The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-09

tcf AIN inqutstion indented taken for our Sover-
OF the arliament buildings of the city OF Ottawa,
Province Of Ontario, In the Dominion OF Canada on
Eau ard one &c Of the
view Of the body Of the late Hon. T. B. McGee N. P.
OF the Domh 1ion lying dead In the Toronto House,
situate sp. 'rks street in the said city Of Ottawa.
upon the oath Of the jurors undersigned, good and
onr said LADY the queen When. Where how and in
what manner ii said Hon. 7. D. MCGEE came to his
DEATH do upon heir oath say that the said deceased
came TO HIS det lth on the morning Of the 7th day
OF April, In Sr arks street in the said city OF
Ottawa. by unshot wound produced by 2
bullet which entere the neck as point Of entrance
and passed out Of Il e mouth as point OF exit and
that he to hrs tieath by the said wound inflicted
by some person or persons unknown. (Signed Ed
ward Van CORTLAND Coroner, and jurymen.,
Indignation Meeting In Ottawa-The Sus.
pecte,i Assassin.
OTTAWA, April S-Evening.
Apubc meeting Of ca tizens was held at noon to-
day to express Indignation at the assassination OF
Mr.. MCGEE and coincidence, for his family. The most
intense excitement has pre- vailed here all day.
The adjourned inquest was resumed in the after
noon and a large number OF witnesses were exam.
ined. The evidence taken v as mainly in connection
with the finding OF the body after the murder. The
ment detectives are in possession of strong chain
of evidence weaving around him, and the crown
h
revolver was found on his person when arrested and
a cartridge In one of the chambers was evidently
BEEN recently DISCHARGED The other chambers
were bright and clear. The bullets with
which 1t was loaded are exactly the same as
that which killed Mr.. MCGEE. II is generally believed
that gang OF rufans are mixed up In the assassin
alton. Two or three parties, against whom there Is
strong crcumsantal evidence, have been arrested
as accomplices of Whean. In order to expedite the
trial the crown will probably take the matter out
of the hands of the coroner tomorrow, and the case
will ha ufYht hafp IN
Arrest Of a Man in Toronto.
TORONTO, April s, 1868.
man named James Ryan, formerly messenger
in the Executive Council was arrested in this city
yesterday by government detective and brought
before the police magistrate to-day, and remanded
until further orders from Ottawa.
Scene Of the ssinatiOn-Pr0bnble Move.
ments Of the Murderer After the Commits
sion of the Deed.
Mr. McGee was living, at the time of his untimely
death, at the Toronto House, Kept by a Mrs.
Trotter. This house stands on Sparks street, and
about hundred yards west O'Connor street crosses
Sparks. Opposite the Toronto House is a
vacant lot, enclosed by a board fence;
and II the assassin was concealed ere he
committed the deed he was very likely behind this
fence, In which there breaks, ana from these he
could have noselessy issued crossed the street and
shot Mr.. McGee who would have had his back turned
toward him in opening the door Of the house.
On committing the murder 1t Is likely the assassin
ran to the Of OConnor street Ton which stands
the Queens printing establishment, darted
down that street. at the foot Of which
there are some vacant lots commons, and
beyond these woods, and running into these woods
concealed himself for time. From these woods he
could have made his way Dy by-roads TO the st.
Lawrence river, distant some fifty -four mil es; but
he would have to make wide det0ur the river
would be some sixty or seventy miles distant to him.
On reaching the st. Lawrence the assassin could
nave ea shy bc SKILL 81 pun o or % ade
at that point to the United States. This Is supp0sng
that the assassin was an American Fenian, and
There is another hypothesis and il Is that the as
sassin was Canadian Fenian In this case he would
have taken to the woods and gone up the Ottawa
river II is not uncommon for criminals to take
refuge In the backwoods by going TO the numbering
shanties up the Ottawa and working there as axe
men or choppers until the hue and cry attendant
on their crime has blown over. Surprising them that
the assassin Canadian Fenan, or, to speak
more correctly, Fenian living in Canada. he would
have likely first done described IN the other case,
and on gaining the woods have travelled west, that
is. up the south or right bank OF the river, until he
got up to some OF the streams on which timber Is
being cut-say the Pitiwawi or Matawan-and there
he might elude the agents Of the law for time at
least.
The assassin cannot have got more than twenty to
twenty-five miles from Ottawa, and is still in t0iera-
bly, open country That Is II he has let Ottawa; he
by day. We may, therefore, hear OF this daring man
being captured within the next few days.
Master william Trotter familiary called 'Wllly,"
who was the first person TO find Mr.. MCGEE muir
dered Il a page In the House OF Commons, and
about thirteen years Of age He Will be the principal
witness in the The other evidence Will be
mostly crcumstantlal.
The Toronto House Is half private hotel in which
Mr. Rowland, the late Mr.. MCGEE and other members
of Parliament reside IL Is favorite house with the
government members in consequence Of its quiet
ness.
Action Of the Police Authorities I'm New York.
Under the beliefthat the murderer OF darcy MCGEE
may be .delegater from New York city, the police,
and particularly the detective portion OF the force
Yesterday received special orders to hunt up every
fact In their power that might lead to the detection
OF the criminal. Certain OF the headquarter detec-
tives, with the $4,000 reward dangling before their
avaricious eyes, have put their heads together In
order. through the medium OF many heads to form
a plan by which they think they may be able
to Law lawful hands on the murderer
Yesterday afternoon It was rumored that
during their Investigations two OF these officers
certained some very important facts relating to q
communication that is known TO have been received
from ike association In this city, and In which, 1t
n alleged there seems to be clue that may lead to
the arrest not OF the murderer himself at least Of
his abettors. At any rate, II the $4,000 reward be
not Withdrawn and the arrest Of the murderer Is a
possibility with the detectives and the weather re-
mains fair justice in the case will not be cheated Of
rights