The New York Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1876, Page 4

os “THE WILLIANSRURG HORROR, Fuller Details of the Awful Butchery. 4 HORRIBLE DISH IN AN OVEN | A Basketful of the Murdered Found in a Swamp. Man ett ae Sey The Murderer Leads the Detec- tives to the Spot. THE POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION. the Murderer His Past Life. What Says of Gradually the disgusting details of the brutal murder of the unfortunate mechanic Simmons develop them- selves. Each new item tm the thrilling story turns the mindaghast, for itis shocked at the fiendish coolness ofthe German murderer and bute! The story of the murder as it now stands is, if not the peer, the Gtting companion of the most atrocious crime de- sailed in the famous cause cél>bre. The apparent unconcern with which Fuchs—or, as be calls bimself, Kretz—regards the whole transaction ts tm its way as much of a wonder as the nerve he dis- played in mutilating the remains of his victim. The story of the method he adopted to destroy the evidence ef bis crime was not all told yesterday; for at that time no thorough search had been made. @ search of the apartments occupied by the Kretz family revealed the fact that the murderer had sought to make away with part of the remains by the baking process, as the body of Parkman was treated by Dr. Webster. In the oven of the stove in which the oread and meat of the family were cooked the detectives found the lungs, heart and liver of Simmons in a par- tially charred condition, breaded with Mme. When found the horrible mess was frizzling and seething, and would soon have been baked hard and dry, go that Krotz could easily have reduced it to dust had he not been discovered. In the front grate of the fire frag- ments‘of bone were found, and these, too, would soon have lost their identity, for when found they were at red heat. MORE OF SIMMONS DISCOVERED. From Mrs. Kreta, the wife of the murderer, the in- formation was gleaned that Kretz had gone out twice with a basket, supposed to be filled with the remains. With this information the Heratp reporter went to Kretz in his cell and asked him where he had taken the contents of the basket, tion was very characteristic; he made no attempt to deny that he had gone out twice, and finally told the Spot where he had disposed of a basketful of the dis- His answer to the plain ques- | sected body of Simmons. Later he led the detectives | tothe spot in a swamp where he had dumped the unwholesome load, and while at the place seemed much less concerned than the police who were in attendance, Ho frisked ubout, laughed, and as he smoked a cigar, Seemed as One Whose Interest was far remote from the Dloody crime. On the road to and from the swamp he chatted, and only once reverted to the story of the deed, when he complained in a sententious way about the family troubles he bad experienced, THE MURDERER'S DOUBLE LIPR It is always the case when a man is suddenly brought out full in the public gaze that a great many facts are Geveloped which in the privacy of quiet life are un- known to his most intimate friends, It often happens that the wife who receives his caresses, bis sympathy and bis support is wholly ignorant of that side ot his character which it {s the object of his life to keep turned toward himself. From intimation had yester- @ay it would appear that Kretz was such a man. He, Uke thousands of other foreigners, came to this coun- try to bury the past and begin life anew, hoping in an alias to lose his former self, There are hundreds like him who keep within themselves their own secret his- fory, and {t is sometimes buried with them. That ‘Kretz assumed an alias when he came to America Is already known. He was known to his wite and his fellow laborers as Fuchs, and it was only yesterday they were informed by the Haran of tho deception which for four.years bad been practised upon them. During the time he has been using the assumed name cortain little difficulties transpired and complications seemed inevitable; but being a man of great force of will and an adept at dissombling, he parried suspicion and weot on his way witha clear road ahead. As he bad no kin im America he could have, had he so wished, been tried, sentenced and banged as Andreas Fuchs; but he broke the silence of four years when he was asked by the Hexatp reporter the question, “What is your name?” for be rephed, Kretz” A POSTAL REMINISCENCE. ‘That he wished to throw off the self-imposed mask is ident; for, after pronouncing his name, he took oc- casion to spell it out, in order that there might be no mistake about it The publication of this little incident awakened in the recollection of Mr. Jacob Schick, a former employer of Kretz, a trivial circum- Stance which for want of provocation might never have recurred to him. Trivial as the incident seemed at that time it is now the pivot on which may be turned | lation to the fragments before him he reported the fol- | to the public eye a picture of the past life of Krotz. About three and a half years ago, when Kretz first began to work, he was employed by Mr. Schick, whose shop was on gue, under the name of Fuchs One morning, some months subsequent to bis advent in the shop, a postman entered and asked if'a man pamed Kretz was employed there. For some time there was no an. Swer, and the letter carrier was about to leave, when Fuchs came forward and claimed the letter. silenced the curiosity of his fellow workmen by some plausible tale, and there the matter ended. The letter be received on that day was from France, and often Guring the subsequent months of his employment with Mr, Schick he received letters in the same hand from the same place, but ail addressed “Fuchs.” Though Kretz was man of convivial habite and a froe drinker, always ready todo his share in meeting the expenses of a spree, there was that about him which repelled the sympathy of his fellow workers. ‘His friends were of the shop, and good care they took “to leave the shop. behind when work was over. Be- yond the precincts of the shop very few of the men ‘would go with Krota, for nis conducf seemed to them te indicate that he was a deop man, who was dangerous, 4f pot treacherous. The letters which Kretz received from Francé were, Mt ig stated on good authority, from his wile, 60 that he now appears in the couble role of murderer and Digamist. It seems strange that he should have committed him. ‘self eo unqualifiediy to our reporters, as all the indica. | tions point to the conclusion that he has always been | careful to destroy any evidence which might lead to his identity. Of the many letters be is known to have ro- ceived not one was found by the police when they Searched his house, Not evens sorap of paper was discovered which would tn any way compromise him. He seems to have always been avery clear-headed man, and bis nerve did not fail bim tn the awfal dilemma When he left his trouse with the head ‘wrapped up in & paper under his arm he stopped at a Hquor saloon and took @ drink with much evident folish, He seemed at that time as bland and anraffied as though he were going to work or fe take & walk, There can be, oo doudt that Kretz's nerves have deen tempered im the school of “war, and who knows bat that the sights at Gravelotte ‘or Sedan prepared bis mind and nerves to stand the shock of the butchery which has juss been performed? SCENE AT THE MORGUE ‘The jary had been summoned to meet at the Morgue #8 mine o'clock yesterday morting Twelve were called, Dut only eleven appeared, As s less number gould meet the requirements of the law, the Coroner, Mr, Frank Nolan, decided to proceed without delay. The Morgue, 60 called, bears no resemblance to the morgues im Paris or New York, where the bodies of foand dead are exposed for identification ‘she remains of the deceased are viaced uvoa “Krota— | He | | streets. ’” | | he NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. elevated marble slabs erclosed by glazed sashes jets of gas that and illumined by burning dispel the horrible shadows of the cham- bers of death. The Williamsburg Morgue is a stall in a stable, It is ali that the city provides, and into this stall the jurymen were ushered. Passing through the crowd of nearly 100 workmen who gath- ered on the sidewalk of No. 367 Fourth street the jury entered the shop of Mr, Qwem Gallagher, the under- taker. Walking through the rows of dark-stained cof- fins, and entering the harness and hearse room, the men made their way to the stable room in the rear, It is not more than tem by twelve feet in size, and there the remains of William N. Simmons, or, rather, so much of them as had been found up to that hour, were looked upon by the men who were to consider the cause of his death, The daylight came faintly through the wire screens at” the windows, and discovered to the eyes of the nervous and horrified jarymon the frightful relics of the mur- dered man. Shocked with tho sight, each turned his lace away as he noticed on the floor at the left a common black trunk, iron bound, but open, in which were two arms, pale and bloodless, the hands. still begrimed with oil and machine dust, Above the wrists and to the shoulders the flesh and tendons had been sliced away, leaving ragged, bloody ends of flesh at the extremities, With them were two white feet attached to the bones of the legs that had Deen chopped off a few inches above the knees, and shudder from these the eyes of the jury rested on a common water bucket, partly filled with lumps of ice, upon which rested the head of the murdered man. The light brown hair waved over the forcheaa, and the brown, grizzly beard curled around the face, thus re- lieving in part the staring gaze of the dead eyes and the ghastly, open mouth. Close to these in that cham- ber of horrors was a stew pan containing the heart, lungs, kidneys and liver of the dead mon, black with the effects of the lime and heat of the oven in which they bad been cooking. Sull more hideous were the contents of a tin wash+ boiler. In {% was the body of Simmons, from the hips to the neck, the arms having been cut of at the shoulders, and the flesh on the back and breast stripped away, the bones alone remaining, with their awful fringe of blood drops. Close to this was another pail with sheets and steaks of flesh, mixed with horrible deformity of shapo, that the brutal flend had not time enough to burn away. Thoroughly sick- ened by the revolting spectacle the Jury turned away and left the room. After they had recovered contro! of their nerves their names were called as follow: THR CORONER'S JURY. Henry Summersgill, jeweller, No, 181 Grand street, John H. Brainard, furnishing goods, corner of Grand and Fifth street. William Schaefer, hardware, No, 137 Grand street, John E. Seward, dry goods, No, 201 Grand street. M. C. Mahony, dry goods, No. 307 Grand street, Samuel Meyers, eigars, No. 117 Grand street. Cornelius Meyers, Fourth street, between North | Ninth and Tenth streets. Jotn Baldwin, teas, Grand and Eighth streets. Alfred J. Galer, teas, Nos. 231 and 283 Grand street. Amos Scofield, merchant, No. 179 South First street. Edwald Rudolph, barber, No. 156 Grand street. As they uncovered their heads and raised their right bands each swore to render @ verdict in this case in said:—‘Gentlemen, in view of the fact that more evi dence than can be given to you at present will be placed in my hands within a day or two I deom it ad- visable to adjourn this inquest until Thursday next, at two o'clock P, M., whon {t will be resumed in Justice Elliott's court room, at Soutn First and Fith The jurymen then departed and visited the SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY. + In front ofthe little frame cottage at No. 93 North | | Third street another crowd of curious citizens was | blocking the sidewalk. Pushing through them the | | policeman in advance opened the alley gate, and the jurymen walked into the court yard between the front | and rear houses. The rear house, occupied by the mur- derer, Kretz, alias Fuchs, has been described. The win- dows were closed and barred, Opening the front door | the men passed into the low-cetied room which had served for a kitchen, lving room and slaughter pen. In the search for the deadly weapons and the furniture of that and the adjoining bedroom in con- fusion, The bedding was piled on chairs in the Kitchen, The stove pipe had been disconnected, the coals taken trom the grate, the oven door left open, the fireboard torn away from its place, the boards ripped from the door, and bricks and earth were scat- tered from the hearth over the room. Beneath a mir- ror between the windows were (he trinkets and sewing materiafsg{ the wife. Around the walls were hung highly colored lithographs of St Mary Magdalene in prayer, a portrait of Washington and his former home at Mount Vernon, an engraving of the Madonna de San Sisto, the ‘Descent trom the Cross,” a gurden scene in summer anda plaster medallion of “Night” The furniture was poor and scant A piece of bloody car- pet had been cut from the floor of the bedchamber, and the boards beneath were dark with blood. Out side of the house, close under the windows, was an earthen jar filled with pieces of pickled pork that | looked so much |ike the mutilated Pieces of the body in the Morgue that again the spectators were compelled to turn away, The jury, having imspected the premises, separated until Thursday next, THR POST-MORTRM EXAMINATION, Dr. Josep Creamer, Deputy Coroner, repaired to the Morgue at an early hour, and, previous to the em- panelling of the Coroner's jury, made a careful ex- amination of the remains, taking the necessary data as proceeded. On tho arrival of the jury, he having fuished the work, the Deputy Coroner reported as missing the pelvis, thighs, portions of the thorax and & quantity of desh and skin from the riba. In re- Jowing result of the post-mortem examination :— There was one cut on the posterior portion of the head reaching into the bone to the right, the instra- Grabam ave. | ment sinking deep into the spinal column between the base of the skull andthe cervical vertepra. There | Wasacut on the left side of tho face, through to the | neck, severing the jaw, and reaching through to the | spinal column. This latter was probably a miss cut in severing the head from the body when the chopping was in progress. The spinal column, where it joined the head, was roughly shattered as though done with an axe or some similar implement. The lower portion of the trunk was’separated from the pelvis by a clean sawing through the body of one ot the vertebrae. The lower extremities were severed three or four inches above the knee joints, and in both cases thé flesh was roughly hacked off with kmife. The feet were not disturbed, but just above the ankle the muscle remained on the bones. The upper extremities were cleanly sawed off two or three inches below the shoulder joint, and were also roughly backed, the flesh being Svidently removed by a person who did not un- Gerstand the art of dissection. The bands, like the feet, were not disturbed. One shoulder blade anda Portion of the collar bone, with a piece of flesh from the thorax about four inches square, were missing, but the latter was afterward found in the washboiler. From the trunk the murderer had taken the bntes, tines, making a clean cut down the centre. The lungs and other viscera were found in a tin stew pan, covered with lime and partially baked, The pelvis, thighs and Portions of the flesh cut from the trunk were missing, “All Team say,” remarked the Deputy Coroner in conclusion, “respecting the mattor is, that I think the Joba rude one. In fact, it is nothing but a complete backing affair, Either of the wounds in the neck would have proved fatal, and the ictim mast have been reduced to instantaneous insensibility, so that from bis condition he could neither ery out nor oven moan after be was strack."’ Dr, Creamer further stated that he had merely made notes of bis examination, and should testify from them before the Coroner on Thursday next. PHOTOGRAPHING THR PRISONER. Between nine and ten o'clock yesterday morning Fochs was conveyed from the Fifth precinct station house, In a close carriage, to Police Headquarters, cor ner of Court and Livingston streets, Brooklyn. He was in custody of Captain Woglom and Detectives Short and Holland. The prisoner's wife and the bright-faced little girl who witnessed the horrible mur. der were also taken before the Superintendent of Po. ica The news of their arrival spread like wildfire in the vicinity of the Central Office, and in less than fre Minutes fully $00 persona collected about the doors and sought admission, so intense was the popular ex- Citement over the tragedy, THR MCRORRER'S PAMILT. Just defore eleven o'clock sesterday motning two they, too, had been cleared of flesh, ‘Turning with a | accordance with the evidence. Coroner Nolan then | the remains of the victim the detectives had thrown | flosh*was in strips, while nothing but a fair amount of | carriages were driven rapidly through Fourth street, Williamsburg, from the headquarters of the police Brooklya, where Kretz, his wife and child had been taken by Captain Woglom and his detectives, down through the dense crowd assembled on the streets, to the Fifth precinct station house. The high speed at which they were driven told the curious crowd that something new was to be seen, and hundreas rushed | along the street after the carriages until they reached the station house. As the coaches drew up before the door the officers took into the station little Ellen Kehoe, the stepdaughter of Kretz, She was dressed in white and looked very innocent and calm. She had no hat, but her light blonde hatr was neatly dressed, | ber face was undisturbed by emotion and her eyes | gave outan totelligent light that seemed to vouch for the truth of_any story she might relate of the terribie “deeds she had witnessed, The mother came into the house next and was escorted to the Captain’s room. She is an Irish woman, about forty years old, and bas been good looking, but strong drink has left its im- | press on her face, and her eyes were still bloared and expressionless, The right and left temples were scratched, ana she walked with a dail, listless motion until she reached her chair, She did not speak a word to any one nor notice what was going on around her Then came the self-confessed murderer. He Is about | five feet three inches in height, compactly built, weighs | about 140 pounds, has deep black, glittering eyes, a , fall, short face, short, dark mustache and a mouth ever ready to smile, His glances at the crowd while ho say im the carriage and while passing through it to the door of the station ‘seemed to Indicate a certain grati- fication at the excitement he had created, for he would frequently indulge in a smile that wrought its impress on the awe-stricken minds of the lookers on. After a brief interview Fuchs was removed to the photograph gallery on Willoughby street, and as the carriage was being driven to its destination the crowd ran after it and elbowed one another in their eagerness. 4 to obtain a glimpse of the priaoner. The latter gla.ced curiously about him, apparently undaunted by the attention his awful crime bad attracted to him. He | went before the looking glass at the artist’s gallery | and after smoothing his shaggy locks remarked, quite seriously and regretfully, “I have not got ze collar, 1 look so mooch better wiz the collar."” No collars were forthcoming just then, and a picture was taken of him, which he asked to see, He thought the artist had done him justice, On being brought before Superin- tendent Campbell the prisoner told the same story that was published yesterday.’ The woman and little girl were so much excited and wept so bitterly that they were not questioned. The party were then transferred to Raymond Street Jail by order of Coroner Nolan. The family bad been brought back to the police sta- tion tn order to let the officers receive the papers from the Coroner committing the trio to Raymond Street Jail, The Coroner had, however, sent the commit- ments to the jail, expecting that the prisoners would be taken there from headquarters, so Captain Woglom im- mediately returned with his charge to the county | prison, followed by a running and shouting crowd of men, women and boys. KRETZ’'S KARLIBR HISTORY. Andreas Fuchs, or Victor Kretz, as he says his right | name is, was bora in Rigl, Baden, in 1844, but removed | atan early age to Alsace, where he was brought up. He married there and served as a private during the | Franco-Prussian war, After the close of hostilities he returned to his family, remaining only a short time; for, owing to some trouble in which he became | involved, he had to fly to America, where he changed hia name immediately on arrival. It is said by those who claim to have been intimate with him that he k illed a map during a quarrel, but no proof of that has yet been adduced. On reaching the New World Krets, obtained em ployment m the blacksmith’s shop of J. | Schick, on the corner of Graham avenue and North Second street, where he received two letters from France, written, itis supposed by his wife, a despond- ency wnich he seemed to be laboring under being re- moved by their reception. Mr. Schick , his employer, said yesterday that he had never any fault to find with Fuchs, who was an honest worker, never losing time or neglecting business. Fuchs was a good workman, and that was all he wanted. He aid not demand the antecedents of any of his em- ployés, but if they could not do the work set them they were promptly discharged. Fuchs was in bis employ twice, the first time some three years ago, and after an absence of abouta year or more returned, when he | was at once put to work, but remained only one week. One or two of the workmen state that they did not jike the man, and though they wero familiar in the | shop they would not allow him to associate with them | outside, as they wero afraid of him. They all unite, in saying that he was a good workman. THE MISSING PORTIONS. While at the Morgue Mr. Blakeman, who lad been | formerly a detective, achieving quite considerable no- toriety by his tracing the Sherman poisoning case, was particularly struck by the large amount of matter missing necessary to make the body complete, and, in company with a Heratp reporter, knowing that it could not all be burned up, repaired to the jail and without any preliminary asked Kretz where he had put it Without the slightest hesitation Kretz replied that he bad buried it about two miles from Graham avenue on North Second strect, In response to the question as to what he killed Simmons for he repeated his charge of immorality and told the story of the mur- der over again. | ‘rho Henatp reporter hurried back to Williamsburg, and, in company with another of the Haxaup stall, proceeded in a Soach out toward the swamp on New- town Creek, notilying the police ero thay started of | their intentions. Mr, Blakeman also notified the | Coroner and Captain Woglom, who, with Detectives | Short and Holland, obtained a “recall” from Coron Nolan, and proceeded with it to the jail to obtain the | prisoner and get him to show them where be bad | placed the mangled fragments, | WHAT THEY FOUND. | Meanwhile the Henatp reporters drove out to the junction of Grand street and Metropolitan avenué, where the carriage stopped and the search was com- menced on foot. It was conducted on the premise that Kretz had carried no tool for digging with him, so that, if concealed beneath the water, the ice might possibly be broken with ahatchet, The yonds and pools in the | low salt meadows, through salen Newtown Creck | flows, were first searched; but in none of them was the | Slightest trace of the ice having been broken since its formation prior to Friday. | « A close scrutiny of every little hole was then made, and was finally rewarded with success, | Eight pieces of human flesh, the thighs, pelvis and | pieces of flesh cut from the ribs were found in a ditch | or shallow drain, wrapped up in copy of the Braok- lyner Presse, but it was impossible to decipher the dato of the copy, the dampness of the place having de- Stroyed portions of it. The spot was situated some oue hundred and fifty feet southeast of Metropolitan avenue and about @ quarter of a mile within the city } line, It is on the bleak 4 bo prt between the high ridge running toward s ol e yorth and the range of hiils south as ie Ho Re ae ay east toward Jamaica. T! Toed--Metropolitan avenue— is much frequented, market wagons and funerals en | route to Lutheran Cemetery.passing at all hours of the | day; but the meadows are rarely crossed at this season of the year, none of the ponds being large enough for skating purposes, and the treacherous amp preventing any attempts at maki footpath acrosé it. In this forlorn tpot surrounded by a few dead weeds lay the remaining por- | tions of the unfortunate mechanic. The other reporter, | who was examining the meadows north of the avenae, | hearing the signal-agreed upon, joined his companion, | and afer a brief consultation returned in the carri | for the police, bis colleague remaining behind to watch, THE BROOKSIDE GRAVE. The Benatp carriage was driven rapidly back over | the road toward the police station to meet, if possible, Captain Woglow: and staff, who it was feared had taken another route; out after a few minutes’ hard ariving the cartiage of the Captain, containing him, the murderer and Detectives Short and Holland, was seon approaching. Holland was on the box, and halted | the team to allow the reporter to speak to his superior olticer, Then both carriages were hurried to the dread- ful spot. The HwRaup sentinel way sti on guard, Funerals were passing to and fro, farmers’ wagons were going along the road, and a few foot passengers awere wonding their way homeward, The two carriages | halted opposite th '¥ stopped Krotz stretched his right arm through the open window of Captain Woglom’s carriage and exclaimed oxcitediy, “THERE! THAT'S THR PLACR The men stepped quickly from the vehicles to the edge of the steep bank, scrambled down to the meadow ‘And started on a quick ‘walk for the spot wl the re- mains were lying; bat none were able to keep pace | with the murderer, for he almost ran in his eagerness fo be first to show the evidence against him A Kenato reporter ran to his side and watched his face. | Abruptly baiting on the top of the low bank, not two feet from the bloody hy Kretz pointed down to it with both hands, and, jooking at it, said, “It's all there.” Still keeping’ in his hand that he had been smoking he | | | | arned —«] reporter and said, ‘You see iti I put it all Rarorter—Did meadows here, 10 a you bury an: other parts , or ‘n any other place! dee Kretz—No, Nothing anywhere else. Then he Stepped close. to the bri a hate. wrote ene bh Ry about @ dozen yards away, Then be tooks (ew pulls a bis ciuar and | | and he gave, e | shis tly passed back to to the reporter, to whom he whe bls black eyes Qashed with escitement. and “bak curious smile came over his face in, “I had so much trouble in my house. What shouldl do? I what you would do,’” Kretz was then taken back to the police carriage. Captain Woglom stopped a farmer's wagon and procured a guony bag, into which the flesh and bones were gathered. By that time the roadway was blocked with carriages, wagons, horsemen and pedestrians. A crowd of idiers were rushing to the grave at the brook side, and among them was a woman carrying a child in her arma. As quick as possible the police started again for the Morgue and there deposited the missing links in the case. AROUND THE MORGUE the crowd was much greater than in the morni: Captain Woglom took his bag of remains into the stable of the Morgue and the attendant took charge of them. ‘The ghastly head had been taken from its receptacle and placed upon a box, and an attendant was engaged in fake its hair and whiskers. The face had been was! lieve the face of its horrible stare preparatory to the last sad rites of burial, The carrii were then driven rapidly toward Raymond Street Jail, followed for nearly half a mile by hundreds of Re mages 0 on] who tum- bied over each other in their race to catch a pllmoe of the perpetrator of Brooklyn's greatest orror, To lusts te th coded a seas of the ‘0 rate the supreme coolness Perpetrator of this horrid crime, it is positively asserted that he called in the liquor saloon of Mr, Patrick M on North Second street, near Fourth, and took a drigk of liquor, on Saturday afternoon, carrying a basket op his arm which seem: Neither the barkeoper nor his employer peeizes identifies Kretz as the man, but they say it was just such s one, but there seemed nothing unusual about him to attract their special at- tention. "HOW THE NEWS WAS RECKIVED AT DERBY. On Saturday might Mr. Jones, of the frm in which Simmons was employod, telegraphed to Mrs, Simmons that her husband been murdered. The announce- ment, thus abruptly made, nearly deprived her of her reason, She shed neva tear, but after a few moments she lapsed into @ state of inseusibility, from which she was with difficulty resto! She is a very reli woman and of a decidedly domestic turn of up im ber home 8 placed implicit conf dence in her hasband, whom she saw at inter- vals during the year, and she had spent two or three weeks each summer with him in Williamsburg, stop- ping last year with the family of Mr. Hallberg, at No. Third street, The murdered man had five children, three of whom were daughters. Of these two are mar- ried. The two sons are much youn, in years. The eldest daughter, a well educated occupies & posi- tion as teacher in the Derby Acade ‘hey, too, feel the loss they have met with very much, especial! since heard through the Sunday ae that only the head infogrned of any particulars relating to the murder and will not be until to-day, when the remains reach Derby. Simmons and family lived for some years in Birmingham, town om the oppo- site side of the river from Derby, in the same house with Deputy Sheriff Henry A. Blakeman, of New Haven county, ecticut. de was accord: ingly notified as afriend of the family of the catas- trophe, and his advice was requested. He urged. to remain quiet and allow him to come to New York, and he would man everything. accordingly took the Sunday night train, reaching presi) early yesterday morning. He says that the people o: Derby are deeply mor by the terrible acath of Sim- mons, who is bighly respected thore, both on account of his own character and that of his family, the) having been ever foremost in any missionary or Chris- tian work, Every one scouts the idea of his alleged immorality. THE FUNERAL yd permission yesterday to th friends of the family to remove the remains of the de. ceased to Connecticut for interment. Mr. Blakeman encortiany procured a handsome casket in which they will iF jaced in as nearly & natural position as possi- ble. The remains of the murdered man will be buried at Derby, Conn., with Masonic honors. He was a valued member of Hiram F, and A M., and it was announced yesterday that the lodge had called a special communication for the purpose of receiving the mutilated rematns of their brother on their arrival at Derby. This morning the remains will be removed from the Morgue in Fourth street, Williamsburg, and taken to the Forty-second street depot in this city, whence they will be carried to the native town of the deceased. They will be taken to the New Haven depot at eleven o'clock to-day, and will probably be escorted by Progressive and Corner Stone Lodges of F. and A, M., of Williamsburg. 4 VISIT TO THE MURDERER. The fire burned brightly in the Warden's room of Raymond Street Jail as a ALD reporter entered the Floomy place, Over the desk is displayed a semi-circular oard bearing in large letters the Scripturai quotation, “The way of the transgressor is hard.” Deputy Warden Juliap was found immersed in adding up a long column of figures, In reply to the reporter's request to be allowed to see the murderer Victor Krotz he readily gave his consent, and, armed with a series of formidable keys, he led the way through an intricacy of passages toward the main part of the prison. Everything in the place looked the perfection of clean- lness and good order. Soon the tier of cells was reached in which Kretz was confined. A chorus of oly voices was heard sing. ing a songa few cells off, of which the refrain was “I'd like to an Outside the cell of Kretza keeper was standing talking to a prisoner in Krotz’s cell. In the cell were three prisoners, one a w dressed German wearing spectacles, and apparently man about thirty years of age. The other was younger man, accused of theft, and both were awaiting u Kretz himself was enjoying a nap on his bed. Mr. Julian then called in a somewhat loud voice to him “Here, Frenchy, here’s a gentieman waiting to seo you from the Hxrap w see if you wish to any ‘Statement to him." The prisoner sprung up and, apologizing for keeping Coroner Nolan | his visitor waiting, commenced putting on his boots, waistcoat and This being accomplished he came to the door of his coll and, putting his head to it, said that he was willing to answer any questions that might be putto him. A few cigars given to the other occu- pants of the cell had the effect of sending them back from the wicket of the door, whither they at first came at the sight of a visitor. They sat themselves down on fee bed and smoked their cigars, looking fairly cheer- ny The reporter, knowing tnat the prisoner was a re- ted Frenchman, addressed him im that tongue, but immediately broke off into German, which can only be compared to a blending of Wurtemburg and German- ‘Swiss patois. The imprassion of his face was cheerful, in the course of his confession, several hearty laughs, and his little eyes glistened as with the appreciation of a good joke, eronTER—I have come to ask you, Kretz, for the history of your life and an account of the fearful crime of whieh you stand accused, KRET2'S STATEMENT. “1 have no objection fo tell you my history, and the details of my crime, My father isa farmer residin, near Colmar, and is about sixty-six years of age, an my mother is about fifty-tour years old. He is medium circumstances, and would b: ign ar with my mother to come to this_ eouety poner than German ag be 4 age ‘obiiged +o sign himself, ho ortly about becoming a ave a brother w Catholic priest. I am terribly afraid that my crime will bring disgrace upon ey poor boy.” Here the “I sbatl not be surprised : I think they will do Hore Krets passed his Ginger across his oh Mine told him that he believed ne would an- doubtedly have a fair trial, The prisoner then continued:—“I have worked asa horseshoer at Toulouse, Tours, Paris, and for some time at Havre in a shipbuilding yard 1 cannot tell ti the pames of my different employers, for I really forget them. 1 was also for several years in the Third French Hussars, and attained the grade of Lieutenant During the Franco-Prussian war I was at Beltert to me,” ae 1 had worked some time in Havre got tired of be place and determined to try my fortune in the New oriag Z T wrote home to my father that I was off for Now York, and took passage on the steamship Cimbria of the Hambarg line, and came to this country, landing at Hoboken on the 16th of May, 1872 The following day 1 got employment at Jones & Henry's, axle makers, in Williamsburg. At that place I have worked a ily with the exception of several mon! early I-was engaged at Singer's sewing machine lishment in we strect. Subsequently, work gave out there,!I returned to Williamsburg, there was no work to be had with my former bosses ti shortly before Christmas, when Simmons got k tg work I my wife about ep the widow of Mr. Kehoe, a burg cooper. not know where he worked. She bad a chiud by him named Helen, ® nice little girl, and I like her very much, I am sorry to say that my wit afidelity to me has been common talk around Williamsburg for gome timo, and I have lived in @ hell of jealousy. 1 suspected Simmons, but never had any direct proof against him. I bave learned, however, that when I was in New York he was a visitor to my ho’ and eee often run ro my house rhe ene oe worl pe whe was makiig up the fires am spend te an hour with my wife He would return late, say at a quarter past seven. His excuse for being late was that he had gone to wash himself. c theso base attempts of his to break up my jome and make mea laughing stock have now been proved to me, and when kK his life I avenged my- self, as any man having tl blood in his veins would do. On mons’ presence, “I believ Da not true to me,” and she said, “lam,” ded, “If any man is ever caught by me’ tnterfering with my honor, I will blow bis brains out, if I bw swing for it.” THE CRIME CONPESSED. Last Wednesday evening he came to my house and treated toa pint of beer, and after it was drunk I treated to another Loe and went out to fetch it my- self, Whon I came back | saw Simmons and my wife to- ether. Little Helen said, ‘Naughty mamma, don’t ick ber papa.” I then seized an axe and killed him. 1 then said to ber, “You see what you have brought on our nome by your uc, We then went to bed, but I could not sleepatali. My wife on, how The next day and she took some ol my money and got drunk on both days. I washed up the blood, which took me three hours. I did not get bloody. Look! I had on this sbirt. You see it is not bloody, I burned his cloth as they were covered with blood, We slept with the body in our bedroom Thursday and Friday, and the stench was fearful, The girl told Ley? I dia not know what to doand I trembled. My wife began to ory and say it was a piece of ane. 1 w to to the shop constantly to ask if anybody had seen immons; but of course nobody had. 1 put his watch and money in my bureau drawer, I did not count the money, for \t burned my fingera 1 think I was justi- fied in killing him, for { remember a man in Mulhouse, im 1850, who found his wife criminally intimate with a wan, and cat both their heads and nothing was done tohim Igave the head toa boy with ragged pants and without ghocs—a regular young loafer—to = , and the undertaker had done his best to re- | hide, and alter a and pat it inte’ feeggie Ta sie nS. The other x paria af the found today were the only por- tions not left in the box st home If the body had not been removed there would have been sickness in our house. My wife watched, and I worked at the body. If 1 had only killed him {t would have “been all righ but it was wrong to cut bimup. That e, But! acted as any wronged husband My stepdaught what a disrepu- table life her mother led, My wife was not able to give measingie idea how to getridof the body. All she did was to cry and wateb the door, The head was sent away at noon on Saturday and the rest was taken away between three and four o’clock. Nobody called at our house while I was working at cutting the Loy Be We opt all of the body in the house bar ~ the thighs and bead. I cut the head off with a table knife, 1am nota drinking man; I never drank any beer or whiskey without my wife, and loved my home. I am Catholic and a rogular attendant at Father Haltman's church, in Williamsburg, and sometimes 1 went to Bushwick Avenue Catholic church. I expect they'll bang me. CONGRATULATORY ORDER TO SUPERINTENDENT CAMP- BELL Yesterday afternoon when the night platoon were drawn up in order to receive thefr instructions from the sergeant in charge be read to the men the following congratulary order which had been fo1 to Cap- tain Wogiom, To Parnion Caurentt, Baq.. Superintepdent of Police = ting “of rd of P Excite, held this day the ‘Isliowing resolution. wen cBbrea. bp Cour: missioner Pyburn and unaal vig — Resolved, That the thanks of the Board be, and they are hereby tendered to you, and through you tothe Inspector, the detectives. of tho department and ‘the oficers aad mes the ri onthe Fin. shag and Seventh iene tan prompt ai lant action dis; arrest of Andre: charged with the murder of Wi ern Sn iw of the Commissioners fa munity. —B, the Board. = BU PANSING. Chiat Clore.” Both officers and men feel gratified at this prompt pt a of their energetic efforts to unravel the mys! RUBENSTEIN’S TRIAL. SARA ALEXANDER'S BUTCHERY UNDEB OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION—SELECTING THE JURY ~THE CASE FOR THE PEOPLE TO BE OPENED THIS MORNING. Long before ten o’clock yesterday morning the ap- proaches to the Supreme Court room, where the Court of Oyer and Terminer are sitting, were crowded with Jews and Gentiles, men and boys, who eagerly sought admission to the promised trial of Pesach Nisan Ruben- stein, who is under indictment for the murder of Sara Alexander. The prisoner, who was present early, in company with bis father, looked pale, emaciated, un- cleanly and wretched. The bench was occupied by Justice Calvin £. Pratt, County Judge Moore and Justices of Sessions McKibben and Wolfert Mr, William A. Beach appearea, im conjunction with Messrs. Mott and Kintzing, for the prisoner. Distric, Attorney Britton and his assistant, Mr, Snell, con- ducted the prosecution. The brothers of the prisoner, Louis and Jacob, and various other relatives, male and female, were present during the day and closely watched the proceedings. P, Alexander, the brother, and Zeita, the sister, of the murdered girl, were also in attendance. At half-past ten o’clock Mr. Britton moved the case ofthe People vs. Pesach N. Rubenstein. The clerk then proceeded to call the panel of 300 jurors who had beon summoned for the case, svROR No. 1 The first of the panel called was Jacob B. Croxson, wholesale dry goods merchant. He had no prejudice sgainst Hebrews, nor was he opposed to capital punish- as amember of hochurch. Mr, Croxson was accepted by both sides and took his seat as a juror. Edward Fowler bad formed an opinion, and was, therefore, considerea hae beet to sit as a juror, Osborn H. Schrimer was alienged peremptorily” by the defence. JUROR NO. 2. Philip Valentine, of No. 157 Yates avenue, was ac- cepted as juror No. 2 7 . George Metzler, house painter, of No, 798 Gates ave- was excused by the defence. Nathaniel Norton, of No. 27T Madison street, was excused by both sides, JUROR NO. 8 ‘ William H. Spencer, of No. 124 South Oxford street, knew nothing about the case. He was accepted. Horace W. Stearns, baker, of No. 260 Court street, was excused by the Court, and Charles G. Curtis, of De Kalb avenue, by mutual consent, JUROR NO. 4, Jatnes W. Smith, miller, of No. 52 Greenwich streets New York, was sworn as the fourth juror, Sylvester C. Whitehead, of Vanderbilt avenue, was challenged, and J. E. L. Smith, merchant, of No. 186 Beaver street, New York, was excused Moses K. Moody, of No. 150 Willow street; Clark D, Rhineard, of Greenpoint; Edward H. Billings, plater, resiaieg at No, y 840 Macon street; William K, White, artificial residing a No. 83 Woodhull treet; George D. Lundt, C) street, Brookly: i ocoht: tect, of No. 303 South Fourth street; ‘Gouleh Hackon- bocker, merchant tailor, of No, 199 Grand street; James Witwam, of No. 116 Franklin street, Greenpoint, and Albion K. Buckley, of No. 180 Kosciusko street, were excused for various reasons. FoROR NO, 6 Frank J. Bristoll, shoe dealer, of No, 725 Fulton street, had no prejudices bat whei he first road of the case he had an impression. Now he thought ho could render an im| verdict’ Mr. Bristol was accepted and took his seat. Stephen B. Ripley, Charles Orkamp, Charles T. Monk and Amasi 3S, White were excused. JUROR NO. 6 Dexter Collamore, of No. 655 Bedford avenu an opinion, which ib would require evidence to dive: himself of; knew of no reason why he could not ren- der an impartial verdict Mr. Collamore was accepted as whe sixth juror, JUROR No 7, Edwin 8. Keeler, of No. 828 Lexington avenue, en- gaged in the lumber business, bad read of the case and the Coroner’s inquest; bis impression on the subject would not lead to bias ip rendering a verdich Mr. Kegler wi sworn as tho seventh juror. ler W. Hearn, Eugene A Hodgkinand John Voison At one Fe also excused, o'clock the Court charged the Jury that they must report to the Court the name of apy person who might attempt to discuss the caso in their presence, as no interference with the jury would be tolerated’ A recess for three quarters pf an hour was then taken. AFTER RECESS. At fifteen minutes before two o'clock the Court was — convened, when an understanding was had that the Court should sit during the week from ten to “ae “and,” said the District Attorney to the Court, * guess we shall get through at that, as five hours’ con- secutive session is long enough” There will, there- fore, be no midday recess during the trial, next talesman was Henry Haan, chemist, in the employ of Dr. Squibbs, who was excused as he did ‘Rot understand English very well. JUROR NO. 8 Luther Irving, heaters and ranges, of No. 46 Putman avenue, read the headings of the murder case in the newspapers; had some impression on the subject when he heard of the occurrence; bad no knowledge of any fact that would prevent bie sitting upon trial in this case, Mr, Irving was sworn. John Dowd, dry goods, No. 428 Wi heard the facts of the merde] baled, bat ESAS roason why he could not act fairly as'ajuror, He was excused by the defence. Frederick R Jurgesson, dealer in flour, New York, had read the case and formed an opinion. He was de- Clared mot qualiiied by the prosecution, JUROR NO. 9. Robert Miller, shipjoiner, ot No. 50 Lee avenne, had oO opinion on the subject nor prejudice against th prison yn account of his religious faith, jared éatisfactory to both sides and, being beat as a juror. William K. Walting, Inmber dealer, had heard the case discussed, but believed he could decide impartially upon th idence without any reference to any im- pression he bad formea (rom what he bad bi and Tead. Excused. George Crarey, merchant, New York, had heard and read of the murder and bad an opinion which tt would require evidence to remove. Exeused for defence. joorge A Marbel, mineral water, No. 26 Maiden lane, ork, had read the case and had an opinion. Mutually excused Fg 4 Pesan ak ba estate agent, Broadway, roo! ., read of the murder in but bad no decided opinion; if what he had read should prove to be true on the evidence he would render a verdict on that opinion; he believed that the public pret wt all the facts they conid get; teri a to capital punishment ag a matter of conscience. Excused by mutual consent John 8. Brown, builder, of Flatlands, 1. L, bad formed an opinion, and was excosed, JUROR NO. 10, William H. Miller, of No. 254 President street, had an opinion, but that would not prevent bim from de- ciding impartially asa juror. Ho was accepted. JUROR WO IL William F. Bourk, paint had no opipion, nor bad y imp caso; had no prejudice against the prison heard opinions expressed by others: quainted with any of the officials connected with the case, Mr. Bourk was accepted. Eighteen more men of various occupations were in- terrogated and excused or declared disqualified, and then was found the needed JUROR NO, 12 Daniel Barres, shippmg and commission Fo Sen doing business at No, 29 South street, New York, an residing at No, 184 Clinton street, Brook: read of the case, but thought he would be aninfluenced as a Juror by the impressions be had formed. He had no conscientious scruples against capital punishment. Mr. Barnes was acceptod and sworn in, completing the panch, At ten minutes before four the last chair if the jury Stall was filled, and the counsel havi not to proceed any further in the case til thie morning, the Court informed the jurors that it had consented to that they should be allowed to sey “This,” Judge Pratt said, “isan important case both to the people and to the prisoner, and you must aot coageod Say discussion in your presence bearing upon it; nor should you discuss it among yourssives It will be your duty to report the nam: oe age who speak on the subject to you. ‘You wil also avoid ing reports of the proceedings in the case, but will Aro] Ine your attention to the proceedings as presen! here.” The prisoner was then removed and the court #diourned KU ten o'clock this Morminas orn in, took bis LL TTT THE LANDIS TRIAL. ou are to do your duty. The learned oe the caso ior the defendant eloquent ruined life and blasted hopes of C K_ thas ruined life you have nothing to do, to decide this case, not accord: but according to the evidence, shows to you that dead; that on the 19h of he was alive; that on the morning of that day Landis went to Carruth’s office armed with this ited there from ten to twenty minutes Carruth’s ap; joe, and when he arrived down without a word; that Carruth tried to running from the office through the com: but was followed by Landis aud shot’ No man, gentile- om ee Bae Senet e this to the ot another, wait from ten to twenty minutes for the pro- prietor to appear, and shoot him, without bet ace ‘uated by malice aforethought, without intending a murder, But Carruth did not die immediately, and doctors have been brought here to testify a wound in the brain is a mere bagatelle; that Carruth did not die from the effects of the shooting but as a re- sult of ing; Drs, Gross, Tuller and Morgan have all sworn that their probing did no injury to the brain substance; Dr. Gross probed to a depth of two and a balf inches, but said his probe did no injury to Car- ruth’s brain. From what did these abscesses result then? These doctors have all testified tha tthe ball was in a favurable position for recovery; that the ball did ‘ot kill him but the abscesses did. From what did they result if not from the injury done to the brain by the ball in its passage? Dr. Thomas testified before you, gentlemen, that when he made the post mortem the nearest 88 was @ third of ap inch from the orifice of the wound, and if a knife or robe was inserted to oa these abscesses it would bave passed through solid brain matter before it reached the nearest abscess. His testimony is that there could not have been any protrusion to indic: that an abscess was working iis way down to the o1 fice, but if there was, the cause of that abscess was the injury done to the brain, tbe laceration made by the ball in its These facts have been proven, and if you believe the evidence you are bound to acknowl. hey by your verdict that this crime was murder in the rs Counsel then dwelt upon the journey taken by Car- rath; that journey was taken at the Instigation of Landis; its object was to compromise a felony; the de- fendant and his counsel both knew that if they took Carruth out of the State they would be held account- able, and so they sent Dr. Gross to see and examine Carruth and advise a journey to Clinton, N. Y. What did they offer him as a settlement? The paltry sum of $5,000, a sum not sufficient to cover the expenses of his sickness, This journey brought trouble and excite- ment to Carruth, and you have heard it testified to that great mental excitement or trouble was a suffi- cient cause for the production of abcesses in his brain. ‘That excitement was caused by the disappointment in Carruth's hopes of a settlement which would secure bis famiy from pore: and the responsibility for thas rests upon Landi OF LANDIS. INSANITY The evidence of Landis’ insanity was next dwelt upon, and the fact that several of the witnesses were in the employ of Landis, ‘‘the creatures of his bounty; they had lived upon him for years and would continue to live upon him, and would do anything for him;’’ was pointed out as a reason for accepting their evidence with allowance, The testimony of John L. Burk is Infernal nonsense; it shows what faith he has in this insanity plea. With Mr. Landis, who has been mani- festing s7rgoms of insanity for a long ti Burk wo New York; while there he takes from him a joaded pistoL Landis acted so insanely that he was afraid he would injure himself, but when he returned with Landis to Vineland, knowing the trouble he had in his family, and believing him to be insane, he bands this loaded pistol back to him. Who ever heard of a man who would allow bis insane friend to enter the bosom of his family with a loaded pistol in his pocket? If Burk belicved Landis to be insane, why did he not Epehpad fining bec herinea rn ie less as ie Mr. Hartson testified to meeting Landis at a dress party in Vineland, and observing his dress to be disor- dered. Lewis Madeiraalso met Landis in Live: if and observed his shabby coat and torn boots. Per! it was this same suit he wore to the dress party, and = the witness who met Landis in Liverpool believea im to be insane because his clothes were soiled and his boots torn, Why, gentlemen, he fool APTER RECESS District Attorney Hoagland resumed his address. All these precautions (he Said) taken by Landis in guarding his house, giving photographs of suspicious yng to those who were to constitute the guard, are not indications of iusanity, but were indications of a real existing danger against which he wished to pro- vide. He did dread danger at the hands of Commodore Meade and his wite’s brother. As to the testimony of Dr. Lane, he was contradicted by the evidence of Good rich, He said he believed Landis insane about his wife’s sanity. Lane said Mrs, Landis was not insane, Grug ore, wile’ Goodrich, was, putting “up spree rug wi ich was putting up a pre- sortsaion: tor Mrs. Landis, Lane told “Goodrich she was insane. If Landis has the taint of insanity in his blood because his grandfather was insane, aud was therefore insane at the time of this shooting, why should it be claimed that Landis was wrong and his wife not insane, when her own father and grandfather died insane and ber taint was greater than her bus- band’s? 1 do not want to say anything against Mrs, Landis; but the probabilities ste that she was insane, or it may have been, as Mrs, Ryan said, that some: thing else was the matter with her. Dr. Ingram testitied that he and Mr, Sawyer + to the defendant’s house to persuade him not to attend a certain moeting. Sawyer says he does not remomber what the conversation was. If he does not remember, he does not contradict Dr. Ingram, at least. Ingram wrote down what Landis said, and you, gentlemen, remember what that was Landis declared’ that he would go, and if any méiée occurred Carruth should be the first victil that he would not fear to face a jury with that man's blood on bis hands. After the shot was fired Landis said to James Wiley, “I have killed him and ara willing to answer to the Jaw.”” The true story of this tragedy, gentle ili never be told until Carruth and Lanais @ bar of God, To support the testimony of their witnesses the defence bad Drs. Ray and Buttolph, two e: on insanity, These experts were bought and paid for. ay are peripatetic experts, who go where they are to go:and say what the; are paid to say. the State seen them first ani id them their price they would have testified for the tate, as they have for the defence, You remember that Colonel Fouer read along list of hypothetical symptoms, and asked the opinion of these experts as to the sanity of the defendant. They said he was in- sane. They were paid to say so. You remember, also, gentlemen, that these Fame experts remained dur- ing the rebuttal testimony; they heard it all, they took notes of it, and when at the close of the sur-rebuttal they were asked if, in view of what they bad heard, they still considered him tmsane, They bow said they did. Who expected them to sa anything else? They were paid to testify as they du The defence also had Dr, Dufly as an expert. He is somewhat notorious. We have heard of him before. He is an expert at pyro hore iy otiemen, This expert business 9 bre asiou, and they can be bought and sold if you @ the money to pay. We look to you to do your duty to soviety and contidently rely upon your verdict, oy : 4 SPHRCH POR THe DEPEXCR. or The Hon. James A. Nixon then took the floor for the defence. He said:—‘It becomes my duty now to ee ‘his form the aig assigned me by my associates. en it occurred startled the people every- tragedy w! where, They asked what could have caused this? what could have made a man who bas done so much good, been so liberal and so generous, s0 leap the broad chasm between virtue and crime? Something terrible must have occurred to produce this startling transformation. The evidence in a case prolonged as this bas been, be around somewhat scattered and it is our duty to er it together and rear the superstructure of the truth. I shall cali no ni poak of no wit- ai bess a8 a knave or a fool, nor 5} respectfully of @ noted ahd able body medical mi Fd tom omen agents, who can be bought or sold Mr. has been chargea with the highest crime known to the Inw—that he inflicted upon Mr. Carruth a mortal wound We deny it, This is the first issue, We con- d that the wound was not mortal im itself, that the round and malpractice er to bis death, and that the misconduct of the an! Car- ruth himself aided init What, then, ee mca of the wound. It was in the posterior lobe of the brain. ja an inch ‘a quarter, ¢ tentorium ; of wounds of this char- ty fi td cent recover. Dr. Morgan said in reply to Colonel Potter that seventy-five per cont of such wounds recover. It is in evidence that Mr. Car- ruth recovered his consciousness almost at 0: and Dy. Grose stated that when he visited bim in the month of June that he considered him in a remarkably good condition. This ball laid ina position where it was most favorable to recovery. The bali was found entirely encysted Kind nature bad done this and thus remedied the danger. We contend that Carruth became practically a well man. That at the time Dr. Gross visited him in June he gave him the advice necessary to a well man. Dr. Morgan gave bim & certificate that be, was beyond the primary cause of dangér. There had been a steady increase in strength, im appetite and jn heaith. How did the State receive this testimony? Did they invalidate it? Did they weaken it? It ts true these rts said they bad no case of as gun shot wound in the head, that got well, But did that weaken their testi- mony as to Carruth? Notatall Mr. Carruth did not get well He died. What killed him? It was the abscesses. What caused the abscesses? The ball did not do ft; ts location forbids the supposition, The ball being encysted forbids the conclusion; nature won't beal and destroy at the same time; ab- scesses will not result re Perfect cyst had forined. Drs. Mor well and Thomas testified that the Tall Bad ‘travelied no further nor had it worked ite way from any other position to where was found. It was preposterous to suppose that bail could have gone in an: other direction than the one where it was found. je ball, then, was not the jeath. Did the pieces of bone, then, driven and by the ball, cause these abscesses? Dr, ‘Thomas said that in the post-mortem he found no pieces of bone whatever. Dr Gross said that he discovered Rine pieces of bone and removed them, and that po on was found deeper than three- fou: of an inch. ‘hese pieces of bone, then, did not cause the abscesses Dr. Brown stated thats piece of bone was about the 16th of June. 1 will allow you to take story for what it is worth, The probing caused thost of March, by DF. avscesses, The probing on the necessary. ‘Mr, Nixoa will resume to-morrow morning Gross, was