New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-19

,ess and don't know why Farrell knocked him down
Farrell said 70 seymour onidpt youT seymour replied.
YES woud;" saw Farrell beat Seymour w ISd "a
Snt apSnpd saTog trunk Farrell beat him sew
times with the strap; d0nt knVw a. sore when
he came in was beaten myself in warn o Srne or
named Jerry saw no one but IISn n,s 0RTiep who
struck seymour several times in tho back Win S H'
OF nGr blows struck Seymour and Orne were
| violent enough to produce injury, but can't Say
whether they would have prouuceu uea'n'
A KEEPERS TESTIMONY.
| Edwin Wall testified am keeper in the New-fOrK
City Asylum for the Insane, Wards Island; nave
been three times in the Asylum as keeper; returned
Aug Is: knew John Ornell very well he was at one
| time under my charge in Ward II he was lame' ana
wore an iron apparatus his eg In passing through
/ the halls he wOuld strike other patents WIN ms
| lett hand his right hand appeared to be para
| lived; after l returned to the Asylum, IN
August Orne was transferred TO ward ~ ToIo wss
on duty think he transferred from ward Il nc Nas
very feeble; sometimes he would 80 TO MS hes anu ~
other times he would not about two weeks ago no DC
very feeble and filthy, as supposed from uaI
rhea: put him TO bed on the day that Dr. EcheYern9
examined him Int he got up and dressed HIMSELF and
put him 10 bed again with all his clothes on reported TO
DR.. Echeverra that Ornell was very behi ny uoo.OI
said that Orne had been knocked down. told the Doctor
| that | didn't think Onell could have been knocked
down. because he was so weak that ne cOud NOT nave
stood it; Dr. EcheyeIra Is not correct IN SAYING .at NO
asked Ornel whether myself or Mclaughlin were the
ones who struck him; Orne did say tnat faIren
hoped on MIN; know Oh no nJuIleS Dc H 49, in
| inred Inv an inmate named Charles Conkn, who died
eioHs man AZ meal times don't mean that he
lent, but had frequently 70 take hOld OF MN 10 keHP
rushing TO the table push against Orne and knock him
against the door, backing his eye IN my OPINION nls
accounts the black eye found on Ornej know OF no
other injury having been inflicted on either Orne or
Seymour am the principal attendant In MaIu M Dus ~
is impossible for all that is going ON there at
| all times a day two before John Oneli died. the
matron. Mrs. Walker, came TO me ana sa SAL,
She did not think it right for OrneIs
statement TO TAKEN for he had told her that Farrell
had chopped him once in INSTRUMENTATION III
Fourhs don't think the statements OF either Orne or
| seymour are entitled to belief; Seymour tod Dr.
Echeverra my presence that he received MS injuries
six months ago; the keepers are not on duty az gs
there is Waterman but the inmates could njure one
| another; Gordon himself at one time cut another
TIE KEEPERS CERTIFICATE
At the conclusion of the testimony Of this Witness d.
Echeverria handed to tho Coroner the following stte
ment in writing
Examined John oneR about O'Clock the afternoon in The pres
epo the three Nj being questioned who IN
0od him and The attendants being seesf that he
i not understand 0rn replied Understand yes s.s'Sg, u
P laughed ASI sn he s s r 6 sSs a S
will Wilt 'e y 10 IS7 ae' P acLAgGGIs,
The statements were read to the attendants before tsy s
John o4el eoee COPY Of the aTsp s5amhAaoo
'ee aug n No %eip Shown To- the witness. he
kDOwedged its correctness and that MS slgha.e I
paner cond only be admitted as "a memorandum put not
as evidence. 1t subsequently bahuSG b tho min
/ \
utes Of the proceedings
ANOTHER KEEPER TEsTIFIEs
Patrick Mclaughlin testified: L am also an a''en'"H
at the Asylum; heard tho statement OF inc iaS' "0
and believe every word he has said when VIC were "a
at Orpell's bedside going forward 10 see IL no
,vonld cav that had struck him, but Dr. EcheVeriia
ent me hack and put Farrell forward; think the DoetoF
rather put Farrell forward to DO uehtISu IN iros
on ia that the words were in measure put INTO ,n9
mouth of Ornell Ornel said that Farrell had w.
me one Who did it if had been brought forward in the
way that Farrell %a ro Ecbeyerr dd not ask
| OTnell If was the man. =. At, ,,,,o.s IN
The certificate also shown TO TINS Wlthess' WIN
likewise acknowledged its commences.
THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
Dr. Wooster Beach, Deputy Coroner, cOrroborated the
testimony of Dr. Echeverra in regard TO the autopsy,
and testified that he thought that the death OF seymour
was from blow the head with club or some similar
instrument He described the postmOrem condition OF
Orne in substance, already reported, and deposed
that, while Ornell had evidently been abused, ne haa
brain disease which might have proved Iata az any
10 say positively whether not the brain disease alone
h caed death hui was of opinion that such injuries
"a had been inflicted upon Orne would accelerate the
death OF man In CONDITION so eheeDeu aS was 'na Vi
the evidence was here closed and the case submitted
TO the jury without comment by the coroner. AS tne
inry was about TO retire. Farrell and desired to
make a statement. but prevented by the Coroner,
Informed nun that he would be gwen an opportu-
nifty to speak at later point OF the proceedings
THE vERDICTs.
After brief absence the jury returned and rendered
yerdicts that John Ornen came TO his death from
brain disease fastened by i'll treatment at the hands OF
Thomas Farrell :" and that Horatio Seymour came to
his death from injuries at the hands Of Thomas Farrell
The verdcts were signed by ]. Bach of No "a East
TheO. Shore of No. WarTen-st, Robert
Dix of No. % Warren-st, Fred. Eckboh Jr. OF No 81
Churchst. II. L. Larrabee Of NO. 70 Warrenst' George
Schaeffer of No. 283 Seventhave.
Farrell when called up 10 make statement, was re-
minded by the Coroner that he was at liberty 10 answer
| any
he should be careful TO making any statement without
the advice of counsel Farrell then stated that he was
Going on % wears of age" born In the upper part
of New York city, starbuilder by trade and not
ty OF the charges preferred against him. His appear
anee is not prepOssessing. He committed To the
ombs without bail TO await the action OF the Grand Jury