New-York tribune., 1875-09-14
TIE COJF Bay MURDER.

FINDING OF TIE MURDERER IN PHITADILFIlA-HE
is IDENTIFIED BY INK sKETCHFs on HIS ARMS
BROUGHT TO NEw-YORK WITHOUT REQUISIIION.
GrRoM srECGAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRiBUHL.J
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 13.-A murderer, Civ
ing the name Of William Delaney, unearthed at TIC
Central Police Court here this afternoon. VINO Fays he
will 90 back to New-Yoik " without a requiston." \
small coasting schooner Joseph +. Potts Of Port Jeer-
son. " ~ commanded by Capt. LeyeTett Lawrence took
in cargo OF coal Port JOhnsop y. j., Aug 20, and
started carly in the morning for stoninSon The cIe"
consisted of two young boys and mate whom the cap
tain had shipped two days before They anchored III
Cow Pay in the afternoon. What followed told by
Tuthi this afternoon before Alderman Carpenter the
Police Magistrate the prisoner being in the dock hand
cufed. He was fully identified by the witness The
bows story was substantially as follows:
Wien came to anchor in the bay all persons on
shipped Port johnson, the name Of w!om none
Of ~ Captain knew called the Captain to sup
soon hc ard noise though Iuan was choking: II ap
peared to come from the cabin II soon Stopped, bnt
soon heard again. then went aft was alarmed /
was afraid of the mate az he had stolen the captain :
pistol the first day he came on board. When got AT
looked in the cabin and the mate have the Captain
on the lie had him partly down. and was put'ils
cag into his mouth. | thCn attempted to 90 into the
cabir when the pulled pistol from his pocket and
presenting it at me, said You 20 Oh deck ald Keep stli
You boy. If you don't III shoot you" Being afraid be
would shoot, went deck feared to give an alarm
as the mate said II alarmed the other schooners he
would shoot me- heard no IN ther noise as went lol
ward Tho mate soon aftCrward came On Gcck
and told me to 60 aft and get into the boat
! him ashore. / and Charles +. Harris then
got into boat and took him ashore on tho west side OF
kinps Point While taking Inn ashore lie ordered US 10
row faster and took hold OF the oar himself and pushed
laying hs pistol by MS side pointed toward u.s.. A,er n
left him ashore, We saw Elm 20 III another poa. ana
Iun of westward got on another schooner ana ,ola
the captain and mate that the nae Of our yes sci had
robbed the captain and gone ashore and asked them to
come ab ard OF vessel. They did So We all went
into the cabin, and Capt Lawrence lying inside the
etaeroon after they had cut the ropes that fastened the
door 1 then came out on deck and waited untl they
came out. They said LIE was dead
Ttths story fully corrOboraed by Tho eher boy,
Charles f. ualIis in New York at the time Of the
murder
The boy described the mate as an Irishman, about
ak feet one inch Ia hight rwDOned large raue and ap-
pareny 2S years OF age having red hair and whiskers
and several ink sketches imprinted on both arms The
gag was made tha; day by tho mate and seen by the
boys On Gearchng the mates bunk another gag was
found which had evidently been used before being IN
dcucd with several tecth marks. The body was sent to
Port jefferson on Saturday last Capt: Lawrence was
ahont 20 wears age had family Of wife and h' e
| children, TALL groWn lie was highly respected ana
known TO many coasting captains ~
Thc SEQUEL to this crime happened in Ph,ad lphia. on
the 1st OF September house robbery occurred IN ths
cjt aud Oniccr ilood of the Twenty fourth District ar
rested man answering the above description, In com
pany with three other men, There was not nuch TO iold
him npon but hs appearance yillanous, snd the
| magistrate committed him for trial Last wednesday
Lieut. Nester Of the same district saw description et
hc COW ay murder err and examined the arms III
| prison. lie found the ink sketches, and reported TO
Capt Helms, who u Turn repolted to Caiti oI I1ilse
oner e " n IsIni Tnon tbs chief Homes here tee-
eraphed 10 the Por: Master at Pot jefferson satur-
day and Tutn the boy came on TINS nornin IN COM
many with tHJ officers, attached to the Queens County
MTI District TuLili entirely Identihcd the prisoner
as the murderer OF the captain. IAe prisoner being IN
TsryGiayen Conn and he followed the watc-. He
had schooner near Long Island; bni d;d not
was the Pots" he denied ever having heard the name
before, and agreed to go 10 Ne%fGrk without requi-
He as taken at O'CLOCK TINS afternoon 10 Ne"-i ioFk