The New York herald., 1869-04-14

O'Clock. The prisoner then went on TO detail at
length his search for work al spring ,aney, anu
| continued TO say that on the night OF the 9th OF
March he stayed at Krueers in Nanuett, ana also
| the night OF the oih; next morning went back TO
| fast. Il toos drink: from Orangeburg took the
| cars to New YORK aud got there about noon; had
ter cents when got % nc Ne| ", i9sh sSs, am az awen
| house ia BROOKLYN; Tuesiay night, tue 9th sept 10
New yorK, IN tae bowery IN yara; M was ,aIoxicated
| the same day; can rememoeI tiat Tuesday was in
Hoboken; slept all night IN the yard IN the Eowery.
| without any covering on me, so that was quite
| sun when woke up; could not get In anywhere,
| because mad lorg nc l57 Chatham stree;
| 10, Chatham street IS concert saloon where they
have Got plenty OF girls aud music: on the night Of
the 10Th slept In De ancey street. at NO. A; the
night OF The nth IN neancey street, No 10; kaoy
he place slept in the Bowery; it is tue gard of 4S,
on the road to narietn; can 20 with a man ana
show him the place: last saw Mr.. Fuerter
on the Stn OF slarch; ! agreed to meet
next afternoon; I expected TO borrow money nom
the matchmaker to pay him; remember the Wit
was The sth II rained al day and was on nv way
home. THE hat ideutifei by the witnesses that
him eXactiy.) I told Leichtner aoout murdered
man beng found hall naked IN spring Valley, on
FRIDAY, the l2th. on account OF hearing 1t &C 10.
40 peancy street, the same day LETT New York
the 18th.
TO Spring VALLEY 10 get hls money! A. Tie day pre-
vlous had gone 60 Fuerters boss and made this
appointment, ana the nexs day did not go; did
not think OF going TO Spring Valley mat day, as was
intoxicated and went to No. 4 Delaney street 10 u
lager bier saloon; was born IN Alsace. the I'D OF
May 1915. in the village OF Kobensyiile am shoe
maker; knew Joachim Fuerter when he was alive;
! saw him IN PARIS and IN Brooklyn; he came
out TO this country with me on the 18th OF
October last-(the wituesss here directed
10 look among the audience aud say ii
he saw face like that Of the deceased,
and while his back was turned tile head
was suddenly placed ou the table TO confront him;
turning round. however, not tile slightest motion
was observable when his eyes rested on the grim
and CORY object before HIM, aud he gazed on 1t
almost with look of innocence depicted on his
conference.-the then stated taat lie could not re-
cognize TIE head thai OF Fucrter; on being
further questioned the prisoner stated that he WISHED
10 say ali the testimony so far was correct, but that
the hat identified by the witnesses not his hat
Dr. Smith was then recalled, and after examining
ana laying open the head with his scaipe gave It as
his opinion that the principal wounds had been in-
iicted by a stone or some other blunt instrument,
and that the murderer must have first Knocked his
victim senseless from beaind.
1he whole number OF witnesses examined were
then shown the murdered mans head and those OF
them who mad seen him In lie positively Identified
IL as his.
After some remarks from the District Attorney
and Mr.. SRupe the jury proceeded to de herate upon
the evidence and about three hours brought in
the following
VERDICT.
That the jury do firmly believe that Joachim Puer-
ter came to his death at Spring Valley, county Of
KocSland, between the 9th and lith days OF March,
lS69, by wounds inflicted by some deadly weapon or
weapons in the hands Of Antoine Muerer, formerly
OF Spring Valley, Aforesaid.
Hereupon the District Attorney issued DiftttneoS
transferring the prisoner TO the Rockand county
lall, there to AWAIT trial.