The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-09
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The Mysterious Deatns4n aalghty.fsur
OtrSetA
xURDSR on sUIoIDE-rHY BODY ipEErRIED- -oORo.
NBR's kQUISIrION O0MA4HNOED.
The ~ho was found lying ,faoe dswnwsrds Ia pond
Of water at hecorner Of Sixty third street and Broadway
last Saturday morning. with several stabs in the le
sde has since been recognized by Mrs Famer OF York
vile and also by several inmates Of Bellevue Hospital
a. Christian Ebbe, German. formerly employed an
nurse In Ward No. II OF Bellevue Hospital He LETT there
about three weeks ago The Is singular one In
many OF Its features as well a. being very mysterious
The body apparently had been In the water but
a few hours when found, and when the
fact became known that death was tho re-
suit or violence, search was made for blood
some found tho body and clothes Of deceased
There were evidences of soufe having taken place
mediate vicinity not aware Of fight or trouble OF
;sls tP s ssgs MS :'s Ss
coat vest and shirts butt0nod up, except tho
middle buttons Of the shirts, which we're unbutsoned
fhs left space sufficient for the deceased 30 have inserted
himself. Many Of the impression that Ebbe com
mtsd suicide, while others arc sangUns that b. Esa
Cotonsr Gamble commenced an iuqulsi6n On tbs body
ou Sunday at the sub station OF tho Twenty third pre-
olnOt corner Of Broadway and Eighty fourth street. but
only examined two witnesses.
The pond where the body VIVA found will be searched to
see II knife or other evidences touching the death OF
Ebbe be found To afford the officers time 10 hun. up
testimony tending 70 dispel tho mystery surrounding Inc
matter Coroner Gamble adjourned the inQuisi,ion till
next saturday at the subtalon OF the Twenty third pre-
0iDcs.
BsIowwll be found COPY Of the testimony already
taken
Nicholas Haas boing duly sworn, Opposes aud says-I
am an officer attached TO the Twenty third precinot
was duty Broadway sixty third street. tho
night Of the bh ios. passed the oorper OF Sixty third
street and Broadway about four Qeock on the morning
Nt.rt otlA
about hall ss avS O'Clock returned TO tho same point
wheo GIRL about fifteen old told me that body
lying Ia tbs pond at the northeast corner OF Broad
way and Sixty third street. went there and FIVE
sx spectators got assistance and took deceet out or
tho water found him dssd and saw sone blood on his
shirt the shirt and veet were buttoned up close am
tbs shirt and vest battoned up conveyed the
body the staton house account OF seeug the blood
examined tho shirt and vest and found no trace OF
a knife or cut OF any kind either OF them,
the upper button OF the under shirt thu only that
buttoped ths garment there no cut through
this either found deceased lying his face his hands
spread the body lying about three feet from the
brink tho pond the depth Of the pond varies from two
to four feet at various points; otagged the pond but
found appearance OF blood anywhere tho pond.
Doctors Philip ORanSn and Wooster Beach, Jr, being
eworn, say;-we have msds post norton examination
Of tho body Of deceased the body was ts!ry shed
pants, vest shirt, thick under Shirt necksib boots
and socks; the vest and sbTs had boon opened,
az We understand, by the police officer who found
tho body; we removed the clothing and made
q thorough external examination Of the body;
over the upper edge Of tho attn rib, one and
ono half inches from ths medan line was stab wound
half iuoh In length ebout half An inch farther from
the medau ne and httle below this out another
wound smllav TO the hrst but an eighth OF an inch
longer; between tho fifth and sixth ribs was another
wound three fourths OF ~ noh 10 length the wounds oil
wound resShed the heart, passing through the perlcar
dunn a,d piercing that organ about inch above i,s
st a. the apex, tho cavity OF tho thorax was almost
Oiled with oOts end sst the right luog was adherent