New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-08

TrinI of Dennis GiIhooiey for ,iurdcr.


Court Of Oy ant T,rmiger- Bsore Jaegs Eduoad' and
4ld Dodge and Smith.
The prisoner Is man OF about the middhng hight sp.
psreuty about q or p years Of age tie was defended ny
Mr. James r Brady The District Attorney, Mr Mcheon,
appeared on the part Of the prosecution
Jury empaueled. when the District Attorney open
ed the he stated Inst serious difficulty occurred al
the public house kept by Thomas Hines rs Avenue A. be
tween Tenth and Eleveuh sts the morning Of The IN
Of August when the cry of wsich snd murder heard
During The STRAY Anthony Sheridan stabbed and sub
secueutv died The prisoner fouri.hlng duk
or bayouet Amer the sfrsy deceased, who merely
passing the time, found lying The sde~ss, -nd
conySed t The station House where he wss confronted
with Ghooley. said he the that stabbed him
His the principal testimony which VIII be relied upon 10
make out the case.
Seventeenth Ward heard disturbance al the house Of
Hines shout O'Clock on Sunday morning Aug - Capt
saier and Two others came up who went 10 the
house; when Patrick Cochran about 10 feet from
the took hold ~ me and said should not 20 ~ or
something effect pushed nina from ne. aud
went to the door there was great deal Of noise anu con
fusion inside Knocked 18th my club for acmiianc-, and
demanded il officer, and without any answer Was
struck with the Instrument inst 10 mere now "a small nsyohe1
Apparently with buck handle, hkc carving kuiie on the
side Of the head through the panel OF me WINDOW
which broken. believe Mr. Cochran had hold Of me
then the shutter Of the door do not know that was
struck more Than once; do not know who struck me me
blood rsn down into my eye, and reIeated ana wiped
Oh the door then forced Invent In, saw Ghooey sna
others there, GhO0ley hsd This instrument uen m ms
hand went 10 arrest him. he doing nothing with q
then he struck At with think he thrust NJ me hut
rather excited and cannot say, Knocked Il up WIN
my arm, while attempting % arrest Inn was surrounded
both mse aud female, was struck, do not know how
many different times, by different ones hai seven
holes IN my head they had clubs bars snd oh-f
things could not say by which was sHucs ""
struck from many different quarters Il was impossible
for ssy; think was struck with an ron bar seized
Ghooley, and with officer Downs brought him out, was
then advised doctor Glh"oy was taken 10 the
STALLION house believe there bad been dance ~ inc
house the that was KILLED after he was hrOugm
the station house Ghooley was also there 'ooA me
prisoner Sheridan early In the morning and asked alter
nGh0Oiey wsshs man ihsi stabbed NM ne sai posuVey
to.t be made reply AZ eli ha was All that was
said sheridan half sitting half lying, with hi- mead
bench In another room saw him dead Hhef"sid 81
the Hospital. he died on the lAh.
John ~ S1lfer sworn. Captain Of Seventeenth Ward Pc
Je.-Wss on duty passing with two sefgesnis near
Eleventh heard noiso In thu direction OF Avenue
4 the last witness made ine alarm ard
policeman came up and with him, Waring. ard the two
gesnis The house noise like fight screaming
passed 10 where the ght was passing through the JOor
Mr. Cochran on the walk Nr Warng, thins, ahead,
looked lhrough the broken psne snd aud
the bach rrreatct for instant and
army went uo and wa struck by ihooey with this in.
sumenl very similar he held Il sud stabbed or
struck overhead several times Wafing stabbed and
pushed against the door To se 81 the man who stabbed him.
when stepped np and said, Andrew, DO you want
get IN - think Il Monks and put his foot against the
door and opened ~ al the moment II opened shower
of bottles. stones or somehng came out and retreaed
with others toward Ei-yenthst several csme out Of the
hall door and al the Of Eleyenlhst and Ave
:. wbo are Won .. cannot saw tb,, h wa. sbsn' |
dal tho here no was sitting and crying out /
" Hery.n something Of ihe Kind Mr. Brady said the
man intimate friend Of 0ilhooey and stabbed
that night some picked him up went opposite the
door agsn, and officer Ia the back room trying 10
arrest msn, and surrounded by and women, and
10 assist returned thrOugh the narrow entry between the
two rooms TO the lower room, and Ohooiey and
other man there supPosng Glhooey rather dangerous
man, h him the head with club also hit the other
wbrn the latter let Ghoolsy, whom he had by the
and told officer Downs to take Onhooey OF To ths
station house; when The sidewalk there consider
able scuiDg and two three persons got hold Of him Ia
prevent him from going, Mr. Hines among the rest and
arrested Cochran and Hines tor interfering Of
icers and took the three 70 the station house after
y ard Sheridan brought n and physician for and
Iis sounds dressed
The Court here adjourned al Friday al 10 O'Clock the
Jury being allowed 10 separate.