New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-19
THE MURDER or NIKE WALSH
coRoyER's INVESTIGATION CoSCLuDED-IER-
DICT or THE JURY.

,oRoNER's INVESTIGATION CoNCLJDED-NLR-
DICT or THE Jury.
The ironisitiop upon the body Of Nike Wish was
suued Yesterday by Coroner Keefe and before
the risrg of the Jury the csse wss closed. large
number Of the friends Of deceased in Attendance
q. the Sixteenth Ward Police Station st whi,h plsce
the inquest was held. The testimony sdduoed tnIew
additional light upsn toe mystery which surrounds his
oesth and the July we're led TO believe that he was
murdered.
AN sorts Of wild speeulstiors we're INDUCED in by
the friends of the deceased some assigning the cause
Of death Political to snimosy others to personal 'pi;e.
In. 4 would snifestly be cut of place to give cur
.rc, 70 all the idle rumors which have been set shost
Aprend.d is the evidence elicitsd BY Coroner
0Ke,fe
Cs,rge wilkes svorn says-I saw Mr.. Walsh at
the Hone House, from L. o'clock 10 o'clock on
Wednesday ID ht Shsie he was very cheerful; tasn
LEFT with hun, accompanied BY alr Richeheu ana mr.
smith; We went up BroadEay together, ana MY hlch-
lsu left rs 81 Fourth street; alsh and then went
tos ether until got AstoT place wnen We parted
aud s,aIted fer home; he had been drinking some,
but Dot sufficient 10 him sta ygeS as we walked
together; his mind was clear, and no appeared 10 Oe
unc er good selfcontrol; did not notice whether ne
he'd hs ring on but think he bad his ws,ch with HIM;
his breastpin was not his shirt BOSOM; was OF
emeralds and diamonds, and gave It TO hin in Pans
ia 1855; be was IN sufficiently clear state OF mnd
al d s.lf-control to 60 safely home.
RobeI, A. Knapp Of No. 223 West Seventeenth
street sworn says-I heard the cry Of murder three
timer loud, ard was awakened thereby; after INST
faw two men gong down Seventeenth street from tne
Eighth svesue waking quite tssti they stopped ana
Looked NJ the street, aud then went OIL tnls was
after O clock and may have been between 3 and
o clock; ore of the men was dressed IN olacs, and
wore black kst; the other had on glAzed cap th9
cry cane from Eighth avenue, near Seventeenth
a. L ID tnx sfi ~ a
arc then walked off faster than before lay awake
about half sn eur, and then slept until o'clock.
Gs,rge Dunlap, of No. 1876 Eighth sveoue, sForu,
says- Betg. en- ~ and three O'Clock heard noise,
and AZ frst thought It something falling from the
top of the house after that heard some one say
Come out of that d-n your soul!' live 10 the up
per Part Of the house where SIR Washs remains were
found; | was between sleeping ard saking wren
heart the Ioise which wss Ike crash Immediately
after the RASH the words above were spoken was
in bed IN the front room over tne store az tne Tune
old rot hear any person run away e. the TINS IL was
morning about al hour aterward, and people were
The mss liver, residing a, Florence Hotel sworn,
says-I let Mr. Walsh at the Hone House on Tnurs-
day morning between | and O'Clock; ne had on his
watch and chain; | did not notice ring on his hand
he bad not been drinking much, aud was steady
have oiteen seen him more the worse for liquor than
he that night left him at the Hone House about
o'ctck.
jeremiah Haley of No. Essex street, sworn, ssys-
n.
afternoon: went with him thence to the New YORK
Hotel thence 70 Lafayette Hail. and then back 10 the
Hone House; when parted with hi II at the latter
place il was between and ciocs; he had on bis
watch anG chain; did not zee his ringi he had not
drank enough to have il noticed, ard knew well what
be WAS about; 4 saw HIM take out his watch TO see
what time IL wss.
Henry ID. Felter Of No. IS West Twenty-si1th
street, sUorr, says-I cav Mr.. Walsh at the Hone
House, and left him there between and o'clock;
did not notice his satcn or riug.
THE Jury here took recess Of half sn hour, and
the Co,oBer in the Interim visited the residence of
Mrs Walsh for the purpose OF taking her affidavit
On reassembiDg, the examination OF Witnesses pro-
ceeGed.
Samuel G. Weiser, 80 employee at the Hone House,
sworn says-I saw Mr.. W alsh at the house; he eft
at u O'Clock was not to any extern, under the lniu-
ence Of quUr; stranger could not have noticed 10;
DO not know whether he had on a watch; he lit cigar
when he left.
Stewart Smith, Of No. 267 Elizabeth street, sworn
saye-I left Ceceased 10 company with Mr.. Nnkee
about o'clock rhWsday morning; they went up
Broadway; i went CONN., deceased was apparently
able to take care Of bi nsef when parted with him
CatbariIe Welsh, wife Of deceased, deposed as fol-
lows-I left home With my husband on Wednesday,
and parted with him in Broadway; ne had on hrs
watch but oreastpn or ring, and did not see him
alive after IN at.
Coroner OKsefe then submited the case TO the Jary
without comment and after elaboration of half an
hour, they rendered the following
VERDICT.
.'That the said Mise Walsh came to his death by
spoplexy produced from being precipitated down the
stoIs steps Of the area OF No 1876 Eighth avenue on
the morning Of the 18th of March; ana are of the
opinion th from the absence Of his 1ach aud chain,
which were IN his possession when last seen by bis
ende aud other circumstances, that violence Was
resoiied to By soue person or persons unknown"
TIE deceased will be inferred in Greenwood Gene