New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-11

4 Police officer TESTIFIED q ne ring w hte say,
at the time he was fined sl0 that he would pay
il, bat pay Gro We for il aiterward. On going over
70 the prison he said something labOut revenge on
Grove Heard Grove say TO White If he gave
him his money he would give HIM up the place
that lawyer had tod him Il be gave mp the place
70 W hi,e he could no, agterward get the money.
Cr5sstrqriHcd-Di not hear the word revenge.
James Hall, sworn-Heard White say at 81
Whitehalst about 20 O'Clock VI the evening he
was shot. that he would make Grove crow not
long afterward. heard the shot, 4. the tine he
came in be had in his hand stick-no' cane but
n Cliff of wood similar TO tha, shown, Ia piece aPpa-
rently split from full length stick Of cord wood,
about II inches SCARE I he said when at 81, he
was going to Groves | did not think It would
turn TO any Inquiry Of this hnd M. Goldins' The
nroprietor of the house, cautioned him not 70 DO
do ANYTHING that wosld place HIM in the power OF
the law no person was with him one rnau, named
Cunning followed him ont o, the house u MI hi
be two or three minutes after b, lett that heard
the report Of the gun.
Cross eramigcd-My business IS sometimes
house speculat1r; | kept an emigrant boarding
house two years in the First w ard. IN the neigh
/ borhood Of Grove when he came ir ne asked Tor
a glass of cordial said he had no money; Mr. q.
gave it TO him | did not krov him. Mr.. Il. said,
when he went, it was Mr.. White be spoke hay-
ing been fined ia two .. three minutes head tn
/ shot; he did not appear To be IN passion.
] Michael fTOldlNX sWON.l-tlAl kAONu W 4''hN
/ two or three weeks he came in and stool at the
bar having a large stick. he locked very Wild aud
had no neck handkerchief on ! asked him what
was the matter; he said Grove had put hun IN
prison. and he had been fined s2O, and lie W rs 20
ing down to have satisfaction; tod MIN to do moth
! ing rash; lie swCre some kind of al oath and SAID
he 90 down and make Grove crow where he
could Mt crow he took the glass OF cordial took
up the stick and ran out it was about or MN
utes aterward he was shot heard the cry oil
watch and ran out heard that W hlte was snot
| but did not afterward see him.
! Commemorative tc had told me he had a
right to the place. but not that night /, was at hfst
reported Groves barkeeper had shot HIM
John Ednonds, keeper City Prison. sworn
! Had not seen White TIL his wife and another wo-
man came TO pay his fine ordered the keeper to
bring him out he appeared to be droadiully eX.
cited and | expostulated with the women aud
with him, not to let him 20 out that night had |
possessed magisterial powers ] would not have
let him out, although the women had paid his hne
| understood next morning that be was the man
that had been shot, and expressed myself as 10
what pity it was that had not power to detain
him that night the woman that came with his
wife was the one that had borrowed the money
White appeared 70 be wild, and seemed TO have
in his mind that he had paid $4,000 for something
the women said they could get him home.
.4Graham Salisbury sworn.-Heard White say
he had purchased place and could not get posses
sion, and meant to take the law in his own hands
SAID he did not want the money back. This was
about a week before he was shot la day or two
a.terward saw HIN IN the street he said he had
purchased gun in Chatham st. and meant to 20
down to Grove tn get possession; be said there
would be trouble there, or a corpse there or some
thing of the kind the meaning was that he would
kill some person there his manner was quite bois
ferrous his Appearance was az II he had been used
hard he said he had been IN fight there were
some scratches on his face.
Crosscramiaed-M business is selling dry
| goods at oil Cedar-st. it was at Butler Person
law office heard it saw him the second time al
the same place he spoke OF having been chased by
some person do net know that he said with a
knife he mentioned Groves name in one of the
conversations; he appeared TO be excited paid
but little attention 10 him.
Mrs. Murphy, swori-Saw White occa
sion the week before, at the basement Mrs. Grove
| was there alone he pushed in after me Mrs. c
took him up in her arms and put him out he was
said TO be very small in person. he raised his hand
with a whip or something to strike her, and she
lodged back he said before she slept that night
he would have her whipped.
.joseph Burr-Saw him in the BARRIERS shop at
Frenchs Hotel; did not hear him ask for pistols.
Mr.. CUISINE, recalled-Hea White say, in
speaking of his difficulty with Grove, that he had
fought the battles OF Mexico and cared more for
the life of man than the lie Of dog; said he had
often trampled upon the bodies Of human be ngs,
| and did not care Cd d--n about them spoke
Of the place said he would have it in spite OF him.
/ assistant Captain SAOdgraSS, First lard Pc
lice, testified that Grove came to the station house
and inquired he could use FIRE arms in selfdeense
| he said there was n difficulty between him and
White ! told him he could not; there was no talk
of breaking into Crows house on the day OF
Whites commitment he called again. and said he
/ had again annoy ed him. told him he was in the
/ Tombs and there was danger he walked into
the middle of the room, and said he would defend
himssl he expressed his fears, but do not know
that he expressed any apprehension as to his lie
he was afraid of the man told him our men were
stationed and he would be safe in this last inter
view tod him if he was in dread OF bis he and IN
the last necessity, he might defend himself
Michael Murphy sworn-Knew Grove IN Ire
land; he was peder his character was good;
he left Ireland in lsi7 be was married when he
left never knew anything against him
Edrard Butter, sworn.-The character Of. Grove
is good
Mr.. Bradley testified to living opposite the
premises of Grove; he is quiet an Respectable
neghbor, and an honest man.
IL was shown that at the time OF the difficulty
child OF the prisoner was lying very sick with the
typhus fever
case closed, when Mr. Brady commenced summing
up for defense.
Mr.. b. was ollowed by the District Attorney on
the part of the prosecution, and the Jury charged
by the Court After delberation they returned a
verdict of Manslaughter in the fourth degree, the
punis hment for which, at the discretion OF the
Court is from six cents fine TO two years IN the
States Prison
MITIGATING CRIMINAL PUsisHsEST.-An act to
mitigate criminal punishment has passed the Sem
ate Of this State. 1t purposes to reduce the mini,
mum Of State Prison Imprisonment to one, instead
of two years, at the discretion OF the Court and
makes theft under $50 petit larceny instead 0! s29.
FIRy-The cloth dressing factory of Lamson q
Luce. in Poestenkill Village, y. Y. was entirely