The New York herald., 1863-04-21
TRIAL OF 1aNATz RADsKY,
The Murder OF sigism and Felincr, the
Diamond Merchant.


The Murder OF sisisnaund Fsliner, tho
Diamond Merchant.
KINGS COUNTY COURT OF OYER AND rERNrNER.
Before Judge Brown, Justices Emmons and Hoyt.
Arm 2o.--The trial Of Ignatx Radsky, who stands
charged with tho murder Of Sgsmund Feiner In October
1881 commenced In the Kings county Court Of Oyer
and Terminer, Brooklyn, this morning
The trial causes good deal OF interest. The court
room was crowded IN every rart by friends Of the pri
soner, and others attracted BY mere curiosity.
The prisoner & medium siss, and account OF his
long confinement hss palo complexion His eyes are
black kd features sharp and upon the whole has good
casS Of couptenance lie dark suit OF Clothes and
presented quite . neat appearance. He was somewhat
nervous, but not than might be expected OF .
Of his temperament After the jury empanneed
he appeared quite composed but watched the progress
Of Ae trial with good deal Of interest HIS appearance
and behavior made . fsvorsbs impression among the
spectators.
The case for tho prosecution conducted by the Dis.
trics Attorney, g. Morris ESQ.,, and James Troy, As.
sstant District Attorney for the defence Edwin James,
ex-Judge Stewart ana WIN. Dunphy, Esq.
jury Of twelve mon was smpannelcd out Of thirty.
nine names called ~ fosowsjohn Carhart, Robert Fox,
Aaron Tice Benjamin Carman, Jarvis Csrman, Edward
fenton jeremiah Gruman Charles A. Carkson and John
Gibbons.
The case was opened 10 the court by the District A.or
ney 10 carefully prepared address, In (which he
detailed tho history Of tho murder, and con-
tended. from several circumstances which he offered
show by the evidence TO be sdduced the prisoner
was tho guiity party, that murder committed
within the jurisdiction of Kings county and that the body
foacd OF was carried 70 the Jersey shore, Port
Monmouth, where found. lie also adverted Miss
Albertina Pnaum (who committed suicide after the
covery Of the murder) and MIS- Marx her sister
peated IN the crime, but designating the prisoner
principal In the commission Of the dced
The following evidence was adduced by ,he prosecu-
Charles Cordes sworn Resides ut No. i5o Greenwich
street. New York In october, 1851 resided Fort Mon
mouth, y. J near Appiesaiss landing; ON the I'D OF
that month discovered body about past four o'clock
r ~ ashore; was In company with my brother, then
went up 70 tho town and inquired about the body;
present when the Coroner came the body was la the
sme place a. when first H. and the clothlur
In the same condition; was tho body OF large
at the imo tbs wind was blowing northeast; cart say
Of the currents al the Nsrrows have navigated
vessels through the Narrows have been engaged ia
clam shing the ebbng tide from the Ezst river going
Gown through the Narrows, strikes straight to the point
Of sandy Hook the body or deceased found at high
water marx was present when = was selrched am now
the tide and tho strength OF tho river 10 where
object boating through the Narrows would drift to.
Henry corics sworn-Rcslded IN New York In October
1891 followed boating IN the bay for pleasure
sent when my brother found the body, and when the
Coroner came the wind northeast the time pretty
strong. bad been blowing all day.
Cross exAmDcd-I attend bar now; was IN a small
~
days can't tell when II changed finding the dead
body observed the course Of the moro particularly
know nothing about the tides currents. Il ia
Port Monmouth the wind would be blowing directly on
shore from Long Island the Long Island shore nearly
east from staten Island
VIM c. irwin sworn-Reslde At Port Monmouth. was
acting Coroner In 1861 notified 20 a body and
took charge of on the 23d October sound there
clothes upon II searched them. Qiete witness
ident6ed ring wallet containing watch key ahsnd.
kerchef, piece OF shirt, with nita, "s y ko.p,
black cloth vest a. having been taken nom the body of
ffila ftD hen Iron vcuf
vest saw blood the shirt tho cuts on the body
responded wth the number Of cuts In the vest there
all nineteen cuts the blood fresh the cuts
about half inch long and varied IN depth from
two 10 three inches was present when the
sosby. weighed sS.u, two busdr.d pounds my s.,so,
ton called TO the direction of the wind by the TACT
tna, the body oa,ed from tho New York shore the body
locked a. n had not been ia tho the water more than
a few days II perfectly sound, Il was buried on tho
25th and disinterref the 18th 10 Ia good oondi
ton then found $40 or sil2 IN gold In the pockets
N the centre found hs the asi ring and
have not since been able y nnd the god was Ane
rcan there was no money "a hs pocketbook wind on
the day he was found northeast.
Crosscxamined--First the body on "Wednesday,
I'D October, between eight and nine clock o had
The appearance Of being about tao days Ia the water
had had some experience cor0ucr my attention was
called 70 the body oa rresfay tnsrcs tordes informed
bod wcut 20 the shore Wednesday found the body
iu The ne gbbofhoOd Of high Naief marx the unf wss
very nearly northeast the tide very ne4ry cbb.
ean tell whether sych biy a. deceased .oula iipk Oh
nat. know nothing about the stcchc cavi'y@ bodies
regards sluknx IA water give 10 Information ~
- whether body stabbed sil srE ~ hns ue ,otles
were saturated rlih water nd c,csc b. tho body h-
cat wAs nIbuitoici The pisces were tons ani I've lu
faatal0Dfs pocket thitk ihefe two fsbs iu tho
s,donien--one one sie sue TIE other ne o,ntf
te bod Wa r. Dn ihf tb'rl be shre gray hfnnel
slnrt but the bio u0f llnry seen nn thc ebtc
hir a. the gray oao The c1ts app arec % have ben
inile bJ small sh1fp ufk iho f'ci ~ BED te l1rfs
md Le bfed followed ne pfoUcg tte briy vas evh fne
90 the ipivNi ing Ncdncf DAY 4 inferred on ibe
-5iu snd reLtsfrci % fbf 9TH tie cfm~tery.
npi cscoiapvsed thru--mefely ffcofnfkn abYui Toe
i.p and - yes as again erhaned ihsce Fefu Aiicf
saras.
Capt Janicl nenucii, sh pnaster tu soJaslnt-
ci IA The crffe1ts in New YORK bay World deDrBd
gnn rifcumeiaiscss wLerc Dady sogld ~ n0aied
thfsikA sbe NtffDse ID northeast Nind Boy migbt
o. bly, ge sshofo On HAndy Hos, AID might isr
~ keyTnrt u oooid ianf snywberv bstweso tbe~1
innl tpdy guiug GOT ~ the Narr0vs ny noribeNst
vmd might 20 sixteen or eights~n miis the distance
on The buf ~ staten Island " Port Nonmo1th docs not
eIcccd sisteen niles know shers the boa'borss y beat