The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-25
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SINGULAR CASE or SHOOTING IN aBEoADwAY--aEoss
oARELEssnEss WITH FIrFARsS-MR GEsny SHOT
N1HEARM
About O'Clock yesterday morning as Mr.. William G..
Gerry Of New Orleans at praeent stepping at Wykof s
Hotel in Warren street Walking GioDg Broadwsy and
when oppoete the heee Of Peal street man by The
OF Gideon Dyer discharged revolver pistol twice from
the opposite side Of the 6trect Ths ha from
elect in The right of Mr. Gerry above elbow
irlicting wound MIR. Gerry finding himseli
tbot gave immediate alarm which brought TO his
sistaDce officers McDlussy Nes and Baker Of tho sixth
waId police. Sea1ch inne eoiately instituted, aud
Dyer was found In basement situated at No 653 Peari
street he taken into custody and conveyed to the
station house and his person the revolver pistol
found The facts in thie singular fotows-
Mr. William G. Gerry being sworn said-That hc was
passing aeng broadway about O'Clock in the morning
the weat side and when nearly opposite Pearl street
he heard the report Of pistol looking the
street he the Gideon q. Dyer opposite
soe OF tho street immediately sitter tho report of said
pistol the pistol Discharged again and instantly he
i.t the ball strike him the righ, just above
the elbow; the said bail penetrated deponents arm,
about inch and half splintering the bono,
and took upward direction for about three inches
subsequently the bs found in the sleeve lining OF
deponents deponent further says that the
only person the opposite eide OF the street in the d
section from whence tho ball csme and further doponent
saw The rae his hand the time the pistol dis
charged but there not sufficient light at the time
s'e he pistol in bis hand Immediately after dcharg
ing me pistol Dyer turned down Pearl street and dp
gear.d opponent then vent 70 the City Hospital aud
Ind his dros sed subsequently be vent to DR.. Mott
Who believing that the ball was still 10 the probed
the wours hut could not nnd the bali subsequently,
however hr Gerry found the pe in the sleeve lining
is coat; the ball evidently when IL struck the bone,
fel out, there not being sufficient fesh the to
hold 1t
John D. Robinson, Of No. 2s Reade street. being
eVnTn said That the pistol In the Police Court.
found in the possession Of Gideon Dyer belongs to the
shooting gallery Of Mr. Turner No 3I6 Broadway,
Pesr street deponent further says, that about four
o'clock that morning Dyer In the said gallery he
behind the bar aud took the aforesaid pistol from
deptpente band and put IL nte bis coat pocket and
That Mr. Webster. the barkeeper should have
it that night Dyer then went and he goiog
cut Mr. Webeter asked him IL he had the said pstoi
and he replied that he had not - that he had
put il on q shelf behind the bar. Mr. Webster
then requested deponent to look the shelf and
the pistol there and oeponent looked and that
1t not there just at this instant deponent heard
tHo discharges az pistol quick succession the sound
81 which appeed TO be about the of Pcad street
and Broadway
Cross examined--when Dyer was In the saloon there
were four gentlemen there who somewhat under the
ehs liquor Dyer assisting In Keeping
Of the game there four pistols hanging up behind
the bar besides the revolver. OF the gentlemen
down the pistols, and Dyer spoke to hiu
gentleman put IL up again took the revolver down,
caring that would get Il and do mischief with
III d,ponen supposed Dyer put IT in his pocket 10 pre-
vent any getting It and doing mischief the four
gentlemen went out just before Mr.. Dyer they had
been quite qusrTefome they went out using threats;
d,poncnt should think that hs four gentlemen left the
saloon about twenty minutes before Mr Dyer
On the above aAoayits Justice Osborn placed the pr
Dyer under txsuinaton, who sad that he was
thirty egh, years Of age native OF Massachusetts
by trade, and resident OF Albany In reply to
the charge preierred sgainst him he said am not
guilty; never shot ut any man in my life /"
The magistrate committed the prisoner for trial In de-
fault Of 81 600 bail
Tioan .sssaun iritA Raife-The police on Thursday
evening arrested a German named Paul shook charged
with stabbirg Thomas Genntz in store Of Forty
ninth street and Broadway with large CHI knife in
hlcng wound the shoulder and also cutting
him In several other parts Of his body Shook it seems,
entered he store while intoxicated and called for some
liquor II was refused him, when he became noisy and
vexed se2ed the knife from the counter and inflicted
the wounds described Justice Mc6rath committed
tho accused to prison for triai