The evening world., 1894-01-20
RECORDS HELD BACK.
Papers Yellow with Age Received
from the Coroners' Office.
District Attorney Not Notified Of vecS
diets in Homicide Cases.
One of tho Cases Was Acted Upoil
Nearly Four Years Ago.

Evidence Of further laxity in the mefhs
day. The Grand Jury Of the Septembef,
term OF 1893 severely criticised the Board
OF Cororers for their loose way In CONF
Quoting the business OF their Office. ana
filed Il presentment recommending the
abolition Of the office. but nothing furs'
ther has since been lone in the matter.
The law requires that the verdicts o.
all inquests shall he filed with the Clerk
Of the General Sessions OF the Peace
There is no clause in this section OF the
law which ,specifes the length of time
In which the papers are TO be flied.
The Board OF Coroners are expected
to comply with this law within a rea~
sonable period. That they do not do 80
Is shown by the following facta:
Chief Clerk Flynn, of the District-At.
torney's Office, to-day received from the
Coroners' office six vcrdicts In homi~
eide cases which had been acted upon
by Coroncrs' juries. The oldest case II
nearly four years old, and the iateat all
most two years old. The papers are yel-4
low with age, and bear evidence OF hav-4
ing quietly, siumbered in tine piSeon-hoiet
on Aug. !, 1890, Mary Marie died from9
shock and helnorrilase, caused by the.
m %snSs OF of 2 , shos from a pistol Il ths
1t appears that during a family qunfre1
he shot her on July 81. 1870, at their,
home, $50 East One Hundred aud Sixth
street. ea1T34It5J
4 Coroner's jury deeiarcd that me NO.!
man died al the hauds OF her husand on
Jan. 26. 1891. and that Is as far as the
QUESTION. II IL stated that the accuses
was not arrested. The police of the
rwen,y.seyenth Precinct had chsrse g
TRACE the alleged murderer.
Henry Pfelfer. of rs Hancock street.,
Jersey City died at BELLEVUE Hospital
inflicted by the accidental discharges %
Il pistol in the hands OF John Sehlmeyer,|
OF 227 East Twenty-first street. h jury
charged from custody upon the order d
Coroner Schultze. The verdict wal ren~
dered Oct. q. 1891.
Mary Drummer died on Nov. 6, lsals
Mrs: Bertha schroeder. Of ans East
6erforming5 0 the operation, and Joha Bro,
Twenty-ninth street, was held as access
sorry. The jury found, on Nov. %. 1891.
that the operation was performed by
some person or persons unknown, ana
relieved the defendants from further|
liability. They were also discharged byf
on July 25. iss2, Policeman Thomas w.
Walsh. OF the Twenty-third Precinct
shot and killed Charles Reilly in Thirty
eighth street, etween First and Second
avenues. A Jury, on Aug. Is, 1882. found
that Walsh had used his revolver while
In the performance OF his duty. The
evidence produced was that Reilly wao
intoxicated, and tried to assault his cap
tor.
inv Wa1 sn 5 Ph3,lliggss W VA s ,sp ssss,nI ~ ts :
death Of John Farrell. Of ses Ninth aye
nue.. The testimony produced was THAI
the deceased. during. a ,%scuffle, had fallen
and fractured his skull. and that Phil
lips acted in self-defense. Phillips yno
arrested, but; after the verdict. was dis
charged by Coroner Schultze.
On Oct. %. 1892, Lawrence McDermott
six years Old, Of 2l6 West Sixty-second
street, died in the Roosevelt HospitaL
from u compound fracture Of the skull.
Louis Hockstatter. twenty-five years
old. of 29 West SiSty-frst street. war
charged with throwing n stone and caus-
ing young McDermott's death. The YER
diet In this case stated that the missile
was thrown by some person unknown-
Coroner Schultze signed an order for the
defendants discharge.
A peculiar feature Of all these cases ~
that ex-Coroner Levy presided at the Inc
quests and Coroner Schultze ordered The
discharge of the prisoners,