, 1861-08-23
The Ren eide ut the Northwestern
Railroad Depot,
coNcLUa1oN OF THE INQUEST.

Railroad Depot.
coNoLUsK0N OF THE INQUEST.
At O'Clock the Coror e1's Jurs resumed the
hearing in the inquest held 10 investigate the
melancholy affair that took p}aee at the Chi
cago & Northwestern Railrosd Depot on
Wednesday last. At the first session Dr..
Gore, the physician who made the postrmor-
TEN examination g6ve his testimony In psrt.
and hazirg since pursued his Investigations
further resumed his evidence as follows:
TIE TESTIMONY.
DT. Gore, reca'Ie7-Examtned the head of
deceased last evening failed to discover anv
maiAs nhal OF s1olsnce or lDlary. and have NOT
death my opinion Is that he died from hem
o1rbsge produced BY the cutting Of the IN
te.nal ililac artery By sharp cuitiag instru-
meEt- CHE sword of Capt. Crofioa was
shown to the Jury and witEess.} The wound
eo1ld hare been produced BY this eword.
Walter 1ett, saoorn-Liye at Il West Adams
st.; saw the difficulty at the c. d u. W. &. r.
Depot yesterday; did not know either of the
farGee TRs attracted by the company pass.
ing a1ong the streets and went to the De-
pot; noticed thot deceased came ont of
the cars before the company reached the cars;
heard the Captain order guard; heard him
tell the guard to allow TO one to pass in or
cut heard that that that Cap:ain's name Was
C1ottpr heard the Sergeant Ct the guard say
to the men, "anow no one to p2ss; heard
Capt. Ti1den call "sesgeant OF TIE G1ard, /"
ceaeed standing OF the platform Of the car,
arpaTently going in the cars; saw tne two
guards and deceased standing on the stems Of
the cara; saw Capt. Crdton run rapidly up
the steps aud caught hold of deceased told
hin roughly, "Get off the cars" deceased
stood facing the door as Capt. Croflon TOOK
bold Of him and shook him, but did not speak:
Capt. Crofton tore his coat or shirt, don't
Know which; deceased then stepped from
cne platform to the other. Captain Crofton
sabre and struck deceased on the head; de-
ceaEsd pushed Capt. Crofton away from him
short distance; saw deceased push open the
Ger door and step into the cal and shut the
door after him saw Capt Crofton then at
tempt 10 push his sword through the car door
window, and then sung out, "anVr4h, boys, put
into the cars, and think TTlde1-am not cer-
tain +; the noise sounded rs If the deceased ran
through the car neKGsaW deceased on the side
walk dying; he was the same man I saw On
the platform with whom Capt. Crofton had
had Difficulty; It was but a minuts or two
after the deceased entered the cur that they
came out at the other end heard no hard
words from deceased to Capt. Crofion; was
within a few feet Of the party and could have
heard easily, if there bad been any aItereatiou.
Charles Cook soofn:-~Iive on Chicago ave
hEe, near Halstead street; was present and
saw the difficulty between the parties; saw
tie soldiers leaving Dearborn street for tie
T. v. K Z. depot; went with them; Capt.
Crottoa ordered his men into the car; his men
objected; the deceased came cut of the car as
Ene solu1ers went in, and uncoupled one of
the cars; soldiers were in the cars at this
time deceased then stepped on the sidewalk,
and then Turned back on to the Platform;
Capf. Crotuon came ont Of the car, and ordered
Elm OF the platform deceased turned round.
and the Captain caught the deceased By the
ehou1deT, and tore his coat; the Captain then
showed the deceased on the other platform
deceased ran into the car and tried to shut the
door; the Captain then lifted his sabre, and
tried to strike the deceased; don't know if
he hit him st the door. Captain Croiton then
said Hnr1ah, boys! put the nan out Of the
car;" captain went into the car, followed by
CT . soldiers; in minute the captain re-
turned ont OF the same door, and entered the
other car where the soldiers were; stood
along side the hind car; could see the whole
Of the first car that there was no one IN It !;
saW the deceased nextlyfng on the sidewalk ;
sew him fall Oh the sidewalk; it WAS not
more than minute after be entered till he
passed out Of the other end; knew deceased
for years; I am mason; deceased name
was Fred. Kraltz heard no talk from de.
ceased to the captain, insulting; be was a
sober man; would sometimes take glass of
beer was good-natured and not disposed to
qra1rel saw him yesterday; did not think he
had been drinking; took him from the side
walk and carried him into the depot; he lived
two or three MI "tes; I asked him what WIS the
matter; he opened his mouth, bnt could not
speak; never heard him call any one sson
G.; b1tch;" Eaw Tilden; am not cure that he
Eas not the one Who took hold Of deceased: he
did not call the officer s'a son Of bitch -
waa OF feet from the captain he did not
sfrise the captain CT officer OF men; the com.
panies Wers drawn up aIcn. the cars not so
much noise thas couIa not near: deceased
did not aneW6r the captain when be ordered
hin off the platform Capt. Tilden, Capt,
Crofton ana deceased were On the platform,
no cthe1s; know nothing more; recognizs
the eword before the jnTy S like the one used
ty the captain Grafton; think It is the same
fdtard Mooney, saoo7n-Liye at 50 Fourth
street., West Side; am yard master to the N.
N. b. 4 GO; have been in their employ four
years last June; have known deceased for 4
years be Was there before me; his business
was to Clean cars, make up ira rs and see that
they were in proper condition to leave; the
train which lett yesterday YVES an extra traiu
and IN his charge, ike all other trains leaving
YES the conductor Of this train; he has gone
to Rockford; did not see any Of the difficulty
yesterday; last Eaw deceased at work on the
t1ain shout 10 minutes before the soldiers ar
r'ved deceased was perfectly sobsr; never
bneW him to get intoxicated; asked conduct
Or Eho was going to break FIR him; he ssid
"Ertd the deceased; never heard him use
bad language to any person; he was 8 very
2ecomniodaang, obligtnS man he spoke the
EDgish language plainly; never heard him
call apy one q son Of biteh;" never saa
! him in q quarrel
| aEenue, near Milwaukee avenue work for the
N. ". r. 3. Co. as car Etpairer; knew de-.
! ceased ter years was present on the occas.
ion Of his death; eaw the troops saw him all
day before the troops arrived; deceased told
| me minutes before his death that he Wa:
| going out as brakeman: saw him just as tn:
| troops came; st that time got on the top o1
the CAT the third car there were cars alto
gether; stood On the next car to the ons
out of which Fred came; next SEW him AZ
he came out Of the car, and he fell down in
dying condition on the platform; deceased
and q vest; saW him au day; did not see hiu
quarrel with any one don't know of nv oW1
knowledge the cause Of his death.
The following verdict vas rendered by th
jury:
i THE VERDICT.
"Ne, the Jury, find that Frederick Kraatz eau,
to his death, on the 21st day Of August, 1861, a
the Northwestern depot. in the city Of Chicago
by sword wound inflicted by the hand Of Capt
| Robert E. A. Croflon.
r. Cleveland, Foreman, David Bloom,
! I. A. Brown, Q, S. MefricE,
! P.J. Hustanon, Geo ". Lewis,
A s, Fay, ]. O'Keefe,
Louis R1rmour, R. J. Fox,
| c. H. Beela, WIN. Stewart
The Jury presented their fees to the wife o
the deceased.
Unpaid Letters.
The following letters, detained in the Chicsg
Post Office, for Postage, will be forwarded to til
Dead Letter Office, on Monday next, unless tn