Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-01-03
Desperate Battle

Lires Lost
Ounew wears eve, a strong band Of rowdies para
ded the Powery and streets adjoining, forcing them
selves into private houses, breaking furniture and
committing other acts OF violence. Among Other
places they visited German house of entertainment
kept by a man named Magee, at No. l0l Elizabeth
street. where sort OF public dance or merry making
was going on under the cognizance Of two city mar
saals specially retained to preserve order. The
'es first proceeded to break the tables, and having
armed the fragments they insulted the
inmates, until the latter armed themselves with guns
aud rifles, and fired upon their assailants In this
contest the Bowery boys were worsted-one having
been shot dead the spot, and four others, whose
names we have not been able to get, wounded. The
who killed was John Armstrong, aged Y, a
member Of Hose Company No. A. A member OF
No Is has got bullet lodged in his right ARM and
)ne of his comrades shot through the left hip,
the ball grazing the lower rib bone. One of No A
was also shot; but our informant could not say
whether dangerously or not.
The following communications were received at the
Soroners Office from the magistrate of the upper pc.
See Office, liz relation to the ARRAY.
.. UPeER PoiIcE orsicE, Jan. l. 1910
~ Coroner Of the CITY and County of New York.
DIAR SR-Subjon.d is list of OF witnesses IN the
fair at No. l0l Elizabeth street. last night.
WY ~ E. MousrroRr.
Clerk of Police
Ernest oth-Now the Upper POcs-tasen by this
tateh with rifle in his possession and quantity OF powder
IN his coat po ckets.
LOU. Hoaman-Now at Upper Police-taken with Roth,
with pistol in his posseson Both Roth and Hoffman
arrested the vicinity of No. lOl Elizabeth street under
suspicious circumstances BY Lewis Halloran of % Ez
beth street, a Waterman of3i district
Frederick Kenhar found a, the house. No. l0 Eliza
beth hi, morning and arrested being the person
Wnlixm Hopper Charlie, Phillips, Thomas Hsll-Live at
corner rsth stanton sreeihey present during
Nh whole aray they frequent the civic and military hail.
corner Grand street .
William D. Barber, John Teed-oacers WAC in at.
tendance at said Barber live, No. % Prince
Samuel Inger,or No. All Broome street sound gun
stock broken, corner Bowery and Grand streets
Valentine Magse-keeper OF the house No. lei Elizabeth
sally Maee-we Of the above named Valentine.
Barbara Und. r,ldtLiyins with the above bar maid
sIR-I shall detan Roth Hoffman ard Ke;nehart
charge hem unless hear fr.m you. We have test
ad sa| H. eu .snd s,ehsras for III. nr
We have at the oee two muskes tkea fom Ma
gees house THIS morning whleh ,osesr w,'n the articles
the witnesses have seen be at ofe at IL oel,
today aud shall send all others who Justice Palmer is
absent, or should attend this examination.
RoBERr TAYLOR
The coroner Immediately empannelled the follow
ing jury
Sd. Jackson, John A. r. Walsh
John Brady, Albert a. Rugges,
Wan NJ. Fish, Henry w. Fisher,
John Middleton, Joseph w. Barrier,
John II Hoffman, Joseph ID Equene,
Benz Vincent, Enoch Armtage
when the annexed testimony, which we give yer.
tim, from the minutes, was adduced.
A'aul Cornell examined Witness is a ship car
uter aud lives at the foot Of Walnut street, Gays
mas been acquainted with deceased long time
was a stone cutter, and was member OF u Hose
ut, was about 22 years Of age. Tuesday night
Jout IL o'clock, saw him with a number OF otht
srsons coning up Grand sreet near Centre Market
saw them turn the corner oil Orand ana EhzaDeth
reets and when 4 got to the corner OF Elizabeth
A Grand street, saw some decanters and bottles
rowu from the house No lOl Elizabeth street, and
Z persons VINO were in the street went across the
,cet and took balls and ice and any thing they
uid procure and threw them at the persons who
ere in the house. In about I'D minutes alter
rds saw some fire fired from the lower story
= the house and then they came out on the walk
X "A fred again down towards Grand street. and at
wards there were guns fired from the second sto-
!, OF the house, at which time deceased was stand
x by the stoop on the side walk, at the next door
n IN where the guns were fired j stood on the op.
bite side o. the street, and saw the fired from
o Scond Story, and saw deceased fall-immediate-
after the firing, ran over 10 him, and assisted an
frying him to the corner vi Elizabeth and Grand
Feet, and his friends thea took him and carried
N to the Bowery next door to the corner Of Grand
a keet
qDoctorJ II. Wood examined.-WItness was sent
z to assist In the poet norton examination, toge-
sr with Doctors inkieek and Doane. We found
o wounds as represented by Doctor Yankleek, and
e found musket ball in the right lumb region IN
ne lower part, about two inches from the spine,
Immediately under the skin This ball probably en-.
red IN the lower wound; aud the ball from the
pper wound not found, although we examined
! he chest with great care, and were engaged a
cong time in the examination, AMI had found suli'
cient evidence that the deceased had Gene TO his
death IN consequences Of the wounds received fom a
mnsF 4 ball. Iiy the direction OF the coroner we
de- 80 from any further examination. The liver
AM tjAac1 were very much laceratcd, sufficient Co
prosnce death. The ball mere is the We
look ON the body
Doctor j " Vsnkleek examined -Witness was
riiied last night, about twelve o'clock, TO rs Bow
y, 10 see man who bal been shot. When | came
mere, found The mfn lying on his pack on a table
n the seconi sorry ot the neusc quite dead, with
he blood running prousey from his meuth, tocetht
18th large quantity lying under him, which had
scaped IN the same way His clothes were taken
'Om him, so as TO expose mis- chest and belly; and
iere wers Two wounds exposed-one ahout ale an
,ch r the top OF the breastbone and the other an
,ch to the right Of tue medium line Of the abdomen
,out two inches above the navel Both Of the m
e,entcd every appearance of having been made
nh ball Of the ordinary sire or a musket or rife
. .,saw no other external wound or njury ON the
,sdy. ?robed the Wounds, and found the upper one
TO pass through the breastbone penetrated obique-
ly downward and inward, TO the extent Of three or
four inches The other one passed the probe about
two inch obliquely. downward, inward, and back
ward. Very sooa after, Doctor Ruypers arrived
md concluded that examination should be
had under the direction OF the coroner; and he