The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-16

Cehshn uae1ouN ~ ne Testimony ~ the
Anquest-The Roiicec cxsmined-An Ex-
cerones Adaresaes the S%ry-A Verdict
IN Asssraansl. W1eh the hvidencs.
IT." mouE5f INTO the csnss end manner Of ths
death q nicholas ana Mary Ryan VA Sfpting>sts
yesSsrcas - oorcnas n.-ss- Several SSslsss, q.
were examined The testimony was, TO y rat
extent, repetition OF the same facts whicf have
been known since the day Of the mur' Ie~, and
which have been already published. le police,
however, yesterday put in their side Of the case,
which was partly accounting for SER INABILITY
TO present conclusive evidence OF q ls against any
person, and partly showing the o. rection to which
al the facts SO far known ha' 10 an evident ten.
dency. Many conflicting sts .sements have been
made in the evidence, notah ~ 10 in the seeming
conntct that existed bet icon some OF the wit
nesses and the police in fclerence 70 some impor-
tant points. The polio have complained that In
the first Information lupphed to them there were
certain implic&tlons which the evidence as given
before the Corone,c completely threw aside. 1t Is
| said. also, that certain statements deliberately
| made Immediately after the murder have been
| denied Va the<evidence. 1nl
The arst witness examined yesterday was Henry
Millep, WHO lives IT No. 2o4 Broome street, third
| hoen and his testimony was only repetition Of
| circumstances. Yhere was some interest, how
lever, in this witness statement as 1t was against
4 she door Of his apartment that Nicholas Ryan
breathed his last Miller testified TO having heard
against the door also to Burke raising the cry Of
murder" similar cry being raised by him SELL
Inc Next witness examined was MIS- Ann Eon asn
essentially new was elected, aud she was
S %sa Jennie Burke aged
figured so prominently IN the case from the be-
ginning. This little girl looked very Innocent but
the utmost exertion from eX-CorOner Young could
| not shake her equanamity or disturb her testl-
mony. When coaxed she was just as quick as
noticed anything that out OF the usual order
Of testimony She told the story just as 1t mad
been to.d BY her iather and mother, except that
she Thought that when the first noise reached her
| she heard the words, ION, Nlcholas" rom le-
Mrs BURKE had pulled her daughter away
| from the window while the latter was talk
ing to Mrs. Coligan about the murder, witness
| Mrs Patrick Ryan. OF No. LOG Twelfth street. whose
testimony was at one time, believed TO be very
important. she said she heard MRS. Burke say, II
will never shield murderer; they were here last
night but now they're gone Witness thorghs
was made 20 lind out rom this witness, well as
from others. whether or not there was any reason
to conclude that MRS. Burke meant the Leonards,
but there was not; and the point was
eventually abandoned. Mrs. Johanna Ryan, Q
She cosroborased The statement made by Mrs.
Ryan as to the testimony OF MIS- Burke In REFER
ence to the vague statement about the murderers
Some questions to the amount OF money carried
generally by Nicholas Ryan during his lifetime
were asked OF witness, to which she replied that
Ryan generally carried O roll oil bills. No other
evidence OF importance was gained from her.
Tne police now look the stand. and one after
another Of those Of them VINO had been in any way
implicated In the case, went over the story so far
u he was connected with IT, The officers ex-
amined were Captain Hedden, Sergeant STATE.
berry Ofiicer Sheliard and Roundsmen latte and
Smith, Of1cer Kearney, Onlcer Reid and Detective
The pants, vest, a blood-staincd towelSRnd the
| two knives were again produced and exhibited to
the Jury. The of1cers explained the position OF
.anfa tha W
room, the vest lying under the pants. In regard
TO this vest. about which SO much has been SAID, 1t
was TESTIFIED to by several OF the officers that, I'm.
mediately after the murder, on the searching Of
the and the root OF the building, the vest was
| not to be seen. subsequently, and very soon
after Mary OBrien had assembled to the roof
the vest was found on the stairs Leading
the pants and vest showed the marks Of blood that
| were on them, the theory urged seeming to be
that, Judging from the places IN the room on
! state OF the bed clothes on Nicholas Ryan's bed,
| the pants and vest were on the person OF Ryan
between the tune OF the girls death and his own.
Captain Hedden explained to the jury some o. the
discrepancies between the statements OF the wit.
nesses and what they mad doubtless, been intended
to prove on the investigation.
Ex-Coroner Young ut the conclusion OF the testi-
mony addressed the jury briefly telling them that
evidently there were two theories in regard to
this case, one involving murder and suicide, the
other a most dastarDy MURDER OF the brother and
sister by some persons who, although perhaps sus-
pected, still not sufficiently known TO be con-
nected with the case as to warrant arrest There
| was not although there seemed TO be, u conflict
| between the Coroners and the police in this
case, ana the jury should judge Tor themselves
which Of the two classes OF evidence they would
accept. MIR. Young paid nigh compliment
the deceased, Nicholas Ryan and his sister both
| OF whom he knew as very respectable persons. He
| did not believe that the theory advanced against
the dead young man was the correct one, and,
although the murderer might still be at large, the
case continued in the hands OF the ponce, and no
I doubt the truth would eventually be established.
The jury then retired and alter being absent for
a considerable time returned with the following
verdict
ave think tina. Nicholas and Mary Ryan came to
their deaths rom hemorrhage from Incised
wounds of the neck. on the morning OF December
% 1873, at No. 204 Broome street; but how or In
| what manner the said wounds were inflicted We
| are unable from the testimony TO determine"
! After Coroner Eickhon had thanked the jury and
! the latter had expressed their obligations to Mr..
| Ionn0 Tor his eXertlons IN the examination the