, 1870-09-20
TIE LATEST MURDERS.
Inquest on JOscpl, TeIfer-.Thc
Testimony.
The Hyde Park Murder--Further Par
ticulara,
The Teller INQUEST

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The Deputy Coroner held an inquest, inst even
ing. at the sherhs on'ce, on The body Of Joseph
Teller, which was taken from tho river nj Rnn
''oph street bridge, on Sunday. 1t was the inter,
tion TO hold 1t at the Armotr q: 9 u'c1ocs IN the
afternoon, but rs one Of the Witnesses. WHO r.,
sidcR in MlNaukce, could not rossIl,ly arr,vc In
Time to be present, 1t was postponed until the hmm
mcntlonel. The following testimony, which ,,c,
tails all that Is known Of the supposed mur,,pr
Was clIcitcd;
DOCTOR MILLER,
benJ. c. Miller, County Physician. sworn; ]
mado Fest-morttsn examination Of tho bodv Of
Joseph Teller, ut the Ar1nory. found the aSuli
fractured into quite number Of pieces, probably
~ ~ o. 6 tEeiys There were severe wounds about
below The right ear, In the upper purt OF the neck
usu presented the appearance OF ntlncture',
,rs M9sAd; s !. extended into the substance Of tic
right ear, aud was about half an iuch long. T6e
.sS nSAt ~as above and on the outer aspect OF the
right ere. The next In tho forehead. The neSt
e al las st The
ne ihere we're also two wounds on The head The
one On the r'sht elac Of the head was about one
iLcl ind half LII length. The one on the lett WIS
about three inches in length. They also nre.
sentld the appearance Of lacerated wounds,
aiso examined the lungs heart, and abdominal
good condition. Whether the 1ractlres wese +,
made before or after DEATH 1t would bc inl,ossi-
bie to 6uy Us the bO0es hal fuAceta. .e in 1votar
we're fractured befpIe t,r f,ffsr ,csfh 1rnIo n,o
pictels eiIacetl Whether The man was Go1u, loa,,
prior 10 striking tho water tt Would ne NM aea
inr n NE 70 ssate for The marks Of drown
It Is only when several are :nken rogs.hrr r ~ -
saa nn''enr opinion can u given. In this
browning. Then e:asr, several distinctive sinns
was no lanlftercf,;rf St ffed IN n,s n1ons lneIs
tie mucous mer1I,rnnn NJ tha .aa1 @ III, ~ WY
down and macaTnfn ~ ntcn .e aasai ~ SaVises, torn
It lie I5nce nt cu,fnn a. e. .oS oS ~ 10 give
casual exumination mtcht induce the onn
- "1' nsnl .sig ~ sto,n; .1.n;,
fo,,oo ,-,.u ,es nH h.rt.
vH.+.1s AArp1 aMo1A, a.A u poncc 0fnccr
:..t aes1etday ~ afternoon, about o'clock, went
,,oi ~ - ~ o'Jeet nlluge a1l Ionnd man
n nv ~ ~ .ns per. tooN the body OF the man
con,n,9, nuc .S seaicaea inc maus pockets in
.vn,ipt - ~ me ollcet: aDd found leather
aI " re llent SIDE pantaloohs pocket Of the
t A. ,hot wv, ,ooh ~ me content5 oi the wal
IN ,,ct.a ~. eaa. ume nan came u and suentiaed
t,! .sS LIN ~ u 1.e !nAa Wno clalmed the body.
'oano 10 "a1ch OF c6ain on the deceased.
r e,,.,hoe l. scliuL4oFE
AEe. Know the deceased, Joseph Teller. AN
~ utotnel-an-lnW The deceased lived In Sparta
Hh,sSo,nsn anu was engaged IN the general met
aay morning: deceased came Tuesday at /
JGGcA. met tle deceased that day on ltRu-
w p'i etlee., 0nd was In bis company rhat day,
metropolitan Hotel, and vas In his company oil
,,ny uay wednesday. up TO S or q O'Clock. At tllat
~ ahs neceassd stated to me thai be WAS going
~ tAhe supper Under tcc Shcl mar House, and
men ne Would 60 to North Clark street to visit
ft!end OF his. The fsienas name IS Bernhard
Scnsanf. t9ld nm to be back by or 10
came back, ant he answered II wilt" Taat
taw was very steady and sober nun, and ny