New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-10
THE SIXTY. STXTH-ST HOMICIDE.
CORONER's iNQUEsT-TESTImoNY OF sEVLNAA
MISREPRESENTATION AGAINST HILBERT

,ono,yppis MULTIPLICATION or SEVERAL
WITNESsEs--vERDICr AGAINST HILBERT
Coroner keenan, held an investigation yes
terday at the Bellevue Hospital, into the circumstance
attending the death Of Eliza Callahan who was lounu
dead on Sunday morning last in the shanU OF Jonn
Iilhert in sixtysxth-st, between Eighth and NM"
ayes The woman has cohabited with Hilbert loI Vn0
pasi two years The full particulars OF the case nav
been printed in THE TRIBUNE The following USu'
mony was taken: $500,
yatharine Watcher residing in sxty-siIthst oe'wo1n
Eighth and Ninthaves, In house adjoining tbSv So
ped by the deceased aud prisoner, osthed tlat OI %
DAY morning the son OF the PrisCT fo tbe prisoner
came and said same thing M ana mrs, Nay acSol
panied hun to his house. was awake un' ~ Ssc ~
Saturday nghti did not near any noisc ~ ~ j the
the prisoner the evening IN quesuoi Oh eaNns ho
house OF witness Hilbert asked MIS- May 70 SWEEP h
floor mis- house ana he and Mt May wOnd LOOK lor az
officer. , ,
i'm said: Eliza is dead for Gods sake, come over ana
see her" On entering the mouse OF the pltsonel d
ceased was found lying on the hOor III between 'ne G
and the table: there hleOd on her face square
bottle with blood and hair it, lay beside herr broken
piece Of broomha handle lay near IN thG passae1"sS m
stick of wood with blood on 1t; another smaller piece
of wood also having blood on IT, lay near by; fragments
Of lay around the floor the bedc0thes were ia es
order; there was blood beside her. under the bed lhe
prisoner asked witness TO sweep up the rOO SO that
would not look SO bad when surgeon came IN 'o Pi
said that he shook the deceased When nc SAW he
lying on the OOr and called TO her to get up that ne
then shook her 10y the arm ana found she was oesS
| the boy told witness he had heard the deceased
awoke once in the night heard no disturbance htaTu
none Of the rest speak Of any noises can near PLAINLY
what happens in the house OF the prisoner our houses
are so near both prisoner and deceased were IN the
habit Of getting drunk and beating each other la,
that on Sunday morning he met at Eighty iourtls
! and Eghthaye by Martin Men, who told him that there
was a woman lying dead in house In SXty-slXthht pc
! tween Eighth and Nnth-aves. he was OF the opinion
that she had been murdered on entering me house VIII
Joseph and Mrs. Meh the furniture in the room mao
been part put in place by Mrs Men, tneLo VA VA bco
| tho in mi
| made 70 clean II up; the wall was Dcspattet.SSu
with blood; there was aiSU ,o6 So cnyerSd with
shawl; the bottle shown was fonnd ON the hooi near
the foot of the bed hay-suck, about three feet long
va. Eonpd i'm an outhouse and the coat OF deceased
both these articles had blood on them the Dote hau
looked around in the vicinity having heard that deceased
might have fallen down the rocks but could md no trace
blood witness arrested the prisoner on De5hs
how the deceased to her death he SAID that ne
knew nothing about it that he tod her 10 get up anu
make fire, and receiving no answer lo, az"
found she dead the boy Joseph sald hat ABOUT
o'clock on the night previous the deceased cane 10
door OF the shany and raped Tor abundance ne oeo1
the door and aided taking her in she was intoxicated
at the time and had blood her the prisoner Od ner
TO come to bed witness knew hOluE t IT, Stber
matter except that the following morning Die IaAoI
Can't John G. Heme Of the Thrtyhrst Precinct esti
fed that ne was in the Station House when the accused
tmony was similar 10 that Of officer Rooney ss'~ -.
Joseph Hilbert. son Of the prisoner aged nearly II
went TO bed; Eiza Callahan the deceased was there at
the time; she sCOldng, when witness entered with
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ont AT II O'Clock she came back she fell down IN the
clubhouse witness then got up and went outside, ana
found the deceased lying there she had DOOd on hef
witness told her in, but she gave HIM no answer
witness saw clearly by the moonlight; after witness
took her by the arm she Crept along her hands ana
inner beside the bed the prisoner
then helped her into bed, but after lying there snort
time she got up and lay on the HOOfi wien
| inc deceased first in, she fell against
the hay-stick which stood In one corner, ana by tht
means the blood and hair on II; when witness 8
father in the morning, ne looked IOT MS coat
which contained he found this and then asked the
deceased up she made answer, he took her
by the arm, and pulled her. and then SAID, JOsey, she
dead witness then commenced TO cry MS lalhei tOlu
him 10 20 and tell the neghbors What ne hau seen
Here me boy was subjected severe crosse uesuon
ing but although il the belief OF all VINO heaIa MN
that he had been a witness of the ARRAY and could give
clear statement Of IL he chose, he steadly deleu
TINT ms ever itTeated the deceased OF tIat
he had struck her the night IN question, ana assteu
that had received her injuries before she came nome
| on that night 49,. ,.
uortem examination Of the body II deceased there were
two cuts the head and nearly 0nehrd OF the surface
of the body covered with wounds and bruises; no
one single wound received by the woman was sufficient
produce death but the shock 10 the nervous system ny
the entire number would be than sufficient 20 cause
| death.
The case then submitted 10 the jury. who rendered
a verdict against the prisoner Hilbert was then exam
ined He testified that he aged g. years, native Of
Germany and by occupation night scavenger He SAID
he was not guilty Of causing the death OF the woman
Coroner Keenan, then committed him 10 the TOmbs TO
await the action the Grand Jury. The Of the de-
! ceased was committed 10 the House Of Detention as
witness The deceased native Of ireland, aged 81
! years She was a widow, having two children Ran.
! dals Island.