New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-18
THE BERGEN RIOTS.
THE INVESTIGATION CONrINUED-A RIM


cort the prisoners conducted into the Court House
by the special police. The exsmin atom conducted
by Mr.. j. H. Lyons, Assistant District Attorney, and
by the District-Attorney, j. d. Littel.
Two prisoners more had been taken at Jersey City
on Monday night by the police. One was David Cole
man, who is spoken of in the testimony rngeader
Of the Corkonians or Munster men, and the other is
Timothy CoughGn. They were followed bys woman
who had them in the not, and who pointed them
out to Officer Murphy of the jersey City Police and
be arrested them. They were present. together with
all Of the injured except Kelly, who is lying at his
home in a critical condition.
Michael Phillips testifed-I part of the riot on
burning James Donney throw hngs into the fire
and say Lets burn all nP" arrested hi5 went 6.cs
Donps 10 jail he said Suppose did set ire to the hsnty-f
wish the big shsnty was on fire too"
Sdrey Nj. Layton keeper of the Jail, went to the
scene Of the James Donnely tsho gave his
Thoms. Crosby him throwing pieces board into the
John Riley testi6ed-I identify David Coleman az
the attempted to arrest saw him fire his pistol into
very noisy and endeavored the
told COCnI AN TO load sgan.
in with them James Donnelly running
and IN few minute .s~ Sa ;s Saoss5 n,a "a. ne
". Henry es,fed-Dsvid Coleman was the first
Kelly, the Connsught son Of b-h' Tin Coushlu helped
Coleman TO strike Kelly
.sultDg James Barnet David Coleman have pistol and
draw 1t in the patch" he red it of OF challenge
supposed this time Of the riot about
twelve hundred men employed upon the work
Luke Grimes testified saw the commencement
OF the half past o'clock when going 10 work Jas Barnet
going after pail Of and he assisted by
man. and eight got into It, aad twenty-five
thirty looked saw this only ten nnutes went to
bsrDod saw crowds of people around
the nd Tss%, M ,aS heard on h Ta
that assaulted Barnet 81 $50 M accused TO the witness
and wen. si bed at oc1
Helen Lee, vile OF Morris Lee, teslted-l live In
one OF the shsnes my husband IL among the Ph.onss wa.
dark became alarmed and went into another shsny and
down the shanty and by the
the shsnty from them, and heard them crying out "shoo;
about often heard them threatening each when
nsy h.S Sep ad 40 SoaI ne,l bed mV SasSsod @
about these troubles but others who called in that
spoke Of its coming
Budget Bracken, wife of John Brackep, testified
The riot commenced BY m.n settirs drunk who KNOCKED
Ky 5 be- 20
jail Coleman pushed Kelly back And asked here his
OHMa aud others in my shsnty visiting me; Mrs
Henry when these three Coleman
Knocked OHsrs down. and then drew dagger pistol
stood hun with ii Mrs Henry and myself and
cried out to them not to kill him aitervard witness
ssusd by Coleman snd Others and her life
attempt made to kill her saved BY others Coleman
lsed Ak In cutting down the shanty.
John Harvey teetited-My shsnty the first
sbsnty burned in the not Saturday twenty thirty
Coleman MURRAY the blacksmith Jerry Delay Deun sarvey
PstIici Colts Pst'ey Poole among them Al hrst
pued Pagan Knocked down and David Coleman kicked him
spohtr also Kicked him then they Nj Henry's
spsniy and gave banmerns they Michael
Trsys aud broke it in they then my house
brother Patrick and baced With shoulders against
the o they broke p and the BED he fire And
he the sbsnty we stayed up stairs lorg could for
DO ether mischief cannot tell which the bed on the dre
sisterinsw Mary Mcbemott, in the bouse a. the
& she eSsd not GEL up f n an ins wa. down
the ends they threw the broken boards Of the shaRty
John Hsrvey jr son of the previous witness test.
bed-At sbou, O'Clock went out where he quar-
we're oa IS of them q0Ss
Thomas Murphy told TIT 10 follow him and he would be
Mr. HenIys shan.y they then Hanleys .h.nty
Coleman had pistol in bis pocket, but nothing his baud
and smashed thai in they my fishers hsnty
they broke in threw the bed the stove and
said THIS Harvey's shsny let smash IL" my
e.'en IN The hsny so badly that she could not walk ou and
sIesi Der with butts Of and with stones and clubs,
TO ,bt other shsndes did not follow Them Of
this not they were gathered in shAniy talking
n.rrsI. es was oesea 70
bad, eH tsshedoI lived in HaIyey' shsty heard Murray
tedfed their putting bed ire their beating
her they struck her her head with club her
bach with She could not identity any prisoners
those who took her bed from her AID threw Hpoa e
DR.. B. + Milford testided-I au pbysicisn and
reside Hoboken attended Saturday nigh: who
bad been injured ey Vincent Kenna James F.nnessn
have not got they were cut shot ana bruised; Kelly
s'sbeeebs case the most serious several others
nelly k.bbed snder both under the ef wound
Psne.'sd The lSn. the wound under the sht ae'a
-four hi. condition hss been yery crs. No 20 ,s n
eni time told him that the probabilities that he would