The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-08
THE iSTANWIX HALL TRAGEDY.
THE SECOND DAYS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF THE INvBsTIGATIoN-soME FACTS ABOUT
The PARTIES, BTC.

THE SECOND DAYS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF THE INvBsTIGATIoN-soME FACTS ABOUT
THE PARTIES, BTC.
ALBANY, June THE examination of General
Cole for the assassination of Mr.. Hscock at
Stanwix Hall, was resumed this morning be-
fore Police Justice S. H. H. Parsons, in the
office of the Sheriff, in the county Jail The
prisoner was attended by his counsel, William
]. Hadley. When brought from the apartment
he occupies in the jail into the presence of the
magistrate he was accompanied by friend,
who, ii was said, was an old acquaintance, who
had known him in California
His manner was cool and collected, but there
was nervous twtching of the lip and rest
lessness in the eye which bespoke a mind i'll at
ease, and q stranger might at once have readily
fixed upon him as the principal in this un-
happy affair. During the examination which
with drowsiness, and closed his eyes and nodded
his head as If overcome by sleep. There was
also Observable nervous twitching of his
under lip and fingers, as an indication that he
felt seriously the critical position In which he
was placed. There were present only the Off
GERS of the Jail, the prisoner and his counsel,
The magistrate, the prosecuting attorney, and
members of the press. ..
am Practising physician and surgeon in this city
examined the person OF r Aiscock on the eyening OF
that hour; he was lying on his back, with his head
room up stairs in the east wing Of the building there
of In dh rs and W9 aT f
and one or two medical students; there was wound
he sTS p
ee and aht he Sase Of 5e k eagy 4reco III of
the spinal marrow where 1t unites with the brain;
brain; the probe moved freely in lateral direction,
and could touch several fragments Of bone; there
OF bone that had been carried before it did not touch
have been distance from the end of the probe;
he dead at this time: placed my hand over the
doubtediy the cause of his DEATH the wound could
have been made by pistol ball.
Hadley the prisoners counsel said he had no ques-
The Assistant District Attorney announced that this
closed the examination on the part of the people.
this ne the ana his
Mr.. Hadley-You do not propose 10 examine any
further witnessesT
Mr.. HadleyWe should like to have the matter
Justice Parsons-You have no objection. Mr.. District
Mr.. Baiey-None at ALL
The examination was then postponed till ten A. M.
tomorrow.
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE PARTIES.
Mrs. Cole, the wife of the prisoner and one Of
the principal parties In the tragic event. Is
daughter OF Judge Barto, of Johannesburg,
Tompkins county, and half sister of Henry ID.
Barto prominent Democratic politician, a
member of the Democratic State Central Com
mittee for q number of years, and OF the present
State Constitutional Convention. Mrs. Cole
and is reported 10 hold half interest in the
Henry ID. Barto q Co.'s bank of Trumansburgk K
THE TONE OF THE ALBANY PRESS
The tone of the Albany press in reference to
the Hiscock tragedy is much deprecated by all
disnterested persons There is an evident
attempt on the part of some of the journals
here to excite a prejudice against the prisoner.
This is altogether wrong, no matter how unjus
liable his act may have been, and 1t is likely to
react in favor of General Cole. 1t may in the
end elicit from the friends of the prisoner an
assault upon the antecedents OF his victim, and
involve some outside parties in the unpleasant
ness of newspaper discussion. The letters and
photographs taken from the body of the de-
ceased, and handed to his relatives, may yet
bear an important part in the investigation.