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

MoNDN. March l2-iO a. W.
The whole OF the Jurors, with the exception OF
AID. Drske, having arrived, the Coroner sa'o ne
heard Oh Saturday night, Of the whereabouts Oh '"e
psp Who drove the coach on the night OF tne ~''u VI
yebru-rv and 20 be remained out the whole OF iast
s.urc, night TO take him he succeeded 10 arrest
ng" L.sely" and another and Livery 'oi1 nun 'no'
sman Damed Shanghai, in the employ VI 'ne saue
r4,sop IA himself was also charged WIN oelng tue
driver Of the coach. The Fourteenth Ward Police
rere in se.rch Of Shanghai, with what success he
Mr. uilionD was unable TO say. The Coroner also
.sd be vas continually receiving anoDyuous letters
in relation to this affair but unless they au-
bencateo by the signature and address OF the par
ties sending them be could not notice their contents
Leon OliyS-I reside Of Ne. 80 Lsurens St; wss
Nth Mr. Poole when he left his house in thu drs part
Of the evening Of Saturday the path o. February
twas about O'Clock when We reached Stan"M
Hall together; we went in there and party was IN
here IA the back room, singing; walked p9't tue
back room and and Mr.. Poole both looked into me
back room; Morrssey Suydsm and Others we're IN the
oorrpapy; tapped Poole on the shoulder and SAID,
"This Is private company and We b't1 turned
sround AID walked away up TO the counter IN the
bar.room; Of cur company hssed US 10
drink and We did so. The whole of the Jury having
arrived the witness was sworn, and the testimony
~as read over.l Mr. JaDeway then suggested that
va or cpc have something 20 eat Mr.. Poole sat down
with Jsp,wsy and the rest Of the company, except
mystt IL having just supptd, to the eating counter,
and ate I eat upon OF the high stools at the
other end OF the counter, with my back TO II, ana
Mr.. Poole sat by my eide; some one came in
and said something TO Poole, but what IL was
] cent cay; Poole had 90. through eating
vbeD Mr. james Irwin came in at the strest
door and sat down the opposite eide OF the room,
facing To MIR. Poole; he old not say aoytolng to any
ptrson and none of our company that know of,
foke to hin; then Hr Desge, proprietor OF the
saloon, came up to Mr. Poole, aud spoke to him,
wbertupoD Mr.. Poole got down from his stool ana
vent " Ifb Mr. beagle between the drinking and eat
ing couners and stood with his back TO ward the back
room aud entered into conversation with Mr.. Deagle;
then heard a noise in the back room, and some one
ssjd 81 know what am about; let me slone. &c;
then got and leaned back against the md Of the
counter; il was Mr.. Morrlsseys voice that heard;
In the room with MOrrissey saw Mr. Lewis, Mr..
Suydsm and others Morissey came out Of the
back room, end he came out Nj. Jaseway got
up from the eating counter, and standing with his
back opposite to Pc ole, placed both his hands across
the space between the two counters; Mr. Morrissey
walked psst saying, You need mt try 10 hide him,
O, something like that he then said addressing Poole,
"Ab ab il is there you are you ID th'eviug, muir
"deriDg son of b." or something like that; Mr..
Poole then looked up at him; Morrissey then called
him Coward, aud said he did MT dare to tight him
"muzzle to muzzle," something like that; Mr..
Poole then stepped out into the floor toward Morris
w. and the friends of both parties got between them
james Irn in did all he could to stop Morrissey some
one in the crowd called out to Irwin, "Why don't
Hyou stop Morrissey7"; he answered, "Why don't
lyon come and help ne csn't;" did MT see any
pistols; there was such bubbub tina. went out by
the door and that the last saw of it; when the
policemen came, Mr.. Desn told them to go in and
went in with them; when they got in, one party went
10 cliDch Morrissey. and another to take Poole.
Question by Mr. Wild-lf Mr. Poole had pistol
might have seen it; did not zee il; when came
back did not see any pistol; but heard the talk
that Morissey had snapped pistol at Mr. Poole two
or three times.
Willism Janeway, sworn, deposed-I reside at No.
Is Greensst heard some portions OF the testimony
ofbe sst witness. Tine Coroner read the testi
moDy Of Oliver.l Witness conected-I saw a pistol
in Morrsseys hand; The rest is correct, saw the
circumstances; when vent into the house did not
know that Morrissey was there or should not have
gone 10, neither would Mr.. Poole; should not have
gone in, because knew that there WAS disagree
ment between Moirissey and Mr.. Poole; when Nor.
rissey came out of the back room and passed me,
did not see him have pistol; / never heard any
party threaten to take Mr.. Pooles life; saw pistol
IN Morrissey's hand minutes after the alteration
between him and Poole; i saw Morrssey snap the
pistol three times at Poole; saw him do 10 txice
the seuno, to me- wss as II there were no caps upon
the nipples heard It distinctly snap.
O. Bv Aid. Drake-I think Morrssey procured the
pistol after be came out of the back room was I'M
Der the impress ion that Morrssey was Ia liquor; when
Mr. Poole stood behind me thought he had pistol,
because bis right hand under the left breast OF
his G Dat; but did not see him have any weapon;
did not see Officer Rue in the room; Morrssey spoke
two or three times to Poole before Poole replied other
"my mutton once, and you did mt like ii" when
Morrissey called him id coward Poole replied,
"You are ID liar. This first difficulty occurred
somewhere about o'clock, or few minutes atter9 y;
seen il; il had known thst Morrissey was in the
house should have got Poole out, if possible
James Irwin, sworn depos Id reside at Ne. l77
East Twenty first st; l went into the bar-room at
Stanwix Hail. while Mr. Poole was between the eat
ing and drinking counters, talking with Mr. JaneSay
and should Judge, six or eight others; among the
others were Farchild, Capt. Lewis, and couldn't
specify the rect of the names Poole stood with his
right hand in his psntaloons pocket and heard Nor
rssey speak from the back room, never assaulted
"a man in my life, without reason did not hear
hun say $50 away from me-" Then, directly, Nor.
rissey came out of the back room, and walked right
opposite TO where Poole was standing; he ssld, You
"are there, are you," to Poole; he continued How
"bave you been T. Poole said, :" You have tasted
"me, You ought to know" Yes, said Morrissey,
"you black muzzled son of a b., you and your gang
tried to murder me-" Poole replied "You are
i'd, lying, Iiish son of b" with that Morris.
fey stepped up to the corner Of the drinking bar,
within two or three feet of Poole, and l stepped
right up between them; both of them were
ssyIg something in & sroshDg m ,s9, s,c.r
on his pcee by-tbebye; aud said, "You have tasted
'me ara did not like me- while stood between
them Poole held pistol Colts revolver presented
at Moriisseys breast think; he took the pistol from
his pocket. when he took his hand out; he did not
take bis hand from his pantaoons pocket until that
time; | spoke to Mr.. Poole in this way: Poole
ssys J. " won't you put that away, Norri-sey hasn't
got any weapon that's just the way spoke to
Mr. Poole; Mr. Poole did BOT put the pistol away, but
Jumped out on to the floor to Morrssey, saying
. You Irish son Of a b, III fight You breast TO
breast with pistols" l says to Poole sgaia: lyon
know be amt got any weapon" with this Morris
Ny made the reply: "You are scoward, aud dares Mt
Eight any way Poole rushed up to Morssey and,
pushing forward bis pistol said, Eyes, oare'-and
then there WAS crowd Of ten or dozen who got be-
tween them; Officer Rue tried 10 stop IL Poole backed
beiN cen the oNster bar aad the hsr ha mis-.