New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-17

several scars on it; upper lip; DOT and let
p. Oh back of left forearm; bracelet right
wrist bracelet on lett wrist and dot on back Of left
arrested: mother. Mary PalIisfcr, lives at 10. Al
] Pcriy-s;. New-iork City.
The Stat' detective and the principal keeper
looked for these marks of Identification, and they
found them alrost Immediately.
It's Palistcr,' said Jackson.
You're right" assented Connaushton.
| While they were turning over the body, which
] was still in the water the detective saw
| thing hanging from Postcr's pocket. 1t was the
crucifx which hn had worn from the time he had
gone to the prison. lie also took out the prison
keys which had been taken from the guards. John
! Terwillieer, the CoroDer's CLERK, reached the
pier soon after the authorities had completed
their investigation, and he gave permit to have
the body removed TO the prison. Coroner Sutton
reached there later and authorized DIR. Irvine the
| prison physician, and Dr. Edward f. Sheclian, of
| this town, who acts the Coroncr's physician on
cases here TO make an autopsy Before they vert
! 10 work the State detective made more thorough
| examination of The dead mans clothing. lie
| found in the right hip pocket 3S-callbre pistol
| fully loaded This one of the pistols taken
from the guards The, also found the five pennies
which Keeper ITulsc said he gave to Pallister when
the muidcrers asked him if he had money. On
the wlsts, too, were the tattoo marks, the in
itials and the bracelets which made Palli,ter's
body one easy to identify, and there was also on
the left wrist the scar from the old wound, the
result Of his attempt to commit suicide in the
Tombs. The the face and head wcrc
also partially discernibc. The body was we'll
preserved for the length of time that it hal
been in the water but when it is remcm-
bcrd that at tho time Of the escape the Hudson
was not altogether clear of ice this can BE- ac-
counted Tor The detective also found a bullet
hole on the left side of the face about one inch
below the eye.
The medical examination which followed showed
that death was caused by pistol shot wound
The course of the wound was slightly upward,
which Indicated that the muzzlc of the pistol
ws~hahly held somewhat highsy than the
stock. The bullet found at the back Of the
brain imbedded in the inner skull. The head was
mashed out Of all shape as the bullet had hit the
bone at a Close range. The lungs were full OF
air, and they floatcd when dropped into water
showing that asphyXiation not the cause of
death.
In the mean time the Coroner impanellcd a
jury. IL was made up OF George Wilson, Matthew
Drahan. John Cuigan, Cornelius DAILY. |. Sumner,
James NJ. Jarvis, p. j. keenan,. Daniel Lawless,
James Shea Cornelius Leyhane and Joseph Will.
The Jury met this afternoon in the prison. The
Official description of Pallistcr when he entered
th" prison WAS read to the members of il and then
the body was shown to them and the various
marks Of identification were pointed out.
Coroner sutton and the members Of the jury
put the witnesses through pretty severe cNanI-
nation. The doctors did not appear at all ANXIOUS
TO say more than the autopsy itself revealed. Dr.
Irvine said in reply TO question put TO him by
the toIotcr that lie did not think that 1t was at
NIL probable that q right-handed man would shoot
himself III >rhc loft side OF the face. When he
was asked if the keepers had not come upon the
men and shot them, being afraid 10 confess, il
aitcrward, he pool -poohed that az being utterly
ridiculous At the inpues, or the body which tLe
prison authorities declared was Roeli.'.. and in
which the Corouer's Jury s,lDporfel tbcnI ma
jury was not long in reaching a verdict But 70.
day the jury determined to wait for further testi.
mony before reaching u conclusion. One or two
u satisfactory ono. One was Ambrose H. .Purdy
the New-York lawyer who defended paiIistcr
and the other was his sister, Mary Berchman. who
was sad TO be IN q convcnt In Wadisnn'' VI wt''
New.York Dctective Jackson lsft here iote tb;s,
afternoon with subp0enas for both of them. and
tho inquest adjourned until O'Clock tc,mor' l'
row afternoon.
The inoucst had about adjourned whom T.mos
w. McIaughlin of Ncw-York ON. of tbo J,,yYor,,
who defended Roehl, and who knew Pallis,cr
we'll, reached the prison. II. c,me nm hnrn ta
have, the body buried rs Roehl's oxhumnd sn
that he could see whether or nor il r.aii,. u-,o
p"cbl's bodv ~. ,,as tahov ',i !" i""iN M1s
RrH 1oq nod e 1. was taken {, 10 tmr room where
Tl,n hodv then Vas in !, ni,in ~ri.an ,I n'I',S -
fin and was in about the same snot Were II
would have been a month later had pallist,r mot
death in .he electric chair As soon as Mr. Me.
Laughu saw the body he said: That looks
ike Palistrr"
An old convict pushed I'D the sleeves on the
dead mlns arms and showed the tatto, marks
THAT is Pallistcr sure ] positively identify
him." exclaimed the LAWYER anon seeing thcn
Mr. Mclaughlin questioned the prison authori.
tics and decided that the body found last week
was Rochl's
Almost as many theories have been advanced as
to the circumstances which surrounded the death
of the two murlerrrs as there are men who worked
on the ease. Detective jackson put forwar the
ridiculous theory that Roehl first killed Pallistcr
and then shot himself. He evidently overlooked
three important facts The fractured skull tn"
ante-mortem eliot of blood and the cours" of tho
pistol ball which killed Rochl some men think
that there was quarrel and that Pallistcr hlt
Ro"hl over the head. shot him Ia mako dc1tli sure
were afraid To admit the truth. The most salts
atcl,. r,,r,lornd PochI IN oct linn out of thr vov