New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-23

OH the night OF the assault on MT futham' WIS 49,
examined She cooborated her mothers story IN every
detail and added few facts to it. When Mr.. fu'h1
called her attention to the clock in the Gilsey Hou,
said When you look at it you will have to looA
high for IL nearly in the garrett ana on ee IT, you
you will have to have pair OF speoSw go far o.
you and before leave this car S Ti cot up and went
Foster and when the iron saraoG on high showed
she took h IN m, her haRS s very ngh
said the night of the and the lightedup
oSpoe There was prscing in the
Miss Anna dSnre e OF the s next fs Sa
testified as to wne he s years old the first day OF june
anu Nn'' on rsr,,,oNY OF PATRICK CUNNINGHAM.
| l,nrnau. the next witness, testified: / am |
aar-driver and engaged IN that business on 'no
90 % anril Inst; didn't drive up any car aiter inc ono
in which this affair happened the NUMBER oi INC oSr
Is IA of the Broadway and Broome-st. Road; ohy
sve the car one day, and don't know the time; don't
remember where Mr. Putnam got on the car; remember
10 as ON cou;dnt say whether the ladies were with
T GT and Twenty looked round and
Miss puval standing up IN , and car tbcngbt
f GSs 'hT wanted 'n to get off at Twenty
ST.; looked back until got to the corner and
Foster was opening it and Mr.. Putnam said What do
Won want that open for ~ he said, have paid my
ae @ Hn t Se front and asked what was the
teri he said he wanted to get seat ne went insuS
Mr.. Putnam took seat on his right hand side; Foster
again out on the front OF the car ASKED Ia
yes; he asked me If had hook said yeE 1t was was
hanging the front platform o0 %e 5h0Tn nRe
that G1e he said d that he he e Mould off learn f69
him his no business oS learn pf h to n Keep his place MI
Putnam then inside the car; got the bel az rorty
right shoulder to i the passengers were getting on
the carr that time Foster had taken the anu
SoSs gTDs SM SS % he lifted the hook
and said, Go 70 hell and made motion 10 strlRe me
| thing heard was screams, and somebody threw the
back on the front platform S9G and gS the the
conductor was not on started the car again, anu t9
conductor got on ana sad 70 me- roa nso dd1 Know
that Mr. Putnam had been injured for hall an hour aIer
over and take drink" said didn't want to have
drink, but and had drink, and asked nun II ne
Knocked him down. don't know what answer he made;
1 learned his name from man WORKING , tnere;
identity him now as the prisoner here when ne
to take something 70 drink ne G re say ywasn
in his company the rest of the evening dTank t h
on the front Of the dashboard, and believe it was
the hook that thrown back on the platform:
man got on the car and he asked if had the hQoK;
said yes he took it in his hand ana od do MN
wanted to use it, he gave it back aiterwafd toGk
to the Twentyrst Ward station-House, ana gave IL 10
Crossexamined-Ih have been on the road three years
believe Foster was in LIQUOR that night aiief arr yhag
struck that man; he said yes didn't know the man was
| seriously hurt then. - . ,,o,.,.
| where drivers and conductors have been concerned
Isn't carhook ready instrument sometimes empi0yea
| is; never used one myself for that purpose.
doT LOOKING out did YOU make some sign to to get
indication whether she wanted to get oui A No.
O. You did MT see Foster do iti A Foster open
O. But before that No. Foster simply stood upon the
O. By the first juror would like to know if Mr.. Eos
ter got the after Mr.. Putnam struck A. No
O. long after you arrived at the depot that
you him first A. Well, don't know 1t might have
@. Did he appear to in search of you A. don't
| know whether he or not.
| TESTIMONY FREDERICK Z. GoLDTHwAITE
The conductor who had charge of the Frederick f.
| Godthwaite, was next examined His testimony was
merely repetition that which he at the Coroners
inquest. On the crossexamnaton by Judge Stuart he
O. You saw the door open and shut two three times
did YOU who it that opened and shut III ~
saw Mr. Putnam close it; my idea that the man on
the front platform wanted TO get in, and MI Putnam
| turned and said something other about allowing
drunken men TO ride on the cars supposed ne Ha a
reference opening and closing the door, ana TO the
persons engaged in it; knew nothing OF any annoyance
to the ladies nothing Of it, nor did he say anything
TESTIMONY OF PETER SUBWAY.
Peter Subway also conductor on the road, TESTIFIED
that he saw Foster the cars he got in the neigh
borhood Of Fifteenh-st, and witness got of at Twenty
| sixth-st. and took the second behind saw Gold
thwaite aferward at restaurant and advised nun TO
make a report and assisted him i'll doing nj Whle
thew were talking it up, and when in reading it they
came "a where they had stated that the assault
was committed by unknown person, Foster, who
was in the sitting in chair, sprang up ana SAID
~ am the man--who wants me I laid him out; Will
Law YOU ont tOOi the time advancing on Gold
thwae made the remark TO Foster that he had injured
the man badly he said ne hurt hm lnnch 30R
Foster was intoxicated
| TESTIMONY OF JOHN L. DAVIS.
officer Davis who made the arrest of Foster. ssstned
| IA into IA hfs
dence No SO2 East Twenty-fourthst; he was dressed
and sitting in a chair; had to rub his eyes to awaken
him. took him 10 the saton-hOuse and the next day to
| the Hospital TO see Mr.. Putnam. ,
@ Did you take him into the presence of Mr.. Putnam
O. What was said, Sir by you Capt Kielea, or any
one, in the presence of Foster ..., ~ Aha ,.o,,,
that there ante-mortem statement made by Mr.
Putnam dhe 10 wac evdrnce was Granted
A. Can't Killeea went TO the mead OF the Ded, anu
asked Mr. Putnam il he could identity the man, ana ne
said could Foster brought up and as soon as ne
him he identified him, and SAID " WHAT maze you
the Captain asked him if he was the man that struck him.
and he said he was. .. o.-ou,,-o, r,o ,ros ON tho
car and saw couple OF ladies, and the man with an in
strument in his hands could not say what IL was MI
Capt Thomas Kllelca testified that Foster was
brought into the Of the &
Precinct at 500 IN the morning MI putnam Mas Sent 10
the Hospital at 11;45 p by order OF the Ponce sur
ievue Hospitals went with Foster TO ST Lukes Hospital
and asked Mr.. Putnam if he ever saw him before; ne
said he never did before the previous evenings Foster
said nothing TO that.
TESTIMONY OF DIR. GEORGE NJ. LEFFERTs,
Surgeon at st. Lukes Hospital Saw MI. Putnam at
quarter past II the night OF the 2oh lie had an IN
csed wound in his head just front of the left ear
tns,on over his eye and an ncsed wound in his left
knee The incised wound penetrated the skull and the
brain substance oOzed out. further examination |
showed that the whole parietal bone was comminuted
the brain laceated and the brain substance pene