The New York herald., 1866-05-18
| Trial OF william Coulter for the Murder
| OF Private Watchas.n-Aea~sttai Of
l the Accused.

Il
the Accused.
COURT or 0rEK AND rEBxfsER.
| Before Judge Ingrsl,ani
NAY II--At the opening OF the the Dis,rSt Al
tosaey moved in the Of the People vs. wnNam
Couner who is indicted for MURDER killing upon DO
night Of the leah u February last Philip Kraemer
private waichmsn in the silk factory Of Byans sber
mann, Thirty -sah street. Tenth avsnoe while in
the commission Of burglary, three thosssnd dollars
worth Of six having been stolen at the time
William KntxiaV Jr, appeared for the I~isoncr aud
e Assistant Disrice Attorney for the peops In con
sequence Of the excemens produced o. ane ,c Of ae
experienced In enipanc'ftng . jury
ME District Attorney opened the case for tbs people
claiming con sicon VI murder IN the nrst degseS ana
examined the following wstnesees:-
BxANiSAror WITNESSES
business in Thirty ah street near feniS avenues ~.
try |. . the middle Of the oe, krss%sr = -; my p1ss "a
alive a. ;hs factory seor wa. Moken open and roosd
Cross-crsmined-tsevcr recovered she silk, any pss,
Orsa sccs H.sf Diss conductor on tho
Tenth avsn.s Hoo ols.r. fees..ry 70 'i, depot =, sn
pasi ave ococt four SQUARE
ted eseS haa Ia Ii. rss bundle aoand Which was
rrPpsd .o%ssns wSs sse e hsm n got nsae " M s
Coulter as ons orthe men ta, was inside The car he seem
his face best of opinion hI' Is the they got Oh
cross.eI.mned. Never the s:sg men before; ar.. 1
wi.h bundles on si.t o. February taken :. the .,
conversation with hconicer him
myself officer Smith and snser went down Into the cell e
identify him; said hs rcscned very much the did
/ knew; they ALWAYS rode with they iaborng
men GnnS describe @ sy 1e' %" morn y ar
noaay tic because he Tss w'PnS h. is am r. no' o,ss %
rs.smss. ns s ,ss .an S ~'a Ike " he very '
Alice birmingham depo.cdi--Lised at Thirty street
evening the I5A OF February with bale q aux
s he wo s' no es S.f Sey s a e Ss ~ s &
Pity aiisr ihey .ls s be .ss was ps i,E OH
haSs Ssss ee III about G o. .f s Ss
a :1S a%I % s%h what
the Time with Dumen In Mulberry street, used 70 have slk
ssor' S a. e n.yes r. 90 soS .r. -s
Obliged TO leave MIR Doughery Mr. iienuesaa heoause
va: ns srrs.ssa sssS police
out into the isrs street 'iI aud ioia the oG,sr
The Judge during the eSsninaibbuo Of this witness
obliged several tunes to call her 70 orr she sa very
with rage.
Mcintosh deposcd sAsu oaesr In the T-sueth pre-
r ss IN bea he ssd 1 ~ on s his s,S o
him 10 the station houses he identified by tie conductor
NAMED .n w & assP: az Esfs o % sS s % r
Alice sad, fgund In the the second
.oTy Under IN The s sed tcas b srna,cs d9e. WORT q c
Crosse xsmned I found no SIX tina, beionn,d 70 Hcin
he had dgst with his ws, who bim mo ea, III.
head Alice Brininghams .he ono from whom got all my
u oImston.
Dr Wooster Beach .sstaed that Philip Krssmer. the de-
censol killed la OF being beat the
head with hard Instrument jenny would %" he
the brain, other parts VI the body
healthy.
The prosecution then rested.
W r. kintzing, Jr about opening the case 10
the jury tie part og the defence when the Judge in
tmsted that he had tsoasht the people had not made out
n strong enough 70 sustain the charge OF murder
though unless explained the charge of murder might be
sustained.
The District Attorney then abandoned the charge of
murder and askss that the prisoner b. renaoded TO
swer the chsr.e of burglary
The Jury rendered a verdict OF not guilty and the
prisoner ietnandcd back 10 prison The District Al
torney said that he perfectly satisfied or his guilt.
but he had the legal testimony 1, convict The
examination. OF the witnesses OF The people shook
sderabiy ths in th1 cstnat.sn oi tho Court and
jury.