New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-01
-. Al. .-,s sss usea b. hep OF Psugcpe; Turner
80 Ns,s, NsssS mind FAagese, he 10 druak;

g.. Nh e. tie nrst man who vent out oil TIE room
a. de patty cs,ss is, Dean vent oat Of the room
e. an ssSSsr Van rcit was the nrst who went |
ssa ~ he hcsse, that sawi Dean at th1t time
,saes ~ rpele seSu, the noaey which Poole hal |
Ass>Ad kus,
psxst examination -rnols's heels were uppermost !
wv. he psrsss we've lying saw Bakers le.,s out;
I seNl Ats tyei ga the side; Baker WAS on his |
ssM sSAei when Poole hwt won't down IVA shoulders !
wxe se1 ssaARss the bar; did rot see anybody down
80 ess lscei fccle fell on tha hoor. he NIGH have
eaa patty 90 LoIer and patty on aker; BAker and
tssNf Sh en ptir sSes and Poole betwsen the Two
IN heart, these tsc's rtlxied 20 Mr. Cars Tor the
o- snS, did rot state OF them TO the Coroner;
ssA NJ ~ INTO deisit II she circumstances before
N< CesSnct, wat once ty sc Baker ~ the lOnbs
vVh GSVsso Andrews, ane once alone; think made
esnse Nv remarks a. RNkc< at that tms; told Mr.
ItSSk ths. II [ wss po, t~suined today ooult not
~.n ia. nssl have the city told these facts TO
Nh (l3k hhrrtssy eSs present when sts'ed them.
Crc>e sxastnst,Nn, rt~umed-Wben went to the
tensss, | WIN ~ the reques of George Andrews, TO
zee Baker; shis before | had seen Mr. Clark; |
tA<s came ~ Ne Clark and todd him these facts and
ssss neaght they ought 10 come out
Chsfis Loztct, sworu-l am but her, and a
hecshsrsrlsw OF Poole: was at both occurrences at
NSnwN Hall; | was present when III yler, Van Pelt,
Linz, srueg, Baker and Psugene cane in in that
orStr, Wa standing facing the bar, two or three
s.eps Ss,Ant; Pool then leaning on the front OF
TIE Tar; / wss opposite Poole, who was looking to
wzri tae ~sll; Shay thisk was at his right; TYLER
sskei ne II l would lot take drink; said no; Pau
stse then came up and said, "Nou black-muzzed
'es of b-h,' and spit three times in his face |
sacsd close 10 Poole, and said "Wny in HI doot
~rx hii him T. then saw Van Pet have bolo Of Pau
yere, wing 10 br. ak him loose from Pooles coat;
Wssr rOoe jerked and 30, loose GOOD title bsck
by the counter; Bsker was then standing a. the end
81 the counter behind Poole; Baker had his left arm
On she counter after PoAe got Loose he said he would
bet $500 be could hex any man in the house;
Turner said then 20 Poole that there was no one
Who wanted 70 fight, and he sferwsrd shook hands
with Tuner he af.erward threw off his tama, pu led
out HIS pistol swung around his head, shot himself
M the srm sud fell on the floor his head 20 yard Broad
vs, Mr. Poole h got into the recess Will he vas
m that Iecess Baker stood about the came distance
f,om the end fthe bar; stool near the door; Tur
rer, when he fell, FREQ sgaln and shot Mr. Poole In
pele NJ. Poole f., tow ard Baker, aud they c'inchsd;
then wen. forward aos hit Bsker his head fell TO-
ward Broadway; cannot cay whether nit him twice
or nOt PsugeDe then hit on tire head wss getting
ND / thousht, esd had hold Of Poole whsn was shot
in tie bead; wheeled around, put my hand Ga my
head and went up to the other END OF the bar; there
tsw Nr. AekeT who sat me do En Ia the chsir told
him NY mutton cooked; when locked up again
Mr. Pools standing hodiog on the door; did net
zee shots between Poole and Baker Oh the floor heard
firing: | was shot in The head after hit Baker; at
thai time be was / thIk on Poole; Poole was lying
with bis head toward Broadway east OF Turner; did
no. see the pistol 90 off that shot Poole Ia the leg;
Poole was then in the recess; he was near Baker at
that time; be was facing Baker; when he WAS shot in
the knee be fell toward Baker; they kind cinched
and fell Poole Tell first on his back; think saw
pstol in Bakers hand; think no had hold of Pooles
kh hand; heard Turner cay when he swung his
pistol. sail in;' / do not know anything about
Pooes pistol; did not see hi n have pistol that
CrosseIamins,i did net see Corkey Jack, CT.
Hss or Cy. Shay fire; when was bit had jus;let go
Of Poole and was raising up; did not have held OF
Baker; was sober but had three glasses into
me; think Psugene shot me. because saw him go
ont of the door did not hear Turner say nov Poole
draw" Linn and Van Pelt tried to stop Paugene that
was all saw them 60; Linn was in the house when
the firing commenced
To The Court-Mitchells evidence not correct
ss 10 my striking Baker when he was up when Ba-
her was leaning against the counter he had his left
arm the counter aud a pistol in his right hand.
To sJuror-Bskei first advanced on Pooe, when
hit Baker be fell over heard the report of the pistol
between Baker and Poole before hit bim; think 1t
wac Bakers pistol because saw it In his hand when
they were falling in the position which stood lift
ing Mr. Poole II would be impossible for the ball
wEioA struck me to have hit Mr. Poole it woad have
hit the south wall.
Cross. exsmined-I was present the morning when
Poole fought Morrissey; did not have my hand in
Bakers eyes the night of the affIay, nor did see
Poole do 90; think struck Baker about the eyes;
had fair hit at him; cannot say whether hit him
twice or once; did not see Shay hit him. do not
know that Poole had his hands in Bakers eyes, mouth
and face; saw Poole fight once in Barrow street;
was laid up for some time after this occurrence from
the wound received; Drs. Wood and Woodruff at,
tended NE; saw P0oles coat during my illness;
never pointed the bullet holes and told lady these
were the places where Poo'e was shot; never saw
those holes in the coat before the occurrence; Poole
and Baker had fight once befotei did not see 1t.
Frsrcis Merrill, sworn-l an cosch driver; 40
not know Baker; the night of the Gath OF February
drove six or seven from Pete Bsrlows door; there
were some iuside the coach before came out; man
= came into Pete Barlows without hist; when went
eut there we're inside, and one behind, and one
on the box; the man without the hat got inside the
coach; they told me to drive to Leonard street to a
doctor's-that man wac hurt; when we came to OPP
pcsite the Brandreth House stopped there and some
sot ont think there were four inside they opened
Ire door while we were under way, aud they got out
they all got out; they did not pay me; some went
down LspenaId street, and some around into Canal
street; do no. know any OF the parties; o'd not
notice v hich way the man without the hat went;
did not zee any help any other; did not ask for
Sny pay bad not any Of them that night before.
Crosse xamned-I think the barehesded man had a
cost on.
Mr.. Clark stated that Linn, one Of the parties in.
cted for the murder Of Poole, had been refused by
the officers admission into the Court. He hoped that
the Coyrt would have II arranged 30 that he could be
admitted In future.
that Linn had applied to be admitted with party OF
friends and that admission had been refused for them
and not him.
Mr.. Whiting said that these statements by the
counsel had meaning deeper than was apparent on
their face and il the ends Of justice could not be at
tanned from the fact of such Influences being brought
10 bear the Government had better perish.
This was followed by manifestations OF applause on
the part of spectators which were quickly suppressed
by the officers.
Mr.. Clark ssid that the Influences adverted to be
lcnged only 10 the prosecution. He had been told
by Mr. BsItof that four hundred subpenas had besn
issued for witnesses 10 be in attendance, not of
whom wss for the defense, snc the consequence
that the room was filed with tbs sympathizers with
Poole's party.
The District Attorney said that be had had not q
single subpoena issued for witness whom he did not
intend TO examine. He asked Mr. Barsolf if he had
mace any such statement.
Mr.. Bartof said that he had told Mr.. Clark that
thrse hundred sabpenas had been given out, aud he
had seen them being filed up in porterhousee and