The New York herald., 1869-02-11


O. Did you see Munaay that afternoons A. No.
@ Or that nightf A. No. SIR.
2 Did you give Mulday any money to ride up TO
Tallant's h0usef A. No, SIR
Q, Know nothing about thatf A. No, sir.
TESTIMONY OF EDWARD xUSDAY.
Edward Munday sworn
: BY the Mayor-0 Munday, You know Talantf A.
!. 3. Did you go up to his house the night before
9. What time did you get theref A. Between nve
Q. How came you TO 90 therei A. There was a
rnnor that the Sixteenth ward policemen were after
Tallant and went up to his house.
q. What did you tell him? A. told him there
was siabblng af1air done, and he was going TO be
O, what stabbing affair did you refer tor A. do
9. Where aid you hear ~ 4: on the corner.
e What % corner? A. ,ee, Nineteenth ~ h,sa street.
q. On the sidewalKs A. Yes sir.
q. Who did you hear say its A. Nobody in par
Q. Were you talking to thems A. No, sir, was
just standing there.
@. How long were you standing theref A..About
Q. How came you to be standing theres A. was
going down the street.
Q. With any 0neS A. No, sir.
Y. You saw these peopeG A. Yes, sir.
9. Young mens 4: some young and some old.
q. Would you know them again If you saw themf
A. No. sir; ! stopped right there and heard them
stabbed, and they were after James Tallant.
6y Judge Bedford-Q. Did you say anything 10
tlfemf Al No, sir:
BY the Mayor-Nha' corner was thisf A. Nine
q. what time Of day was its A. This was be-
Q. Darks A. Just coming dusk.
q. Then you went from there to Talant's houseS
Q. DID you see George johnson that afternoong
A. did not see him that time; saw him In the
Q. Did you tell Talant that Johnson had sent your
A. No, sir.
Q. Did you tell Tallant that Johnson had given
q. whereabouts did You tell this to Talants A.
He was standing at the door and called him out
o. Did you tell him this in the entrys A. Yes, SIR
1t was in the entry told him; came up stairs; he
lived on the second floor; there was an entry there
% Q. What did he s' says A. he said he was working
all that day.
Q. Had you heard Of the Rogers affair thens A.
O. You did not ask this crowd that said the police
were looking for Ialiant for cutting what cutting
O. Did not make any nquiresG A. No. sir.
O. What corner OF the street was ir9 A. The
Nineteenth street corner.
z. What did 1alant say when yOn told him this
A. Nothing; he said he was working that day. ~
DID you tell anybody you told TINS 10 fallant IN
q. or Fourteenth slreet-ddntyo you tell the Captain
that you told this 10 raant somewhere else than in
his own housel a. No. sir.
O. You did not tell him that you met him that
afternoong A. Not that afternoon.
O. Did You meet him any other AFTERNOON? A. No,
Sir; one afternoon met him down here.
@. What were you doing Thursday morning, the
day before New Year'ss A. was up at the house.
Z. Whose hoases 4. NY sisters.
frsts, street Ninth avenue.
q What time did you get upY A. guess between
eleven and twelve.
o. Where were you the night before2 A. AT a
club room, between Thirtyseventh and Thirtyeignth
streets.
O. what time did you go to beds A. Two O'Clock
in The morning.
O. When you got up where did you 90 tor A. l
walked around to the club sroom; went down to
O. Got up about elevenp A. Yes, sir.
@. How do you know 1t was eleven A. know 1t
was about eleven by my brother-inlaw coming TO
his dinner In an hour.
@. You had dinner with him? A. Yes, sir.
Z. What you do after dinner2 A. Iwenr around
to the club roO0.
9: what time did you get to the club rooms A.
Q. How long did you stay theres A. I stayed
there till abO ut four or five.
q. Where did you go tor A. Down Nineteenth
q. There It was that you heard this talkings A.
q. Would you know the crowd If you saw them
agams A. Think would; could not swear.
Z. Did you hear any OF their names9 A. No, sir
TESTIMONY OF BENJAMIN II. ROGERS.
BENJAMIN ii. Rogers sworn.
morning Of the sta5bingf 4. No. los Fifth street.
z. Near whereY A. Near avenue ID.
O. Did you ever hear your brother say in his life
time that he had any trouble with anybody A.
o. He never had any dinlculty with ANYBODY and
no one harbored any Iii feeling towards him A.
Not to my knowledge
every day.
Q. Did you ever see him wear his watche A. Yes,
sir
q. How did he wear his watchs A. Wore it with
a hook; hooked In here tshowingl; wont be posi-
tive whether 1t was hook or bar; IT hung from
his pocket this way showing).
q. Quite display OF chainf A. Nothing extra; 1t
was q hair chain.
O. Mounled with gold2 A. Yes. sir.
q. How much money was in the pocketbookS A.
think there was something like three or four dol
q. Was the pocketbook large ones A. common
q. One that would show through the pocketf A.
II recollect II was about the size OF mine, an ordi
nary wallet.
.. He wore 1t In the trousers pocketY A. Yes, sir.
O. What time did you hear OF his stabblngS A. As
near could tell ut was my night ON did not get
to the hotel till about fifteen minutes before
eight; the word had been sent to the st. Nicholas
Hote jumped INTO carriage and got up some
where's about eight O'Clock; could not say within
Q. Where was he thens A. He was then lying on
cot In the parlor.
Q. Did you speak to himS A. Yes, sir.
O. What passed between your A. could not
positively say, but almost the first words he told me
were, 'He threw something in the street,
q. Who had2 A. the man who cut; went into
the street and searched, and little below taesgae,
midway below the street. found the sheath OF a
knife; still looked TO see II could lnd knife aud
1 could not; returned back to the house and cast
my eye about the area.
Q. Went IN with the sheath9 A. Yes. sir.
q. And showed 1t to himS A. Yes, sir.
q. What DID he say about t-anythingy A. He did
not say anything.
q. Up to this time had you talked with HIM about
the occurrence, A. Not up 20 that time
q. Did you talk TO him about III A. tried to get
information from hun.
q What did he sayf A. He told me the nrst he
noticed OF them was when they came up; on The
same side OF the Mly that he was on and that he
did not take particular notice OF them they stopped
there; the next thing he noticed was that the tall
man took the short mans overcoat and at the same
time stated IL was light coored coat, and started
TO 90 the street. and turned round and said:
"Jiin, don't do it;' Jim, or whoever he may be,
stepped inside Of the railing and pulled butcher
knife the called IL butcher knifcl and fiourlsned IL
over his head.
q. Did he say where he pulled Il fromf A. No
sir; lie then grabbed FOR his watch and ~ he
grabbed the watch ne tRogersl grabbed him bj the
collar: Judge, this not all got at once; perhaps
part or IL might have been the next day; and he