New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-29

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thicksoed snd tee cther ccurn tied fcm Inflammation
bet thesc rot sufficiently affected 70 Influence the
general health no ess utder CREST eyeI.ton or excite
neat. The blood throughout .hc body WAS 1gid norc
was found ccsgulated snywhere. TIE stomach ex-
terraly wss healthy, bot Internally cont sized only
-opy rnuous &c food of any kinel the hung msri-
brare was somewhat sottenei covered with this thick
ter acous mgcGs and highly injected in its extent bu,
no, coIroded. Other organs perfectly he.thy and
showing effects of intsmperarce, or sickness.
That the deceased died Of overdose oi cyanide of
potassium | have no doubt but that he Intentionally
poisor.d hmse,t GO not believe. lie va. suffering
from chronic cough from his peursy kind Of cough
which q seda'iye would relieve. Cyanide ofPotsssum
i, used for this purpose and the dose evidently
from ore OF TIE bottles contarng the veskes. solution,
Will. q suicide would have chosen the strongest.
Only small quaLtity could have beer taken, or more
effect would have been perceived ari greater oder
Of prussic acid been detected. Ire stomach being
entirely empty be isd arrived at the hotel too lse
!or iinnsr aid st not appeared a. supper and there
berg neither food Auii TO dilute the quantity of
me'icipe taksn, it st absorbed aud the full
eteet-a total loss Of muscular power-immediately
prcdpoed, which would probably not have been the
csc had the stomach contained food.
The fact u tie body having been still warm when
:ound at 10 O'Clock the next morning proves con
cusvely thx the medicine either taken in small
quantities dung the night and last proc uce3 death
by &C cumulstNn ss cyanide Of potassium viii do
that if bu. oe dose taken, Il was rot until
late hour in the morning.
Ny conviction : that be accidentally took su over
dose Of cyanide Of potassium, which he VA. using as
a medicine. +. =. EDWARDS, N. ID.
No. lS7 we., t. en- y-.eond .trest.
SUPPOSED SuIoIDE.-Ccroner Perry yesterday COM
nenoed an Investigation At Bellevue Hospital for the
parpo-e OF sscertarinS lie cause of death OF
known woman ~ho wss recently sound floating IN one
Of the docks Of the East River With vsrous marks of
vio.rce her person, The body has not ye; been
cognizei but il is thought to be that Of the young
woman who jumped overheard from The bow of one
Of the Brooklyn-ferry boats on Thursday night and
was drowned. a Post-irorem examination wa made.
and copy OF the ueJca testimony viii be found
below:
GeorcA B. Bouton, NJ. D.. being sworn, says: |
have made uoe ersuius'or of The body of sn rn'
known y.ns dead tho Belyue Hospital dad
houe witch ". iouIo floating I the dccs rlet NO 10
TIA. cf Irish woman eres.d In reed hooped skirt bsk
silk wst tthe skirt being tcrr oh white ceemise whit.
old r-s Of The iEses OF her right tsnd she wna
f,Ied woman s. complexion, WITH black curly h,ir aud
evidently souewhs than senty there
evidences Of corused wound upon the face end
head tie nasa boz bOta crushed and small crucial
lAersed wound inie 5sey above the srtic aa.ions Of
tie frontal and nssa b9ness'o small l,ceT;iei wount,
S to M b =. M FS IF p n, 5s on c Ss % roSs ABOUT .s
partially concealed By the hsr the stomach contained
81 srpessnc- created by n,sapessce a. did also The liver
the other generally noms about ten Dances CT
w ,ccasc ned by violence Of the blow which ucei he
injuries upon the hesc and face aud have been occssoued
previous or a. the ;me o in the water comia 10
contact with he wheel Of steamboat immediately after Jump
irs into the water iih. have the and sso
have d,es'ei the deceased OF her Clothing a. she 40" appears
The further examination Of the matter was post
poned till the afternoon hopinc that in the mean time
the friends Of deceased will come forward and nien.ify
the body.
FLERcIp IN CANNING HoUsE.-A drover hsiing
from Kentucky elpearcd before justice Weeh on
Saturday morning last, and complained that lie bad
been Hecced out Of between $4,000 and 5000 at
gambling estsublshGent, No. 575 Broadway. On
entering the place which he had been induced 10 visit
no found the gsne of faro going on sud man by the
name of johnson dealing the cards. He was
induced to play, ard lost about 1900 there; ne was
uext induced by two men, Hanley and Riley, to go to
another place IN Walker street, where at the same
game. he ,ost $500 more. lie subsequently, visited
other gamblpg-houses in the city at watch no lost
about 81 900 more. Warrants Issued ard placed
in the hands of Sergeant Croft, who, with officer
Fowler Of the Mayors squad, arrested William John
sop, Wm. H. Riley, William Henley and John IIustees
at No. 575 Broadway al. Of whom were identified by
the drover a. the parties who had relieved him Of his
furds. They were respectively held TO bail in the
ef 81 600 to await examination which Is to take
place be.oe Justice Welsh at 10 clock this morning.
THr BoDY-SsATCHISG CAsE.-Dr John Ferguson,
OF No. 1s9 East Eighteenth street. assists ant anatomical
demonstration at the Medical College in Fourteenth
street, Saturday morning last appeared before JUS
tice Welsh ard made an affidavit 10 the effect that the
body of Carey was admitted at the College Monday
the 9Th Instant, but not dssected eat until the
following Thursday. Justice Welsh accordingly ds-
missed the case, bang his decision chapter l23 OF
the laws Of 1851, which makes it lawful in cities where
the population exceeds thirty thousand to use the
corpse Of any unclaimed body for dissection.
Fatal CAsPHgsE CAsrALTr.-0a Saturday night,
abou. lOl O'Clock, Ellen Callaghan, domestic, then
employed in the family Of Peter Hines, esq, No. 2i5
Seventh aver ne, attempted to fill uid eamphene
lamp without frat eNtnguishing the flame. The con-
sequence was that explosion Immediately ensued,
and in moment the clothes Of the thoughtless girl
were on fire. Help was at hand aud the fire
speedily extnguished, but not TIL poor Ellen fear
fully burned. She was attended by physician, and
conveyed to the Newyork Hospital by Othcer Robi-
nesu of tie Sixteenth Precinct, where she died in q
few hours aterwsrd. Coroner Perry held an inques!
on the body, snd the Jury rendered q verdict Of
Desih from burrs accidentally received Ellen
w@ tven.ysix years Of age and native Of Ireland.
She had lived with Mr. Hines for the last two year..
Suicide WITH PI,foL.-Co-oner Perry held sn
inques; Saturday, ct the Seventeeth Ward Police
Station, upon the bosy OF Geo. Yourg, the yours
German who comuitted suicide few days since at
his residence, No. 40 Ludlow street, ny shooting him
self through the head with pistol. The evidence
showed thst deceased had frequently been heard to