The New York Herald Newspaper, February 11, 1857, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 7469, HERALD. MORNING EDITION--WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY THE BOND STREET TRAGEDY. | Further Particulars of the Horrible Murder of Dr. Burdell. ELEVENTH DAY OF THE. CORONER'S PNQUEST. REPORT OF ‘THB PROCEEDINGS. T TESTIMONY. THE MYSTERY CLEARING UP. POSITIVE EVIDENCE AGAINST. ECKEL. THE DOCTOR IS SKEN TO RATER THE HOUSE, AND THE Cry of Murder is Heard by Four Witnesses. FULL HIGHLY IMPORTAN ECKEL THEN COMES TO THE FRONT DOOR. HE IS POSITIVELY IDENTIFAED. MBS. CUNNINGHAM SENT TO THE TOMBS. Another Application to Administer Dr. Burdell's Will, &, &e., &. The Coroner's inquest was resumed yesterday morning aba little after 11 o’clook, at the premises No. 31 Bond street. Vory few persons were present as spectators. The proceedings of the day commenced by the Coroner oalling to the stand EXAMINATION OF MRS. MILLER. Mre. Mary Jane Miller, who having been sworn, was examined by Judge Capron as follows:— Q. Mrs, Miller, where is your place of business? A. 64 Barrow strost, Q. Were you acquainted with Dr. Burdell in his life time? A. Yos, sir. Q. Gan you tell the jury when you saw him last before thie death? A, I saw bim on Friday, Q. On Friday, the day of bis death? A. Yes. Q. Whore did you see him? A. In the room above this, Q. In this house? A, Yes. Q. For what purpose did you call spon him om that A. Nothing particularly Q. Were you any acquaintance of the Doctor's? A. Yes. Q. Did you have any acquaintance also with the family of Mre. Cunningham’ A. None. Q. You came especially in refersnoe to seeing the Doc- tor? A. Thatis all. Q. What time in the afternoon was it? A. It wae very nearly bal! past four—between four and five. Q. Did you bave conversation with the Dootor at that interview .2 reference to where be expected or intended to spend that evening? A. Yes. { asked bim if be wat going to be gone long to dinner, ani he said “yes,” bo wes mot coming back until he weat te Brooklyn, * i & i i EY £ know, that be ae 4 i t i j Eg i if ; ! i i ee in Fy t & ge 2 “4 a i ef ti 3 3 5 t A : A Pu i EF Pr ! 5 : i eggs 3 : 3 5 4! : j j L i ip H : ! i 2 z E Ee v . 4 pstepy i 33 it i S| ll iH ! i i H i © MRepertor—it fealt, Jadge—you were faalt. You see Ce A Hy Letom “yvomion (heh ends to crimninate himself, yet it right to refuse Bo right either ay Aol be |e suspected. ‘a eotiled that Rosas ‘Corener and asked , Sera Pet opomacd theca T have baat sow to have (now ae 7 Ooroner—Not yet, sir. decline to on the that it wee Jactolal mater, bo won't Jedgo “apron—Dooter, I understand you were a friend Of De. Burdett A, Well, air, Lyras, I suppose, so far as iknow. Q. How late before that bad you con him? A. Wet { don’t know; perhaps tt micts nave Leon three or four days and perheps a weok. @. Give ve your recoitaction seven room, Tho @rat! will ace you Ws, ‘wes tha gas bursing? A. The gas was burning. Q. This was about nino in the m: yA. Ti wee was called; | have not been examined’ hore tu this parior, ait wetl towards it; I sau’t my watoh my testimony was merely that I Knew nothing about tae in the large chair, whea | tied (pws and ot A) Tight where pt W ayer wigat; {ahd ok KotH der. never | word with bim iv my iffe, ne 4 Judge If you have not beea examined before Q Who made the firet remark when entered the Q. Bow is if with respect to-tho furniture? A. The fur- the {nr7, ia important thas the jary should Rear what room where these tsdies aad ths gentlemen were? AL nivure appeared to alt pretty tavoh allo it as W dil whee you bave to ray now upon the subdjoot. Then when you | is just such a econe as I cannot describe. the Doctor was alive. Game here, you say the two individuals you have named Q. Well, you do not know who spoke first? A, Mr. Q. Woll, you take that chatr aad put ites it was when wore in you? A. Yes, sir; the young man of | Svodgrass eas by the cbair boiding Mrs, ; she | the Doctor used wo sit at the table’ A. That obair, sir, Dootor Main stood at the door and had looked tt. ‘was lb @ great siate of excitement, and the young ladies | bad been moved when I saw it, but sonrebody told me Q. Which door? A. I mean the door’ of the Doctor's | were, and I tried to quict them, aud I staid bute few | that they iound the chair opposite, but [ don’t think the room, where he was murdered, and he stood there and | moments, and [ came down and found, se we thought, | obair took obarge of that coor. ‘bat be bad died ina dt; I then 1) wens up to Q 8 Of 0 tmportance. [It bas been proved that Q. Where was Dr. Main? A, He was ta the hall when supposing the chair was there (piacing it} that it was 1 got there; would wish me to state what ooourred? turned in this way (turning it away from the table}. Q Eos ee A. When I came the young man A There wero several chairs sitting round; one, I bad looked the door; | suyposed that he had committed thipk, sat near the desk, one near ihe table, and one aie that being Wat wore tant Mr, Snodgrass brought to er 4 ey table, " y 00 gO Dear to the ' 5 He informed you the Dootor committed sulcide? A. di bi ou | eer 4 My object was to ‘That be suppored 80; be was very much frightened; and 1 bad not got out of my office before the servant eirl. Q. That was tho servant gir) Hannah? A, Yos, str; efter we bad looked at the Bontor I came out of the room; Doctor Main told where who lacios was going to shy or swear to about it; ene not give my usme as Cuno! and then we went into the room, and | aid, ‘ How is E Q Botore you turned him over did he tie with the ‘wounded side up ordownt A, The wounded sidef—nhe lay on bis face Q. Wes tbe neck wound under? A. The neck wound was under. The wound was is here ; (the witness {ll the body was undressed * jarers te go to trated by pincing bis hand upon the lower part of the 4. was there when they andrensed the bedy, and i side of bis neck) but his neck belong bent, you would mot | saw all the woungs, ve @ right to be sworn diecern it ; but when we turned him, it brought the side Q Did you see avy test made of any instrument tn wounds under. those rooms leading to @ discovery of the instrument any theory as to the Q. As you turned him over, it brought the side wounds | with which it was done? A. There was a0 test made | blood atthe tablet I wantto get at this poind, 1 will up? A. We didn’; examine that—we only saw the | that day. sbow ycu what iam drtving at. I want to aco whether ‘wounds on bis face. Q. You did not see it? A. No, eir, that murder wag committed without making cay nolse; Q. Were the wounds on the aide of the aeck on the came Do you know anything, Of the relations ex- | suck @ noise as ought to have been known to parties ap side of the per-on thet the wounds on the side wore? a. I | isting between Cun ingbam and the Doctor, and the | stairs, or whether it was done under such circumetances ‘think they were pretty much the same ; on the loft aide | Doovor’s feelings towards , whether friendiy or un- | that no living being coud boar it, and I want to know —no, I should ray on the right side. friepoly? A. Well, this places mein@ rather poculiar | whether the of that room and the ciroum- Q. Which side of the peok was the wound? A. Lat me | position in this evidence in ;, Shey were both | stances around ted that a great struggle fad taken rT way it was turned over. have often | piace? A. My ita iM ihat that murder was comtitiod #0 that he sever holloopd, Q. By eo many stabs: A. If the carotid artery bad been cut the fret blow he oever would havo madea the atabs in end 5 neck was on the right side. fore me. Q. But you cannot imagine that was cut first’ 4. Yes; Q. Where were the wounds on the body? A. They Q 5 ae ant eee tnd Cod hey wie tel yen eae ‘that wee cat first unless De was choked; there are two went round here. the eubjeot ; one or the otber? 4. Weill, at the time of | points in that, and it ought to be ascertained whether he Q Upom the leftside? A. Yes; now I recoilect from | the disturbance about the note he accused her of stealing, | es suflocated 01 the manner in which he mast bave pen sirusk, by the | I bad some conversation with the Doctor at that'time, Q Gow can 70. account for tae biood upon the door if rigt¢ band hore on the right. (Lilustrating. and at the ume the action for the breach of promise waa | it wes not the first gush of tho- blood (rom tho carotid Coroner—His was from tne door? A. His | brought. He told me tt was brougnt because that heac- | artery’ A. | think it the first wounds bed been made in face was looking jostas if he bad started for the door ber of stealing the note. the beart, I should suppose that the blood from the and teil right towards it. Q. He stated to you that she brought the breach of | carotid artery: would not have spirted so much: ifhewas Q. Was bis face looking you or from you | promise case becacse he scoused her of stealing this note’ | choked, the sou.tle would have commenced oul near the ‘when you went into the room’ A. Towards me; his face | A. He said, sald be “If I had mot done that she would | table. waa right down upon the floor. not have disturbed me—there would not have been that Q. Yea; ope would think so; and them you conid not Q. IL want you to be definito—a moment ago you said between us.” secount for the bicog? A. | accounted for it in this Position; wi here tanta ve Mr. mised he shouki stand, to have bis desire. ‘The Mr. Cli manes ne diterenee, vd juror—{ prod scleatry whieh sce pubito. It appears ‘on the 28th of , thea regard to some wes ‘would go to room; ts i Ss the wes murdered the y wont to tim.as he aecount for wig 5 oy Q, If they struck him athe door would ~~ Q, His bail bond’ A Yes. count for bis beivg beok at the door, asd being ‘toand ab Fp pg hy pod A. It was turned 3 Q. It was bord be gave when the eult was sottied? © dcor when he was found? A. if he was struck at the tbe of and nose—it was turned towards A. Yes. “oor, tbat Brot bloog epastered upon the door. door of thefiittie closet. Q. It was November, was tt not? A. Yes. Q Then you would ti thet if thet was the case Then as you enter this door tt is turned (rom yout Q bat pus’ ene. 2 bo tt ii otfy, that of jutt calling and in rubbers go out, and | have pever seen an: but what was of | would go to show that It mig! aod nut be heard Q. Thea, the strictest propriety, either the or hereof, | Here were people passing ta ; that a ittle noise ta the state the night would pot aitrect ; it would in a you think ivaie bouse whore there ‘nO persons wor tered the Out by « night Key; the all above him; if babite’ 4 vbey been bm not help bearing it, that be but they were above; the; |, acoording to awore to the teetimony, they were room back. out, and Je that @ tru under ( ibiok they Q. You wore not, then, acquainted with Mr, Kokei very | Q, You think #o—¢er much’? A. Very litue. vise; Suppose you go uj Q And oot acquainted with bim enongh to of hia | walk about that floor, boro vory dis Ormoess, aadsoon’ A Notasail; is wit | iimotly; but walk a ’ Ue person in ting in hie chair be sppeared to mo always to be rather | ibe room above will not bere you. beckward, not apt to speak to « stranger; be never would speak t> mé, aniess { would acvance and say * Good evening’’ to bim Grst. Q Did you see him any time after the murder of the Onee as carcfuily aa Dootor in the presence of the boay? A. Yeu, he was ta | | could the room at one time in the afternoon. Q ‘Then your theory is be did not fali his fail Q. Did yom bave any conversation with bim thon? | A. Notet the ret; 1 think he must have como A_ I con't recollect; | might have sald something, but 1 don’t think [ seid much. & Bp ves eater restraint theo, wen be a? A. No, Q, Was be not in custody! A. Q. Had he No, not when | nose; do you suppose be had mo time to halloo? A. I first saw him; I did not eee anything in him that was | con's think he could. ; epytbing uncommon, | particularty, be- 2 you from the appearance of the body, ‘tbink that ver; | cacne I did not know but that this thing have oo. | whet! whea we was | curred im the bouse; | watched every! thet I | bya \. cut, was We | thou; ht would lead to any light upon the sul Lo peck me ‘put \aid him ever so down Q ve you bad any conversytion with either of rowed, was pothing of that Find. although whe under, and thea dangbiers or We mother sinoe the death of the ton bed the appearance of his being choked, the tere, that It looked the | except what cocurred on the first there? A. Yes, | tongue protruded. nose, and had bad | the moment they were suspected by pubic; I have Q. Yes, that | have heard; could be be so seized and fallen = there wes | cot ston them since; not since Saturday. choked tpataatly gas not to bave time to make « loud the report that Dr. Q. Look at that paper. You have seem that check. Will | noise, considering the ciroumstances in which he was, up, Frapous came ip cle. ou come here agaim and tell us what you think of his | dreeecd, jest come into his house probably, could a per. covered a wound more Eeving Deon st Saratcgs upon the 38th of Ootobert You | son enter there, get to him at hie seat ai the table! A. and discovered im- este you bade papas, © I ronment by an tmepection of | Not if be nad bees aware of what they were going to do. we looked | that you will be able pon @ If be bad sot koown, could they bare done it so about for an bedid | Yeo. (feotually at Onoe #6 to prevent aay yell’ A. That I it bimeetf, we could ne! i tothe Q. Will you have the kindness to look ot that paper Fi ee” Tend mele conclusion at once that be bed, been murdered, although | and come here t A. You. ) Leh eS one of your Wie verere tice cos te 0 teks cena eee @. How long will it taxe you to get back? A. Perhaps | rem ie trae, gt Se re Deotor’s office door im the hall, we could not seoourt | an bour kpcoked, and the woat to the door, for that exactly; the moment | found that he was mar- Q. It would be of some service to us, aed | suppose | the deor would secessarity be open when he ontored, psbA J Ut ou sre anxious to amist as ail youcan? A. ond then be may have seized him; them be could bai. covered blood upon the wall ike 0: joo when the door would be open, ani if any particular Q isttthere now? A. Yes, reaiie had ensued the iamatos of the house oould hear lowed to the fromt \t, cowl they mot? A. Lt he bad hailoced. somebody sala that Suppose be bad not, do you think, with that door have done that: ng open, IF 8 pervon, intended to ‘ri! him, aod tne hail and at the front door Dis seat and gone to the door, not appre- in the room Dg darger, and that individual haa stabbed and it fl in the we bleod upon our tarned Bim have been soft, but this was not so. Q. This blood on the door below, was it on the door or side lighte? A had taken hold of the knob, yey ~ (Rath right around it, for the ‘was upon the outaide of the door, and when it shat to there was blood on the casing bal ye Coren want to ask you whether « pt blood like thee ts get there in that way by Jerse Well, jeaaing of yout ‘ype you thisk persons who had ay if the fnet te that he went te the ‘and opened it, ‘whose teeth might a they went out’ A. In ‘hat ihe party mig bt have got ip, shat the door, Killed bim, that cage they very seldom bave bicod upon their (ingors. 0 ute Would be made under those cironmstsaces Q Not unless they their fingers to their face’ A. that persons up stairs could bear it? A. I do; thas And this blood did not resemble the blood that would priseiple'we will Dy thiaw-we are used to the eee Soe eu a lenen ao an noise of Omnibuses and carte, any nolee of that «ind, if T will state that this blood might have been pat on by the file het anesenl, would not ettress un 01 ignt. renee, J96g0 Capren—And sometimes the absence of it would Q ¥ deg pp Ae tat wake persone ‘ one . A. done of the door denon thas ho ane I ; fingers would come inside wet mien: come the to stall times withewt about thet? A. No. that | tet kind of howe, Reiss £ im | Soe, hoe erneuereeeres | etmeuee .» You. " r". jame whe was there? A. thoy Kept the minutes 0 tRetr Provesdings apen there: batore | leave tite cord. it te easy to escertain that record whether be was there or not. [have understeed thm morning from one of the clerks im the bak, that thet wae a dis- count day. Who called attention to that and that if tne Doster was te town be would ber! ‘be there? Th epon that bam, ‘im 8. ool yousad the wit a witness, but not to-day. been, requewied me to put s Q. Had you seen Mr. Hokel Hat morning? A, Not anv put to the aber a Previous to ning bore you had not seem him? Steer reson end the pesseel of Ge Gungn promrely your coming b mt | in that room, position 7 A olan ciootes ot (bem efter tbe morate (0 tae Dosser’? mM Q iad you von hima the nigin beforst A. Thad a, Q. Bo you remember whether those wore upward strokes ta the side. or downward strokes’ A. | hayeaos exemined that part | left tha, to be physicians The Osroner—-Ws shail dave thy from the physicians. Gepron—| mo ask you, tpsemuch aw meade yeu ¥ witness poo Le potni, WAat would you think of this by pethesit—-Sn the frat piace, that two Commiited the murder, tf ii wae done by choking that the person whe chokedoould nos well Nave been tae per eon who oormmitiod ul) he rest of the tramssction-—that the ope who o ized the person and held ‘im was a strong map, abie to do tt—, as (5 m\.8t bave takoa something of a strong man to do tt)— (has the arm shat indicted the iow ‘was @ week arm comparmivoly, dome by an tmpuie person, who bad norved nimsoif to do thw aot, av: struck bim in this way—/iMusiratiig)—going upwarca, e blow mm tie way-4Bere are nov many o' the: entered te beart, and like ti stabs of ap impu)sve. tmpetwous perem, say 9 women-- ‘what do you |hins of that hypeshosis’ ‘mat a siroag indi vidual beid im, ond that ths cut in ine neck was dons after it was ascertained that this stabbieg in the sido wi not gotug to acco! tt, cr fearful saat it woeld not: ‘that that sirike in Uys neck wee given whon be vas pal tally down upon the fioor as 9 floishing stroke’ A. [ think tt wi tndicete that the owe who (id !t undorsteod the human syetem worl enough (@ know where to aim a blow, end a lady would aot be so: Mkely to Know thes. Q. Weil, moat any child knows whore the heart 1s. [ irs that these stale wore all 2 one pices, and appear to have been done in am instant, Iie a perzon having an instrament, aod going ‘n shia way, {illostrating), ant’ ro- peating the biows spastnodioally, aad not having @ vory atrong arm. What woud you thir’ of tho idea tha a man who would take an tmstrumont of that kind, and who would intend to agcomplish ths pu ‘that be could tm this way do the whole dest with one biow, but tho persom with o weal arm airtking the other way might makes a good many \noisions,iwould not the dopth of notations ‘adicale the streagth of the arm thet inflicted them’ A. | should thit& no. Q. 1 ehouid think 80 too. And would not the fact that t wae done by aaover strove tke this, or an under strox> like this, aiso affect the cepth of the bisw? A. Yos. Q 1y where the under stroke was upon the ribs, ‘apd not under? A. Some of those blows were dove ny e- strong man. Here waa the coat, and vest, and two un- der shirts so get through before the bocy was s:ruok at fort by 20 other hypotbort exooys dat {mat count for tt by 20 other ox mi have been deait by a ‘cit bund’ pe ‘who came oat of ‘the other room, aad who threw h's arm road him in this wey (1llustrating) and ther the bDlews would como there (alluding to the aide Q. it would be 40 in your mind if it wase man, but not if they were struck by & woman as worsen usually do Girike. Is your hypothesis or that romark made with reference to ope person doing ths whole deed’ A. Yes, with reference to ome person doing the wrote dead. Q. Could they hold a man of bis sire aad etreagth so as to have no dgbting aad no aotse, put bis arms round and 00 ttia that way’ A itevems tome the bypothests ts making bim uvcommoniy inactive and tmert. 1 think upon apy bypothenis on which you placed, 11 was done 480 quickly tbat tbe Doctor was not aware o? it. Q Well thet may be; 1 will thank you to bring that Paper we epoxe of whea you comebaek here: A. I would like to make some stat ments in regard to some evidence which was given here tn regard to my calling Ts might iced to some excitement or have some litte of. fect upon my friends who know these cirouristanoes. Q Ibis due to you to do chat’ A. It is due to thay as my bavinesn will be atfeoted by ti--my being Roqvainted with the iadies here tm the house and aio with the Doctor: one of the young men who at- tended the door aid tat 1 waain the habit of calling bere citen uron Mrs Conpingbam, and running «ip stairs; I wilt state that I dave o:tea called for the ladies and the Doctor, but my golog up stairs was only to the loctor’s room ;'Ioften ran ap to his room, and he, whenever he came to my house, always came up to my room without stopping at the parior. Whenever I have ralled tor the ladies, | have aiways ecen ihem as acquaiutances. The witness signed bis deposition. IDENTIFICATION OF EORRL—HIGHLY IMPORTANT TESTIMONY—BVIDEBNCK OF JOHN FARDELL. ‘This wituees was called and interrogated by Mr. Capron as tollows :— Q Where do you reside? A. I reside at No. 474 Mott street, vear Houston, Q. Did you know Dr. Burdeil in bis lifetime? A. I did not, Q. Did you know bim whea you eat ¢ A. Lhave neen bim 0000 oaly ; | do mot & now that | should reocguise ‘him tf TL eaw bim again. Q Where did you ses him’ A. Hore at the house. ‘Mr, Capron (to the Corocor)—is this witness tho ose who can eprak es toa disturbance betwooa Dr. Burdeil apd a man at « gambitng house? ‘The Corouer— Vee, Mr. Capri p—it bas been stated that Dr. Burdell bade @\Mevity on the vight of tho murder with a gambior, that they met ia the Rowory, bad « dispute ta the stresi, on the ner of this etrect and Bowery, and the Decto” seked him to go up to his room with bim,and be would vettle the matter. Witnese—I think the ganieman ts mistaken about tbat for | know of no such occurrence; { never saw anything in relation to it. Mr. Caprom—it ts the duty of the Coroner when he bears reports to bring forward the witnesses and Lave vbem examined. 1, for my own pari, am. merely aiding the Coroner in getting atthe truth. It has been stated that Dr. Burdeli bad ® dispute with « gamblor, and it is Just aad proper that any persons who may be suspected should be called to tarow Light upon the matier, I ad. vised that you should bs brought forward as « wriness with a view to establish shat fact, if it wore true, as I would not wish tobe the means of fixing guilt upon any person who was innocent, A. | do not frequoat gucsbling hovees, | Dave not been ta one for ten years (i le rot my practioe Coroner—i will read to ‘the jury the following lotter whien has been sent to me —~ Fenavaer 0, 1566. by the name r'8 pUbI\O atore, uader Mr, Grabam, baa said tbat ho was ia Bond stroot et tbe time Dr. Burdoll entered the door; thet he saw bim enter; heard the cry of murder, and was oo the steps when some one came to the door and eaced Bim what be was doing there. This may not be correct, but deserves attenion fle assigns as © cause of his mot making tt known, that afraid be would be kept and Ipoonvonienced by appeariog asa & poor man. | am, yours, very sespoot- ONE WHO SEEKS FOR J Ok. Pxamipation resumed — Q. You were subpwned bere in reference to that mat ter? A. L was. Tho Coroner—!( the Dookr did come to his death by aay gambiing boase quarrel it was proper that { shold be proved before this jury. Witpese—! Ruow nothing abont It. ‘The Coroner——Were you in Bond street that nig Yes. Jedge Oapron-~Where were yoo? A. | wae on the step of this door thai night. Q. At what hour? 4. It might bave been half past ten o'clock, or somathing |tke that, but | cannot say oxectly Q. Tell wafihe whole story? A. I started from my home abeat half past sine o'clock thet night; I an troubled with a disease in the back, and I work at « buriness tbat reyotren much sitting and bending over it, aod I frequently get up and exercise myself im order to got straight 't some times takes mo aa boar to straighten myeell, and sometines = longer peried, | stared that night aboot ball past nine, having some work todo which I wished to do next day, and | walked dows to Marion street to see ® friend, and wont in; | stayed! thore a fow minutes, came out and went ap Prinoo streot to the Bowery; 1 walked ap the Bowery to Bond streot, and came down this side of the street, | came down 8 fow doors here, and having drew the string of my shoe near. ly oot I sat down om this stoop here touxit, { took my shoe olf, sal om the third oF fourth step, and wae trying to M. the string in the proper piace; the string? { found, bad lost tho tag on the end of |t, and it tora me some time to do it, while | was sitting there two m on came along from the Bowery end of the street; one, of ‘whom came up the sloop and went into the house; the otber man passed on; the man wont into the house, and was there probably halt a minute; | camnot exact sy fx the time, and I neard distinetly the ery of ‘(me rder,”’ and [ said to mysell, “there ia 8 muss in the hourn,”’ Q You wore on the steps? Yor, om the ieft ty; Of the steps whem he came up; I sald to myseds, “there ine mune in that house, I guess, they have ‘seen drink. ing," | waa trying to adjust the shoestring, a4 probabiy a minute more clapeed and ® man came out of the duor; T heard mo step Im the heli; 1 heard the rotr tating stop of the man who came \m, but | did wot hear tae step of ihe ‘maa who came to the door. Q. Did you see the man go is’ A. You Q. About baif-past tem o'clock? A. You, ‘sotween that and cievem; | beard the door open; | heard 9 note after the ery Of marder which sounded somet?.ing to me like the heading of s barrel; |t wae a shaking as if something solid bad been turned over, |t was like wa if you wore to takce s fail barrel sud turn it down; | eat there thinking Of t—thinking Of this little bh Of @ rew for about half s minute, When ® man opened the door, | looked up, and he sald to me, ‘what are you detng hore!’’ | lsoked at dim, for be spov.¢ in & very rough manner, and | wae afraid of bim, and | thought that the man who had gome in hed ordere? bim to pat mo off the stops. Q. This was not the same man whe wen! A. No. | The mau who came to jhe door wae @ big abiy A. bis loft baad, Q. Amd thst was not (32 maa who wont into the hoawe? A. Lowmaot say positively, but I do ao} chink it was. Q. Ard 7ou sarc that tho man had aoe of upes im A. Lam cuye of that ; he wae ia his sbirt seoves ; be sam “what a>» you dong there’ I said, “nothing *’ ee ‘Spoke #0 roughly that [ thozyttt he was scout to order me oT the stoon; I picited up my aboes, and Caring that be might kick mo, | wort backwards dows tho steps to ® fow doors ‘artber on; sat dora thora, put it om, an@ weat home Q, Did you we onoug’s of tbat man to say whether or not ke Dad a lorge beart? A. He did have a large board Q. Was thorora light ithe bali? A. Ne. Q. Was it #0 light oct'ot doors whee ha came to the door taat you vould seo bis mead’ A. [ could see tf ; bead Q@ Comd you wil whether his send was reddit or Diack? A. [could aot. Q. What was be for size’ A. Middling ; he sveeped atightly ; shat is I 2uppore be did, for in opening the deer De put his band ap against the atl! ; is stooped alightig forward ; | abould take bis hoight {> de 6 fet 6 \nokes, Q Was beastonty man? &. Yous. Q. You ery he opened the door and put bis hand on dae st}or frame of the door’ A. Tus, his ‘ot baad was apow the frame. ) Dit ho cpen tt clean open? A. Mo, str, only e0 fae ee to admit bis brad so4 shoulders out. Q@ Did he beve bis pyats on! 4. | did aot seo tis panes. Q. Did he hove soravatoa?t A) I caamot say Q. Bo you suppose tua you enw cnoagh of that mee thas 1 you saw hinr agein you would be abie to (dontity bimt A [n the same positon I might: Twas about @ve feet from him—about a man's beigat. Q. Do you koow who It was who ontered ths house? A. No, Q. How long afer be entered was {t thes the ober mas came to the door? A: [t might have bees a minute, * might bave been a orinute aad a half: tt might havo beam two minutes; but I do not tbiok it wre over that. Q Wore you stvting on te atoop fixing your shoo after the man entered the house and bofors tho maa came te the door and ordered yow of the swop? A. | bad est down bofore the man entered Q Thon the mon passed you in ontering? A You, be passed ma, aad came up oe the right hand sida of the Moop; Teat down on the lof; he passed up; there wee another man bebind bim in the etree? geome two foot, ban he went om and passed the door Q. Were thoy vosother when they came to the doer? A. No. Q The maa who ontored the house passed you walle you were sliting on the stoop* A. Yes. Q. When he went ix and mhut the door, did you hear any rotroating footsteps like @ persoa going up stairs? A. L board footateps retreating ‘rom the door. @ De you bnow whether be womt ap stairs? Oould you distingeish? A. Mo, Q Are yoo qnite sure that K was oot the same mee who came down to the door? A. fam not quite sure, str, but I de not think be wae the samo maa Q. Who was relatively the larger man, he who came to the door, or he who passed you on the stoop and ea- tered the house’ A. The one who came to tho duar, £ abould think,’'was the larger maa of the two @ Describe the clothes of the man who came to the door? A. He bad a shaw! ea, | sotioed that perticularty. The Coroner— ia what direction was the maa who ea- tered the Joor coming through Bond atreet—from the Bowery or Broadway? A. From the Bowery; thes ts, from that dircetion. @ You did aot e20 the two men—the one whe weet Jodo the door and the otber who wont farther of, ‘ook arms ea they came up to the house. One was before the oth. er—they wore not united? A. They were a0t close enough to toweh each other; one was ahead of the other; they were separate. @ Thore s another point of some importance There taone thing im order to test your evidence with (hast ef otber witnesses that I will ask you. Bow long 40 you think you sat upon tnat stoop iaali? A [stayed tnare I ouppose about five miantos Q Bow toag had you probadiy beoa thoro whon thts person w ita the shaw! on passed in’ A. I bhai seem there only two minutes, ho paxeed mo on the right hand side ond went int the door: | was sittiag there | eup- Pose about two minutes whou tes man came ta Q. Aad two or throe minutes after that maa came te the door’ A Yes, it wae very quick. Q Bow far of from this door was the other door where you wont and eat down ai! A. Below; | went below this house, | weat down, | should think, about 4x yards, and eat dowr, pot oa my shoe aad weat bome. Q. Did saybody pass you while you were s*\4ng town after you went from this house to the oer placw A. No, | eaw no porson pass. Q Did any one pass you on this stoop of the Donors when you sat there’ A. Ose person passed. Q. Which way did thai maa go’ A. He wont wwark. Broadw: Q You say thai this maa and the Doctor same towarie Broadway! A. Yee. Q, And (tho othor maa you pe of went, in tho same direction? A You; ( aaw no olber, person go the other way whou I wae ther» tne mae wie, came tato this hooss same from tho direction of te. Bowery. A Joror—Did the two men appear !> oe in corigong, with each other? A. No. Mr. Capron—How ‘eag wore you paaiag (0 thiociber door? A. I walked pretty fast. Q. Aminote? A. 1 could not bav> been a minute; { walked down as fast as | comid get th are. Q. How loud wae this "noise the’. yen beard’. A. if thould judge thes any man could beard the eotew withia so @ietance; | beard o> acise wusiever ia the vienity, with the exception of uome mox-talking e= the corner of the Bowery and Bead street, ( beard the ‘volors of men thers, and the solsvof the cuy of “Mar- der’’ waa lov 4 enough to be hears ap at the cornar of the diook. Q. How ly2¢ after the man w'ih the shaw! hed eatered this house was it before you heard this notse inside? = A. Probably « minute, or a minote and « hail, Q It Was yory soon, then? A. Yes; about iwo minates, more or ses. Q. Very eeon? A. You; the cry thas I hoard was tite as if & man were being chcged, for | remarked that cepe- Gally , 1 thought that the man who had gone io hea aug pb) boid of some person and chexed Bim nside. Q., Did the man who went into the door shat the doer? 1 do not know; I (id notece bim abut the door. & Did you see him come outalail? A. i did not ese D im come oat, @. What is your ccoupation? A. Making ladies’ shooe St prosent; | have been employed in the pals ic stores. Q. You are by cserpation = lady's shoemaker’ & Yes. Q. For whom do you work! A. For Mr. Kusko, = Bpring street. Q. Hew long have you lived im this clty Aided in this city for thirty years. Q. Have you s family? A. i bare. Q. Where i# your piace of business? A. No. 147 Mote street. Q. I will ask you this, cam you tell fram any nowe you beard when the mas inside thig house came to tho doer whether he had boote or shoes on? A. I beard no. sete whatever when the man csme to the door; the opening Of the door diew my attention to him. Q. You beard the other maa who passed you and went (nto ibe hove and who bad boots or shoes on walk ia the bar A. Yea. Q But when the other men came to the door you heard po noise of walking? A. No, I board no sep whatever. Q. Did you see his feet? A. I did not see his feet, Q. Did be have anything upon hie bead In tha shape of & bat or cap? A. He was barcheaded; be bad so) hat er cap om. ‘The Corener—Can you say whether tao man whe opened the door tn bia shirt siegvee had a bald head or otherwise’ A. No; | did not ave the top of his head. Q. Are you sure he bad whiskers? 4. You; he was not baidheaded. be had vary bushy haiz, be ralgnt have eon bald behind, bat { quid not notice thas trom my position; be had curly hair, whieh stock ont; i magi have been roitled ‘The Coroner at ‘te jonctere dispaiched an o@iowr the Toomba) to tering up Kokel for the purpose of idents ration Q Oo you thik If you heard the man's roles pom Continued om Right Page, a A. [have re