| Show from the ix i Y day boot books aug augill J the inquest upon the body of lirginia lir sinia stewert coroner jackman on friday at eleven proceeded to hold an int inquest iest upon the body of virginia stewart bt ewart who aho was shot on the alt on the corner of canal street a and 1 I broadway bl 1 by a a resident of 0 mobile named mcdonaad McDo it the who were in company with her at the tinie time of the occurrence were svere as witnesses mcdonald McDo accompanied by hon P Phili philips pst of washington who atthe at the request of his the family acts as his adv adviser i iser or amy and a mr air grandin of new jersey who his been employed emp loed by his family as one ef r his counsel mcdonald McDo looked considerably better than w A hen lie he was first con consigned ignec to the tombs but wears a met melancholy look and a downcast appearance a ppe arance a and d evinced a considerable agitation during t alie is going on of a portion of the testimony the e inquest will mill probably take the greater portion of the day the facts obtained are the same as have already been published tile ibe 1 funeral took place at half past ten this morning rhe fhe body was placed in in a neat but inexpensive coffin at the dead house connected wih the hospital and given in in the charge of fattier father quinn on we the lid of the coffin was a silver plate bearing the cross underneath which was vas inscribed 11 eliza stewart died ath aigist Au aug gist lit 1859 aged 23 I 1 years 6 months ard 21 29 dys P the body was conveyed to calvary ce detary follow I 1 ed by two Larri marriages karnages lar nages ages in in one was her mother alid it a gentleman and lit in the other xi as father quinn of this city and father dolan of albany her mother is 13 present at the inquest an and seems greatly affected by the loss of her erring daughter at the close the jury gave the alie following verdict that ewart came to her death by a pistol shot at the hands of the prisoner robert C mc july 1809 11 after the rendition of the verdict the prisoner was as brought forward vi ard slid and in the I 1 Is usual manner in answer to what he be had to say relative to ue the charge preferred against him he answered that hr he supposed suppo seil he fired the shot as the witnesses had bad stated but aa was perfectly perfectly unconscious of hiving done soan so and he had no ill feeling t towards her ile he v was the then remanded to the tombs and the case wits laid bedorr the grand jury last night |
