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

sivs me NJ. al. ,hsv had mo- get Poole on from tbs
fooc s. S'Arvix Hall vher got tHsre; stH 'aN:
J-ss Ack.tsos, jim Acser-en C"rksi ) oH "a
or ers q efe tie f'st toe ever SAW thai pi. o. "
~ Re sis inI house nobody sid 10 ne 81 SAW
Hail itst pistoi rad beeI picked Of rom the door;
,h'r " afe went 10. ~ sent for doc'or. and lett
tao FoGritfI ID WSd polio, neA 70 keep tse p4'sors
il sice there 81 ] wsBtec fhsn for toesse.; wae1
caJoe back th-s sent AWAY 20 End sksr, srre~t.i
Pm ere SIC br, ugh him 10 the sts on-h use; SHY
sUd ct e's TO the st>t'"B-hou-e Corsey J zeS
die no ay hat re, Cy Shay or c.. Harris hsd shot,
10 Dr. " hilng-Wheu sOt % StanwiK II al, there
were ten or tee We persons prssent, sag no pistol
there: old not see Baker that H. 1t.
Q. Did you brO~ where the pistol came from A.
CmkO jack ssc-
NJ. BrsdN-You Iced not state that
Wi'Iess-I saw the oyercoat 81 Stsnwix Gall which
Poole hsd on; | ihbk this here produced is the
ore be had OIL; l saw SHOT hoes in the w,ll ard
sfied who had need ps'O'i they told me b ,ker and
Psu. ere, 10 psrsons we're mentioned having used
li.os sIcept Bakers party; Acserson, Lozie- Cy.
Shay sud Cy. H'rriS told me about the shooting:
wss in Mercer s1eet Houston sweet vhen
bsrc TIE rIorts Of pistols, and wolt around by he
rav of Houston street as quickly possible to Stan
AK Hall.
thee If ,hcv haA stot.
F,rusn Sage, svorn-l am q heu'enant OF the
Filth DIS ret Police; Ell the night Of the 2ith Of
F.Iruatv Officer Austin handed me thus pls'Ol;
jocktd II u: he TX, mOruicg I gave il {, hin to
20 csry il 70 the J,ferson Maket PJl'e Court; it
~as os leo aud capped; | should judge this was the
pistol.
Cross eIsnsiued-I was tbers when person said to
b. Cork,y JACK gave it 70 Austin.
Nr Csrs sad that he had a witness in court for the
6ffer e xho was 6b0ut 20 lsAve tla city, aud with
the conreL the Court the counsel for the state IS
wiling that be should be eSsmiL ed nov. The Court
gave lie cor se1t
Herr y Weeks FOR the defer se sworn-I reside
7 Nev.Yorb; was formerly medical man. am
&c ~ de.eT No &c Attorney street. unit part OF 81
.N.lg a, Ok =.
las corrected With he Police Department OF San
FraIs isco shooting Currences frequent there;
hsve sten lumber Of instances where shots we
FREQ iroUl coats, and IN one or two nstS cas- was
utsen' she TIE shots were fired through garments;
| saw ole cloak which was on man who hted
through il.
0 Have YOU such experience a. to tell by the sp-
pesIaIce Of garment from which side shot had
ben b1ec though ia a. | could make up my nind
70 sa'f, myself petty oefriely if tae garment vas
in The same condition as it was Immediately sfter
the tfot wss fred.
O. vii YOU tell ue, on ex,mng that garment, from
which side # the siment the shot WAS tired
MI Whiting objected 70 the evidence.
Mr.. Brady coz siderpd that this was case for an
eXpeIt.
The Court-Was you present in San Fisucisco when
tbs firing tcos place through the IA menu A. l WAS
o. Wss there any Iretense that there was shot
fred by any other person than he indvidu. who had
On The cloak A. II ere Yves none whatever.
IPooles overcoat wss handed TO witness
WITT ess-These four HOES, which are together, |
thin were made ON pistol bred inside OF the coat
and this rent was made by firing from the outside;
these are all in the r ht ap the wines, at the re-
quest of Il cour sell put the overcoa; the holes
sabt fem the inside ! could shoot with my left hand
PLACED behi1d ne; the two holes low down Ia the
skit | think were shot from the outside; the four
holes cor toy her from the inside in the case Of
he four holes together the lining is burned; in thoss
lower own the cloth burned in Ell her case the p-
to must have been very near the cloth when the
shots were fired.
A Jrror-Is there anything in the appearance ofthe
coat which would l. ad you to suppose that the person
who bad on the Goa. had FREQ through the skirts A.
! capI OF speek OF that.
70 Mr.. Whupg-I think if hsd the pistol in my
left band stsno sidewse, 1t would be easy to tire
these four balls through the spot where they are;
couIo MI ke the four shots With my nah. had being
placed under the shut; la pair OF pantaoons admitted
10 have been on Poole at the time he va, shot wa.
placed in witnesss hand when these sntaloons ~ere
bsIc ed TO me had thought that the pstohot in the
kLee sloued evidence of the cloth hsviog beer
burueo but cannot now De certain Of IL; the texture
Of tie cloth hes been evidently disarsDged
O. Suppose the pig oil had been In close proximity
win the oy ercoat could not the s6ot have
parsed tbIous the corner of the skirt and then into
here haroed to witnessl should think tn st tae pt9
nust have been fired within two fee: OF this aud
perhaps closer the hole 10 the lapel OF the vest is
little higher up than the one in the body OF the vest
this Won nd to suppose that the person who had
OIL the vest was below me VINO fred by belo =.
mean that The head and shoulders Of the person shoot
ing we're hster up than tnose OF the person shot.
Robert Bum, witness for tee State swOrn-I keep
shootius sa leTy under the ST. Mich )las / knew
Poole; tbIs looks like Pooles pistol bu. | could not
swear TO it; il was just such pistol Us this tha he
owned: Osded pistol for him the fore part of the
last wee in JsI uaIy this looks like my loading, but
l CAM OF swear TO 1t; use f1t ramrod-some use .
ooDcaye rsmrod use Coils caps, bu' sometimes use
the G.. H. caps; this loaded With fat ranrod;
Gle nned ard 10 seed Pooles pistol for him
Cioss.e xamned-I losdec Poales pisolt two or three
tin es. co not know how many pistols he owned; |
pistols Just like this, thai they cannot be told apart
exc .pt by the numbers; do not know where he car
RED his pistol; never saw hi shoot
To Mr.. WLiing-I had Pooles pistol repaired the
last time loaded it, 1t would not revose, and took
il to Dir. Mars;on in Fulton street. waited until it
Was re paired.
To Mr.. Clsri-I put one ball to each barrel Of
Poole's pistol when loaded it,
mir Claik called for the pistol Of Baker, which
was produced. II was also a Cots revolver, num-
Witptss-Ibis pistol (Baker's) is of the same size
ard Manufacture as the Fl 81 pistol sho Tn me- can
lot ,ay positively that cleaned Poolss pistol the last
tin LOAD ed IL.
Henry +. Jones. swon-I am q sergeant Of the
Eisbth Ward Police the night Of the sffrsy was
in the vicinity of anwx Hall; | was on my way
toward the Hall about ! o'clock when i saw o n IN
running down without hat; O. he came down ran
toward him TO sop him with my club he turned off
and fred bis pistol at me; he ran into the middle of
of the sleet to the corner where small Nd was
standing; scme Of them said: " Here we are" l ran
toward bin in the attituoe Of striking and when he
aw be fired and sheered off into the street; II was
Turner who fired at me; | then to the Station
House to turn out the men, and then TO Stanwix
Hall; when got there hey were laying Poole on the
counter; saw Charles Lozier there, aud also the
keeper of the house; they were all knew; |
ZEN aired there until three four o'clock /
had ct arge Of the Offices there; only those who
WITNESSES were prevented from going out and In;
some man had pistol there he sad he had ted it
cff the floor; do not know what became Of the man
with the pis Of; the last Of the pistol it ia
kand lara.d Tho Lat