New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-13

up the knife aud ssio. " nave got the best III yen
"snc | will kesp IT," McCiaire replied Il d mt
" want 10 ouarre. 9th YOU, Poole al~ays liked
&" Won b.cause sou liked my brother. with tnst Jerry
B.lev comnenced 20 laugh, aud said " rnst good
Uss, 10 get out VI il; then turned s'o1nd aud
I thik | saw q man come in aud give Morris,ey 4
ni.fol am not sure; there sncn furry that |
could rot fpesk positively the pistol rss "Syms'
pistol ievolyerl, with holes ali arou.d il, Morrisssy
had said before that II he bad pistol he would give
BIN On "tqnai'y:" Morissey then rushed toward
Poole and and Captain Lewis ebdeavored u stop
him; Desl rushed cut and got hold OF Morssey
ard Morrssey ID spreading bis hands, knocked Dean
hat of cid lot knock Dean dorn) and Dean stopped
10 pick IL up; there wss crowd OF eoout MY IN the
corner with Poole, and all Of them know were OPP
posed 10 Morrssey from the way they acted, Nor
ris.ey oinfed bis pi.tol Poole Poole did not hsye
his pistol out of his hand ali the time; even when he
picked up the carving knife he TOOK l. up with ms
LEI, hand: Poole suddenly thrust his pistol into bis
left breast and kept his band there. and stood look
inp AZ M,.rssey, a. he (Mouisseyl held his pistol
p.pt4d az Poole; | beard men say that Morris,ey
snapped his pistoi at Poole, but did not hear any
p,.toI snapped on ether side; the moment saw
PooJ.'s pistol put away, jumped in, and caught
Morri4ey by the neck, saying: "You id fool VIVA.
"sre yon doing p be replied "Poole is trying to kill
"me;" then the oficers-a squad Of policemen came
IN they appeared to all rush around Mcrrissey while
Poole was ing something still said "Why don't
"you srres both OF ttese men T. and then Rue took
Horrissev Of, and Has 90 took Poole away / never
heard MorIissey or any other person threaten 10
was suffering with bilious colo, some time since,
b. ord that Poole and crc Nd going TO attack
me. and advised ne to stay away from my stall;
said would 60 and all waited vas 10 have no more
than enc person attack me at tune; then Morrissey
spoke up: If any more thsn one goes with you, III
"be On him" that's all ever heard Morrssey or
any Of there persons Fay, in reference TO attacking
Mr. Poole; ] have not heard any Of these persons
threaten TO wbip him Of late.
By Juror-Did you 20 to Stnnvix Hall on Sunday
morning. A. On Sunday morning an officer aud
Dir. Hyde told me that some nineteen persons had
been LOCKED up for pasio Vlngtet-un; Hyde wanted
me to go his ball. did; coming up Broadway, ! met
Mr. Shay who said " Poole is dying, aud then he
told me all about the affrsy of the night previous;
felt nd and walked up psst the Hs'l, aud saw the
blood around the door, and then ] went back to
named Gosdbeait and went up with him to Stan vix
Hal at abou, o'clock A. NJ, to see him felt sorry
shout IT, and do STILL Hyer and Pooe's brother
were present Poole leaned upon hls arm, and asked
him how he was? He said, "Tneres another of
them numbering soDs Of b-es. replied, " Poole,
81 came here out of kindness -fcr felt bad. I" |
I" odn come here through fear, sad he said "lll
taste you ono Of these days. l said, When yOu ara
"able come on: l came hereonly through pure feel
eng stay ed there some time after Poole was taken
away in a caTisge; never knew where Baker was;
never heard where hewas; Ihsve heard where he was
thought to be; knew Baker; am acquainted with
him; he at Sanwx Hall when the first fracas
took place; be sitting stool a. the eating
counter then but did not see him do anything
left hue and MOussey at the corner Of Pfince.st aud
Broadway; did everything that a man could do to
stop the first fracas and if the rest did much there
would not have been any more disturbance fer
tried TO get them both locked up in the Station
House; when went into S,nwix Hall, knew that
Morris-ey in; some one told me that he was; l
did see Baker after the Police csme 10.
Daniel Cunningham sworn-I reside at No. IL Lis
peDaid.st; don't know anything about the muss,
nor any thing about the matter, except taking Mr..
Morri-sey home and putting him to bed; was 10 the
Belle Of the Union" public house, in LeoHardst.,
when young man came in and said that Morrissey
and Poole had had slight difficulty in Broad
wsy; this young man was q strangers he told
me that il was ia Broadway somewberes / started
out then to look for Morfissey; that should judge
was somewhere along about 10; Isaw Morrissey con.
ing down and crossing over, at the corner Of Canal
and Broadway, with officer Rue. Charley Van Pelt.
and think PauRene; they were crossiog to Lyngs
house, / won stete certain that Paugene was along;
then walked up to Morrissey, and said "John, come
"bome" he said, "Ill go home with you as soon a.
ego up stairs aud take drink we all went in; they
drank a bottle of wine; but l did not drink with
them; won't be certain that Paugene was in the
room; Turner saw there few minutes after we had
got in Baker was also there.
q. Was Linn there A. There's three or four
Inns I don't know which one you mean.
q. Was Cornelius Linn there A. did not see
him, he might have been there; Hyler was there at
this time; could bring to mind the precise time;
the onv.rsatioD about the difficulty at Stanwx
Hail. should think from the little heard; could mt
voice most promiDent he seemed to want let this
MUS drop and was talking about match he I'd sde
for 100 MoTissey, in Philadelphia; lcould mt say
whether the match for fighting running anything
ese suppose they would keep that among them elves;
1 cant say whether Baker was In Lyngs when fret
went in; | cant say that Turner in there. when
first went in could not say that yer WAS in then;
could only for certain say that Morrssey was down
stairs and went in when did, for my whole attention
was directed to Morrissey, and didn't speak to nor
care for body else have never heard any person
threaten take the life of Mr.. Poole first earned
Of the second aray at Stanwix all about minutes
after had put Morfissey to bed; after Morrissey naa
drank he went home with me, stopping by the way at
The "America," in Lispenard-st where he drank
vine: | did not; we went alone from there, to his
home in HudsOn-s.; in the America he treated tue
party to wine; none of the parties 10 question being
there; we then went back to l-yngs, much against
my with; he was intoxicated; he took drink up
there again. and in about ten minutes We came out;
when we went into Lyng's could not say that saw
Baker; he might have baen there; l was cOaxing
Morrissey and try ing to get him home, and that was
about as much as little fellow like me could do to
big fellow like him; Morrissey wanted to stop and
drink aud my attention turned only to him; from
LyDgs we went down Broadway to Leonard ST., and
down Leonard to the Belle of the Union drinking
saloon, where be dragged me in and Morrissey had
another drink or two or three; we saw none Of the
party in question there; took him from there to his
home, and never left him until he was undressed
and 81 uod ssleep ard then left him. that was aoo 1t
! o'clock i did not then know anythiog Of the shoot
ing affair; then came back to the " Belle of the
Union" and met young man named { ase who told
me that shooting tcrape had occurred up a. Stanw1
Hail. and that Poole had been killed, aud Turner and
Baker shot; Case is carpenter residing in Norfolk St.
be goes by the nsIne of Gsbe;" know he did not
see the affair, for he was in the Belle Union whsa
took Morrssey home met this young man in the
street, and asked him where Turner was he said he
had heard that he was in John Lyngs house, and
went over there and saw him lying the floor, on
matrt S. in the back room, gun-shot wound in his
arm. and a Doctor attending him; aid not see
Raker there. nor hear that he had been there