New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-04

P-ls ssi ssw Rim 10 pri-,a; nod --'ssi tnss Ven
Pe't is trV'hv.nia~ Of Richars Pis:t frisst o.
Poole; Ven Pei, rs nv ellen. nov; never heard
sGy 'brea,s by Baker 81 sisst Poole.
To MIR. Nhiung-Tbe motiys had nr advising
Bsber to kecp c.sr iron PoOle founssi upos tbs
isct that he hsn had o'fbcu,y with ain. sni whsa
Poole II liquor he would somstinss sbuse ais bsst
ffsbds.
Hi ar Loyd sworn-l am sa.ch.d Ia the District
Atoress office; hsve made every effort to & II
Cotkey Jack in order 10 Sc b. n sub oenaed ss via
res, in this csss; coud not find HIN.
Rnbert Msrston, svoD-l sm sunmsksr In sl,oa
street; about year $50 Mr. BunD brsssht sissol
10 b. ret aired; his looks lie the pistol; cannot
,vear po lively it is the psto th-re nohiaS 10 the
4,eror sppesraree G. The pistol which indie sss th
il " the OF | r~psTed; repsired ~1At 10 called the
hand IL was short, and would not revolvs tue cyl
i DER far erougt; | iet gthen@d 1t ont o ht9ei 1
smootht IT, hosever and might not nov be abe to
recoSI Ie tee repsirs; would not s~ear 70 the putd
aIy way witness here took the pistol spsr and ex-
amined tie hans;l | cannot swear to this pistol
berg TIE Gre | repaired; l TANK the Rand Oh tals
pistol has be Crawn cat.
Cross exau,ined--SOne time the hand gets short
sNer ftquent USE they have often 10 bs repsirs IN
this the length nj Of the hsnd t,e Eackoess
OF piece OF pspsr would be sufficient FcnetineSi
this bsnd he's be, hammered out, but cannot say
how much.
Melon Brewer, srorr-I srn butcher by profssseni
| know Baker, knew Poole | know nothtay sboat
! the ARRAY at SteLwix HsIl: was not there; hA
rever had sry conversation with BHer about Psee;
| have hearC Baker spesk OF Poole, bat not vscy
| directly; think it was about January last wh,n
| Baker a. my house taking little private drink
with me: he bad pistol with him think; a yeus<
| I amtd Alexander hssou VS. With Baker; | ADDS
stood Baker TO say that il Poole ever iuterf-rai with
| bin lie would shoot him as quick IS he would rat;
| he had ne ps oil IT, his hand them he said noshiag
| that heard about what pi tol he SHOULD use.
Gross examired-ras conversaio u wss brought
oui BY esbir Of attack which hst been m,ie by
| Pose upon Nster Mason. A'eck's brother; Poole hsl
asssued Ns5on very severely and had tnen called IN
the office and had them arrested; il 10 referenes
| Il that elsck Of Pooe upon Mason that this remark
was bEoue hi cut; Baker reprosched ma for not nlsr
fering 70 prevent the attack Of Poole Way sson;
the facts vere ths Poole brought out Of his bed,
TO whip Wslly Mason snd is brother Aleck they hsd
done othirg 10 Poole, for be WAS sbed aud asleep 10
vae called up by man named John Ho'ellng, WAC
| had Lad some difficulty with the Mssons; he wsnt aud
called Poole. VITO had had no difficulty with the Ma
SOM: Aleok Mason sitting >slsep in the chair slen
Poole pulled him of and beat him Severely; he vas
there asleep when be was attacked; Hotelling saf
| nan named Post at the same time attacked Waly
Mason; Wally Mason is very weak man, and Aleok
is man able 20 tale his oFn part; both were very
severely beaten Waly was nearly killed. he wiz
never ct over The injuries he received; subsequently,.
| when we were speaking of the mat ter Baker said
Poole iperfered with him in that way he would shoot
| him down ike q rat.
| O. You would too, would you mott A. Yes, Sir,
would; Poole gave no notice to the slsspiag IN IN;
fyou had been in my posi- iou you would have get
away as fast az did; )st regard a. perfect gea-
tlemsn but he friend Of Pooes; Post was the
fret g. gressor and then Poole sent for to como
! there ard fabt not knowing anything about the
| Mssons: kept public house then; this was st the
corner of Perry and Greenwich Streets thi, ooaverss-
ton occurred about three weeks after the attack On
| the kasons.
Thomas r. Barton, swern-I an Police ofie@.
attached 10 the Court Of Sessions; / went 10 the
Grapestot in search OF Baker arrested him on the
| nth of April opposite the City Of PALMS, Grand
Canary Islands, about two mile, to two and haf
from the shore; be was on bosrd Of the brig Isabella
Jegett we boa ded the brig come vnee 10 the neigh
boraood of O'Clock ia the nosning, after heayias her
! to; We arrested Baker abous amtships; whea we
LETT the bark in the bost we Baker q. the wheel
steering the brig int anchorage he then passed
forward and looked at tie boat ia which 20 were a.
we neared the brig he walked about anidshtos; We
bosrced the brig In the main chains, ana INST mr. pa
ker very near the center of the brig amidhps one Of
the pa ty Mr. le2mans, spoke to the captsn and told
him that he bsi q man on board his vessel na ned
Lewis Baker, and we wanted him; Baker was then
probably fifteen feet Of The captain said be hsi no
such man ON board; Mr.. YesmaDs then said: rhs b
the mar pointing TO Bake by the tina that this csi-
versation Dad closed Mr.. Baker had appro sch.d ~
30 that Yesmens TOOK hold OF him; 1 appros ,hsd
Baker myself, extended my hand to him and shook
bands i asked him how ho was; Baker anxious
to get Tito the cabin ne said had rlyn. take
him away without the conten of the Governor OF the
port be sed he wanted to have interview with tse
Captain; | eaid there use Of parleying about
the matter, ana told them TO put pair Of hsudcafs
On him; this done, after which he was put iato
the boat then proceeded 10 the cabin of the Jswst.
~ get Mr. Bakers tuck and things; then planned
TO the Captain of TIE Jewett no y the facts were;
Bslor returned with us in the Grapeshot; arrived
| LeIe in May.
Cross.exaune1-Baker asked me TO let him bhne
| his clothes with him in which he had been shot ct
Sanwix Hall; We id not iet him 90 it; tots request
! was sfer We we're on board the Grapeshot, aud had
squared asay for home; he may have made the 70
quest when we were in the boat leaving the Jo sstt:
| did not hear it; when we had squared away, the
| weather light and d. ing oat fast; think whsu
Baker made tie request thar heard had all sails
set except he stuediDg ssiis when Baker made the
request went up ard asked the Captain; he said that
the wind not such that be could reach toe Jews,
ard if the clothes wanted they could DO got When
| the Jewett arrived here; he amwered mo rather
| abruptly
Mr. Clarke offered to prove Bakers explanations Of
the affair Stanwi1 Hail. and also his statement a.
| plsDatory Of his motives for fight.
| Objected by the prosecutor and objection sustained
| by the Court. Exceptions taken to the ruling
| ReberI MarstoD, recaled-The charges la the pstA
| have been 80 long in that cannot draw them.
| Christopher Hogan, swom-l sn officerj wU
at Stanwix He'll about O'Clock on the 24th Of Feb
| rusry; was stiIe 10 the back room; SAM Suydsu,
| Capt. Lewis AL Wallace and Ii yler were there's Nor
| rfsey came in; sat down and called for bottle Of
| wine; sat there some fifteen twenty min
| utes, when heard come loud talking outside; 1
thought recognized PoOies voice; Morrisssy, Suy-
cam AID Hyler went outside, and sat there sons I
| heard loud and angry words used, and got up and
went out; when got out there Dir. Poole stand
ing between the eating and drinking counters az ssst
| The wall; very abusive language was used By both
parties; Monfsey went up toward Poole, and Irving
got in front OF Morisey and said "Dsn't 20 thsrs,
you're ID tooi, you'll get shot" took partcs-
lar notice Of Poole then; he had pistol in his hand:
he appeared TO be holding 1t down with his thumb,
playing with the BANNER Of his pistol the muzze vas
pointed toward the floor; then went out 10 look out
for the officer on the beat; could not find him; I
then cane back again; when came in l saw MOI
ris,ey with Syms Blunt pistol in his hand, and
talking about shooting; saw Monissey raise up his
pistol; be made some remark, "Why don't you shoeti"
ard then znanned two or three tinAa. POoa