New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-21
WHO KILLED WALSH ?
. sr,rEMENT BY CAPTAIN WILLIAMS.
.rv purIEr FROM IRvING's PISTOL NOT BEFORE
an TIE coRoSER-wHAT THE JURYMEN SAY.

re,orter of THE TRIBUNE called upon some on
,be inrors in the hlrving shooting case yes1er-
day to ascertain how they came TO return EeTolcE
Itch was in direct opposition to certain alleged
Cts A s. Marvin, of the well Unknown safe hrln,
whose offices are at No. 265 Broadway sad that ne
of the three VINO were ior hT the
cthers There was no one 10 represent the stare
there was not proper testimony about the bullets
Ter of chambers emptied in Irvings pistol. ! ne
Statement of Detective Sergeant Hickey that f9i-
fer's pistol was cold had also an effect upon Ills
mind. II, ., uorris
r. Snghnor, of No. 800 Broadway, Dmt
the reporter wfs unable ESaDn sG anD lawSSf
said that he had been in that house tor eigh' 9'"''
and he had never heard of any such person cicor
gssys d FSdSe55gsr whS hai 6eeVe
was never in the TOOm according 10 ulo nm, End
but that he stayed in the hall inc Po'I loolrd
in Washs heart did not fit tTed the bullets ard
pistols Ii did fit Irvings pistol anu cn ane 70
came from that pistol to Washs heart came 10
the conclusion that Irving anu van" 0"O'
Had you heard that Porter had been looking LOT
"asn 10 kll nun not Iwould have held Porter
IN accessory any way if had known of that bad
blood between the men 600 r,1,-
David HTsh OF No. um S9S nf's said that
he was one of the three who wanted TO
hold Porter an aceeSsary ot E wal 5 bnet aDd
hn nt
niStois came into the jury ROOM nor what precau-
lions had been taken against any tampering WIN
them. One of the jurors ntted the Dniel t1he1
fron, Walshs heart in Irvings pistol, and satisfied
him that Walsh must have been shot by irving"
Horatio Forbes and John Roman, the foremen of
latter aid Before we left the COrOncrs room 10
90 into the jury room, the Coroner put into my
hands two envelopes containing the tatai
bnt do not know to which one. There were two
bullets in one envelope which were taken from
Irying's body one from his head the other from ms
shoulder. In the other envelope was the bullet 1
found in Walshs heart Mr.. Forbes examined them
and reported that the light bullet which was not
fqensa fitted iyng sto Two iR haG s found '
Irving's body were hattened and Of course would
not go into any chamber. judged from the weight
the heaviest The other bullet was not tattened.
II was what | should call spiral bullet aud was
unchanged except that the base was httio eX-
pistol, and it fitted well enough except that 1t
menu wc% of the end That satisfied me that Walsh was
LILY nd ~ ti Tpyng Int wanted 70 hold Porter as an
accessory, because | believed that he came
in company with Irving, and prob,
ably knew what the te For meant n to have
been mistaken. Irving, when he came into Dlapers,
fred at Walsh, who was standing IN front OF the
bar,and the bullet grazed his hand aud then went
into a plank, where it found by the police.
Only one chamber of lrvings revolver was eInptled'
Walsh Tetreated TO the biliaTd-roOm, drawing ms
door next to a refrigerator. Irving entered
the billiard-rOom by the door iii the
centre. bullet struck him in the carp enetratmg TO
the brain. Walsh fred again rapidly and the second
bullet went into Irving's shoulder and he fell
dad at the foot of the billiard table, ms pistol
dropping from his hand. As the coroner never had
in his possession the bullet fired from lTylngs
pistol il follows that the bullet found i'll Nash's
heart must have been fired from another weapon"
The Grand Jury met and requested District ttOr-
ney MckeOn fully to investigate the matter. A
messenger was sent the COrOners Office Tor the
papers and pistols in the case, hut they were not
forthcoming Assistant District-Attoney Allen
tried with better result. Mr.. Allen exclaimed rs he
left the room There is something loose and
rotten in this Office and has been for year past.
have learned by private evidence that Piper Burns
was shot, and that his death was not caused by
fall as found by the Coroners jury" -
Mr.. McKeOn consulted with Captain Williams,
but he refused TO say what his action would be.
There Is difference of opinion as TO the right of the
Coroner 10 discharge from custody. The Code seems
10 require that there shall be hearing before a
police magistrate, while on the part of the Coroner
1t is asserted that the Consolidation Act passed
since the passage of the Code reenacts the sections
of the Revised Statutes relating to the duties OF
COrOnerS.