The New York herald., 1869-02-12
THE GAMBLE CASE.

City--InvestignfiOn Before Coroner Schir.
mer-1,he Coroner Decides that ho has NO
Jurisdiction.
On the I'd OF August last, as win be remembered
by the readers OF the HERALD, Mrs. Margaret Gam
bie then aresident OF CarKstown, Rockland county,
this State, died under circumstances which at q
later day raised the suspicion in the minds OF some
OF her relatives and friends that she had been MUIR
dered by having poison administered 70 her. The
husband OF deceased, Robert J. Gamble, and Matilda
Hujus were suspected; but lengthy examination
before q magistrate Of Rockland county resulted
In their being entirely exonerated. Subsequently,
ana in the early part OF November last Michael
Murphy. Of Hudson City, n. j., applied TO Coroner
Flavin, Of Kings county, for warrant against Mr..
Gamble and Mrs. Hujus, on the suspicion that they
had poisoned Mrs Gamble; and at the inqusiton
Professor Doremus deposed to having discovered
poison in the stomach Of the deceased, this being
two weeks after death. The evidence, however, was
insufficient to hold Mr.. Gamble and Mrs. Hujus and
they were discharged. An Injunction was subSe-
quently granted by one Of the supreme Court
Judges to restrain Coroner Fiavin from Iur-
tner proceeding In the case. An inlpn cton had
previously been issued upon Coroner QuackenbuSh,
Of kockland county. Since the official proceedings
the part Of Coroner Favin had been stayed in
case the remains OF Mrs. Gamble have been at the
Morsue In this cty and by request OF the Board OF
Heath Coroner Schirmer yesterday made an 0nicial
q sae o cas mnc resused IN naen as
empanneled the oath was administered to them,
whereupOn the Coroner sald:-
Gentlemen-l now intend, before we proceed with
this case to state TO how the case came into my
nands On ns last day q the old year received the
the Metropolitan Board of Health:-
orrioE SANITARY DEPARrxESrJ
=, METROPOLITAN BOARD or HEALTH, I
WILLIAM soIIrHaza M. D.. Coroner city and county Of
sIE-I beg RESPECTFULLY the enclosed preamble
and resolutions Of ns metropolitan Board q Health and 70
q whaisver acton you may take in the VERY
sassay sSal Sss sSperinsnsens san,asy M b
ooxxUslcArIos From rnI sEcaETAnY OF TuE BoAsD
9Sr,ss 7ssa o.
sia.M mssins Of tie Ms.ropolian Hoard Of Health.
preamble and resolutions. were adopted =
Of sa s q oaa ss ss
o. This city and b.. BEEN taken I. the and .as or
this Board as % demand inquest. and not appearing
Kesovea That the supt rniendsn Of this Board rsnams
copy Of this resolution % 2 ssms 2 Coroner o. As city and re-
and that the Superintendent transmits this Board the
''p' '"' A''''A % '-' ESaoNs CLARK. Secretary.
Below viii be found q copy OF the testimony intro
DEPOSITION OF MARY MURPHY.
Mary Murphy lSistcr Corunna) sister Of charity
In the Orphan Asylum, deposed:-I recognize the
Gamble. from the iact that recognize the plale OF
BY the wreath and pictures being worked in my
own handwriting; third. by prayer book, which
fourth, also reco1nife the remains from the peca.
dentati5n on the len hand thumb, the result Of q
feon; SIXTH It Is impossible to recognize the fea-
lures In consequence OF decomposition.
DEPOSITION OF THOMAS MURPHY.
Thomas Murphy, being sworn, was told BY the
Coroner that he must confne his testimony TO such
also remarked that if the witness did not DO as re-
luested ne would alude to personsand facts that he,
,ae Coroner, couId .ake omcla, & notlce Of. MURPHY
and coffin containing the body OF deceased; recog-
1zc the box and coflin as the one carried from
Greenwood Cemetery to Piermont Rockiand county,
" Y. and from thence 10 the Office OF the Metropolis
mn Board OF Health, at No. 30l Mott street, and
thence to the Morgue; in consequence or the ad-
yanced stage Of decomposition md It mposslbe 10
identify the remains in any other way; am satisfied
taat the body is the body o. my sister.
Michael Murphy deposed:-ls living In Hudson
City, n. j., and is blacksmith; recognize the body
OF the thumb on the left hand and the shape OF the
set: also recognize the teeth; u Is the same coin
IN wnicn deceased was found when disinterred IN
Deposition or JOHN o'BnrsN.
John O'Brien, keeper OF the Bellevue Hospital
box and CONN containing the dead body OF woman
was brought 70 me by an officer OF the Board OF
directing HIM 10 keep the body until investigation
could be had; on the 3ist OF December Coroner
Schirmer visited the dead house. and by his direction
nailed IN the box again and kept in 1t that condition
uutii this morning. when the Coroner ordered me to
open It.
The testimony being all In, Coroner Schirmer made
brief charge 70 the Jury, IN which he SAID IL his
duty 10 inform them that the body had now been
fully Identified ~ that OF Mrs. Gamble, oil further
action In the case must cease, for two reasons
First, because the case In reality belonged 10 the
jurisdiction OF Coroner Qua ckenbusn, Of Rockiand
county; second because there has been Injunction
issued BY justice Of the supreme Court stopping
oil further inquiry BY coroner, and as the njunc-
ton has been sustained on second hearing OF the
case, the coroner Of this cfty take no oficisl
notice ~ the probable facts In the case relating to
the circumstances attending the death of deceased.
IL Il my duty to see That dead bodies are
removed nom the city limits when the remains
are in such condition as 70 tpperM the lives Of the
community. l shall give Certificate OF death IN
this case az resulting from unknown causes. II Is
Of my business, under the present state q the
case what the anterior history OF the case mar be.
None Of the New York coro aers have Jurisdiction, as
properly belongs to Permont II ever the tnjucton
be removed, then Coroner Quackenbush can act In
the premises, and hold inquest: should he fall to
do SO, then can assume Jurisdiction. Tho carcum-
stances OF the case, as thus presented BY me, will
compel you to render averdict that deceased came
TO her deatn from unknown causes. They accord
ingy found such verdict Mrs. Gamble was q ma
tive OF Ireland, and thirty years OF Her roa-