The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-19
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TITO ticctson riorning Murder rnd CoroneF
Wcitwar's htiieu Thc Ir1pcst tn tho
niarguc what she OSrOnee~' Once C,Sir.
Coroner Henry woltman before the Scn-
nic Investigating UCmniittoe, Yesterday. gave an
ccornt of his proceedings in rcc1rd TO bailinr
Coroner Crokcr on last election d,y after : G.
RcDna y ~ Eil'cd. Tho Coroner sid that Df.
Mowhtnnic, O.oLcrs aasistant, AMI lhomas
Cooper Canipb II called at his house and Id that
there had been a riot In second avenue that
several persons had teen kilicl aud wounded,
and that Coroner was required at.the Thirty
nth sitcct poli,c station. lie vent 10 see what
w neccss ~ to be Done, but found no dead
bodies there. Coroner Croker. the two Ilickys
and Sheridan were in tho Captains private
room, and with them he saw the Hon. Thomas
Murphy. Alderman Blhngs. the Hon. John
Kelly and many others. Learning that q
wounded man had boon taken to Bellevue
Hospital. TIC Coroner hurried TO that place.
aud found John McKenna DYING and unable to
speak. lie thea returned TO the police station
to hud out, IL possible, who had wounded O.
Kenna rYl'c.msn snJi g "a 'hat a ,.o. one Nnx, x
mako charge against him. No charge was
made tn Coroner Woltman. nor did he know
shooting An officer having said that Croker
srd tho others snw the shooting, Cor
uuor Woitm.n demanded 3SbN bail each
sheridan, n witnesses. and " was furnishe ed by
! 4. ard kpnrupN. NJ hbOut O'CLOCK III ut al
| ttrnuun he heard that Mckcnna was dc d. and
! in.int tdiatel) ordered the arrest Of Croker, the
/ IIlcl,ys. rnd Sheridan Thcv were taken tc his
house and he renewed the bond, making II hold
! them to appear ut the inquest. As Coroner he
| did not have any right to bail man accused OF
| murder. but he knew Of no charge against oro-
| ner Croker. Coroner Woltmnn summoned n
| jury on the 4th Of November and on the yth tine
Inquest was begun In the tptpners once. II
| lasted ur days, and the verdict was that NC
| Kenua was shot by person unknown. Then
no as Coroner had nothing further to do win
| the case.
Col Drake DcKay testified that he was an as-
| si-tant In the ComptrOllsrs ofice, ana had ex-
amined II the papers OF the COruners Tor tue
first three months Of 1915 There had been SD
cases. for which S21 4p1 in fees had been charged,
including those Tor autupsios. lneNery case the
a necessity had existed or not. Out oi
the ssO cases, r. j. Hawks served as juror
in ~, n. 4. Sniffen In - H. q. Schutig in 40 John
Heaicv in A.. H. Cook IL ". O. 4. X illey ia liz,
H. Lenness In ia. y. j. Mcdonald Ia lis, Edward d
Burk In li5, Joseph Fog lrty In lsd, and A. y
White In 20S. Mr.. White Ia the keeper OF the
Moreue. aud Mr. FoRarty his assistant Burk
and Mcdonald are on the pauperl list at Bellevue
| Hospital.
There were about 5000 names OF jurors con.
nrctod with these S.90 cases, and OF them about
$500 seemed not 70 have been signed by the por'
son apparently acting as juror. OF the sal Jures
who gave the residences Of bis iuries was Coro
ner kesser. In ISIS the exnenses Of the onc'
Of Coroner amounted To $500. In 1879 thel
were Ssa.UJ0; III 1874, SS},UO, and taking the nrs
quarter OF IS as a basis, they would he tvlVO II
1879.