The sun., 1865-08-01
LOCAL NEWS.
NEW YORK AND THE VICINITY.

TrE BEAVER STREET MUBDER--CoRoNER's
empaneled Jury to investigate the circumstances Of
the murder Of Joseph Van Doreu, a woghsr and
gusger, VI No. 10 Beaver street, who shot In his
Office Saturday afternoon, by james ,. Dram, Ne
already reported In the suS. Dram gave care.
hIl attention to the evidence brought bs.ors the
jury.
Wtllidm n KfbV-A earmRn residing at I21 Eas,
Twenty -iiNth street, being duly sworn, said he
prisoner running on SATURDAY., and turned round "
see II any one was pureung him two thee young
men came running doNn the lane between stone
street aud wniAm sueet, cry ing stop him witness
though the prisoner would 20 through into south
william aud then witness went up on the stairs and
prisoner on the centre OF tho flight witness
going up; he was cotning down aud witness seized
him ana said You are my Prisoner" lie said
him TO the Station house, when policeman came
along and said IL want this man :" tho witness
gave hun Into the lands Of the Offices.
Altrrd Negro, trenchmAn, was tho next witness.
lie testified he ,aw the prsoner betN ecu eleven and
twtye O'Clock rtandug ut the door OF the premises In
Beaver street; noNt with the policeman; heard no
slteicatoli witness hoard two loud ports but could
tai on place. after he heard the he went to sec
What u was, and on ioachins the spot iound Mr. Van
DoTen lying the fOor, his head estlng tho last
step Of the stars and gasp ug ior breath after
that, witness v ent to his onn once:
~ Beave sIeet; saw prisoner opposite No 81 Beaver
street about hAi-plH one oc'ock neaid airport Of
prisoner on The steps OF No " beaver seet as Wit
ness looked he sa~ he .eceseI pea his hand TO his
% lS Es .Ta so. .Gs Il s H.:
he ran after the pnsouer. man met him anu a.Lcd
him II he vas after !he pri'onoi be said - the
man told him that the prisoner wHs few doors above;
went there anu lOund h.i coming down; he ran out
and are ested. After the PRISONER vN arrested ho
admitted W wltness ana ohcef that he committed tho
Ducin r. NorreH, of No South William stroet,
tert,iied that between one and two O'Clock, while
st nding IN the door OF his office, he crowd run-
ming plst DE monico's, aud through a house in VIII
liam steet witness IAN then 60; saw man come
down with the prisoner as soon as they got outside
the door poic man ian up aud said "i take charge
thai a man was shot went With tho doctor and hs
tod witnesl to open Van Dofan's shirt did 20 and
the noc,oT said ~ was AL UP poor iollo"-irs his
John A. R,,llv the officer who arrested the prison
er tcsted that he left the station about o'clock,
got within two hundred ioel OF liosd street. when ho
n mHn run, whom he recogni1ed n. tte prisoner
saw the Grove collected about No. ~ Beaver street
when got IN front OF the store, asked v hat was
the matter was answered, "a man snot himself"
on looking about witnes. the man that shot;
another man supported him witness also saw pistol
ch@e to William street; rhen ho le.ched Is
%,lli'% he ,Is I Mr. SS.yriS Say standing a.
pri,oneE taw the prisoner coming out, whom
witness ru'hed thloush tho GfoHd ana said, II
thls man iorr' lie said :" shot hun sei-deience
lie ca led niea -, and seiatehed my fac" Ha
ne .ad that that was no reason 70 shoot hun Pri.-
oher replied :" hOre he Is not dead" A wa ap-
~ SaS BseI gs sf ot ne %s ssd ny nS IA hes
for ,0ne one hand hIn that pistol II waa handed
10 witness who asked the prisoner II that wgs tie
pistol he shot the man within Ihs p!soner replied
''Yes" When gIInets re.ched the station house no
handed the pistol to the sergeant who asked him II il
was loaue4 the prisoner said Yes, theIe are three
barrels 1aaol," aud said 70 the sorgeant, do you
wan to "arch me r. Witness went to search him,
and pul ed out FIVE dollar bill some staTps also
a bunch Of keys; the pnroner put his hand IN his
ride pocket and pulled out pirtol the ,ereean,
assId II IL was loa, ed to hch he replied, Yes Or
and newly capped" after which he WA locked nm
WINES Eent back 70 ~ Beaver street and ordered
that M Van DOrrn's body should bc taken 10 tho
stlton-house. After tho arrest Of the PRISON or hs
upIcai cd To be excited.
testified was Mr. Van Dortn's cl,rk; ,cs .ent 5y
Nj. Van DoTeu TO New stI Get was gono abol fifteen
minutes when the witness returned he lOund Mr.
Van Dozen and tho prisoner together: Ar. Van
Dozen was sittIng deck when witness camo In
the prisoner TUNED Iound to see Nho Wa, coming
Mr.. Van DOren said 10 witness go around hero 10
soon be atlr you" Mr. Van D0i GU did rot c N e. u
witness returned to tho office MA no was coming
down Beaver street he sa" the prisoner coming With
policeman Shen h0 reached tho Office he saw NJ.
Van Dozen laying on tho steps THINKS Mr. Van
DOIen bIeathed about two alter he coached
there he be eyed Mr. Van Doren ana prisoner were
not on friendly teIms-tLe only IeasOn that he had
ior the belief WA that the prisoner had said Ia
hun that Mr. Van Dozen went around " his custom
and told lies about him Prisoner told sItneas
that he did not think deceased uscd him li4ht Mr.
Van DOton once sad 10 wltDe-B, that Mr.. Dram took
his cotton and converted IL 10 hlh own this was
VIII e h0 was In me company OF Mr. Vlu Dozen
Tho inquest adjourned until t,ro o'clock to-da,
DEATu's HARvEsT.-The deaths in New
York during the past week we're 695 an increase os
4 upon the mortality Of the previous week, and an
increase Of AZ compared with the mortality Of Tho
corresponding week Of 1854. or the deceasod 99s
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