The New York herald., 1876-02-01

and illumined by burning jets Of gas that
dispel the horrible shadows OF the cham
bers OF death. The Williamsburg Morgue
is stall In a stable Il is all that the city provides
and into this stall the Jurymen ushered Passing
through the crowd of nearly 100 workmen who gath
cred the sidewalk Of No. S67 Fourth jury
entered the shop Of Mr. Owen Gallagher, the under
taker Walking through the rows OF dark-stained
fms and entering the harness and hearse room, the
men made their way to the stable in the Il
is not more than ten by twelve feet size, and there
the remains Of William n. Simmons or, rather, so
much Of them as had been found up that hour were
looked upon by the men who were TO consider the
cause OF his death.
The daylight came family through the wire screens at
the windows and discovered the eyes Of the nervous
and horrlhed jurymen the frghtful relies Of the mur
dered man. Shocked with tho sight each turned his
away as he noticed on the floor at the left
common black trunk, iron bound but open In which
arms, pale and bloodless the hands still
begrimed with oil and machine dust Above the
wrists and 10 the shoulders the flesh and
tendons had been sliced away leaving ragged bloody
ends OF flesh at the extremites. With them two
white feet attached 10 the bones OF the legs that had
been chopped or . few inches above tho knees, and
they, too, had been cleared OF flesh Turning with
shudder from these the eyes Of the Jury rested on
common water bucket, partly filled with Jumps Of ice
upon which rested the head OF the murdered man.
The light brown hair waved the forehead and the
brown grizzly beard curled around the face thus
eving in part the staring gaze OF the dead eyes and
the CHASTITY open mouth Close TO these in that cham
Der OF horrors stew pan containing the heart
lungs, kidneys and liver OF the dead man. black with
the effects OF the lime and heat OF the in
which they had been cooking Still more
hideous were the contents Of tin wash
boiler In IL was the body OF Simmons, from the
hips TO the neck the having been cut
or at the shoulders, and tho flesh the back and
breast stripped away the bones alone remaining, with
their awful fringe OF blood drops Close to this was
another pail with sheets and steaks OF flesh, mixed
with horrible deformty shape, that the brutal hend
had not time enough to burn away Thoroughly sick
ened by the revolving spectacle the jury turned away
and len the room After they had recovered control
of their their names were called as foows:-
rHR coRoNER's JURY.
Henry Summersgill jeweller No. ISL Grand street
John L. Brainard, furnishing goods corner OF Grand
and F,fth street.
William schaefer, hardware, No 1877 Grand street.
John T. Seward, dry goods. No POI Grand street
NJ. c. Mahony dry goods, No. 3o7 Grand street
Samuel Meyers, cigars, No III Grand street
Cornelius Meyers, Fourth street, between North
Ninth and Tenth streets.
John Baldwin, teas, Grand and Eighth streets.
Amos Sconeld merchant No 179 South First street
Edwald Rudolph, barber, No l56 Grand street
AS they uncovered their heads and raised their right
hands each swore TO render verdict in this in
accordance with the evidence Coroner Nolan then
sad:-"Gentemeu, In view OF the fact that more evi
dence than be given TO you at present will be
placed in my hands within day two deem it ad.
visabe adjourn this inquest until Thursday next,
two O'Clock p. NJ whom 1t will bo resumed in Justice
Eott's court room, at South First and Filth
streets" The jurymen then departed and visited the
scENE oP THE TRAGEDY
In front Of the little frame cottage at No 9s North
Third another crowd OF curious citizens
blocking the sidewalk Pushing through them the
policeman in advance opened the alley gate, and the
Jurymen walked into the court yard between the front
aud rear houses The house. occupied by the MUIR
derer Kretz alias Fuchs has been described The
dows closed and barred. Opening the front door
the passed into the low-ceied which had
served for kitchen, living room ana slaughter pen.
In the search for the deadly weapons and
the OF the victim the detectives had thrown
the furniture OF that adjoining bedroom in con-
fusion. The bedding piled chairs in the
kitchen. The stove pipe had been disconnected, the
Goals taken from the CRATE the door left open
the ireboard torn away from its place, the boards
ripped from the door, and bricks and earth scat
tered from the hearth the Beneath a mir
between the windows the trinkets and sewing
materiafsUse the wiio. Around the walls hung
highly coored autographs OF St Mary Magdalene in
prayer portrait of Washington and his former homo
at Mount Vernon, engraving of the Madonna de San
Ssto the ''Descent from the Cross" garden
in summer and plaster medallion Of might" The
furniture poor and piece OF bloody
pet had been cut from the floor OF the bedchamber,
and the boards beneath we're dark with blood. Out
side Of the house. close under the windows, was an
earthen jar hled with pieces OF picked pork that
looked much like the mutiated pieces Of the body
the Morgue that again the spectators compelled
away The jury having inspected the premises,
separated until Thursday next
THE POST -MoRrRM RxAmSArios
DR.. Joseph Creamer. Deputy Coroner, repaired to
the Morgue at an early hour and previous TO the
panoling Of the Coroner's jury made a careful ex-
animation OF the remains taking the necessary as
he proceeded On the arrival OF the jury he
having finished the work the Deputy Coroner reported
a missing the pelvs, thighs portions Of the thorax
and quantity OF aesh and skin from the ribs In re-
laton to the fragments before him he reported the fol-
lowing result Of the post -mortem examination
There was one cut the posterior portion Of the
head resching into the bone to the right the ins,ru
ment sinking deep into the spinal column between the
base OF the skull and tho cervica vcrteDra There
a cut the efl side OF the face through the
neck severing the jaw, and reaching through to the
spinal column. This latter probably a miss cut
In severing the head from the body when
the chcpping in progress The spinal column,
where IL joined the head was roughly shattered as
though done with similar implement
The portion OF the trunk separated from the
pelvis by clean saving through the body OF OF the
vertebrae The lower extremtes were severed three
four inches above the knee joints and In both
tue nesh roughly hacked OF with o knife Tho
feet we're not disturbed, bu, just above the ankle the
noshfwas in strips while nothing but fair amount OF
muscle renamed on the bones The upper extremitics
were ceanly sawed or two or three inches below tho
shoulder joint and also roughly hacked the esh
being evidently removed by person who did not un-
dcrstand tho nrt Of dixaactino The hands like the