Year: 1865

~ oAye~'s - sho eoo0un8 VI young uAn
named William rtzssEald, otherwise known ~ william
Bsebe who wss found ~ No 1s2 Bleecker the
evening d the ssA tHs previously reported In the
HxRALD, has been cleared up Beebs taken 70
Bellevue Hospital, where he died Saturday Coroner
Collin yesterday held inquest on the body when IL
that deceased had shot In the lager beer
saloon Of Henry Echhon No LOO Hester street. by one
Of his own companions who q the time attempting
70 take the life Of Mr. Eichhorn who received two Shots
taking effect In his right side and the other in hts
left shoulder The trouble grew out Of the fact that one
Of deceaseds friends offered two dollar counterfeit bill
Mr. EichhoTn in payment for drinks, and when they
were demonstrated with ey an aged man present ~ shsy
found the most important portions Of the testimfNy
eicited:-


Ellen Fitzgerald being duly sworn deposes and sAys:-
reside at No 90 West Twenty nth street; recognize
the deceased William Beebe, as my SON. William Fitz
gerald the last time saw him alive was 10 OCTOBER last
Tough he was In the Hospital In PhadelpAia; heard
through my Of his death somebody Informed my
sister Of NJ have no knowledge Of the circumstances


Mary kcNsmara being sworn says:-I reside q. No
% McKisben street Brooklyn, 3 D. ! am sister Of
last night and told me that William Beebe wasdead de-
ceased lived formerly in Northport with gentleman
by tho name Of Becb and deceased has since gone by


Annie Beebe being duly sworn, deposes and says:-


reside at 1872 Bleecker street, arm wife OF deceased
1 Was married TO him under that name; / was
married in phiadelphis nearly % year ago; he was y.
ceased was in New York since November; came on
here about three weeks ago. he told me he was In the
past nine O'Clock, he home where boarded; be
came into the bedroom and sat down. he had his head
bound up; asked him what was the matter and he said
anothinr' he seemed faint; undressed him and put
him bed after which he commenced crying; he said
he was taken dangerously ILL 30 as not 70 know any
was shot he and three Of his companions went into
lager beer saloon up town, and one of his companions
intoxicated, and that there were three Germans
play ing cards there and the intoxicated one fell or
bucked up against Of the Germans and the German
csnoos spues s sns knocked him down.
and fight ensued, and one Of the Germans pulled out
pistol and shot shot him In the head and another man
through the shoulder and breast he did not who the
other man was and from that no was taken to drug
store and his dressed be then said he had told
me enough; he said the ball tsken out and the
wound dressed the next morning nine O'Clock he got
up and went OUT he was gone two hours; don't know
where he went ne nsa naohsr = % man eS M %
quilted lining do not know who Was with him; he
home In about two hours, and he tainted on the
bed he Was not sensible since that time; ] sent for u
DOCTOR but no tii the next day JThursday)
he was removed ON Thursday 10 Bellevue Hospitals he
scous until no died was By tho name OF Charles
Hurst who told the aunt Of decsssed's death.


q ssns a
mig bit last about nine o'clock, four mon came INTO my
saloon they bad drinks; they offered me bad two dol
"
cents; an old gentleman told them they ought 90 be
ashamed to give bad BILL OF them then struck the
Of an hour when asy ssms hack one Of them
got by the back Of the neck and whiskers and two
others Of them stood at the door one OF them had re-
volver and shot at six tines ~ the halls took e.
feet in the right side Of neck and the other in the
left shoulder the who had hold of me got one shot
in the head he fell down. he told them at the door 70
stop they then out two Of my friends, Henry Kru.
ger and Bernard Hssman went up TO the hospital yestcr
day. and recognized deoessed the one who had hold Of
me and got shot unable get out Of bed in conse
quence Of my wounds


Henry Kruger, being duly sworn depoess and ssys:-
saloon At 16o Hester street. about eight O'Clock about
half an hour later three men came In and ssked for
drink; Of them gave = bad two dollar bill 10 Mr.
Echhorn for the drinks the bos~ would not take e. and
another Of the party gave the boss twenty cent and
named Schafer who stood by the bar told them they
ought 70 be ashamed 70 try aud psss bad bill ono Of
who Knocked him down . nice looking man. with
moustache came up 70 Bellevue Hospital on Friday
last and recogzized the deceased as one o. tbs party
II was not the 6eceased who struck the old man after
the old knocked down tho three men went ant;
In about half hour when the saloon was all quiet the
lord coming Of the back room, and Of chs
went up the landlord and caught him by the back
men we're standing BY the door and one Of them Srsa
shot at the laudlord as soon ~ the first shot was
fired the man who had hold Of the landlords
whskers let 90 and went by the other man;
the deceased had hold Of the landlord by the neck
think II was deceased he was Of two who had hold



Into the saloon, and while going back there
At least ve shots fired by the OF the door cannot
say II one or two men at the door fired the Shots was
done very quick in about two minutes was all
went out 10 the back room saw deceased fall just ~
he was going out Of the door; did not know at that
time whether ne shot not; the landlord told me
he shot; then went after DOCTOR could not nnd


doctor; came back 70 the saloon and two other men
reported il, and they sent the police down there


Bernard Hsgamann being sworn ssys-I reside at iee
Hester street; was At Mr. Eichhorns saloon, loo Hester
al,o,f Mi in
take drinks but before knew what the matter they
went out in about fifteen twenty minutes four men
stood at the side door near the entry they came in Win
revovers In their hands two Of them rushed up 10 the
landlord; one Of them caught him by the back OF the
neck and the other by the whskers they did not say
nnything one OF the men stepped up 10 me and showed
door; told the man who held tho pistol to INV head
wanted 10 90 out OF the door but he would not let me
after this ono Of them stepped aside and fired ut the
landlord don't know how many hred pistols; could
say whether the had hold OF the landlord
when the shots fired the landlord did fall


did not know the landlord shot till the men were
out the last that fell just he was going
out OF the door; when the out the landlord
said "Brng some waier-Im Shot the police asked
recognize the deceased OF the parties he the
one who pressed pistol to my head never any Of


Other testimony to the same effect was introduced by
witnesses who were in the saloon at the time Of the
shooting.


DR.. X b. Brownel, house surgeon Of Bellevue Hoepi
cal, made post moem examination OF the body Of the
deceased and testified 70 finding fracture extending
into the base Of the cranum and In his opinion deceased
70 his death from the effects Of injuries 20 the
skull the character Of the wound Indicated that Il had
been made by blow from club or something Of thsa
nature.


The case was then submitted, and the Jury found
'That the deceased to his death by pistol shot
wound at the hands Of person or persons whose
names at present unknown


Deceased twenty three years Of age and native
Of Pennsylvania He was In the army about nfteen
months and since his return he had occasionally been
employed by man named Jslorf, who keeps q recruit
ing oice In the Park and another In Tryon row. The
authorities have been unable 10 the or
whereabouts Of the who with the deceased II
the time he received the fatal violence.


The Income Tax I'm Massac usetss.


From the Boston Travellerl


The amount OF money paid by Massachusetts, under
= fav nm NJ tho ana