New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-11
THE DEPOSITION.

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tragedy. II was thought that she would be unable
90 o,,oar Of the iuouest tomorrow morning. and
,cben tins was announced Deputy-Corcner Miller
decided TO take her deposition and allow her 10
leave the city Dr. Miller said yesterday that
while he was questioning Mrs. Seymour in regard
70 her movements on the night of the homicide she
was very much agitated, and he was often Obliged
70 rive her stlmulants i'm order 10 Keep mp her
strength He questioned her very closely In regard
70 the position of the body when she discovered H.
but she persisted that it was living with the lace
inward She was also sure that hor husband maze
NO remark when he left the house about going ont
10 drive anyone from the grounds. Bishop seymour
Mrs Seynour's daughter and Detectives Dorsey and
Hogan were present while DIR. Miller was taking
the deposition. At about p m. Mrs. Seymour at
tended by her daughter Mrs. F. L. Montgomery
and the latters husband were driven away from
the seminary grounds. Mrs. Seymour goes to Ron
dout where she has friends with whom she will re-
main some time. Bishop Seymour also left the
house. and will be absent probably until to-day at
tending to duties in the diocese.
THE EvFNTFUL NIGHT.
Mrs Sevmour's deposition is as follows:
Mary Seymour being sworn, says: :" reside at
the Theological Seminary building. Ninth-ave..
Twentieth and Twenty -first-sts | am the wife Of
the deceased, John f. Seymour. At about ten min
utcs of 10 y. m. my husband came into our bed
room. I was lying on the bed at the time, partly
undresscd. with my wrapper on. He had been sit
ting in an adjoining room in his shirtseeves. He
came in picked M his coat, and said he would re-
turn in few minutes. He would frequently go
ont about the grounds at thar hour to take the air
I think | fell asleep. ! heard my brother, the
Bishop, come in about II o'clock. got up, looked
over the stair-ra telling the Bishop not to lock
the door as John was out. The Bishop came MP to
nv room and told him again that John was ont
and that | supposed he on the grounds. Nv
brother then went M to bed and left the light
burning in the hall. l laid down on the bed and
must have fallen asleep. Irouscd-at what time
know not-went down stairs and put ont the hall
light thinking that when he saw this light out he
would return Immediately. ! came right mp. sat
m for little while and feeling lonely, went and
boltcd the door Of the front room and the pantry
door at the same time looking around for hiIu ]
then sat down by my window.
FINDING THE CORPSE.
81 thought heard him come in the hall door and
come Mp to nv room door called ont, Papa Papa.
and John ~ RcccivinCno answer, ! opened my door,
and rushed W ~ my brothers room, raped mt his
door lightly. stool and looked out Of the hall win
dow | saw large, black dog. then Knocked at
his door again. lie spoke 10 ne and asked him the
mvhusbaud must he murdered, as he would never
stay ont 10 this hour. partly dressed myself, tried
10 light the Gas, but could not Ny brother came
down and we both went down the pathway on the
Twenty-frst-st side, west. I pointed ont to my
brother where hal seen a woman in white and
man about a quarter past Q o'clock the same even
ing. Nv husband saw these persons at the same
time. We turned past the school building down
TO Tenth-ave. Ny brother was looking along the
fence and on returning / said Here ne is. here he
is."He was living on his back, with his head toward
Nintli-aye. and his feet toward Tenth-ayc. He was
close to the path l knclt down beside
him. His coat was closed. My brother
said "John. are you ,leeping'' aud at the same
time placing his hand on ms forehead, said, on.
dead" Nv brother felt Of his throat to see if 1t
was cut. opened his coat, placed my hand on hiS
breast and sawIt was wet with blood. We prayed
there by his side. 4 student was present. ] went
10 the police station. left the body OF my nus
band on the grounds. never knew NJ. Seymour
10 carry pistol lie was never dcspondcnt, ard
never Threatened TO take his own life. never
Inc,r bjm 10 have any dispute with anyone on the
grounds never knew him 10 have any enemy. /
heard no pistol shots fired that night.
"MARY SEYMOUR"
NO NEW DISCOVERIES.
Aside from Mrs. Seymours deposition there were
only few facts Of interest that were brought to
light Yesterday The detectives Acknowledged
that there was nothing new, and as one OF them
expressed it, il seems as though the bottom was
obout ont Of the case" II turns ont that on
Wednesday one Of the students found a tin-typc in
the grass between the two seminary buildings and
this was given 10 Detective Hogan. Ii was the
picture Of a LARGE bearded man, the lower part Of
whose face mewlat rcscmbled Mr. Seymour's. II
looked as though il might have been dropucd any
time within p week, but not before then. because
II was not liscOoYcd. When shown 20 Mr.. Mont
pqmrrv he thpupht he had seen the face uut hc was
unable to say where IL was. II WAS then given To
an intimate friend OF the late Mr. Seymour IN the
homo that ne might be able 10 identify IL. The de-
factives however do not seem 10 attach any Spe-
cial importance 90 II. although the tact rs rccoS-
yizcd that IN NAV turn ont 10 be an important ciew.
Detective Dorsey has been investigating report
that there was some one with whom MI. Seymour
has recently had some trouble. but the ruW0r
proved TO be uufouuded Detective Dorsey said
That experimeufS were made IN Brldgcu0rt Yestcr-
dav afternoon I'm order to determine the carrying
rnyy.r of p tweutvtwO cllIbTe revolver, and that
be would have the results today.
II seems 20 have been definitely settled that 10
was shortly after 10 p. ~. when Mr.. seymour went
from the house 10 the grounds. In this con-
nertiOn the result Of IN inquiry by DGt'cNG Lahey
aud Others Yesterday is Of interest. II was learned
that on the night before the Fourth Ny. Seymour
visited the grocery store Of Albert H. Slcmers, at
No,. 1S3 and lSj Ninth-ayc., and bought some
cucunbers and q bottle of claret. The BIZ was
CHARGED Mr.. Seymour having an account IN tie
store aud then he went out. As he LETT me store
Nj Steiner, told the clerk 10 Wlhd me CLOCK, ana
the latter saw while he doing this that 10 was
Ten minutes before 10. The store was hen shut up.
From an old domestic in Mr.. SEYMOUR family u
was learned that some where between $3.50 ana 10
on The same evening Mr.. Seymour gave the cucum-
bcrs 10 her TO be kept the ice until morning, and
went upstairs with the cIaret.
RESULT OF PISTOL EXPERIMENTS.
RV. r. Schuyler, Of the firm Of Schuyler, Hartly
e. Co.. No 9 Maiden Lane, submitted last night to
Detective Dorsey at the Central ONCE, report by
an expert in the employ of the firm as to the com
paratye power OF penetration possessed by rifle and
pistol bullets Of % calibre. fired at varying dis
tances at pine board. The figures given represent