New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-15
THE POOLE TRAGEDY.
BAKER NOT CAUGHT.
THE HUNT IN NEw.JERsEY.
CENSURE OF THE POLICE.
DESCRIPTION OF THE MURDERER.

On Wednesday morning Judge Stuart received sd
dtionL information, going to show that Baker, the
murderer Of Poole after embarking board the lsa
bella Jewett for the Canary Irande, deserted her a
short distance down the Bay, in arowboat, and landed
on the jersey shore He wssfesrful he would be pur-
.ued oyertaken and arrested A man aus werng
the description of Baker in every minute particular
seen near Amboy a. late Monday night, weary,
and appsrt ntly much exhausted He was lame and
evidently could not proceed much further that night
on foot Such was the information given yesterday
morning. and Judge Stuart has no doubt that Ba-
ker did actually abandon the Jewett and take to the
woods. The probability now il that police force will
be dispatched from this City to scour that part of Jer
sey where the fugitive is supposed to be hid to arrest
him. or aid the jersey authorities in the search. The
report in one Of the morning papers yesterday that Col
lector Red6eld had dispatched ue-cutter after
the Jewet wss usctured for the OCCASION aud has
foundation in truth. If this last information be cor
rect there is but little reason to doubt the proba-
bDy IL that Baker will soon be captured and brought
tojustice. Ayoung man ust arrived from jersey says
that Baker in the house of his mother three times
On Saturday last to obtain refreshments aud rest He
was not known to the family at that tins but there
remains doubt Of his identity. He was very
easy, starting to his feet every few moments, and
placing bis hand in his BOSOM would look through
the windows and open door, to see II any ap
preaching.
P.S-Since writing the above a number OF other
parties, who reside in New Jersey, have called upon
Judge Stuart and stated that they on Saturday aud
Mond ~ last saw a man near Amboy, who, from the
descriptions given can be no other than Baker He
has been by less than twenty persons includ
ing mel women, and children. When last discov-
cred, Monday night, he was at Engishtown, some
miles distant from Amboy, making for the woods, ao
parenty much excited and troubled lest he should be
discovered suspected ofber the fugitive murderer
Judge Stuart further learned that Just before daybreak
on Saturday morning, Baker left the Isabella Je vet,
when of Amboy, in a newly painted Whitehall bost,
accompanied by two men, who rowed him ashore.
The wind blowing strong at the time, Baker lost his
hat overheard and was Obliged to proceed to the
shore without it. Who the two men were with
Baker, aiding and assisting him to escape, hiss
not yet been ascertaned. As to Bakers failing
to get out Of the country in the Jeweh, there is
not possibility of doubt, and Judge Stuart lie
morally certain that the individual 80 infinitely de-
scr'bed to him by several highly respectable
citizens Of New.Jersey is Baker, and nobody else.
AZ to his identity, Judge Stuart believes there can
be no doubt whatever. Believing, as he does, there.
fore, that Baker is secreting himself in the Jersey
woods, or being harbored, and knowingly kept out
Of the way by friends for love money Judge Stu
art, accordingly, yesterday afternoon, dispatched
Captains Wallipg and Speight Of the Eighteenth and
Twenty first Wards Police with a posse of men,
thoroughly armed, to Amboy, for the purpose of
securing all that part of the State of NewJersey, or
other sections of country where they have just cause
to suspect the fugitive murderer has taken flight.
They will not return till the arrest of Baker is &C.
compished, or As long ~ there is a ray of hope Of
finding him. Expecting desperate struggle In case
they should discover tho object of their search the
Police have gone prepared for any emergency-tak-
ing with them revolvers muskets, and knives There
at last, appears TO be hope that Baker may be
taken, which, undoubtedly will be the case unless
various roadp spnusg ng himself board the cara af
or. perhaps, be msy,caping %' "oon detected,
travel by night along the coast till ne csn CAT aboard
sf an outward bound vessel, and sail for foreign
mort. The greatest excitement still prevails Ia Aha
City in relation to the murder OF Poole ana tue
cape of Baker in fact it seems to DC soout the only
tonic of conversation in every circle wherever you
NAV 90. Even in the ladies parlor, you can hear the
matter preached and vigorously discussed. Inc 'ee-
timony Of James Irving, the pugiiist and pu'cner'
given before Coroner fiuton ene uoy iA'' WV 90
that on the night of the fatal ARRAY at stanw1 Ha'
Poole drew the first pistol, and was the aggressor
throughout. has been the subject Of some comment as
csshed directly with that of other witnesses VINO
were present and saw the whole transaction In iact
his evidence has been declared false, and Judge Stuart
has taken one or more afidavits charging him with
neury Irving, learning that legal steps were being
taken against him for the alleged perjury, caled upon
Judge Stuart yesterday to see if such was the case
On being informed that afiidavits had been taken
AGAINST him, he stated that his reason for calling
was to prevent arrest in the night time, and lodged IN
a Station. House without having an opportunity OF
Immediately giving bonds for his appearance. Irving
therefore gave bail In the of $4,000 to answer
apy indictment the Grand. Jury may find against him.
1t was currently reported about town yesterday al
,erpoon that Charles Lozier, who was shot in the
head and thigh on the night Of the fatal affay had
died of his injuries, but the error was incorrect
gentleman who saw Lozier at II o'clock yesterday
morning and assisted him to get up said he was then
quite comfortable, and thought to be slowly reco'
veripg.
THE SEARCH IN NEw-JERSEY.
From Our Special Reporter.
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