New-York tribune., 1871-05-03
THE PUTNAM MURDER.
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with his head turned to one sioe roster sa' ~ what
foster came ou soon aerwsrd on x she tSoss ladies'
aid YES he asked me II had hooks said yes ana
said something about liking Putnam t OF e hnye tie
3 S% we werS not going above he depot
had more conversation antt & We sSs 70 and aid
:G ete@ e'1ES sTas Gs sna '
NSx; it hung on my left hand; | did not know SS
fs,s he was going take the hook had forsoien hs
me for 1T IT. ss ne eapsSp aSS e hs sad 20
and made movement to strike me with tne hook @ & aS
serward aid not look to what oOcurred the con-
sucor the platform; was not more ihan
f ths car 70 co on did not ring the bell do know
who rung; looked around after we had gone ns1 s
ooS the hook brought back and threw IL ON the iron,
platform not positive that he was tne ssoTe The
ho took the hook; II thrown on the car
ear had started took the hook 70 the station
when the man TODD the hook mace duetor ne or Mr.
Putnam concerning these threats FOs one trip that
he had sS car he on ro e on OaS tSe fo front no Sn
on there did not give any notice 10 1--WE the police
:AsrS AMY Sns re1s Sa Rs TO- not It
cd heard Foster make no noises wsjtiyelv that did
NOT can his attention young LADY nsa aSySns Hi to
drinking; sober that ngnt % or her mother never
THE CONDUCTORS ACCOUNT.
x~odor5ot r Goldthwaite testified; 1--we st NO 24A
1>noevst but have been stopping in Forty-seVenth-e
- ~ lave ; was stock clerk in wholesale house
-, Ave Years but have been lately conductor on tho
Rroadway Road some ways above Twenty-elshth-S1
On last wednesday night noticed that the fr9nt door OF
INV % ear was frequently opened and shut; saw MT
ptnsm step out on the front platform; went then ana
asked what the matter; man ON tne uOl tiaU %
form said he wanted come in and sit down he old 80
he sat down in right hand corner OF the car MT
putnam seated beside him then went @ 70 tne @ rear m
outside he got ia the somewhere between -Four
FonTteenth and seventseDthsts. saw no difficulty be-
the parties at tins time so 70 !S = d so nj
Was closing the window; it. was my last trip
as Mr putnam cAmd out I asked him what
the dsSlty men ae S0 rds in the
hearing noise behind at this time, turned and saw
. man striking Mr. Putnam; had my hand on the bell
strap at the time never Foster the man ON the
front platform, before did not recognize the weapon
She car and called for tfe police; ran up SeveDtlave
distance to S see " %nss ecd See eg nothing Of
him hearing the car-bal ring ana seeing " moving,
fo% @ SH Who Tins IT, there was one LADY in the when
got the this te went forward ana SPOKE IKE 10 10
after the accident had happened he said lie eonid not
leave the car m there or W. nSore and me-
with him that evening; one OF two young YOU gns6 ias6
who ensFed tse driver RS e d IA1D DO SP not take i away
and he said, "NO, / have seen en0ugh; i
S a 9Ga bot s either the saperHtenden, or starter
ing friend mine told him of IL and he advised me
10 M once make out q report did SOL he had zone
down procured the name and address OF the Injured
sn then went to te Ssd In9 eso bnt sres
99ev on the road when this affair occurred Witness
tbe front platform and who oommttedithe ASSAULT
am positive did not ring the bell TO start the car e
driver had business to start the car u Lac Aearo Ae
Thomas Doody of No g. West Fortysecondst. testi-
eed: aborer; on last Wednesday night gOt on
broadway car there two ladies and gentleman
IN the car nothing unusual IN the car at Forty
six hist got out on the west side heard woman
scream soon afterwards looked around aud saw man
with weapon in his hand caught bad hold S q h DTevcB sAd
his striking the man on the ground again; haa u MN
Sent to the drug store with the injured mani the two
isdes accompanied him; when the man 3Ioke away ne nc
ran mn Seyenthave the west side; told the son OF
y employer the facts Of the occurrence on the follow
ing morning the weapon shown Is IKE S Uden Ue in the
General Theological Seminary, and live In Forty
last SyspnE sT a TaS there Who
ascertained 20 be Mr.. Avery d. Putnam woman Iieio
OF assurance and at her request for her daughter
Beighboring church and returned WIN her 70 tne
Patnam. and accompanied her to the hospital; was
not acquainted wi any Of the persons.
PURSUIT OF MURDERER
Patronan John Davis of the Twenty-second Precinct
testified: On last Wednesday night L sent for by
Capt Killea at about IL p and told that man had
been beaten the head with car-hook In Broadway,
and to 20 and about it, before left the driver
came into stationHouse and when questioned sal
he did not know the man. ana had never seen nIh De
fore brought with him the hook that had been used
the driver was then locked up soon aierward Ine cap
tain went to the eell ana saw the %aEeE % anu Wen no
came back he said the driver had told h that the man
x.flD
he conductor ON the road then visited Tue Gepot
found that a conductor named Vim. Foster was employed
On tne @ ra a @ name lived at sa East twenty
81; / got another officer and we went there; Poster
/ wanted him to go to the station,house with me- he
wanted To know what wanted OF hm ana then sakSu
his wife for towel TO wash his face on the way 70 the
staonhOuse, he asked twice II vas sure had g9t
the right man; made him no reply ne tnen @ SAID
would take ten years before would squeal on man
was there; know who did II, but won't squeaI on
IN | had ~
Twenty-fOurth-st. and Eighth.aye We entered car;
there conversation until we left the car at Fofy
seventh st. when he agaA said he knew who had done
st. would squeal asked him who it was that
tO0k Foster to court the morning; the way
there he asked if the man was any way bad and ro,
the had brought 1t all on hmself that he came ont
the tSs. Se Sao ss Tsn'en raised 20 heas man had
tbough TO strike him; l said TO him that i snip
made answer; that all that passed at that time
on way from the hospital that afternoon he asked
him did know in the morning previous to that on
she 70 the court he spoke about his WIFE and said
with Capt Kiiea and the prisoner visited the hospital
on Thursday afternoon; f@tnsn tdenned roster as me
foot of the bed TO the side where the curtains were
door ~ Foster asked him if he had him before
and he said not before ast r Pgtn1R 5 t July
tain asked Putnam if he was the man who struck him,
Capt Thomas Killiea testified: I am Captain Of the
Twenty-seeOnd Precpct Police; 10 O'Clock on
night, ofieer Bowen of my command 10
ported that ahan who had ESon assaulted on Broadway
sDd Forty sixthst, then lay IL drugstore close by
sent with srecher for him. and also sent for
doctor soon after dispatched officer for the driver
Of the car, but before he returned the driver
sith the hook dn the mean time the injured man had
had assaulted Mr. Putnam and he said he did not that
II had been done by who caught the hook from him
md afterward threw IL back" told him would hold |
him ar the principal in the affair for did not believe
nat any Inan could have taken the hook without /
ais consent said 10 him How wasit you were TALKING
With this man the platfOrnp he said, " When tha
nan Jumped the he gave punch In the rlDss
nd said halloO, JOhn told him IL was not hkely that
stranger would punch him in the ribs; then ordered
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