The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-18


SAID it was; on further search found some small
bullets In the house, but pistol; knew that deceased
was 10 DE present At the burglary as detectives haa
seen him before and could have easily recognized
him.
To Juror-Saw pistol in sullivan's hand when we
Roundsman Henry j. Quinn testiaed:-I was with
another officer placed In the bedroom the top floor
Of Sullivans house did deceased before he
shot; man came up TO the door where we're; about
one O'Clock they entered the house, and II was
about two when he came 70 the door; as
soon as they entered Officer Reddng came up
and told me; we then heard voices down stairs as
though two or three men Whispering heard NOISE
OF bottles shaking and ratiling of keys something e
down and made a noise; tins was on the nrst noor
they Kept quiet for about ten minutes then We started
TO come up stairs concluded be coming up to the
room where we were he came as lar as the Jam Oh Inc
door and
FLASHED A DARK LANTERN
in nv face as quick he did he started back for the
stairs; | Jumped after him; he bounded down the
whole flight of stairs to the floor below; my pistol
cdentally went OF; did not shoot any more; was not
acquainted with the passageway, and, as Il
was dark, could not move as quickly as
the man did; heard four. or Ave shots
pistol lodged in the wall opposite the stairs when the
man was turning with the light got good view or
him. and nave no hesitation IN saying ne was the PITS
oner Connolly, whom subsequently arrested at Doobs
Ferry knew the deceased 10 speak to him and under
stood in what capacity he was here last night
Patroman Springer testified that after the shots
fred he a man fall directly of the piazza 10
the ground; he never moved aGterward; fired my re-
volver at an object moving of to the south end Of the
building
Charles F. Eichhorn testified to seeing three men
approach the house, they were walking Indian ME;
recognized Rugg, who large man. as being in the
middle of the three; did not distinctly recognize the
other two up stairs in the shed at the time; after
the first report he down with the rest
and saw a man come OF the house and run up the
street; followed him and fired four shots out OF my re-
volver at him. when | came back | saw George y.
Taylor and asked him II any OF them had been
caught; he said, 81 don't know; the detective IS
dead
John NJ Sullivan having been sworn. testified
Last night, at nine o'clock, was informed that the
burglars to come; there were about twenty men
in the store at the time; Mr. Eichhorn told me he
wanted outside speak to me; went out and found
Captain Wsea; he told me there had been a
Job put up to rob me that t.ot night 1y ~
get those OF my house soon as possible, TO
make no alarm and not to be afraid, as there was
that the intention was TO capture the burgars he then
said he would return with the police, and that they
would ring the front door bell as sig-
nal; went up stairs and told my vile
what had heard, and advised her to make no alarm
for fear OF spelling the pans in little while after that
the officers and others came; we went up stairs and
Captain Mangin arranged the plan for capturing the
burglars; then put my pocketbook containing $50 in
the safe, having first marked the money with
my initials; then went into a closet in my
bedroom and got my revolver after which went with
two officers and Mr. Echhorn, TO an outer building, up
stairs; there about an hour when one OF the
parties SAID "They are coming about ten OF nlteeh
minutes later saw light in the store nom the rehec-
s0n Of MAYED lantern stairs s saS down 1nS hSn.
this slime the men had been in the store
about half an hour, and was becoming impatient at
not hearing the signal from the officers inside, us per
agreement; SAID 70 the officer, 'Let US go down and
surround the house OF else the men may get away"
be answered. saying 'We must watt according TO the
Captams orders I" some after that drawer in the
grocery store fell On a tea can making great nose
we all then came down the stairs leading and having
my revolver my hand the officer told me not to fire,
and said would not except in case OF emergency
went to window IN the rear OF the house; there
was light burning low inside; could see two men in
side OF my counters they emptied the money
drawer and put the contents in their pockets;
watched them for fifteen or twenty minutes; the
smallest OF the two men on the inside; Iecog-
nzed him his face was turned toward me; both had
slouched hats; the smallest OF the two recognize as
the prisoner, John Connolly; they emptied some
cigar boxes into their pockets and opened bottle OF
wine drinking It's contents; l thought would
frs at them through the window; then went round to
the grocery store window and heard a shot fired,
thought, IN the house; had not seen any third
party in the house no one but the Two
was in the house at all; was crouching along
toward the door of the liquor store when
a man came ing out and fired shot; very
the man when fred think the shot must have
struck him in the head, as the muzze OF my pistol In
cned upward the man had silver plated revolver IN
his hand when he was coming out through the door,
heard another shot In about a second after fired;
the man walked or ran few steps and fell on the
piazza had not been told by any one that deceased
was going to be there detective; the man was
carried into the house dead; then recognized him
as Dr. Rugg, aud very sorry to think that had,
perhaps been the cause OF his death On searching the
place found the counter bottle OF ether or choro
form, and also the Jimmy, skeleton key and other
burglars tools here produced; in the pocket OF de-
ceased found forty or fifty cigars, which recognized
my property; silver plated pistol was found under
the body OF deceased as he lay on the piazza
DR.. NJ Ives testified TO making post-mortem
examination of the romans; found two wounds
scalp wound the right temple and another wound
the ght breast inch above and to the right OF the
nipple; the bullet assembled and struck the third rib
glanced and struck the fourth RIB passing be-
tween the third and fourth ribs ana through
the right lung, perforsting aud passing through the
descending aorta little below Its arch; the wound in
the right breast sufficient to death in two
three minutes; the forehead the ball struck and
glanced OF again.
THIS testimony was fully corroborated by DR.. }. B.
Fuller, who assisted at the post norton
The Jury rendered verdict that deceased came to
his death from pistol shot wound in the right breast
said wound having been inflicted by some person I'M
known TO the jury.
The prisoners Connolly and McLain, taken to
Tarrytown safe keeping and will to-day undergo
examination before Justice Storms a charge OF bur-
glary.