New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-24
THE LATE PRIZE FIGHT.
TESTIMONY BEFORE CORONER PERRY.

TESTIMONY BEFORE CORONER PERRY.
THIRD DAY.
The examination in the case of the prize fight waa
resumed yesterday at p, m. ut the Coroners Office
in Chambers street. The following additional test
mony elected:
John Brown, Officer of the Fourth Ward Police, be-
rs or boS
gured the Captain he said the had just gone ashore
mens' asked him the Captains name he said was Ed
wards asked him what his surname wa' he replied that he
i've minutes in the meantime two men came on board In
Gssd Of he% %e T g naS TO G hire 81 bis bon for
moonlight excursion he inquired when wanted it, and told
him to Jersey where going
ssos s pS M hs s hs HsRc S S
aside short desired to know what kind
as iSs he went sV ON on hrny
pIa go .Hd he G did not paw told him We Would
pay him we'll he replied the he talking to was the
was the owner and he said Csy he said the Captain the
that took the party the Mccoy fight arrested aud
him good deal of money to get out Of asked him
he afraid of being arrested and he replied YES eA
peet 70 be- to give evidence he wanted TO know
stood him that his boat conveyed the parties to the fight on
James S. Ward being sworn says: Am Police Off
of the Twentieth Ward on THURSDAY about Il O'clock
me that he had seen person taken out
the of Thirty fourth street and put into butchers r
appeared have been hurt he had been shot the
did know the locality and compelled him to go with me
and show the place which was the house known the
avenue; into the place with the stranger and Officer
Lucus whom called in Capet behind the bar in his shirt
house wounded; he said friend of his who working
accident by falling Of his foot aud that he
unable walk they brought him up butchers cart and
not knowing the house to reppte thought the
statement Of cspet be ,rue then told him my reasons for
ton stated aboye he smiled and told me to step up stairs
1 went So sway my 'as.sed @srns day
papers account of the prize fight told Lieut. TAYLOR
with he case the sicf Capets Lieut. Hoehk.s and
and could not tell Where cpt
she informed that the Kelley in the house at the
"Hushcs" who informed Capet of the parties
| who called for his cart on the above day.
John s. Austin being sworn, testified as follows:
reside Ono Hundred and Ninth street between Second and
Third was d i on @S I4Sy @
soV c1si to a.SS.as there sGns tight and
went over there taking him With me went over with
s a did p flgf
directly indirectly before II O'Clock on Wednesday night
seeing parties in The fight wee he I. attached
70 the police at loIt,e snhsttsnve when we sr,t 90.
picking up dr boards along the river; DO not know
1 ,A. ' Ws about hs DOZEN people s@e
who said that boat going to the fight would stop there
and my brother jumped abOard the boat then pro:
ceeded up the FIVE mies. and then TUNED
back about miles where the party got on
there about $50 on the boat en We got on board
when the party landed scattered in one direction and
another but they ultimately vent the hill when
there the already aked OUT was about 81
o'clock Thursday morning VIXEN the fight Cd Lynch
In the fight surrounded by the whole crowd
did the fight till the end do not know whether
SIGHT aud Of the other spectators and actors IN the
6ght Mike Murphy there; do not know Johnny Roach
John T. Cspet; think Mi Burns there aud the
seconds Of Kelly Harry Griffin and Philip Glare were here
did not Patrick there don't know Buffalo BILL or
tbs csed Buffalo Kelly; there man there By the
nid 10 take there for II required man OF nerSo
Jack Montgomery there; these have mentioned Al
oof part AZ lOokerson. aud cheered the coutstzns op
hnk Aaron afery and Barney AKRON took the most scne
ground and be said This viii do for putting up
hls BANDS before him ~ lie this sfer they
su o.en hshtng about hAfxn-hour Morrisey then left
noHba and that MAS the last heard of him until
% he dock aud did the body of Kelly carried 20
ts oo.t DID not return the P. Smith; besde those
TS nthtoned s present. there BY the Of
- ~, who hses Staten Island Of the hands
pv :. smith said thai II captain h.d Known wins.
ha 49,. VS. soinsto esrry he would have rather sunk
md roc,I ssi boat 10 take back my return.
rnh you'd have been GER Of his hfr be had not
sr Nhe,e tne party wished witness AID thai he
he 70 an tIplsn.'on regsrd 10 charge made against
sc1u.ed him d,Sr s uornins where hs that they
y ovhers thai he should sct y
referee, but be ptr~mp Only rrftprd Ia AZ - 49,
Isaac Austin, being sworb sa,r-I am detailed for
the Fourth District Poios CsSr ~ ,,ss.nt =. he
6sht that occurred at the Pah.des on ThuYsda, isx
went Their for he pnIpo-e Of detecting pcrsons
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