New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
EIGHT TRIALS FOR HOMICIDE.

ARRANGEMENTS IN THE GENERAL sKSSIONS-oLD
CHARGES EEvGvFD-vAHoUs PHASES oF CRIME.
There were eight cases of homicide and one
attempt at poisoning the eaendar Of The Court OF
General Sessions yesterday. The prisoners all ap-
pearcd and special days were assigned Tor inc ai o
each
William Burke alias Stacy who shot Alice Strickland
in this city June 10. 1877. aud who recently ar
rested IN California, was committed 10 the Tomos lie
is a man about thirty years OF ace. ana presents
shabbv-genteel appearance lie is tall and weighs a'ou
$50 pounds No day set for the trial The details
OF the crime The murdered woman VINO was
about thirty years OF abandoned character
living at the time at No 73 Deanceyst. Shc had made
the acquaintance OF Burke time before, and thei
had been living together till bis ill-tTeaiment haa
caused separation. she then Changed her residence
and rcfus have anything further TO do with Burke
Early on sunday. June 10. they chanced 10 meet
in laccr-becr saloon kept by one o'keeie'
at No. SO Riviugton-st. Burke endcavorcd To
inGuce her 10 return and live with him again.
but she refused He then tired 20 persuade her
20 drink with him On her refusal OF this request he
became enraged suddenly stabbed her In the "odo
men and le, he saloon He was last the morn
ing after the stabbug had taken place, standing az
corner on the Bowery. HIS victim called upon Dr j. T.
Ward OF No Is2 Forsyth-st. who found the wound an
exceedingly dangerous but did not report the ac's
20 the police until Monday. which time Burke had
already made his preparations to escape Later the
woman died after having made a statement OF the
attack OF her The police made the usual efforts TO
end Burke. without success uutii short tmo AGO.
when patch received NJ the D-tric,-Attorneys
Office stating that he had been arrested ~ san Fran
c,sco Finding, on INQUIRY that tho witnesses IN the
case sti alive ana accessible tue District At9
ney requested the man to be helo anu sent our ue
tectiVcs 10 take charge OF INN. A woman WIN "hvu
Bnrke had been living IN California, ana WIN whon nc
had quarrel ed, had been The IN oimani AGAINST NM
Burke found ty reporter Yesterday afternoon III
a,a ib he had been IN Ca ioria about two ye ar and
..atf lffl a
clrrk California he thought WAS very eood pice o.
re.,dence ana he seemed to have high opinion OF
Kearney the sand Lots orator lie had very pleasant
treated by the oficers vino had him IN charge.
The tral OF Mr umd Mr.. NoRemer for an alleged at
tempt prison Charles L. Blair also come up before
r. Wendt, Cnaclcs C,lveriy Eiward r. Burgrs; Morris
He%9S 1sss @ Il ssa csr Isaac efcS & %am
l. Turner. II MY Herman and Joseph y, Dessaf; a. a.
Ing was adjourned until ths morning.
jacob Cnris man met Frederick Ei-ele IN saloon at
sion Chrsiman threw the contents of beer glass IT
Esee AMI afterward threw tbs glass striking INN on
Against Curstnan but Eisee died about month later
from the effects of the blow. The trial OF ChrStman
was for Monday
On January 8 Cath ,riue Denuedy died suddenly. and
her husband, James Deuneiy, was accused OF naNinE
assaulted ter OF causing her death Tue case VIII
be tried on Friday.
Charles rsohdorfer while driving wagon.
ran over and killed boy named - ancis W. Fitch on
September "A, at Tnrdaye. and Fiity-second,,t lie
S & be- pSi b P u S %6asaT ssS Sne boy a'
Miry McGiones clothes caught fire az ber home NJ"
115 Mabeuy-st.. ON October II. she afterwaid dlei
from tie efi, cts of the burns. She and her husband
were both wont TO drink hard, ana trey quarrelled
great deal. Ii was thought that the husband M
Ornamental III setting fire the bed III when MIS- Nc
Cloine was sleeping. He viii he tried On Monday.
bartholomew scbuncK driving light wagon in
Hnth-aVe December 23 1873, when the shaft strnck
nm old man named John kavanagh, throwing him
against "a pilar OF the elevated railroad so violent wac
the blow that he bounded back 10 the middle OF the
street again He has since died Schunick arrested
and vi bc tried Thursday.
on December :. lS7S. William Keating. Daniel Fitcll
AMI Others, employes OF the metropolitan Elevated
Railroad. were drink ng at No. 22 South Fthave.
a beating from the rn"cts oI
which he ditd the facts pointed TO keatng az tne as
sAilant, aud trial viii take place ON December j.
Christian SNYDER, convict. was taken 10 wards L.
land ON May "a A dispute arose between him aud the
Keeper Mcha Adams, during which the latter kicked
SNYDER the effects OF this violence Two
davs after. The ease has gone over Tor the term
Jonu Nad was indicted yesterday for murder In the
Hrst degree. some weeks ago he hred several pistol
shots al his wife and killed her.