The New York herald., 1872-11-20
COURT or GENERAL SESSIONS.
Alleged Wife Murder-TrIal OF Emile
Andric for Shooting His Wife-Impor-
tant Testimony for the Prosec ution-
What will the Defense hes

Andric for Shooting His Wife-Impor-
tant Testimony for the Prosec ution-
What Will the Defense be.
Before Judge Bedford.
After disp0sing OF some preliminary business
yesterday, Assistant District Attorney Fellows
moved the case OF Emile Andrie, indicted for the
murder of his wife on the 18th of June, at the cor.
erof Fifteenth street and First avenue. Messrs.
Brooks and J. r. Dos Passos appeared for the &C.
cused, by whose side sat an intelligent looking lit
tie boy and girl, who were too young 20
realize the awful position in which their
father was placed. An impartial jury was
obtained in o little over an hour none
Of the gentlemen having remembered reading any
thing about the occurrence in the newspapers,
One juror said that he read the particulars in
reference to murder cases in the papers any more
because they were OF such frequent occurrence
This remark caused a general litter In the court
room and it is needless to say that the counsel Tor
the defence excused him from serving.
After the jury were sworn Colonel Fellows said
that he would not make formal opening, but SIM
ply state that the Grand Jury mad charged the pris
hair OF her head and with the other pistol in hand
firing shot which caused her death.
The first witness called for the prosecution was
James W. Kelly, who testified that he lived at 80
Chryste street. on the 18th OF June last he saw the
prisoner In Fifteenth street, near First avenue,
coming from avenue b; the witness heard scream
ing while he was on the other side OF the street,
ana, looking rOUnu he saw o woman running fol-
lowed by the prisoner, who got almost beside him ;
the prisoner made grasp for her, but she eluded
him by running into the street; when she got but
step or two in the street the prisoner caught her
by the hair or the head and fired q pstol she fell
in the street; the prisoner walked short distance
towards avenue A, and 1t was the impression OF the
witness that he put the pistol in his pocket: wit
ness did not notice the pistol when he first
saw the prisoner; the woman was lour or nve
fion OF the witness was first directed to them he
could not catch any words when she was scream
Ing; the prisoner followed her from the sidewalk
into the street, after he shot her he walked short
distance returned and looked at her body, but the
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the neck the witness helped to keep the prisoner
until policeman arrived to take him in charge.
Cross-examincd-The woman fell as soon as the
pistol was discharged which single -barrelled
one; he seemed to push her, and at the same time
she fell the catching by the hair and the firing OF
the pistol were almost at the same moment; the
prisoner uttered some words which he could not
understands; the prisoner looked as II he
we're in passion or excited: some Of the crowd at
tempted TO strike the prisoner and he used his
arms and shrugged his shoulders a good deal; the
he said to the crowd, "No strike me- ] killed her;'
the witness could not say that the prisoner at
tempted to escape; ape, the body was put on cart
! house.
John Tucker, the next witness, said that the first
he saw OF the occurrence was the prisoner stand
ing In front OF the deceased when she was lying ID
the street, with pistol in his hand, a number OF
parties being around him: the prisoner said that
he was the man that shot his wife, and would
do 1t again If she was living; this was said
In broken English; the prisoner pointed to himself
and then TO his wife, saying, me do II, and me do
IL again - the witness with assistance took the pis-
t0l away from the prisoner; Ofiicer Kennedy came
up and we gave the prisoner into his charge; we
returned to where the woman was lying and put
her into pedler's wagon and brought the prs-
0ner and the BODY TO the station house, ebe witness
gave the prisoner to Onlcer Kennedy.
This witness was cross-examinea ut length BY
Mr.. Brooks.
Thomas Gallagher was the rext witness exam
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