New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-30
'mFoslsrL ctsrsete-, unll tho brakeeues may -.
recIy cal cut "helIose Sbesee" : ,

c! were engaged over the faro table, at the xs0
onfg ned corner Of Broadway and Canal srees, sons
u''o' pssstd tetse+n John Mouissey anc Harvey
losns Don Of whom are wen known to the poii,s.
iHe GV"o'e as az cid one, and would have reusiseA
t"e"! n"s 'or some time past, but for tho inter.
"'eiee % ''sng with Morssey. Morrissey becsns
very angry at Young's inerferenc.. .nd c.ys bi, ,
thiesbDg for the free he made Of M. ,o,rr. IT,.
matter would thus have been settled. hr, q, an.
friends Of the two men, who got together 49,, 90
the oecuUtIce, at their respective head qusrter. "a
| nohI bu. eight has been the theme Of oosv,r,..
ten amorg them sirce. Throughout the city tAe
Fsncy have been On the qEi rice, and in srsexise
II Yrebpnsr;es for a meeting between the two me-
have been ytIy rear getting into fight among them
selves. AT first, the nature Of the fight wss matter
Of diseassion, but finally settled after the csds
due.o. The following letter the result Of sn thsss
deLb yatitns on tie part Of Youpgs ffiends snd tAs
docum ut was borne by EK Councilman KerrSsa -
Morrissey. On Monday evening:
Nav. YORK, July %, 1888.
Mr.. JoHS HoRRIssEY; Deeming ms self insultcA
and atufed By you my physical superior and BE-
lieving sou to poeeess some gentlemanly traits hope
YOU will accord 70 NE that which isdus to gentlemsa.
v hst mean, Sir s satisfaction. The geo,lsnaA vke
ceiye any communication. either verbal or by note
you may be at pleasure TO give. II Yocse
j. K. K.
What notice Motrssey took Of this challenge at 10
time did not learn. -'
Yesterday morning the original letter was laid Be.
fore the Msyor who orhsith Issued warrants for "
arrest OF the parties Mouissey, hearing Of the ust
ter appeared before the Mayor and stated that he had
nte nton of accepting the challenge, and wocd no.
feht "a any aec' tut in violation Of the laws.
Young wss not arrested at the time of closing the
Mayors Office. This premature settlement Of shs
mhtter ia Of a al relishe nv Tho and
preser. indications serious disturbance may b. -.
t!cpsted Had this meeting been Effected hcui&
spd bloody sair would have been, not only betweea
Young and Morssey, but between the friends Of eaoh
ANOTHER ACCOUNT. tr.
RUnoRED DuLL.-MoRRIssEf SNoT IN TEE HlAD
AND YousG IN The ARA.-It currently repostoA
il jersey City last evening that hostile meeting toe
place Yesterday afternoon of Glendale, shout for
miles from jersey City, near the plankroad To Nov
ark, between Monissey aud Young. II was further
reported tha Young was shot in the arm, and thsk
Moissey wss shot in the forehead or eye in dsngor
ous manner II ives said by some that he was killed
Jchpuy Lyng and cthers Of their sporting freads.
were seen late in the afternoon coming from thst d.
reeticn 1t will be recoleced that at the time Of Ae
assault upon H,er and Poole at the time Of Pooles
death, Morrssey and Young were friends, and coe''
tipued 90 until scme difference occurred between then
at cosk fight LAST Winter. On Sunday night Norris.
sey was playing at faro against friend OF fousgss
ard lost 5000 when the winner concluded nos to pag
longer This offended Morrissey, who beat hun.
Young c. nmented upon this act as q I'D shs1s,"
wheteut on fe was beaten by Morrssey, which led u
the challenge for duel
DEATH OF AN OLD THIEF.-Samuel Cornwell, sliAs
Fat Son. Died at the Brooklyn Hospital on Mondsy,
ornipg of paralysis. Sam was born In New fork~
aek Lao, allk ku0 nm N
police His occupation was highway robbery, and ."
made 10 hesitation about knocking down the arst ma
he me. when travelling Occasionally. He took greet
risks and little did trouble him whether bis viosm
had ejphteerpence OF five hundred dollars Sam took
any thing f1om Killing piece to well filed wallets
silver watch or gold ore, it was all the same 10 HIM.
Upon making "a hit,' he would leave for some large
city out of the State, aud there remain till necessity
dr We him to New York again. On one occasion
Gait Ditchett of The Fourth Ward found Sam prou-
enadng the streets of Philadelphia, and arrested hin,
spd brorsht him to the city to answer Charge Of
highway robbery. On this complaint Sam was I'M
psoped for term Of five years, but was pardored out
few moths before the expiration Of that time on coa'
ditto bis leaving the State forever. This condition
he 10 doubt would have strictly compl ed with but
for bis old associates who induced him TO return 70
New York His babits Of intemperaIce finally reduced
friends TO the Hospital where he died above stated
Fat Sci had pal named Gallagher, alias Gsuncy.
but the former general thr Undertook the knock
ing down of fiheir victims Gauey is at present doisg
The State of Massachusetts, service. lie was AZ
rested for highway robbery In Boston, and senteaoeA
TO hard labor the State prison for term Of fcurtecs
years. Verify, the way Of the trsnsgressor hard
TIE ADAMS BIGAaY CAsE.-The charge Of bgauy
tally invest gated yesterday before Justice Davidson.
Thos 81 snblipd, resident Of Kansas examined,
and stated that he had known Mr.. Adams since ist8;
bad been intimate with him, ard conyersed about vori
Gus persoI whom he knew in ca lorus; never heard
him mention the neme Of Isabel Moran. the person
whom he is charged with having married in Cslforns.
knew nothing of bis ever having married in that STATE
The investigation will be resumed.
SAVAGE ASSAULT Upon A LATE MEMBER oT TaS
SAN FRANCISCO VIGILANCE COMMITTEE Mr.. Ed
ward Jetsell, a resident Of jersey City, who re-
Gently returned from San Francisco, and who whie
there was member OF the Vigilance Comrattes, wss
attaebe cd on Mop6ay evening by Andy Shehan, seso1
well known 10 the prize fighting community, who beat
him in terrible manner. 1t appears that Shehan had
known Mr. Jtssell, By sight, in California, ard hsp.
peripp TO meet bin, at the corner Of East broadway
ard Ca,hai me street on Monday night, he accostsS
him al accused him of having aided in the capture
Of Yankee Sullivan, and acted with the Vigilance
Conn ittee il their crusade against the gamblers aoA
others who had b, en- expelled from the state. He
then fell upon M Jessel ard beat bin until be waS
hauled Fl b. some bystanders No Policeman vs.
I'LL. aned