The New York herald., 1869-04-14
THE R0CKIAND COUNTY MURDER.
cozomuR's EMQUZsTrroN.
Tho ETcaG Of the Murdered
EGaEs Exhibited.
Excitement in the Village Of Spring
Valley.

Joachim Fuerter. whose mutilated BODY was found
about the Sth OF March last in a secluded spot
near the village OF Spring Valley, almost entirely
naked and bearing incontrovertiuie MARKS that he
had been mos, foul and brugaliy murdered The
particulars OF the tragedy Ear as then cleaned
were fully given IA tins paper; but noe the slightest
tangible clae had been fOgnd as to the perpetrator
OF the Gendisl deed uAt;i by the ndomaole energy
OF the detectives. chain OF circumstances which
TO Crlmigate hueTer beyond all doubt
was worked 0p and developed the inquest last
night. Tne prisoner drven 10 the hotel where
the inquiry to take place in q light wagon by
one OF the depgty sheriiis connected with the Rock
land county jail, ana a. soon as it became known
that he had arrived the widest excitement was
manifested by the people OF the village who had
turned to csteh glimpse OF the alleged
murderer. Voices we're heard crying ont 'Let us
see the ,nagslercr-iet lynch tiH;' bat owing to
the good management OF Tie officials who had the
matter in charge Auecer was hurrtedy ushered into
private rUonl aad alotentary excitement soon
abated.
THE iSQUEsr.
Shortly after eight O'Clock Coroner Lake empan-
ened Jury TO proceed with the inquest.
The District Attorney OF RocSland county. Mr..
Chaunccy Trail explained how tne- prisoner had
been arrested and removed fr the jurisdiction Of
Superintendent Kennedy 10 the jail in Rockand
county. lie bad not been present the former pro-
ceedings before the Coroner in TINS matter, but he
understood they were conducted In secret lie was
however OF opinion the present inQuC should
be public.
the Coroner appealed to the jury as whether the
proceedings should be public or private and 1t was
decided that they should DC puDlic by vote OF
7tO5.
admitted, when tue taking of testimony pro-
Ceeded with, as fOows;-
TESTIMONY or DIR. DANIEL E. SMITH,
am a regular practising physician, residing at
Spring Valley; was requested by Mr.. Shupe, on
Tuesday. think, following the discovery OF the sup
posed murdered man, 10 attend on Wednesday and
remove the mead from the BODY; accordingly came
down on Wednesday ana WAS shown the body in
the house OF Mr. Peter van orden. The 9ndertaker;
was shown the body OF q manor. rather
the head OF man, for the body was con-
l noticed several wounds but as was
only requested to remove the head from the
boay, did not probe these wounds or make any
special examinations; requested the undertaken,
Mr.. Van 0rden. 10 remove the body from the coiln;
this was done after an inventory had been taken by
Mr.. Shupe OF the things found on the body;
then proceeded 10 decaptate. (The doctor here
gave description OF how he removed The head from
the body, according TO the rules OF surgery Having
thus dissected the head from the body he carefully
swathcd it in the ordinary class OF bandage put
into thu vessel prepared for tue pur-
pose, carefully packing 1t with some cotton
batting. The doctor having described the
deoapltation and the means he had adopted for the
preservation Of the head proceeded to state that the
murdered man, according 70 his Judgment must
have been about ve feet in height 100 pounds IN
weight; there had been some deiormiiy but rom
hlm would not enable him TO state; there was, for
example, a lateral curvature OF the left limb below
he should Judge the deceased had suffered In that
part from some injury; there great q curva-
the deceased had evidently worn pad there; the
right hip also slightly elevated and sucn a mar
formation as thai he should suppose would produce
an uneven walk.
was here brought Into the IN charge OF Mr.. De
Noyelles, Deputy Sherir. lie B young man OF
about twenty-turee rather below the medium size,
and with not very prepossessing cast OF counte.
nance-in lact animal instinct ~ str1kingly por-
trayed in the formation OF his head and general
facial strneture. On entering the room he turned
very pale and got sick at ms stcmach but the evil
dence progressed he rallied and towards the close
presented quite a calm and firm appearance.
TESTIMONY or AUGUsTE KUENZLER.
This witness was examined through an inter-
prefer and testified that he lived on The corner OF
articles OF clothing worn by the deceased az the
time he was murdered were here shown the witness
and henti1ed by hm.) 1 last saw Joachim Puerter
on the eJn OF Marca, in our store in DrooElyn Fuer
Ter started then to go to Spring Valley; the he
went 70 spring Valley was that he lent shoemaker
efght dollars, and the shoemaker told INN 10 come
to spring Valley and he would get his mone7; that
shoemaker was Antoine Alerer, the prisoner
here. Hnere- said 20 Fuerter, "the man in
Spring Valley wild pay the man I owe the
money 10, bur he viii not give II TO me;n this took
place on Monday. the stn Of March, about three
O'Clock the afternoon; Fuerter go TO Spring
Valley the 9th, the next day, the Iour O'clock
train, from the foot OF Chambers street and Muerer
was TO meet him At the depot IN Spring Valley: /
have not the prisoner until tonight since then.
tWitness here identified light gray hat, which was
found covering the face OF the murdered man when
he was nrst discovered, as belonging 10 nuerer
TIE hat Fuerter wore WIS brown hat and higher
hat than tas; Muerer had this hat nave Identified
as his on when he left Dy store In Brooklyn on the
TESTIMONY OF JESSE HosxErr
On Sunday, the Iith OF March, IN passing nom the
house ol my employer Mr.. Noyes. 10 the Methodist
church. through a fed. discovered the body OF the
dead man.
TESTIMONY or CHARLES scuxErDER.
] am tailor md reside in Brooklyn, the corner
Of Atlantic aud ClassOn avenues; knew Joachim
Puerter twitness here idenildei the cOthe, of Faer
worked for me; he cit he on tue oth OF March about
two or bafpas ts0 H. NJ: he started 10 TO Spring
"nSl, s ' w, Wv y,
70 come therc ana ne woud pay hun tle money ne
had borrowed rom him, and that ne was TO get the
money 20 Pay MN fron his boss p Spring Valley; |
never saw Nuerer since until tonlgat-
TEsTiMOSY or HENRY EHRiG.
] reside az no. Morris street, New YORK, and
now identity That man as him; ! saw him last
when the steamer Smith sailed for Europe; he
to leave aud go to Paris again; this was ia the lore
mon OF the nth Of March; he said he was going o.
weeks; knew mr. Fucrter; saw him last about New
Years ume. tWliness here identified Muerer's hat
snapped cap for Tue nat at his. witness, housc
TESTIMONY or JOHN LEfCrrNER.
I live at fle mont and am a shoemaker; know
the prisoner; nc came on The l2tn OF March to m,
house and worried Tor me; that was the irst time
naw h.m: he had not been IN ms house more thai
fifteen minutes when he asked me f had hear
anything the murder Ia spring valley; laughed
thlnkIng a. was JOKE, and said III that - so we vii
see ia the Eockland county paper;'fc said he ha
heard 10 from young man IN New York; he stOppe
sf my mousse week and then satd H. mad got hi
clothes and tools at Fagmingdale IN pled2e and b
wanted four or dve dollars 10 get them; gave hiI
the money on the 22d aud he went cow the roa
WITH my VIE 20 20 10 New York; he came back o
the I'd and said he had no tools, or clothes O
money.
Christina eichtner, the wife or the preceding wi
ness substantially corronOrated her husDand
ratrck heRan. rucSnan on the Erie Railroad
testified 10 seeing the prisoner lowering aoou Hack
cnsack 1onsny and the vicinity OF Spring valley o.
two or three occasions sincc the murder.
iNrERRJ JgAuON OF THE PRISONER.
Mr. Shupe, lawyer, had taken great pains
hunt up cvllonce ~ llo case and who asslstcl ih