New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-23

when on Friday last Mr.. Smith was suddenly seized
with commissions He continued TO grow worse
until Sunday night when death reHcVeu nlu Aoii
terrible suheIings
INVESTIGATING A sTABLE-BoYS DEATH.
INQUEST Al STONY BROOK, L. l., IN 1HE CASE OF
THOMAS II. LYONS.
Theinouirv into the cause Of the death the young
man Thomas II. Lyons, a farm laborer in the en-
ploy of Daniel w. sherry of Stony Brook, l.. l., who
was found dying on the barn floor July 10, was
continued yesterday before Justice Rogers. Dis
trict-Attorney Petty examined the witnesses
Since the last session of the Coroners jury the hat
and shoes worn by Lyons when he was last seen have
been given to the Dstrict-Attoney. The nat'
common straw one, plainly shows the breas IN the
side corresponding to the wound in the head' ne
witnesses who first saw the body on the barn moor
all agree In saving that his hat lay near MN OH INC
floor. which would hardly have been the case had
he fallen from the hay NOW, for IT httea MN
TIGHTLY John Jones the colOred boy who slept III
the barn and found Lyons on the floor nSehsioie,
is believed to have story yet to TELL Upon seVerai
occasions he has said to different persons that Il nc
were not let alone he would tell all ne hho" "oo
A colored man, Samuel Spencer Of ,Sm1thtoNWSn l
Branch on the morning of the day t2Llo"Img ~, Of
find M of Iyonss body, when told OF the deatho Vi
the Young man. said, without knowing Tue ciloIi,d
stances that Lyons murdered, ana wheh ass a.,
why he Thought so, 1eplcu! IiO' -.
road not week ago and he asked me II could not
get HIM place to work for he salu II nc se.Hs a.
Sjr ShcTry's he would be missing some day.
number of those present Mt the inquest yesterday
were anxious that cOlOred man named MOTIFS
Lawrence should be found. Lawrence was an lnul-
mate friend OF the cOlOTed boy Jones; foHr yeas
400 he was sentenced TO the state Prison ior nleo
wears for robbing his employer, Judg9 LaHlonC;S
smith. of SmthtOwn, and was moi seen ~ t INC
ciutv until Saturday night, the 10Th OF june WItn
ne was in stony Brook. On the morning "nch tno
body was found he met ON the ROAD so'he W
Smithtown Branch. r., ...e5
At tbe inquest to-day Walter b. Sherry testified
that his mother came 10 bm on Sunday morning ana
told him that Tommy had been found in the barn
hunt lie assisted in carrying the boy mp Stars
He did not hear bis father scold Lyons. nor ala nc
hear any disturbance outside the house on Uhe
night of June ID. He had no reason 10 mink lQat
his father had an alteration with Lyons Inc VIII
ness heard his father say that he Thought Lyons
might have caught his shoe under the beam ana
have fallen backward, because the upper of the
right shoe was torn from the sole threequarters on
an iuch or more, that the pegs could be PLAINLY
seen. -, RI. Dbl
Sanford Young, captain Of the Stony BROOK
packet. testified that on Sunday morning last ne
lad conversation with the colored boy John jones'
He said 10 Jones: e..
John, they arc going to hang you anyhow for
this thing"
"If they don'tl let me alone pretty soon.' Jones
replied. l Will tell what know ana nave heIu
about it," -,
William W. Davis testified that while Lyons was
living i'm an unconscious state Mrs. and Miss Sherry
dressed and went TO church
The inquest was adjourned until OCTOBER II.