The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-14

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In this csse action had been brought by nis. Har
M Sewers sssns two men .n s;%sd Ca:aTSs s1d
the girl Sewers, the two defendants were found
| guilty. Application was immediately made for q
new trial, which was granted, and the following pro
Csdng wee mac Sc o Judss
Thompson, given on last Saturday one week, should
not be reconsidered and Q new trial granted. We
copy from the Philadelphia Bulletin. As Miss Har-
riet Sewers was being brought into court an attempt
dozen men, whose faces were disguised As the OH
Ger Of the court, (Mr. Wesley Manu. was entering
the passage way leading to room No. g. he was nrst
assailed by. woman and then by the men. Mr..
Mann knocked two or three Of them down, being .
man OF powerful frame, but was at last Knocked
down himself. The girl was taken from him, but he
soon recovered her again after getting TO his feet.
a rush was then made At Mr.. Mann, ana MI.
this time come to his assistance and rendered eec-
tive service They succeeded In retaining possession
Of Miss s. She tainted during tho fight, and was
carried into one Of the adjoining offices By the off,
GERS. Mr.. Mann showed the effects Of the attempt at
rescue upon his face and nose, from the latter Of
which the blood flowed. 1t was some time before he
could recover wind enough to make his statement to
the court. The rush from the court room, which
was well filed, was great, and much excitement pre-
vailed for time.
Wesley Mann sworn--Went to Mr.. Brewsters
office with the note given me, and the young lady
handed TO me; wo crossed the State House yard,
and before we got to the door Of the court room,
asked her to take my arm; she did so, when wo-
man, partly masked, came at me, and pushed her
away; she was followed by half a dozen or more
men, who assailed me; struck one with my hand
hard blow; the others came ct me, and struck two
or three Of them very hard blows and knocked them
down; then went into regular fight; the girl got
away from me, as was knocked on my knees by
blow from behind; Mr.. VIM. Byrne came to my as
Ola md dad IN rrvino tho yir
through the crowd into one Of the Offices down
stairs; the men were partly masked, and came at
me with their heads down; did not know any of
Them was struck on the head and in the face.
Lieut. Blackburn sworn--I was In the court room,
and Mr.. Jermon requested me to take q message to
Mrs. Hummel, who was on the stairs; as / was going
down stairs saw q rush ct Mr.. Mann, and officers
of the Mayors and Marshal's Offices rushing in;
saw what was going on, and told the officers that
Mr.. Mann was an officer Of the court and it was all
right, to let him alone; the fighting over when
first saw the plaintiffs; Mrs. Hummel was near
and had hold Of her, trying to pull her way from
the officer.
VIM. Byrne, swom-I was raising the windows
in the court room, and saw party attacking Mr..
Mann as he was bringing the girl into court; !
rushed down stairs and assisted Mr.. Mann; the girl
tainted, and had to protect her, otherwise would
have made some arrests we afterwards went out to
look for some of the assailants but could not lind
any; would know them again If could see them;
that man (John Sowers) was one OF the men who
at him; my greatest care was to secure the girl
from the crowd.
Sampson Anderson, a Mayors officer, sworn-He
saw John Sewers strike Mr.. Mann, and he arrested
him; Sewers said they had his sister, and he wanted
to take her away from them; Sewers was accom-
panied by several men and women; did not know
any of them.
Judge Thompson ordered John Sewers into the
custody Of Mr.. Byne, officer of the court, to be
taken to prison for an assault and battery on an
officer IN the performance of his duty, and an at
tempt to rescue person in his custody.
Judge Thompson sent for Marshal Murphy, and
when he arrived the Judge informed him that an
attack had been made upon an officer of the court
while conveying witness into court within sound
of his voice, and in the immediate portals of the
court room. He desired the Marshal to send out his
those persons who had made the attack and to leave
nothing undone to effect their arrest.
Mrs. Hummell was brought into court by officer
Byrne. The officer then stated that he saw Mrs. HI.
attacking her daughter, assisted by Others. She
was with the crowd who attacked Mr.. Mann.
Mr.. Mann testified that Mrs. Hummell was the
woman who first attacked him. She tried to get
her daughter from him, and he pushed her away.
The Judge ordered commitment to be made ont
for her, the charge of assaultng an officer in the
performance Of his duty. Mrs. HummeI was then
removed.
F. c. Brewster requested that Miss Harriet Sow.
should be sent for. She was brought into court
by officer Byrne, and the Messrs. Brewster request
ed that she be examined by the District Attorney,
to avoid the suspicion OF having tempered with the
witness.
the Commonwealth, and be would rather that her
counsel should propose questions to be asked her.
Miss Harriet Sewers, sworn.--( Mr.. Rush wanted
to know what position he occupied in the case. II
he was not In the cause, he would retire from 1t;
but If he was, he would not yield to the District At
tcrnty.l
The District Attorney said that he would be hap.
Ply to have counsel remain in court, and suggest any
question that they might think proper.
d. P. Brown remarked that he and his brother
counsel had argued the cause, and he would not re-
main in the case and play the sec ond fiddle to the
court. They had high duties to perform, but they
would remain and be mere auxiliary helps to the
District Attorney.
Miss Harriet Sewers sworn-Ile left mothers house
this day one week; left because l could not stay
there any longer, on account Of my mother and my
people; went to carry my work in when left; !
place met young lady named Connolly, whom
had worked with; we talked Of this case, and she
asked me to go up to see Deschamp's Office, a.
she would like to see it; we went into an ON
nibus; she told me that | would. perhaps, be as.
sisted by dark complexioned man I said
would insult him when the omnibus stopped;
the door was opened by Deschamps, and I in
suited him; we went further and seen Chadwick;
talked to Deschamps, and told him thought
had done wrong; asked for Chadwick. and Des-
champ said he was in the house; we went into the
house; we began to speak Of the case, and Mrs. -
asked me to tell all about it, said was forced to
do as had done; told her that / would tell all
about it in the proper place; we then went down TO
Mr.. Brewster's house, and he told us to 20 to the
Judges; we went there; told the Judge that ]
came there to acknowledge my wrong; that had
sworn false against them; that was as guilty as
they were, and If they were to be punished ought
to be too: the Judge said he would talk over the
matter and let me know went to Deschamps' Of.
fee, and he told me TO 60 home; said was afraid;
he told me to go to Mrs. Mahongs, as she had said
she would treat me well; Invent there, until fire
broke out in the house, and then thought best to
leave and 60 up town; Mr.. Chadwick did not com.
NIT any violence on my person, when I swore he
did, he came over to our house, and found me writ.
ing of those letters that Deschamps had got be
gave me good advice, and told me TO do nothing
wrong; the statement made by DR.. Brown, that /
had a certain disease, was false; had taken bad
cold by lying ON the floor; DIR. Brown brought me
some medicine which took, and made me sick
began to swell; he brought three four bottles of