New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-06

iieni- then IN the Hospital and al.o TO -a'e 'e fae-
hc buildings belonging 81 the STATE, which were -n
Hqueu'ly consumed.
Coroner P.rrv. who was called ~ bod az h4l'--
ton on the rema Gs Of Matthew. after making dh'n'
inquiries was unable 20 procure the attendance oi WI
nesses, except the attending physrian vino WV "
possession Of any .ac,- touchins the matter.
The only testimony taken wa- that II d.. h"cktr'
which was a. i0iiow-. ..
John W. Hook. VI. ~. being dnly -F"rr 9fT.,-s ,
and -ay- am house -urgeon oi The Nr"-inH - -
pa deceased va- admitted IN sepi. = a''', -
A. m suffering from q glr-sho' wound ~ '''' 10 "a" ~ ~
received the .rsVio,s evening az Quaran'lh"' iien
Island. h. said ne shot with q muss'' i'tn''i " ~
was supposed with.buck--ho IL the hahd- ~ i,ia
some ifteen twenty yards distant rom u' ~ s','
man he saws was one U the stachr- 81 ul- vai aI''
Uosui.al on admission he was much pr1stru'eu' am
did not complain of very much pam; be- hsh ~ VIZ
little blood. examination ~ the W"uhd II "a -
10 be- situated opposite the eleventh nnT'h ''''
elcut fNyo ,rger- breadth to the night y lr HI
line /, occupied space large enough - h. coVfret ny
haEa-dnlaT uiecp. black, ragged AMI IIirgNHi !"
shape: the openng seemed 10 be diyided hIiaee" "i ia
teeurncn' into three small "ner; on pr"oi- ~
ipq- ON. # them could be traced upward ana ll"aIu
nbnu, inches: the probe az tha, point encoNhle'el
some fragments of bone which were found {" orp"lh'
Of the frncnred ninth dor-al vertebra some ~ ,he-
pieces of bone extracted, and with thrn h",reo
irr.guler pece- Of lead supposed 70 b" slu9' Wa
larger thnn buck -shg there found 10 b. paray'
.s of the lower exreTt'ies the patient nn1'r appr-
rrorrisre treatment remained comfortable unil las'
ayci,ip S,.l, g. when he Suddenly became worse sni
continued sinking steadily until about o'clock thls
morning when he died; made a posl-in"rten e1'i'-
nation about Zine hours after death; the wonnd was
found TO take its direction upward and inward near
IN. middle e ifs trark about over the body u' me
tenth dorsa yertebra. was large wad oi paper I'M
bedd.d ID the muscular tissue; the spnons Processes
of M. ninth and tenth dOrsal verirbra anu TIE Uahs-
verse PROGRESSES of the on The right sd", were
shattered into fragments among these fragments We're
discovered four pieres of haienrd lead the body o;
the ninth dorsai vertebrs wa also shattered, and
pieces OF bone driven in upnn the spinal mar
row. n c0rnnnn'e-l fracture of the ninth aud tenth
ribs near the ariiculations with the vertehra,
existed: the muscles of the back were greatly niil-
,rated with blood imbedded IN the muscular tissue Of
the left side Of the spine and it, opposite t" the
seat Of fracture. found three slncs, and ,wn more
were discovered in the muscles higher up. near the
inferior border Of the scapula the chest being exam
ined both pleural cavities contained ef-ed bood-he
nigh, was nearly filed; the right lung was enSors''!
with blood NJ the pOstcTiOr sIHce 0f The lower lobe
of This lung there were several points of acrraon,
which being probed were found 10 extend upward
toward the root Of the lung and imbeddei terc were
found two more suc- making eight found ~ different
portions If the body; deceased, in my opinion came
io his death from the immediate ran'r of irternai
hemorrhage TIE result Of the wound received.
The jury, on the testimony adduced, rendered the
following verdict:
That Frank Matthews, the deceased, came Ia ms
death from gun-shot wound received during the late
riot at Quarantine ground. Staten Island, Sept. l.
1855 Mt the hands of some person unknown To the
jury"
Matthews was ~ year. Of age. aud native Of
Holland Ile was a seaman, and made In. last trip on
the ship Undne, plying between this port and lla'
yaua.