New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-20


police fred A. There were persons in the windows
women and children.
z. Did the police bit any onel A. know they did
not.
Juror-Had you pistol A. had not; wore
badge and white hat, the a. the Coroner
Juror-You had 10 pistol A. had not
Juror-D0 you know any other OF the police who
wore white hat A. No; l was the only one who
had one.
,Juror--When did the firing begin A. About
quarter to s o'clock; the fret firing heard was be-
tore firing at the house.
,Jurm[Did you see any throwing Of stones A. Yes,
Isaw persons in the wd throwing stones; arrested
one who was doing 40; almost all the trouble BE-
tween Third and Fourth streets; i was hit with stones
i'm Fourth street.
.Iuror-When were YOU struckl A. 1t was after the
6rrg against the house got struck.
.Jnror--pii yon see other officers hurt A. Yes,
.bere were Others hurt saw Of the otcers strike
aDy person; raw them push people away
John Adams, sworn Reside ut No l36 Pearl street
was form. rly officer of the First Ward; was at the
scene Of the ARRAY on sunday asI; saw nig " , p
corner of Avenue A. the shots came from second stoy
window; | saw the man fire; witness e1ph!neu ''!e
mspner in which the nan fred the p,stoi oeihs hei
on, in his hand, pointed to the Sidewalk anu so.eii
wopen i'm front of him; the man fired force ehots III
succession toward the sidewalk there were many ON
The sidewalk at III. time took them to be crowd or
mob; saw Capt. HART about he was standing Re"
feet from me; the pistol wac pointed toward US Pc
il hit ANYTHING; saw Il man stoop apparently 10 PICK
something up and lust he was IN the act OF throw
ing forward staggered rs If he was shot the report
ives that of q musket, louder than u pistol.
Corouei-What kind Of man was lie A. lie was
n stout men wore white shirt and white speckled
vest; lie WAS in his shirt sleeves. ~
,Juror-When did the man fau A. When heard
the report Of the mulket rifle, saw the man ial
right backward very helpless. -
Corouor-Were there stones thrown! "A. Inc
missiles came down quite fast stones, brickoas, iron
pot and bottles that had to clear out oil the way
TO save ourselves.
.Juror-An iron pot! a. Yes; saw an iron pot
THROWN and il fell near me.
Juror-Where WAS the man standdg who was shot
A. think the man was standing between the boun-
diaries of the two houses from the corner.
Juror-You mean the second mouse In Avenue a
Juror-Was Captain HART nearl A. think he
stood about II or IA feet from Captain HART .,
Jucr-Wbat window was tbe shot fired out or
A. The second story
@. Where were YOU standing A. About ID feet
from the corner OF Avenue a, on the side walk.
Juror-Dld YOU see the man afterward A. saw
the man who shot lying IN front of tue door, just
about the same place where he was shot,
,Juror-Wefe there any officers there A. Yes; my
attention was called on hearing they had one OF our
officers there killed.
@. DID you see any officers with pistols A. saw
two OF three with pistols.
Juior-Iiad you pistol! a. had, anu AN
sorry it mssed fire. -,
Juror-Whyi A. A man took up stones and flung
them at me, and as he sought my lie would have
defended mine, and would have shot him If the pistol
had not missed fire. -
.Juror-Were YOU struck with a stone A. Yes;
was knocked dead on the sidewalk, across Capt.
Hartts feet.
Juror-Did you try to kill the man. A. pointed
the pistol with the intention of killing him; lodged
the stone he hurled at ME; / lodged him, but in-
tended TO kill him. Capt Hart did not order us to fire,
but hen We got near the he ordered US TO halt
and said be never saw the time he could not get me
mob to keep down for him. and if they did not keep
down 70 take our clubs so tdescribing between our
hands and press against them; they caught me by the
coat collar and seized my club. 80
O. Did YOU use your club A. did when they
caught hold OF it and tried to take tirom me; raised
il then and struck at them and hit them
o. Were there stones flying at this tune! a. les:
9. Were you cooll A. was; made up my mino
TO stand by my captain at any rick.
Thaddeu N. Hall, being duly sworn, deposed as
foIowswI reside at No. 20 Sixth street. am broth
er of the man who testified yesterday; was 10 the
neiobborbood of Avenue during the riot of last Sun
day. III,
o. Where did it come 'front.' A. From the crowd
corner of Fourth street and Avenue y.
O. Did il come from the policemen? A. No; it
came from the mob.
q. How many shots did you heart A. Five or six.
O. Did you see any stones thrown {! A. did
9. Where did they come from 7 A. could not
@. Did you hear any firing before the stones were
brown a. did not.
O. Did YOU see any one injured A. did-one
man in Fourth street; he one Of the mob he was
bleeding from the forehead.
Juror-Did you see any one strike that man a.
cid not.
O. Did you gee any of the officers fire A. No.
q. Did you hear any orders to fire A. No.
q. Did you see them using their clubs A. No;
they only pushed the mob while was there.
9. Did you see any of the officers have pistols
A No
@. Did you see any shots from the housetopsl A. l
did not "a, re,
@. Did you see any of the officers injured A. did
not.
Coroner Perry here stated that he had been inqur-
ing of Messrs Blunt & Syms, the gunsmths, relative
to the bullet found in Mulers body, and learned nom
them that there were none OF Colts reviewers wnch
would admit ball of IFS size and weight that they
thought il belonged to sngle or doube-barreed ps'
toll and not to any revolver. 800
One of the Jurors here produced n revolver which
he rad would admit ball hve eshths OF gram heavier
thar that which was extracted from deceased.
Coroner Perry-Now gentlemen, we will adjourn
until o'clock on Monday morning. in the thester in
Fourth street.
TO ne Editor Of The ~ Y T'ibusa
SIR: In Your report of nv testimony before Coroner
Perry the matter o the death Of Muller am made TO say
patient. in the infected ted district l.ssh'sr Of
initiating The SSsa se ,ss the
ignorance Of own language -,
did not use the word infected the word di,ated nor
apy descriptive Of that where the not occurrs
| said nefghborkood merely. ~,
80 far from having any contempt for the Germans mold
them I'm very high estimation foi their intellect and skull
For mysrH DO not happen to bs Of the iazefnes
was educated in England at college where "yH1odto GSe
COMA reI borsm" well attended TO- .,,r.r,,.,,
No. ISL Fourth assnse, N. T., July IL, 1851
A FIRE-EArER's ASEcDoTE OF Gov. WALxER-OsE
OF WALKER's "OPERATIoNs." ourselves, We
acknowledge an inability TO discriminate between the