New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-06

,erv and Bayard Streets on Saturday afternoon anu
.bot in the abdomen, died. late On tie fDuoW-
;n, ,;obt a, bis residence, No. 5 Mulberry street
Coroner Connery, being notified of Cahilgs DEATH
renared 10 the house, and commenced an inquiston,
bnt in consequence of the abseDce Of material w.t.
pesss, the case wss I9t Concluded
The following is copy of the evidence taken 0e'0''
the Coroner and Jury:
.Iobn Roche, being duly sworn, deposes and says-i
live in this house; ! knew William Cahii yesterday
was standing at my own door tine nan sool o1.J
ard o'clock; saw fight at the corner Oh naya.JJ
and Mulberry streets; l saw people running !" au
fro: heard no shots; was little tpsy, and can
cav who the party was that shot deceased ! swear
soIemnly did not hear who the man was that shol
deceased don't know any of the party who vas III
the row.
philip Murphy, being duly sworn, deposes and says
i live at No. Mulberry street; knew deceased; l
saw him Yesterday about 10 o'clock; he was men
sober; between and o'clock was passing tnrougn
Mulberry street when saw great crowd az ,ne wi.
per of Mulberry and Bayard streets; heard seVerai
shots but do not know who fired them AL know Is
flat | heard man named ROughan had a musket
that missed fire, and that he was shot himseIi aiso
heard that Patrick Lane Of No. 30 Mulberry sIeet
was by at the time deceased was shot; uid nor Sup
to see who firing; | solemnly swear that don
know that deceased had an enemy.
Michael Finan, being duly sworn deposes ana says
live at No 6 Mulberry street; know the deceased
| he's
deoetsed Jaw him brought out Of the row after ne was
sbot: don't know any of the men who were 10 tue
row. solemny swear know no more OF the occur
renee. ,,
7 live At No. 76 Mulberry street; | know deceased;
was with Mr. Cahll at his house at about o CLOCK
Yesterday evening; went to the corner OF Da!.lu
ard Mulberry streets; placed my back against tne
wall ~ hen deceased came up to me and asked me
for smoke; told him he should get it; he then sad
Come up here piece, and you will see some Jun;
we went and met crowd, and among tnem saw
man loading a gun; / did not know HIM; saw
another man with gun also; saw the first man hre
his gun: saw no one wounded; deceased left me
and went with the crowd and then lost sight OF hun;
dece ased had rearn in his hand he DID not 'e4
ne that be was going to have hight with any one;
solemnly swear | don't know who shot deceased,
neither did hear it; don't know any one OF the iour
persons who brought deceased home,
Thomas White, being duly sworn, deposes ana says
Il live IN the house No. III Mulberry street. kne"
deceased; was in my own house yesterday when De
ceased was shot; Twas coming round the corner WIN
NV mother, when saw the deceased standing there;
it was about O'Clock; there was nobody IN his com
papy then: did not see him afte rward till saw MIN
broeb, home: did not then learn who fired the shot,
don't know that deceased had an enemy
Doctor. Finnell, Furman and Weltje made post
morem examination on the body Of deceased, at NO.
Mulberry street. They say:
1--WE find gun-shot wound in the abdomen, on the
line of the umbcus and four inches TO the right OF
the nesia line This WON passed through the intes
tines and lodged IN the left thigh bone near the ante
rior inferior spinOus psoas. This death was caused
by internal heInonhage the result of this gun shot
wound. The direction Of the wound was from above
GUIDO FURMAS, M. D.,
G. WELTJE, NJ. ID.
At this stage of the case the further investigation
was postponed till O'Clock this morning, in order to
give time TO procure evidence going to show who
shot the deceased.
Deceased resided at No. Mulberry street, was
labOrer, came from ireland four years ago, was Is
wears of age, had been married ten months, and
leaves wife in an advanced stage of pregnancy. Our
reporter went up dark passage OF three pair OF stairs
to room containing group in one corner OF four
men imbibng from their glasses dark-colored liquid,
a man eating at a table, and two wailing women.
But they knew little of the matter.
Cahill was killed in Bayard street, toward the Bow
cry doubtless by a shot from window above, as the
course of the ball passed downward from the side to
the abdomen. The bullet was of the largest size and
fattsned, as though it had struck bone. Coroner
Connery was engaged at the City Hospital, and there
fore sent Dr. Finnel with two others to hold the in
quest; but SO much objection was made to post
norton examination that they were obliged to desist
and the Coroner himself was obliged to use some au-
lucrative threats before he could go on with his
duties.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Coroner Connery held inquest at 81 Baxter street.
on the body of Daniel Lee, lad IL years and SIX
months of age who came to his death by accidentally
shooting himself in the abdomen on Saturday the 4th
instant. The deceased in fixing the cap on the nipple
of the pistol pointed the muzzle toward him, when
the hammer slipped from his fingers and exploding
the percussion cap forced the contents of the weapon
:. dat ard
diet in accordance with the foregoing facts was rem
dered by the Jury. The deceased was native Of
Ohio.
AN INNOCENT MAN SHOT AND KILLED.
While the riot was raging fercely corner of Bayard
and Mulberry streets, on Saturday afternoon, VIII
liam Penteney who was witnessing the fight from the
second story window Of house No. Is Bayard street,
where he was on visit TO some friends, received
bullet in the forehead and fell insensbe to the hoor
He was taken up and laid on the bed, when physi-
clan was called to attend him. Medical aid proved of
no avail and Penteney, after lingering much longer
than it was thought possible for him to survive, died
early on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was ma.
tive of England and resided on the corner of North
Moore and Hudson streets. He had no relatives in
this country. The ball that took his life first shat.
tered the wndow-shutters and, after passing through
the head of the unfortunate man, lodged in the casing
of the window Coroner Connery will hold an in
quest on the body day. 1t lie unknown who fired
the fatal shot.
coRoYER's IYQUIsITIoS.
During the terrible not which occurred on the cor
ner of Bayard and Mulberry streets, on Saturday
afternoon, one of the persons shot was Cornelius Ma
hony, boy. What part he took in the dsgracefu
affair did not transpue but it is certain he was among
the rioters.
No clue could be obtained Of the individual who
fred the fatal shot, and in all probability the guilty