New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-17

, ,hcr .u-es aot came W., driving the people in'1
their touses md ordering them 10 disprse; tno'e ,ua
rcsstcd We dubbed; wbie returning there "'Te S''
crsi stones thrown nom The tops OF the hOLseo' SUI
of 'ho rnou wero hurt by ber; we at last ceafei ~,
-'feet ana var OIiered % ietura; pushei some VI
the women aud ciildrt into the houses auj Ji ne II
10 60 IN a"d not stand 10 the ~Gy OF being na.s D "
FIRE e.udrg for Crpt. iinrit heard firing ~; p1t'-
from the housetOps; d" not know whet hcr ANY Il
uer FREQ | saN one point pistol in the direction oi
III chimney tom wblch the uiu.ket wa, fred as we
vero coming down Fonth street Win Capt II 'ftt l
hoard Gee a. vnal firing Of ri tols some Of our own
men WHO w,ie stuck vita stoses fell saw some
prcpc lsiug about but did not suy fall dt uOt
beni any Que give orders 10 fire; heard Capt. HIf
tell The men t. put their pistols up; saw ~ pistol
fred accidentally; while going DOVE Fourth street
head shots behind; raw some pe"pl. fall but taey
wore stuck with club; I reside Staten island,
when NJ home; board at No. 3 Second avenue; all
The ofIcrrs bad shields on, that | saw; som: Bai
badges u their hais this is all know about fic m!l-
ter. -.
Edward s. Lockwood, nsidiog at Nc. 26 Rivint N
street being duly sworn, depVses aud sAys-I d II
soiirg lst Sergeant of the Seventeenth Ward Police;
| cs,fe down with tie last witness Ia return b. the
Station House about y o'clock last Sunday evening;
vle, We reached the corner ~ Fourth sire Il say
several persons running toward Second avenue - 40
dr.w lear them We found t6at two OF thre. Offices
nod . tyi.oLrr with the IN, and the wc was tUlJ -
inc. a. | went near 20 them | ordered the crowd ~
back; as ] reached ils ci'ic0rs Gle. naG.cd Wac"o,
said 10 IRE 10 hurry down Avenue A, as there Vas
Great number o. people in F0udh stree. aud Asenu.
a IIu-fied along; went about lSf the bio y. and
halted: there great crowd opposite the ta.'tsr;
some then advanced toward rs, anu as they cane w.
advanced they thro wing Il mes winch was
the hrst If the attack; we drove them cOrn Avenue
A thry coLtllu-d g. stone u.s. and tdreN sto.es iom
tbe br lldpg corner OF Fourth street and Avenue A.
a. " ", rt down through driving them from the ld-
die Of the street the stones HyiOg upon u, IL every
oirecru told the We had peter clesr The crowd
un Fourth street, which did; the crowd followed,
4 uypr thrown af.p- 1 then :. I'll one u
my men T. 60 for CHptsin Hart; ihe Capiru r"urgI
W. then tnr1ed aud went GOwu toward Avenre Al
when we reached hall way down the BOX my
hogan 10 advance toward us, hOOting a61 ye.iih5i
Cap;a;n Uartt ordered US to fall IN nee abreast
aud march toward them; they we're o.derei 20
90 away | think they understood the order we
Grove them down Avenue near the corner we
we heumet in all around; the crowd were
ftirg; we Grove the crowd down rs far as Sacood
street NY atentiGr had been called H. the throwing
of stones from the building; told the men 70 keep 10
the middle OF the street We came up the Avenue, the
crowd stC ucd Us as We came up We drove then up
talf way toward Fifth street when Nc came into
Fourth street the crowd thinner, aud We went
toward the Station House 60 not when the fret
shot was fred don't know that saw Muller, tne de-
ceased. we drove the Gro wd back BY clubbing those
who resisted; heard pistol fired when We
halted with Capt. IIartt / have no pistol s,w OH
Ger McNiullen have pistol he fired 1t toward the top
of the house; | caugnt his arm and sali, 4aI ate
Won doing 70 he said that they Were stouOg Us ft'm
The TOP OF the house stones fired from the top
o. the house; ny attention was taken up ordering
ard arranging my officers during the melee; saw
mar lying on the walk near the corner Of Avenue
AID Fourth street the officers all HAD on th' shields
believe the crowd did attempt t. rescue the hrst
man arrested, do not know the frs; origin Ci the
riot.
This ccrcluded the evide,ce for the day, ard the
further Investigation was adjourned till O'clock this
morning, hen it VII he resumed il tic Court OF S3s-
sioDs ROOM
During the examination, Theodore E. Tomiason,
esq, appeared AID took seat beside Csroner Perry
lie asked leave to question the various witnesses IN
bis capacity OF counselor but this the Coroner OBJ
jec.ed "a as being unnecessary. No one was on trial
sor r:ol or ot er oen.cs the investigation into
the cnusc of the death Of John Muller. Mr.. Tomlin-
son was DC. uEgen. TO be heard.