New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-12
CRIME HIN THE CITY.
TWO MURDERS IN ONE NIGHT.
Double Murder nj the
New.YOrk Hotel.
THE EIGHTH WARD MURDER
CoRoNER'S INQUEST.

Tho ;pnuast in the case of Richarcson cray WIN
WAS fatal, stabbed on Monday night az the corner Vi
,lo,, and Dorsirick streets, was held AT the hisuu
Wa S,a,ou- H,use Yesterday, by Coroner S:hrmer;
Ia-,e, Miller depossd as follows: an shior, aod
live u No s Madison street %as ,erpooS came
on tDe avenue 10 Carnine street, d
wssd around ,s eIGas 'Tf f Ge' W, net tso s.
n'asd Lizzie Mary 'une With whom We I'll s "a NJ,
~, !, Nh Them FAR the corner OF spring stu MAO
Ss1 tT,.ta where they left U.s. we thea went lotl
ro'ey the corner Of Cars aad So%SS We ocs dns
d beer e goce ard es1e away we ,e1 Vii" de
ceased little rIdrr TIE HhueHce Of hq ts y u2"non
Soe pn H. the alley say be I,niine1 t1ero while went
bo AID after Semiig went irto toe gro'ey store ssan
deceased then yisg on TIE Pas an ro t. So5
be IN in iew NM dpr.i,s,S dJ not go in, ,sbsn W.
nd came i 1 sS ssssrd standing or the middle of the
jewR vi four or i've Pss9n, afoand be ae
and eht erued think the prisoner Charles Manhatsn, /.
en- Of The who fighting vih decea'ed the prisoner
knife when the prisoner othe grocery store he fought
T5h deceased; did not see a kuie ia his hand
at 'ht 10 s .ee vent to Mr. wiiey. ia spring street
end k.d % if be wand not S sS1 10 s ob@f
can out turned round the Of Spring street TO-
r.,r lust then Of the patty wearing back lrock coat
and black te hat states and away little boy came up
and said Your fhend ing on me sldeysh Of
va, islen to If could ind out who stabbed deceased but
we found 10 bot the that keeps tle store;
sts.on ly Hopss; the ARRAY t1ok pace about haitian.
hour I We @ the & sI not g that Do o
that Ell her the prisoner or his friends were no3eated feel
ceased think others who had their of beside
the prisonei h,d mine of never the prisoner before;
tbok Mr. wIdey asked toe woman in the grocery store any
one knife Of the store, but dont know what
answer she gave him.
222 Spring street and there keep public house IN my
place Mr. Belts Mr. Woodruff and Mr. Oliver when the
aat witness running into the was about III
He wanted to p0% we T Ss5 go out ana so n "a
ok he was bleeding little about the mSuR and
told him BIZ had better about his business anj stop lighting
we body when got to tae Of Clark
street we sT m oT live men 1hi'n5 tete ana one IN sPhg
sIett little and will hight y9n" Miller took his coa oh
and throwing upon soop followed the man this
down the street Miller followed him don't tbink thai
eiher wanted to fight very bad the alley
way and was lost viewi heard some women talk.
ing and on soing to where thsy |
np and said There is one Of the NJ soe said Give IT
to th,m" When the oed man struck hin and kn2ekei
you dOrg when the coored man stepped lack Some
e,rner went Und the CLARK and Ounck streets
where found the body Of deceased lying on the Sidewalk
stcoutd 10 pick up and found that he bleeding be
made when spoke TO him tnen went back to MI
bsd ,ad po;iins about having suy one With hin;
i ala he was smart, to leave d dead on TIE
sidews and rot sy anyth to about IT. he made
SON surprise spoke TO Mr. Belts and asked him to
ge % Station House, .@ned The dy
found cd, and then called watch! and Officer
Van Buren up id they had been hshh the
g Gerry that the hso given OF them knie
Told The Officer to 60 and ct the s, o9fe II was hiaen
the door Officer Earrenz ca up and be and went up the
bah went across the street prisoner
be had blood shirt asked bin II he had been 10 the
OF Officer For,steri procured cart AID took the body
70 the & %a' VI present o% She had s .5G TF"
ard .he said 70 the prisoner; " we traced the
street as far as Domin treethen obiquey to n awning
post in Domink street-then barrel which standing
Which surround. the house No Domnct street at the railing
there wa, quite Po2 blood and spot, Of blood could be
there We found the stone step and he area way GOV
ecessed ad got out OF the areawy himself or was taken oct
by else coud not say deceaeos esp was found a.
wax right opposite the area way re never saw the prisoner
julia Gavin deposed as folows-I live at No. %
Ck street keep grocery and liquor store about II O'Clock
on Monday igLt 90 as Standing on the Sidewalk opPo,s my
in bis hiTt sleeves he right out again but
could not soy whether hs.;ook thing away with MIN
H. went the where be lives
he abssn about four hive minutes when hs ca ne back aud
prisoner after that there ia th- store whel
the prisoner in before be 10 had occasion to cut
ham with the knife now shown me- ,ter the prisoner had
the time found the blade covered with
Il Jeff on tho He6ench the .oPboS Z about 10 inches
above the bnch wiped the blood from the knife with my
apron the pris' left store the second
time told the officer hat could not say whether the prisoner
took the knife from store not did not aly else
enter the store beside th. prisoner; after he left the store the
second time him fighting With built man; do
who the other the prisoner blsedi1g from
into the store and loo ked IT. that
soue one would coue IA and break things.
John j. Mount Of the Eighth Precinct police deposed
About II O'Clock last evening Nh John Wdey into the
Station and said that had been murdered Clafk
te went out aud met several Of or officers with the body
Of deceased ! met Officer Van Buren,. and asked him
Whist h. had in his haud and be said It a knife
that belonged to groceywoman IN CLARK street asked Me
Gsyin 10 with the oft what she knew Of the fight
che said the knife belonged her and that Charley Manhattu
took Of her she said Ma1hatcl lived the
way from where her then went to the tp where
the tight took place and assisted in making arrests after
which returned e. the StluOn House
John G.. Heme Cap ain oft1e f gh'h Precinct Police
deposed- Sergeant Mount aud Officer Buren, with the
Gavin and asked her who had borrowed the knife
she said Charley Manhattan the person; ordered the
prisoner but found bin src.d custody detained
Gavin all night although hush and allied her aud
with her. said she knew nothing about
DR.. Geo. Il. Bouton, being duly sworn says: have
postmoTfem ry8ms alton Of the body Of Rchason
GRAY yi, the Eighth Ward t ton House 10 hours after
d. ath sssised by Dr. Christopher Netie; rgor moris well
marked examination Of the body deep Penetrating )und
was discovered the left i3e Of the back inches IN
length extending than the depth OF probe |
patiiur upward aud Inward through the lower |
lobe Of the left lang dividing TIE aoa and entering the
Ish lung distance inch about twelve cosu-
lted blood found in the e peur cavity the injury
above descil ID We consider as the cause Of death
Adjourned till u day at p.