The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-02


tAs fatal stabbing of james Murphy Our readers win
rsooeet that the boatswan Of the packet
,hip Surprise which, upon he 10th Of March last lay
- the stream opposite the foot Wall street, making
ready sail for san Francisco next day The had
Issn shipped and number Of rggers were on board In
he evening general melee occurred between the
and portion Of the ocers during the absence OF the
Captain Knives drawn in the orecas.le, out Of
which the deceased issued, bleeding from a number OF
severe Wounds He taken to the City Hospital where
Gsorse Martin William Clinton, William Morse, and
William Huzza arrested by the FIRST ward police and
nave been confined in the Tombs since The case had
been 81 ourned twice owing to the absence OF material
Witnesses The following gentlemen were sworn upon
the jury -
Robert Urre,l c. Westerfed,
John a. IAmpe, Henry Stevenson,
SIMON Poreus, Andrew Burke.
The following is the
Charles Stewart, sworn-I reside at No. 80 Monroe
street. in the my occupation in life is that of rig
ger upon the 10th Of March was board the ship
Surprise then lying in the East river opposite to Wall
street the took place between six and
o'clock in the afternoon the commencement of it was,
getting the ships decks clear in order to make
ready for when the second officer Mr. Lewis knocked
three down; did not know the men who were
beaten they hands on board the shp after they
we're knocked down the deceased man Murphy,
strike another man do not know the of the
that he struck; the fell the deck when the de-
ceased struck him Murphy struck him with his
s,snched fist saw the man rise from deck again
the whom Murphy struck was not one OF the three
nen who had been struck before by Mr. Lewis; swear
that do know what gave rise to the quarrel shore
boat alongside the surprise At this time and three
Of the men belonging to the crew came on board from
me Goaa one u aause oi s sha ma from tbe
boat this after the other three men had been struck
Ana Ano cssss aSnn " . hun ..ssed ' uh want a
into the forecastle in about hour afterwards
Nj. aga houos an an his Serson baoar aIso then
noticed wound upon the side of his neck it did not APP
Phh ~ ba "a So I'D IN nv bar - bad a,
been dressed the deceased was sitting upright upon
seat no person was noung nm IA lhIt position went
out OF the cabin and Did not see him again until saw
him removed from the snip IN boat.
10 Juror 40 not snow ny whom lle WOUNDS were
inflicted upon Murphy he was forward and was ait at
the time he was wounded.
James Lewis. sworh-l RESIDE AZ the mouse NO. 90
Crosby street; am seaman upon the 10th OF March
about half past 81 or seven clock In the evening
e crew OF the snip surprise were on Doara OF ner IN
very disoIdery condition they were hghaog and quar-
Ger OF the ship mad ORDERS from the captain wnen ne
it the side OF the ship not to have the men knocking
sround the aecK ne said 70 send them oeiow aEo
on the deck was busy at the time getting IN the spirit
san yard ana aid not execute the order rignt
sway, the spitsah yard iad been carried away
whe. was getting in the yard man. somewhat intoxi
oated came On DECK ana mounted the top gaant lore
not then showed him of the forecaste down upon the
main deck then gave orders TO the ggers who were GA
and returned forward upon the forecate and ust as
got abreast several of the crew gathered around
one OF them said !" Be ID II we stand such treat,
mens as that, and then struck at me;
tben struck two or three OF them and Knocked
them away from me then went upon the
forecastie got in the spirit sal yard, and made all
slsa1 forward called 'he rggers aft and squared the
yards then at this time everything was quiet, and
went ait and sat down IN the cabin had been there be-
tween half and three quarters Of hour, when the
ste .rd came running aft and said the sailors were
beating the cook because their food did not suit them
went forward, and the deceased, Murphy, the boat
swan ana the prisoner, henry Proctor, were having
some words recognise rroctor mere now the mae
was then there but whsther he was there before
.s ef io1 ! cahnot say lnen hiIrpny, me de-
eea-.a ana PROCTOR hgntiog believe Murphy
ne ad f.ske ,he mr. oow; ne strde -
ION eF h ant sn ran the
from th place either one or Two Of the rggers
took hm forward when We were upon the quarter aeck
having seized hold Of him did not see aurphy knock
Proctor aoan put | saw them ootn Gown ana Murphy
ser deck, bat when ! reached 1t ootn MURPHY
.studa ,bev b some one who ipterrea
between them Proctor then went forward with one Of
we Rogers DuI 90 not kho% ne Ielt eno" o
snt aseT 81 aG a ie after s pr4oner wn
.nen .ins ~, n.y. .ie " s sh s p at s
A~ipg wiih some OF me crew VINO were on the s.eps
saw MN tnen 90 INTO the ioec1sce ioohu oeIow ani
ls.w several Oh ne ere vita their hhlses oFNn S
not recognize any man mere now wnom saw aS. nav
vas in the foIssas went about s thirss S Of
VA - Nai,h Rat"sin CONF nm ont Of this - he
saa W ss1 IVA van, eo up '.l nv a.. ~
made no reply but stu kept lighting with ,ne party VINO
Gul ~ AZ nm o 70 sa,s t the nr;soner
Sont III the man no one spoke except me Prisoher
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-aads go a. s.oward aid tbat The crey ,vers
W TSs ; 80 ~ 7 .ha nshinn.d hanonst from NM
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80 .nrnna ~ and 7 a,onnad sti an the deck some
49, ,La hs,ons+ Ont ~ NV ba nd and i'm e.
come below agsin thsn INV wife and the chief officer
:ommenced IN hind INV arr mn. when II was dress.