The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-29

OF the dinner party. He said they sat
down at 72O and got up from the table At
s45 and that Sewall was one Of those who
went upstairs to look, at the presents.
They were upstairs when the telephone
bellrang and he went out with Sewall and
Jarray.
"Yol swear positively, Mr.. Hewitt.
asked the Coroner, that Mr.. Sewall was In
to the scene OF the shooting.
Il do" said Mr.. Hewitt.
The Coroner then asked Sewan to stand
up, and asked Sarah Campbell If he was the
man who had shot Heffernan
Sewall looked her in the face, trying to
keep his o.mposure through the trying
ordeal. The girl looked him over. and
then said he was not the man. He was a
storiter man than that" she said. That
practically ended tho case against Sewall.
n I'm smith h S sf Ess sn sno9Ssr
guest. repeated the same story Of the dinner.
She said Sewall had been there all tho
time. talking toher daughter and herself.
DR.. Judson of the Dobbs Ferry Hospital,
one question. whether Hefernan was ahot
in the back or not, as Jafray and Sewall
testified he told them. DR.. Judson. old
and gray-haired. answered:
He was not shot in the back.
Chief Of Police Nossiter OF Tarrytovn
testified that William Pasquette. engineer
at an electric light station in Tarrytown.
had given hat to a hatlees man at o clook
on Monday morning. The man eorre-
ssponded in way to the description Of Hef-
fernan's murderer. Pasquette said he had
seen the same man on Monday evening in
Tarytown. This was the first testimony
taking the case away from Jaffray and
Sewall. The Coroner's verdict was
Il find that John Heffernan came to his
death by wounds received from the hands
OF some person or persons unknown. I
find that there is no evidence to support
the accusation made against Rufus l..
Sewall. l severely censure and criticise
in delaying to inform the authorities who
were not notified Of this crime until eleven
hours after it's commission. If such neglect
occurs within my Jurisdiction again shall
bring It to the Grand Jury
shook sewalls hand when the verdict was
announced The latter was trembling all
over and kept asking the Coroner il he
could 60. Before the Coroner dismissed
him he asked him what sise Of hat he wore
hat found was sH. Then sewali said
II guess now I won't have my wedding
interfeFed with, will ~
The Coroner said he wouldn't nesd him
: ssS % T. s,sn his testimony and 'us-
Why, that's To day I'm going to b.
married" he said.
Then Tuesday was fixed.
Coroner Russell announced that the po-
lice must now take up the case and that
he was through.
Even though Sewall had not established
an alibi.' said he, these statenants were
not ante-mortem statements on which he
could BE- charged with murder. They
were not made properly
Sewall was escorted home this evening
by all his friends including Mr.. Gould
and DR.. Shrady. The Hewitt family were
waiting on the lawn, and when Miss Juanita
caught sight OF the approaching party she
gave little CRY. rushed down the lawn and
fell into Sewalrs arms
The wedding will be held at , O'Clock
on Wednesday afternoon In the Hewitt
home and is to be very large.
The village authorities have engaged
Pinkerton detectives to run down the
murderer.