New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-29
LAW LNYRLLIGENCK.
THE GREENWICH STREET MURDER-IhiAL
or MAURICE O'CONNELL
COURT OF OYER AND IERslNER-JAS e. o '''' '~'''
IhGsABAH.


NJ f,p,oo frst rose and a.ked the Court that James
Toolc indicted with ConneI for the murder OF lerc'a
pr;,1,.n no allowed 20 withdraw his plea Of ca ty u
raoslaaehter in the first degree and put IN Ms iofsr
plea Of no: guilty 10 the Indictment AT s'Dsi"- ne
fsxrict- Attorney making no 0ppo+uoh 10 tno MOI l'
n vas GRANTED though the Court tn granting IL, mel
I.n.snS protested against allowing such change OF
nIas a. q rule OF practice, and his Honor aid he
shcuId hereafter requr. the strCnge.t possible reasons
Sor N az substituting plea for another.
The completion Of the panel of jarOrs for the trial
sfMsarice o Council was then proceeded with. About
thirfy jurors called, when the I'm juror was
finally obtained Franoi5 George, stabe.keeper, Nos
Mr.. Richardson one Of me eleven jpros sworn in
yesterday, having before he adjoursMeh; int,
capital punishment: Mr. Whiting, for the prose@uti9n,
asked the privilege To examine Mr.. Rc nerdson enoer
cath on that point. W.. Clinton, ior tne deien-e,
<be citing TO the rglt Of the counsel to except 10
iuror after he had been accepted and sworn ~, M
Whiting read from, ne decision Of the People W.
Damon, where the Cour, had allowed such eyamna-
ton OF O Juror.
when be answered substantially. though having con-
soent;ous scrupl.s against capita! Punishment, he
shonld yet feel bound % render verdict OF guilty
the evidence warranted It, and would not regard him
self as respnasbe for the CAPITA punishment: ha'
6r. Whiting EXPRESSED h.n.ele satisfied with this
answer of Mr. Richardson, and the Juror was &C.
eepted. The entire number of Jurymen was then
made out and with those impanneed yesterday, cor
isted OF the following persons:
.~ss Taylor %ss No. A sen lst F 1osf Nh H.
s. % edo oTO VS.. Twenty street. Robcrt aycr
ps,ere Yves: Twenty ninth street; PLio Richardson sta
No g beaver street; DAVID Grg.h ~SIehan No BIZ sis.
.,.n Sas ss $500 h sT a NO. w. ree Faas s
sabssespeI Nos i2i and 80 Yves. Broadway.
All the jurors no. in this then dis
charged from further attendance.
Mr.. Sedgwick then rose and opened the csse 10 the
Jury, passing OVERT sO far III detail was necessary
70 present its more prominent and commanding facts
and cLcumstaDccs. The Assistan. Distrct-AttOTney
observed that there was romance 20 this case, but
that il consisted, simply, of a combination OF cOarsey
disgusting facts. IL went TO show tha: there arr por
tons Of this city whore there If no respect for law or
Tor any Of those objects laws designed 10
Mr.. SedgwiCk then said this u1der Of
The subdivisions of murder, which he read from the
statute as consisting in the commission o. felony, in
consequence of which death resulted, without the de-
sign OF the perpetraof 70 effect DEATH Now said the
Disrct-AttOney the felony nitted in this is
rape upon the person of Teresa Sptzleu, in conse
SueDee Of which the death of the woman violated fol-
lowed. Counsel for the prosecution then went more
fully into the facts of the case, the particulars OF
which have been heretofore published f0r his agency
20 which Maurice OCOnnell IL on trial for muir.
der The outrage committed on the night Of the
eth of November last at u iagerbeer cellar ~ No. ~
Greenwich street, by violating tine person of Teresa
Spitzlen ON elderly German woman. in consequence
I'll which outrage she is alleged have died. Ssilsr
Dan" Hagan and james TOoe indicted with
OCopnell for causing the death OF the German wo-
II.
The first witness called Ivy the prosecution was
boy named Martin Devne Being sworn h. aid helved At No
bs sret Of ,ho dean Of Teresa spcr knows
al accused he also knows Leslie Backbume on the hight
soS sSd then he ,a% ocouue at No. "a fecac stre
soon aer wtness saw Hesan and following him. saw BlSk-
psn" sopewhere h didn't know wher his meeting
witness drs; met the above parties oConne spo sst be
yay for the lager beer aud cigars others then said they were
safed there two or Tire IN The slloon vi mess dd LOT
Dan" SAID "I get Martin Peter to oPer so door, Sailor
Dan" then down aud Knocked a .e fron cellar door he
This was s of the accused. and others who
wee present. 0Coenel and Tool then wen dGyn IN the
y3ek way SoI Dan "ca tnt front door 'h"y ss5ef
down ohe aSay to bali h1 ~ ssS gSy m 92 me
cellar bat coudn , whothr !: was 92shne o. hsals @
ssS ns e wen, i've or ,lrce & him IL the cc aud they
hsed 70 have Killed ha' 0COnnes cost and shirt oFn
at this time and bis ACE looked if sweating witness
then went toward the Battery and the accused went to
place where so@e %o S as heard Sns,s saw GooTa, s
get srnssd they wese anshne there witness did nj tee
On cross examination by Mr. Clinton the defense win
said the house No 81 Greenwich street bad house
Ssre on the 10 qie.Son sailor Dan tad
On the habit OF ,o5g there and visiting" OF the girls
Witness again examiuedty Mr. Whiting for posecu
ton bit without exciting anything Of importance.
Leslie Black hurne was the uext witness SWORD by
she prosecution lie aid he lived No. % Greenwich street
and cerk thu OF his brother No OS Greawich
Ssn NJ ns e Se T 4SmcSs tho Teh when T
ress spxen her dea.h; he OCouneI near
eoestion between u and o'clock; the prisoner trial
and Tooc together; witness standing with Hssan
she street and SAILOR Dan e'ne toward hem witness then
remained WHERE he was and tho ether three started FOR The Bay,
sA Let down aud coffee money witness then
about two doors the CELLAR three went down the back
and Sailor Dan went in tn front door about hen minutes
ali The accused s witness heard noise in the ccaarj wit
then down ia the cellar be didn't OCoane there
~ all a. h. recolecied bat Tooe and HagRn in the first
room witness Toole in the &C: of violating but
ste when he and Hagn followed him out he thinks
they then le srest TOoc next o Of tn
prisoner trial then said There is in h cellar dead
going be arrested all of them laughed OCon
wssng ap and down the streets
Frances Martin, German the wife of the keeper Of
tie saloon 81 No 81 Greenwich swOrn-She dill
DOT prisoners into the cear those that in
BY The bah way; she first them in The b.rroom witness
Gnd then shaking Of the door, when her husband
vp the Light Sailor Dan ~ss in the the husband Of
Eaor Dan te then there rspue the back
achen Sailor Dan then open the back door aud
smai man with hairy coat a. whom witness identified
asSs The smallest boy went and got aS OF SSsasd OF
Ina on ehsr md TsIe cserel half dosS with saa,her inf
NOUS P7ossn the deceased resisted resoluey when Tooe
Ss d.rS dsf nom AID P;sd IL a. hs bra, ba h S d.
ssa lss by the shodder add they cared her tIoash
pss~&sc"sy la'o another apartment; O'CoureN a.
this time was IA the b0rioOu Sayas nofhas witness then
tse for and an hour when
sse e&se bach abe oAnd Sailor an Council in
e cellar oConneh vas in The yoiainr the person
tsds ocorb bsd hand. or .hs s. u s
could no, zee ne lace q On account OC head
ny down bed she looked very white AID the io ,s.s
somics ton her mouth Der eyes roJns 81. ,e about
years Old abe did i Kinds q 10 ysors $50 oss s0 VS. -
she had worried :oI Doctor a. he Of AID Or
woman and worked honestly loT her living; while bns ds,y
IN the ar on 10 in