New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-06
THE MURDER OF WALTON AND
MATTE VS..
CONTINUATION OF CoRoNER.s INQUEST.

THREATS AGAINST MR.. WkLTOfS Ihh'
Testimony of Henry J. Morgan, Hartshorn w Gil
lland, William A. Bayley, Carl Sanford Thomas A.
Lewis, Ira II. Moore, Mary Walton daughter OF Mr..
Walton, and Mrs. Sarah Walton, his mother.
The monet ON the bodies of John Walton aud j. W.
Mathews was continued at Bellevue Hospital yester-
day. by Coroner Jackman at p. m. Some 30 OF 40
nersons were asse mbled in the ROOM including
hdies.
After considerable delay in arranging the Press and
the Jury,
Henry j. Morgans worn.
Q. What is your first name? A. Henry j. Morgan
q. Where do You reside A. No. 80 irving place.
q. Where were you on Saturday evening! A. L
was in my room, in the third story of that house
o. State what Won saw and heard. A. suppose it
was about half past II o'clock | was sitting at my
window; heard noise in the street, without know
ing what il was and shortly sferward amid the con-
fusion l heard cry of police; shortly afterward
heard report of pistol; then called watch, from
nv window several times.
@. Did you look ont A. looked out and saw a
man running from the direction of Seventeenth street,
on the west side of Irving place to Sixteenth street,
l Just caught sight of him Immediately opposite our
house, he under the trees therei here lost sight
of him.
Q. Where A. AT the corner of Sixteenth street.
at which corner / could not eay; then dressed, aud
into the street. and found that the man had been
| shot.
O. How did Won know? A BY inquiry of several
man.
Chas II. Smith, esq.-The District-Attorney desired
| me to attend here.
Coroner lust told him plainly that the Coroner
| and the Jury would take care If this doat
| think it is necessary. That is plain statement.
WitneseI came into the street and found the crowd;
he then carried into the drugstore corner OF Sew
enteenth street aud Third avenues went round there
and found the body; it wounded; apparently not
dead al the request of several persons in the store
went for decor; Of the policemen and several other
! fhs ,tsrrl haksa
| been gone fifteen minutes when returned the man
| was DEAD.
| o. Did Won observe what kind Of clothes the man
| had on that was running? A. | don't know, except
that so far as my recollection serves me, he had on
| white hat. -
O. A straw hat or a light hat A. don't know.
q. Can YOU state whether IT was straw! a. NO,
| Sir.
O. Can you tell about the size of the man A. No,
| Sir.
Q. There was no one in advance Of him! A. Asfar
| as / could see, no, Sir.
@. You say you think you could not recognize the
| person. A. No, Sir.
o. Was it a fiat kind of hat or beaver A. l
could not say; should think it was 70 Hat one.
@. Did you see any other person looking ont of the
window at the same time A. Not that L recollect,
o. Was be short or a tall man A. I could not
say as TO his hight his general appearance IN any
way my view was cut oil BY the rees' when are very
q. By Jurcr-Was he young or middle aged
man
| O. Did you know the name of the deceased A.
| o. What was il? A. l heard that it was John W.
| Mathews.
Hartshorn w. Gilliland, sworn-Q. Where do you
| reside A. No. los Third avenue.
| O. State TO the Jury what You know about 1t A.
On Saturday evening about - minutes past III clock,
had been TO the Allegheny House, northeast corner
OF Seventeenth street and Third avenue; friend OF
| mine came in and informed me there was a man shot.
O. Who WAS it {! A. Mr.. Whitaker; am not sure
whether he said Eighteenth street not, aud insisted
on my coming OUT did 30; on reaching the sidewalk
discovered three four persons coming do Sn Inrd
and turning up Seventeenth street. on west SIDE
| of Third avenue; | immediately started after them;
hearing them haloO "Stop thief" and Watch and
| POlce!"
four or FIVE of them in going to Irving places when
got within % or 80 feet of irving place no one
ahead Of me--had got past them all then i heard the
report of the pistol it Was very sharp then crossed
over Seventeenth street to tie opposite corner; was
ON the north side al crossed to the south side:
in front No 46 or As Irving place three gentlemen
| were standing.
MACE will not be sure which number 1t was, but
was one of these three men were standing there they
informed there that the person VINO was snOt wa,
ON the other side Of the street. what they SAID was
think The man who is shot the other side of the
streets" they must have known he was shot from the
| way they spoke to me; Immediately crossed over and
foui d the man. partially down by the tree.
| @. Lying on the sidewalk A. No, Sir; he was
| not down. be was partially down.
| O. Leaning against the tree A. No, Sir, he was
mott he was lying his hand, while this part OF ms
| body This sGel was not down.
| o. Resting on his right hand A. won't be sure
whether il was his light hand his left and at that
moment gentleman, should think within door
or two of where stood cried out 10 me tnat tne per-
son that shot him had gone down to Fifteenth street,
| and that he had on a white or straw hat; started
and ran in that directions then discovered my friend
Mr. Whitaker, and requested him to go back to the
man that was shot. =, r.
| q. Did you overtake him then A. NO, sir the
first man met was AID. Bradley.
Q. You say you discovered your friend, MIR. Wht
| taker; did he overtake you A. Yes, he come up
| then; il was probably half ia minute Was there.
| O. You then went on, where A. To Sixteenth
street and met Aid. Bradley; think another gentle
| man was with mel asked him if be had seen any
person pass that way and he said he had not that no
person had passed below Sixteenth street; he informed
me that he had been sitting his stoop and heard the
report Of tle pistol on ms way uP; Immediately re-
turned to the that was rho he was lying on MS
| back his head toward Seventeenth street
o. On the pavement A. On tbs sidewalk; !
sooped down to him and asked him two orithrec times
| If he knew tie parties that soot him.
| o. How was ne lyng2 A. His head toward Sew
| euteenth street-feet toward Sixteenth street.
| O. You asked him! A. The question: he had a0y
| knowledge Of the parties that had SHOT him.
| .. WHAT reply did he make? a. NO reply what
| ever: the mau was apparently dead he was breath
| ing but then he bad no knowledge Of what sad to
| him am certain: | assisted in carrying him TO the
corner OF Seventeenth street and Third avenue, drug
store, Mr. Barnet's, and then ! unbutioned hi5 YES
and took his shirt OPEN and that the first dis
| covered Of the bullet hole
| O. ON his breast? A. res; on his right breast,
| about an hch and half from the cener they tine
notice. took things cut of hs pocket aud discovered it
| was j. w. Mathews from his receipt; took hs ma
comic pin ont Of his coat vest, don't know winch,
but think his vest by tho MS shirt we found
his name was Decker; could not tell the lnltlas; IL
was n. II. or ID. H. Decker, / think; the blood had
| stained that part; the name Decker, however, was