The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-06-07

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Then [ went down, shor. time after, and
met Connolly, Pat. Cogan and John Ka-
hoe standing in Pat. Cogan's door. Con-
nelly then asked me if got his handler
chief that he lost at Pat. Browns. / told
him l didn't know whether be lost any.
Then 1 went up and brought the hand
kerchief down to him. He put the hand
kerchief in his pocket and Pat. Cogan
called him to one side. As | was coming
back to Pat Browns shanty heard Pat.
Cogan say lets 60 up and see about it.
Then they followed me up and went into
Pat. Browns. suppose that was pretty
near 6 O'Clock, getting dark As Pat;
Cogan went in he sot down on barrel
along side of the counter. He asked Pc
ter Brown, who was it told him to 60 to
hell; that he had heard it as he, was com
/ ing in the door. Peter Brown said
no one said so. Cogan then told Brown
be was liar. Brown said if it was to
raise fuss they came in there, they had
better leave the house. John kahoc was
with Cogan at that time, no one else thas
| can say. Peter Brown ordered them
out and got up to shove them out. John
Kahoe, Patrick Cogan and Peter Brown,
and others inside, got into hold, and
then opened the door and got out Cans
tell how l got inside afterwards. After
that stood on opposite side of the street,
on side walk; stopped there few min
utes and saw a whole lot coming up from
Pat Cogan's Shanty didn't know them,
the night was pretty dark; they came up
and attacked the shanty by smashing it
in with the wood along side of shanty.
stopped there spell, and saw them smash
ing up the shanty, throwing the wood in
the door and window Then they were
scattering away, and l heard one man say:
here he is, here he Isl" knew that
mans voice as far as could give guess
to his voice, it was Pat. Brady. l stop
ped there then till | saw them scattering
from where Pat. Brown was beat. Wheu
the man said here he is, the party all run
up the street. | met one boy coming
down the side walk, from where he was
beat, it was John Kahoe, and he had nei-
ther coat nor cap on: be passed down
towards Pat. Cogan's shanty. | was in
sight of the place where Brown was bea-
ten-up street from Browns shanty, be
tween 4 and 5 rods. There was a pile of
wood there, stove wood l did, see a
man running before the crowd; didn't
hear any noise when be was beat. They
were running along the street, up and
down. The first shouting heard was
that Pat. Brown was killed that was
when the party was going away. The
time they were about the shanty, to the
best of my opiEion, there were 10 or ID
men they mostly all run up the street
Witness points to John Kahoe.
l stopped then till Patrick Brown was
brought in. I saw Patrick Cogan then
in the shanty, after Brown was putt in the
bed: l went in and found him in bed
The stove was turned on the side can't
say whether any fire in it-wood stove.
The floor was all covered over with wood,
nothing else: half Of the Geor was broke
off; the window was all smashed in. vt
the time the doctor came down | heard
Patrick Brown say to him, the doctor, TO
go away that be did Mt want him
or. E1.--All [ heard when they came
up from Pat. Cogan's shanty was, they
said that Patrick Cogan was being killed
in Browns shanty. There was a noise
in the shanty the time left it, and be-
fore the boys attached it, heard a noise
inside as if they were fighting | guess
there was sore wood piled up inside, be-
fore the fuss commenced; but I can't say
how much. The wood was piled up from
the door to the counter; can't say how
high it was; the counter was alongsiGe o
from the door. came to Browns shanty
with Patrick Burns; | had three drinks Of
whiskey; hadn't drunk any in at Cogan's
before L came up-none at Farl Roach's;
| didn't taste drop of liquor that day
till came to Browns; drank a few glasses
afterwards that night in Pat. Browns
l hadn't been to Browns sbanty that day
before Burns and | came there :. should
think it was 5 o'clock, or some after, when
| first came to that shanty that day; it
wasn't then very dark, kind of misty
rain. Kane passed me pretty near pp-
posite Browns shanty on the side walk
did ut speak to Kane, but another boy
with me did, that was James Lauan; |
was standing on the side walk when Jas
Lanan came up to NE; he came from Farl
Roach's up; he didn't stay there with me
not more than two or three minutes; he
then went down again towards the bury
ing ground; did ut see him any more
that evening. | walked into Pat. Browns
shantyi stopped there pretty near an hour;
[ then went home over to the forge I
boarded with Conner.
Lanan said to Kane, John that's fine
night. John said it was, and he walked
of. Kane was walking down the side
walk; if he had mt spoken, would mt have
known him. It had mt then cleared off,
it was misty rain; it was very dark. /
was acquainted with John Kane over Oh
the works about two or three months be-
fore this opened; l worked in the next
pit to him. | commenced working there
some time along in the fall | have been