The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-01

Omcial Investigatlon-The Cherry Street Mar
acr-Wison Committcd 70 the Tem6s to
Answer . Charge Of Murder.
Coroner Keenan, yesterday held On inquest at the
Fourth precinct station house on the body Of
Thomas Brown, the sailor who was stabbed TO the
heart on Thursday afternoon while at the sailors
boarding house of William Maitland, No. 20 Cherry
street, by knife IN the hands OF Frank Wilson.
also seaman, as previously described In the
HERALD.
wnliam Maitland. who is uniavoraby known as
the keeper OF a seaman's boarding house, deposed
that he had known deceased for about ten years;
was quiet sober man; knew the prisoner. who
was quarres0me; between two and three O'Clock
Thursday afternoon they were sitting outside the
door with three four other men; they were wait
ing for another man. AMI expected TO sail about three
O'Clock; ielt the men there and subseq learned
that
BROWN HAD BEEN KILLED.
John Gilbert. seaman. who arrived from San
Francisco OH the Goth uitimo, was IN the hallway at
saw deceased aud the prisoner; he Litter came out
VI the sitting ROOM whle they were III the hallway
saw deceased nuft the prisoner IN the mead ana af-
terwaris saw him strike the prisoner on the Jaw
with his bSt; both OF the blows were slight; the
prisoner Went ont without doing anything and sat
on bench at the outside Of the door; deceased aud
witness renamed IN the doorway; ali remained
III that position about fifteen minutes, when the
prisoner CAME rou his seat and laced the Witness
and deceased the latter stood still ald the prisoner,
u soon as nc reached deceased made motion with
his nand IA II aanang dec ased; saw weapon
then. but when wilson tcok MS nalld a~av saw
TIE kHIPE STICKING IN the BREAST
OF deceased; the witness took hOd VI the knife and
drew 1t out; IT. was pretty well IN, the blade was
more Than nall ITS length III; deceased cried out
"Pm gone" anh walhei tn!O The suing room; the
witness then went to the sidewalk and found the
prisoner standing ten or fifteen iecI IRON the door;
TOOK hold vi MN and led hun up stairs and an
officer came ana took MIN IN charge; prisoner was
intoxicated nut tnink the deceased was sober.
William Mum Oe, seaman, testified that he heard
the deceased yell ths prisoner tnas ne WAS
PUTTING ON TOO MANY AIRS,
ana that he would ''put heal" on him before ne
was aboard the shlp IOrLy-eight hours; prisoner
walked out followed by deceasrd heard some noise,
and in aDoul fifteen minutes deceased entered the
house and ieli ON the floor, saying, 'l'm gone"
James McCue, an oiicef OF the Fourth precinct,
testified to ariesting the Prisoner, who, on being
TOLD that Brown Was Dead replied, "rn swing Tor
II, guess"
Wooster Beach. M. D., made postmortem ex-
amina ION the body OF deceased, ami found that
the steel passed through the lett lung and penetrated
the heart. The wound was the cause Of death.
ms concluded the testimony, anu the Coroner
gave the case 10 the jury, VINO found veruict
against wilson. Coroner keenan, committed him
TO Inc TOmbs to await MS ria. lie Is twen y.scvcn
years OF age, and has been IN France lii his formal
examination the accused said, 81 don't remember
staOblng deceased