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THE tom ISLAND MCRDER.tiiK inquest hesume d—corfiufcT of the jfaottnmr brothers—a repohT£I) iden-f TIFJOATION. 1The inquest in the case of .fames Graham, ttioshoemaker who was so brutally mnrderad in hisflhop at LULlo Neck on Friday night hurt, was re-enmcd yesterday afternoon by Coroner Helmer at tho Little Neck Uotoh The woods, wtlia, and cisterns in the immediate scene of the murderwere again searched jesterday morning with the hope ot finding the loBtrurncnt with wiisit the murderous blown were inflicted,» The flm wftnesfl examined was Sqnlre frovost, for whom the MeCreerys, haif^brothori of Graham, worked. Mr, J'rqvoit testified *i follows j ItesidS at Lakeviiid.and am a farmer ; on Friday night last I was at nqmej was notified on Saturday morning by a man (James McConnell) that Graham had been murdered; he also toJrl the boys, John and Thomas McCrccry: they stopped work and 1 wished them to continue; they declined, laying teat it wafl againat tnft miei of their .church; the jouDKcet auld uraimm w as tneirhalf-brother; I did not know that they wp*o haif.brothers before j I. went With them to (ho deceased in an'a home atid sent word to the Coroner; Mr, Provost here described ro the Jury how the m ordered man was Jying when they went In; the boys wont tip stairs end said that he had been robbou: they; picked up some papers from tho floor and gave them to mo; the papers I put In an envelope: the boys tolo mo that they bad aomo things there, and wished to take them; I toff] tfterrt not to touch any-thlogi’they took florae sturta and papers and put them In a trtink j iltcy wore not at any time in the loit alone; the floor of the room up stairs was strewn with papers and empty boxes; stand mg on the stairs was a am a 11 box, which had been emptied, End a small com lying near by; I saw spots on the Btalrs that looked like blood; the back window of tlio house was open, and there were tracks all aronnd the house; / locked the door of the house when I loft; I was at home all Friday evening, and John McCreery was In the kitchen at hair-past nine; the other br or her, I believe, was in the tenement-hmiHe opposite; Graham never told mo that he had any relations In thJfi country; tho boys have been In my employ since April, lasti they told me since the murder that Grab am sent for them to come tp thin country; I took tho papers or the deceased man believing that 1 should be one of the Jurors, and In lending to hand them to the coroner; never knew Gralmm to go by the name of McCreery; wont to the Hnrropate’s office at the request of tho boys to take out letters of administration and got them,JrimcB McConnell, William 1, Boawith, John Jterieni, and Officer Roe, who ware examined on Hftturday, were recalled, but their evidence elicited nothing new of consequence.Mr. Charles Van wosirand, Graham's lawyer, testified to the fact of having transacted business with tho deceased and of having received some ten tlayBsmce $500 In $60 bills; it was to loan on , bond and mortgage; found title not clear to the properly oti wlilori Graham proposed to loau tho ; money and wrote him a note to that effect on Halor-day morning, lie holds the money still.The inquest will bo resumed to-day. !
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New York World
New York, New York, US
Thu, Feb 13, 1873
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