The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-13
The Turning CT metropolitan Brli.
INVESTIGATION BAfHBF JUSTICE, sruAEr or Ta,
CHARGES AGAINST IA aEs huGENT, Foa ARseN,
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TESTIMONY Ehsf 4Ho sicoAD DAYS.
Tie Of the char against James lssa
wAte bnan Of Metropolitan Hall, Tor setipg fire 10 taI
oudclug on S.urd.y night sst ecafasnced on Wef
neesy, before Jtstcs stuart Tusrs mas large crox1
| 70 ht'nt .rcs during the inyet tiss ion.
fi"paa Meyer engaged as principal cook At tbs La.
nVase, gEye the iollowlag tetusoLy M hId An Ia
sion lne evening Of the fire. les misstsa beore
s'sk, n. night no was sittrs at his sI'sow, IA hs
10" 10 mercer sbee Immediately in oil astroPoh
uSn Ia Ae was reading Newspaper At tae tine; OF
h7 Was Startled BY light in tho VI ihs M
uofon'an Hall over tins oning room; hs and hs vie
eaes sh ~ alarm Of ht. the hremen
Al work. about ten minutes sf. hs pays ms 3rsf E,r
~ hfe AIa peiors suy hre bell htt sonnted he 500
Prst nef, James Nngent, from witsn tao buii ~s
with lar terra in mis- hsnc the l,n.ru was sm.ll ,s
be saw NO person go into the oualns ths he Vas
quite eihn lhe prisoner had no. got into ihs padfox
at sny time s'er The fire mad commenced ana before ns
raw him comfg cut OF tho nuding VITA the light in his
haud The witt thought there time Tor Nuyst
t. his hous. after ne fret saw the are uut
deponent raw him. no Nugs Mt nert morning ao6
covered with him he ssd 10 Nsgsot lyon did no o,s
the green FOR tbs hr.Eaep ffor withiu when ihs
hsnes hrat broke ost, and eve tasm tina rouols OF
klo king IL down;'' he said triea 80, bn the
nose prevented nim Meyer quite positivs that No
gent was in The bullpg when ths are broke out
Captain George w. DnIo OF the FtssL Ird polioa
e.n.d ta.t +. eonvsfad with the pisoner Aooat ths
Gre, al that Nusent ss.i Re 1t home and asleep
wtea ID. he boo. ont; his siie woke hun at IN. siAr
Of hie and when be me h,mss he thought it was
Metertby blecarDith shop in Mercer street. which
bu'Is Nugen lives litlls block dstsn from tbs
hA N,g.I $500 on seeing the fire 40 took hs lantern
Eli The ? isourr knew bout the Are.
H-e be J stise j.urned the proceedings TIL ester
dsJ slt'tnocn, at = c'cloc,.
SECOND DAY.
This case excites much interest," and there was large
crpwd present at the OF tas nv alton
yessrcay AT the time for the nsncenent OF tas
proceedings Iofs Of tbs ~oesssa present, and II
was ae in th afternoon hetoe The examination OF other
pa rties comnancec
ibs first wiipeis eIamiu
Willar NorhedSe, who testified as follows:--Rssides
coILer OF Thrti,th sIeet snd Sixth avenue;
fec ioner, the morning asr the fire 1T Metro poll
about s. cor.
Of Am,y and Mercer streets, and spoke with him
about the fire; asked aim (Nugenp how tae hre orig
mated; he decided how Il Origin. sd,
but he ad he left the bulldog a. eleven O'Clock that
right tle right OF the fire. Saturday nsh) hs said
ard did not See any THAT thea wsnt home and
ed 10 wife 70 get him lot water with and
then lie said lie commenced 10 clean his Boots aud n
this lin. he hear sc aarn OF hra hs said his ~s went
TO the sirdos ard locked and the light
in The direction OF III Ball that be then ~eut down stairs
The sidewalk and his passed him the walS
going 10 the fire; tha whsn he got there, the concert
room and the dining all are; he said that
sfen he dst saw be hia At his house he thought II
w,she blseesmith shop This Ia shout all that Cured
IT THIS convsrsston In shout hour srer ards met
him sgsin in 9 further conversation on III, sir,s
suhFct hs stated the ,hup, except that he at this
time said he LETT the building st about twelve O'Clock
instead of eleven o'ckes; an engaged at tho Hall
STRESS st the Hall excep. In the day time; know THAI
the s.l "a, no. opened a. for aoy public purpose
cclacs or saturday; Nnges was not Al the Hal. when
hfs 1T six o'clock his duties At the Hall had ceased
ard ehsd never lns~ bin TO BE- engaged ~
the Hal a. er night TIM; he, suppose, vHits r- Hail
when eoncsrs there he teeps nh. Keys ths Hail;
there no other to sntsr ths Hsl except to psss
through hs doors of which hs Keeps the keys; Nngsnt
fas ibe keyr be the dinirg room the
IRE Il SEEN but he had pot the heys any saloon
be"w y sapge in hs basement haa not al fre In Il
S.tpr0sy. ppat,e of this; the Earnaec aud ap.
fer heating ncert under tbs side.
the .tre., TIE coacet room is hsaed b, steam
frcD steam pipes be concert IL Dot heated any
beat hut by m from tis engas un:er the wslg the
concert room s whsrs the FIRE s baid to orgpat
4. l.,y, ~.
ed tie tiU three o'c lck this afternoon William
Wright ere of the lesssss of the Lafrge House, will b
easniucd.
MEETING OF sYAPATHIZERS AT METROPOLITAN HALL.
Last nght quit, ia ge isg of ths friends Of
wight lspr Go. heli At Met, opolitan Hotel to
decide what best TO be 10 thss- gsalsnsn n
Gb.ir pIesent misfortune.
On mott "a o simon LELAND, E'q., Cspssin 7 FERus,
"f he New .nls City Ho'. WAS called 10 the chair.
Mr. Marley wa elected secrs'ary but declining, Ar.
Wm Draper el,ct-c 10 his Sized.
The rep Of the ocrumit'ee Of hse appointed ~ the
lsst meeting, was thu n rssd AZ follows:
~. REPORT or r"s COMMITTEE COMMIT -,
wrsbt L,rier Co ind y LA II ti yres. TO A.
70 fnes very soh neesoa and suggest sSss
committee o. iy persons be tinted ta scis aid In thsix
ne hotel keepers will take .ussorip.ion among shsn.
.pssaed who or ,La, s whether os Mr. Charles Wright f
u motion, sb. report wss adopted.
Mr. HopeEs chatham OF the commit % making the
Ian,,r Go. pnst depend upss ihsmsslves' Ths com,
nttee had c,.d upon several merchants and 10 and
ihsJ nts,y regsced this failure o, sessrs Wright,
Lapi.r sro Co and esid taey wers disposed to
Esiis them than xry other oansrupts
This ttat. not we'll received By the company.
Many said they kf that hundreds 10 New York wers
relcy is as t Il unfortunate gsntissn One sisted
that he knew Of merchant who bad promised TO rive
81 ot0 more 'h,n any else towards aiding them.
Other eta emsnts of thu natu-e made which
called forth uch applause.
Here letter from John Hggeus Co. wa read, g.
clotipg s25
The committee Of five then dsohArg ged aud, a.
eordrg 10 tie provisions OF the report . COMMITTEES a
hy OF the ctse OF Now York appointed to collect sub
scf yt,onP.