New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-22
7Hz HUNTERS POINT 7RAGEDY.
CoRoYERs INVESTIGATION.

place btiOro Justice Jln DOyu 20 Jui! ~ h,"iia
ye-taday afternoon The following testimony was
taken:
parick Smith. sworn-Ir reside at Hunters Point
was iliorned by M noighbors that thew heard some
peT-On grOanips do En in the orchard OFT of the
house and also heard IL We wen! 10 IN TO the orchard
and found de ieased: he then alive aud askei tor
water ask ed where be stabbed; be pointed 70 ns
br, est and said that Charles Mys stabbed hin; after
Q. sin calling for water be said his name was farber
Over and then cied.
Thomas Feish sworr-I met Joseph Taylor at the
bridge 10 Hun;ers Point he talking 10 Mr.. Bar
reii could 10, under iand him lie put bis hanfs up
10 his head; il was dark, Ette besore o'clock he
pointed 70 the orchard and put 10 his three zersi
bis vest was torn he made signs 10 me TO iooF h'm
end stared when lie pulled out knife when saw
that returned and made toward home; made signs
for bim 10 the bridge; going home Fe heard
grosIs down in the orchard went down to the or.
chard WIth Patrick Smith aud Robert rec, and found
a man lying down Smith asked who stsbbel him. aud
be answered Charles Myes, and that his name was
Fe'ber Dyer | wrote the names down 10 the san,
and afeTwerd helped TO remove decessad to house.
Peter HuebsOn, sgOn-I reside at the Ferry bride
On Green Point side; On Sunday evening after
O'Clock Joseph Taylor came the gate al the bridge
| demanded toll Of him be hal piece Of vest IN his
hand sno began 10 cry and make signs 10 me that ne
had been abused; suspected that all was not night
and for an apprentice boy resid lg at my house,
while / was waiting for the boy man came on the
oibt sice OF the gaze and tired 10 get 'hrough the
pnsoI er recognized him, and went over and held
him until the officer and theD gave them both up
10 him and be took them 10 the Siatiop-H House.
JOSEPH TAYLOR said that VIM. Greene WAS one Of tue
men and went over TO Greene and looked at bun 10
see il he was cut the prisoner Greene asked him IN
al angry tone: " What have got belonging 10 your
Robert Mink sworn-I reside in the SeyenteenthNard
of The City OF Brooklyn know the prisoners by sight;
the fret saw Of them was on the south side OF New
town Bndge: was attracted there by loud talking;
found Taylor one of the prisoners, making signs that
could not understand; gentleman standing by told
me that Taylor wanted to make a charge against
Green for highway robbery; | found an Interpreter
and asked him if lie would 90 aud NATE that charge
and he answered yes told G cen that wanted him to
90 along with me; be asked me where | was going TO
take him and that for ! told him that he heard the
charge that made against him, and mat should
take him TO the Staon-House; took Tay l0r along
with me; after had got off Green said that he never
bad word with any PEI son; | then asket Green
whore he got that blood FROM pointing to his shirt he
answered that bad had a fight az Astoria; had no
further conversation with the men until | hanted
them over 70 the Assistant Captain at the Station
House
Jonathan Crayne, sworn-I reside at Hunters
Point; Sunday evening about o'clock one OF my
men came TO my house ana said that nan wanted
Uaer got a Ian fcrn and some brandy and proceeded
TO The place; found the man lying on the ground
spoeclers but alive; ordered Mr. Williams to proceed
10 the Ferries aud give information TO the Ferry mas
ter to stop The murdercrs; went up to the Station
House found the two prisoners; tic PRISON Taylor
TOLD me all the circums auces through al interpreter,
and when he found that Green was wounded ne e1-
killed the man and showed NE his dirk; he thought
that he must have cut the that away and that
there we're three men that attacked him; the
larle man was on top of him. Taylor saii
and the prisoner Green was in the place with two
Others ana the three told him that they would find
some person that would buy his watches; no CON
rented TO accompany them a' soi on arriving az
Hunttrs Point the tnrcc pclf kei him FOR the
purpose OF robbing hin.
Join Halett, sworn-I Tcsil @, G.ccn Point; Gm a
police man and am stationed at the fryi say the
four mon together little after o'clock on
Sunday afternoon; the way came 20 notice the n was
because he three men went through the gaze before
Tay lor; be her hung back, when Green aud the
pefson supposed TO have escaped beck0ned ior hln 10
follow; hey went around the new building aud mp
toward tic Newtown bridge the po son that has
tscapod was about Twenty eight years OF age, ABOUT
five feet eight inches high light hair and had on a
black coat, the Swiss, Taylor, had on black hst
when tbey crossed the ferry; the next morning went
Gown to Long Island City llluuters Point AMI
whore the person had died found knife which was
covered with blood and dirt; washed 1t of and Duni
that the edge turned about ! inches; showed tue
luife TO Green who denied all knowledge OF It or the
Joseph TAYLOR, the peddler) sworn-W llitm Green
of Astoria being sworn as iiterproter-I lodge in
Italian house IN tue City OF NeSlerk; have lost the
care and cannot Tell whero II IL but can hud iti was
talking with German about stone s-throy from hs
hOaTCing house when the mau came up that is n)S
Wing dead, and said II you'd 90 with hin he wOlld
slow me house where could s-l the watches tls
wfs Oh Sunday about l. or O'Clock; | went to the
house wi b the lying dead. aud tue woman
uicked out the largest watch the price was sJ5 90
the woman said that she good enough Tor the
money and the uext moruing whom her husband clne
home # be would call che would pay him; from this
place, which was lager beer saloon, Fe walked
about mile ;hroIg h the City when we met the man
that has scapeo IA tho street the man tnat l. dead
and the one that has escaped shook hands, aud from
this place they walked about half mile when they
met Green, the prisoner deceased said to the other
two that / had some watches, ans objected TO the
otl er ~ Heu pOipg with him. as ote was enough;
they said a. they all the same cOu1trymen they
must stick together; wanted Ia get some supper, but
the per son that has escaped told me that where sold
m, watches they would get some supper IS that was
the fee hon in this country they kueg tie man weu
wl6re they going 10 sell tne watches; from there
We oil went 10 the ferry, which was about 20 miles
and cossed he river the person nov absent paid the
errisge and told me that he would maze II all night
the IeKt dsy from there west up to the bridge Il
gss about o'clock when we crossed the fory and
went to a place 1T G. cen Poiut, where there is high
bank slong the water sid9 they crossed the bufge
OF which time it was quite dark; after leaving the
bridge they turned 10 the lett, when OF the tel ows
sao this is wropg ano then they turned to the right
aean aud came 70 the place where there was bank
they jumped down when Green attacked me; h. came
behind and ri ping throwed me the ground; then
the one that Is dead jumped upon and the other
caught my vest and of with Il, Green kicked
NE on the head; deceased tried 10 get MS hands IN
my pantaloOns pocket; he asked the other If there
were yny stones handy; i then pulled out my dirk
klife and 6bbed every way | could at thus time
deceased was still on me- Greea cried out that he
YVES stabbed, and then the other man rtn away
Green held my head down while deceased was
on me the strokes were made so rapidly that can
rot describe them distinctly; when dect asei got on
me went away Immediately, and met three men
who c,u uld rot understand me; | lost gold watch
ard in the afray; think It was the mau that es-
cspd that tore the vest OF OF me- and stole the Taicn
then came toward the bridge aud met two men, but
how rof