New-York tribune., 1871-05-03
PRICE FOUR CENTS
THE PUTNAM MURDER.
THE coRoNER's NoUEsr-coNcLUsryE EvIDENcB
AGAINST THE MURDERER-TIIE INDICTMENT
FOSTER TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR TRIAL TO-
DAY.

nam, who assaulted and mortay wounded with q
car'hook by Wm Foster, Wednesday evening lss at
broadway and Fortystxthst Assistant District Aftor
ney Fellows appeared for the prosecution The prisoner
was defended by exJudge g. H. Stuart who contented
omsen with taking notes Of the evidence and asked no
QuestonA Outside O curious crowd assembled, and
peered In at the Windows endeavoring to catch glimpse
OK the proceedings. The prisoner neatly dressed,
ann bore the trying ordeal with rnness though he had
aid aside tho cir Of havado which he has since
his arrest and seemed to realize fully the peril of his
position. The following evidence was taken:
MRS. DUvAL's STORY
Anna Duval Of 7e2 Broadway testified: was ac
quainted with the deceased last Wednesday evening
was in his company In Broadway car going to tho
Church Of the Advent in Forty sIh-st; Mr. Putnam my
self ana my ttis daughter M sit the house together and
placey were eonyersins together, and when near
Twenyseyepths. Mr. Putnam ia said i miss Jenne hays
augbngly added "In oggy weather you might have TO
and see t she arose and went the front door which
was closed; the front platform was the driver with
my oye aahsse to s side Of the and
down my daughter; saw the driver turn and make
ssed tsiss 20 che senon o. the other man. Who turned and
made faces through the glass at my daughter was on
there are some rude men the PLATFORM" said, Come
away the door was at once opened by the man. who
@e oSi
the right side near the door sgan the door was opened
n.y. 1eSs az as sd oc. Of and
Pnns@ sS ssa ladies' s are Under my care and
viii not allow them 70 be insulted;" Mr. Putnam had
ton; the man then came in and said he would have
seat Mr Putnam then asked the conductor II he could
Oner Sit down and be quiet" or Take seat and be
gmet" then took my daughter and removed her frop
am her mother" he made sneerins fepyj / was very
nervous and shtsned and made made no reply the prisoner
spread himself on the seat tasing up as much
q Is hs S
yOu were IN hgsoT wouldn't have said b y5ns 5 IN tho to
prisoner tho latter gbed and eered at HIM the prisoner
then said. "How far are you going upp' he repeated,
reply the prisoner then got up put his hat and said
putting his fist down. "Pm going as far as you co. and
on the front plaform sat there and no one Of our
party said word to the others nothing was said to the
affairs unI we reached Forty the conductor then
came along and was shutting the car window; sald
Mr. Putnam repeated the remark; at Fortysix xthst we
got OF on the slxthaye side my daughter g9t OF rst
as to leave, the car gave mrch and threw me
forward at TINS tS saw y sn soe one VINO wanted TO
get ON the car and accordingly held BACK nule as
me os off ths saw this man strike Mr. Putnam
latter had hand on the car and one foot on tue
PLATFORM the struck him from behind; ne struck
Mr. Putnam with something that shone, apparently
piece of wire t giitteEed na as IL fe sihe ,bst car
apparenty p the fingers the inside the ring
witness coso TO Mr Putnam, and saw the blow and
| by MI Putnam; don't think screamed at that mo
WAS partially E fSRneG SeT sSw sas 5lS @ Mo-
Putnam he fell like lead, and did not moyei heard
my daughter shrek, and then called "pOllce; then
am almost certain heard the ben ring; called out
"stop that carr i was going az terrible speed tle
aed Ike Thought he returned the way he camc;
by and around the front OF the car; crowd col
lected, mostly boys; my daughter and removed NJ
|
men moved him to drug lstore near by; he was laid
Putnam from the drugstore to the statonhOuse in on
ambulance; there were two men, woman and boy m
putnam was on the front platform beside and tho
left Of the driver when we got mp to leave the carr can
Witness here, In response TO the request Of counsel
identified the prisoner from among the large crowd IA
the ROOM crossing the floor after scanning the crowd TO
do so The prisoner, the whole, faced the ordeal
steadily and did not finch Then Pointed Ggt & By n9 s
again. fin response to the request OF counsel MT
Duval again pointed out the prisoner as the man whs
samuel A. Raborg, Police Surgeon testified WIS
called 70 the station house ON the night OF the occur
yenee Ipri a6 al ten minutes after o'clock the
deceased in the back room OF the statlonouse yhg on
left side of the head about two inches above tie
about inches long by OF an inch wide;
skull producing compression; advised that he be sent
at once to Bellevue Hospitals at lot o'clock the ambu
made by any blunt INSTRUMENT; they msht have been
produced by the hook; recognize the hat as the ono
YOUTHFUL WITNESS.
Mabelle virginia Duval testifed: reside at No. 7Gl
Broadway; was acquainted With the deceased; cor
roborate the testimony given by my mother; SAW the
deceased last at the stationLouse; on wednesday
Mr. Putnam asked me II saw the elock said No;',
he said, f" On cloudy day / would require pair or
then went forward aud looked out Of the door without
opening it, saw face close to mine on ths Outside ot
the glass; the man to whom 1t eonee9 was Laughing az
me in an iInpudcnt way; then looked OUT 9t te sdr
window, and the Driver called the suchtloh ~ 10 oi
the man TO me-; the man then openeu 'ne It,D, loo,
put his head inside, and made some ~, i,lsus,lihg sg
noises with his lips my a moSr daSr wss eOea again @ Opee
ana then Mr.. Putnam noticed it, and sald, " nat Is
this and closed the GSSr II Ts ss Town ede me- m
mother put her arm around me, ana Pay.u nc le a., @
mother said. "She is my daughter, and think you arc
very rude" the man then stretched hlmse ont On tn9
20 NJ pntuap 81 suppose when you get done talking
Won viii 4" Mr. Putnam made him no reply nc sald
pta u 81, ' stiii made him reply; the man then
put on his hat and gong 70 taf GSioe dOSs dh4 sr
OPENING 90 az and before leave will give you h-l;" lie
then struck cenched hand on Ms side; nSdn pn t
t ,Gcn the conductor came along 10 close inc "hIOWs
and MI Fraaaehed Forty sinthst being the
W. door got off first; Mr. Putnam came next he had
n @ Cot on The car and on the street; was close by
one pnan, Dor had one hand the railing and had given
,hs ether to my mother to assist her on saw man
along the side q tee car large
heard white teeth and gitering eyes then saw some
I ,n;nS aash twice in the air and come down on
Mr.. ePutnam's head I screamed; MI Putnam feli
| the hat shown is the one worn py Mr. Put-
nam on that evening the conductor on the car when
the assault occurred; be seemed rather 'dumbsuGcA
for The moment heard the bell ring aud the ear moved
an. The man who struck the blow ran away the same
Wsv he came; Mr.. Putnam was taken TO drug store,
thence TO the pocesttion, and afterward to enc hoe
nsl i'm AN ambulance; the was conversing with tho
driver when first him the front PLATFORM did
uot notice whether or not he the front platform
hen we started to leave tie saw him there some
ime after he went out these insults and threats
ae nv the man between Twenty sixtbst. and the Gil
sey House; i can positively recognize the man who
sty,ck the blows and who was on the front platform.
Witness pointed cut the prisoner the man The ear
was not at all crowded there was quite number OF pas
seneers In the car when got In at Elghtst, but the
most of these had got before the prisoner came n