New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-01
THE LATE MURDER AT HAVERSrRAw
Coi'o"fRs INQUEST-vEBDlCT or wILeUl
MURDER AGAINSr A CONSTABLE


An inquest wls yesterday held b. Coroner II Ion at the
Eowiork Hospital upon the body Of Bernard Riley the
laborer who shot in the breast 1T HlYerra Rock
land County Sunday evening last, by constable Fh
Lad him in custody the time The evidence atducei
shows tbs to be most brutal murder. the decessei a:
the tine beng handcued and tied with ropes. The fol-
lowing il the testimony isken:
james sfirey Of lIaveIstrsw being sworn stated that
he se hs bres gard Of Jo
FL hoi: n Ia. s5ae-y ssn:sl a. soeoes NJ H3'' s AZ
trc myself y a. md ssss where he sy a bed AssP u
seneWt1 E'srd The eou.fab ~ pair q k4ndeai on -
eoaials aaa - link Geo.se Myefs; do e3 know or rhsi
he with further; they did tell MIN he
e II tens sred; ssls3 De rsaon bat rss od By NJ
TO get BIN mo wfgn; ~, O. refused 70 g. "a pa
prfrs; .b,n s,.cd cfser so- him remain
IN b, bo,e un'i o. so .oer rn this he led on P,9 s1d
sesesi eti sio Nh Hon sent one q his worm "a wio a.
dfces,,d ~ DIN. lis sl9rt d-tines.
tu refused iunhel sted thH 'hy ntsnded to ari-
,oyeo ny Officer upon which The ater jrEss
fen tsssvSa snd ieed lie e ana wa IN the act o. a.
nIi e s.' up wheI H. eaie-I sssc po at a 40
o. he h.rds sre knees Toaied .he s;o e1o~ 10 az
eitd COT ' n ms.deTeS hsr aid to Mr. Hos ihe pa
6d;" htnped hat be ~. so est for 'Ig 20.
Gem d1,OI crs. IL. oless ss.ed fn II ne wound VS.
did not hs' tie srsyuee w~ t.en sea; iof'
s. H. i.t,.r o., H. org dsv walking through ths streets
with he r,,ol h hand with Which be bad shot the ae
dsy by ofdef o. M Holt
Fr6ncs DcBoho. being sworn, said reside in Haver.
straw ihe employ hosler. u Job HOl; Vas 10
sry with he Wines when Nj Hoit rs foreman Thoma
.is st nsrS n nv bsTd md boa 4sted for saying
that Bernard Riley io getting intoxicated on
ID. SsLaL the lamp and followed them mo the saaniy
rope him; the other crcB rsanc that
rr cy sted by the last witness ser deceasad
wrs hsrccufed ted M holt lef h he then said 20 the
ffoer rve hn you; d. with him what pleae; the
bic hand hi tine; neither Mr. holt nor
1houfs with th cer usias rs pistol
,foor lduiitrd iha' b had shot deceased
Martin Welsh present az the time of the shooting,
ED he testimony u The previous wit1"s-ss
Jcmes Fogan Of No. 20 Trinity lace. beng sworn ties
hat h. Up A.,.sirsr lursday ri.t ~ ION
evidence relative 20 the d. sI Of decesef
l.. went 10 Justice told him that had did OF
inflicted ~ Officer Of that pAss wines offered
Gaert the aud ssset the at@ 10
,,e him s.isd he aid he could draw warrant snd
would for 90 IT, ne ss-d me 10 say nnu
be would with iswyer ssw nm
he POINTED the who hsd s1ot deceased
hut him; tLl then sud tod
le affsid his running then wen - me
District Attorney ha' usce and him history Of the css
he he did what 70 do he matt but
thought before the Gsnd JuTy he erwad studied
book told the could b. tired IN New
Yoik. ,,..,
Dr. Peters stated that he attended deceased and that the
Tis,o shot wound I, the Of death.
The jury after brief charge by the Coroner rendered
the following verdict: That Bernard Riley the deceased,
came to Lls death by ball slug fired from pistol by
an officer Haversraw y. Y, whose we believe
"to be George Myers Further, We believe it to be DE-
CELEBRATE MURDER, and call upon the authorities OF
"Rockand County to investigate the matter, believing
that thus far they have shamefuy neglected their duty