The New York herald., 1878-10-04
THE LAUNDERING OF THE STATEN ISLAND
roLIcE-AUGUsr KEYMEg's EXTRAORDINARY

REVELATION AND now IT WAS ELICiTED.
AT tho adjourned inques, tho body found at
Silver Lake, ncld by Coroner Dempsey, at New
Brighton. staten Island on Wednesday evening,
startling facts elected which display the gross-
sst misrnanagemcnt on the part OF the poco Of the
islanG. From tho testimony taken IL appears that
to-day three weeks ago August Keymer, or, has
boon called, Gossip Hceman, ' came 10 New York In
company with o1cer ana, Brooms street, identI-
fea as the person WHOM he had seen digging
. hoIe snerc The body found Tho evidence
taken furnished OF the pest ciews yet presented
Tor tho solution OF the mystery, but owing to all
outrage perpcrasd b5 she police the nve reporters
WHO were present at the inquest tho NOT
published yesterday as 1t should have been.
Tho gentlemen IN question wsrc arrested fev min
utes before tho last boat left stnpiooo, marched
on In the rain, to Justices ofnce two miles away,
only TO be discharged, aud hear Justice Corbctt
press MS regret that such outrage should hsvo
beeu perpctratsd staten Island. In that the
Animus Of the arrest may be iuIy appreciated II will
be AZ well commence with tho delayed nova con-
corning the Inquest.
STARTLING TESTIMONY.
Tho jury In the silver Lake case having Assem- bled
agreeable 10 adjournment at hall past seven on Wed
nosdsy evening, Coroner Dempsey called 10 ORDER
and, after the roll call the rcopcned For
lev mlnutss nothing was done, but finally Captain
Bake held n short conference viiL tho Coroner, and
m ofnccr seat % fetch up staira The
ofhosr appeared, 10 company with . middle aged
man, dressed In . light colored business SUIT This
individual was pus the stand anu gave mis- name
August Kcymer. To tho very general question.
"wnat do you know Of this cssef" put by
Coroner Dempsey, the witness responded, aftsr
many interruptions by tho foreman of tho jury, with
a story this ect:-About two or three weeks be-
tore nnd,ng OF tho Dody by ths cowboys at SILVER
Lake Keymcr passing along the road and noticed
n man digging hole near tbs roadway he stopped
ma look ed a man Tor snort while then, be-
canning curious, lie approached and gagged the fellow
y hole 10 when TO bury dog belonging to Mr. John
J. CISCO, whose house Is lev rods distant act oss
mo road lie also volunteered the information
tunt the people at the house ala not want
the uop buried On tue estate, he WAS
peiica 10 come the road. keymcr asked
wc,gned about one uDdred poonds keymcr suR-
sesied tnat oud have some diflcuity IN dragging
lns carcasc the mole, aud ADVISED BIN 10 got
a hcelbarrow The diRger said no would cot along
all right as ho IN Dded put ~ In barrel Notcing
that ground stony Ksymer told mo digger be
buried there tho bad odor Of the decaying animal
would offend the noses Of the trayessers up ana
down tho road. The digger adoptrd tho suggestion
by tho witness 10 so down bil ~ thc di-
rcction of spot where the body was found buried
~ a barrel IL was supposed by many that this vas
leave the stand The Coroner held MIN 20 hrs place,
however, by asking, .Hsveyou seen that man sncof"
rKsrIryfrg RsLUCrAsrLy.
Tho witness did nos answer with tho promptnsss
that nd charactarizoi tho narrAos OF tho nrst part
Of lhe story. He looked In thedrectton of Captain