New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-24
THE MURDER IN THE BAY.
LATEST PARTICULARS.
THE MURD FoUND

element appeared 10 Increase. and HUNDREDS repaired
IN thu soop st Fulton Market sp 10 ascertain what
new Developments had been male during the previous
pjebt Anxiety and curiosity were on hploe. Inc
artts and reporters of the various illustrated news
papers were also hand to sketch the confusion OF
the cabin, and the various points on the deck where
there were evidences of conflict in characters OF blood
Among the articles skecbed was the tin wash-basin
in which johnson had washed the bloodrom his hands
aftor committing the murders, the coieepot win is
blood stains and sppendages OF human har inc etoVe
the plate Of raw beef the Ratchet or kniie MARKS On
the cling the blood and haie on the end Of the draw
bucket rope and the disturbed furniture OF the caon
generally The yawl-boat, It's oars, the hllsr, inc
broom, and the right boot were all subjects Tor inc
pencil an will doubtless in due time, be repfodueea
pjrtorjally The canal boat, lying between the wharf
and the sloop, constitutes platform for the gazing
multitude.
ITnon its deck various itnerant merchants nave
opeped their warehouses for the special accommodation
Of thoee bo prefer their refreshments outside
of numerous kinds endless assortments OF canoy anu
the best apples and oranges the market are oh'rco
to the curious crowd, and as curiosity sharpens appetite
thew do a big business. Buyers are also accommo'
dated with the latest news from the soop, ard the last
word which the yepdsr heard from the lips OF an incl
dental policeman. Rumor makers were busy, as they
always are In promiscuous crowds. The position OF
every individual on board the soop at the time Oh the
murder was assumed, and the course pursued by the
perpetrator demoDsratedto general satsiaenon ana
40 on until the discussion of theories became lost IN
hearty wishes for the speedy capture of the villain ana
his speedy satisfaction to the claims Of justice:
Lac in the afternoon a rumor was SET anoa'
10 the effect that the murderer had been ar
rested and brought TO the city, and that Cap
tain Weed had him in the cabin OF the sloop,
ghereupon a great rnsb made upon the DOCK
70 get siont Of him, IL possible, some OF the mutt
nde expressing very freely determination TO lynch
him; but the officers succeeded in di'abosiDg their
minds by stating that person was in the caoin' ana
that il was locked up No further de aons.ratlon was
made, and the crowd became calm.
I'D 10 Yesterday the leading daily papers in tue cl'y
had agreed 10 suppress snch facts as bad been collected
by their reporters but deempg that the oneers IN par
suit rad Yesterday afternoon made sufficient Roadway
in their exps dtion in quet of the murderer to render
aecresy no longer necessary, we give the whole Story
90 far as il has been brought to light.
Already the murderer has been tracked from the
beach on Staten Island, where he landed to the Van
derbt Landing and from thence to the city, via the
ferry boa. SoCthfeld Here the chain was brokeni and
the bloodthrty adventurer looms up after an inter
VAL at the tenement house No. l9 Cedar street, III the
First Ward, under the following circumstances: Two
mep, named John Bnrk and Andrew Kelly, having
read in the newspapers, on Thursday morning, the
facts then stated about the finding and bringing to the
city of an abandoned sloop which bore evidence Of
murder and robbery, they fastened to the Second
Ward Staton-House, and anxlouey inquired for Capt.
Weed, to whom they stated that they believed they
knew, and had seeD, the man who had been on board
the sloop, who had murdered the captain and crew,
and WHO had been seen on board of her when she
struck the schooner.
They said that On Wednesday a man named William
Johnson who lived in the same house with them at
No. 129 Cedar street, who was a smack sailor, had
come home very Unexpectedly. In the course Of the
day he had exhibited two bags containing money. Ore
of the men, John Burke, asked him what was the
matter-what had happened He replied, this is
prize money which has just been paid to me for an
abandoned sloop which / picked up lately" They
Thought the story rather extraordinary, but passed
il among the ordinary events of day, aud the matter
might have been forgotten but for the story OF the
sloop. They said that he, with his wife and child,
started from the city by the Stonngton boat that
afternoon, one of them having seen him on board
with his wife and child, in the ladies saloon. Both
these men state that he was very poor hence their
constituent at the appearance of much monsy in his
possession suddenly, and his subsequent abrupt de-
par.ure for the East.
On the strength of this information Officers Nevins
and Smith dispatched by the IL o'clock train on
the New.York and New. Haven Railroad for Stoning- |
ton, with view to Overtaking the fugitive Since
their departure positive information has been re-
ceved from them, although it cannot be doubted that
they are on his trail, and will certainly effect the de-
sired arrest in very short time. II is also stated that
johnson and his wife had gone TO Providence where
the officers have followed ]
Since the departure of the officers from the city, |
however the carman who conveyed Johnsons bag
e9ge to the steamboat has turned up and corects the
Statement. of the two men from Cedar street, by say
ing that he went on the Fall River boat from pier No.
North River. The men accept the correction by say
ing that the carman is right about the number Of the
pier and that they did not think but what it was the
pier from which the boat of the Stonpeton line sailed.
According this correction the officers mus; have lost
considerable time by going indirect routs, not sui
Gent however, to be fatal to that search.
Yesterday the yawl boat was brought up from Bay
Ridge to Whitehall and chained to the Harbor Police
landing. During the forenoon Mr.. Seah Howell, the
bali owner of the soop viewed the boat and identified
as the one belonging to the soop beyond all question
lie also stated that he thought the odd boot found in
the boat belonged to the cook of the Watts boys
At later hour in the day a small box compass was
found under the he'd in Johnsons apartment in Cedar
street. but the man John Burke subsequently stated
that he had seen him with the compass three four
months ago. Meantime, however, as there is no CON-