The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-17
THE IRlSH RIOTS IN JPESEY.


The Scene at Bergen steraay-Exs mi a n
Gon Of the Rioters ia toe Court House.
Probable Origin Of the DIsturbance--A A Ca
tilOllc Priest Refuses to Disclose the Secrets
OF the Confessi0. al.
Jersey almost excited about the late do.ngs Of hes
Celtic populson-n the neshbornOod Of Bergen an the
Empire City has bseu In reference 10 the Bond street IRA
ma. Tho only information OF the outbreak, however
obtained nom the New YORK papen; and people on tae
spot 70 M know nothing Of the particulars cit hes
regards tho causes which led 10 the disturbance
Saturday 10 the participants In the struggle, Az the
mist wh,oh enveoped tho affair begins to move away
discover that the casualties not ytn'ns like what
represented them bus fov hours SINCE; and a
the samo time fNced 70 the conclusion that In
stead OF tho riot growing out OF snple drunken braw
u the result OF an organzod aud longinssntioned
plan. Tho assalans have boon tsmpered with
by sgents sent from this city, and when
the mine laid and the fuse snisod. the aron
sprators forthwith disappeared and awaited the catas
ropbe at o disiance.
The result has boon fearful amount OF hard Words
hard blows and hard swearing. for single Of
the half hundred arrested will allow that knows any
thing Of the affair and their wives equally oom
initial The witnesses and prisoners but III lie for
oath taken The Protestant Bible, and laugh
emony which their religious ideas pre- them
oepuDg ~ anything but fraud II the authorities OF
Hudson county expect 10 obtain anything by the present
prooes dpgs they must request Catholic minister to
sssid them in their duties 70 s with them throughout
to e. on the bsvy None o. these Irish rS nSn
will speak ausnt but truth 70 bis priest under such cir
on onmsi.nces Otherwise the res. tts examination will
have the came result ss yesterday conapisn cement
James a MAliery, Csrmi CALVIN, watsm Jsy, Mrs
Ellen Sullivan Mrs Mary Kelly Jerry Bird, Pack Con-
Ooy and others W. re sworn and testified 81 some lenxh
II ero were few new facts elcitod during tho examina
ton Most Of the witnesses showed grea! reucanoe
sweFipg queations, Ia Cunningham Tis most important
testimopy was elected from the women.
MIS- Ellen Sullivan testified that the mob AssA,led her
house. fired from bt hind; she hrew out her trunk and
rome furnure the rioters threw them back into he fire
again; she then pied to escape With her child and
trunk threw the trunk into the aes,
and threatened her lie she attempted 10
save II; everything she had was burned up In her
house none Of her furniture ved and $a00 was
burned up In her trunk she burned herself, had to
tear of her clothes 70 save heneli and her baby WAS
hearo the cries shoe, tho women IL appears that one
Coleman the leader Of the roters his acts and man
represented by the Witnesses to have been most
brutal
The Rev James Coy, Gath oo priest from Jersey City,
called upon the siand great deal o. Interest was
OF the Irish Witnesses He had confessed Mr.. Kelly,
who now lies nsensibe from toe effects or his
wounds sno Il was expected that the dying man wout
important fscs regard to the rioters especially
about those VINO were snbbed 30 horribly In the
breast TIE priest told very readily whai ne hne~ about
70 the d. ing statements OF the man. ne absolutely
fuied Co tell rbe Court ded him TO toll
lie refused quito soene ensusd the District Attorney
and that according TO law, ne must answer all questions
that do not crimnae himself mde persisted In not doing
The following sample OF some OF tho questions
put him, and the that ne made 70
them
gssec IN The riot Saturday and saturday nghu A.
(witnees hesAtins) heard something about certain
erton being arsed with being In the riot at tha time
E.u.A th-t~ hU uhan af MlrfU KAllu
the ipsrgstor OF the riot
O. VINO told you ,hi.' A. (witness hssitarns)
frs, rsmc: /, vas T 10 ,ur % nae ohurcn % on sun. m
osy that be told me- heard afterwards that man
By the name Of Carty Who inssigA.ed the mot don't
kDo The OF The msu VINO told me; don't know o.
any Of the men except those wounded who we're engaged
In the riot
SINE OF the Witnesses have testified that Kelly
made . oonfession 70 yon' A. told you before that
o. You unders,snd my question: asked Whistler Kelly
sde . confession 10 you nov Well. object ~ a.
ever that
why rIrl A. consider . confession Of too sacred
Y. did DOT ask you what he confessed: merely ask
yos and ssk you nos, whe,bor Kelly made any con
itrson 10 90 Saturday nighl answered otforo,
thai objectsd 10 that question
NAJcr-You will have TO answer the question.
wlIne's-I consider this persecution; man cannot
make confession ubless tie has something 70 oouess;
Irsy . man n~ made q Confession, implies that he
had scmethx TO confsss. and by deduction, that be
Q Can you say ne did net make confession 70 you
A No, cir, wll net say that
kayor as you say, ne vas Dsensib'e, hs could not
have q coniessionS A object TO Answetins the
Now, sir, ask you u he said anything to you about
NE Iio In his oonfcssoif A have not sNd no maie
Tbe question -m ssan repeated, ard the priest OBJ
jectcd TO H. Aseries OF questions and answers wsro
kfrt up IN this way for rome time I'll length Mr. COY
made the ioiowins soswer 10 me following qusston;-
Among the things Of ~hIeb Mr.. xsliy spoke 10 you
en- Ssiufdsy, was uere anything about any participation
In o A Intre
rbls answer considered suaicsnt. AMI the clergy
C-Iustd.
wBni Henry hst!nCd TO being tho wife OF tommy Hen
~, and tIsi she me riot bosn on saturday ust
about three ocock, near Va the second sha when she
tot there the nearly over, but soVs not kao
nov nany engaged In n; witness did 10, soc 90
The nrEt bui she observed him In the second
I'VE serbstsy, In order that srs Heury might reoos
n,ee those who in the melee she recognized Pat
rick Uotran, Dennis Falvey, Jonn oorbiti, james Bar.
rtit, Thtnss HcCsriy, and one or tro others whose
nsm,s ws did nos catsb Wines tesrdsa 10 having
blows stuck BY toe sboyoDsmed indyiduals, a1d
tha, John Corb cried that her sbany must bc the
nr,t 10 be broken down no struck at With hsichel
himself and ien 90 rro~d Dtnos Farrell Was is the
orovo; II bot sur. ibsi Coemso vn tue Roy who nsd
The knife Kelly struck but another man OF the
truck -nntss ''ir tIe tmA OF her back and
her hsi Z" Kelly krockec down a, the same tine,
and The cry tic whole Tine ios 70 Kelly, mardef
Kelly, Den ni- Fsivoy ana rtouas xcJuty were close
10 the latter pncn kiet, saw Q man Win .
knife 10 bis band u vas oiik nni'e; rouid saow TIE
s aId had on rsdsnlr suotrer man, named Coleman,
ttd yis,ol Brackn terribly beaten, Who i've
In sciOnDs shsny 20 witness the witns. stated that
,ho has vorsscu with ybody eugsge1 70 the
s;ooo saturday Kelly TRY 70 defend himself Just
before he struck down.
MRS Corbti then called, and appeared With two
olive btapcber-the mother ard onsprng formed very
pio,uruqse sroup. She kissed the book 9Th . loud
,mncs, sbd simultaneously the babies commenced ealing
bveuu Wiu css VAS vasDips her chldrcns aprons on
Saturday rie ht ~ her front door, ard aw Connsusnt
man CT out Of q shanty and strike Barnet oid NOS
kpow the a.,ailsnts went 10 doors 70 MAD ner
own business: nor who bearded Win her came and
ssid ARE you going 20 ,tsy IN your sbanty 70 be mur
dcrs di then Of The C5pnsushers ored out snoot
the boody Cor fxoulsn," meaning witnets and when she
wsr, outside Mrs Reg roos said she df not dare 70 bsck
ard ,lesp her stsn,y that night saw good many men
come ous q Reynolds shsnty with pstois slang shots
ard shiIlesshs, ana she sad 10 tnem, "Nou you are
sops uut Jour fellow creatures and you oush,
10 be yoursc es witness looked a the pri
,opers but could not recognise any Of them ~ being
rioters: knew none 0 bem BY name, but some OF them
boarded A marry shanty; saw nobody STRIFE her hus
band the witness knew nothing more about the batne
ban the asor~sad testimony.
Johsrps BArpes wife Of James Barnet, testified tc
ivng In one OF the shanues and that she say the ric