B o'clock NO grsPpcd deceased between Ce'hs
rue ard Fulton Ferry il about Is feet distance from the
dck bru urh to pier ~ on the NewYork side and my
ntuer aoGissd the Coroner
Inspectcr Weed here informed the Coroner that
.sd body was then lying dock the foot Of Washing
se Brooklyn close to the spot where the body wa. IecoS
rons 10 be found NewYor side Of the river One of the
geened piece i 'one % SISso o Ss same nS 0s e !.
1at found sitschcd TO the body OF deceased go 49, ,
TIE inquest was then ejoufned until Monday morn
tg a. 10 O'Clock
FA1AIlr POISONED by MIsTAKE.-Coroner Perry
he'd su inquest al Bellevue Hospital on the body OF
Chles Foley who died froa. having been accidentally
pO.oped Some two weeks $50 quantity OF arsenic
hsd been purchased by member of Folcys family for
tie purpose of poisoning rats, and placed on the man
tepece. 1t had not been used, and some days ago
Foley seeing the deadly mineral the shelf, tasted It,
not know Dc the nature oft. The arsenic being pleas
ant 20 his taste he took of il and unfortu
n.,ay tLc quantity taken into his stomach was too