Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-02

The STABBIEG AFFGIR-DEATH OF THE
VICTIM-CoRoxEE's INQUEsT--VERDICT
EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER
Schwartz, who was stabbed on Sunday
morning about l or 2 o'clock, at Felkers
Saloon, by Emil Kramer, died about 4
o'clock yesterday morning, from the eff
fects of the wound. A coroner's jury
was empanelled yesterday, and the
facts ELECTED relative to the stabbing,
were substantially as reported in the
Journal of yesterday
We were, through the courtesy Of Mr.
Whittlesey, foreman of the inquest, per-
mittcd to copy the testimony of the wit
nesses, but at the request of the prison
er's counsel, we withhold the evidence,
in order to prevent any prejudice in the
minds of the community in which the
prisoner will hereafter be, probably, tried
for his life. Upon the testimony produced,
the jury returned the following:
VERDICT.
We, the undersigned, Jurors empaneled
and sworn on the LIST day of February,
1864, in the township of Pigeon, county
of Vanderburgh, and State of Indiana,
by the Coroner of said county, to in
quire and true presentiment make in
what manner, and by whom, a man
whose name is said to be John Schwartz
(whose body was found at the New Or
leans Exchange, on Second street, near
the corner of Sycamore, in the city of
Evansville, county and State aforesaid,
on the 3Ist day of January, 1864 came
to his death, after having examined the
body and heard the evidence, herewith
reduced to writing, and returned, we do
find that the deceased came to his death
in the manner following, to-wit: That
one Emil Kramer, on the 3lst day of
January, 1864, then and there willfully,
unlawfnlly and feloniously, and with
malice aforethought, did kill and murder
the aforesaid John Schwartz, by then
and there, with certain bowie-knife
held in the right hand of said Emil Kra-
mer, cutting and stabbing the said John
Schwartz in tie lower part of the bow
els; and that from the said wound, in
ficted in the manner aforesaid, the said
John Schwartz has since died. And the
said jury, on their oatbs as aforesaid, do
present and charge that the said Emil
Kramer willfully, feloniously, and with
malice aforethought, the said John
Schwartz did kill and murder, contrary
to the form of the statute in such cases
made and provided, and against the
peace and dignity of the State of Indi-
ana. HOT PSI ak8
Given under our hands, this Ist day of
February, A. D. 1854.
A. L. WHiTTLRsEY, Foreman, e
ftase And IL others, Jury.
Yesterday the prisoner was taken be-
fore Esquire Mcbride, for examination.
The same witnesses who testified before
the Coroners Inquest, were again ex-
amined, with few learned interpola-
itons by distinguished Polish Count,
whose lucid disquisitions had a moving
influence upon the spectators, and the
prisoner was remanded TO jail to await
the action of the Grand Jury, without
bail.
Schwartz was about so years old, six
feet high, and weighed 1S5 pounds. The
wound producing his death, was made
with large knife, probably bowie
knife, and was three or four inches long,
and of an oval form, perforating the in
testines in two places The knife has
not been found
Kramer is man about IS or 40 years
old, feet or 10 inches high, light hair
and blue eyes, a very prominent nose,
with heavy, shaggy whiskers and nous
tsche, of a sandy hue. He has a wife
and four children, with whom he recent
ly moved to this city from Portland, Ky.
His wife was present at his examination.
Louis c. Stinson conducted the prosecu-
ton, and NJ. S.aJohnsen defended, So