New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-18

they had just gone told tie people sso1 ces, ,hss
-s,s ali men and boye who were there nes.a so,ie
,sms,Ls in the crowd that they should Dol mnd TUG
ID Republican," it was man tns' maa 49,. he
mark; laid my hand on man 70 PuI nun a;acrs be
had raid be didn't care ios IoUg a. he pleased;
can't saw who the man was; heard nus hauis
was Cannon; / was knocked down, bruised anu auo
kicked ard Cannon fell on t ,gs Sidewalk 81 when
I Commenced, and l was thrown in the streen IN
The s1ufle: defended myself with my CLUB IS wen as
could: but not till after was knocked DOWN Ian
non then got up snd ran away another person h
sc,ve mart in The fight il was he whom struck win
the club; when Cannon ran away ne went lnto 'ie
iager.beer saloon No. ~ Avenue A; followed nun
mn and wanted to arrest him. but they closed the doo'
and went up to the Staon-House ana .oa VI. Up u
tain about IT, who sent US down with some more ai.n
lebou, 35 saw no officers IN the meantime; nc to,u
ps n sisperse the mob; went and tod tne people
10 90 home; they would not CO. saw DrlckDats ii,cu
ont of the windows and from the Toois o houses az
fore there was any shooting; the officers had 10 as
perse the crowd by telling them TO move on ana oy
pu .hipg them aside stones were thrown before ta'
time: asked Capt. HART for more assistance, pc
cause about 2C0 people followed me and threw stones
at me; / did not arrest Cannon; coudh say '''
greater portion were boys. .,o.o - ,s
Cororer-What do you mean by boys, 'hoSe u ~
or Ia years of age 49,. =. ,ro;ud;ca
have sometimes blsckguarded me there.
To the Corouer-It was a peaceable neghoorhooo
before Sunday. L., L.on ON ,b.
police since Saturday last only ,:....,.,o,
The Coroner-There seems to be some discrepancy
as regards that mans conduct now WISH !oa ~
state every particular with regard to your cohuuc'
and his at that time. .... :; all
The witness went over the same testimony IN sub
stance and said that there thirty men there a,
rst who kept gradually increasing until tney feacheu
Witness-I endeavored to dispense the mob, be-
cause people could not pass; l did 1t on my own
responsibility; while was down, the crowd cred 10
Cannon, Kill him kill him don't Know H !, any
one kicked me- but was kicked; know Dreschinan,
and was speaking to him about hve minutes JUST
before went down to the crowd; he didn't go down
with me. ..N 10 r..
Tvsntv.tbird street am police officer; during the
fore mart Of the afternoon of Sunday last number Oh
complaints came to about fights IN the ara on our
beats: we were called several times to quen disturb
ances but saw none; all was quiet when we arriveui
| was called at Il o'clock, from Avenue b., oy
Young man about sixteen years OF age, VINO too me
there was fight going on, corner OF Iha stree, aau
Avenue A.; went, accompanied ny Oiu .t 0ooa'
and saw a number of men gathered round the corner,
talking there were about thirty when the night com
menced; we made inquiry about the tight, and no one
seemed to know anything about IT. the young m s
came back with us when we made the inquiries the
crowd ran around in all directions so as 10
block up the sidewalks and streets entirely l felt
il nv duty as an officer ask them quietly TO dis
pere and was resisted by single inIiv d "
| do no not know, who said he had as mucn
RIGHT there as had and that had no right TO order
him away; said, 81 am here tCkeep the peace, ana
would be obliged to YOU gentlemen you w,, S s a's
little in liquor and pushed him on one side near the
house in order to clear passage as last as cleared
one away on one side, they crowded behind me on Tue
other: twas completely pinned then said to Ofhcer
Co,k " We will have some help" left the house ana
.departed 10 Tompkns square, where there was re,
serve force when got back some citizens requested
me TO disperse the crowd would know those men,
and think can find them. -
The Coroner-Make it your business, Sir, when you
leave here 10 hunt them up p.,.,
Witncss-Yes Sir; followed the ofhoers 70 Eighth
street and found three of them near First avenue;
thew were Officer Wacob and two others; we all re-
turned was injured on the head, after came back,
by missile which thrown Out OF wndow IN
Fourth street while had prisoner IN charge there
was no friog before this that heard. . .
John Thomas examined am an officer OF tue
Seventeenth Ward Police, and reside at No l33 Nor
flk street; was present at the fight on Sunday last
under Capt IIartt got there before Capt. H. was
with him when he first arrived 10 Fourth street. saw
| large nan shot who standing on the corner OF
Fourth street and Avenue A; didn't see him do any
thing am pretty positive he was shot from the second
stoIv window; was standing the opposite side TO
the firing which was from the south-west corner au
positive it from the second's.ory WINDOW Oh tue
house On that corner; the window looks INTO rou,tu
street; the stout man was standing pretty mucn unoer
the wiz dow on the southwest corner, and looking
| down. his front was toward me; saw him fall; as
head the Sc cond report heard the man haioo ana
fall: the report came from the secOnd-story window
| there wa no other firing at that moment, to my
knowledge did lot then Capt. Hartt and do not
| know where he was at that time; there were few
people arourd the man when he fell; did not see tie
| man before be cried out did not see him carried
| away nor get up again he was IN his shirt
| sleeves, which were white; he looked to be very
tall and stout man. think be had on dark pants cant
say any firing or heard any by the officers up to
this time after those three charges heard no more
| firing; those three came from the window; might
have stood there three minutes before that man fell
there had been come disturbance before that the
corner. but when the man fired those three charges
out Of the window, there more excepting that
| the people ran; there considerable excitement
about there at the time should judge it pistol
the man fired with; saw the man who fell lying
| stones which flung out of the window; that
| why noticed the man firing; the stones were coming
| from the roof of the same house when the man fell
il began to get dark that could not the stones
| go plain as did before.
| nfo Mr.. Whalen- Probably Muller stood four feet
from the house when he fell, and almost under the
| windows.
ToMr. Dunn-There was no policeman near him
when he fell, that know of the policemen on
| the opposite side Of the way.
| To Mr.. Wbaen-I had pistol that evening; it was
loaded did not fire it; don't know how many other
officers had pistols think pistols in the hands
of others; don't think any of the officers fire.
didn't see If Muller had hat or cap on dent know
how tall the man was who shot him.
The Coroner here, at the request of the jury ad-
journed to 9y. m. Saturday morning.