The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-02-16

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vs1ei them happy New YeS -Four hours amer
The pcr Old Is her ga,ed upon tho feless corpse Of
| hssou. On the morning q the murder, TIE pms
onor, with several other r'en went INTO Lazarus
saloon, and one offered ~ lot a hundred doUsrH
thn there was msn there VIII Doud lick Lazaris.
One ~ The party men rrape an a'usiIn " nlsto
supposed W ~ In the possession ~ Lazarus whom
The latter threw ~ ne coat snf showed that he
had none The pf sonet tte1 went up h. him AMI
plunged The knife into his ueck, after saying
Harry, you are good littl' man." Subsequent
| ~ he said, Harry, you are gool NIUE man uHt
think I've hted you" FeiDy ahorNardH askel
| by policeman II he b al any hand in the murder
Of Lararu, he replied, Eyes, and III dance Al he
wake" These were te eadng facts, aud " proved
| " the sisaction II the Inry, then they should
| hnd the prisoner guilty
| Dr. Thomas Robinson, Assistant Coroner, wa
| he first witness. He fnadc pnst-rnortem eNhuIi-
| nation seven hours sitter The death OF Lazarus and
| fonnd wound shout an inch AMI tai IN
length under tie efI oar extending o. ng the rccl,
shout three inches In toptL, and pnssing into The
phuynN TIE knife hal severed The carotid NJ
| terry and inSrnsi msNlllTy. This wound was tn'
cause of death, Ard m his opinion u was made 'y
| stvo-sdged instriiu ent about an in,h AMI fhi
troad. Tic knife, he thought, hs1 penetrated g. =
full length.
Mr.. Iirssl Iszsri. father m deceased, was ihe
neHt wines. was not present At tn post I" or.
TN. His am, Henry Lazarus, wss 20 wears oi,
weighed shout Inlbs.,nnd WA .tfDus young man
lie usd cit 90 the science ~ h-lung for SOME
TINE, an kept saloon. " son va' once pug
lsi, AID himself ALA
Henry Conn.li was the mex y tn.ss IIo com
m,ncei tending har To- Iarrr l. zauis ~ g. E,f'
Houston street about four WON "a he'ore 2rd n
January last kn"v tncty about Two montts he-
tore thst day he kept place ext 4 ~, n II
Fast Houston street. on the morning Of he "a OF
JAnuAry last. between 3 sui O'Clock, Hlrr' AMI
he were foolng, sni vril. ~ engaged, fricry hui
rive or six others walked IN one fellow GALE ed
Califurna JAk, sad, "Ill hot Sin I've got
man who will ick any man IN he house -
-, ia atv aud "a. fnIu.. JACK "a.
"Rsrny, whAt's your weishtt lie theu Hsii t.
Lazarus I'm let ten dollars, Harry, have a r A.
here viii take the = etol from ~ Harry sad,
'I'll bet ten dollars you VIII not 'Hf have %
pistol" and he threw oIsn his est Tho noVt he
saw Priery askiug Lazarus 90 shake hands
which he refused " de, anu nopoi they had nos
come in 10 make any mus. Ihcy tccn called Tor
cigars which wtnose turned round 70 get AId
heard Frtry say, 'Nou re good title an. Har.
~" Witness then turned round and saw Frery
draw the kniio ont & Lazarus neck, and ~ipc
tho blood OF II The blood SPIRITED out iwioe, and
deceased staggered against th, table witness toct
towel and pat il round bis neck ; he s"emca a. Il
he wished 10 get tn the door. witness saw his baud
drop and HE mouth open wines could not shut
~ aud then he knew tina, Harry vas 1cAi wit
: Css then went fot . policeman Frcry was the
to shake hands with fnery, th' latter called HIM
dry little loaler, . sucker and . coward. Harry
hal sore hand tho rishiy, and he al two hgn.-
kcfchi,fs Around Il he tpuk them on and sad,
leaving, he said, Harry, you're good little man.
tut I've e xel you now" witres Fricrv pre-
,ioIs 20 his occurr' nee on the morning 81 thc "a
| January, IN Hsrry's bsr-root1 there were there
| Ia the room young fellow nAuei Larry, who
| teTt bir for Johunv Lazarus. and q young man
| named johnson Harry vas not there then I;
| frery had knife with tim 4. WAS long, ~, o.
| .dsed das ger Knife with write hsn4c the
| blade wa seven or eight inches lory-prpl ably
more he had Il In tss i.,hl hand saw Me bsdc
! Of tie kaio With which he s.slbol Lazarus, aud
! thought i was . same A. be saw the day before
saw the handle N that day, t.csuso prisoner
stuck 4 In the counter.
| br. Froleuyk Putnam Wa the next witness.
| He examined the body Of Lazarus about four
| hours after the murder, aud testted Substantially
| he sSme A. Dr. Robinson
| Chrhtopht Richards WA the next witness lie
| deposed hat he was w Harry Lazarus place hc-
| tve.n one AMI tSo o'clucs on the morning of the
| ~ ot January. In compliance with a request 81
| Lazarus lie went outside the door to 80 home, md
| while outside otserved a sleigh drive M .th
| California Jack, CLARK and McnIuall In ID They
| went into friery's place, where they renamed
| three or -four minuW- thev then came ont and
| went into Lazarus place lie heard some words
pass, and then went in saw California Jh,k fer
pistol N Frcry, hut the latter lid not take 4
suhs quently Fii'ry drew = knife from bus Do 81,
sud plungei - into Lazarus nsck. when tho
men we're talk ing l0ud, witness heard CAh'orniA
jacks voice shove MI the others 49, his voice IL Pc
| ouN A. soon as Lazarus va stabbed witness
ran Tor . pole uan, lat fif pat mi one Tor some
| minutes.
The jury we're then dsmisscd, With canton
not 10 speak 10 any Que concerning the trsl, sni
| 20 read uoIhing about y. Adjourned ul II o'clock
| this morning. Tho prose uIion will close to-!sy.
RAILROAD ACcrpENr.-A disaster occurred
Al an early hour yesterday morning, on tho New
York and Nev Haven Railroad 70 the 'ovl" train.
which starts from New Haven a, two o'clock
Three cars were thrown "a the track near West.
| rsor about fortv mill
cars was tossei over . Stone fence adjoining ths
tack. and lay with the roof downwards So far
as was ascertsined, no person killed, though =
number are reported injured. The cause of n,
disaster ia said to have been "a broken rail"
GENERAL FOSTER and family arrived in thi.
city ,sterday, by the Araso, from Por, Roy,
THE WEATuER.-The cold weather Of III,
net few days Was succeeded by ,hsv yes.eriA,
morning; this again was followed by fall OF snow
about O'Clock + NJ, which in It's turn gave pl.c,
10 heavy rain that by midnight lef the streets I
mass Of slush. Dvnt lie discouraged, however
Spring is nigh
The Power oT PEEIrplcE. --Thi, was tn,
subJcc, Of q losture delivered last evening q, Il,
Cooper Institute, for tie leneh, of tie Catholic Re
iormA'ory In S6th street. by the R.sht Rev. Jamei
Roosevelt Baylty, bishop Of Newark, and unael
the auspices Of the Young Mems Catholic Bonevo
lent soeiSiy Of his city, The large hall was en-
tirely filed, over two thousand ladies' sud gentle
men being present On tho platform were Iii
Grace the Archbishop, the Very Rev. Father STAIRS
V. O., Rev. Fathers Cunen, Quinn, NelUSeu, NJ,
Nierney, and q number Of other clcrsymon; .ls
several distinguished lAymen.
: The Right Rev. lecturer on beng Introduce,