The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-18
MURDER.

COrOncr's Investigation Into the Circumstances
Attending the Killing of Colonel James j.
Seibert.
This morning. at 10 O'Clock, Coroner Daniels held
an inquest upon the body Of Colonel James J. Sci
bert, who was assaied with a blackjack, at Thir-
teenth and Wood streets, on Sunday evening last,
and died from the effects OF the wounds received, at
No. 1914 Callowh street, on Tuesday last
George Elliott and Philip Flanagan, the two par
ties arrested for the commission OF the deed, were
present at the hearing. The evidence elected was
as folows:-
M. b. Horn swosn-Live No, 1874 Caowhn street; to-
day week since met Colonel sebert at No. s3s SAMSON
ss S S onl him he S ss s sunday
noon he came inroduced him TO my family and We en-;
bsSs sSSG Sas sSfSy %ad sS
csIIoSR streets had there went out
sssR Ts0
Wood streets side went in thereintSo S tavern
aRS osRf HSS SCSP' from
on Se ne While DOING men
S@ the Snd Os side the
sharp both the time he knocked us both.
roR S6em got good look az HIM and am positive
had d cu % the evn@ n
S H
saw nothing in the hands OF El9nagan he struck & US
with something in his hand; the other young man struck
Police 0ffoer Edward Megay sworn-Lye at No. si7
Callowhill street my number officer is 379;
Snts down there
taken, and inquired into the circumstances Mr. Horn
gave description of the who had done the deed
and Wood Streets he gave me no description OF the other
Police Officer George Armstrong sworn-My number on
the force is 36l helped to arrest Flanagan know nothing
Miss Fredericka Wuerflen sworn at No 1898 Mar
Streets on the evening in question saw man living on
the pavement ana saw another man give MN two kicks
saw the man who was kicked get up and the other go
away
nd Wood ana 9eT M Horn
nj tO my
Se6e1 they in S ny PLACE S about half an t seGf
door just then heard noise coming down Wood street
wp AMY eS Ss Pa @ os
then walked in theyths the street over
5sm e ssans and Horn left h9Sss
door open passed and down the room then
S ps bSS.s HGss
fellows onthey will get themsolyss in trouble yet
1sh % W With h2sS Sen ut 6s os s % the @
am n 5 os he e s dfe on hs
corner when got out the crowd there;
SssbS snF si MoTVe ho o @ @q 9 the Street,
last Sunday evening, gbqgt o'clock left my house
lem sitting in front of his place; talked to him for
6 in SPoSt fifteen &c b a a heard d nse er
ing the talking together; went over to the
hotel there while in there heard fuss over on the other
SRe Go% nS see
| know who did the deed
of whom knew anything OF the actual occurrence,
Flanagan OF the prisoners made to stand up and
face Mr. Horn, the witness who had positively identified
him the party who struck Colonel Sebert. Mr.. Horn
then said the second he had mentioned in his tesi
mony shorter stature than Flanagan At this mo
ment police officer walked into the room, conducting
| young named John Murphy, who, being placed
besre Flanagan, stood several inches lower Mr.. Horn
said that the Second about Murphys SIZE but
couldn't say with certainty that he Murphy) was the
| ''second" man.
DR.. s. Updegrove sworn-I made a post II ortem exam
nation the body of j. Sebert at No. 1874 Callow
hill street, September H. 1862 beneath the scalp there
was euson of blood confusion the surface Of the
the right sde about the temple and behind the
right removing the bone there discovered
large amount of blood coaguated on the surface Of the
brain beneath the rd mater there fracture of the
occipa bone the right side behind the right
|
| by these cOdgutd.
The jury finally brought in the following verdict: :Tha
the said James j. Sebert to his death by violence
blows the head) at the hands of Philip Flanagan, o.
the evening of September B at the of Thirteenth
| and Wood streets.