The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-28
CONTINUED ON TEETH PAGE.
THE BROKEN JAW TRAGEDY.

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| The Inquest ON the Body OF Henry
LONESOME OF the Empanelled Juries
Dismissed-A Lively Day In the Hicks
willie Hotel-The Testimony OF q Com
mittec OF Doctors-Dcath Caused by
Fracture, Exhaustion, Poisonous In
nammation and Starvation.
There was, as anticipated, an exceedingly lively
| time yesterday at the inquest held at Hicksvile,
l.. l., on the death OF Henry Jones, the victim Of
| the South Oyster Bay tragedy. The investigation
into the particulars of the homicide held in o
second story room Of the principal village hotel,
| within few hundred PAGES of the disagreeable
| Long Island Railroad depot. large number Of
the surrounding inhabitants, among whom were
| some curious specimens OF human intelligence
had cOngrcgated in and around the hotel as early
as ten O'Clock A. NJ, and did not quit the
scene nor relax their anxiety and intense interest
during the whole proceedings OF the day. Coroner
Baylis arrived at quarter past eleven O'Clock at
tended by his counsel, ex-ChancellOr McCunn,
rustic-lOoking midde-aged gentleman, with much
gravity and wit in his physique. The District At
tOrney Of Queens county, Mr.. Benjamin w. Down
ing, was present, and Messrs. Mott b Fleming
appeared as counsel for the prisoner. The prisoner
himself remained sitting silently by, with all The
manifestations of indifference stamped upon his
unwrinkled brow.
THE FIRST AND SECOND JURIEs
At eleven O'Clock the following jurymen answered
to their names:-Edgar Davis, Joseph McGringe,
John T. Underhin, E.. II. de Langelittle, William
Freytagh, Edmond Jarvis, Richard Lewis and John
Coeer. After the calling of the roll lively discus
sion ensued as to the dismissal or continuance
OF the former jury empanelled by the Coroner
when jones' ante-mortem abatement was taken.
At the desire of the District Attorney on behalf OF
n
the dead body 1t was resolved that the views Of
the said jury on the ante-mortem examination
should be taken. The following incomplete decision
or verdict was then handed in by the foreman OF
the jury empaneed on the ante-mortem examina-
tom
died we found him in critical which Rs said
| Howard, and we Uhe jury fad the same.
THE DEAD MANS STORY.
| The ante-mortem statement OF Henry Jones was
OF the second jury, OF which the following Is
| COPY
The examination of Henry taken by and before
county hi; IN dsy Of February 1873 Is as
Of William Howard, in the town Of Hempstead in the
o It'd @ % @ ' @ that s hs
nothing to do With him asked him when he could pay
aS hard blow on SIDE
then sSd tS HIM You are VERY nice ice man. he then
hard blow: The side q the End neck,
Am hand and had no
| such thoughts; had small knife IN my pocket
HENRY JONES.
The District Attorney objected to counsel for the
prisoner unless they acted through the Coroner.
| This being agreed to the testimony of DR.. Webb
| was then taken.
| He said
I PRIMARY CAUSE HENRY JONES' DEATH
fractures received the actual his death
crescences q ne woHns being swallowed and aSsor6sd
death he thought the case might been called byema
| or blood poison
OPINION OF ANOTHER DOCTOR.
! DR.. George B. Richmond was next called on to
| give his opinion as to the cause of death.
SAID he agreed entirely with Or Webb except that
sells sell empty s the condition Of the body indicated death
had no either Of the chest
bowels lungs liver the fracture the transverse
e ne sS%e sSsssS% @
fracture to the amount OF three ounces
STILL ANOTHER.
| DR.. Hegeman, the next witness, read his notes
| on the ante-mOrtem examination which showed
that the wounds were not very carefully
| strapped
The only spoken of being adhesive straps stick
thought resulted primarily from the subse-
Of BEING
he min to him rsraS ct va
wine and brandy, chloride potassium a mouth wash,
| and put water mixed with iodine and alcohol on the
| cloths
| AND ANOTHER.
| The testimony OF DR.. George W. Bell followed,
and was entirely in accordance with that OF the
preceding witnesses. He thought that death re:
suited from prostraton Of the system, and said
| as splinter in the finger may be sometimes the
cause OF DEATH so also may the fracture In case
| like the present one.
| THE LAST.
| DR.. Henry L. Van Zandt said death was 0cca-
stoned by exhaustion, followed by diarrhGa and
inability to take nourishment, primarily caused by
the fracture. He gave the various symptoms Of
deceased during his illness.
THE PRISONER TEsTIFIEs.
william Howard, the prisoner, then gave the
| words Of Henry Jones, alter being struck. They
| corroborated in all the respects the ante-mortem
statement of the deceased.
After some further testimony OF an unimportant
kind from the last witness and the doctors indis-
criminately and collectively and racy and curious
TRADE Of eloquent appeals from the counsel on
+ both Sides interrupted in its warmest moment by
an authoritative and sensible interposition from
District Attorney Downing, the Coroner finally de-
clared the inquest adjourned until Wednesday, the
4th of March, when 1t would be resumed under
similar circumstances at ten O'Clock A. NJ The res
tive crowd then thronged the stairway down to the
! hall and made the snowstuffed air resound with
their laughter. while the county officials, lawyers
and reporters repaired to the miserable railroad
| depot, full OF many curious thoughts about the
Hicksvile' inquest and its interested personages.
WHY ADAM COULD NOT HAVE BEEN AN
FRESHMAN.