The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-04-21
THE VOORHEES, TRAGEDY.
THE BRooKLYN sUNDA Y MONT PoR-
TERHOUsE MURDER.

Cerebral Epilepsy the Maiu Ground Of De-
fence-The Testimony for the Prosecution
Coseo- -Ene rr'"""ers ""' UNIV ="
Lunatic Asylum.
The trial Of William Chambers for the murder
OF Dominicus q. voorhees,, on motion OF District
Attorney Morris WAS called yesterday morning in
the cour, Of Over and T,rm,oer in Brook,yp before
Sos n ', ~. s"u ',... wo.. .na J,snson
A. ssou, % b,f n,. 10 o,.Ioot Inc prisoner was taken
,,,o The oor,, roor, us had n .,ra,gs wild iook
which wa, intensified By a bsndass Of white muslin
bound around bIs bcpd He seemed utterly indiffer-
su, ~ NJ. s,,a.,on ana ,oos ,arv ,,,,s ,o,,ca q,
on' W n'' si.us'ion' anu 'ooA WY "'Ne ~ ~AOO' "
what was going on about him. The court room was
crowded, both ou the floor and In the galleries.
District Attorney Morris appeared for the prose-
cuton and was assisted BY Thom" r. resrsal'
The Hon. VIM. y. Howe appeared for the defence.
Al 1880 O'Clock the empanelng OF q jury was begun.
A panel Of 600 Jurors had been summoned and BY
Hoc'ock 'he jury was complete
Mr.. Thoma, X pears''l opened the case for the
proseeosOn. ne saia ."M tue prisoner wm % y, .'a% %
o.'.' "4' oeon nu,o'eu 'o' N"s ' '
m,nicu, D. VOORHEES,, % ,ns 'sn ,s, dsy s1,S ., f.S
@ ,srroor ~ ,,s nr,.or.r uo o.,,.s % ., % the hons.
a, . NJ, n,rs a, Carrou s,,oe, D,Fx ma.
-. -. 49,. ..s,,.s oa. ,,,. .ho,,
w Mic sf,.r N, pugv .e,urned the prisoner accom-.
panied him TO Peter Fognrtys drinking saloon Car.
ioll and Columbia streets. There they wsr. intro.
sIeed to three o. iour gerso,n, a%oas "sS% I0o was
short time The prisoner and Duffy returned % Duny''
house and the lat latter went TO bed Chambers com
p''''' '"'' nc ",o ,ooU '1'' . % 1r,ory,s ]
eu, Of hi. poke, and put /. back and returned to
the drinking saloon, the same persons being pres
ent some Iemarks passed when Mr. soornees
. relative Of General Mcclellan, remark:
Ing a! the zane time ,hs. Mcclellan ,.,.,,s wa,
Cbambsrs ther.pnor CRYING out that he WAS an
Irisiman, jumped back short distance, pulled out
"'' '''''0'' Inn ,uo, Nm voonuxxs
Mr. yoorsee, died N. merit day, II these fact,
should be proved. the PR pro.eeutioa claim that VIM
ecuon testified that death resulted from lesion OF
tie brain, caused BY q bullet wound in the skull
over the rirh, eye -
Edward roohii testiaed as follows:
i We. .oquanted With Mr. yoorhee' and ". At Mt.
rosM MVbMoon when the shoVunX occurred m,wA
asou, ten mhSle, to ten o'clock when MT voorhee, s
o.cocx in the eompsnv of andthsr man Mr. Voorbees
Pogsfiy the pSStchdsf and some oiers were present
when Chambers ana Duffy came n DUFFY appeared TO
be slightly intoIicsted and introduced Chambers TO
Mp VSorhess' sssed chamber how Il. reeessd ase
scar on his head. when Chamber, replied
"yRoH THIEVES AND ROBBERS
S n g s.
nay fOr wine well As any one else and called Tor au
other bottle Chambers pulled two bills ont OF his
Ssn vent out spd Mr. Voorb.es Ana remsincd n
the saloon; saw ohampen one % hour ana ha,i atei.
Ss, ss tcasSSsHl SSnysI:sd Win say.as; Ss va e
Mcclellan came In and asked Mr.. voorhees, and fogar.
~ 70 drink with him Voc rhces remarked that No
| Ciehsn ooreA sooo hame' 'nA' No nsa 'ns nA"sot
oroRoE n MCCLELLAN,
| man he yoo,hee., respected Chamber, ssid Cd
:. ScnA - !, man In tbe room AZ. seSonda ~,