The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-11
FOURTH EDITION
The TENTH WARD TRAGEDY.
COrOner's Inquest This Afternoon.
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THE ARREST OF THE MURDERER.
Etc. ETC.. Etc.. Etc. ETC.. ETC.,. Etc.

CoBONER's INQUEST ON THE BODY OF
MARY CARNEY. THE VICTIM or THE LATE TERRE-
Bile tragedy AT O'Clock this afternoon CJr0-
ner Tavlor proceeded to hold the inquest on the
body of tue late Mary Carney. The evidence
ehcled was folows:-
Madame tyson swoIn:- Nv name is Loretta
Tyson; / reside a, No. las North E eventn street;
the woman May Carney came to my house yester-
day about uoUD; he cOlOred servant let the u in;
/ saw Them on tie iaDuing Tor the first tine; was
over AGAINST my door when ne came ind gave me
some money; LIE passed my loom; he said, cine
lady is as eep. and viii 20 back agaln." L
looked out the window, and saw HIM GO
towards Twelfth street out OF Marks lane; saH
mm ast Fnuay week; he had anotn woman With
and one LACY went up stairs leaving the o,her
below; he other woman was snort IN ck-set
woman; the woman who waited novu airs
to d the othertwo not to stay long; they did not
over an hour then; there dId no appear 10
be any difficulty e2uslng between them; the man
was dressed Ia iul suit Of hght clothes. aHd mad
On a straw h.ti he had cigar In his mouth, aud
seemCd very cool, and wa ked very elsufely up
Marks lane af,eT eavIng; spoke 10 70 the SER
want, and tod her to send the young man
up to my room Wien ne came; undresSed
| and laid down III my room (secOnd storS 'front.';
slept until Or O'clock when dressed, aud asSed
! the servant II the man had returned, aud TO wake
the lacy, as II was time she was up; when went in
! she was ying wrapped osely up IN sheet, aud
across the bed; called the coored woman and tOid
ner TO feet her fee, as thought she was dead; she
| dld So, and said the woman was dead; had passed
their door several times, but heard nothing except
footsteps when they first in; she went into
|
Hennetta hIcks the colUred servant, on being
sworu sad IL have tv'd with Mrs ~ son for out
| thee hCuths; remember letting her in ABOUT noon
| yesterday; oid mo- take particular notice OF them
! beng IN a great hurry remember his being thore
! be ore; heard no struggling; did not sa9 hun
| agaln ter had let him in.
Kate Gibbs being sworn-I live No. 62l Crescent
street, kept by Madame White; have known Mary
'tlney about ilree easj say her yesterday
about noon; she eit me at The corner of sixth aud
Race streets; she was alone; went IN the
! size had a sma bundle VITA her; 1 rec) gnIze tue
bonnet as hers; "a bundle being shown; she had
| that bundle; she said she startei TO see her
| sist Rose about half past eleven; Newton Cham
| non was witt her Off aud ON frequently; he was
the almost everv day for the last three weeks he
was mere CAV be ore Yesterday; he has been ln the
h. bit gong Cl eIe almost daily for tre la three
year; lie was with her night before last; he was
then dressed Ii white pants linen coat and stra v
hat; he wore mOustache Drown they had some
words; they quarreed 1requ1 ntly; he wan ed her
to go ara ave with him. she sand she would not;
heard this from the adjoining room, have heard him
maEn hreas beiore, when he threatened to ta<e her
life; he lost her or tune, when she met HIM again
she was raid OF hlm sne would not SIT alone
with hIm; she quGrrelled once and he attempted ia
choke her on the road about three months ago neal
tn Gas " orks on Niuth street below the Prison
(At this point TIE capture of the prisoner Newton
| Champion, was announced,
The mui derer came in amid the fearful eXcitemen
of the ster of the deceased who went OF in fit 0
ny s,ercs, and wa, removed.
Kate Gibbs continued: - lie threw her down on h
grOuIo WI en- he chOked her; trend OF mine, JOhI
Lean parted them; she dtd not want TO talk Il
him; he said he would talk TO her. and they quar-
relied; teit Is pockets ana ne sald, ~ am no
gong to hurt herr" heard her halo a to
/ eit, and turning around found he had her down
with his fingers 10 her throat; she got up, and Ial
from him and Loan tired TO hold him, but cou
not, and Champ followed her; he tore her clothes
she threw off her tounet when sne ran.
N6da"e Tyson, resworn.-I recognize rbs MAJ.
He al nv house yesterday. Z '1e man
Henrietta Hicks res-orn y l. 49,. ,--,
man; never sa = MIN before AO' A"o" 'nA
I nae q obs ieswoTn.-I have heard them ouarre
shoe, and he threatened her. bat saw no Dlows:
knew INN b. the name of Newton Champion he 4
the man who choked her, and has kept cOmDan,
with her Tor three years
Il was at Mrs TS sons house with Newton nm,
Mary; waited for them; they did not uuarreI then
was there about twenty minutes.
Ida Hicks les imony-l live at No. 621 Crescep
street Tor the last month"; have known her Mar
CaIney) for that time; know the prisoner, NeWtoi
hampton; saw I'm first gong out with Kate las
FriCay week; hampton was q steady visitor for th
past three weeks; heard Mary say she was alraiC
OF horh from The prlsonsr but never saw him LAY
Kate ,,ibb.-I recognizeiaismalI lbox with Cham
| DIR Shapl Igh--I made post nlorten examination
! between 10 ana IL o'c ock at the Ninth Ward Sta
ton Housa, OF young woman who had come to heI
death from wound i'll the throat, lnf.c .cOed by 3
sha y II IS rumeni; the wound was on the right side
auC eXten, ed across abont Iour inches
long ne muscles, jugular vein, caratid artery o.
rigl SIDE the "indp'pe and aul ct div ded; wound
in back of the hand made by some sharp instru
ment. The dccea ed came to her death from
Eemorrhage from the blood vessels. 1t was such 3
wounu as would be made by raZoa.
Newton Champion sworn-Mv name is Newton
Champion; / am twenLy'siX years cid resided "a
Ogden street, am an enPineer; am single.
| Officer James ooence-I was pfesent at the ar
rest; found these Othes (showing some washed
co,hes yet Wet which were lound in the second
story back room.
street, about noon, lying in bed In private house.
| DEATH OF A MEMBER OF THE CORN
EXCHANGgs Mr. Samuel l.. Wilmer, a welI-known