New-York daily tribune., 1851-05-29
THE HOBOREN RIOT
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Michael Mccarthy sworn, SAYS fesid'
NJ the Coilcnade EiyS'an Fielis, nccoken: Is nCs
know deceased on Montay aAe-aosn, the sstA N
about 0'clOcN tATec yOOns men came rlaang INTO
nv bar-rOOu, and one " b. was badly CUT got uRdet
he counter they were followed BY sS - - Ger
mans | !ei the young nsa lhG was C>icor the
counter cut INTO he back yafd. VIXEN TIE SetnanS
eft tr.et 20 stop the young hian itom co'sns IN,
bot he sand the Germans ssefe sfier him sno would
kli him the Germans that were ai'cE thef1. were
armed with clubs, stones and carving ki-ifsS. t.c
Germans then letl ami a the that came intct tne
house len also aileT the Germans eit saw . n'ss-
Der OF ner and boys around the house some o. t-Sm
having Stic kS ard SoreS Slurc b.OwGlnS and NY
sell went 10 them AMI ,soS theu sleSs and si.sse-
from them, when they dispersed I ogtin opeHei ny
house. which had closed. when. N Nhout halt ~
hour, saw about 500 persons coming towards my
place. some appeared 10 be aier each other, A. q
party of them appeared Knocking down every on
they cane across told my harkeeper - close the
house Immediately, when shortly party " Germans
came up and commenced an attack upon ne house,
breaking the doors. windows and furniture ant
took possession OF the lower part oi ,Ay house.
there were 4 number Oi those whom TIE Ger.
mans were after that had taken refuge IN my-honse
| could rot recognize them again, but my wue and
the barkecpcr can | observed some ot tthoSs who
fed nom the Germans were short boys" SoAe' 'eaiAs
over IA The boats the Germans have always De-
haved well at my place the short boys are TO or
genZed party they received their name from an
other party and run usually with the hremen' tes-
tee Browning insisted AZ the first attack that ttey
should be- still and that the Germans should 90 ork
20 the field the Germans set hre 20 the Kitchen VIVA
barrel and matches, hyOAe down the ShTuooeIy and
piled them up u WAS extlngUiShed by young mNl
Of mlne Question by \ Juror How DO you know II
were Germans who SET the are Because no others
hut Germans conlc do such thing Question pfd
you see them DO II Answer M, but others
Jos,ph Reed-I reside IN Washing,On-st. Hoboken
dt not know iCcc JSct witness has worked n New
York TIL near O'clock and has only escorted four
affair
Lcirss J0acssohn.-being sworn says reside as sS6
Wlllam->t., NCH-l lOrk dld not Anow the deceased,
n. 80 ~
that at about II O'Clock IN the morning OF theSs6th
wontto oto&cD aS.cportcr oi the Ne- York TrsSlae;
AZ > oclk the speeches commenced, the gce societies
commenced their songs, and good order prevailed at
the festival TO disturbance took place TIL about !
C'clOC k.whfn saw anunhcr of Young men, who sun
pose to he Short Bows get ntos rev with an old man
who was selling ctarS II was rulnored that the boys
had stolen cigars i.Om him mat the short Boys cc
ed TIE table OF a man who was selling meat saw
that table full oi SauSase> and meat before, AMI clear
t3 aflcrward 1 saw the rowlcs pursued by some
Turner'S" p" they ran N the direction OF the ElySian
Fields 4" | believed that The Turner'S intend
e. 60 arrest tie rowd.es then saw Turner'
stntie ed m the side, and his friends cnieavorng
10 Keep him IN Motion, amer wOrCS order again
prevailed. with the exception OF one instance,
of one instance, when rom the tents of Mr. becher
tire strings were cut on Anor the Boys let they an
nOt return, AID then order prevailed. Al ABOUT
O'Clock The procession formed, the Turner's ahead,
with band of music, went down toward the Ferry
But the procession was obliged 10 stop IN conse-
Guenec oi the row near Banners Hotel. By juror
Could YOU tell Us the aim and character ot the rum
ers Society They originate nom the beginning oil
the l9lh Century their watchword Is: "FRisch'
FEoMM, FRoutLcu, FRsi -whch means, HSSn, psn,us,
merry, free. Their ann l. to strengthen themselves
and improving thelr power, their duty to assist AMI
protect the helpless QucstOn-Nhat Is the charac-
ter OF the Society Every one IN thus room VIII
think, have no objection 10 enter the Society, De-
cause its principles are based on pure moTaltf
Queson-What is the duty OF the leader lie mas
TO supervise the gymnastic exercises, when are III
rectcd by the sound of horn and IT'S different signals
Doctor John w Juhan depoSed and said | was
called to the house Of Mr. Buck where deceased
layed saw deceased on couple Of mats ont the moor
saw physician with him found deceased lnSensi-
bic found three wounds his head and face ex-
amincd the wounds found blood running from thc
ear the upper part OF the neck was swelei IN the
examinatan could not perceive any fracture oi uie
skull | told those present that the man could not
live his pulse was getting smaller every minute
left deceased IN the care OF DR. SchOman ana o'het
friends when came TO the gate saw many DHs
call out that this was Dutch house fortunately
saw ship carpenter who knew the boys or some oi
them he Gained them by assuring them thai was
the Doctor. | was called IN the morning, anu tounu
that tho skull was fractured and the temporal bone
broken. Deceased had received his injuries on the
posterior and right side of his head the brain was
laceraied the lateral SINUS was lacerated did not
see other marks ofylolence. The INJURY was caused
By stone stick clnb ! consider that the wounds
that deceased received the cause Of his death.
Here the inquest adjourned TIL this morning at 5
O'Clock.
FUNERAL oF MARTIN BRIDGET Ar Ho-
BoKEN-The funeral of tins unfortunate man, whose
inquest we are reporting since some days, took place
yesterday afternoon, at HOboken. Rev Mr. M. Il.
Allison held a yerj interesting and touching sermon.
on Job q, y, 2j II long procession. con
ssting Of the citizens Of HobOken and friends Of the
deceased We observed many Germans from iio-
boken among them. who manifested their sincere
sympathy on this sad occurrence.
TIE PRISONERS AZ BERGEN.-ln eOnse-
quence Of the Coroner's Jury having returned no
verdict at late hour last evening, no examnatlon
OF the Germans confined In Bergen Jail was made
Yesterday large number Of the friends Of those
confined assembled at the Court. House about II
O'Clock, where they renamed until D. when. being
informed that the commencement Of the examination
was postponed TIL ~ O'Clock rhis morning, they qui
city dispersed.
~ Mr. John Ireland's Hotel did not
sustain any damage as was enormously stated ID our
yesterdays paper
~ John Brown, one of the persons en-
gagged in the fight, and who stabbed behind the
ear. has since died IN this City.
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