New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-20

,ogetber and then left about o. and at about twenty
minutes to 10 O'Clock the body OF O,ero Is ouu uead
In the park Near where the murder was committeu
was fonnd a dagger and sheath winch VIII De iA.ro'
duced in evidence here. There was razor FOUND ao'
in the vicinity and another razor. win he Daqe pent
near the body of 0tero There is evidence tnaI tne
strnore was a long one On the body OF Otero was
ound about $500 IL gold that had not Deen secured W
the persons who committed the murder 0nt INC pants
pockets turned inside out Otero pad hls Di q,
The hotel about six o'clock that evening ana tHe OH
was found on his person. Gonzales was near py WIFI
he was paying the bill and seemed TO watch Nun NJ
tently Otero visited the city OF Pbladephla on tne
Saturday after his arrival In New YORK. ana returned
the next Tuesday, Gonzales, In the meantime,
inc his room at the hotel Gonzales was asked 70 pay
his bill during the absence OF Oter0 ana he sau no nu
no money. and that Otero would pay when ne
came back. The morning alter the MURDER was
committed there was lett mana kld g,oso
fouud some distance beyond where the oody layi
| The rioht hand glove was found some distance from
that and then the dagger IL Is evident rom t1e es
dence that an attempt was first made 10 eut O'eio
throat The razor that found near the BODY sna
claim nnon the evidence in the possession OF tne
prisoner and was used by him, and that that was TUG
razor which caused the cuts in the clothing IN ROM Vi
Otero and lust below the collar or the shirti Iut oloe
Otero became exhausted he had taken this razor from
fine hand of the prisoner and inflicted the WOUNDS upon
his hands that led TO his arrest and through the
mentality of which be is now placed upon MS lrl anu
YOU are called on to try the question We shall snow
that the razor on the night OF the murder was IN le
possession of the prisoners that he TOOK IL IrVn
the reom where he was stG iI se,riv shown
II
here also that the prisoner acted as guius
in bringing Otero TO Brooklyn, because nave oeen
able to discover no evidence that either onIaes OF
Otero had been 10 Brooklyn before but TINS prisoner
had been In Brooklyn on more than one occhsiTn
previous to this time and in the vicinity OF tnis paH
and therefore he must have known where II was. nc
not only acted as guide in bringing them here put ne
also acted as guide in conducting Gonzales TO NO. ~
Centre.st after tho murder was committed, never re-
turning to the hotel again. They took room mere
together and next morning they started out, and when
Gonzales returns he had his mustacne shaved on ne
had new suit Of clothes and Pelicier the prisoner
had new pair OF gloves for the purpose o.
hiding the wounds on his hands; he bad changed MS
hat and necktie. On the same afternoon ne was ar
rested about 8 O'Clock on Pier No. 4 with those
gloves on his hands. and when asked to take
them off he refused. The clothes with marks OF Dood
on them were found in Gonzales room. why PeLlcer
went TO the dock that afternoon no one can tell.
Whether he was attempting TO make his escape or NOT
does not appear At all events he was arrested there
The evidence establishes beyond peradventrre that ne
was in the City Park the night OF the murder ne
was shown the gloves found there and refused TO own
them or put them on They were examined by Drs.
Ayers and Cochran of Brooklyn, and the gloves were
found 10 exactly correspond with the wounds IN tue
hands, think shall show that this murder was COM
mited in pursuance Of conspiracy. do not propose
10 take I'D your time further but when the evidence Is
oll in shall make my comments upon ii, Al,
| Mr.. Townsend then requested an Adjournment Until
Monday morning. which was granted.