New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-03
LAW INTELLIGENCE.
THE STAHwIX-HALL TRAGEDY.
TRIAL OF LEW. BAKER FoR rIB MURDER or
WILLIAM POOLE-

| eouRf OF OYER AND TERMiNZR-Bsors tbs aes
| Judge RocssvsLr
PTPTS DAY......0ArusDAv. Dsa l.
The court-loem was crs~ded, - ususL 10 sn 10
psits and al the svsilsbls space was occuoiet b.
persons stanc ing, where seats cou not Do Obtained
| The father Of Baker was present
After some preliminary observations BY the Csur'
AID oursel rels,ivs % the msnaer 10 which he est
aoBy should be elected the Court proceesed to hear
fu.i her evidspce The ffs. ines on thssa,d wss
Cornelius w. Campbell, VIII, testified Substantially -
follows:
keep the ho,sl known az the Woodlswu; on the
pight Ct the gath Of February vas in company WITH
Mr.. Poole, SIR. hopkins, Jsnesay and others, ct
Pooe's place; we went out 70 take 9 lftte wslki
went on till We saw this new Psoe oDen, Is An~ix
Hal sno SOME ore said, lie. US go in snd have
" sonefl ing TO eat: oy the "nsw place" | mssa
Stanvi1 Hall, which he'd been jass opsnei We had
something TO eat; Mr. Pool. aad ste; We got tiere
about o'clock; Baker was not there then; he came
in in about BALI an hoari previous 10 toea toere
had been Q disturbance with MoFrissey, who vas
in the backroom hen we went in; tbs disturb tnce
was between Morrissey and Poole; tiers dispu.s
going on between Poole sod M,rrssey ell tbs time;
Did Lot Know MOrissey was there when we ven; I'M
Baker came In while Morrissey was toere; Mofesssy
came out and said TO Poole, Ah! al Is it there Nou
ARE you sen of q b. Poole said to hin, "Yoa
have tss'et my mutton before how did you like II
some two or three words passed between them after
| looked around and | saw Baker; Morisses aad
Pooe were proceeding TO QUARREL eff ,ers were called
ip they got Poole out by the back door; before
she officers came there was pistol drawn; young
man went out don't know ~n0 he wss, aud brought Ia
a pistol ano gave il Morrissey; Morrsey ap Jed 4.
three times Poole; it did 40 of; |! was oue of
Aliens, at suppose it had been long Il ne ioa ie /;
Morrissey wss eight or ten feet ron Poole P0oe was
between the two counters, and Morrissey sslke1 10
from toward the ooOr; MOrrissey snapp-d right over
the peoples beads at Poole there were fly or sixty
ttere Morrssey was within or 10 feet OF 70 lie a.
the time; ent to the stationhouse with Poole and
came back again, ana remained there till about ~
o'clock they would cell more liquor at Stsuwlx
Hal as Mayor WooG had issued proclamation pro-
hibiing he ssle en- Sunday; beard Mr.. Dean say to
the boy to shut up after this the Baker OF P.ugsne
parry came in; the party consisted of Mr.. Turner,
Mr.. Baker, Mr. Hyler Mr. Vac PeIt, Paugens alias
Mclaughlin; they came in two sbreas'; walsed In
quite easy Poole va, standing right Ia front OF the
counter when the party cane in; there were several
there; believe Mr.. Dean was standing bet ~een me
and the west corner; Poole stood the east cod,
the end on Broatway Poole stood about three feet from
the east corner and think MIR Dean vas The nearest to
me; the last an that came in thiuk, vas Paugene
he SAID to Poole" You are .tty 6ghtHg American
son of a bib" Poole said, "You amt worth tt;
then some two or three words passed; Poole said to
Paupene "I1 bet $500 there is Ian in the room
who could lick YOU" Turner epped up 7nd sal 4,
"Oh, be ain Z got no money; Poole put $500 in Mr..
Dean bar d; Paugene said to Poole want 20 hyh.
you;' Poole said, "You amt worth IT." Paugeoe
look hold of Poole by the coat and spit in his face
three times; Mr. Turner stepped up and tried stop
him. Turner then stepped back and SAIL Let us sail
In" be Turner pulled out pistol and laid 1t on his
am it went off in the arm bis slesve got on nre
and he let down the pistol to put out the re ne then
raised The pistol again and fired at Pools Paug-ae
was sausripg at Poole all this time Baker was 10Th
cous with Paugene; Baker stood near the door with
a pistol in his hand | saw it in his hand first at
this time was looking around, as was expecting to
get shot myself when Turner's pistol wen: off three or
IL mi tn m "a L
the closet was full laughter; Others had got In
there before me; before went into the closet some
thing appeared to be the matter with Poole's leg;
while in the closet ] heard several shots; when
came out of the closet Poole was standing at the door
with knife 10 his hand the Baker party had gone
out; did not anything between the parties while
was in tn closet before went into the closet turn'
er was on the floor, and Poole was down ana Baker
was standing over bin with pistol In his handi L
can't say if when Poole was Gown, he was on one
knee; am not positive that Baker nad bold OF him
at that iime when left to get into the closet Bsser
hsd the pistol at Pooles breast; Poole was down and
Bauer over him; il too warm for me and got
iato the closet; l think Paugene had gone out;
Charles Lozier was nea. by when Baker ami Poole
were the east wsll Jacob Ackerson was near
tbere think there were about thirteen shots hfedi
reckoned the marks at the second sffray Poole did
not show any pistol a, ALI he had one, but he did not
st ow it, Poole had hls Two hands up; there vas 80
much firing there did not hear any expression made
by Poole when his hands were up, but know MIR.
Poole pretty "lighti' by that mean drunk;
when Poole was standing q. the door he fell 10 the
arms of Shay; there was pistol on the h)or; az THAI
time supposed 1t fell out OF Mr. Pooles pocket the
pistol given to an, Eighth Ward policeman;
during the sffrsy Mr.. Mitchell got down behind the
bar; lie used a good deal Of Judgment in getting
there.
Mr.. Clark de not see the necessity of obtaining
the Judy meat OF Professor Campoeu on anything
that occurred there.
Witness--i am NO professor when came out OF the
closet Mitchell get up from behind the counter
The Court-When you came out OF the closet and
went to the door where Poole was standing was there
any pistol there before Poole fell A. No; thee was
no pistol there before he fell; helped to lift him up
anc CARY him back TO the counter
Mr.. Clark-When u ed the term professor" did
not mean 10 be Offensive Have you not been styled
SO by your friends A. believe have; have
taught gymnastics; have taught pu 1sm for three
months in Sacramento at two shilings lesson -,
Q. Did you not train Thompson for bis fight with
Morrisseyi A. was interested in IL.
The Court thought they had enough on that point.
Mr.. Clark merely wished TO apologize to The witness
for usiDg TO him the term - professor.
WitneR-PaIdon is granted. lResumed. Mr.
Hopkins Mr.. Poole and Mr.. Janeway and | went out
to take a walk the first place we stopped at was
Stanwix Hall; Poole was not drunk when we started;
l old not know Morrissey was at Stanwx Hall until
we went In none OF our party expected 10 gee him
there; l have no reason to believe thst Morrissey
knew we were coming there; If / thought there 1as
going to be any difficulty would not have gone
there; / was not armed l did not know that any
of the party we're armed Morrssey and ma friends
were singing in the back room; l think Morissey
was little light is hard for me to tell if he was
excited; saw some young man run out and come in,
and tip him something, and he Morrisseyl imme
dstely turned round with the pistol in his hand;
he had no pistol when he went in; be asked all around
for pistol don't thnk he asked Baker for pistol;
was watching Morrissey; mean to Say that, to my
knowledge, did not Poole draw pistol on Nor
rsssy be fore Morrissey got the pistol from the yoQog
man suppose Poole had pistol, but did not see
it; l cid not see Poole level pistol at Morissey;
heard Poole offer to fight Morrissey with pistols; be
did not cay that till after MOrrissey got the pistol
Poole did not offer to fight Motrs.ey with knives that