New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-04
Id w LNTELLIGENCE.
THE STANwIX-HALL TRAGEDY.
TRIAL or LEW. BAKER FOR TIE MURDER or
WILLIAM POOLE.

souRT or OYER AND TERMISYR-B.sr. Ia 9.,
Judge RoosEvELr.
SIXTH D+f."...hosD.r, De-.
The Court Of General Sessions haviss convened
,ese dsy morning for the December tenn III aamber
Of spectstors st he uisl of Baker WAS matsnAIyIm
lied own to the fact Of there being bu the one room
omen. All the space in he Court room, however, vas
oceupied Al 10 O'Clock the Govt was opsned, and
soon aiter the Tia proceeded with. The follow
inc 1iii Del evidence Vas eici'ed
Francis b. bcCsbe, sworn-I rs-1e at No 20 Grand
street; sm IL bu,iD.ss pfesen saw Baker on
the hight If tie 2it1 Of February st Linz corer OF
Bre ed. oy auc Canal strtet, ABOUT II ocock Baker
HIier 30 Iissey and Pau. eIe were iher-; Andre~s
vent With M tne~ Poole; | saw him in t1s early
mart OF the evening; rot q, S'snFiI H,il thst
evening Baker Sas there, ~ l. Dg'., al ut l. Min
ute be converting with come o hi frisn1s did
not b. ar Ain ray d, yl.ng sb u any occu rcnce ha.
,ib Morris. rne aud some OF ers tnst he had
lirle difficulty WIN Mr. Poole 'hs nj b e, St4nwx
BAL, Bater was sE-Idmg By when Mnfrssey
mace the rmaTk; ne cid no; say an, thing; |
besrd Of The sfray a.. tins st. Nl;h)lss bsfore
| went 10 Ling; am Lot certain that TOroer
Van Pc aId LINN were AZ Lirg-; / remsined .nere
n,fJ Baker p6u. ere ard OtreIs xeDt Ou,; q ,OanE
man uameo Gum, CHAM vent Gus with M)rrissay
he saio he Vss gong 10 Mr. Aliens 10 Lisp-Gard
sJe.t; he a.keo II would show H. Ter the pls'e;
H,ler sttHst une was en- agsd 10 cOnv,rs stiOn vita
ne: somebody came N af trsard and SAID Morr.ssy
wa. ,t Aleb's Hyltr left q 90 trere With som body
tl,f: Baker II out after Morissey; tie party wgs
talking among themselves; Bnker Of tue
n-ry over was taking 20 ell tse SdIe he VA.
tber, Morriss.y dunk d nis friends wanted 10
IKE hlm bone be Left sOop uf or wet in; Baker,
Psulete ard Them wen, gu; tCeetber. old not near
item coy Icb way ttey gong when they went
Ont; old lot zee anJ wespors with them Morissey
told me th.t Poole and be hs1 or4gn pistol, AZ Stan
Wiz Hall; he party bGa been gone about five minutes
When left Ling place.
Cross-exam bed-ih &c 9artiss were al in he habit
20 ata NOT lts.E fhaYGu nv
cj,cy maui ested by there parties.
Charles s IufJbnll swOrB-l am Captain OF the
Ei.bth District Police, and VA. so In Februnr' last;
was at SsnwI Hall the nj HI Of his al .ir about
l. o'cock; / did not zee Bsser that nigh; went to
L1y's about clock; msde search for Baker there,
brt cid OF find him; when sTfve1 a. Ling fo1ad
nv men sta Gil on the walk; demanded entrance
Ling refused l tht bursied open the door and ven.
in. | fouJ d Van Pelt, Turner, and PsuSene there;
iris YVES IN the secord story; | sent Sc gesnt up
ssirs to ace if suy persons were here did bot zee
Baker that night; was at LDgs about two hours or
more left q man in charge and went back 20 SIAN
wix Hell.
C,os..eIsmined-whe I went to Liag's l de-
nard,d admtsnce, / said 10 Ling "John open the
door he ssio be would not do IT, was his cast aud
he v opld protect it; / arrested Van Pelt; he came
willingly with me; decor was ores'iog turner
an; tbero were some fifteen or t~eny in the room;
the DOM was full; did not observe the character OF
Tuners wound; ART sted Tuner, ard rs he DO tor
said would rot DO 10 move hi q eft sergesni Ia
char OF him; one OF my men Officer Moore, area ed
Pools in the early part of the evening; Baker and my
Eel have been irendy; he was for Ierly prvae
under ne; he then detailed; ne resigned in Janu
airy, 1855.
Crawfo d Martin, sworn-I live in Ffieth street
ard Keep livery stable; In the uleh. OF the ncst
STRAY saw MouiPey Baker, Irving, Lozier, a man
Iamed Post, at StsDwix Hall; Poole was there
went in there; Monissey was taking TO Irving and
come fenOs IN the corner when i wen in Nth
friend of mine named Post; Poe. and were drinking
nj Mo I'M q 4
"ofab-h, have you come to kick me in the hesd
Gag ain ?" Morrissey then snapped pistol twice
over the leads of he crowd az Poole cid not see
Baker doifg anything; he was LEAVING afaios, me
uiddle OF The bar he had nothing in his nand Poole
was standing alongside of Cy. Shay, between the
eating and erinkins bar; ! saw no pstol except the
ore Morrissey had; did not observe how Baker was
creased; Officer Hogan came and took Poole 70 the
Eieh1h Ward station House. Morrissey went with an
Other officer.
between Baker and Mcguire Baker was there when
| went in all the conversation about nationality nap
pered before came IN when Morrisey drew LiS ps-
tol cid Lot hear him say Now shoot. P0Jle there
were abost forty people 10 tne room al the time
,JsInes h. Murray, sworn-I am Police Court
CleIk at jefferson Market vas present 81 the ex.
smus ion on the 25h of February, be ore Judge
Brennan; was also Propert, Clerk atJeferson Mar
net; received pistol from Justice Brennan; have
It rev ia Colts TevOiver waI here produced by Wit
neal; II is in the same condition III which re
ceived IT,
n
that dav; DO DOT know where they are nov; they
were cent, think TO the Dstric' Attorneys 0tfi %;
to the best Of my knowledge the aihdavs' pupi'hed
in TIE h,rrld the next day after the mur Ter were cor
rect copies of those taken before Judge Brennan the
pisto, is numbered ss423; 10 five shooter II IL
loaded ard capped.
Matthew S. Brennan, sworn-I have been Police
Justice ell ce the Isl of January last; IN February
was eta Toned at Jefferson market, this pistol Wa pun
the desk before me on the ezams sl,a Ia Feoruay
last by an officer; il was capped; do not know thst
i, wss loaded; handed it to Mr.. Murray the Clerk;
L received 1t about 10 O'Clock.
CToss-sIauned-l was ri Poole mousse LOT tne nGss
tin e. about FIVE days after this occurrences Poo sent
for me; Pooles overcoat was shown me then by sasy;
Mrs. Poole brought il up; did not take IL; oid NOT
ash for the coat; have not the aindsVlls taken Dy
ne; ] took dispositions Of Cy. Shay, Cy. HAMS,
Corkey Jack Dean Ackerson AID John AckeIson;
took a deposton on a charge OF assault, ss Poole
not then dead; in these eeposiuons shay, hsrris,
ard Corbey Jack did not sta,e they had nr7di IRON
their statement knew Of no other hnng except ny
Baker and Turner; nothing wH said about Lozers
striking Baker; they sworn to tel al they knew
about it. il they had stated that be hred iour shots,
should have held him a. well a. Others; NE nrsI
knew of Shays firing bis statement the other day
In evidence here: the statements made before me
regarded a one sided did not see Baker before he
went away; l cid not receive ths ie'er IRON ' psher
produced here until after Baker was brought BACK;
received it from Officer + den. g.,
Mr.. CLARK said thst before Baker hsd left ne had
written letter TO Justice Brennan, Is me magistrate
hSing charge Of the examination, givlng ms STATE
Of the whole affair ana his reasons 3r leaving IS
he did Judge Stuart got the letter. and kept in ais
postesson until after Baker was brought back from
the Canary lslspds.
Wines: lresumirp)-This letter is signed Lewis
Rater. 40 NOT Lnovy the handwriting; have known
Baker ever .ince have been connected with the po-
lice; never heard ANYTHING against his character; a.
far as know he was man OF uneIceptionable char
acier and good nature; n.yer had any trouble with
| him.
! O. IL Won had received communication from
BAKER would Won not have published It to the world
| Objected TO by Mr.. Whiting
4 Wifness-I a OllC1r AuELn VINO gave