The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-11
THE RANDALES ISLAND HOMICIDE.
Trial Of Justus Dunn for the Man.
slaughter Of Samuel Calvert.
Pope Jones on the Stand--Interest.
ing Developments.
The Trial To Be Resumed
This Morning.

x0D6orOoy 6IG6ruOOu, IN tue CUutt VI OQuek1 ~
sions, before Judge Bedford Justus Dunn, youth.
and late an inmate OF the House Of Refuge on Ran
dals Island, was placed trial charged with man
slaughter In causing the death Of Samuel Calvert
On the 2sd of March last The deceased was one q
the Keepers In that Institution, and 1t will be 70
membered serious charges were made ct the time
Oh lnnuman conduct on the part Of the keeper.
mr.. William +. Howe appeared for the youthfm
prisoner and interposed NO technical objections 70
the speedy empanelment Of the Jury. Assistant
District Attorney Stewart opened the case for the
prosecution stating the facts he Intended to prove
e TESTIMONY m TEE CASE. 4, -
The first witness called by tho people vss
Israel y. Jones, the superintendent of the Hou,s
Of Refuge on Randall's Island. He testified that 10
had been connected with the institution since ls5
and was superintendent since 1893, the pfisonSt
Dunn was first committed to the institution ON the
1st Of January, 1883, and discharged on the slst d
May, 1870 to the care OF his father; the prisoner
was returned there on the 10th Of September, and
remained until the 18th OF March-the time OF the
homicide; the witness first knew Calvert, tho de-
ceased, early in 1852; he was night wat6hman -
first, then carpenter, and was promoted to over.
seer Of the North Shop, which position he
held until his death. It was the duty
Of Calvert to aid In seeing the boys
to their dormitores after the abors of the day were
over; the witness was not present when Calvert
was stabbed, but was Informed OF the occurrence
from eight to ten minutes after 1t happenedj he
found Calvert the tier In tho hail. his feet hang
ing over the tier and his back lying against cen
No o. which was loco than rvo seet rom nr,r,s
cell: Calvert was wing nrostrate: the witness had
him taken down and laid upon the floor below i'm.
mediately and upon taking OF bis pantaioons found
above the on there ers other minor u
Dunn secured ana sent for physician, ior The
tor arrived there Tas large qasntityol blood upon
su h rt uu noS u1eu =, ~. .h Snt hs
- CROSS EXAMINATION:
mi. HOWE saea C1nnencea s1 ~ t,9 , crossoD
at present 500 boys in the institution. The counsel
e. Are the majority majority Of those 900 boys Oatnolicl
,eSted, ana earnestly argued against the admlssl-
nn -. y, .h o , % ~ h tg I "a ~ ms "is'9
NJ Howe aaiT ha Tas;raX ~ sSny that thssa hcvs
tSnir " .e MorsS ~ ad ~
MED to them. '-' .fD'- ~ '''0' ' -
Judge Bedford District Attorney Ire
ever brought S s,o court e ass n. sn.
terested in IT, and therefore deem IL but rrht and
proper to give the greatest latitude to the pfOseou-
ton and to the defence, in order to let the truth
Whole matter thorounhlv ventilated. So the uueS.
tion CON ha nsraJ IN crnsc q va minotion
M Mr. o Tomas in re raniy IN the nnest,on an IA
whather ,maioritv ~ tHe hovs are CyathniioS.
SAID he had no Enowiedre eycenf an oninion.
The avaraca a~e To which the inmates remain m
tho ,nstitnfnn IA ahomt f0nrtaan tn ffteen yearaY
the inmotes are ,rstrmcteS IN the broad nrinciplei
OF Chrstianity bv the instructors fadies and gen
tlemenl and by the chaplain employed by the Board
OF Mana0ers: there were Protestant and Catholic
instrnctOrs: Mr. Meledy Mr. Burns and Mr. Du0an
are Catholics: there was a Catholic priest At 1ho
institution last evening; the Rev. Dr. Pierce is the
chaplain, and is Methodist by profession, but no1
tho chaplain OF the House Of Refuge; there 10 q
lturgical service prepared for the House OF Refuge
which is used every Sunday at the service In tho
chapel; there are several Catholic employees about
the house; priests are admitted whenever they
come there's there Is no Catholic spiritual instructor
connected with the House OF Refuge; there 10
NO CREED TAUGHT
but the boys attend divine service IN the cnapel1
the Rev. Dr. Pierce, the regular chaplain OF the In
etitution Is Metnodist and ne omclates
q. And the Cathoio boys there, the wnole nve
hundred, consequently have to listen to the minis
trations or Methodist minlsterY A. MOI as 9
METHODIST munster; ne does not teach Methodlsm
at all.
~ ms sser 10 .e
rsn,nt,n rne nyuse X Eelage tYF VIZ ~
are personS OF III OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. includ.
Ing Catholics among the Board OF Managers: the