The New York herald., 1870-05-01
THE BLOOMlNGghLE MURDER.
Third Day Of the Trial Of John J. Nixsn for the
Murder of Davjd Sifco-Testimony Of
Father, Brother and Sister
Of the Prisoner.

The third day Of the trial OF John j. Nixon fer the
murder of DAVID H. Sisco at Bloomingda'e, N. j..
was passed at Paterson yesterday. The ton was
continued from halfpast nne A. NJ. until six r. NJ.
| which time, win the except on OF an hours re.
cess Tor dnner, was necessarily occupied by he
evidence for the prosec toa. The most intense In
terst continues TO be manifested In the TRIAL and
| examinat on was listened to by large aud en- e.
Tie prisoner continued 10 maintain his und sturp ed
| eIuan nifty
| The court met at haf-past nine A. NJ and the
cross-examination Of John s. Nixon, the father OF
| the prisoner, was r. sumed. The witness testfel
| that aft r John the prsoner) had finally gone to
Ded he got up and went to the door to list II he
could hear The cries Of murder. He heard moaning,
| but could moi this time distinguish any w0rls and
che noise was much fiinter than at first; he dts
tincty heard the cry OF murler the first time;
the witness did not 60 to the assistance
OF the injured man, because he desired not
10 get into trouble himself II his son. the
prisoner, had had night and injured
| anybody; he was nfty-three years of age and od
enough to know the import nee OF keep ngl out OF
all such scrapes. Witness b testified to the roads
ieaalng 10 the h0u'e, as beng vely rough and hy.
Mis- Eme Inc Nixon, the sister OF the prisoner and
the young lady who slept In tie same room With the
@ aeenoaat an ana his % wie on the nlsht OF tie mur-
ness Is shiewd, sfarp country grt Six
| teen years OF are, with q mesh io.ld coz
| fei nres OF lhe KOS. she said sh. was to D.d
| when joan came home tn nigh OF the murd ar;
,ne nsis, a mae ~ John awakepe her ana she ds
AM b fathe:-tne fight wi Sisco, the bloi on
his boos, &C.; dir city Inc p isoner came up airs
whiskey and desired witness 70 taxe drnk. which
ss e e wa uiea .he prisoner % 'n blkeq WIN 10 her
c0rrobOratory OF that OF her fat er The close
question nS OF the ose ntioD was 90 ch Tor ner
nervous nature and she Lurst into aTs, and was
apparently muc Ir itate 10y the subsequent ques.
tons, ansNe ing them with very pc uar OFT Of
| pronpt ess an :, ehemence. on the crossexamina-
ton wltnes SAID sne hal cut up the Goa. John
the e I OF tie IN ruer TO make carpet rags OF 1t
and that sre could see no ood whatever upon 1t;
John ad hfs7 q 0at tie ninS, 0S eHsbly TO make
back Tor vest; there vas no b.ood on he inin..
Albert James xon the brother OF the so er
and TIE one heretofore reIerred TO as James or
Jim, vas he next win ess sAorn. From what
| had been elected IL Was beheve1 his woud be an
lmpor ant illness. He said when the phi oner came
hone lbe nj mt OF the murd ne COX q DIR nix or
a pie whskey with him; prisoner had the itq or IN
sa para bot le John then said to his father that
he na had fight W th David SiscO; witness asked
priso what for prisoner re lted that David
had struck MIN, knock ng hm half way arO nd and
| par,ly down threa ing TO '.g,e hin POUND NJ
) SEQ AM knD, keI MIN pa ty down: SIS grds, ed
John o. he legs, ana Jonn hen ki ke $50 ater
Win n he to- MIN ne mad Letter 20 no ne SiscO Ie
piled to John that he had Lettet go nome aid
If he ever caught him agtn over to MS
oame iiome, leaving the murdered man near the side
of the road sitting stone; tness then stttM
what occurred after John went o bed, abOl pett NJ
up t. see waat the crying was about, &c. alsO tat
Ms. SEQ came owe In the morning first to il lire
for her husband and the second time 10 accuse
Nixon Of mlrae .lnT her husband; NIXOn was cody
Shawn himse wntn d. Ssco arrived ald crcl
OF, 'come Oh and Tie him." party Of mea
w.re at the sane time COming over the
little hill near the house: soon IN. prisoner
them he began 10 look scared AMI jumped up. run
ming out, spri aging L0m the oop and taking To-
&c ha mar hon % 4 YYtx1 .ixay,
search throu IN the WOO ana soon scOyer ed pac;
b a. ins rue unnls able g, ,ilence OF fight: tere
four faet nigh; ther, vas blool on the pr unl and
pool OF blood was found und> pie OF dea la es;
| The body was soon found llng In the bus1eS; hc
s4ure vas notihed a. once an oos poss sslon OF It,
removing II 10 the ouse; vi ness lad Oh the IS
oner The might hefo mat n, Lad D.Iter gel out of
IL ben one ocl OK the cout TOOK an no n Is re ess
uutll tNO o'clock. the jury previously beng re-
| q esed hy lie Court not 10 rad newspap-r com
me Is on the tra
Attgo cock the examination of A. J. Nixon was
re uumel--winiess saw the ood ON tie boot, and
subsequently ed 1t or; the DO It's IN court
are Lie par; found them IN the orchard under al
apple tree, where Jonn had fC hem when he ran
a ay; WI ness did n Zee "A sung shot about the
house at the tine or presious the prisoner had large
steel rng wi h a .ce three quarters an inch
across; he w re this ring on inner OF his right
hand and only one Or two days previous he vas
p ac icing with 1t on Lo3ri. A bow OF the ring
made big dent In tae board; ne md ha1 a ring
about two weeks ana on the day after tie mud
he lralel the ring Off lor hat with hoy; neve,
saw hin have any Otl weapon that tie witness
knew O.; he mad the ring on his finger when he ent
to Bloc ningdale on the sat llday TIE mude; wnen
pract cing with II against board the prir Oner r.
m rSel TINT a man could strike quite blow with
that ing" Nixon the nabi OF going 10 Bloom
ing 10 G neary eveiy day; he WAS drunk whcn he
| came hone on tiat Saturday night; 1t was DARK,
rainy ni-ht
| David AcXers testified that he, In company with
Daniel Morgan, captaied The pr soner near Sterlig
Furnace New York 5 a G; he had heard tnat lie lad
murde ed mal ID mad escaped in that di eciion;
they cJrdngiy star ed out, ira ed h up and cap
tured HIM on te rallr ad rack; took him to Bloom
gdaie and delive ed him ver TO the auth0r es: lie
made NJ resistance to being taken: witness has
Known prisOler some nne ur ten yea 8; he was
"a ,en {, he III eral ana Sqdire Gdrnee asked him
t. lay his hln1s on cAe corpse and he did so.
Ann Ella Watets, the wife OF Isaac waters and
sister in law to the murde ed man, testified that at
qua ter pa eleven on the night o. the murder she
neard sisco and Nixon go pa ner house; they were
making ruange sorS o. noise; soon afterwards
tie ia where the body was found; it sounded
like the "a gng groan or grunt o, q pig that had
and heard it plainly; after which they went to bed
Her acCo mt Of the circumstances o. the next
ting was a'out the same as ven by the previous
Witnesses, namely, he dis eovery OF The blood The
gat o., q the prisoner. The osiy was Gov
and disgusting appearance. There were nye
severe wo..nds on the forehead and the whole
right side o. the face was badly mashed; one
could ia<e hOld OF his nose and sh IL back
and toward and hear the broken bones
squash squash .,,s inside; his coshng was muca
CONclcu WIFI DlOou anu bOTu uOWn 50 rs
expose his person; witness sister and work boy
sic. { in the sane fO0m with her husband and r
self the nigh OF the murder they were ali awake,
talking together, when tn curiou noise was heard;
I'VE were talking abOu woman, an as suppose
you would Ike to hear 1t am not going to tell you
the c0nversa l0n." The defence mad hari time
with tins wi ness, as she was 'up 10 snuf and was
everready with repdrtee that cOnvulsel the audi
ence with laughter.
The gave OF the Court was calei into requsition
several times 10 restore the necessary gravity At
the conclusion OF the cross.examnaton OF Mrs.
nf ndin amt fctX If.lA h.
arrived and the court was al ourned until halfpast
nine O'Clock Monday morning.