The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-02-02
THE ROGERS MURDER.

morning. There was quite q large crowd present
during the proceedings. ON the assembling OF the
jury Assistant District Attorney Hutchings rose and
SAID
Gentlemen or the Jury-I have presented all
the evidence In regard to the murder OF Mr..
Rogers which has been furnished by the police
The primary object OF coroners inquest Is
to determine the cause OF death. 1t Is also the
province OF the jury to decide whether the EVIL
dence which has been presented to them Is suflcent
to point TO any OF the parties in custody probably
guilty, or whether 1t is inconclusive as to lead 10
the belief that the murder was committed by I'M
known parties. Whatever may be the verdict OF the
jury the investigation in this case will be continued
by the District Attorney and the police authorities
Mr.. Howe-l risa merely TO protest that my client,
James Logan No. 2, as he Is called by the news
papers, although not accused OF any participation in
the murder, has been in custody for some time past
As matter OF justice to him would state that there
are present In court two witnesses who will prove
concusively that my client was In Greene street the
Tune me murder was e. M 11 inc stat
state that Logan was with them as late as quarter
to eight O'Clock on the morning Of December 81, and
that one OF them went to drug store with him at
that hour to see what time II was.
Mr.. TOwnsend-I also have few words TO say
concerning my client, against whom no testimony
whatever has been brought; whose name, indeed
has not even been mentioned during the inquest
lie has been ncarcerated now for thirty days, and
for humanity's sake w0uld call the attention OF the
Coroner TO the fact that there are two witnesses
present who ready to give such testimony will
satisfy the jury that he had nothing to do with the
The Coroner remarked that the evidence offered
by the counsel was not at all necessary; that the OBJ
Ject OF the jury was only to ascertain the cause or
the death OF MIR. Rogers He then addressed the
jury, saying that they had very important question
to decide and he hoped they would render verdict
which would be satisfactory to the Coroner and the
jury"
jury by the official reporter when they retired for
elaboration. After an absence Of about half an
hour they returned and delivered the following
verdict in wriIing:-
We, the members Of the Coroner's jury empanelled
Rogers Of No. ~ East ' Twe aea street. city Of New
York, who died on the "a day OF January do, on the
evidence produced before US, render the following
death from stab wound In the abdomen received
at the hands OF some party or parties to the jury
unknown while sweeping his front yard at his resi-
dence, NO. 40 East Twelfth street. IN the city OF New
York. at about quarter before seven A. NJ. OF Thurs.
day December 81, 1858, Of which said wound said
Charles M. Rogers died on the morning OF saturday,
January 3 1862 The jury In rendering this verdict
TO the public, cannot ieYe the case without remark.
for the reason that the testimony, as produced be-
fore them, is certainly insufficient to indicate with
ribe crime although the jury are satisfied thai in
part OF the evidence produced there Is deliberate
perjury.
The counsel for the two Logans then moved an
immediate discharge Of their clients but the Coroner
refused, stating that he would hand them over to the
District Attorney, for whatever disposition le saw
fit.
The prisoners, who were followed from the City
Hall 10 the Court House by an immense crown, were
then taken before the District Attorney who ordered
them to be KEEP, In custody until further orders
Another Tom FOund-His Arrest Yesterday
Emphatic Declaration that the Real Mar
derer Ia in Custody-More Mystery and
Police Spcculntions-The Conclusion of the
Inquest.
The unfortunate wights OF the Fifteenth precinct
who delight to write especial detective after their
names and who have never failed to sound the
deepest mystery that has been sprung upon them
to their satisfaction II not the puDlics, whether
1t be a murder or the robbery OF hen r0ost
have again pleased themselves. For over month
they have allowed the thieves respite and given
their undivided attention to the Rogers murder case
Every poor fellow named "Tom," who answered
the description given by the hungry little darby,
who draws seven dollars per week for identifying
everybody brought before him as the murderer, has
been arrested, locked up In the warm rooms OF the
Mercer street baste, where their counsel are re-
fused access to them, and system OF espionage fol-
lowed with view OF securing some mysterious
word or sentence to use against them In court OF
law.
When Logan was arrested these sagacious clair
voyants, who profess to read a mans thoughts by
the pupil OF hts eye, proclaimed with flourish
Of, rhetoric worthy OF Tombs lawyer that
they had got the man. When the facts
showed that they knew no more about the real
culprit than the Tycoon Of JAPAN they set their
wits to work to secure another subject for self auda
ton. And thus one after another has been gathered
into the cells only be acquitted OF all suspicion by
the jury that yesterday rendered a verdict.
Smarting under the modification Of defeat AM the
exposure OF the barefaced reports published at their
instigation, the ward detectives have for season
kept very quiet and officers who profess no detective
knowledge have taken the matter in hand With
view Of obtaining some tangible clue
upon which to act. In their investigations
and searches they have unfortunately been under
the necessity OF working In conjunction with his
u Se ion ann fS 1ns n as sse
their mercy. Unable to unearth the murderer them
selves they were 10th to permit common olfeTs
failed in, and consequently they have renewed thdr
old tactics OF fabrication and mystihcatlon.
last Ia i b,gh notice. oticaI 10 uentema,
with whom he was conversing yesterday.
"who Is herr was the query propounded.
~ cannot tell you: Ii Is profound secret; but he
was arrested this morning."
"By wnbm ~
sergeant Lowery, OF the Fifteenth precinct
'And you think there Is no failure this time ~
mot the slightest doubt. The evidence against
him Is conclusive and Rogers murderer Is IN Gus
tody. You may depend upon that"
A few minutes later inquiries were made at the
Fifteenth precinct station house on the subject.
"And 80 your oIncers nave MADE announcer arrest IN
the Rogers case 7"
mo, they have not There has been no new ar.
rest.n
"0h, but you are mistaken. have IL from IN
doubted authority that Sergeant Lowery this morn
ing arrested another party, who, II Is claimed, Is the
real murderer"
Gle has done nothing OF the kind.u
"But excuse me; know he has II was wei
known at tile central Office hours ago.
"Who told you soin
"Mr. -, and when he says so 1t Is reliable.-
"Well," was the reply "a man has been arrested
bur Sergeant LoYery Is not entitled TO the credit
had a hand In II. But am not going to say any
thing give anything TO the reporters and the pub
lie, they have magned US so. was up al last night
and got him this morning.
"And you think he Is tho genuine murdererf"
Gle undoubtedly Ia"
The above Is given as an example OF the manner
In which the detectives endeavor to mystlfy thos
with whom they converse on the subject and endea
vor TO exhith: their own sagacity.
That an arrest was made by sergeant Lowery
about one O'Clock yesterday morning there Is not D
doubt. II Is claimed by the proiessedly knowing