The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-13
TIRE PATERSON POISONING.
Confirmation Of the Trial Of Van Wrinkle Bogart
TOR the Murder of Ransom Burroughs
The Proceedings Yesterday.


The trial OF Van Wrinkle Bogart the alleged
accomplish OF Libbie Garrabrant in the poisoning
OF Ransom $. Burroughs, was fairly commenced
in the Passaic Court OF Oyer ina Terminer this
morning. The Court room was well filled, al
though the case does not excite near so much
interest as that OF Libbie Garrabrant did. Judge
Bedle presided. and in addition to the counsel who
appeared in the case on Monday Attorney General
Gilchrst was present behalf OF the
state. The prisoner was brought in in custody
OF the Sncrin, and took seat next to his COUNSEL
Mr. Woodruff. His face was almost boodless. he
looked so pale, and the long confinement he has
undergone seems to have told upon his neath. He
has not by any means prepossesslng appearance,
and his character before his arrest very bad.
He had the reputation OF being receiver Of stolen
goods and it is alleged that it in this capacity
he made the acquaintance OF Burroughs and the
girl who is now an inmate OF the State Prison at
Trenton.
At the opening OF the Court Mr.. Woodruff moved
to quash the panel on the ground that the jurors
had not been drawn from the general panel and
summoned according TO law The Attorney Gen
eral opposed the motion Of Mr.. Woodruff, and the
Court decided against the latter
TaE JURORS
were then called from paper and in a very short
time jury was procured. ConstableS were sworn
to take charge of the jurors, who are to be kept
under surveillance continually through the trial.
They Will be allowed to make necessary commune
cations with outside parties, but only In the pres
ence OF a constable. If this wholesome rule had
been observed in New York during some recent
amount Of trouble night have been saved to the
county.
Mr.. Hopper, in a short speech, opened the case
for the prosecution. He detailed the facts in the
case as already published, and said that the state
would produce all the evidence i'll the case ana
give the prisoner a fair and legal trial. Another
person had already been convicted for the same
crime with which the prisoner Is charged, but that
would not or could not prejudice the case in any
the Court adjourned until nal!past two O'CLOCK.
Only one witness. whose testimony is given below,
was examined in the afternoon.
The Evidence.
William Monks was the first witness called. He
testified as 1oilows-l lived IN Paterson In 1871 !;
was constable there; was the person VINO found
the body Of Mr.. Burroughs: he was called
''Chafley' Burroughs; found his body in his house
in Franklin street on december ~, 1871; found
him III the back kitchen; got into the house by the
back door. was accompanied by man OF the
name OF Gallagher: | knew the dead body to be
tnat Of Mr.. Burroughs; the body was re-
upon another writ; the body was covered with u
counterpane; 1 left the house and notified Coroner
Quinn; went back again after notifying Coroner
Quinn; the face was mixture OF different colors,
req ana blue predonlinating the body seemed to
there was paper found which had
"PoisoNo WRITTEN UPON IT;
on the same day saw Rachael Spear ana Libbie
them What nad Occurred d'f and tod th sea
TO go up stairs; Rachael went up, but
Libbie said she could not 90 up to
look upon dead man; asked her where
she was going, and she said to .'Wlnk' Bogart's;
| said she mad better stay at the house, and she
did SO, but went away IN the afternoons; knew
she had been stopping al Burroughs house previ.
ously TO this; she mad been there nine months or
year; she gave me the Key OF the front door the
day that Burroughs was found; attended the
CoronerS jury ana rot q subpoena to serve on Van
Wrinkle BOgart went 10 his house and served
IL; got some goods at Bogarts house; found
BoGARf At A DANCE
about two miles down a lane lserved the subpoena:
We both got into his wagon and drove TO his
fathers house; | told him when served the sub
looked surprised; asked him if he had any goods
or trunks belonging 10 burroughs, and he said yes,
he had set oil bedroom furniture; he said he had
bought those goods and was going 10 pay Libbie
Garrabrant; there was something else said about
Burroughs, but don't remember what
1t was; got to Bogart's house about
two O'Clock IN the morning. got the trunks and
opened them, and after examining them, took
them out and put them In my wagon ana brought
which did not take away that night; Bogart gave
me
BURROUGHS WATCH,
hut don't remember whether IL was that night or
the next morning but think IL was at his fathers
house; Bogart told me 1T was Burroughs
watch; he had the watch in his pocket; believe
he said he had snapped watches with Libbie Gar
rabrant: went up to Bogart's house, about a
week after, and got the furniture and some carpet
me witness was very confused in his evidence,
and several times contradicted himself He was
severely shaken in his crosse xamination 1t is
said the state has strong evidence in reserve to
produce against the prisoner.