The New York herald., 1872-09-22
ANOTHER TERRIBLE TALE.
A Witness Dragged from a
Deathbed.
Who is Responsible for Samuel Corden's Death r
Another Case for the Coroner-A Dying 4
Man on Keepers Shoulders &
in City Hall Park

told by poor creature who had for four mOnths
been an inmate OF the institution himself and intd
whose dark mind
THE LIGHT OF HEAVENS REASON
had only broken within few short days before The/
terrible tale was told oath at the formal investi
cation of the circumstances attending the death Of
Charles Ornel and Horatio Seymour. colored
man, both OF whom had been inmates Of the inI
sttution for q considerable time, and whose deaths
were alleged to have been produc2S-sy the bruI
tality OF an attendant In ward NJ OF the Asylum,
named Thomas Farrell. The jury found that the
man who, WSo weeks ago, was
A RAvING LUNATIC,
had vivid recollection enough and was consistent/
enough In his story Of the outrages committed on
Orne and Seymour by the aend Farrell to warrant
them IN finding that the latter directly the cause
of the death Of Seymour, and that he acceeratedi
py his violence, the death of Ornell. The outraged
occurred when the witness was lunatic. but hislI
story bore the impress Of truth, and was corrobI
grated by statements which he made to DR..
Echeverria regarding the circumstances of the
outrages, which found out by that functonary
to be
BEYOND ALL QUESTION OF DOUBT. n
The HERALD anticipated this testimony of the}
principal witness at the inquest which was held on
Wednesday, On Wednesday morning the same
story was published as told to HERALD reporter.
by the witness himself who was even then in a
dying condition at the Centre Street Hospital. n
Yesterday morning at eight O'clock Samuel Cor
den, the principal witness against Farrell at the
inquest, and the only eye witness (who would give
testimony Of the outrages perpetrated on Ornell
and Seymour by the brute Farrell, died in the sur
gcal ward OF Centre Street Hospital, where he had
been removed Immediately
AFTER GIVING HIS TESTIMONY,
at the COrOners Office On Wednesday evening.
A HERALD reporter learned On Tuesday that one!
of the inmates Of the Asylum, who had been lately
city from Wards Island by DR.. Escheverria to give
testimony; that he was in very feeble, almost in
ward q the Centre Street Hospital The investisa,
tion OF the circumstances attending the death Of
oWsa t was tns set oeasS arn for sas
took place on Tuesday morning, and the impossi4
bility OF making postmorten examination Of the
inquest In the Orne case, the Joint investigation
was postponed until Wednesday. C0rden, in q
day BY order Of br. EscheveTria, but became SO bad
that It was impossible to take him back to Ward'a
BECAME NECESSARY TO REMOVE HIM
to q surgical ward at the Park Hospital. Here
the HERALD reporter visited him and found him in
most fearful disease. An operation had been just
then performed on him, and he appeared to be utI
terly prOstrated. The perspiration streamed rom
his face, and at that time the exertion of talk
ing seemed to cause him the most intense pain.
UNWILLING TO DISTURB HIM
but he himself seemed anxious that it should be n
made known to the public that he was not in q fu
condition to appear as witness at the inquest.
DR.. Bruce, the Ambulance Surgeon Of the Centre
Street Hospital was with the reporter at the dying
to the reporters questions Mr.. Ccrden dis. i
tinctly stated that he believed his physi-
Ss 0ndH S Sea nSs mould 70 sDk Ds q w S Of %
the COroner's Office. The day before he said he
had suffered the most intense pain from his COM
paint but during that day (the day upon which he
had been brought down to the city from Warda
Island)
In presence of the Doctor, the attendant in the
ward and the reporter he said he would rather die
% % tbs than suffer such agony
that two weeks ago he became C0nvalescent and u
Doctor Escheverria told him that he had recovered
cording to his statement, until the Saturday imme-
dately before his certificate Of sanity was signed.
Msen he Was for the ,nS t time nS
he could leave the asylum. He was told, n
sa 20 to Ssn y Pr ia t
did he would go to prison and be confined until the
inquest came or and until he testified He.
HE PREFERRED TO REMAIN IN THE ASYLUM A
of course, and on Tuesday he was brought to New
York with the other witnesses, discharged luna
On Wednesday morning messenger was des-
patched from the Coroner's office to the Centre
Street Hospital to bring him over to give testt- ,
toned around his neck, this dying man was brought
across the City Hall Park: The loungers shuddered
the mans body. and he appeared like
figure OF death moving through the crowds, that
as ne e along On ne es
court room even the little crowd Of asylum attend
ants who were present were shocked: HIS eyes
were starting from their sunken sockets. The
lines OF the mouth were drawn down with the
agony Of every step he made, and
DROPS OF COLD, CLAMMY SWEAT
rolled down his blOodless cheeks.
The Doctor, who, for four months, had been try.
ing to save MS intellect occupied seat 10 coT1s TS
poor, dying creature took seat in corner and X
waited to know who would call him first, Death or
Samuel Corden was called to the srand. he tolo
his story
and when he concluded the Coroner asked Dr.
Echeverria:-
HAS this man recovered his intellect, Doctor ?"
Eyes, SIR" answered DR.. Escheverria.
'He Is suffering from some disease now' ls ne
Eyes, SIR" answered the Doctor.
"From what ~ asked the Coroner.
'Tn my opinion from catarrh of the bladder, /" was
And the dying man, by the help of one of the
asylum attendants, tottered back to his seat.
much for Corden Farrell was committed and DR..
Echeverria went to another room In the building
to consult with the Coroner and then went away.
Corden looked as II he was going
TO DIE WHERE HE SAT.
The attendants became alarmed and DR.. Wooster
should go to the Park Hospital for the ambulance
and have him removed to q bed. Warden Brown, Of \
the Park Hospital, came over and said that 1t was
against the rules OF the hospital TO take patient
under such circumstances, but he said he would
take the risk and one OF the keepers Of the asylum
carried him across the park on his shoulders.
On Friday morning he became c0matose Yester- n
day morning he recovered consciousness and died
In terrible agony. Dr. Hardy Of the Centre street.
Hospital, gave certificate that he died rom ex- n
travasatiOn OF urine. His wife came rom New n
Jersey, where he resided and did business as
for twenty-five years. This was the last 4
Of him.
Who is responsible for this death Is 1t the
doctor who brought him to New york, when a
deposition could be made at the asylum Or are \
they who took him from his bed on Wednesday to
give testimony wholly blamelessf 1t Is another
case for the Coroner.
KILLED BY A BLAST.