New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-07

The FIeHr AND ARREST At THE FALLs.-The person
arrested at the Falls Sunday is supposed to be Patrick
Snead who is charged with the murder OF James III Jones,
in Georgia on the 9TH Of July lsis. The Bgal0 CONNER
ca saws that Nv Buffalo officers having become convinced
that a man calling himself Joseph Watson. who had been
employed at the Cataract House az waiter Tor about ~"
wears was Snead they determined 10 arrest him Having
aped Ia the propretors of the house for their assistance
which however they declined 10 give although DESTROYS of
offering obstruction To the law the ocers after dinner
instructed bOyt call their man from the r0oon petense
of being DESTROYS of remuneratng him for his attendance
on them while dinner The succeeded AMI Snead or
Watson came into the hal. He was Immediately ad
dressed by the name of Patrick and told that he
arrested on charge Of murder An officer then ciapped
handcuff upon Of his wrists, but before he could
asten the other the fellow shouted Justify for assist
auce and seventy 10 hundred negroes came pour
ing of the door Of the dinngrOom into the hall ny
this time the officers had got their prisoner to the front
pinzza but he speedily clutched by the walters and
dragged back into the dining hall the officers following,
without relnquishng their grasp In the hall ne wastorn
from their hands nearly every vestge OF clothing being
spped from his person The doors the end Of the hall
were then shut and barred number of the walters re
naming outside and obstructns the passage OF the two
officers who endeavored to fight their way through the
crowd 50,
At this time gentleman in the hotel called upon the
guests to assist the officers but all confusion and uproar
and none appeared anxious 20 interfere The gentleman
himself was struck at by a negro, who armed with
Ratchet but he warded off the blow and Knocked his as
ailant down with chair He then shouted Tor his pistols
and his wife who was among the outside crowd quickly
brought them down They not, however, used FIND
ING their eorts to reach the door frutess one oil the
officers drew revolver and placing it close to one man
head pulled the trigger The cap m ssed fire. thus saving
he man life but the act occasonei stampede and the
officers forced in the door by this time the nam had been
got out at the back of the premises and was hurried down
the steps to the ferry and placed in boat - .
The erryman however after getting into the middle oil
the stream returned to shore in the other boat leaving
his cargo in charge of Of his companions in order to
ascertain with what offense the charged Upon
learning the truth he sgnied to the officers that he would
drop down the river and land their at the steamboat
landing above the suspension bridge The two officers
quickly started for this pou but they were preceded and
followed by troops Of negroes some two hundred and my
of whom arrived at the landing before them.
band Of Irish laborer, three hundredin number
were called to the assistance OF the oheers aud they
walked into the negroes right smartly and drove
them away The prisoner then landed taken to the
cars and conveyed TO Buffalo, where be was placed in
iail He viii soon be conveyed to Savannah
Tho man has no negro blood in his veins He Ia by
trade COOPER is about five feet seven inches high has
red hair and slightly reckled lie answers the descrp
ton of the murderer exactly.