, 1866-11-08
THE STATE STREET MURDER,
Inquest p1 the Body OF Henry Van
Br>ki1k The Evidence MS to Fact
una Inteut-The Verdict.

An tn1nest was held, at three O'clock esi.:tlay
a;e .son. nj s!tc Atmory. upoa the body Of t1cnry
NEa Ba-hls, wkO WIS tnnrle..d about twelve
c1octs On Tuesday nf"llt In tile rear OF saloon
cpt ny james p, L:lli-. al No. a15 State street.
lhr genera, fa:ss of tho homicide were nublt-hcl
lis name at Wti.hl's Ho!ei ~ .Ja~on i;orlon.
llrfenus: Moutaha." and hs@ luggage is s,iIl al
s'c ho1cl. Tle ipllo"lu. testimony was e'ici'ed
jsm'e w'"el: swvln; Is aIcarpentsr; 1fves nj
Henry yan l'ns5ltk: il came via lin 10 !hIs
osu M o. Va Vii, 5 =, sst IT,. yn .k n 1.s s sies
ir.ln Iowa. The man, Jack Wcnd, who ~ -1nl ,e The
.-ce7sed. was with them. They wens 10 Wf,g:,t's
@ s9as 1" i1 tho eyy eyyn,ns vent Af.tf t.
wards ,he ,hey ysn: e an ealing Goass an
!reatca 'wlce., Another gentleman joined them
IN drinks. lady came N uad desired Jack ard
hs TI'nSts SL, to 20 cut VIII! ie. Jss went oEt q
aeor: Il vac locked. They went ,ue hack way
because policeman was s-ea iu front. Al The
sas dgG5 van Hnns yaa sd about The poes
They knocked At tic door, and Jack
r2 sss t. a9e 9e 1 M ess1: eSS .sa 1a n
Van Uusk!rk In tire facc-tLe latter standing
l!t'le above him q, t:sc step. The wilEess ideu-
llH&u tue ECfQEfGtE.
Dr. Gore, sworn: Had made post mor,tm ex-
animation Of the decrase4. Tie found that the
oall iaI entered the left side Of tue aas, and had
esseG essesa tue p aea lie thought " must have
u. =: Heal, sworn: His r1acc Of business Is at
10 39' S'afe street- Len E.css saloon 1tle a'.er
e saloon 10 ~ he = n Thee ss hs saw N
three men drinking. Jncls called for jamaica
I.lm. @ Jol": The proprietor. SAID hs had none. lie
d.Tstand- Witness then tod Jack hc must a be be
from ae East, as they did not keep rum in the
sm.l, p1fe7 in ,ts .hc %ss' Sask .1a aFse1 VIZ
come conycreation. JNek said he WIS from the
r. hsd be,a and ,aas sne .n1 5oy h ae ,s sa
70 gel hafd" stns%s % lien !o b. bad ta Gen sts IT,
srntea BY lis Drunkenness. They talked Ie-
and jack drazk asaia. Witness told Van a.6s bas.
I'D n'oney. Van BasEirs aid JACK I bad h' about Sa
IN Bae 3ask s saa MausS sSsa wsnt sf' out ho o
geahtr; Witncss remained 't'sidc. and hcard
them l.! having loua conye:eaion. The cs1 was
sud seemed inclined to disturbance. Witness
asked Jack to GO with him, md Invited TIC
;' 1ihc,a 10, TO- 80 n;so . and he would show
ce11er "ss Tuslf fs sa tssy s;sa aa as
piled Conc On: IL iii risht Af,er fhey @ co: -
take tlem to The buck door Of The saloon ii taey
"ou!d agree 10 keep still. The policeman would
e Say away and 1hcy could so Whcsc, they chose.
ness was first, but iust al they goi HERE Vau 1ius
kirk passed them. There wa la':e glass wIo-
doW ;,,. + IN thc door, The door vas lorkcd. JACK
and tad VIZ U ri III pt Ss ~ hEnss 9as srsoxes ,ba
door, and won'dn't care i there rus man BE-
'nnehs; nna a., AssE snyin 81 h. in careless hanas
shen tatd, " Fut thar away: yoa'rc not in the
mountains: that's not the way 1hcr do here"
, rssnfsr ssd f tiep IN m s'{ It, s II do e
coceet 1t. Van Duski,k put his hand b-hinJ uim
~ Me same time. and was pulling ont a sho:l re
place" Witness thoncb, il was -,I"peI,er * tr's
Jnth was stAndin. little below Van Buskiri.
W.? maae m9tion iih It upon Ais middle d7ge.,
ed lttilc 10 one side, and thc next thing be saw
WHs 'tc 1t'eh fr"m jacks pi.i"l. Imrcdi,iels
a. 'lMa'd. JAk carllu1tsi, ':Oa, my q ID IT,
S,srs wo e. mr,;f1y ,ns ,ssSiyF III IN .s o.
T." .ainr 20 ihc alley he looked hick an, ~
"a, Sask sta' ding nr2arcItiy stupvacd with what he
Matte Bagns. sworn: Resides at No. 11s indian,
sticr,. llad kpouu Van Bpskltk shout three
"nh ,al shs vas stoEnlnS feM 9ayt at aa5 sta,e
| sc her about eleven o'clock las. night Val
Husk1r: vas aloIc. She wis not down siair. after
seven oc;urk iu the evening. VIM Bu-k,rk wa.
Hlerd. ot BIS lsum tue mont ta,us were with him
Snc tdla him hc had tettr 70 home and Leave
,hsn ns ~, SSnt out soon after. snd thc saw him
! 1u Hose until ale! lie WIS -t.ot
so eeqs,ian 3,n nu,tsbash policeman sworn: Saw
io bv @ IL ascossel them and
hst heat aud q few mon1cnts later les7d lie re-
port Or the revolver, aud ran back. lie found the
door, and subsequently in company with Ca2tsln
HieEcy. found thc large revolver pa:.'y concealed
The jury returned 4 verdict that the s,ccozc,
came to ht2 de3Lh from the shut nf \ rnyniv,r al.