New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-23
TIE BROOKVILLE MURDGES.
WITNESSES BEFORE THE CORONER.
80 NEW LIGHT UPON TIE MYsTERy-TE,T I,.oNY
OF NE IANIRERISnNs.

! 80 NEW LIGHT UPON TIE MYsTERY-IE, rIEONY
OF THE LAliBERTSONs.
The inquest in regard to the BroOiville muir
dcrs resumed yesterday in tie large rooms Of tho
Nassau House. az oyster Bay The crowd In the room
was not large Gs bad been expected On one ofthd
| rear benches sat John Doyle, the tramp. Edmund s.
| Tappdu the first witness called. Hs
said that he lived IN Broozylls, across tic
road and opposite u Ir. Maybee's barn. Ho
eating supper with his wife and children after six
o'clock Saturday, when Mr-. Sarah Mcqueen toll his
wife that somebody had murdered Mr.. Maybeo His wife
told him. and he left his supper and went at once 10
william Lambertsons house. lie then described how
NJ. Maybee and the beIies OF the two women wero
found, but new facts were brought out Hs
remembered TO have a suspicious man down
near the schOolhOuse on Friday night with
Jacob lettings man. Tie stranger was a tall man,
with felt hat, long OyercOat and dark whiskers
DR. J. T. whitney, of East Norwich then took the stand
and read the official autopsy, aud testified 70 the two
scalp wounds Mr. Maybees head After the four doe
tors whitney, Frye. Watson and Wright, had sworn %
the autopsy there recess, and then William H. Lana
bertsOn was brought into the He testified that
Saturday he worked in John BOgart's cornaed. went
70 work between and o'clock and remembered seeing
a stranger going west on the turnpike between and
haltpast lie long overcoat and a stid hat and
not clean shavcn. Whom the witness resumed work
IN tho c0uheld after killing pigs at Remens he saw tho
stranger going east, apparently from Rosbn.
That was about O'clock lie supposed the man TO be
tramp
Edward Brown, the boy who had been arrested ut
Jamaica, next placed the platform. He was told
to pick out Doyle, who sat among the spectators aud
after looking steadily in direction lie leaned forward
and with his hand pointed hum out without hesitation
The inquest was then adjourned that Brown might b0
taken to Brooie and made to point out the barn where
he saw tho bodies The boys appearance confirmed tho
statements made IN the town concerning his imbecty
At BrOokylo Lo unable to recognize either tC barn
or the place.
Mrs. 1ambertson was tho next witness. She wogc
brown silk dress, black l0ak and white straw hat
with a mass OF feathers Sho her In low
voice, clear but somewhat harsh She said she supper
ready Saturday by the time her husband home
When he IN she In the house aud supposed that
IL before O'clock. Ii dark and the lamp
lighted They sat down 70 eat something after o'clock
IN while they eating supper aud said
somebody had been numbering Mr.. Maybeo
ANA that Annie and Mrs. Naybee not to be found
Her husband put his hat aud went out with Mr.. Tap
pan ana she went With them, and Mr. Tuppan PIC.
thug on his shoes. They left the house and witness -
manned at Mrs. Tappan's while her husband away
1hat night she and her husband passed with the IlppG3
AZ her request,
DrWhney was recalled and stated that he had scsIpA
something from the nails of Annie Maybte which hld
been carefully wrapped in paper, carefully marked a5G
carefully placed on the manClpece OF che rOOm and tn
careleSsiy brushed aside and all traces OF Il mad been &
Dr. Frye OF oyster Bay testified that he had examined
least importance The inquest was then adjourned vuu
tomorrow at . a. N. Edward Brown Kept al uysF
Bay, under the charge OF Constable Masttr5ou.
William III. SmOnsOn sOnlnlaU OF Mr MayO has or
fered $500 the and cUnN lotion Oi the Ml yr
murderers This brings the total amount 20 SzJO