The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-12-03
THE LEE HOMICIDE.

Coroner keenan, Neutrality-suspicious.
Nothing Witnesses-The Assassin UNI
discovered.
Again yesterday morning the Cor0ners once
was besieged with Seventh ward roughs, including
many members OF the notorious Rutgers Club, to
witness the proceedings before Coroner keenan, in
the case OF william H. Lee, alias Fenton, alias
Baker, the ex-State Prison convict who fatally
stabbed In the abdomen during O drunken quarrel
In Cherry street, Pelham, early on the morning
OF the Oath day OF November previously fully re-
ported in the HERALD. None Of the Witnesses
called seemed to know anything about the stab
bling, pretending not to have seen it, Below will
be found brief synopsis of the evidence elicited-
william Coney, OF 22s Cherry street, was FIRST:
called to the stand, and testified that the night
OF the sd ultim0 Patrick Deany, John WEIGH and
Patrick Golden were in his place. talking about the
target company OF the Rutgers Musketeers; WEIGH
said he did not think the witness would be invited;
Lee told WEIGH he was a liar, and that he could
whip him or any man on the block; Lee then called
Wclcn outside, but he would not go; WEIGH SUISSE
quently went out, the witness following, to make
friends between Lee and WEIGH; Golden, WEIGH
gone out but a few minutes. when the witness
heard Lee had been stabbed there was no trouble
nd and "a neany Of them were
Abbie COffey, daughter Of the previous witness,
deposed that she heard Lee ask WEIGH out to fight,
an hour when he left with Jack Radley aud De-
iany; Delany had no quarrel with deceased.
that he was in 6oney's place, and while there
WEIGH came in, and he and man known
,Bily" talked about tickets FOR the Rutgers Cinb;
opened the door and told Lee to go away; half an
hour later the witnesses, Delany aud WEIGH, hearing
q noise In the street, went out, when WEIGH was
struck by some one; Delany then interfered and
was also struck; witness had six-barrelled re-
volver but did not discharge it; carried the pistol
not hear Of the stabbing TIL after his arrest while
Margaret Burns OF 227 Cherry street, seposed
that at about twelve O'Clock on the 2ad ultnno she
heard dispute in the street, and directly some
one cried out, "Murderl watchp' saw man fail;
heard some one cry out, Il am stabbedp'
Thomas Radley was called but knew nothing OF
store after the stabbing. RadleY seemed mach az
grieved that he should have been arrested while
aiding dying man. On leaving the stand the wit
marked, .If you work hard you can find the MUIR
derer," to which the Coroner replied, "Do YOU
know who committed the murder ~ Radley said,
mo, but said 1t was too bad that he should be
rested and have his name published in the news
Patrick Deany, the accused, was then called 70
| the stand to make his statement previous TO
nothing tending to criminate himself. He replied
| that he was not guilty; on the night in question
he interfered to separate parties who were fight
! Ing In the street when he was assaulted and
Knocked down; he had no knife and cut no one
that night; don't know who stabbed Lee.
UcIeCJlVe JdrDOe, Ol SeVeutI precinct, testl-
fed that he knew Lee and Donovan; both were
very bad characters, Lee having been out Of
State Prison bat few weeks; Delany is an in
dustri0us and peaceabe man; should not like to
believe what he said as general thing.
Deputy Coroner Cushman read the post-mortem
examination made on the body, alter which COro-
ner Herman read to the jury the ante-mOrtem
statements Of both Lee ana Donovan, after which
the case was submitted to the jury, who found the
following
VERDICT.
s"That william II. Lee alias Fenton, alias Baker,
came to his death from peritonitis, the result of q
stab wound Of the abdomen, inflicted with knife
or other sharp instrument, at the hand or hands
OF some person persons to us unknown, on the
morning OF the oath Of November, 1911 m
On the finding OF the jury Coroner Herman dis
charged all the witnesses, but held Delany on the
complaint of Thomas Donovan, who is now lying
In very critical condition from the effects OF q
stab wound received ut the same time Lee was
slaughtered.
DeIany was released on giving $4,000 bonds to
await tile death recovery or Donovan.