Year: 1863

seeing and attracts crowds nightly The Park the best
patronized place Of amusement.


The Tragedy In the Twenty-second
mr Ward. E,.r s,4sr -.
INvEsTIG ALTON BIZ CORONER RANNEY-INTERESTING


TESTIMONY-vERDICr or THE JURY. ETC.


Coroner Ranney yesterday investigated the crcuna,
stances attending the death Of Catharine Norman, n
Forty ninth street, Saturday morning last The In
quest hold in the Twenty second ward station house.
around which building considerable crowd had collected
The AFFAIR has created considerable excitement in the
per part Of the city. The following Is the testimony
taken before the Coroner yesterday


Margaret Turnsy being sworn testified 4 follows
lived with the deceased for the past sx, weeks
boarder; am married woman my husband s in the
army have known the deceased for four Ave years
until last SaturdayI had the prisoner for
years; between ten and eleven O'Clock Saturday I
in the bedroom with the deceased, and heard
a quick knock at the door; decea,ed opened
the door and exclaimed My gracious is that youf''
he made somo reply did not understand in moment
after saw them sitting the lounge together he said
to deceased have been hunting for you all night, and
could not find you, she reped " Did you not get the
number was eighty nine instead Of ninety eighl3' she
said 1t was very strange that he could direct letter
right but could not lind the house when he TO look
for it, there were more words about the number which
l do. not remember she then came into the bedroom.
aud asked me to come and see her . old man. came
out and introduced 20 the prisoner deceased asked
him where his trunk or valise was He made no reliable
answer she asked him II he had any money he said,
s'No Pm dead broke;'' she laughed, and said al
guess not.'' He then pulled papers and
picture out Of his pocket, among which was
lounge and look at the picture did So they look
ing at the money he asked her If she would and
his vslise she said she would he would tell her where


was he said he had told her before he then asked her
to get him some wine she said the best vino for him
teen from the time The prsoner wn sntered the
room before the pistol was ared; something then
said about something TO eat he asked the deceased twice
1 he pQt him sNma vina. cha lauUh
Give me twenty dollars and I'll aud get IT." he then
said as though Joking Do you want g oe shott she
sad No, indeed do not" and turned laughing to me-
the next thing heard was the report Of the pistol
did not see the pistol before this; the prisoner
the lounge, she rose. and putting her hand 70 her
face, walked the room and fell think while sho
Charlie, WHAT V have you dcns he said would ut Be-
any thing after deceased had fallen. ne kne beside
her, and said: Never mind Kate- you go III 80 With
Id me 70 60 for doctor as quickly 40 pos
sble; procured doctor, who came, and said he
S the tanning herr he sxc.mod Cod
Kate. have come me to do this went after police.
m N tho iuest and obtained one, who took
the prisoner to the station house, did nos see the ps
to at all when II fired; We all three the
cams never heard him % say that the deceased was bis
wife the deceased was locking towards the prisoner At


Tea Mudoon deposed that she lived in Tho same house
the deceased and had known her since the lst o May
last did not know anything about her character except
that she temperate and industrious and always acted
lady; she had good deal VI company both men and
women, but had seen anything out Of the way in
husband was butcher In Washington market that she
had little girl about fvs years Of age who living
morning she saw the prisoner going up stairs dressed


light clothes at that time the landlords IN the
prisoner came down stairs as something 10 his appear
gave her uneasness he stepped very quick; and
gave quick knock at the door in eight or ten minutes
she heard the report OF the pistol.


WIN. G. wa,kley depossd that on Saturday morning
Mrs. Muldoon told him strange man had gone stairs
talking rather loud, and asked him 70 remain until the


olnoer John oConus Of the Twenty second precinct,
testified that he arrested the prisoner who his way
the station house evnced great sorrow the occur
He said il was very bad affair, but that it was
oonversng with the ocsrs about Dr. Gchris. handed


shooter 70 tho officer the prisoner had gvetn
William H Glehrst being sworn deposod IS follows


ana physician and SURGEON, living at the corner Of
g West o yesterday sasa
shot. found tn. deceased lying on the door
how 1t happencds he answered that he was sky ylarkng-
IL just pulled the trigger and the tumbled for
ward on TO the sofa asked him for the pistol and
took pistol from his pocket and gave me- think
Conne also asked the prisoner II the dece ,sed was is
wife, and he said not, but that he intended making her
80 sent for the officer brandy for her. and
| left I said to the prisoner thought she would die
soon he answered. s'Let have the pistol and will
put ball through myself" think he had been drink
| ing.


H. D. Ranney, physician and surgeon, residing at 13s
West Thirty fourth street. who made the post mortem
amnatiou being duly sworn depesed TO having visited
the house No 80 West Forty ninth street he examined
the body the deceased and found external marks Of
vic snce around the right there ecchymoss and
much the left was In somew hat similar
state he found what seemed TO be pistol shot wound
which had passed upward through the base OF the skull
into the brain large quantity OF bloody mucous was
ssung from the nose and mouth probe GOULD easily be
passed from the to the substance Of the BRAIN
small Mimic ball, much battered was found 10 the sub
stance OF the brain he OF opinion that this pistol
shot, together with the consequent hemorrhage, the
cause OF death.


This closed the evidence In the case and the jury
dsred the following verdict:"That the said Catharne
Norman came TO her death by injuries received from
psoshos wound, said pistol being In the hands Of Charles
Norman "


In answer TO the usual question: the prisoner said ha
name was Charles Norman that he native OF New
York thirty years age BY trade butcher and resided
at No % West Forty ninth street BY advice OF his
counsel he declined 10 MAKE any statement 10 relation u
the charge preferred against him.


He was then fay committed 70 await tho action Of ths