The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-13

Rigid Examination OF Witnesses by Coroner
Lewis ut Astoria-riie Case without Doubt
n Murder--Detectives rhe Track Of the
supposed Assas-ins.
Last evening Coroner LOWS hold examination OF
witnesses IN reference to the supposed mys-
terous murder OF the who found dead 10 Wal
dron woods day before yesterday between the village
road and Jackson avenue in Newtown. The deceased
evidently had been saior from the style of his dress
and his cnrewoIn and peculiar cast OF features The
following are the names of the jurors which we're i'm
medately empaneled by the Coroner on being appraised
Of the circumstances Gillis Ale xander Smith,
Charles Hale, Junius Graf Nicholas Neddy and John
Moody.
SUPPOSED xuRprnyRs
Since the jury has ccen enpanelled circumstances have
been forfeited out by Coroner Lewis which withheld
at present for prudential reasons and which have given
The detectives clue to the supposed assassns One OF
the suspected parties y resident Of this city, and The
other q well-known rough = who has been hanging
about the drinking saloons Of Brooklyn for long time
past
Tnr BoDY OF DECEASED.
A view OF the body, which is nov lying at the dead
house Of ST. Mchges Cemetery about mile east o. tho
hotel on Flushing road disclosed the same facts which
were described in tle HIRAlD Of yeserday-the right
side OF the being crushed in as IL violently struck
with Ratchet A post mortem examination was held
day before yesterday by Dr. Bradford Bayles The body
identification.
sIsrfxosY or loRryzo DOW ynAScIs.
resided i Sal he 9 S r employed Tns
gs AZ o & IVA s oysr q
hall past Two ococE; stood haifpast At The door q
Know asked Inn to lake ARE o. lie team While hey went
Sr aSd me
Germans dressed in black. md very tall they asked
! sSs NJ @ n1 Bs Sd
& g 5 a oo n IN 6e@ e ew sd NE pe h
bands as9ed BOY how he Sti
on purposem looked in me paper and saw very long pis
% 70 hs ssa s 1 man Ro Of mS n. height
Cook aid to the man he aaa better g. 70 aaadons the ms
gaaners 60 INN wI.nes did not 50 body
Ss IT, som 0t Se od
s ss lay lis c one eide with one
snae o as r mat us ne um ana so%e
sap,ngs about twenty oe from the rail fence the left
a Sese ne Sy = s az s he
as m Do %s # had Been
dea,h had conversation with one except with Mrs
ami down 10 frsnds, the sandbank, and got
The s aa nams aSany a a ss
home he met these che h aud u the conversation
TESTIMONY oy ROBERT nxsrs WHITE.
sunnysde aee @ss day
except when went 70 see The dead MN near The ,rrnp
psst one was told y Charley Coos barsnasr
eng ssk. AND LIN linn
nd
s saE 4e s de & was s up @ &
hat was on ana his hair was fun Of blood and
sss Luz e
M eS e s 10 30 he
sS On the was long Sna ss s
be LEFT Mrs Cooks; had no conversation with the man;
ssss Ike h 1a s sg % :;
the pistol With the paper except ,he barrel he had
pisn English; be was Of medium hssa and Light
e. and
was 4. fool 70 touch the man and that he was liable
iSs man did MOT say how he came know where
re ~ Wo un S s
and then they turned the other road the men did
The. pesisssOot was told So but did sasm mi.
before We vent 70 zee the body came 20
asked Mrs Cook and .he said might 60 because Charley
saw him again Mr. Cook was al he time he
1 o !" buy for
lar his head do. mon MS lei, back Of aim was
horse: had been the lsay, turned
and ssia hey had u:t Bay they
but aid moi notice them; the
driver was drnf b., 20 moi know wSeSsr
she party he dsns WITH them hey wen. % see the
body came bach heard u.
caed BY Nance young la''ss mann
those only .uppo.e :: did no. hear him
y
be may have been Germhn when the Eltn boys oid him
he liable Slate prison for touching the man ne
seemed hesitate bn, went no went IN the direction OF
the squire et The sody and found cod the men IN the
greenhorns dressed In that mad his pants
stuck his and had whskers ard the front one
had dog with belt on; they mers GermAns and
abontlwcniy. i've or thirty years OF age
ISAAC .n0cpANir
This witness testified that he resided Astoria on last
"wednesday gnncd little while the afternoon IN
pany With Mr. gxeer around the carpet acor and up by
Wsdrou's woods: in the woods about hafpsst foir
O'Clock and the isng dad bn' did not recognize
HIM he wss wing .sot otty or MY ysas a'ns tnr pass
from the back lying on his ieft Sitc, id
him; there srgc Kssh IN the mead
leave che entered, this look ed
like Geld hand ana went after him the dead
man had hat
timony disclosed facts aud merely coTroboraied
the circumstances given above.
Il is drrniy belisvsa that the deceased TO his
death by q mlrderons asSaut nj the hands oil somo I'M
known person The opinion prevails hsf the party who
exhibited the pistol and who had the blood ON is wrist
band is connected with the crime
The further examination OF witnesses was postponed
until Iharsday evening next, at seven O'Clock