New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-17
LAW INTELLIGENCE.
The Lazarus Murder Case.

COURT OF GENERAL stSSlONS-fkB io.-peiofe W
cOrdoI Holman.
The trial Of Barney Friey for the murder OF
Henry La1arus wa. resumed this morning.
Newspaper reporters found it exceedingly difficult TO take
down the testimony the case The table assigned " Their
use was partly occupied by reporters and others
Christopher Richard who partly examined on W'd
was recalled to-day tho first witness and his cross
eI aminstiou commenced BY John sedswieh, es'.
Have been in the House of Detention there unit zee
terdsy; get my living By borrowing money and playing
cards; also enlis;ing soldiers
MI sedgwick-C Do you sometimes take things that don't
belong to youi A. Don't wish to that question
don't wish get excited you will not get anything Out
Of me.
O. Fave you ever been arrested for any crime' Yea sir
O. How many tnssi 1t pretty hard thing for me to
answer have arrested FOR dordey conduct and Other
th!ngs will tell have never been on Bsckw-ls Island
bed week at the end Of that weeh on the morning Of
Tuesd ~ between and o'clock wentt MI Lalaruss
place ayed until larry told 70 home then went
out and came back again.
O. Wbs. was done between Il and 81 O'Clock In Lsr,ru's
plsc.f saw Harry Lazarus foong with Connell there
was 0arvey Council aud fellow named "siey pI.,ent
.ooh s 10 oos bep Wen. 10 70 hom. bad not got of
the steps then saw the aeigh waited on "s "ep' '''
twenty minutes.
on the stoopi don't fnow the sleigh cane nom Broad
wsy It passed No u Hor'tont and stopped at No hsa
,,y,d there two or three minutes tn. crowd came
out Of No a. into lazarus place The further cross
Richard Brnins.m the nett witness testified follow;
y NM to- as'Is
with Mcdonald and CLARK they went into fery. soass
aysd there about i've ns. thew on" soon ei
:nd got into the saS ca ind sGi peTy
IN ,ss :lesS head one Of tho Tire. ~ dead now
The son Of; witns" knew Fhsy before but knew
Ca,r. x,,,r va. m, n.,, witness examined n. do
posed a, follows: now occupy Henry LaIarn's place
lesw1 Ey .soa s. yG aen be seol dn tb.1.
MI sedgwick-I object 20 this epeson , -,
Nj Hail. propose show that friey was In the habit OF
coming from bis saloon nett door where liquors were
Kept into neS sna . .Ses. am. i
that prisoner must have further motive ia gong mo
:.SSn ,rn q. OBJECTION Ghc a' IL. @
Examined by the juryQ Did yen know OF any iee ma
eIns between the prisoner 'd ,ns ad 40 i
Seen Fery in fsy' place ON the I'd Of January be
tween and 10 o'clock in tie evening .
Mr. HAStats to the Jary what you saw and heard during
that time: .
M Hail. propose TO show that 81 feeling existed
toward the deoes,ed by tine prisoner
After hearing Mr. Ses~okn defense Of the objection. tho
o. viii Won tell the Jury snyhins that Fr.ry did 1. Lara
N, b5urs of and 10 oeloei A. lie in the I'd Of
January evening went to the lunch thbis and est some
thns then the bar and ordered cesrs then went
70 the unoh table and something then took
mustard cup and dung it against the WALL and then len the
oro. E,amDed-o VIVA. hl.ioOndi.ion at the time
A. He was ntoxicsted -,
David barry the witness was sworn, and depo.ed as
follow; knew lfrisry tho Let of nury; also know
Lazarus; wa. in Lszsus, house on Sunday night saw
Eriry there saw % .tc In the counter and heard
him exc aim will be the death Of some son oil YETI
he rnight have sold here :" not suns, think not
Cros,.Eymmd / AN by Occur alton tailor have worked
for John LsIafu. he kep dance house in Iroowes; be
va. brother 70 s'ny wesb have fdusht przs Geht In
dch
After Of ID minutes the exaninson waseontinued
John Dyer and testified as follows, am patrol
man oa the metropolitan Poce doing duty in the 2Sd
Precinct the Sd Of January last saw Fney and others
called ID. Six Mile House in Trdovs., Ninety sixth
remained there about five minutes they waited until
f sss an. .1d ss cot 81 q TSaso
Que hundred seventeenth and On- hundredTandes
eenh-its they went into lager pier saloon wen' N aeI
M Haa-Ton the jury villa, occurred and what you saw
entering the btrroom. A. saw Frery and other. drink
ing; be saw he said You son ola - what are
you doing here then asked friery II he wasn't down to
the shin dig Lezaruss he said never mind come take
drink then sxked lin he wasn't implicated IN the muroer
LaIarus be Gd Yes; killed him. and wall dsuec At his
Cro.se1snnsd-Q Arc you he did not put smother
word In therol A. am not. -
Ttoms. johnson the cert witness examined iSte.h
mony folows AN generally employed a. tender
O. Mas you ct LsssIa,s plI.e Sunday night A. Yes
q Wa you her. VIXEN Frery e,ue in' A. Yes Sir; he
w. ~ the re about two minutes; hs s.t hTst.
o Whs. did he do While you We b there, A. He took
a,;nl he had knife IN his hand; as came in the door saw
him raj, tic knife che eouner dix knife be
Pa' What wa, Fr.iys condition At the
time, A. / iua,ed he was little tight. -
IL airoot.Q What nine dad you Fhery during New
Years day Could not ssy some time dang the DAY ne
hi, saseI . Testimony for Tire prosecution; although Mr..
sl .sd be Lad anothsr witness named Riley who had been
n.c5 In Tho House OF Detention and had escspa from there,
ma had erwsds been arrested for stealing and put In the
hat be did not know whether tie fury would
eod, hi: teony proper The Court le that pst Of tho
ie,tiHoDy u Sassss rsinG to tive ipiOipr of L,aru''