Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-01-05

William B. Barber, Jshn Teea-oRcers who in at.
tendance at said house Barber 'es Al TO 20 ffaee street
S.nuel Incersoll No. III Broome street-round gun
stock bro ken, corner Bowery and Grand streets
Valentine Magse-Keeper Of the house No. oi E1aseth
sally Ma ee-wire OF the above named Valentine
Barbara Und r,hdt.r-Lsng with the above as bar maid
srR-I shall detan Roth HOaan and Ksinehar,,
able time anc f get mony against hem, shall dis
,barr. them unless hesr IN you We test.
nony aud IT, aft You have mad yur exam nation there
should be none will please send discharge for the pr
,oners We have at The office muskets taken from Ma
gees his ing, which, together with the articles
men ioael before your order We have directed all
the witnesses we have SEN Jour eff IL oc es,
today and shall sen others who co me- Justice falntr IL
absent or / should attend tbs examissti g..
Very respectfully yours &c
The coroner Immediately empanneled the follow
ing jury
Sd. Jackson, John A. r Walsh.
jain Brady, Albert Ruggies,
Wn VI Fish, Henry w. FISHER,
John Middleton, Joseph w. Banrier,
John II Hoffman, Joseph Equene,
Benz Vincent, Ensch Armitage.
when the annexed testimony, which we give yer.
batin, from the minutes, was adduced.
Paul Cornell examined Witness 10 a ship car
pent1r and lives at the foot OF Walnut street, says
he ha. been acquainted with deceased long time
he wa. a stone cutter, and was member OF - Hose
cart was about y years of age. Tuesday night
about IL o clock, saw him with number OF Other
persons coming up @ rand street near Centre Market
saw them the corner oil Grand and Elizabeth
streets and when | got to the corner ei Elizabeth
aid Grant street, saw some dec1Hters ard bottles
thrown from the house No l0l Elizabeth street, and
the persons yho ~ the street went across the
street and )alls and ice and any thing they
could procare and threw them at the persons who
were In the house. In about 10 minutes alter
wards saw some fire arms fired from the lower story
OF the house and then they came out on the walk
and fired again down towards Grand street ana at
terw there guns fired from the second sto.
nv OF the house at which time deceased was stand
ing by the stop the side walk, at the next door
from where the guns were Tired. stood on the op.
poste sde o the street, and saw the gun hred from
The second s.ory and saw deceased tall-immediate-
ly after the firing, over TO him, and ASSISTED IN
carving him to the corner vt Elizabeth and Grand
street and his friends then took him and carried
him TO the Bowery next door to the corner OF Orand
street.
DoctorJ r. Wood examined.-wItness va sent
for to assist in the post mo'fem ex 'minaof' toge
chez with Doctors nkieck and Dnane. We found
the ~ unds as repre- scented by Doctor Nankleek, ssd
we found musket ball IN tue right lun6 region IN
the lower part, about two inches from tho sp'ue'
Immediately under the skin THIS ball probaD en-
tered in the lower wound; and the bail from The
upper wound was not found, although We examined
the chest with great care, and were engaseu
long time in The examination, AMI mad i0uhd sun
rient evidence that the .eccased had come 10 his
deat1 in consequence 81 the wounds received ON
mnsket ball By the direction oi The coroner we
desi,tei from any further examination. The liver
.na ston4e, ware r.ry -,ueh icsrAted, sufficient 60
produce death. The ball now here - the one we
took on the body.
Doctor J. Il vankleek examined -WiiEess as
ealics last night, about twelve clock ~ - bow
cry. 20 zee a nan whs hal been shot When came
there | found the MN lying on rs PACK on taDsc
in the second orv Of tine ueuse, quite sead VIVA
the blood running proiusey from his m@uih,
With a large quantity lying under htn, winch h1d
csc ped ~ the same way. His el"ihes were lak"n
from him. TO expose as chest an 5elly; and
there wers .wo wounds exposed-one about All an
inch r the top n te breastbone, and the other an
inch e. the right II the medium line oi tue abdomen
about two iaches above the navel. Both 81 ihem
presented every app -arance OF having bten ultIe
with ball ol the ordinary size 81 musNet or tlhe
hall saw no other external wound or iElIry on the
body Prphed the .unds, sn4 found The UPPER one
g. pass through the brea.tbone, pfnetratea oonqne
ly downward and award, To the extent o. three "I
fgur inches fhs other one passed the probe about
two inch obquely. downward, inward aud 'hck
ward Yer, soon after. Doctor Ruypers arrived
and W. concluded that an eNamtnali'n sh'ulo ne
h.d under the direction NJ the coroner; aud ne was
Accord CIV sent tpr. also Doctor w ooi 70 ASSIST
us in the examination ia or the direction 81 the
eoroner. post norton eVamina ioa was made, AND
the upper wounl was found, alter psnetFShng the
brrsstbpne. % 90 > m'dium limo downward AMI
backward in front e the trlchri, until ~ reached
the arch of thu dora lsccraed ths poserier part o
H. aid then perforated the trlchea rst behind and
below a.: md here Is no doubt such wound would
produce death almost instantly.
barbara Undershijtcre x lmincd-Witness was hors
- CO., .. o. vt,rs. Il age. and hives With Mr..
-. 7, 81, fnI rIzabr.h street. and attended bar
for han at rigi; there bal ~ ne house, 1nd
about 1'cl ck. iaere came about - persons ~ me
house uitrching like soldiers, ard 81 or they were
al An they cln.cd the door Then thcytook one ~ he
,,slcs AL Lrokc b pieces; each one o them iooH
a NIECE of the table; o1 the bagdsle table therc
we're q number ol bottles. which they Threw 'n va
roas nus; thay threw piece 81 the tapie 10
me - was eudpagorinE ~ escape from the mousse
as Isas very much alarmed; ! h'thv went "
stairs; there were gun. in the bar room al p"
,i.ue aud did not see anv there th.t n~H, "lFi
The watchmen came there, came back aod attended
the bar again. ~
NJ Barber eXamih-i-Wiiness lives 40 NO
% PEI; 20 street; ~ ctty marshall: ne has been EN-
Io,sd ~ attend the house fo t0l Elizabeth So, on
w. oro,sipn nj their balls PARTIES which w1s Pc
III ,b,ut three ti~ise werb: it-t eve uirg there
-. b,l there. which vrfr r-spe ctablc party
.b,rt m o'ci OK was called o. 81 down siair' end