The New York herald., 1866-01-05

CorOmex's Inquest-Testtmony Of the Cap
tain and Grew OF she Schooner John
Boynton-A Clus % shs Murderer-Five
Hundred Dollars Howard O6erea for
His ApprehemsAoa, 60. fr
The inquest the body Of Robsrs Mitchell isss mate
OF the schooner John Boyntoa. Of Calais Mane who
murdered ,sst Saturday morning board the vsss,
by river tsisf, whis lying "a Rkers Isiaad Flushing
Bay took paos yesterday bsfor. Coroner Lynch, ~
Brooklyn, when tho folsving Facts relative 70 the
were eiicitsd. Dr.af, .d s-
CAPTAIN NATHAN A. REEp's TxsTrnosY.
Ny name is Nathan A. Reed; rsnds st Csiais Maine;
am master mariner. now IN command Of the schooner
Joha Boynion. OF Calais, haine Iasi called from
Newport, Rhode Island, on the 4a<i Of Deccmber,
1865. bound Tor Atlsnto Iock. Brooklyn On
afternoon asd when opposite Riksrs Island aocouss
OF the the, No came 10 anchor; the tide was running
nocd .. The time. IN, Wind sisd on: and sns PHO. took
lowered the sails and bsow the pilot told there
had been several robbsriss In the bay lately,
watch; Joseph haoney watched from to tweye; NO
was watch from twelve TO three O'Clock;
O'Clock witness went and turned In with the pilot sbout
three o'clock witness awoke and discovered .
strange In the cabin standing over the
berth is and % pointing I'M pistol m at him; ..lsa .
and then backed out Of the ROOM witness called ont
Thieves robbers, when the crew jumped out OF their
berhs; heard pistol shot immediately after, and made
the ron'srk 10 the pilot that the mate be deceaedl
shoi deceased never spoke after he shot; after
small boat sbop, ave haadrrd yards distant going rom
vessel and owed by rpe rneR, ~ ak clock In the
morning Saturday as the p!ct ordered anchor ap and
we sailed for Atlantic Dock. where reported the
occurrence 10 the Iolce the crew Of my vessel con
sisted Of two men, besides myself aud cook: had
going ON deck after the murdsr sooner than
did sPpreieasive that ! would get shot by the
but was aroa~cd when I called out; have knows de-
ceased for twenty yesrs; he lived IN my family: the
mate ~ns coming out OF his sts'etoom when nc hr1s
sh"' was nreo; never heard anything until ssu the
strange man my berth he dark compexicned
man, with nustache short aud thick set IN stature;
he short that his head did reach 10 che cabin
ceiling the uste bled about piui OF blood from the
mouth; there on deck after midnight
Friday alier The mate shot heard two sbots fired
iron, the feet Of In the bsy; the boat
sailing With The tide could not denuy the mao law
= in the cabin
TESTIMONY J0sErR NaLosEY.
Am n sailor beiore the mast the schooner John
Boyntcn; about thtee o'clock on the moaning in Qnes
top awakened by hearing the captain cali OUT got
ny the mate coming out Of his room then heard
shot hr.d the mate went ap the companion say after
the robbcr when I heard another shot; went 70 the
Stair and told the mate come down: he made
ply; heard him coughing: the captain said, "they
shot the mste;' We went up and found him leaning
he did mo-, spe.I sad died in spoa, Eve m,ns,ss We
looked out and saw one deck, did not ree any
boat; could see about mile; The nearest vessel
I'VE hundred wards DISTANT the pilot said he did not
the who sbc, tho mate; the nrst shot hred rene
trsied the cabin noor he deceased have hsche, in
M. hsnu. gnthg up tue companion way.
TESTIMONY or I'm. ANDREW >. vILLErrs.
sm n Practising physician ard surgeon; on Wednes
day January ., 1850. made poel iaortem examination
the body of cbert Mnche ct the dead house. In the
city of Brooklyn; on an informal examination OF the
deceased noticed that the rigor of he death
not strongly marked about the face stains OF
blood which had oozcd from the and mouth; the
only wound discovered small penetrating
the right side OF the chest, line with and and
half inches from the upper margin OF the breast bone,
and four inchls from the nipple, careful dissection OF
the parts showed that the direction OF this wound
nwsrds and slightly downwsris and that u penetrated
the thoraec cavity between the thwd aud fourth ribs.
entered the lobe OF tho right lung, passed through It,
perforated the descending norts passed through the
lower lobe Of the left uDg left the peural cavity, be
tween the seventh and ghth ribs. and ended In the
OF the walls OF the chest this teri
nation VI the wound small sired conIca revolver bullet
found large enufion of blood partly coaguated,
stomach also contained about OF dark coored
blood woundf of its coats, which In healthy
condition, could be dscovcred both hnvs presented
slight amount " enphysems, otherwise healthy; In
rbagc, caused by bullet nficng awound pursuing the
above described. The was lhcn adjourned
tin Monday next
CLrE TO rus MURDrHER AND MS ASSOCIATES.
Al daybreak the morning Of tho murder n boat
rowcd the slp at the foot of Twelfth street, Ehet
rycr New York, out OF which three landed and Inn
nedately hssencd away. Tho boat taken charge
Of by the police authorities and b now In the Possession
| of Coroner Lynch.
vrvs HUNDRED poLLAHs RxwARo ron rHs nuK.
psnks.
rrwsrd q Avs hsadvd dollars or tbe rss, Of The mar
! Asrsr.
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