New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-15

was in Kartss, the crow aud SAW some shootiny
iiookeu gu. Tanrtb street; four or five shots were
Eo.ISs wsot down stairs; while gong nown o'ne,
hos were fired, but don nnV~ "iG,e Inh M;p,r
got 70 s hs was shot; Mr.. Miller was brought an
a,u aud ON his feet, he fell on his knees, ana 'usn
pasiIvsfJ; when Mr.. Miller was thus laying on
,hs aoor dead, two policemen came IN the houSo INV
rbbed him on the head ~ he lay in the entry 81,
A Jurcr here asked the witness, in German '"0
deceased was not on the side walk when the
struck bin on the head The witness answer" ',;,
W,tnessl was in the house when M''ie' , %a
brought there and they SAID ne o' n and viii
house went out and HIN on the head he
uv.e ~ "a tyses and was falling backward on 'no
sidewalk when they hit him; thinS ! s,ouJi ,hcs
~; 'b n"I;ceman who then struck deceaseu' tuclo
ME .ue Po .bance on the sidewalk atthe Time; was
Nv , had AZ the time by these Two 9nceIsi
NY on n' now Miller personally; knew ne iVeu IN
that house was IN the act Vi "''"'"e o
.i" MOI Lause when was bit. "A
ID INC Reis sworn said: live at No. 4o avenue
A. i saw the first Of the ARRAY on sunday; was
-, ,be corner of ThiIty-iirst street ana avenue AZ
e was at n p. NJ; stood on Third street oppo
s;,e Karls; j saw about ono hundred people quietly
Standing on the opposite side, near karls; then saw
two men, think they were policemen, though they
had no haoges rushing into the crowd; they spoke 70
one single man. whom ldont know to clear the roa9i
he was standing there still and quietly; he dld not 40
ANYTHING; he answered that he bad right to stand
there as much he plea ed; then one oil the ocers
places by hitting him with club; TINS mau' lhen,
bleeding Irofusely, rau into karls ana tne oliccr ron
after him. OH ,er then ran TO fourtn suse1, auu
psye the alarm rap and went away " hnow
where the other officer then wss; %a' c c S as
oniet: there was 10 disturbance; me crown was
laughing; did not hear the crowd making any threats
against the offcer, ,1 .ho.o co.,
yos will fud every Sunday, Avenue filled with the
same crowd-famies going to aud coming from places;
when got there there no fight tn )ug1 heard
there had been one; about four or five minutes after
the officer gave the alarE rap saw fifteen or sixteen
ofcers coming down FOuith street, five men abreast
first and after them Capt Hart, think the hve men
were two or three feet ahead they marched down te
the corner Of Fourth street aud Avenue Awben hey ar
rived there they turned round and marched back ABOUT
two or three houses; few boys standing there com
menced CRYING hurrah; then saw the officers take
out their clubs aud club every one in their way three
officers then drew their revolvers ana feo at the Io9i
of a house where there was man ano ms wne e.ahu-
inc. there was no resistance whatever 10 the ocers
The crowd quietly ran away the mouse hteu a. "as
oppcsi,e VIM Graynors house; dli not see any
tnnes bricks or pistols fired from the house the
fcf,s fred at did not auy stones, brlck6ats or
snytb;no else fired by the crowd; about ten or
eleven Shots think were fired; all the shots saw
were fred by the officers aud NOBODY ese tnerG was
20 onnosition in the crowd before the Police hred the
neobIs ran away at the commencement oil the hrlngi
! also went away; | did not see any one shot; did
not see the deceased in the crowd did not see any
body in the crowd whom knew; did not see any OF
the cx.polic emen there know the man who was hrst
attacked by the Police veiy wel but don Kho" his
name. -, ~. nj,
shoot against the crowd, only aganat that house
A. saw tbe shooting OILY against that house, Its
roof and windows; think it very probable that the
Police hit the house they shot against but J don't
know did not see 1t; people were sitting In tne VIII
dows of the house shot at
Aid. Steers wished to know if only one or more
windows were occupied by persons looking out and II
they retired or returned the fire.
Wi.pess-I don't know whether there were more
than two persons looking out of the windows all the
persons saw the roof AMI at the WINDOWS retired
mediat.ly after the first shots were hred -
Valentine Lutz, being sworn, said live at NO. %
Avenue A. corner of Fourth street. first saw the dis
turbauce shortly after 7 P. M; was staodlng on
Fourth street toward First avenue ana near AVenue
A: saw an officer standing near by c0nversns Win
another man named Cook; a'ked them what was
going on but could get 30 answer; MI COOK apPeaeu
10 be peis uading the policeman TO go away, una.
would then all be right about tnree hlnues ;tS cnbs
a .ouad OF policemen came down the street Win cuos
in their hancs before they came 10 the corner VI
Fourth street and Avenue A. where there was acr1"u
collected they raised their clubs and crying out cesr
the wav rushed on the crowd and beat them some
hundred of the crowd extended into fourih street,
be people rsn away fast as possible; some Oh tue
houses closed. and people bad 10 TAX saeno. .
wherever they could get it; heard sbots Tired, out
don't know who fired them any more tnah 'hey caio
from the police; they fired in all directions, up ~ VI.
roofs and right into the people, they nteu isI
lou NM
Th;,,S TIT where about twenty more shots were
frad, the pocemen returned from cnaslDg the crown
20 Second street and cleared the crowd That sood at
EouIth street heard nOthiUg; when Inc police ar
,ived tbe crowd were laughing at the pollce | saw
stones thrown after the crowd was dispersed was
Handing aloIg side of Cook, a Metropolitan ponce
1f3icer when three stones were hred; did not see
where they came from; did not see the deceased Ia
the crowd the people laughed at The ponce LOT a'acA
ing the crowd go saVagely'
THE Coroner here continued to ask the witness
questions. when Charles H. Whalen, one Ct the jury
men. interrupted him. The Coroner ordered hun 10
be silent while he was putting questions.
Mr.. Whalen quite excited, persisted in interruptins
the Coroner when he was commanded to be silent OF
he would put him under arrest
Mr.. Whalen rose to make speech, when the Cor
oer told bin he should not. 1t was necessary for the
Coroner to mike all inquiries he thought proper, and
the jury might aferward ask the witnesses any ques-
lions they thought proper. -,
Mr. Whaen insisted on his interference. If he could
rot exercise what he considered to be the right OF
Juror he would retire from the inquest.
The Coroner told him Re might do as he pleased
about retiring but he must not interfere with him or
make speeches upon such occasion as this. If the
Juror would persist in his he wonld be guilty of
contempt Of Court.
After some little murmuring the Juror became quiet
and remained in his seat.
During the investigation Aid. Steers and some other
outsiders attempted to nterrogate witnesses and were
inetanly sienced all the Jurors except Whalen sus.
tanning the Coroner in his firm course.l
Frederick Voucher, being sworn, says-I reside at
No. IVA Division street. i was on the ground on Sun
cay night at "a O'Clock; l saw the people going
through Avenue A: saw the police standing in the