New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-22
THE w1LLIAMsBURGRELsc U0yRI0T.
TRIAL OF LIE, FOR THE MURDER or wM. II.
HARRISON.


TRIAL OF LIE, FOR THE MURDER OF WM. II.
HARRISON.
The trial Of Oliver Lee, charged with The murder ii
VIM. II. Hsrrison a, the election riot in the lGf.
teer'b Ward. Eastern District on the 7th OF Nov.
last, was broush, up, or Tuesday, in the Cont Of
oyer and Tern. ner Brooklyn, before judge Strong
spo Moore Anc ! i-tic.s Siryker ami Enin0ns
The iolio~ing Jury wss Unparalleled, aiser some -
persons we're ch ail-Lged.
Lew, AteBtrOsl. Ia # h-uTy VIZ, uar-h'ati u-nIy
p-.eu..T ntreb.1t ooInelu. H5r.lsli. ca-Psner; g.
Bsvls merthsrt ehrshsm Knox cooper Irt ntn m';
ehsnt Hrsm Acss-y. czrorn r.; Eb-arzer f'mrs VI
liam rh'snel. JsGes Desr-~, merchants fetef T. O'as
merchant
The Indictment was read. and the District Ai;orley
rroceeded open the case 10 the Jury, aiser wal
The witnesses for the PEG Jle we're called
Thornas H.yo t-stlded-IoAt he WAS acquainted
with 10 Harrison months preyol' % al. dean All
ssrS,~- w. * or -isht ye.r. ia Vi.msbarxh aad
ssp him feq1erty; believed be butcher vi 80 va.
1t the Fir.t Di.iri p1h Fourteenth ward corner u SC 'nd
snd North -nthsts pt Of The eeon d1 anc saw i.rni
tLere called there shout oc oe. e ne aslls o,
n. corner 81 Sorto into second IT, surrounded
h. ,b al nshas; struck ING tfoaad
man " th c 40 .od double blrrei7i pr
tol .a Harrison knoc.ed oo~n be iins - the %
va. inst :, tse curb four or five m-a ht him q o'r
ine. Oliver Lee ho sfru nim: I'D not ec1fone
A., Of te Others; Lee the snfteY we're 50 J.
il all around H-rson Lee seemed % h o. u "tu .lm-
hin. bt ch appeared 10 b. ~hie pae el' o piece lt
hoard sics Wit appe+-d 70 oe shot 70 lch-s lont
broke three p-c-s si the b"V - soe On
the 100 bis he.d winch wa bare Htr'0 was ae'n4
GIsni snd Lee cd recty oeHHd MN soAe o.
49, Inn ten Or az cen feet Of them A. ,i0e;
asni.op wh.p thu s..a .pt. Ief Lee
h hini. that dss sinh - iOck coat h
we 's foni sGer and next sac him w1-
e,suipso tsfore Justice Basel; larson h'is eao n ne
b.no wh.p b. VS. did nts-- HIN strike auSb
viii did NJ hn enssrrd "a a1S PtftSi ga H h-f
Inn 10y sDl before be = ,tses De had ocas
sule he VS.. not there
pier-op Brown. s~orn-T reside st No. 40 North
seeoud knew H.roo fr hre- or 'ouf ye,r'' ~,
m, ing of the 10 dst near NOeo Fh
WIZ :ss The crowd .HS o% s"ts ne n-sr rss fh
in ssco.dsr.i saw sve or az ."isinE Z" MIN he
Crsads toink he oscS-d up toward M ~ss "Hs1 o. re-
crsss tie head and fell o'et b'cs o1 me sds
~, a him on the ~bo struck him with -erh 'n-r
49,. ,or or hs. p-r.oDs directly e; - |
W. % " ~ - ,,rsd 20 iIu,p u,,u Hard.oa pro
sesies hin aud then ~h,ed . io.k st,sf VIZ snn 90 /
,boght a old h.rr f-, dd go htr.on asnia;
The so- tn rsh side Of The bas part o. MS ns'1 ~
ob, bin IN CUBS esots ay N they or d.
smith snocsso do hea Ii ar 500 ON teo ,ols' "a
bo~ on Harrison sugpo.d il must have ben h4.d s'o
brsd the blow rolled is eyei and turned over IS
went TO hin. -. ,.
II, Willard Parker. Of New York testified that ne
~. ..d 20 examine deceased by DR. sohtpp. on to- <n'
Of Nov found The p''' ut sso ga
snvvbi q GOD 60 ..spsd ofsa'Lns TAs ~ =. IN,
itt TIC ~, -rse amount blood; he d retun 70
cououue. lett bia hopeless eoHditoo the wound
| was sLfh,ient d-afh
Ine Court then 40 burned to the next day.
SECOND DAY-WEDSgsDN.
The evidence IN the prosecution ~as continued.
! DR.. Ctuenus II schapp- testified 10 stten1inZ ia-
rson proiesonay sit-I he hJan-s a. ca 60 ~ i'npa
se,eb.d he wound. ud s~d M, c-u.ed ny more
! Then one 9th f.f 'n,, ument "a
P.r.on Bro ~ recalled BY defense, testist IN 1,
IN. t.r.p who s,iucs the bo between Harrison snt
nin4s,f 1h-ie HoihDs sdai'iona iHi' was m'fA ID
Dr. Hiram T. H.rJcss,le, apo'hecsry - the vii
subrr.h rp.us.ry testified d~csa,-d VS. brought 70
49, oi,sry .t~r be W.. ioiured ia Al
! Of o
hume.
| SArsh Harrison WIDOW OF deceased testified TO h4r
ulsna benz brought home wounded, sb At ten mau no
fore oeocs u election dsj' he hass'ed III leA "o'as
! Fcwsro &. Brown sworn-restded 10 sealing Ar
ou nh Jchr Smith IN secooo-.t between North Fith
I'D Nofh sixth the o The srconi he vas sont
to~'Id s1'h shorty Ai'I DC nr' 80 .-,sd 70 20 ,o
sra him before be tesrhed there h.son w."
Gown the who .fucs hn hsc on ed -hr as n-' As
witness could 1sfrrOn STUCK aiIsf he Wa "a
his hsL as WIN eaO or SPADE h.ldei
Go sI sst '1 asp Who s:rae. Hsrl..on
Isa4c W smirh .woru- Testified 20 seeing nunber
NJ ,ecte with clubs within 25 feet from tbe polls. -m
comm. down stcJnist toward 'ands tn-fs were 80
usIs-oae the U-puJ shsnf' VINO 'eeIed 10 %
r.oe alothrr crowd which a-r th-n th1 l1ef -
D I'd ~ b r-n. we're very much e1ensi-sct.d IKE
id uen sBc perfectly efszy ire, wrs .,nsd "a
boop 70 saves wbsfoeks snossa4udss beiPC't ana
Wheel .poses, t1ey cane 10 !'VH ~ith Ihe ue'aAe'
al them sud '.S Que % NOR u n sn'e Yea
ser ft distant he.d cries Of Kill en- among no nooi
- 49, nm annex uunb-r Of times blows AIR
- 90, r-eosn hooe, suOtler near the ndde
., IN. steel o.eucus tnsef AID rerres'ius back ~id
w.nd tn sidew4k be nsd club Of some KIDD nanoer
us,e tr,us 20 biz the while; Dc fell reaching the
Il the snsei DC I'd on if0ck
| e.st spc .orl of / .ht p aid pa taiOons =.
nsh Lott d special pocsm IN, TESTIFIED 70 the d.
,bne and Md HAYS being struck and q the
/ .ssruIt or the deputies BY he moo
| Vim Weeks -tifed 10 the disturbance given IN
! evidence Of pr-cerioz witness
Jo.ah l}arrold and Isaac I. Allen testhei 70 taxi
! ina Harmon 70 the Dup ns4y -
| Wu Churchill, police cifcer OF Ne vi )rk, les l.
q 10 tie dreGc. Uleers osd Ia tue attic Of no
- C,rra :, fh. 18Th Of Nov.E ber; when IN custody he
"a Ofcsr your p'isoseri hope wont n'-us-
pdcatsd the murder beside m. OK
- m the Ihuteelth House tn the tr g
80 ofe Foye; had % ssneed about IA v0ck ne
- Of c.r. you'll good hing of ne TINS morning
an ~ 0osins fr yoa ct yodf fs~.i o1s
,be. more phcsfsd me murder b--'ts- ne Dd aoi
81, "a, o-ea rested Tor pfsY14f T. Us
nLs th@e e1pr,sssus sad Anything aooI d,rs'A
| .le riot 70 The pr'soeeI. - -. $780, - - -
,tst b. va. Innocent ard replied ta, II ne ~ss 20
bco,d Re would clear Hot gutu &c s)t 70 zoe ..
f,pb0s.e there csoye'saton on tbs way - us
s,so1 bo. but don't lee thai ncn - sfpr-soa rs
.f- b, tie prsorer the here, the r-~srf "n-f f
- rr. ard ynyi non w. an NOT y.J par
,ir AZ attention ~sy 10 the sss4ssn '1iS
/ eaceIt " la e. have "a ca n,
| Tie Court here sIjOurued til to-day Il 10 VI
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W. call attention % the French Lee Of NJ. CaAr-