New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-08

imagine the difficulty With biz wit. WIZ roe rause
Fscgs ssssut On me; can swsa, Am nc. rnnue oceh
or prt JUDGED by the difficulty between FisRgs Wiie
spd ysef; Kate Dunn who Is present, said she 80"
The blade Of the knife IN the hand Of the prisoner.
Flseg during the struggle she did not tell me ''s'
saw the prisoner stab deceased.
Ca,bariue Dunn, being sworn, .ad-I reside at No.
50 Anthony street, In the rear, board there wuh
,oung girl in the house at the time OF the commence
ent 81 the row was standing beside the Young MAJ
Smith, who is dead; this between IL and o'clock
ON the 4fh inst; l standing on the -tOop, when
The prisoper, Flsgg, came along and slapped Mrs.
Chimney in the face without provocafion 'bat know
Of; SB ith said, "Wbat makes you strike woman ~
Smith then caught hold Of flsgg: saw Knife and q
pistol in Flagg hand, and told Smith 10 take care.
for the Duichman lneabDg FlsggD had weapons;
Smith exclaimed 4" Have you got q pistol y whea
Flsge Instantly stabbed him with his knife rho knife
was in his left hand; the moment be stabbed the de-
ceased he ran toward West Broadway; then spoke
to the msn who was stabbed, and he said, sm
murdered by that mani am done fcri' he tried to
halo and could not; crowd drew around aud de-
ceased was sent to the Hospital by the police.
Mary Rafferty, being duly sworn, dsposes aud
sayl live at No. 50 Worth street. IN The rear ouid
ing the evening Of the 4th nst saw the deees.ed
standing on the SIDEWALK in front OF the house; t6s
prisoner was passng into the alley-wsy, but before
doing so came up and struck Mrs. Chimney On the
face: deceased who was standing by, remarked thak
no man would strike a woman, when the prisoner al
yanced and struck the deceased in the face tho de-
ceased caught the prisoner by the shoulder and pushed
him into the street. saw the prisoner make thrust
with his left hand at the deeeased he had pistol 10
of his hands deceased cried out that ne wss muir
deItd the prisoner then ran away
John Pollard, being duly sworn, deposes and says
| live at No. Sc Worth steet; keep saloon there.
was sitting down, inside OF my door, when heard
man CIV ont " I'm murdered: 1 ran out and saw a
man standing alongside fence of q waste lot; went
10 HE assistance and took him by the arm and brought
him 10 the stocp and placed him in sitting position;
/ then uibuttont d his pantaoons, to see where the
blood was flowing fr'm discovered cut IN nus pr
I t..G tail of biS xhln and MrdDUed IL
about the wound be then caught bold ~ where no
was wounded; he said, Il wish to see one person IN
No. Al Worth street," be said he was stabbed by
Dutchman; got a cart and carried deceased 70 ths
New-York Hospital often saw prisoner before; l
heard the people about the neghborhood say that tue
Duicbmsn was desperate character .
VIM. Van Tassel, being sworn, says am an Of
6cer attached 10 the Fifth Ward Police; was stand
inv ON the corner Of West Broadway and Thomas
street about o'clock the evening of the ath inst
| saw a crowd turn the corner OF Thomas ana Cnufcn
street and man at the head who had on no nat OF
coat the crowd following him crying stop thiei.
ran and caught the prisoner in the middle OF west
Broadway he was out OF breath ana coala MAKE %
reply to the questions asked him. he threw plstH
ard drkkHife down by his side and SAID, nave gov
nothing" gave the prisoner in charge OF another
1G;cer who took him to the Station-H House; he va.
afterward carried the Tombs but not till the follow
inc mouir o; assisted to take the deceased To ths
Hospital; he said the man who ran away hao s'Ao"ed
him. ,,t
The evidence of Mary Rafferty, was corroborated ~
Mary Jane Cbinpery, an intelligent girl, residing ~
No. 50 Worth street. in every important particular;
she also heard the deceased say that the prisoner had
killed him.
Henry p. Moves NJ. D., House Surgeon, deposes
that Thomas Snnth was brought into the Hospital On
Saturday evenir g. July with an Dcsed wound III te
right side Of scrotum exposing ana wounuing lus
teti there was free hemorrhage, which was stopped
with difficulty the patient was greatly prosuatea anu
did not rally for Is hours; after this symptoms OF peri
tontis came on and the patient grew rapidly worse ah
on Monday afternoon, the 9TH instant he aeoi ttount
ON ros,mvrtem exsmin alton, blood in the cavity Ok
the abdomen and evidences vi Intense peritonius'
the wound was the cause of death OF the dtce
The jury. being satisfied from the evidence taken,
retired for elaboration, and soon returned with the
followin verdict:
THAT Thomas C. Smith, the deceased, came to his
death nv stab in the abdomen inflicted by knife IN
the hands of the prisoner, Leonard flager.
After the verdict was rendered. the accused waa ex-
smined according to law, and fully comIited to the
Tombs to await the action of the s,rAnd Jury. lie !"
German about s5 ;4ars Of age, and shoemaker by
trade. lie denies siabjing the deceased, ana 'eis
that Smith ran against the knife while :. Sas opea u
his hand.
Smith was 35 years Of age, and native OF Ireland
He was molder by trade unmarried aud lived IN
Attorney street when in New.York. He worked moS
Of the time in the country.
FATAL FALL ON THE FouRTH.-On the morning
of the 4th instant, John Dunn. young man climbed
upon the ill of an upper window in the City Hall for
tie purpose of having good view of the procession
and the military. While there bis foot slipped and he
vas precpitated to the tagging below, thereby re-
ceiyiDg compound fracture of the thigh and other
injuries of very dangerous character. lie was taken
by his friend. and conveyed to the New-York Hosp.
tai where he fingered till early yesterday morning when
he died. Coroner Copnery held inquest ON the body.
and the Jury rendered verdict Of death BY accident
ally falling out of one Of the windows Of the City Hail.
on The 4th day of July, upon the tagging below, while
looking on the procession thereby receiving COM
pound fracture of the thigh which resulted in his death
at the New.York Hospital, Tuesday, July T. 1857.
The dece ased was 30 years of age and native OF
Brooklyn. He lived with his father at No. 70 Vsnde'
water street.
THOUGHTS FEELINGS, AND FANCIES By c. NSsrELL
Haul Hal