The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-03-28

felt very uneasy; returned 10 Brooklyn; my friends
Police Headquaricrs returned 10 the ferry and was
there told that there was woman drowned az the
Wall street ferry, New \ ork side
CORONER cROKER's REQUEST.
AT this time Coroner Croker interrupted the witness
with the following rcmarks:-l hope the press VIII
take this testimony in full | have been severely
attacked by one Of the daily papers wish further TO
that have been accused Of forcing Mr. Young 10
urymnn IL viii be seen that this rs ialse IL ID
duty the public that this testimony should DC given
in full
Mr. Young continued:-T went there and identified
the body In the water being that OF my wife; this
was between the hours OF ave and six O'Clock asked
the officer the body that could see the
face and he did SO, and
RECOGNIZED MY WIFE;
asked HIM n the Coroner was notified aud he said
yes; 1 wanted TO know IL the body could be brought
her until the Coroner arrived waited and waited pa
tlenty on the pier. but no ambulance came went to
the New street station house and asked the officer at
the desk II he knew that there was dead body at per
10; he looked over the book and at last found the
entry; asked MIN IL he had notified the Coroner and
he said
HE HAD NOTHING To DO wIru THAT;
was TO 80 10 the Harbor Police went TO the oncer
in charge OF the body and he told TO go TO the
Coroner. but he did not tell me where the Coroner
could be found; alter midnight left to go home TO my
children; the next morning came back TO New YORK
again. and ound that my wiics body was stu IN tue
water; | hardly knew what 10 do; some one on the
street told where the Coroner's office was, and
started Tor arrived at the Coroners Office some Time
after eight O'Clock; found old woman cleaning out
the Office; wrote note aud left II the desk in the
Office, and again went back TO the pier where my we's
body was; at about eleven O'Clock the dead wagon
came, and my vile removed 10 the Morgue; had
hired man with wagon TO move my wife home but
the driver OF the dead wagon had permit 10 move
the remains the Morgue only, aud got into the
wagon | had there, and went to the Coroner's office
again TO the Coroner but found he had gone, and
aman from the office got into the wagon with me and
drove 10 No 247 Third street, where found the
Coroner; the man from the Coroner's Office went up
stairs and remained the sidewalk; the messenger
came down told me that
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until ten O'Clock tho morning; was not satisfied
with his story and went up stairs myself; when got
in the room there a crowd In there and saw a
corpse; saw that an inquest was gong on; stood IN
the crowd and with others summoned 10 act on the
jury had spoken to the Coroner ut tins tlmc and
did not speak the Coroner at all until afer this
inquest finished ana | had signed my name To
the paper | aid not know the Coroner, but he
was pointed out to me by by-stnndcr; after this
inquest was all over | called the Coroner aside and
stated my case TO him and he came outside l asked
him TO give me a permit but he SAID that he could
not do IT, but that IL would be at the Morguc at ten
O'Clock in the morning he would give me a certificate
and 10 have my undertaken there and no delay would
in removing the remains OF my wife, and went
away perfectly satisfied the next morning
was at the Morgue and got the certificate as
promised; the statement IN tho paper that was
forced 60 and on the jury IN Third street u
true. and wish to have IL contradcIed; my wife
sober, temperate woman; do not know any
thing about the circumstances attending my wfe's
DEATH but am Of opinion my wife slipped and fell of
the Wall street Jerry SIDE
AT the close Of the testimony Coroner Croker ad
urcsSeu lew 10 jury vi tuo poiutS III
case after which, at little after five O'Clock, they re-
tired.
After an absence Of about twenty-five minutes the
jury returned with the following verdict, which was
read by the foreman =
THE VERDICT.
We, the jury called TO investigate the case OF Tho
death Rose Young, find that She came TO her deatl
by accidental drowning And the jury further lnc
that from the evidence presented, the telegraph de-
parlmcnt at Police Headquarters is loosely managed
that much left TO subordnates, and they woulc
recommend strict provision by those IN au
thorlty We also earnestly recommend that officers be
more thoroughly and explicitly instructed in then
rights and regard 10 the removal OF those
found dead in order prevent tho possibility OF any
such occurrence again. inasmuch as the officers II
charge were evidently honest in their belief that the,
had no right to move the body without instructions
from the Coroner II appears that those Instructions
were properly and promptly sent but the delay DC
CURED through careessness the Geographic depart
ment OF Police Headquarters.