New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-08
THE sEARCH FOR EVIDENCE.


Terry OF TIE WOMAN IN WHITE CLEARED UP
OPINIONS AND THEORIES.
The question who fired the shot that killed John
7 Seymour in the grounds of the theological Semi
nary at Tenth-avc. and West Twenty-iirst-st, last
Thursday night still remains unanswered Coroner
Flanagan has decided TO postpone the holding of
tbe inqnest until Thursday at least, in order to
allow the detectives time to work on the case.
All day yesterday men were moving the grass on
That portion of the grounds whore the body was
found by MIS- Seymour, in tho hope OF hndlng the
rlstol with which the deed was committed. From
time 70 time curious sight-seers gathered
around the fence that shuts tie yard of from
Twenty-drst-st aud watched the men at work as
they carefully Taked away the mown grass and
searched in the depressons of the ground. All was
I'm vain, however, for nothing was found. During
the afternoon the detectives and officers who are
engaged upon the case could be seen in groups
about the grounds discussing the possibilities and
probabilities that bear on this or that
theory of how Mr.. Seymour was killed
NEW DEVELOPMENT.
Tho police Captain Ryan stated, believed that
the bullet was a stray shot from some of the neigh
boring houses, and they do not entertain the idea
of suicide An extensive search was made yester-
DAY morning in the houses along Iwenty-frst-st,
that face the Seminary grounds, and the occupants
shots which they heard on tho night before the
Fourth Two women were found in
house nearly opposite to the spot where
tie body was found, who SAID that late
Thursday night they heard report apparently
IN the direction of the Seminary grounds. boy
or voupc man. wearing straw-hat. had also been
noticed sitting at window in the first story above
the basement Of the building, the western end of
the yard. OF the two buildings on the grounds this
& the nearer 10 where the body found and the
window commands a view of the northwestern por-
ton Of the grounds. Inquiry was made among the
students who have rooms in the building, aud
il was learned that Thursday evening one of the
BOYS had been seen with a toy pistol such as is
used to fire off small paper caps. The boys name is
Paul Striecke-a youth who, 1t was said, was being
tutored by w. b. Frisbie. Strecke Is Trinity
Church choir boy. and was around the building
considerable. Frisbie and Strecke left for Wash
ington Friday morning. Young Striecke, the de-
tectives learned, had, few days before the
Fourth of July, purchased a small revolver
carrying a twenty-five calibre ball of the same size
as that which caused Mr. Seymours death. The
boy was known to have fired the pistol frequently,
and on the evening before the Fourth, that is on
the evening Mr. Seymour was shot, Striecke was
firing out of the window on the north side of the
students dornitory. The window commands
view of the spot where Mr.. Seymour was found,
and is within range of O small pistol. Frlsbie has
friends in Washington. and his visit bad been
thought of, 1t was stated, for some time. Still the
matter was considered Of importance by the detec-
tives and by direction of Bishop Seymour, letter
was sent TO him yesterday afternoon directing him
II return
SEARCHING THE GROUNDS.
There were present on the Seminary grounds at
dfe ent times, yesterday, Detectives Dorsey
IN..1l.
cher and Sergeant Grant of the Inspectors
Office besides Captain Ryan and Detective Cairns,
of the Sixteenth Precinct. During much of the
time the detectives were stroug about the grounds
looking for some clew that might aid them in their
search. In the middle of the afternoon, while De-
tectlve Dorsey near the fence at the northwest
corner Of the yard. he discovered small bullet i'm
bcdded in the boards Just about on level with the
surface of the seminary grounds. The fence
is built on the edge of the sidewalk.
and the bank by which the grounds are
raised about six feet above the level of the
walk, is within the fence The bullet-hoe was
about five feet from the corner on the inside of the
fence on Twenty-frst-st. The appearance Of the
wood indicated that the hole was old one The
ball though was of % calibre, exactly the size Of
the one found in Mr.. Seymoug's body. Detective
Dorsey thought that from the appearance of the
wood and from the position Of the bullet, the
shot might have been fired last Thursday night and
ta the bah seemed TO have been fired from
the direction Of TentL-ave. The rains and dust on
the Fourth Of July might, he thought, have col
Orcd the wood so far to give il the appearance of
having been pierced some time ago.
TIE INJURIES To Mr.. sEYMOUR's FACE.
In the discussion IN regard to the slight discolOTa
t0n and indications of bruise that were found on
Mr.. Seymou's nose IN the examination mmed-
az IN lafo he or Surd
were expressed by the physicians. The cxamina-
ton was supplementary to the post-mOr-
TEN examination and was made at the
request Of the family through their rcgu-
lar physician, DR.. ] p F. White, of No. 81 West
Twenty-irst-st. Besides DR.. White, there were
present at the examination Deputy -COroner Miller
DR.. j. Il. Leaning, Of No. 100 West Twenty-third-
st., Dr. Woodruff. Of No. 40 West Twcnty-frst-st.
and Dr. +. ID. Hudson, Of No. 227 West Twenty
secOnd-st The members Of the family SAID that Mr.
Seymour had fine, symmetrical nose The fact Of
the slight discoOratIOn hid been noticed by the
doctors who conducted the post-mortem exam
inatIon. aud their supplementary investiga-
tons were very carefully conducted In
speaking Of the result of the examination
On Sunday, Dr. Hudson who was one OEthe phys-
clans who examined the body Immediately after il
was discovered, said: I've found that the bone in
the bridge of the nose was slightly depressed, and
that the cartilage separated from the bone
There was also a very slight discoloration on the
surface. These facts observed at the first ex-
animation. 1t may be urged that if Mr.. Seymour
had received severe blow there would have been
am"re marked dscOloratiOn on the nose. This
would be true If be had lived, for then the blood
HOuid nave settled IN that spot. But the man died
ION internal hen0rrhage, and the blood all emptied
ItSeli INTO MS chest, that discOlOTatiOn was
possible. The bruise might have been caused by a