The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-27
The Late stabbsng Affair I'm Brooklyn.
nsvRsrIGA ALTON INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF The

The investigation the circumstances connected
with the late ARRAY in Van B. unit street. BROOKLYN In
which nan named Cornelus Mcue lost his lie, WAS
yesterday in the Kings county court roon
City Hail, before Coroner Ball and jury. Counsel for
the prisoners present. and during portion Of the
time Mayor Lambert, Justice Blatchley, and
friends OF the two young (W. c. Moss and Richard
Donovan) who stand accused Of the crime The mother
of the latter present during the evening Both pri
of respectable earance of slight FORM and
have previously borne good characters for quetness and
orderly conduct One Of them (sIoss) bears severe
confusion his left eye, evidently sustained by blow
The jury empanneled is follows-Charles KELSEY IT,
Thomas Ketchum, VIM. J. Brown, BENZ. B. Middleton,
John Williams Josiah Phillips, Albert Rowland, JACOB y.
Duryea, Joseph B. Wiley
The first witness called Mrs Della Ann Dunn who
testified followsI reside at No Degraw street, on
the corner of Van Brunt; Sunday morning last /
heard disturbanc &C. about quarter before two O'Clock
in front of the house; heard steps If running aud
scuie at the door raised the window and two
clenched the ground and one Of them had his up
strike should judge the one in the act Of striking
of the two young Dire, sed black think he
struck the other think tse with his raised
kneelng the other the man that WAS killed got
loose from the top and made for the door of HIS
boarding house, near my own house, towards Sackett
street. he pitched and fell pile of logs, the
end OF the houses he sprang up afterwards and made
pitch to his door; Of tt in black rushed back
TO the other can't say which, and cried out, Knife
him. knife him one OF tn men in black then stopped
back to the boarding ouse like FASH and back to
the door and asked where his hat he had dropped
in the gutter he lifted up the hat when the ohor asked
"lave you got my knifes after picking the hat they
off; kept looking out of the wiz dow and parties
from the boarding house after Them leaving the
lay the sidewalk ill the doctor who pronounced
hin dead it a light, moonlight night;
lamps rear the house; it occurred last Saturday
night heard 10 other words spoken but those mentoned
that one OF the party lad his back and the other
kne over him the person his back dressed gray
sack coat and kind Of gaysh pants can't whe he
had hat or rot he about medium size just
him he raised and pitched therefore could
not tell exactly the persons clinched about three
four yards from my wiadow not exactly in 'front.' but be-
tween the widow and the one over the other was
dressed in dark clothes thiak the underneath bsoke
loo re and pitched towards his hone the one in gray
clothes think got up frat tearing himself away from
the other the nan Top got up afterwards and both
went opposite directions the in black coming from
black knife himknife him, after the man in the gray
clothes had pitched towards the boarding house, the one
clnched with the other which of the two made use of
the expression, don't know; the other in black
was just getting up think the with gray clothes
threw the other one-that turned him; the man that
stabbed fell underneath whilst they were clinched
saw one man come near but don't know whether he took
hold of the man top not he left them suddenly and
went towards the boarding house; could not tel which
direction the third party of the party in black
sprang towards the gray after he got up from the
ground and then Immediately bacs for his hat this
was after tie expression "Knife him-kne him;' this
was the time one asked the other where his nat was;
no answer TO that inquiry; could not distinguish
which one used the expression-"Knfe him-knife
no knife nor the appearance of knife; the two were
dressed in dark clothes, and think foek coats OF gem
teel appearances don't think could recognise either Of
them not even in the dress heard no words
spoke except by those two men, other parties ex
cept those two
BY Juror There were but three persons present dur
ing the ARRAY the in the gray coat and the two in
black could not say whether either drunk or not
the man down got up and staggered twice. thought that
he might have been stabbed then but after heard the
expression thought he stabbed afterward.
10 the Court-There were three oyeher when the
back two Of them cnched think the man over the
other was kneelng with his fist drawn to strike could not
see whether the man uppermost had hold of the other
with either hand or not
To Juror-The one in black clothes had his arm
raised.
To the CoutThe one in gray clothes turned the other
could not tell whether the in gray had hold Of the
one in black or not don't know which fell first The
who pitched and fell in gray clohes he fell entirely
upon the ground the first time, and the second time
pitched towards his door, it party that came
out Of the boarding house that after The up
Matthias Cole sworns husband Of tho last witness and
re side in same house; the distance between door and
window is about eight feet the door is about fifteen feet
from the corner some logs of wood about fifteen feet
distance from the window from the wood to the boarding.
house door the distance is about seventy feet sleep.
ing room is on the first oor there two windows 'front.'
Ing Van Brrnt strteope in the epng ROOM and two
On Degraw; nothing of this aar; at the window
part OF the time my wife waS there the first thing saw
MAS man picking HE III two were right in front Of
my roem between my window and stoop; these two
dressed in dark Clothes could not tell anything Of
the other who did not stop to look for his hat oil
round the corner; Of the hats in the gate area
my house; one OF the from the boarding house
picked the hat think he in his shirt sleeves and
haG pair of oyeralls of light coor asked the men
What they we're doI there they made reply and
ound the into Van Brunt sire t. heard nothing
aid about kniie ciinching fighting; not
It the window all the time my wife there say
now long sne there before came; thought at first
was only scule which frequent about the board
ng house, it very bad place and has been for
months past; the disturbances there principally
The Sabbath.
Here the Court took recess tilha past three o'clock,
P. MI
Brunt and Degraw streets, in the house with Cor
nelus McCuo the deceased something of this dis
o'clock Sunday morning, it occurred on the side walk;
VIM. Murtagh and were together, and going to
an acquaintance of his Mr. Farrell he lives at the
ner OF Degraw md Hicks streets, the stable; met
Farrell at my boarding house. outside the door, | came
put to this home with Mutagh after seeing him
home returned; Murtagh was with me: we came down
Degraw street. met nothing until we came down to Co,
umba street. on the lower corner there met Corne
ius McCue and Mike Michigan; MoCue asked if |
ne asked If we had them two fellows who were
standing at the tree about ten yards below at tree;
we're after smashing whole lot of glass up the street.
sicCue told McGugan to go nome and the latter said
lod on let's go apiece; McCue then bid him good night
Mike then went home up Columbia street. towards the
south ferry then McCue Murtagh and myself walked |
Town Degraw street. Murtagh ana McCae ahead and
little behind the that were standing against
ide and side until to these two men, when |
ct Murtagh and McCue SO ahead; there not
enough for all to pass; overlook them about q
bird part Of block towards Van Brunt street; |
passed by of the two fellows said There go the
hree Irish of bches made answer backthat that
not the right thing for him say of them replied
What you make out of iti' then kind Of halebd
With that Cornelius McCue told to go on Murtagh and
Cue were then on the very all got there by
this time; AcCue and Nurtagh were about four yards
rom then; McCue stood still when he told me to go
the second time he told me to go he up and
put his hands around my waist and showed me ahead;
said, saint you after hearing what they said to us he
said MORE when one of those two fellows ran up and
rolled up his sleeves and sqr airing of said Come into it.
you Irish Of bch' he said that the second time;
Murtagh McCue took hold of him can't tell which
hold rst they scued and fell they fell about fourte
yards from Degraw street; with that the other
up Muztagh and stood about three yards of at this
tme the other standing little towards Dcgraw
street. towards Sackett street. the other fellow in
to where Murtagh and myself we're Murtagh and him
clinched and scuied awhile they also tumbled down;
went up to where Murtagh and his were down;
NcCUe and his were DppraW street: 1 was