The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-30
Coroners, Inauests.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE NEW COURT HOUSE.
Coroner widey yesterday held an inquest at the New
York Hospital the body Of Charles Cotton laborer
whose death the result OF injuries received at the
New Court House. the Goth instant In consequence Of
beam falling upon and crushing both his legs. The
jury rendered verdict Of accidental death. Deceased
who lived In vandam street, thirty eight years Of
age and a native OF Ireland
STRANGER DROWNED.
A man whose name from papers found in his posses
sion supposed TO have been Ashman Hall either fell
or jumped the dock pier Is North river about
half-pas three O'Clock yesterday morning and was
drowned. Efforts made TO rescue him from the
water before death ensued but without avail The 20
lice found on the pier silk hat and two letters one ad
dressed to himself and the other To- Miss Henrietta NJ
Hall, Dansvlle Livingston county N Y. The remains
were conveyed TO Bellevue Hospital.
DEATHS FROM UNNATURAL CAUSES FOR sEPTEx-
BER-RAILRoAD ACCIDENTS, SUICIDES, DROWNING
CASUALTIES, ETC.
The deaths from other than purely natural causes
the month just cosing-or the Goth of September in
clusive--n the city Of New York and vicinity, Brook
Ign, Jersey City and Hoboken, number seventy -four.
This least the total OF the coroners inquests
reports Of which have appeared from day TO day in the
columns of the Herald. The following table gives the
of the dead far could be raned by the
coroners urcs Of inquest and the supposed
| Of death in the instances quoted -
SEPT L. - Gavin, car accident; unknown man,
drowned at Hoboken John Hart fell from roof; Hattie
Lanngan suicide by poison James Talbat gored by an
| OK.
| SEPT 2-wilham Gauley, william Walker, Joseph
wilson John G. Inu sheldon Croker, killed the
Long Island railroad John Murphy, fell from horse.
SEPT 4-casharinc Cleeves, John street fire; James
Leslie, drowned Martin sheehan, fell from mast Brook
lyn); James Warehsm by wagon; carrier,
over by horse cars Jersey city; Julius Hoppel shot
| Joseph Holt. shot at New Brighton
SEPT 5-Catharinc Gallagher beaten TO death by her
husband; - Gloss accidental poisoning Augusta Burg
| hard puerpera fever C. C. Hanen, drowned
| SEPT. Henry Bremen, thrown from a cart.
| SRpT g.
Mclaughlin, intemperance; John Bttner, boiler explo
sKr. a-wm 8. Jones, fell through hatchway; un.
srpr IO-Esther Werner, beaten; Geo Nidds, fell into
srrr i1-John Flllo John street fire; Geo. b Parker.
| injured on shpboard.
Edward Frederick fell from masthead; Henry Brown
ester suicide by shootng Margaret Faucet run over BY
ice wagon; unknown man, drowned; John Heay, crush
SEPT l3-Louis Barnstorf drowned probably; Jose.
| phine Dsggcrt fell from grapevine.
SET. 14-Julia Mcdonnell, run over by an ice cart
John J. Cooper fell through hatchway John Flanagan
sunstroke; Lawrence Roe, John Dozen, drowned
sErT 10 Frank Billenger, shot In quarrel; unknown
sKrr io-Iaura Mills, killed by her husband Brook
saT is-Unknown man. by violence; Ellen Murphy,
sarr lo-John Frazer P. McDonaglc burns from
SEPT 20 80 Matthews, shot by John Kearney,
Brooklyn; Isaac f. Frelegh, fell from roof.
sEpr 23.- Sarah T. Davis Hattie Davis, Emma w.
Davis drowned Matincock Point; William Cla0y,
stabbed in quarrel
sErT. 24-Parick QUINN premature explosion Of o
blast; Elizabeth Armstrong fell down stairs unknown
man, drown ned Thomas Conan run over by engine I'M
| known man, drowned at Port Morris
serT 252F @. II. Behrends suicide by poisoning
Betty .weiland, suicide by stabbng; Benjamin Wolf
sohn drowned
ssPr. 2e-william p witty accidental shooting; vii.
| liam NJ. Gray drowned.
sErr. 2s.-"Dice" hypcrtrophy Of liver; unknown
| cold N crushed
by fall OF bank; Lucinda Hicks, peritonitis effect
| OF miscarriage; Ashman Hall drowned; Charles Cotton
crushed at court house.
| From the above II will he that there have bcoi
reported in the vicinity Of this city, deahsby suicide
and railroad accidents 81 drowning, 49, by fires anc
molten lead, 4; and by violence at the hands Of ohc
parties 10 II would prove interesting study to TIA
philosophical TO group together the results OF the latte
named causes Of deaths including murders, homicido4
Sc and how few Of the nqucss have resulted In th
commitment trial and punishment of those who have 10
1ctcd the dca'hblows The ratio OF escapes compare
with the runshments is decidedly 10 tho favor Of th
/ former.