New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-13
VERDICT IN THE KELLY CASE.
THE PRISONERS HELD AS WITNESSES.

ADDITIONAL, TESTIMONY TAKEN BEFORE COhoNbh
BRApY-MRS. KELLY INDIGNANT.
Coroner Rradv,s courtroom was crowded yester
day afternoon ut the hour set LOT the e1ah,ha.lon
of witnesses in the Kelly murder case The Coroner
arrived shortly after O'Clock, but the prisoners,
Cnsack and Finlay were not brought IN until near
" g The witnesses who testihed on iormeI occa-
sions were called to the stand again, ther FORMER
testimony was reviewed, and supplementary esu-
mony was TAKEN wi II especial reference 10 tne
conduct of Cusack and finlay on tue evening ~ LII
murder. The first witness called was Jaines hGhoo
Who i'm addition to what he testified before SAID;
when spoke of the party In my former Testimony, |
meant Finiay aud and the four sRaniards did
sd sv we're not in my fathers place did not any
one strike d blow, as was too Tar away ne Si od
excited talk between she prisoners ana the spanisuls
about licking some one previous to the assault tnlnA
could i.snify OF the spaniards-a man WITH long
black side-whiskers, and Of low stature and stout
Then Simon Rothschild was put upon the stand
again. and. after considerable questioning, addeu
the following to his former testimony
did anyone in Fourteennst besides my own
toffce's door. did not see any scuie, out heard ~
turned around then ont saw no one r mo 9spK and
could not far. The scufie took place Denno me'
might have passed some one without notchgr'
Edwin G. Sounding testified next. in part as fol-
lows:
Keely and myself, believe, were ahead OF Rotns-
child and the girl May Cooper. saw no face &C the
was IN font OF Thesss At time Of the fight did not
zee the man who struck Keeiy | know the man man l
struck to be O Cuban. was sober myself hs vig
drunk only four FIVE glasses Of lager rd rot
alse NV impression IL that Mr. HOtnbcnu anu Sui
we're behind until after the ASSAULT
The woman, May Cooper, supplemented her
former testimony with the following:
bad Mr. Rothschild's arm when 1 walked from
rbei sss to CoSee's Mr. Keey and sounding
ahead OF US. Keey certainly intoxicated 1 saw
nmSer of them walk away toward sItave afterward
saw Billy" (Kcely strike two blows. diu non zee
the two whom recognized at tue Tonps as visors
TO Thess's hall at of the assault The eonyer-
sation between Keey and The men In tfont OF Inc span
ish hotel Was carried in English do not know now
whether Mr. Rothschd beside or not at the time
heard the conversation between Keeiy and the other
man in front OF the hotel was too excited at the une
tn remember rather think, though, he had left me
and walked toward Conecs. did see the Assault on
Keely but heard the breaking OF glass upon turning
round saw Keely lying upon the sidewalk.
Miss Cooper reiterated her statement Of what fol-
lowed this substantially according TO her former teS-
,nony When questioned occasionally by the C0ro-
uer or Juror she grew precise and seif-consclous
She was also iOnd OF emphasizing Der statements
with the assertion that she would swear 10 that
or take her oath to that" apparently forgetting
thai all her statements were made Under oatn.
Alter the Cooper woman was disposed OF, Ada hart
MAS called upon testify, but she added nothing TO
her former statements Minnie Hart being recalled
Think coud recognize the party OF spaniards II
saw them again. L think one OF them was French
man. All except the frenchman spoke Sood hnslSn;
saw tine Frenchman with the red whiskers hit keey with
cane Al sixth-ave, while waiting for ear, heard
Kee% lie had his hand at his ppocket and said that
he nad something there to " fix him with
George Thesis, proprietor of THESIS concert gar
stated that he knew nothing about the case Albert
Housler, William Adrian and Waiter Iyfer EN-
ployes of Mr. Thesis IN his garden' were
Nothing that they had TO say threw any light
upon tue subject. William X Learn, who had been
outside the hall sometime prior TO the murder, nau
seen the four Spanlards III fouIteenth-st, and had
heard them making great noise. They were re-
monstrated with by Policeman George Chapman,
who on that beat at the time. Learn Thought
Mr. keeIy. the widow of the detective, was
called to the stand next, but was not sworn She
related the incidents that occurred ater her nus
band came home ON the morning that he was IN
jured. she said that he told her that he had
oeen cut with kniie-not WIN ia D9 Hd,.
had been struck by Spaniard. Mrs heely added
INV husband was not intoxicated that night do
not care what that lInpudent hnssy says. lie was
not intoxicated at ALL L could tell when he came
home about that" The medical testimony was
reread to the jury, and the Coroner made the follow
Ing charge;
prison, rs except that they at the place whore the
murder vas committed at the time OF It's commission IL
is also known mat they at the iqGor sLore No 100
West Fourteenth-st, where tney maze tnIeah against
There is testimony that they ieit inc store
that either OF them struck the iatal blow.
OF the man s struck tie detective Of the
mony describing MN as having an noI-sray Dearu,
beard O na.s yoa d Prom the eSdesce that
prisoners accessory to tne crime 1t Is your
dutI TO discharge them. i1ey can Dc neld, however,
under bail appear as important Witnesses III the case
| The jury retired and were absent about twenty
minutes when the following verdict was rendered:
| The Jury lind that William j. keely came 10 his
death wounds inflicted by persons To them un
| known. The jury further recommend that the
| prisoners be held important witnesses in the
| case"
| Ihe Coroner then held Cusack and Finlay each in
| 81 900 pail and the woman, May Cooper, in 1900
! bail. William W. Whepiey, OF No. 81 Cannon-st.,
| became bondsman for Cusack and Flnlly, and Ed
| ward Coffee, of the Windsor Garden In West -Four
| feminist, became responsible for bliss Cooper.
The sergeant at the Charles Street Police Station
said yesterday morning that the police had vlrtu-
ally given up the pursuit VI the frencnman charged
| with the assault - de has undoubtedly changed
| his appearance aud escaped" the sergeant added.
About all there liz To be done now seems to be Tor
the Coroner 10 discharge fInlay aud Cusack and
| drop the case"
| ~ lIIRGRn MEYInAN 0uTR 1CE