New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-08
THE RIOT IN NEWARK, W }.
OF THE CORoygRrs JURY

VERDICT OF TIE C0R0NERS JURY.
The violence before TIE Coroner's Jury in hlatou
10 The death CT Thomas Mccarthy was closed ves,er.
CAV morning. On the investigation "Wednesday,
testimony in relation to the causes Of the riot only
Indirectly received, but yesterday Witnesses were
allowed to testify on this point
Tl, Nerork A1rertiser Of yesterday says:
"The evidence confirms substantially our previous
s.etemtn;s The last two witnesses sworn-one
teacher ~ the Wesleyan Institute and ,he other
youpg German-eive explicit testimony thai the not
was commenced by an assault the procession,
while il was moving along peacefully, by stone
thrown from the crowd in Shpmanst., ard an attack
on tie Henry Clay Benner. There IS no evidence
that stones or pistol shots came originally nom the
church. The testimony 10 the desth of Met arthE
IS exccedin gly vague and unsatisfactory, and t sui
r.rns ms provoking mystery both as TO whence came
;he fatal shot, and who threw the first stone' Alter
the aoiournmentof of the Jury an American young man.
who bad by some persons beer asserted 10 be the one
WHO threw the stone was arrested and taken before
Juit'e: Nothing. appesrirg sgainst him he wa dis
charged
We append portion of the evidence.
John Pevertefi, tin smith, stated that he stood in
WilIisn~st above the church, near tine corner of
High 81 be noticed three men with relagis on one OF
whom was stTuck by a stone over the leh ear and
knock cd down. the stone coming from the direction
Of the church; he thought the stone came from party
near in their sbt sleeves be stood BY the side Of the
church snd the stone came oyerh e shoulder from
the direction of the church: tho man ell heal fore
most and as he raised himself up he fired pistol in
tho dir. ciion from which the stone came there
some dozen or eighteen in the direction in which he
fred standing in the street.
Charles Murray, q colOred man, who works at the
Wesleyan Institute, testiej that he WAS standing at
the corner of William and High-sts., when the dis
iurhsnce commenced at the corner OF William and
Shipu 6n-sts be went down and saw a man named
Pjgeon in the midst Of II he could not mention the
names of any that threw stones, but saw Halsey n
Tp, lors men throwing them from their yard; no
stones hit any one; several pistols fired scue Of
which were hrtd into Halsey * TaylOrs, but none
f. 9d out NJ shots nor stones fired fTpm the
church the doors of the church locked and we're
brob open with stones; the stones were thrown AZ
the procession before any disturbance occurred.
George h. Seers, teacher OF the Wesleyan instl-
tute. testified that he in that building, and he
could nesriy the whole OF the affair; the process
sion cane up Wiamsf. quietly till the last company
arrived a the corner OF Shipmaa while the procession
marching saw number Of men coming through
ShiYmGp ST. with aprons on; as the banner fhe last
sociey errived ut the corner of shipman-st, there
some disturbance among the ND collected
le people eppeared 10 be talking loudly end gesticu.
aliUg violently; lie remarked that he supposed there
was difficulty, or would be; did not see any Of the
procession leave the ranks one mauOf the crowd
with his bat off appeared 20 be very active two -
three If the mershals from the first part OF the pro
cCsicn returned and apparently settled the matter
he FIRST psrt of the prCcc SION marched on again; a.
the IGi ks were forming and the profession moving on
which was thrown upon me ground the procession
then broke the ranks and pursued the crowd with
stones some cf the crowd lied up shipman Il aud
come around back of the church. the first ousct upon
the bonner was made by the crowd at the corner of
Shipnan and Wil,iam-sts, heard pistol shots from
the street toward the church, di not see the process
sion ireak ranks till they molested by the crowd
tut cannot tell who threw the first stones;
stones thrown from the crowd upon the procession
aftr tho riot commenced, but they OFF the
crowd attacking the banner; saw lady going from
the church after the riot over, toward Highst.
with a rifle and pistol in her hands; saw no stones
thrown from the church, but saw them thrown
into il.
Jacob ShaGer, sworn-Liyes in 10 Shipmau.st., and
works q, Hasey & Taylors. saw the rioti stood on
The corner of William and Shipman-sts., behind The
lOmp. post: saw the ncement of the riot, aud
ran away when the stones few; man throw
stone from SbpmaD-st. which went through the ban
rer anc fell on mans hat; tho stone came from be
hind him the man who threw Il bad white coat on;
Mccarthy stood near witness; he had on a red shirt
no apron sleeves rolled up; the who threw the
stone does rot WORK in i6sey 81 Tayors shop; the
stour went over witness3 head from behind him in
Shpman-st.
VERDICT OF THE JURY
The Jury, after some consultation, returned a Ver
diet to this effect:
That the said Thomas Mccarthy came 10 has death
by two gun or pistol shots, fred by person to the
Jurors unknown, the fifth day of September afore
sad