The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-03-05

INQUESTS.
Yesterday morning at II O'Clock the jury o
inquest on the body Of Daniel Mcintosh met at No
l33 Hudson street when the following testimony
was heard
VIM. Burns sworn--Works at the Avalon Iron
Works; saw Mcintosh strike Stark with his fist anC
then catch him by the hair and pull him partially
down; Stark then picked up hammer and struck
Mcintosh on the side of the head; the first blow ap
peared to stun him; Stark then struck the deceased
a second blow, which brought him to his knees; the
third blow laid him on the ground, where he lay
until he was carried out of the shop; thinks the
atfray occurred on last Monday week; Stark is en-
ployed in the works; Mcintosh had been employed
but was discharged don't know what the men
quarrelled about; Mcintosh did not raise his hand
Michael kaine, sworn.-Lives at Avalon; knew
Mcintosh; is engaged in running the steam engine
at the works; Mcintosh the morning he was
injured; it was the 22nd of February; saw Stark
standing some distance from his place of work
when Mcintosh walked up and knocked off his
cap; Stark picked up his cap and walked away
followed by Mcintosh; they were talking, but
witness could not hear what they said, as the ma
chinery was in motion saw Mcintosh take Stark by
the hair and strike him with his st Stark then pick
ed up hammer and struck the deceased on the heat
two blows say that he struck three blows ther
was large beam between witness and the parties
at the time, and witness could not observe wha
transpired alter Mcintosh fell; the hammer whicl
Stark used weighs between two and three pounds
and is used for knocking off cinders from irons; i
was about 30 feet from where Mcintosh knocked
Starks cap to when the fight took places it occurred
about nine O'clock in the morning; thinks McIntosl
was drunk at the time don't know the cause of th
quarrel; don't know of any misunderstanding ex
listing between the parties.
Il. l.. Elden, sworn.-Saw Mcintosh knock of
Starks cap; Stark picked it up and walked away
followed bT Mcintosh; heard Stark say he was mo-
able to fight Mcintosh, when the latter told him h
was no man, and then he caught Stark by the hal
and struck him with his fist; Stark then used tn
hammer; he hit the deceased three blows; saw Nc
lntosh previous to the affray; remarked that he wa
drunk, whereupon fellow workman said '.McIn
tOsh had better keep away from Stark, for Starl
would kill him." don't know of any subject o
quarrel between them.
Charles Crawford testified similarly to the othe
witnesses.
Doctors Evans and Ross performed post naortem
and their evidence before the jury was to the efec
that they had found two wounds on the left side o
the head of the deceased; one was not of serious
character; the other wound was the one whicl
caused death; there fracture of the skull one
inch in length and three quarters of an inch il
width, and the indentation about quarter o
an inch in depth; the man died from the effects o
the wound.
The jury rendered verdict of death from a
wound inflicted with hammer in the hands o
Joshua l.. Stark.
The deceased was married man, and his wife
and children are resdsng in the State of Ohio
Stark is married also, and has wife and two chill
dren living at the Avalon Works. He is spoken o
as man Of amiable disposition and good charac