The New York herald., 1873-10-21
DEAD? OR NOT DEAD /?
The Kelsey Inquest Further Adjourned and
the Tar Party Promising to Produce
the Live Original Where
Will the End Be?
Is "CARTHAL0" ALIVE IN CALIFORNIA?

The inquest In the Kelsey case was not resumed
here to-day according to agreement but instead
thereon Coroner Baylis assembled the jurors in the
ballroom OF the Nassau Hotel, where the proceed
ings have been hitherto held, and treated them to
chapter OF "Great Expectations, and promised to
raise the dickens with the case when he resumes 1t.
He excluded the public from the room while this
conference with the jury was in progress, but as 1t
was raining heavily during the time he had not
much of crowd to keep out.
Upon stating TO the jury his intention OF adjourn
ing the proceedings to the end Of the week he
said he hoped to be able to close the matter and
give it into their hands for verdict the next time
they met.
Several OF the jurors expressed desire to go on
at once and finish up the matter.
Coroner Baylis, however, explained to them
that he was acting In good lath in the matter and
hoped to put before them important and
ENTIRELY NEW TESTIMONY
on Friday next, to which time lie adjourned the
case.
Afterwards Coroner Baylis informed me that he
would finish the case on Friday next, and that he
expected to be able to produce five or six witnesses,
that they would put an entirely new face on the
whole matter. and that as soon as this testimony
was in the public would find swarm of twenty peo-
pie all willing and anxious to give their testimony.
1t is generally inferred from this that some
one means to turn States evidence, and
that their evidence will frighten others
who are involved into the desire TO testify also.
The Coroner says he expects to be able to do all he
has outlined, and win be very much disappointed
II he fails. In any event he will close the case on
Friday.
From all can learn the evidence he expects to
produce Is that OF party in Philadelphia, whom
he has communicated with only by letter, and
who may be hoaxing him, and very likely is doing
SO, and the evidence Of some party OF parties in
New York as TO the placing OF the body OF Kelsey
In Cold Spring Harbor. have no idea that when
Friday comes and has passed away anything new
will be shown, although may be doing the Coro-
ner great injustice in saying SO. He appears to be
conscientious in what he is doing; but he has little
energy and no tact.
A NEW GHOST.
The tar and feather party In Huntington seem to
have raised new ghost in the case lately. They
assert now that Kelsey is alive, and will be pro-
duced by them inside OF three or four weeks at the
iurthest. It seems that something like twenty
or twenty-five years ago George Kelsey the Oldest
OF the Kelsey brothers, went to California and
never returned. 1t was the general opinion, how
ever, that he was dead. Now 1t Is as.
serted in letters received from California
that man, purporting and representing
himself TO be George Kelsey, is going the rounds
in the Gold State and especially in the haunts fire.
quented by the long absent brother. 1t is claimed
by many that George Kelsey, who has thus sngu-
larry reappeared in California, Is no other than
Charles G. Kelsey, the tar and feather victim OF
last November. 1t will be recalled that Charles
was thrtyeght years OF age at the time of his dis
appearance, and might possibly, as is claimed, be
able to personate his brother through a strong
facial resemblance to him, and to the fact
that he is to large extent familiar, through cor
respondence received years ago from George, with
his various places OF residence, his acquaintance
and personal history in California. So far as can
understand the tar or implicated party have put
detective
ON THE TRAIL OF THIS CALIFORNIA KELSEY,
and expect to show up the whole affair shortly.
In the face OF all this there exists the very re-
markable contrasting fact that letters OF admins
tration were granted by Surrogate John r. Reed
on Thursday, in favor Of Henry F. Kelsey on the
estate Of his deceased brother Charles.
Truly, Kelsey is an extraordinary history, even
to the fact that its most eventful portion is pos
thumous-a period when most people cease to have
any history. An inquest is being held here upon
human remains supposed to be his, letters OF ad-
ministration have been issued on his estate, his
brothers offer a reward OF $500 for his body, dead
or alive; the town Board last April offered $3.50
for him dead and $3.50 for him alive, which re-
wards are still standing; and last week the Super
visors OF Suffolk county authorized reward OF
$1,000 cash, for evidence leading to the conviction
OF his murderers.