The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-03
The Affair Sunday aud Esgine ConaPao
Nc. 40.

70 fHE EDITOR or THE NEW YORK HERALD.
o-i called on you ast evening, IN relation - me
communication 10 Mondays paper signed StsPhss
Lane, and stated to you tho facta relation 10 t
part ol IL, winch was libel tina members q Ne.
~ Epgine Ard was led by you TO believe that ysa
Wo'dd po,.ifh direct contradiction Of it, inseBAa
! Oh Win N hna H. t<s mornings paper simply tAs
statement oi 0is q Breu, Ass.staHg Captain, fous-
| letntd district, aud immediately following is a
,fh"r COMMUNICATION s'grsd Hog Lindsey, III whicA
aaah hex atGSa is injc tno utcnbers Of No ID Ea-
si0e nov, sic, thts arc the iacJe wnico stated
90 you, Ba1 EXPECTED tiiat you, in just4co 70 a.,
| Gon!d have ps.D.isdsd:--
! the members OF E-gne No ~ enpda~oasiy
charge ,lG persoh, who shed hiMse'f otephce Iene,
With bcsDg malicious saodcrer, VINO J3res not uss
his o&n nairo nor give b,s own residence AZ the
pace WMTV h!s proof ~ to be iDuld IL 1em
EGh"p fpct 10 tho majority OF t.e New York EirV
Department, as Geii the chief add assists ut
enSneeta, that th.io scarcely company shis
city tia, res tassn as o.uch pains TO clear them.
selves Of what are called runners, this company.
ard " - equally wet known that ut the prssoItt
time thcsc are none running with So much 6r
the ctarre Of the runners Ut Engine No. 10 be-
ing ehghsti in the dot AS to the members, I
hhso el'cndy given yoa the statement Of NJ.
| O'Brien snd, fus thcr. Mr. Morenus called On Ar.
| q. w. Ma,stli, CHEF Of Police, who give hin
the privilege of making the following statemssA
on hs authority =" That he, Mr.. Matsell. was
| present az the riot, and had good oppcrtuaaw
OF seeing the persons engaged in IL, and that he dA
not see any persons engaged who had 10 on thair
caps; ara that, he living ony few doors from tha
v, III
beers Of our company and that there were n0Ac
there either with without caps For tho truth Of
TINS refer ANY one TO tho Chief OF Police. We
have also called on Mr.. Bradford. captain Of the TenAh
ward police, who steted that he did not any
with ~ on their caps in the riot. and il there
any there, they wore without their caps. NJ.
joseph Acktiman, sergeant Tenth ward pehse,
made the same statement and further said, that hs
knew many Of tho members Of said company, aAd
that he did not any without their caps We then
went to see hr. Stephen Lane, at No 235 BoWorye
which was iouId to be vacant lot; we inquired
Oh the contractor nnd tho maSons to work -
building just commenced, where No. 2S3 should
be, but none know such person. We went to No.
lS6 and 3SS Bowery, with the Same success. We
phen Lanes name, but Mr. Stephen A. I.aro, lISk
BCwery, on whom called, and were informed h4
him that he knew nothing about il. We then cAA-
I'd Oh Mr.. Stephen Lane. Foreman of No. Ha-
and that he had nothing to do with it. We neat
called ct your Office, and asked if your reporter
would rot hnve been certain to have mentioned O1r
No with Others IL had been engaged in the riot.
| \ on answered that he would, aud that you wor4
satisfied TINT ~ HE rot mentioning us tina. we nod
nothing L. do il. so much for Mr.. stephen Lane
| Eeseroilg Mr.. Lindsey's communication. he may
have I'll staieintHt of Mr. Lane as authority fer
making out ~ being engaged, he may net
| Tut such statement comes with very baA
! Giece tfoM n company whose members have throat
| encd TO attack rs the first time to O irs II
| the Sixth district, aud upset our engine. Now We
| wish the ctizeus OF New York to know one thing
! we rot, nsr do We wish to DO, what are called
fahtefs nnd VIC tell them that we have been thrsa-
srea WITH &c asch epd il we are, we wish them
| wish ard intend TO DO our duty as fremen. and not
| RS rowdies. Until that communication appeared u
your pcper, VIC have. think, had the name Of being
| peaccabie company We wish to maintain that
name, and viii do all in our power to deserve IT,
! Now, Sir, have done, with the exception, that
should Mr. Stephen Lane como to light, he can ind
me at No 50 Orchard street, at any time betussa
| O'Clock NJ. aad O'Clock A.. NJ
w. II. CHARLoCK, Foreman Engine ~.