Carrie Brown : Murder In The East River Hotel

Good one, Pete.

His father was in the GAR ( Grand Army of the Republic) in 1863 and,I believe, participated in the
defense of the city during the New York Draft Riots, as did Inspector Byrnes.

Pop Horner was super-pissed about what his son had done. The article states that Pop cut him out
of any inheritance Junior may have expected.

 Company H, 17th Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1863-1865

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/unit-history/infantry/9th-infantry-regiment

Horner, James B. James B. Horner papers, 1861-1915.
Description: 1 box (ca. 300 items)
Abstract: Muster rolls, ordnance returns, and quartermaster returns of Company H, 17th Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1863-1865, along with a few special orders, discharges, and a small group of personal papers, 1861-1915, of Major James B. Horner of New York City. Personal papers include invitations and ephemera pertaining to attendance of civic and military events, parades, etc.; along with a few military documents concerning his service in the 9th New York Infantry Regiment and a group of 1915 condolence letters written by associates in the military and pharmaceutical industry on the occasion of Horner's death in 1915, and addressed primarily to his business partner, Joseph Mathias.
Located at the New York Historical Society.

New York Evening World
May 18, 1891
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May 13- Day One of  Coroner's Inquest
May 14- Day Two of Coroner's Inquest
May 15- Defense waives further examination
May 18- Ali indicted in Judge Martine's court


May 14:






New York Evening World
May 13, 1891
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May 14:

New York Sun
May 14, 1891
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14.  Not only did the press cast aspersions upon the female witnesses in and out of court,
Judge Smyth and several attorneys made less than salutary remarks about them at
trial.
 In addition to verbal insults, defense counsel 'Manny' Friend, upon approaching the witness
 stand where the nervous Mary Corcoran was seated in anticipation of cross-examination,
 noticeably recoiled in a manner that suggested that Mary smelled poorly. This was reported in the
papers.

I remember the situation but not the people. Was it not someone else besides Corcoran?

It was Wellman, not Friend.

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15. The defense protested mightily against Francis Wellman bringing up some of Ali's past within his opening remarks.
 Because of this, Judge Smyth would warn the defense about commenting on some of the witnesses' criminal past that
had nothing to do with the case at hand when they eventually took the witness stand.

I don't recall it, I do recall him telling the jury not to disregard the witness testimony on account of the witnesses low class.

CORRECT: Smyth didn't set down a guideline in reference to discussing the witnesses' past. They were fair game.

15. The defense protested mightily against Francis Wellman bringing up some of Ali's past within his opening remarks.
 Because of this, Judge Smyth would warn the defense about commenting on some of the witnesses' criminal past that
had nothing to do with the case at hand when they eventually took the witness stand.

I don't recall it, I do recall him telling the jury not to disregard the witness testimony on account of the witnesses low class