New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-18
THE LATE MURDER IN Elm STREET.

INQUEST UPON TlIE BODY OF MR.. OWENS.
Coroner J.cknsn yesterday commenced the tax ng
Of testimony in he case OF Richard Overs who WAS
mjidered in front Of tue house No. 81 Elm street. on
Saturday night. The Jury met at the Sixth Ward
Statior.House Franklin street, when the following
evidence wa. elected:
CstaIiua Decker being dny sworn, deposed "a fol-
lows-by husbands rane Wilhelm Decker; be Is now yns
dangerouiy wounded the New York Hospital; about II
o'clock Saturday night stair. the second door OF
house attending ire when heard some one running
seeompanied b. two other sen whose name,
they ed to break The firnre when .u down star,
call husbard; wn Gas, who broke the lamp could
whether they we're intoxicated or not when they went
pat them Of the house ana with assistance succeeded In
husband about shutting the door upon them
Sd ret pistol in any one e,e h,nd IS soon as the shot
my husband fell wounded the pistol in GLASS
seen Glass before. but did no. bnow his until
eiPsst ,y Re @ ,e way
shot much frightened that could not say how many
.5o toos mv h.bsId 20 the NeSYork Hospital canuot poe
yey identify Higgins being one Of the party who s;comP'
William Meyers, being duly sworn, deposed as fol-
ors reside At No q Elm street Saturday night heard
s,e, rem M toward ster house and there saw two
more shots then of for policeman bat could not
,a ss on be oppe 5ew. when the shot. were bred
saw Of The proceeding from Glass, hand there
IDENTITY them know o.. BY sight ran up toward Broad
way booking for policeman, and then bics when got
home raw my father lying in bed my mother was In the bed
room with bin uy father removed the Hospital about
or O'Clock that morning Gs., dressed just {" he |.
now have known him for the last nine months 80;
could no: be mistaken the person who tired the sho,s
lamp In the street about ten feet of from our
Michael Tobiu residing in p arl street. doposei that
b bartender tor James 0i. brother Of the Psone at
the prisoner in the baoom that night the prisoner sn'
,say dsBE br,nsy ard ssetsser; Jaw no weapon in the
hands Of sny Of The meal heard the shos tired next door
did not 20 out; G. in shout fifteen minutes aer td
shots cred Gsss did not anything about the shots
had conversation with relative 70 the shooting
Hissn, eoIt know whether in the barroem
rot when the lhoi' were fred never saw pistol ~ oa'
possession know around there who owns pistt
know the Of any parties who were the store when
James Lotus, residing at No. 12s Leonard street,
dposed ,hs vaH james Glass store about IL 'ck on
Ito 1 ,pte heard tie f.. mot fred and
ins on the sidewalks wss in james CLASS store for half gu
there saw him when se.ted; did not him for
70 the ho9tnsi when got TO tue man
started 20 when me first shot wa. fred bt before got
~ b I'D IT, .bos saw no one but the man who was
yinr Cd the Sidewalk about thyye forty
S. n tf s. oTS By TfsR IL s. store for an
aeI TIE hootns St not render the wounded
Policeman n. B. Cooper Of tie Sixth Precinct, being
duly sworr d.posed oowsThe mur Ter happened my
Elm streets. n@edia., 4 fpiocsesed to No Il Elm street
where saw Offers br'dey and Fynn they had aksn de.
.ps went Il pnr.uit Of Ga., and arr HIM the
si,o Hsirsd James 6ai. the arrest tbs
uer Of Broadway and Pearl street heard The cJ OF
,s tip a.. ' no euod on ch.ss Of a.a Just then
John Gss stepped uto the crowd when the officer went Up
and told him t be wanted John a'. refused 70 20 st
Frat when took hi by the cou aud conveyed him u the
ssicnH House, did not arrest James Glass, deemins the
waited for when Oac rFyun ssld j1.i then
Officer osan cane mp and told Glaze ;ns the Captain vented
h houI after te shooting took place am sure was
Hisxu, AND Lofus company about O'Clock that .srnoon
CstarD. Decser reswOrn--I cannot recognize Lotus
being Of e party who WA in company with the prisoner
William Meyers, resworn-I cannot identify Lotus
having been IN company with d' when the 'ao'' were
Robert Otens, residing at No. l2l Union street,
Breosyn being sworn dePo'eG that the dsce:ssd w as
wSeIe he he, vile AID two children deess,ed rssef
ard steyedore, lin s,i alive O'Clock 90 satuSay
HS 81 sS, see l' again 1" "a" 0 '''' " ''
Adjourned unit, o'clock tomorrow morning.
Hs gins belongs to Engice Company No. 81 in
Worth street, and also belongs to vilsnous organ
ization sone two hundred strorg, called the Stock
hoders men bers Of whom usually to be SEEN on
tie ccner Of Worth and Elm streets Centre AID
Worth streets aud Elm aud Duane streets. The
Stockholders" frequently attack tie membe OF fire
compa lee With whom they at enoity, and commit
other depredation.. Most Of them apparently have
10 legitimate mesrs ef subsistence. Jack" Glass, as
he is usually known, an expelled member of Engine
Compspy Ne. II, he having bseh oasted for non-pay-
neut of freq and other denquences.
james L:Aus, who is said to be the third man who
posed the uurterous trio, was arrested yesterday
by Cspt Dowlit of the SIKH Precinct, and used as
Wtresr. It did no. appear fiom his testimony, how
ever that lie vas pre- sent the time of the murder