New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-18
TIE HON. NIKE WALSH KILLED.
HIS CORPSE RO 8BED- Suspicious or FOUL
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Nssh. About five CCl ck = tue mornmg, t1e
worm but Ef,lees BODY Of M Walsh was found 10y
Policemen Courtney ottbe I'esnth Precinct, iying
a. the foot Of steep gtt Il stose steps, le.ing to
bsHem-nt under toe nil merry store, No. l3s sh'h
svenJe. Tee Officer had passed Eat way half 81 uour
before, but oid rot thea see any psrson there. Toe
stsps eight 70 Bulnbsr, ard Undsaely steep "a
the sides they are guarded by railing, bu tue ion:
there IL ral gua'd, aud IS they cut into the
SIDEWALK what ceeply, they are rather dangerous
Auy per,on no M got bappsr to stu nbe Dear them,
could Dot himself from sf, Of q: le st ten feet
The bottom step is within eight ocoes Of the door, 1t
wts upon this that the head Of the dscessed rested,
face Up he body lying with its feet elevated toward
the street. sr1sl, 20 OF blood which had flowed
from sigh. fcap wO1rd in the back ofthe hesi. lsy
upon tue 10 step. When state that Mr.. sl,h
he'd leeu out With some boon oom2asi01s mil lats
hour in tie moruirg ndHgrg sher freely, aud thai
when BIZ friend Mr. Geo. Wilkes ard he LEI. the
Hore House a. O'Clock 3. IN, with the avoued in
teDtiOn % going bone forth with, ne quite uu5er
the ireuerce Of liquor It would strike ote as mos:
probsb thst while staggering hontward, he Dei
stumbled, md fallen down the oe ar way, where he
wa fourd aud dle1 there Of congestion. This YOU'D
appear 10 be thcmOst probable theory ard It Is SUI
taiocd by the medcs testimony. Doubtless the iaI
stunned hin, if il cid not produce concusson Of the
brain, lesvirg him helpless; and being man OF fall
habit noted bon vivsbt and at t1e q M OF thu fsl
quite psy-irom the position in which he lay, head
down srd i. would not strain the imagins,oo to sup
poe thst under such ccumtance5 be diei Of co1ges
ton Cf the brs!n.
Bot the body is found stripped Of it, vausblss.
costly gold watch the g oftne widoT Of George scs,
heavy gold chain, the disrnoud iog worn on The left
hard and all the money, save few coPpsrs, IN tee
pockets, ere musiug. WIS. Ghoul has stripped the
deac Were thee Article, stolen be ore or g'ter
death Was the helpless inc brsts hnrlei down the
abyss by some rnffi4 hand for pluuder! Ihsse are
qUettons which suggest themselves very urpleaoantly
sn6 thrcs vail of mystery over tae clsiapcaoly .d,r
thai certainly pfTp, Xiog a. vel a. painful joseph
,ocbbsr who left hin in his cups, a. toe Hohe hoase
a, o'clock il the morning. Gays That be often asked
Walsh if he rot sirsd N 60 home 20 late, while
under the oGuenc, o. liquor lie replied, No; NJ one
ever veatuIed to modest him. Wnon the b0ty was
fourd, oue hand was upon tae hear toe other aoder
the bsok. Officer Vosburgh, The was on duty a; tie
corner Of Eighth syenue aad Nineteenth street, e's
than $50 blocks from where the body was found.
fsncisd that he heard q cry Of "Wat'h about ~
o'clock and up tbs avenue to discover the source
whence il came; but meeting fellow officer wac did
rot ear IT, lie thought it mas have come from below
and ret1acog bis steps s,enei to hesr il the ccy
repeated. IL not. There was bal in tae neigh.
borbood and great many people vera sb,u. At the
time. What sort of people were they and DID one OF
them Luh poor Wash down the steps, AMI, while he
lay helpless, rob HIM Was that solitary cry Of
Watch his death shrek or the hand over the
heart raised TO preveot tle watch from beiog stolen
from the vest pocket Tasso are ali questions which
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bis Jury will do we'll to investigate.
At . O'Clock Coroner OKeefe inpssnele1 Jury
ard Obtained the following evdstcs:
Jo-eph Ro,hbar testified that he LOFT deceased a.
O'Clock Oh thursday morning, at the corner OF Fourth
street and broadway; he t1en In he company oil
mir Wilkes Of Tn Sptrnof TIE Tunes, ana they LETT
the Hone House 4 few minutes before GAd bad been
there about three Qusit-Is Of hour; Mr. Wash bad
drunk considerable aud sa!d that no going directly
hone; have frequently asked hun II ne 6as not
afraid to 90 home alone when under the Influence OK
liquor and his reply was tdat no one ever venured to
disturb him; Think be had watch with him, and do
not know whether he had any money.
Thos. COortLey, pohoeu an % tle > x'een'h pre-
cnct testified t5st about - O'Clock IN tne mOrniog,
Ms he was passing through Eighth avenue, ne say
deces;ed lying in the area OF No. l3S, dead; called
Officer Hughes and took the body 10 ths S...oG-
H1use; II was then warm ard bleeding; one hand vas
upon the heart, the other under bis body passed the
house about half an hour before bu, did not see de-
ceased then There was ball IN the neighborhoof
VIII ch broke up about 3, o CLOCK decesse1s hat vas
lyiug alongside Of him, there was cut in tue back
part of hs head, and this the Only mark OF yio-
iepce visible; did not search the body uatil 1t
reached the station House.
Geo S.sors Wslah, Resting 81 No. 2nS Wort TEen-
" hrst street. testified tbst deceased Was bis father
v as not at home when he lei 90 "Wednesday; re uas
worn gold watch and noni IinL for years, saF Ia
in bed on Wednesday, bat Go not kno" 81 what hns
he got up; left the house shortly atet O'clock
neither decssed5 sat,b ring Tere found up "a tue
hpdy az dsC- 1ssC.
WIN. Mulbgsn OF No. 1873 West Thirtisth street.,
sworn says Jaw deceased a. D O'Clock on Wed1o7-
day Afternoon, with e1 'AmiTmaa Wilson and o.aer',
at Col Waters place ooio,r of BfoadEa ard Urea.
Jones street; WHEN be Jeff. be has his w6tch WITH niu,
and was net yisby inebrated; the clAiu attached 10
his watch was large; co not know whether be had
diamond ring Nth hn or rot but knO- ne vas IN tue
habit Of xesrfg oLe.
Policeman Comtney, recaled-The overcast and
under Goa, of deceased were BON open when found
him. ard If lie had GA his chain It "ouid have eeen
exposed to the rays OF the gas light W IA on.
John l.. Noeourgh, of tue Sixteenth Ward Police,
sworu sGid-AbOot g. O'clock Thursday morning,
while a. the corner Of b. hth aveaar ani NiGete7n
street hearc n cry of "NGtca!" ran up the Ave
nue., and say Officer Oyeit0u, who said ne hsd not
heard any cry; / then nclnied tina. Y came from
down the Avenue, aud waited 10 hear If u w-s r.
peatkd but it was not; number Of people were out
a. the tine, they we're ieaving bel which had been
held in the neignborhoot.
Dire. G,nseher snd Walton testiii 4 that they hal
made 6 postmoTtem examination OF the BODY oi de-
ceased, ard found 10 marks OF Nioltncs eAsept
laCe sted wyuhG OF the scalp, about 8 i1chrs Ia
length ard situated he right poster part OF the
head; there no trsc.arv o. depression " b-ne
under the wound the brain gss M ally eOnsss.ed,
aid presented traces Il prev ,ns iui lnmatUn; se
found an uporeanzei o9t ot boot 81 base OF the
braio: the lungs healthy; tas heart sss some
what diseased; the kidney coogesel and d=lceat 10
oortca substance sll the Other orgsus comparatively
beallby; IN our opifIon death was caused oy apo
pie1y
TIE c..e was here adjourned ur,il 10 o'clock this