The New York herald., 1872-11-22

In q few minutes he was laid on the floor and
ngn1 ngsr ns pat under Ms Goad lor pow
door TO prevent the crowd rushing into the office
IN ABOUT niteen minutes, suppose he expired;
removed him shortly afterwards on a stretcher
By the Coroner-I was standing at my Office
What was the maser n and e oNe said II an sSos
TESTIMONY OF FREDERICK M. ADAMS.
reside az 2s5 West Twenty-thr street; am Z
stenOerapher; was at the Office OF Judge Suthcr
land on Monday last, about one O'Clock when tho
lafties came In took down the testimony IRON
sne wnea sa m s0s to e
lonrnment and 1t was liked for Wednesday,
ahink, at ono O'Clock; the attorney and the three
| lauies lett the room with MIR. O'Nel; Mr. King fol
/! lowed and shut the door after him and very sOOn
| after heard the report Of pistol
1 tM YNM SEEING KING FIRE.
AS was getting off MY chair heard an0ther shot
anu Just as | was opening the door saw Mr.. King
a the inca head q the stairs cSoy taking aim and
,,hs o,,,s stairs when saw him take aim 2;
had fired the shot came back into the room imme-
diately, and went into Mr.. QuicK's office and saw
sitting by his side think went upstairs again 10
the ofnce stayed but few momen ts and then went
to the door, saw Mr. Dnpignac, who went In the d.
rection or William street, Tut before he started he
asked me If policeman had come; said no; l
stayed there at The door until .hc policeman CAME,
the pistol 10 the policeman, l think; I think the
policeman ass cd him Tor 1t; tho policeman tried
1
asked Mr.. King to open it; the door was not opened
at first; the policeman commenced TO break open
the door with his loot; don't know whether Mr..
King opened the door or not, but the door was
opened and the prisoner taken into custody; that
Is about al know Of the shooting.
by the COroner-I know King and have seen
hIm;i saw him shoot; witness Identified the pris-
soner and said he was The man whom he had seen
fire the shot.
TESTIMONY OF KATE d. FOLK.
reside at l94 Nassau street, Brooklyn; was a
witness at Judge Suthe1nnas Ollice on Monday
lnGf lunu IN snfp ta t,,uk <snt
to the bottom OF the stairs when | looked up and
saw Mr.. King coming down; turned my head, and
almost instantly | heard pistol shot; immedl-
ately turuco TO gain amttancc into the first once
to give an alarm; when opened the door / saw
two gentlemen there, and almost instantly was
find out wheher Mr. 0'Neili had been hurt, be.
cause had feeling that he was the victim; moth
ins, coola be done for long time, for at least IL
seemed ten minutes to me; finally gained aomis-
sion into the room where Mr.. aud Mrs. O'Nell
were; saw Mr.. o'Neii stretched npon the floor;
BY the Coroner-l merely heard the report OF the
shooting. ta
am stenographer and reside at Jersey City;
was in the Office OF Judge Sutherland last Monday
saw Mr. King leave the room; i was Immediately
given; heard the shooting and went down into
the 0flce OF Mr.. Quick Mrs. ONeill was there, ana
oner did not escape; Ireturned, and saw Mr. King
handing & the pistol to Jndge snsnsrand King said
arrest Of the prisoner Dy cer rre John Snes the
= -g TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH LONG. fras
This witness said he was an Office boy In the en-
pl0y OF Judge Sutherland, and resided at 225 East
Thrtyte street; he said that he heard three shots
in successiOn that ne looked out OF the o;ilca door
Rs sa% came kns ofaaaa ana 9 @ n = 6aS S
Judge and said, Here, Judge % King then went
into the other room and waited In the outer
ONCE tlll ne was removed by police officer he
poe pocket. q. ' '1 'A' p's''' 'n0 pu' ~ ln niS
TESTIMONY OF FRANK J. DUPIGNAc.
King the AZ y sne tos
s sSe the
the other side OF the table and asked him II he de-
sired to crOss-examine; he replied in the negative;
O'Nei asked Judge Sutherland as to the next
reference, and he said 1t would be on Wednesday;
] told Mr.. King the day, and he said he thoughti
and pointed out to him the day. -
TIE FATAL DEPARTURE.
The ladies and Mr.. O'Neill all rose together: I
opened the door and Mr.. O'Neill stepped on one
side and on the other; the ladies passed out; I
lett the ONCE last; when we reached the hean OF
the stairs the whole party was in group; Mrs.
Folk went first, her sister second Miss ONeil third
and went down with Mr.. O'Nein, and was next,
head OF the stairs I saw Mr.. King about to leave
Judge SutheraRl's oiice; he was at the door; the
dse aa gone n tG Gc~a 80 at & M Ne was
shot; immediately afterward came second Shot
! ran rapidly down stairs; met Mrs o'Nc running
@ iSqRsd swsy sssfs Fin ssfsspRsa ssp sssss:s
Mr. O'Neill turning round; he made some remark
put his and %ras on MS np ns % grabbed
lred; then ran in the direction OF Mr.. Ouick's
came back and saw Mr. and Mrs o'Neill walking Il,
wards the head o. the stairs; they passed me went
back to lhe head Of the stairs and followed down,
light SSefcost;' Immediately went to Mr.. oSicE,s
once; saw Mr., Q'Nsill standng By the partition
hrown bsos Snd his eyes ony s
dssty Went on again ana M naiessss niesa
liam street to the room in Pine street; saw
Judge sutherland at the door OF the ONCE as / |
passed out: went to New street police station
and met two officers, who returned with me; the |
isnick's ONCE and saw Mr.. O'Nein lying on the
: BY the Coroner-Judge sutherand's ofice is one |
loor higher than MT. Quick's office; saw no other
Mr.. Beach--May ask, on behalf of the prisoner,
y hat was the remark that the deceased made when
Mrs, O'Neill said TO him, Don't"
H. is its' "A"s 'oui'
Witness to the Coroner-Please enter that
answer to question Of Mr.. Beach counsel for the
prisoner. szss : :
Did he make any other renlarkS
Witncss-Not that heard, Sir. |
TESTIMONY OF OFFICER JOHN GIBNEY.
rinct, in New street, knew nothing about This
shooting until citizen came to me, when was In
Nassau street, near Pine and CEDAR think 1t was
about a quarter to two; the citizen told me that |
there was man shot IN the front OF ~ Pine street;
fastened to the spot; met Ju 'ge Sutherland on
the stoop; he requested me to follow him to his
Dnlce, which did; the Judge said s'The prisoner
was in this room, but he has left - then tried the
inner oflce door; i found it locked; raped and
asked for " 70 be opened; did this twice, but re.
sefved no reply.
THE MARKING OF THE REVOLVER.
put my foot up to the panel of the door, and
asked Judge sutherland lcr inc rev0IverI the
Judge marked tee pIst6l and gave it to me; the
q2Qr WGs 9psned immediately; got the revolver,
Tnd King Stepped forward to the front arrested
him and handed him over to Officer Gilbert and
went down to the wonnded man and stayed with
him.
BY the CorOner--l told King before broke open
the door that was an oilicar; asked him to open
the door; the panel was broken In and King came
to the 'front.'.
TESTIMONY OF OFFICER GILBERT
About ten minutes To two O'Clock on Monday
last an unknown man came to the station house
md that annf In Dina or mt