New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-15

CRY Oh murder DO mol remember that there ~as any
loud taking previous to heN1ng the cry OF murder
heard it just the officer was pushing me along
the tagging, and telling me 60 home. The ohcer
left me, and made for whence the cry proceeded
=, W,lham Wether1A, young man, sworn-Belong 70
this city Am boatman Was standing at corner
OF Roosevelt and Water ss, opposite, when the ON
Ger was stabbed. young man named RUFUS Deiano
was with me- -Four or FIVE men tthe officers ana
three sailoTs) were on the corner opposite 10 me
The officer that was stabbed was talking TO one man
alone as If to get him home. He was standing OF
feet In Roosevelt, and the other officer at the cor
ner. The man the officer was talking to, came preuy
close to the officer who showed him, and he weni on
or feet, should think. and then came back close
TO him. and | saw his arm move. The man nad on
light hat said to Delano, thought the ofhcer was
stabbed ana the officer Immediately called out 20 rem
dergast that he was stabbed. The man that staooeo
him ran down Roosevelt-st. toward the water
and the officer after him. and believe the other ON
Ger ran too. / was confused at the time. OF the
other two men, saw the largest go up Roossvel'-"
and the other through Water.st toward Casnarlne
Market. Am sure the man saw the officer taking
70, and who raised his hand, ran down Roosevelt
far as Catharine Market, and came back again,
when We saw them leading the officer who had been
stabbed to the Staton.House Did not see any knife
that night The shove the officer gavethe man wouia
not knock down child
Rufus Delano swom-Is captain of the schr. Wash
ington was with last witness corroborated MS
statement thought the object of M Foster was
TO get the man home when he showed him the man
went or feet but it would not take hard shoVe
to do that.
Francis Saunders Gonsalez, sworn-Was steward
OF the ship Habano Lopez was a hand on board ne
worked his passage from New Orleans was with
him that night went to my brotherin-laws w1h
Poton and and L. said he was going to his boarding
house IN wateI-st we len my mel "a 90
home we first stopped at the house In which Lopez
boarded then about two doors from there; drank
glass of sarsaparilla, Lopez brandy, who treated
there were or girls in the house, and L. treated
them all, and was only going to pay shilling for
PotOni, himself and me, and that made difficulty
and took out half dotar and paid for the other
Six glasses; wanted to get Lopez away, but he CID
not want to CO. he wanted to get the money back,
saying he had not treated the girls while the diff.
Guilty was between him and the bar-keeper some
men came in and one struck Lopez, and Lopez
struck him back, when FIVE or SIX men came IN
and attacked US all We got out of the house
Just the police officer came up Lopez came 0ut
Just before me, and hauled knife out told him not
to the knife he put the knife under his coat and
TAN toward the corner, and exclaimed, " Let them
come on - Potoni then with the officers one
Of the officers pushed me along he said " Boys you
had better go home, those loafers will come again
and beat you more :" told him was safe enough
that he had hold of me and they would not attack
me when at the corner OF Roosevelt-st. heard
noise and the officer let go OF me ana ran turned
round and saw Lopez running IN great hurry 1
then ran up Roosevelt TO Cherry.st. l don't Know
where Potoni was | went TO the house where
lodged and was told the bed was occupied, and
went to Potonis l wore a cap did not lose H.
MIR Blunt said cap that was picked up must have
belonged to some one else.l | had spring knife
that night "a small one here shown mad before
that seen Lopez have dirk-the one here SHOWN
saw it with him in New Orleans had a sheath on 1t
then john a boy on board, also saw Lopez have
the knife did not see it on board as dld not be-
long forward he wore 1t in his breast and took 1t
ffom there that night.
Dr. LIE ROY, (who had been out OF the City but just
acknowledgements Mr. Foster at the Station
house, and attended him after he was conveyed to
the Hospital he died about AZ o'clock made the
Orfe mi rs
the stab took Mr. Fosters statement before he died,
he considering at the time that he could not i've ne
said he did not know the man who stabbed nm, put
he saw some men, and told them TO go home, or ne
would be obliged 20 take them TO the Statlon-house
soon afterward Of the men rushed at him, and he
found that he was stabbed he could not say which
of the three had stabbed him he did not say what
became of the men Mr. +. was very PROSTATE at the
time oftaking the statement he said he had not SAID
ANYTHING to thhe man who stabbed him he aa not
say he had showed the man.
Saunders GOnsdlez recalled-Cross'examhed-
Been here thirteen years, all the time as seaman
never was in prison in New Orleans after the officer
stabbed, went to the house Of John Cortes, IN
Cherry.st., where lodged did not ask there for
hat or cap had on the cap wore did not tell Go
frey there, that had stabbed the officer and hand.
ed the kIife to Lopez told Mr. Cortes that Lopez
had stabbed an officer, and ran, and expected had
BEEN ws w aa p S max s e
had something more to say, but the Disiot-A'orhey
told him he would call him. -
BY the Judged said Lopez had stabbed the once5
because saw him haul the knife out, and afierward
saw him run no man will run unless ne mas CON-
mitted a crime l did not see him stab the onlcer.
CAPT. Dhchel, swon--The hat shown was the one
worn by Lopez.
The prosecution here closed. Mr. Smith, for de-
tense, said he would call one or two witnesses.
Manuel Gofrey swom-Ama seaman know saunders
Gopsaez have known him three years | was IN the
boarding house of John Cortes No. SO Cherry-st on
the night of Aug. ?. saw Gonsalsz come mere no
was very much agitated and terrified, looking IN
every direction l asked him what allied him ne
said hush hold your tongue " putting MS niger 70
his mouth he pointed to the landlord OF the house.
(who was lying on a bench with ms nav over ms
head as to inquire if he was asleep he aHerward
asked me to lend him my razor, IN order that ne
might take off his mOustache and wbskers re-
piled that had not the key OF my trunk aiter that
replied that my hat had cost IS but three or four days
before and could not give 1t to be spoiled ne then
offered to pay for the hat, and for me 10 take the
cap , I asked him again what allied INN ne replied
he had gone into Water-st with Joseph and another
man belonging to the vessel he said ne had had
something TO do with policeman, because me pc,
liceman had struck one OF his friends tnal ne nao
struck the officer across the stomach anu over the
wrist and he said if lent him my hat ana ne put,
toned his coat they would not know him 1 asked
him what knife he had and where II was ne sara
he had handed it to Lopez that after lnss 'ney mao
cut and run, each going different ways, ana ne
wanted to go out TO see 1.-The could ma e'nef Oh he
others the landlord then woke, and asked u. what
the matter with him answered ioi on, is.
that he had had ARRAY IN Water's' WIN ponce
officer and he was seeking how he should escape
from them he did not mention the name OF Lopez,
the witness spoke BY an interpreter, and expianed)
but said man belonging to the snip
The Court here took a recess TIL o'clock, the
Jury. in the mean tme to go TO the corner Of Roose
Welt and Water sts and see the position OF the par
les when the two young men said they saw the man
strike the officer.
Mr. Smith said he would have but one or two wit
nesses
A, the hour Of reopsning it was assenaned that
the Aldermen were engaged at the Board OF Super
visors, and the Court adjourned