The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-13

Within an hour after Tweed's death Coroner
Woltman arrived at the jail. and prepared To
hold an inquest. in accordance with the regula-
tion providing for q proceeding in the case Of a
person dying in Jail. He mpanelled as IA Jury
Chas. G. Cornell. W. W. Cook. solomon Johns
X. W. Ensign. Francis J. Hawkes.. and Geo. W.
Butt. Testimony was then taken as follows:
John cMnocRSn d sw1,nTI r rs,idG r., at a. - Es;
or about ycnr dummy which period he has heen nm
der my professional care ~ times called To de
.nnerins rom acute suits lie was aiso suffering from
two he eSs,itis Was reevpd while the brdmchts be-
came worse attended with eSpeci ioraion and cough The
mona appeared on sunday last acute percardus with
IL ssnss mPoms 6 Of PIin ~ r s ssa S hs sn Ss m
came the main subject Of attention and treatment on
lie pulse became more irregular n'ilerSbe pam was
felt in the region Of the heart These ;ymptoms continued
under the innusgcs Of an S9odyn" no,. & he s, ee'
iorisble lie soon after iell asleep, and awoEe
complaining q nersssgd GaT "Goni ,r erSr Eswse9
sat up saying that he got reei from TINS chansr posi-
s n repsatrd lie .rpi for about one honr Az oclocS
snw lin and iound the Of cfuson had increased;
changed. aud ~, respiration had become more ahorrd
From ths me iorYsrd ara he more ORE alarm m m
opinion, was caused by prrcartus with eiiuson aud
chrome congestion OF the Kidneys
,a HsrSrr Where InI am peputy Warden Mr. wam rweSd
The scd was admitted Ludlow street ail
% 1873 and reHdmittcd Nov ~ 1870 For the past
months the deceased has been aing and was under
the care at n physician DR. Segman and other phySl-
clans attended him DR. Carnochan being the last in at
tendance Mr. Tweed died at y O'Clock noon, tins day,
April ~ 1874
Joseph Cushman, VI D., sworn-I have made an exter.
nal examination Of the body Of William " Tweed. nt
Ludlow Jail April ~. ls7s. From the evidence
and history Of the am oi the opinion that the said
Vim VI Tweed died from acute perchrdius, complicated
with pneumonia and disease Of the kidneys
The Jury declared that VIM. NJ Tweed died Of
percardit's. complicated with pneumonia and
disease Of ~ Aidneys.
Sheriff Reilly says that Mr. Charles Devlin,
who was one Of the jurors refused To assent to
the verdict. He was Il warm personal friend OF
Mr. Tweed and one OF his hondsmen in the
criminal suits that were pending ngainst him.
Since Attorney General FHlrchild's remsal in
June last to release Tweed Mr.. Deylin has
missed no opportunity 10 characterize that gen
tlemnn's action MS unjust partisan, and unfair.
While tue C0rOnrrs Jury were making M thelr
verdict Mr.. Devlin declnrcd that Twecd's death
had been hastened by Mr.. Fairchild's action
last year and his recent letter to Comptroller
Kelly in which he denied that he had ever
promised To consent TO Tweed's release, and in
sinlated that Tweed had purposely neglected
10 tell the whole truth in his so-called comics
sion. Thea with intense feeling, Mr.. Dsvlin
insisted that the lnry should ccnsure Mr.. Fair
child. Coroner Wotman advised the jury that
their simple duty vas to find the cause of
Tweed's death. But Mr.. Devlln reiterated his
demand. and at length refused TO assent to the
verdict