The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-29
THE COURT S.
John Glass Convicted Of Granddaughter and
Sent to tho State Prison for Life-Ths Pis-
toll Again in court-Busines in
the Court Of General Sessions
CO COURT JIil'i Of I;'j ojlYta AND TrnmiNEa.

C0uRI W uYth AND ItRmNER.
Trial Of John Glass for Murder-Ho IL Som
fenced 70 Sing Sing for His Natural Life.
Before Judge Barnard.
The Inst OF murderers presented to the jury yester.
day morning perfectly appalling, there being no
less than five VI murder, some OF which, far
as can be ascertained from the ex parte testimony
published In the HERALD, will take rank among the
most brutal atrocities that have been placed
record.
John Glass was yesterday brought up charged with
the murder OF Henry Wachter. Mr.. BOYD appeared
for the prisoner and District Attorney Garvin con-
Quoted the prosecution. ID.
Mrs. ,Wachter widow of the deceased was the
first witness sworn, and she deposed that prisoner
was boarder with them In q tenement house in tae
rear OF 1l2 West Thrty-nfth street. between Ninth
and Tenth avenues; that ON sunday, the gam Of
July last, she and her husband went 10 funeral
leaving Glass IN the house with the keys, &c., ana
that on their return IRON the funeral Glass Joined
them In lager bier saloon In Ninth avenue ana be-
came intoxicated and that afterwards some words
count Of witness husband having ordered prisoner
TO leave their house; she and her husband then re.
tired 10 an inner room IN the house, but as Glass
tried to break IN upon them she advised her husband
10 Open the door, and 1t while in this that
Glass seized jackkniie that was lying the table
and sa SS Ak SeE HUSBAND ne thigh from when
Charles WeIchstein gave c6riroboratiye evidence,
and stated IN CONCLUSION tnab achter ued III about
eight minutes after the injury had been inhicted.
John Beach, NJ. d.. and District Coroner, was then
sworn and examined. lie gave evidence as to MS
having viewed the body OF the deceased on the day
following The murder and described the wound as
being that o. punctured one in the lett thign. He
also stated that part Of the knife half an inch OF the
point, had been taken from the wound by him. This
witness stated that the deceased had DIED from ex.
haustion OccaslOned by the loss OF blood. He held
who confessed TO having struck the blow 1t was
possible deceased might have had heart disease, Dut
that did not cause his DEATH he died from the eects
OF the wound In his thigh.
policeman named Connolly was next sworn
He simply stated that he saw tie parties all together
III the lager beer saloon.
Joseph Michaes, a resident in an adjoining house.
testified to seeing Wachter his wife and Glass in a
state OF great eXctement, and that In two three
the deceased and his wife were ne heard Wachter
say n am stabbed,n and Immediately afterwards
saw Glass rushing from the house. followed by Mrs.
Wachter, who shouted for the ''pOlice."
At The conclusion OF this Witness testimony Mr..
half OF his client, urging that what he had done
not in any way, and that the crime had
been committed IN moment OF drunken passion
The prisoner, John Glass, was then placedI upon
the stand. and stated that he had known the de-
ceased for six years. but that up to the OF the
murder no unpleasantness OF any KIND had existed
between them. He next gave an account OF hls be-
ing left in charge OF the house while Wachter and
his wife were away, and OF his being insulted by
Mrs. Wachter's sister because he refused to give up
the keys to her; that when Wachter came home he
spoke Of this, and Wachter, being intoxicated
seized him by the throat and threatened 10 kill him;
finally he went into the room and struck deceased,
but he did not remember with what the blow was
struck.
District Attorney Garvin summed up for the pro-
secutlOn, and said that unquesuonably the prisoner
was guilty Of murder in The first degree. II our
houses and families to be protected such GRIM
inal should receive the full penalty Of the law.
Judge Barnard addressed the jury upon the issue
which mad been brought before them, and defined
the law IN reference TO their fnding-whether Tor
for murder in the first degree or for mansaughter.
1t did not require that man should mediate
taking another's life more than minute II that
could he proved to constitute murder in the first
degree 1t was the duty OF the jury to recognize no
outside pressure, but honestly 10 do their duty to
the public. The jury retired and returned with
verdict OF manslaughter in the first degree.
The Judge sentenced the prisoner TO be kept In
the state Prison at Sing Sing for the remainder OF
his natural liie