The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-11
TIE ROBERTS HOMICIDE.

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Corsner's Inquisifion and Verdict Of tho
Jury-No Clue % the Perpetrators Of the
Assault. - n
An inquest was held yesterday at Bellevue nos.
pital by Coroner Flynn in the case OF james \.
Roberts, who died on the 9Th inst. at the HOSPITAL
as already reported in the HERALD. The following
are the evidence and verdict In the case:-
Caroline Roberts, being sworn, deposed a. lol-
lows:-I reside At No. $40 East Thrty-egnth street;
the deceased was my husband on the 18th Of No'em-
Der saw In the paper that my husband mad peen
hurt the night previous and was in Bellevue Hos
pital; went Immediately to the hospital; he told
that he in the liquor store corner Of Thirty
second street and Second avenue, and that
e. he was passing from back room into the
front room two men, who were standing benind
. SCREEN assaulted him; he had been saying nothing
to them; one OF the men struck him with his list,
and he thought the other shot him, from the smart
ing pain on the back OF the heads he said that John
Mcdonald was the name Of one Of the men assault
ing him, and that he would shoot the other man as
soon az he got out Of the hospital he did not tell
the OF this second man, but said that he knew
him; he said he would tell Mr.. Warburt0n all about
it, but this gentleman was unable to see him until he
James Corey, sworn-I am one OF the propretors
OF the liquor store No. $50 Second avenue, corner OF
Vulrly-6eCO0u street. on tue evening VI vi
November was in my saloon in conversation with
q customer; heard my barkeeper Say To WIZ OAR
ling, "Will, put that man out, ne IL beedng;' we
don't want any bleeding man in here, let him 20
where he got hurt" did not say anything particu-
lar to it, suppOsing the man to be SOME drunken man
who had sfroued in there: did not know that
the man was Mr.. Roberts at that time; there had
been no disturbance In the place; Mr. Roberts
walked quietly out Of the place; there was nc
met officer Horsman, OF the Twenty-1r precint,
who asked me what muss there had been In my
place ana told nun .nas tnere had s 5e IN nome
my place and ask for drink occasionally; PAID no
attention TO the affair, and thought nothing OF II
until saw the account oi his death In the papers
officer HOrsman sworn-l am attached 70 the
Twenty first precinct police; about SIX O'Clock on
the evening Of November IL, met the deceased
on the corner of Thirty-third street and Second
avenue; two men were standing alongside VI him;
one Of them said the deceased whom afterwards
asceraned to be Mr.. Roberts, had been assaulted at
the corner Of Thirty-second street; asked Mr..
Roberts who cut him; he SAID he knew them, but
them s he sad he was srnck WITH rass tumber ss
he was coming out OF Mr.. Gorrey's liquor saloon;
took him at mis- request to Bellevue Hospital; he
was then bleeding from the wound on his head, but
said he did not think the wound amounted to much;
asked him In the office OF the hospital 10 give me
the names Of the parties who had injured him. SO
their names and said he did not wish to have any
thing at all TO do with them; did not see Mcdonald
about the place and no indication OF any disturbance
about Mr.. Gorrey's place.
Mr. Darling sworn-I was In Mr. Gorreys place
on the evening OF November ii last; as was LAX
Ing with the barkeeper a man came In bleeding; the
barkeeper, who was behind the bar, asked hue to
show him the door; took hold OF him and said,
"Pat, you must leave, you are too full OF whiskey
and must get home or you'll fall down and break
your neck;' he went out without saying word he
appeared to be very much intoxicated or rather
Under the effects of a prolonged spree the next
thing heard was yesterday, when | was told the
man had died and that was wanted as witness ut
Michael Corey, sworn-I am barkeeper at the
liquor saloon, NO. 6s5 second avenue; ABOUT SIX r
feet inside the door he bleeding and seemed to be
very much intoxicated; th01ght he was gong to
ask for drink, and so to get ahead Of him asked
Mr. Darling, tho last Witness to show him the door,
which he did; Mr.. Roberts went out very quietly.
DIR. Chandler, house surgeon at the hospital, test
fed to the admission OF AR. Roberts the hospital
on the evening OF the 18th ult; he was then suffer
ing from tremulantia and small scalp wound on
the lateral and posteror part OF the SKULL there was
also slight cut over the left eye; no fracture OF the
skull could be discovered; the scalp wound healed
readily, but the patients general condition became
worse;. he was &C FIRST mildly deliriols, pulse
100 and feeble and temperature normal: the derllm
became more marked as u progressed and term-
mated in coma two days before DEATH on the day OF
his death the right lung was found consolidated in
its lower lobe; he sank and died saturday,
December 5; an autopsy was made on the succeed
ing day; this showed depressed fracture OF the
pOsterlOr, inferior angle OF the left parietal bone;
the depression was only slight, and externally
measured one-half an inch In diameter and inter-
nally one inch In diameter; the superior and ante
ror half OF the cerebrum showed well marked sub
acute meningitis; the lower lobe Of the right lung
was consolidated by pneumonia In my opinion the
cause Of death was meningitis produced w the blow
upon the head.
There being no further evidence the case was given
to the jury, who rendered the following verdict
1--WE find that James T. Roberts came to his death
by fracture Of the SKULL the result Of injuries in
some manner unknown to the jury.n
on the rendition Of the verdict Peter Mcdonald,
who had been arrested on superstition OF being Inn
plicated in the assault, was at once discharged.
Captain Allaire, OF the Tweniyr precinct and also
Coroner Flynn who have been using every effort To
discover the perpetrators OF the assault OF the
opinion that Mr.. Roberts received his injuries Of
some other place than Mr.. Gorrey's
The deceased was forty-hve years old, native Of
England and been resident Of thus city for the
last eighteen years. He leaves wife and Ave chill
dren,