The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-06
,rv1NrELLIGEN CE.
THE MURDER.


on saturday morning last by Joseph Snyder, dying
almost Immediately from the wound received.
SNYDER was present at the Inquest
The following testimony was ELECTED =
WiIliam Earle sworn-I reside at No. 2O32 Jones
street. was working behind the basin on the south
side Of Coates street and % neaF% se IgpprS aon OF
side OF Carter with pistol in his hand; @ saw Mr.
Carter m Mr. Roam and 1 ran up Mr. K9an set
saw SNYDER before that morning; l saw him then
between 81 and o'clock; Mr.. Carter was going then
towards the bridge, and saw SnyderlouoWlhg MIN;
Henry f. Parker sworn-Reside at No. IA Thomp-
SON street; am employed at Paramount Park as
stonecutter; saw Mr.. snyder there on Saturday
morning spoke to him asked him about the wea-
with me also spoke to Snyder Snyder then passed
mp to where two men were engaged in conversation;
one of the men was Mr.. Carter; Snyder then sat
down on bench till the two had finished their con-
yersation they walked down to the footway; Snyder
followed 6ng se a aS @sn snEer yd sad No bu
will give Carter onev Snyder then passed
on; Carter had stopped at stone where Mr. Hncks
turned around then; Snyder was standing behind
Carter, and they were talking; but could not hear
them; commenced working again; then heard
report some cried "run the id - will
shoot us we ran; saw an Ofllcer at the gate, and
wards Carter; was within twenty yards Of Snyder
when he heard me call on the police; ne kind of
hand? hand he then backed away went to Garter took
of his neck tie and unbuttoned his vest and put my
PARK House, Snyder was arrested and taken away;
/ had seen Snyder following Carter.
William Rowan sworn-Live No. 243 Widey street;
am stone-cutter at the Park; Mr. Carter called me
to show me stone for the building; was going to-
wards him, was about ten yards away from him
when saw Snyder haul out the pistol; kind OF
stopped he pulled the trigger and fired Carter fell;
ran then and picked Carter up saw him point
the pistol at Carter; had Snyder half an hour
before that aud spoke to him; asked him how it
went, but don't remember his reply; he said nothing
about Carter; he had no pistol out at the time.
William Hubbs sworn-Live No. IA Diamond
street; am employed at the park; was at work on
Saturday morning in the first avenue south or Coates
street, Mr.. Carter told to take half an inch Off
certain stone; while ] working, Snyder came
along and spoke to me- asked @ him n now W, eS ne was
old" Snyder then went towards the bridge; Mr..
Carter afterwards came to me, and ! spoke to him
about the stone was dressng Snyder then came
M from the direction of the forebay, and stopped
short distance Off of Carter; told Carter that the
stopped down to measure It; by this time Snyder
came up; Carter rose from his stopping position and
moment SHa aTO0' snyder pulled and Garter fell;
as he shot Snyder said,. "He has
done me all the harm he could do; Garter meyer
he shot the first time, thought he was going to
shoot again the pistol was large Onema y navy re re-
surely away with the pistol i'll his hand
Charles Fricke sworn-Resde No. 2I49 Coates
street: was standing in front of ur own house on
Saturday morning between and 10 O'Clock; saw
Snyder with pistol in his hand and saw him shoot
MIR. Carter; he then walked slowly along the path
towards Coates street then across the street,
and saw Carter lying on the ground, two men hold
ing his hand; the afalr happened ABOUT Jmrty
or forty yards away from the basin.
William Earle sworn-Live in Adams street,
Frandord; was working in the park on Saturday
morning; Mr.. Carter was there where we were
working; Snyder came up aud said, "Dick Carter,
you have done me private injury;" couldn't under
stand what the injury was, but suppose he meant to
alege that Carter had put other men on and thrown
him out OF work; Carter replied 81 d2n't NEEDLE in
other peoples buslness; snyder then SAID, III
make short work of it," and then walked away: five
or six minutes afterwards | heard the re.
port of the pistol; thought it was some boys shoot
his hand; they went to him and tried to arrest him
he said, "Dont bother me here let me go home, and
you can arrest me there easily" didn't see the
shooting; afterwards | saw Carter after he was
shot; when he walked away after doing the shoot
Martin Kuger sworn-Live in Spring Garder
street, above Twenty-frst was standing in front o
Paramount Saturday morning; heard the repor
OF pistol and heard that somebody was shot: saw
man fall whom / supposed to be Mr. Carter;
ran up and saw the men picking up Carter; | say
Snyder with a large pistol in his hand after tn
Hs otSers also followed him; he Kept Kept point oiT
ing the pistol, first IN one hand, and the
him. when he pointed the pstol right at me; Capital
Lyon, of the police, who was close on him, jumpe
at him as ne pointed the pisto, at me- and exclaimed
'This won't do, Joe;" he attracted the attention
Snyder, when jumped up Also and sezing the pi
to %renGhed ta ,.s away from him he he said when
1t away from him, and afterwards gave it to CAPITA
Lyon.
know Snyder; work at Paramount Park saw hi
coming up the avenue on Saturday morning. al
hailed him he answered me; he then sat down on
setee there; Carter sitting close by, talking to
gentleman; Snyder sat watching; Carter g
up at length and went away; sa
he is afraid am going to ask him for a job
Snyder has worked at the park; Carter was forem
at the time he worked there; he quit of his oS
accord Carter told him to dress stone certG
way; Snyder didn't do 1t to please Carter, VIII
Carter said to him, 'Ifiyou don't do it right you "
have to do it over again In your own tlme!" at
O'Clock then Snyder packed up and left Snyder h
niut nj OH there.
saw it, and he told me, ~ guess that will fix him
will give him dose OF rock salt; told Carter abe
it afterwards, and he said to me, ''If you had Il
me at the time would have got him arrested
Thomas Dickson sworn-Liye NO. 607 n. Twen
fifth street; am employed at the park; abou
O'Clock on Saturday morning was at the foreb
and Snyder came up; he went across the brdi
about fifteen or twenty minutes afterwards hei
the report of pistol, and saw Mr.. Carter fal;
went after Snyder to arrest him, and did arrest hi
SNYDER has worked in the park; never knew him
ask to get back again; never saw him with pis
before: a pistol was taken away from him.
Captain Lyon (of the Park Guard swOrn-BetwC
and 10 O'Clock on Saturday morning heard the
port of pistol; i was in my headquarters at
time; put on my uniform coat and rushed out
where the men dressing stone; asked, "W
does this mean?" they sal l. "a man has been m
dered; :" | asked, ''Where is the murderer" they
sWered '"There he goes down the road l follow
after; others did also; we arrested Snyder.
Lieutenant Jacoby, OF the Schuylkil Harbor
lice, sworn-Was sitting In my staton-house max
out my report; l heard the report OF a pistol
The lieutenant then described the manner
which Snyder was arrested. IL was accompls
without much dhiculty, although considerable {
tiOn had to be observed, as Snyder still held the pi
in his hand with which he had shot Mr. Carter
DR.. Silas UpdegroVe sworn make post NOR
examination OF the body OF Richard ID. Carter
Paramount Park; there was gunshot WOUND
entrance on the left side OF the chest, at p
about two inches to the left, and about one
above the left nipple, and wound OF exit on
RIGHT arm, about four inches below the pom