The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-09-19


WITNESS nougisrs stopped down aud plak.d mp
stone and threw ~ the Opera HOUSE, It slipped fro
bic hand ut hrst he then picked Il up and thre~ 1t
@. tBy D,srG'er ArrORsEy)-Did you find any stone,
about him?
A.-No sir
ToMr. BvnrsD-I an now deputy United States
Marshal
e.-H.d you ever seen George Douglass before sh..'
G.-Eave you seen him slnes'
A.-Once
Q-Wh~re,
A Al the police court
O. How WAS DoDglass dressed'
A. cannot say; don't rec.lect; think he had on
dress cost soiIed shirt. with small breast pin;
think that IL the y.urg man. pointing 10 Douglass;
porc' that be deaf On no night of hts arrest
g tBy rhE Cousr)-How did you ascertain that hs
dear
A was talking to hin and telling him how fool
sh IL b, Engaged Ia such thing -that he tns
near beiug shot h- very civil; OF the prso
Bers very noisy but he very civil found he
DID not hear what isid very we'll; We held CONVEX
ssiop be told me he only threw stone; be said hs
Fved In Iorsy tn street: asked IL be had father;
was dssrous III know Who hr my boii-f s that hs
threw The stone h. drew bis hand back and sr!l-d
him h. rad mo store ia hts hand when arrested hin;
saw him pick up the stoDs IL sharp stone abb ut
biz - ttst Growing three cent Of tooo
-" ny did you not prevent bis picking up the
stone,
Objected to by prosecution. aud ruled out BY the
Court MIR Busteed excepted to the decision
Il think Il wss after nine O'Clock when arrested
him; the lAmps had gone out when I arrested him. 1
think they yer. ont don't recoilec. wb>t ticd Of q
FISCHER On the edge Of the mob, nearly oppoHis
the door; be not In the centre OF tho
mob hut rather on the outside; the NIB were no
"a spd fro; gent out aud mingled With the crowd,
pot my star la Wy pocket; did this tor tho purposs OF
making s'ne srro-ts. the mob extended from che
trance door Aston P,sc. 10 the ~ud ~ the build
iDR arrested George Douglass Ia less than ten mi
putcs after mingled wit h the crosd helped to pull
In three or four made the nrst few minutes
b, fore s-restrd Dougiase made all tho arrsststhat
nsdc that night sithih the spncs OF hf'ern moutes.
HOY long cid you stay IN when you tooh the arst
The Counr here asked counsel what the obec. If
the que,tion
Nj Busr,ro intimsted that Il was for the purpose
Of pro'ipg that IN. taiemsnts Of tue witness In
c. Lti.'.pt with truth
60, Rr-Do you ~ish to disprove tina. he IA ado four
hu.sts'
mr. Bus1y.D--N Yes. sir
Judae Dalv-po ou wish to trias with the Court,
Mr.. Bus1Ysu-No. cir Hat | wish To shoa th.t tho
staten, hts made BY the uitn.ss 10 hs making three
or inur arrests Ia fnw minutes, IL incoasitsnt With
truth
fore srreTt.d Douglass; | had not wstoh.d George
Douglass any time; from the time frs, him. till
the Tin arrested hu,. did not probab eScesd two
uiputr'; cHnu.t setims'. the crowd. there were a
great nuulhr of persuns there: cannot raw that |
eswsDy oih,r p~rs"n throw tt"nrs my attention vas
directed to hr did mt see tho stOns leave the hsud
al peualsss; 4 aid not s.srch hiD aud ho WAS net
t,nrch.a b, Al, person in nJ presence
O. Have you couverscd wiih any person since that
night to The evidence you wer to give this trial.
A No. have not
Q.-Y.u sric, in Jour direct examination, that Geo
psTt a the house var IL thr0~p'
A.-Icsnt soy. exactly; sccordieg to my belief ne
threw u nj the houie
q Dry Mr., snshwoop. Csrnsol for Matthe 90 -
w,rs The lamp. eAtinsuished half an hour b'fcrs
Doueis-s's arrr,t?
Al cgbnst rscnliect; think they were extin-
gull lid when the iifsu'ry reached the ground think
tat arrested this youas man p-fcrs saw the mill
tsry at all
10 M, Courr-ltvaf cult. dsrk before the military
cpu-; Their. seemed to ba some light from the upper
windoss
Of ten feet. Itubzbly
10 tnr b,slsutA pssu-I do not know how tn.
thtoush the viu;sss - 'n. smphith-str-; the uiu
do.f the door 90 the su,sLc" s.ru not bosrisd
up: IL. man that arrested ~.s the saue mau that |
e., h.iuiu Justice Mouptf.rt the neat rnornins.
Q-(Uy Juror )-tf the prisoner had released hi N.
ssi ir you ~ the time ~ hi- arrest, could re-
crytif- him rUw
A Il don't think could
SOLOMON bnps.lL. called and sworn is q policeman
Of the Isl districts ~ tue Opera House Gu the night
a. the 10Th ~ Nay; tev-ra "f th- prisoners tn
ed. Tho huuse ,sv AdtaDo. outside, in Aston tsc-,
b-t~s-n ,.v.n aud eight o'clock; I sac him b-t~ren
man III; th. mob all c'i.d out don't let them take
him Adrinncs cried out. you sons OF bitches aud
rai.,d bis baud u strife sn officer -ith . ston.
which be h.id In III hand seised his hand, aad
I'd, stone nev cut 81 IL striking the Cticsr on the
rack ~ the meek. I held Gu 10 Advance aud toos
LIN IN: | did not l.t 10 ~ hiu till | not him In
I'd, a the Op- Tiuus.; n-St hir, tn Folio,
Cont before Justice Noubtfurt; the perron whom
sr.sttc ~s- the 'zme che ~hom | tsw In the Foiic'
,,-,s ,romiraiio,s To Nr Cot-vtL-i think tn
time When csm- outsid. vas just after Sr Nscrgad
lad trst sppssr.d aud rr'hec IRON The stage stoc
t.t.teB the main enhance and the mob, vhe'
tie STREETS v.T- urrt made: vent out 20 NEE
ih,m ~hen I Crit t0ek held of sdrisnce, he "a
about ten Tee, from the drer; do not kno~ Who th
ofc,r wss a III. HIT got iit myself shortl.
ait,twsfds struck several times aud 30 Severely
A. jut,d that Hia up for sb0ut sin weeks, hear,
N, ,top~ fsi GU the ~sk dta not zee the rtoro al
tsrsnos. do not lot 20 Of him until got iuto tbs
where the prisoner wef b.. bad on dark psnts
st.. "A ,t..h 1T r
vii oBr; h. bad on . roundabout; dos't kno~ wis-
tl,f b. we're b.t esp; D-xttau adrsnce n he
J,Esrs0p Market Irison recognized bin - once b.
foi- bard him sp.sk; ssis'ed IN arr-stng ten "a
dosi psr-rs; ne ass the only nsn that oisiasi co
bs,. sIiest.d Dy"n
~ ar yLsNctnss-l Have you any Doubt that the
lis,ts -tfs put cut b.t~e.n seven aud Eight!
A-ituay have BEN seven or eight viii not bs
o,f,sin about tie time. ssH uumb-r q the rri.c-
n.ts in N, room At ID. Opera House; sss that young
uHb pointing at O'N,ill and ssv hr buuttue
An, su ar Jud-.n: have no doubt hat the m.n -noni
sfsst.d ~as the ,sns man whom recognised at tue
hstsus m.N,s,r, called end s.orm-I am a
polite nan; vac 30 on th- Hsa, "a 'as ao,n
iua o. Cf.eB). sfrrurd him brt~esn risht sud ten
o'eheh; b. ,ss then IN Astor place, soost lindsay
iLe main -Dtrsqc. aud the cad Of the Opera
X, usr, stda the Ds~rry. be la the middle "a
the street; vent up 10 him, sDd hsving sern hin
,b,cx ton. islt th- hand fro1 hch Ls thsosn
ths rcre: i.it ssUd N bic bsnd; then MAID grao
for tbs ether hand aud be let stone dr'p IRON u;
the -hieh b. dropp, ves sboNt . large a. my
Actor Uyria ilCuse ana II him In charge 10 ths on
Ger. th,r,. I cav his a. ar-rvut times during The
r'sht sna ssv hin sssia a. the Js,er.-o Msrhe,
1sn.s. the r~st day; : rsecgni.sd him previous 70
t.,s ,ls..,.s-I vas ord.rsi 20 report q. yasif At
IT. Oi.is Buu.u at six o'clock had tstfnt go rri.
sun.rs duwn ffoD tar upper part cf tits hnase, sad
l.sn.d that the Jri,an bad tscu set ON ifei tntn
sal, into the itrs,i 20 fto xhat could % there
IoAr SIs.lL. Of euunsfi tor orsuuce-W her ar
rssu Sr,rp, fsid hing ~ him; ssw him thror
OF. toi. iIt bis rights hand ana sss hi drop sro
thor Gus ii~m tis hft Witness then described TIE
NJ, Dc a lis bpp,tarh 20 GrecD. asd the msnner Ia
-Ll,h b- sirssi,d h "a t.re-n saia be bad bcso IA
tha hensu once, sni ctuli net getin agsin aud e
Would te G { he vSuid MOI heve satilfsciiln; i
fnapld think theI. ruf more Than -irh' OF too
nee, ~ b,tu,sn ne aud Green ebts irs, " hiB
MA not 60 Uut ~! atter tiEht ooltek, sont roc ~
let That any ecL,ersstion rsssd bstwrcn us al he
tine "a tbs arrest
-. Nv Nr Sstru, - ~ The time yoa velt In the
~, s,rr dia ,tutoNr Bshnstt'
A. dun kuou bim tBruus;t pointed out TO ult-
rsts j no err tidn't niu did u"t sro iudsou
pter atst ~ttt ln ilau Ovotgo Douglas, ostsrcp =
sle % u'cEcs. VA he tbrs're.
Ipstaro SAy.ar csitc grd suoTn VEGA policeman
IN n, Job 81 VA, lyi sua vas 81 The Oy.ra uon,s
IN the evening ui thst csy 80 o'Netl sblat rioc
O'ctci IN Asttr place.. right IN tfoM Of ths vpera