The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-01
TINE THOMPSON STREET MURDER.

Identification If fhc ceased-Testimony .,
Man who Witnessed the StabbinG- He Re.
coanixes the Prisoner. &c.
On Sunday evening Coroner wildey took the affidavit
Of Timothy Mason the who saw Charles Jones' alas
"Bummer Charley colored, and Thomas Cook, alias
sweeney in the shoe shop, "a Thompson street. where
young was murdered He issued warrant for the
apprehension Of the parties. and gave TO Eighth
ward detective to execute, but in the meantime
detective Field, OF the fifth precinct, arrested
the suspected parties for another offence, and
took Thorn TO the Leonard street police station.
Captain NILS OF the Eighth precinct. hearing that the
parties arrested, made demand Captain Petty
OF the Fifth precinct for surrender OF the prisoners
TO him, but this tho captain refused 70 do without
an order 10 writing or by telegraph from Superintendent
kennedy. Tho order was eventually obtained and the
prisoners surrendered 70 Captain Mills who holds
them In custody TO await the result OF the nquson
which IL set down for Thursday morning. at nine
O'Clock IL will he seen from the Deposition OF Mason
that he positively Identities the prisoners as the nsn
whom hc saw IN the room where deceased stabbed
He saw the ccorcd prisoner stab deceased, who has
bean recognized rs German named Charles Miller
Below will be found the testimony OF Mason
TIMOTHY MASON.
Timothy Mason being duly sworn, deposes and says
live az NO 30 Thompson street. last evening about six
o'clock was on my way home In Thompson street: 4
turned out OF Broomc street and going towards
Grand; when got opposite 10 No. 46 Thompson street
stopped down and looked In the basement and then
colored man standing in front OF deceased who
appeared 20 DO punching him IN the stomach. also
white standing on the left Of the colored man
did not sec him do anything think the coored
punched deceased twice; they then all started to come
up OFT OF tho basement: the white man came
ont frat, tho colored close behind him: the
deceased was about -four feet behind the colorcd
man; M he got out Of the door deceased
haloed watch. the negro and white man went towards
Broomc street the deceased opened his shirt aud said
he was stabbed: then went into the middle OF the
street towards Broome street. but when got the cor
ncr lost sight Of tlien then went home; my wire
In shortly Afterwards and said deceased lying
IN tho drug store dead this morning about eleven
O'Clock parties came 10 my house and asked me II
could identity the parties whom In the basement
the night before; l went with them 20 the Fifth
up by the name OF Charles Jones and Thomas Cook
the parties.
MEDICAL TESTIMONY
Wooster Beach. Jr, NJ d., being sworn says-f have
made post mortem examination on the body OF de-
ceased At Bellevue Dead House; 10 OF ne muscular
Development but Of rather slight build there
punctured wounds on t. tho thorax, between the
med,an line another the abdomen about two inches
from the median line and just below the last rib OF the
left sidc opening the body the first mentioned wound
traced upwards and slightly inwards for distance
Of abouf two nches but did penetrate the thorax;
the second wound took the direction upwards, back
wards and slightly nwards passing through the pericar
dfm, and entering the heart the lower end OF tie
right side the wounds were Iaade with long narrow,
sharp instrument, striking from below upwards; the
percardum hcd with serum and cotted blood, the
heart OF smaller size than the average and healthy
all other organs examined we're natural; the stomach
partly hled with food recently eaten IN opinion
death was csuscd by hemorhage from the wound Of the
heart.
'ummcr Charley has been arrested on several occa-
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