New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-09

JOHN REtD.
sworn 20 til. .di DAY of April. 1872, before me,
Rosfsr TAYLOR, >rscia' J is'e',
STAT, = We II. Cis and County Of va l'rt, =.
MAETiS PsrsT0s beng fly sworn, st}s hat b. rr,at' ~
10. = H. linsr-r T-s;r-t 7r4 +, sunday rdfI ~ ~
Egi'i ard aud s~1 sc-an--s1s = " Tar Di'H''
Na'ct. gni1r ti~ cl',r'ri ID t'pian lIni Irt''l-
D-ron-nt arl.f ,sy st o. b~s -. b. We no ~ 1uiy
a. |siclmar 900 Na4at n.-li ifece.i- n.-.N.,
hl' thinks a- e Naict h1u-e co'er 90 Prince az
oo-f--.t-e't ea-y 80 al event le " = l''' z. -
watch Unr.- 1.re,r's 80 .s.d night, ,r1 links -,
about Twelve 1rirr. iIst there acre rN n-n 'U--
ne .eacae. aa .,sstng r1uni ID tie watch room II
,.t,5- D. YOU kaaa 10 rsh-; ho1s sad r-sr or nry
OF mem went wien they .et tta watch h7r'e
fHfac-. IT,ei7s mr. frr frf -rcsf3H ~ ~ aiis tg
i1 eaiI'e -,, afi " '-l l.Ae . -a'e Oo-n'e' or'7
q D. zoo anon Wheeler o- not e.hsr OF the men yoa
ih4i -li o. ile watch house. AMI ~ 90 nci oe's
iiere. voted e ile e.ectoa lhe next Gay
IL Iise.ue a.-e-r- t-, f'tff3' az F-ften'''' u '''5
q yo, tts, -,, o. q, 81 rai-h house cr II any
sa,r place any ehs 5-or.' ~ - belong 20
Blackwell. Leland
1 --r.ot ..g.a- a, % tlsi as DO lli hncw where
iLcy belonged. from nF own krowIff-e
T. A. yol acquainted with Dsyid c. "ooirn" - -
I,ro,. I'M shea 80 b.e.
d. y94 s~e 49, -r Nes yo1 at DIS hol'' on 'ad
f~.t-tIua.,serc That night. ssd ts.nk dI not So
hirn Tor a DAY or tso .'-.ire tae election.
u D. sou SO Omnibus .n tl- vicinity OF The "aich
T. n ao,r.-.ie-' afs htsrei
4 D. vol Know Frr ~fu. OBJ oi file watch hou'e m
went from he vs't or-~ "ih ad men. Or any 20. hem'
4 Ide,,ae a,-,-iss tia, 4,e,'ion as douf tro,r bi
u a's iaa'' e ''d 'grlf "a, :, - g, 1870,
spo-n 70 tta 5oa4qyo" frr,l, 'PI,, l-i.re ne.
Fosrs1 rnLos. >Peca. Justice
S'pts oT va-iers, Ci'g ami Caufg # .ve--Io,t, u
Iou- frs.eT. being duly lrn sav.. That he Deputy
Keeper on EachHei' Island, and ha' bern Deputy
Keeper -i8 place Oh the 'ue .rcr iu-u,,. 90 p~io
nra lrtte- .as.ii,t hc on,s lio -n .ae llih ut
were n9 500. -if 'ani On tho I'm 0t in the day
iue exert - boa.s HAT b'oac 20 ~ SLAMS mat he
oe rot sn'" taai fur-' 's nv Other hat' Al - i'and
lursz h- -lto Co., ll mt that ~1pe ol lc kc-pors
"a Island od dep'leot that some boat, i1a been 20
recorct jhat hr told h0 ba'' tad tsel 20 'af
Island .a -f isst .'me pf'-or.. bod nern "snHs
on lie Island AMI lsd t..n facnaMay TO boat, on ,ad
-tt: boz -l 80 r1t ol1 arrre .a prison r. we've
IA go goes doronen recoler e raints Of e keep
er. who toll hun .Honi te hoat, he.ng AZ the bland.
Depouen' further .a,. Fiat be reformed ifom the cly
N--Y0rki Blackwell, i-ani, between eleven and twelve
oc1ca, Dc Fks .a>, ilf evening ~ tt~ l'it nj
and he was 'SIa toi t The i-'on--' h7i 70, ne j. ana
Dco7en, 'uher -,v. ii7' b- tbk. ofthe keeper
went ,,f o.. fre boats. with t- pr>0ne' and h. IA,
not .ora .oI ay 7fy person ii'1 iny icl-n o.h"s
tr 'tnd ;h' bo7i, rpr las b. heard ne name Of
arv oi TO- person ~ho rlne % iie Island 10 ir hoa .,
81 ill persons Who went away 10 the hoii'' rtc't
On pr.1ef.. tusi there were between iiy ani 'Ary pr
.oncr, j, ilc Island on tie ith MT ''t Oh "ho ntIr
d.cl.r,ei thc 1' NJ Max ,'ai-' ri io ctr OF 'e--
York aud M t-rfn of imprisonment oieIs bad expired.
Al tine prisoners ihsi crh7rred That day, isT most Of
ta,n, ,,rrr. c.~h1rre, by Jane, H. Rurkes. deputy
n.roa, fgrre- avs That during ile night o. ~ lih
met -ti ha- been shout twelve Vcpchf hc tet bltrA-
stF- Island = boat " W sixteen pr,cn'r.' AMI landed ~
tue foot oi first street With them. that san sixteen PR
,ones and Jan,, H. Rncklrs 81 dep0nent ten got
into Omnibus belonging. hc think. 81 mp Br0Wus
n" ifIH which ty ro'e t0 near ih" ILir! p'i'ci "dic'
lIon.e wrh ths Prince 500 oo'ier str-eiS
dcpoecn ;'tu Wci 1 ne Haic H'I'r an1 enqnitd i'r
Captain Iltor Four ur Eve OBJ. >1d prisoners 'ad th'y
wanted 90 20 c th. Fourth ward AMI they went away,
bu' depo-eut doc not AuoN ~ere they went IT, D,l''
oft the 1'u prisoner, went ~ o." hfi u
lrt Nac lou-c, iey may hsVc a teen there brt ~ 20
ncnt ii. tly werr no. all here ~ tee sare hm' IA'fe
understanding tl1f AIRY o. irs prisoners were 10
stay At tie wa,ch'oH.s s rgi. Drp0ncn iuriner 'iNs,
u'at NOS, nl f.e pr'soser VITO went GO TIE city Win ln
bad served tlrr times ou AMI the remainder had been Dis
charged hy Mag,t ate, Of the aid ciy.
DcPsnf further ays That he expected ihe boat, "oua
have up 10 te lot OF >Styt street during the jay
he ln INST. .ad Rucki,s t.d u that boats ~efr ohc
up the ay time and deoneut does Dot know Why they
dd MT come n lay Time doe, b. know Why tho>-
prisoners who wrut 10 th" city th depon~n ca not z" h
e boat; th,r, , mt been any arrangement previously
RIA for dcp0ncrt 60 90 the city Nth any prisoners
Otrancu says be- refuse 20 answer the question 10 you
know where any ut hr prisoner on went % 'he cy N'
sia.d on the n'ghi OF the lli lfi.-"
Deponent ,anrcr .ay.. That be Captain TAYLOR OF
the Third u srct a'ch on th" evening of 10 ilh mt
early Boo The evening. 81 Captain Da's. ~ sprung 'fetL
De prneni did not n that 0r other ue. make any
Arrangement, ei T-yh'r, TOY men o 20 20 TIE Naich
Depo1ri urhes ,py.. That there no prisoners die
charged from SAIL !, and oG The li mt or Gus thei-
20, EXCEPT tll,c Whose term n imp ''ae, nai e'PItu'
Who discharged on DE order Of MAGISTRATE g''
IN ia wiring D.,
Deparcut further avs That some ~ me prisoners nv
charged tie nh met were discharged on iac rt'n
order Mac ,ta'e, vhch were dated back or dated pof
Ia tie time hcy 90. har-edi and dcponenl ,Jvs That
he d, c.Ir' answering any uhe' questions ~ relation 70
this matter ~ present aua declines signing hs testimony A.
!, here taken, until be has advice or exercises h' own
TThr witncs, r,fased to ,i,n hi. ahdavitl
Sworn to This "a day IT April, 1872 before me-
RoEERI TAYLOR, Spcc.ai Justice.
Saie Of Ner.Tort, GU sad County # Ner-lort . =
EDWARD WEB being daily worn, ~, tLst he 81 o, o5
ycars OF aye jha he 10 tins CITY from Albany IN the
itcntiar f.lschNeir Island a. ,agdnt several ime,
that ue lat time r went 90 sad Island Wa on hohd"y
week De tore The last cctos IN h, city ihat he ~a'
then committed 10 >di Island ifom TIE FnHcr once Al ue
Halls vi Justice Cene-,tert, AMI was committed tor X
month, that after being said Island one week one OF the
prisoners said depoueu there j. o. be- general dis
charge o. Police prisoners from the Island; IN, ra about
O'Clock n the afternoon oi Monday, tie llth Inst Ire day
l,ore the Election: and d~ppneu seeing that there
general movement among the prisoners sens Tier cins
,, M tlt''-,.i- 80. ,t.- ,,1ffo,, ,, IA, clotie, I'D
room p mig tic Office Mr. Rncke., depsty keeper
on .aN I-ltni. then asked dcpnnent Il be wanted Us
clohe. and being answered 10 tue affirmative W. huchlr'
and he go Dep11cn AMI other prisoners were then d
recicd 20 20 the 'Luny Hone o., j. called near the
blacksmith, shop. ard wait there TOR further orders De-
ponent cannot nv hoN many prisoners were 'hrn "as'
Gut spoueut seiy believes thar there were there "at
Hty ,Sy prisoner, a1 several oner' iAtre eapes'rd
ing there
De.n-nt further says. that Monday night the pr,o,
err were divd-d ut0 y1rics eHd counted on Toy Eeneti
lfk u. Young of miiIng szc Whose name dt ponth
doe. not know AID whom be- never .dw al ANY Other ir
that deponen anil from twenty 20 twenty -t'c ohrr pr On
or, were then conducted the new dock near The stce
that they there got nio boat under sr direction ~ man.
who deIouen; believed, and no" believes was NE Fouhs
man who counted the prisoners st the LIny House, but
a, "a, then quite DARK dcpqucn Cauaol say positively
wa. tic .1m. yOup man the b1at in which hey were put
vs>a l,r barge and roSed nth eight and be
nk> % painted black that >ai pr hers we're thr
rnWrd 10 near Cdh.rue Market AMI scponen thlnk,
was near the foot 90 Jae, street, but they were hGsh
along IN .1ch that dcponf nj cannot say lo>u.ry
al at street they landed bot hous~ they were taken
TO: that ifrone 1fd nj "A ponrr> pot out OF SAIL
lp.i uuef The direction 81 the pfrsou WHO hat Them pui 10
= loaf and aid uau 1T the PRISONERS that he was
Going take them - place shtrr ihey "olll nave
something 20 d-iuk and eai. an that le want lhem o.
stop AZ st place all night and b. would c.inr ihea early