New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-18
FACTS AND RU NOR s.

At early hour on wednesday moinIh6, W
order of the Mayor, platoon Of policemen
from every ward in the city was marched
TO the CIV Hall. The basement and all the
passages up stairs and down, were thronged
with the Mayors men, all armed and equipped ready
for desperate conflict. Go where you would among
them. the most bitter hatred of the Black Repub-
Hcanso was expressed in language unfit for print.
Several of the captains declared that any at
tempt to arrest the Mayor although backed by all the
military in the city, would be resisted to the DEATH
Whether this was mere braggadocia not we are un-
able to state but from the ferceness of their speech
and the loud oats to which they gave utterancc it
would seem they were iu downright earnest. Other.
more moderate deprecated the conflict between the
two police forces and said that many Of the men in the
METROPOLITAN organization stood almost in a brOthery
relation toward them. The crowd in the Park was
much larger than on Tuesday, and in many respects
quite as boiSterOus. We heard Of act OF rdfansm
which passed by wholly unregarded. Mr. ID. b. lay
lor informed us that ventured to remark that he
dsapproved of Mayor Woods course, when one OF his
DULLES set upon and pounded him most numerically,
and wound up by biting of his ear. The crowd was
evidently composed Of the most inhammable mate
rails, which any little excitement might fan into
fame Mayor Wood was to have been arrested
in the morning by Depuy-Superntendeut Carpenter,
at 10 O'Clock, for resisting service of crim-
nal process and taken before Recorder Smith.
The Seventy. first Regiment ordered to parade
in the Park at O'Clock, to repe any riotous demon
stration which might arise during the arrest OF the
Mayor but they did not appear, and the arrest was
not made until the afternoon. Recorder Smith, Gen.
Hall and eminent legal advisers were closeted toge-
Their at the Recorders Office, doubtless devismg the
best course TO be pursued without causing boodshed.
ARREST OF TURNER AND BENNETT.
Coroner Perry arrested Mr.. Turner the Deputy
Street Commissioner and took him before Commis-
sioper Samuel S. Acker, where he gave bonds in
e. 600 TO answer in the civil suit Capt. Bennett OF
the Third Ward Police arrested by the Coroner
this morning. and appeared before Commissioner ke-
loge when he entered into bonds in -, OOO Both OF
them were then released
MIR. CONOVER IN HIS OFFICE.
Mr.. Conover entered the office about O'Clock this
morning. He was Immediately closed around by
crowd with Jim Irving among them. There seemed
to be an expectation that Irving geing to do some
thing. The sentiment of the crowd was perhaps well
EXPRESSED by one representative bully, who said:
"By Cd, jim Irving will give thes-n Of b-h
III! Cd d-n his heart
Lieut.. Bennett of the Third Ward-Keep back,
Gentlemen, there is no occasion for you here. Mr..
Masterton YOU will see that no enters. There is
TO necessity for interference.
Mr.. Conover went up to Mr.. DevD, who was sitting
at his desk, and said: Nr. Deylin, l am the Street
Commissioner by the authority of my appointment
from the Governor-at the same time exhibiting his
commission under the seal of the State.
Mr. Devlin--I do not doubt that you have such
warrant but do not recognize you as Street Commas
soner am the Street Commissioner by virtue Of an
appointment from the Mayor and Common Council;
all hon ii. 20 l,a
troler have taken possession of the office, with the
books, papers, and all appertainng to ii, and have
force under my command to keep possession
Mr.. Conover-I must 60 in and take possession of
nv seat as Street Commissioner.
Mr. Devlin-You shall not l shall resist you by
FORCE if necessary; am prepared to retain possession
Of the Office.
Mr.. Conover-As you are in possession here, and
have sufficient force to keep possession for the present.
shall leave.
MIR. Cenover then went into the Controllers Office
and stated that he had been prevented from taking
possession of the Street Commissioners Office but that
he shoud make his appointments and he expected
the Controller 10 recognise other officers than his
appointees.
THE RECORDER AND THE SHERIFF.
In the morning the Recorder sent to the Sheriff,
calling upon him to report immediately why the war.
rant against Mr.. Wood, Capt Bennett and Deputy
Street Commissiorer Turner had not been executed.
The Sheriff reported that he had been unable TO find
two of the parties and of them, the Mayor, had
beenn his custody all night The reason why he was
not brought before him was that writ of habeas cor
pus had been served upon him, the hearing of which
had been postponed until ocock in the afternoon.
rumor prevailed about IL o'clock that the Mayor
had Just been arrested by the Coroner We learned that
il arose from the fact that Coroner Perry detected an
omission in the bail bond the Mayor not having signed
his name to it, and at his request the omission was cor
rected. Mayor Wood gave as sureties his brother
Benjamin. who processes to be Banker" and John
Fitzpatrick, contractor.
THE HABEAS CORPUS.
We subsequently learned that the Mayor is
not TO be arrested until he has been released
from the habeas corpus granted by Judge
RUSSELL under which the Mayor remained in
the Sherf's custody all night Argument
was TO have been had before Judge Russell at 10
O'Clock, but he adjourned the hearing until , p
While the was being acted upon. District Attor-
ney Hall esssyed to enter the Court but being a
BLACK Republican the Mayors police thrust him
back.
HOW THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WAS TREATED.
Our reporter requested an eminent member of the
Bar when he met, TO give him particulars OF the very
peculiar hearing on habeas corpus that was about to
be bad, aud we give it in his own words:
"Beng in attendance at Court this morning for the
purpose Of trying cause, ! awaited myself oi time
occupied in the disposal of prior case To call upon
Mr. District. Attorney Hail. in respect to criminal
prosecution in which client Of mine was the CON-
painsnt.
81 found Mr. Hall in his office, with written notice
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