New-York tribune., 1891-05-15
THE JURY SAYS HE'S GUILTY
sFRENCHY" MUST ANSWER FOR THE DEATH
OF sCARRIE'. BROWN.
C1RcUMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE STRONG AGAINST
HIM-THE PRISONER FOLLOWED BY
MOB IN THE STREET.

HIM-THE PRISONER FOLLOWED BY
MOB IN THE STREET.
The inquest in the case Of Carrie Brown, who was
murdered in the East River Hotel April a. was re
sumed yesterday morning before Coroner Schultz All
the jurymen, including Dr. Louis L. Seaman, VINO tooA
the place OF Of the original members OF the jury on
Wednesday, were hand. The crowd In front Oh tne
coroners Office numbered about 3oO and the prisoners
appearance created little excitement.
After waiting for Mr. wolters for fifteen minutes, II
decided to proceed with the inquest and read the
testimony to him upon his arrival Dr. nson was
called to the stand and he enlightened the jury upon
the difference OF arterai blood from other blood Inc
doctor said that he had expermented on animals ana
was familiar with their blood. He found III ene'h
corpuscles Of blood measuring more than Oh an
inch The examination of the bloodstained exhibits
in the present case the doctor sad was made on April
27, % and 90, in Inspector Byrnes's office, with
the assistance Of DR.. Charles T. Roberts he
could tell the number of corpuscles OF blood In the
stains nor their size without his notes. which ne CID
not have with him.
Mr.. Howe said that testimony on this point was
very important. and the witness promised TO get MS
notes later In the day. and tell all he knew about H.
Mary Minier, the young woman who used TO heip
Mary Corcoran clean up the hotel, and who let Carrie
Brown and her companion in the sidedoor on the night
Of the murder next took the stand She said that wien
she first Carrie Brown that night 1t was In tie
boxn early In the evening Carrie Brown tnen WENT
ont and returned half an hour later with man
She let them in and they were taken to Room 81
The who went up into the room with " SNAKE
speare,n she said, not the prisoner.
Officer Lang, Of the Fourth Precinct who arrested
"Frenchy,5 told bow he accomplished the work. He
Mary Lopez In Water st. Friday evening, April
a. and she pointing out Frenchy." said that he ought
to be arrested, he had been drinking with SHAKE
speare" all Thursday afternoon and evening Frency'
l % No,
three blocks from the hotel Lang asked him his name
and he answered "Frank' When asked where ne
slept the night before he said In Rrookyn," and
shrugged his shoulders when confronted with Fitz-
| gerald's recognition.
Detective-sergeant Frnk said that when the wood
in the hotel cut Friday stains were left
and Detective Grifen could easily have seen them on
Saturday as he testified yesterday The witness cut
more of the wood on the Wednesday following.
Alice Sullivan testified that she lived at No 40
Oliverst She the prisoner Thursday afternoon,
April %, with shakespeare at Oak and Oliver sts
In the evening at O'Clock she saw them standing at
oak and James sts The witness hurrying to seek
shelter from storm, but in passing she heard the
prisoner say Sleep at the Fourth Ward Hotel tonight
| This remark was addressed to 'rshakespeare.'
Edwin Smith, of No. 253 Clifton Place. Brooklyn,
was next called He was serving a sentence in the
| Queens County Jail on April 5, when Frenchy was also
confined there. The prisoners, he said, were In the
habit Of throwing food at each other. One piece OF
bread struck Frenchy in the face and he drew some
thing that looked like knife blade and sprang upon
him. The witness drew picture Of the blade when
asked to by the keeper Of the JAIL He had not seen
the knife used by the murderer before he drew the
picture. The drawing produced by the District
| Attorney and placed in evidence.
On the cross examination the witness stated that
Chrsty White, the keeper, showed him paper con-
tanning picture of the Knife before he made his draw
| ing.
David GiIway another inmate OF the Queens County
Jail testified to seeing knife in Frenchy's hand He
used it to cut his bread 1t looked something like the
knife found In Room No 81 Of the hotel on the morn
| ing after the murder.
Theodore Miller, another Queens County Jail pris
oner slept in the bunk with Frenchy in the jail
| He saw Frenchy use knife at meals. The witness
described the knife 1t coresponded exactly with the
| knife found in the He said that the knife
| Frenchy used in Jail looked 1t was
| bound with thread. The knife with
| which the murder was committed has several
notches in it that might easily be mistaken for bindngs
| Of thread. ~
The testimony was very positive and caused ntue
| commoton in the courtroom. The jurymen took the
| knife from Mr. Wellman and carefully examined IT,
| Foreman Brennan as he took the knife SAID that
| when he first saw it he thought the notches were
| thread bound about the handle
| Detectvesergeant John Connor, OF the Brooklyn
Central Office, testified that ne arrested frehohy vi
| January z this year, for larceny In the
| second degree When he was searched Knife was
| found on him. The witness produced IL
and n appeared very much like the knife found at the
hotel. The Jury examined the instrument carefully
| Dr. Edison was recalled and after he had described
| the boodstalned exhibits which were contained In big
hne envelopes under the seal OF the DOCTOR the case
| was given to the jury, which retired at o5 p M
| The fury returned at 4 :27 p. m having been OUT
exactly twenty two minutes When tney were sedUce
Foreman Brennan stated that they found tnat carrie
| Brown alias Shakespeare" had come 10 her deatn
from osphy xation at the hands of Ameer Ben All, alias
| Frenchy" sometime ABOUT Apih - III 'h0 N''''
| River Hotel. . -. ~, ,,.,
| The Jury was polled at the request OF Mr.; Friend
| and all stated that II their verdict Then the
verdict was signed and the jury was discharged The
nrIsoner acted as II oil up with him. reporter
| smoke To him in French, and learned that the un-
fortunate man expected to be taken out at once and
| put TO death The was explained TO him, ana
he submitted quietly when he was handcufed TO keeper
Mcnamara of the Tombs.
The crowd in front OF the Coroner's Office was big
| one when the prisoner brought out and six
policemen had ali they could do free passage for
| him The detectives waited for Second-ave. car
| hound down town, and then rushed their prisoner
| through the crowd and jumped him Into the second
| seat. Captains O'Connor and Mclaughlin, and two
detectives were with tine prisoner mob OF several
hundred men and boys after the and tried 10
board Il. At Sixth-st. the stopped and four
| policemen jumped on the platform and used Their
| Sticks with good efect
Frcnchy was taken back to his cell in the Tombs
| and held without bail.