The evening world., 1894-03-26
INQUEST ADJOURNED.
District-Attorney Not Ready for
the Fuller Tragedy Case.
Magee Present in Court, but Re-
fuses to Talk.
some New Points Which He VIII
Have to Explniu.

The inquest in the Martha ]. Fuller
case was postponed by Coroner Fitz-
patrick to-day for one week at the re-
quest OF District-Attorney Fellows. who
said
II ask for this adjournment because
we are not yet ready to complete the
inquiry. We are in possession of facts
that are not yet complete, and If we
begin to-day we must take an adj
journment in a short time.
The facts In our possession are intan-
giblc, not worked out. Facts that we
have got glimpse Of"
Dr. OSullivan said the defense would
| not object. and asked that the Coroner
| direct that the relatives of Miss Fuller
place the articles Of dress worn by her
| when shot in the hands OF his officers
| This was ordered.
A jury Of eleven men was sworn, as
| follows:
Charles u. ,Peet, foreman; LaGrence
w Olivet, John j. Starr, George J. Eidel-
FS''Gi F. Gi,mm. s"i Mr fHH Buckley y and Mr. chias
After the jurors were sworn, Coroner
case. 1t is one Of the sort that does not
occur oftsner than once in half a cen
termne whether it was self-innicted
wound, or was inflicted by some other
PEI In sod dismssi 1nn H 80 the Ma h%ymen he re-
quested them not to discuss the case
nor read the newspaper stories about It.
In5y Eorm@p ,bo Tharss m Pet Is
Accident Association; Lawrence J. Cal.
lannn, Is of the Nesey street firm Of
Kemp & Callahan; Mr.; buckley is OF
q Co.; Christian F. Gllmm, is a butter
dealer in Washington Market.
In anticipation that the mystery OF a
manner in which the demure and relig.
| ious young woman met her deat tn would
be discovered, crowds OF people found
their way into Chambers street and es-
| saved to enter the Coroners' Court.
Policemen stationed there kept them
out OF the building, for a large number
OF witnesses had been subpoenaed, and
court chamber long before II o'clock
Nearly everybody having offices or
employment in Nassau Chambers, where
the tragedy occurred. had been sum. sum
were filled with lawyers, clerks and
typewriters. There were. ]. Frank Kerr
nan, who Is supposed TO be the first per
the tragedy; John f. Riley, who fol
ard Hall Burton. the office boy who no.
loaded on the morning before the shoot
ing; Frank Denninger. Ralph Wagon
er's office boy. who took the pistol from
the floor after the shooting; Winters
| Lord q Winters's typewriter
,Ioserh T. Magee, who gave the alarm
after the shooting. and who says he was
the only person In the office with Miss
brought down from his tombs cell by
Detective Webb, OF the Oak street sta
ton. at a little after II o'clock.
10 hnttn
and his eye ran over the assem6iage,
stopping to scan familiar faces with a
firm gaze. .
ers gathered around him, but he would
not be interviewed. He smiled family
and said: go,
tell you one thing though I'm raven
ously hungry. They hurried me this
morning, and | had only cruller and a
MaEee asked detective Webb to take
him to a restaurant for a square meal
but the officer declined to take the risk
and the accused man was returned to
the Tombs
DR. Osullivan declined to discuss the
case. but said again that he had sur
prise In store for the accusers or Magee
Assistant District-Attorney Hartman
was closeted for an hour with Detec'
tive -Sergts. McCluskey and Titus; but he
refused to say what, further develop
ments had transpired. He SAID ne
for the Coroner's jury next Monday. bu,
would not say whether he meant com
plete case against Magee or only com
pla,a explanation Of the death OF Miss
Fuller.
| 1t will be for Magee to explain why Miss
Fuller left work unfinished on her desF
if she stayed at the office so late on tina
hnlf-holiday, because certain papers hac
to he finished that day in order to h'
ready for Imperative use early Monday
morning. Also. why she was paTtll
dressed for the street when she met hel
death,
Had she and Manager Magee had {
difference? Why was she leaving thi
imperative work unfinished?
Magee's own statement at the time o.
his arrest 'estops him from claimint
now that he held the revolver and tina
It was accidentally discharged, for NJ
said then that he was in another room
when the pistol was discharged.
one Of the officials engaged in tn
Investigation thinks this is the real solu
tion of the motive,ess killing OF TIT
! Young woman however.
He thinks that MaEee once NOR
pressed his suit with Miss Fuller, an'
on her refusal threatened to shoe
either her or himself and taking tn
revolver from the drawer went through
the process of loading 1t to frighten her
He thinks the revolver was accident
. ally discharged In MaGee's hands, an
that Magce denied this in the first In
stance because he was n lawyer an
realized the danger his own liberty an
IL perhaps life would he in II he confessed