The New York herald., 1875-09-25
THE MURDERED PEDLER.

ARREST OF NEGROES SUSPECTED OF THE CRIME
THE coRoNER's INQUEST.
Five negroes we're arrested yesterday suspicion Of
being concerned, more, in tho murder Of the
Jewish pedler Abraham Wesberg, whose body was
found in Lydg's Woods, Kingsbridge last
Sunday Garrison Floyd and another negro, wose
name was not given, two OF the men arrested,
set at liberty nothing could be proven against
them, but Charles Weston, negro with white eye
and William Thompson and William Ellis, also negroes
were detained Weston and Ellis answer exactly the
description of the the police want
THE INQUEST.
Coroner Muller continued the inquest last night at
fremont the body Of the murdered peder. No
preparation had been made for the examination and as
the County Hall room was found to be too small to
commodate those who had congregated to hear the
evidence, Rickerfedt Hall had, at late hour to be
engaged for the purpose. AT twenty minutes to nine
the prisoners brought into the court room, when
the following testimony eiicted:-
Eleanor Geo. being sworn said-I live at Bronxdale;
I saw William Thompson, think, on Friday morning
last; he to my house with two others; he asked
my daughter for something to eat; she called me; he
then asked me for something to eat; was not quite
nine O'Clock in the morning; have heard OF the muir
der of the peder and the day that they
at my house; it about half mile from my house 60
the woods where the body was found.
murder of the peder he saw three coored men on the
day that the murder was committed at the house
o S, Se o'other; he thought William Thompson looked
ne @ one oi Sea men that were at his mothers house;
oh, o .Lee men Sere together, and when they left his
where the murder is said W have been committed
Jonathan Chadwick, being sworn said he resided at
Bronxdale; had heard of the murder Of the nedIer.
saw William Thompson and William Ellis, In eompany
with another colored man, in Bronxdaie Friday
morning, the day OF the murder; they going
toward Lydigs woods they within half milo Of
the woods; was within fifteen yards of them; two OF
the men had and had club; one of the three
! was mulatto he had the club.
Thomas Losee, being sworn, said he lived at 147th
street. near Broadway heard of tho murder OF the ped
! Ter; saw William Ellis and William Thompson on
| Thursday last; there was another man with them
they were the road leading to Westchester Thomp-
had club in his hand and the others had canes:
was in my wagon; my attention called to them
by their actions and the fact that Thompson dropped
| his club
the murder OF the pedler on Friday last he three
colored men at Bronxdale; William Thompson looks
men three quarters Of hour aerward coming out of
| Lydg's woods
George Saxon then sworn. He said he lived at
! west Farms; was in Lydg's woods on Sunday morn
ing; went there to get brushwood to cook fish
he was attracted to tree by small dog and going to
the spot discovered the dead body of a
man. at home and told his daughter
about it, who at once informed her husband of the
matter did go near the body after he thought it
dead; he found out the body dead after he
told so by his sonln-law; 1t was about nine O'Clock
when he first saw the body in the woods no
Abraham Landrine, being sworn, said no resided at
West Farms; was at home Sunday morning last
was at home when his father in law came home when
he came home he told him that man laid out in
the woods did not know if he dead not; Wit
then went and looked at the body and found that
1t was that OF dead had four others with him the
time; then went to the fremont station house and
ported the case to the officer at the desk did
the body after il taken to the station house. but
saw it when it picked up and put into the wagon
be taken or; one of the men who took 1t OF was a
| policeman.
| The prisoners here confronted with the wit
nesses. William Ellis had changed his hat; he said the
turnkey of the prison gave it to him. he had lost the
| other
Some of the witnesses identified the prisoners the
men they had seen on Friday.
Joseph Blaney, of 14Th street, being sworn said he
saw three coiored men last Friday the east side
the Boulevard could not swear that the men presen
the lie saw, but thought Thompson resemblet
of them OF the three negroes
throw anything away, but afterward went the hill
where they we're and found pocketbook, open, with
nothing in it but card little red one which
the figures 93S" (witness here shown the pocket
book and card, which he identified; the three
negroes go into the lot where he found the
pocketbook told they went into hotel by
but did not see them go in.
The inquest was to be continued when our reporter
left at midnight