New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-19
TIE TREATMENT OF JACOB sTocKvIs.

TIE TREATMENT or JACOB STOCkNlS.
AILHGAIIoN THAT srOCKvis WAs SUFFERING FROM
pFIEIUM s-CoNTRtDlcrJ8f TLsr!-
MoNY-AN INDEPENDENT JURY.
The Stochvis inquest was resumed yesterday.
INSPECTOR McDermott .; the Central Police Office tosti-
el that ON forenoon of Sunday, Feb d. he was Ia
charge Of the Central Oce. when lady came in aud
inquired fer her husband stating tna she had given the
statement OF his disappearance previously TO Inspector
Sycight Witness asked her the circumstances OF his
disappearance, when she said that lie was SICK and had
LEFT the house while suffering from delnum tremens,
and aad been drinking to excess. witness asked why
she had not kept him i'll the louse. when she replied
that she coull not She had followed him and got
him oil a street-car, lut he bcoke away ana
got on another. She could not follow HIM tue II,
as the snow was deep AMI She exhausted.
August Mcrsch. dealer tcs icd that the chill
dren of the deceased had been in tie hao OF getting
beer at his alOO1. and Mrs StUy5 requested him not
TO let them have ANY without tire money. ceased
had never been in the saloon 10 tue khOSedge OF tne
witness, o. GTluA any llqIOf
The Coroner took occasion to sag that hs wonld not
have called testimony regarding Mr otOchyIse hHD-
II temperance or incompetence except "a. a juror
had brought out 1t was not gcrmanc TO the SUBJECT
whether Mr. S.Ockv!s was crank or not. Jnf{indn
lc retnrted tt. II was OF vital importance - know
whether stOcKyls WAS an iat@mperat5 mtn. lie o.
served that the Coroner was very p0mpt 20 cal WI
urs.rs who could tc>v 10 tHr deceased n ms tuS Of
temperance. Tae Coroner replied snarn. tna' III one
sen. WAS necessary 10 shO" whether Inc man was
temperate not, nut II was got necessary III the view
Can slgcI as foreman of the jury, made speech IN
wprn he defended the jury AGAINST the statement thaj
they were demanding irrelevant testimony, ana sad
III II he believed the rest Ot TIE idry were pruh2by
of his opinion that II very vital matter to she
whether or not deceased nad been dIl1kng man.
In MS PROSTATE condition of health very Etc liquor
IA sht nave maize him dIunN. 1t was necessary TO SHOW
hos he oOtiuci the Injuries from which hc died, and
the fact that he drank, II Shown, would 20 tar
toward solving the mystery tGat involved his Geath.
number of witnesses then testified 10 MI. StochyIb .
temperate Labits.
Iiu.s Summers Of No. OF Eghth-ave brother IN law
NJ Fiamucr, tcs. mat hc was with Justice
FiaAluer wren john Doe brought Up, ald heard
sergeant Pins say that Inc man haa bccn there be-
fore The deceased had appar, nty been drunk Albert
Hufnlnu Interpreter OF ths Court, tcs'i that ST.
natUt Philips had pcrei to li'u 10 Stock
us "This il an o.d hummer" Mrs. StO.bv,- re-
called aud questioned with reference 20 conVeIsa-
fO with Inspector NJ ID rmUtt SIC teSth5: hat sIC
did no, recJrc saying at she Was unable 10 Keep her
never sdll that IA went away from home Suffering
with deiruu trcmcDs. Sue would not rtcoGAi tIc de
lrum treuens II she II. sac did not sly that TIC
had been drinking Justice F.Hcr recalled,
presented Transcripts OF tue lav rC!dYc 10 his duties,
which he sad showed that ne must proceed TO sentence
when prisOnerfas TO answer. Inc medical :, atIlIohy
OF d.. iirsh was then taken. He testified that. IN his
op,nlou death result of general debility pro
duced % Lack of food, nervous excitement consequent
upOn condition. pOsdre and bF EuTes Inflicted al
some time and place uuEhGWn, which not treated
uropcIly ana promptly Ic L. aries were evidently
moi ser JUS ia themselves being only flesh wounds but
In til. case they produce! paralysis Of tIC arm, aud
In connections of cCuls' with the DINER conditions men
toned He might have received his Injuries iail.
Tue inquest tncn adj burned uutl Tuesday, Wnen
1t will probably be concluded.