The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-23
THE MUNICIPAL BROIL.


The Mayor and the Coroner Full vi ndIcats
o4 the Mayors Resistance to the Civil Pro
c<ss-Coroncr Perry Confronted with a
Cloud of Wltnesses-Tweaty-five Afidavits
OF Con traiicsion-Ncvsr SaEa he had War
rant--No Election or other Resistance-Aim
% Remove the Mayor the Sole Ob;eet-AP-
pointments, DC.
Abxus Statement. circulated yesterday 70 The effec
hai the Court OF Appeals had been cnyassed at Albany
ard their decision the consitaonalty Of the Police
M asceraned Bxh that and the other rumor which bad
preceded IT, that the decision would be rendered 10 day
premature One of the idges stated on Sunday
hat the decision could moi be given this week NJ ALL and
indeed tina, consultation bad not as yet been had by
e court Bet.iog, however, waa very re oil over the
city and large sums with every sort of ,dds posted
On either side Ancpa ion s on upoe for the result
conclusion and certainty Is much desired by all par
Hss 10 that thsy may shape their in final man.
u The statement six Of the Judges the Court Of
Appea made up their decisions 10 support the Police
nn was put active circulation by the Police Co omission
ers pn person yesterday afternoon, with view Of
forestapg the matter and exciting further disturbance in
Ne mur cipal ranks. The game fell through, however
IKE other Itle tricks OF the same parties of less
mischievcus tendency, heretofore.
THE MAYoR's coNTExpT CASE.
The order to shox in the OF the Mayors con-
empt returnable this morning. before Judge Hod
man, in the Superior Court This order was obtained
upon the affidavit. Of Coroner Perry in the matter OF the
suc,on to his service Of the civil process for the Con-
over election As in the matter of the decision Of the
Court of Appeals the action in this matter has been A.
tempted be forestaed and the entire entire matter 30
distorted as to give an impression of the most
character. in view Of the affidavit Of the Coroner the
akcussioo Of this matter has been waived by ali except
The bRk republican press, until the other side could also
be presented in the Ike form of an aested statement
Yesterday the ad1dAvits fully taken 10 the case
md they win be duly submitted to-day. The first, the
part Of the Mayor will be enough 10 discharge the case
h all that the Judge exact The Mayor will himself
that he utterly ignorant Of the fact tina, Coroner
nounord He ho Mayor) viii also make afndsvit that
he moment he apprsed Of the Coroners business he
sent 1t for him and executed bonds upon the spot
BE will swear that was In no view bis purpo'e to resist
he process utterly ignorant such process
existed against him when the resistance was made
Even without this statement on the part Of the Mayor 1t
character out Of the question: since there could be
possible motive for II. The process had merely need to
pes nted The Nay or s counsel sheriff and the bonds
non Afterwards eren we're all IN attendance the first
veil Ne the lat time.
AFFIDAVIT OF xAYoR's COUNSEL
This affidavit OF the Mayor is s-bstautated by some
twenty -ave thirty others The Mayors counsel had
been sent for after the attempt OF Captain Waltz T. and
Ahhoueh present with the Mayor when the Coroner Or
rived he also will depose thN be ignorant that any
attempt han been made the process in question
be sat Ut the able with the Mayor and was in con
sndon wih him Until alter the bail bonds had been duly
executed.
AFFIDAVIT OF sHsarp wni,r.
An Amdavh OF Sheriff Wiet will be put In evidence,
shos Ing that as the Mayor had been informed Of
nc goroaers business, lat lille aer ocock he (.be
hsri) wu desired by the Mayor TO despatch messen
GER for the Coroner (s Mayor having still others Of
hs own AID ihai he according patched such messen
ger, who could not ind Coroner Perry.
AFFIDAVIT or DsPUrY STUART.
Deputy Sheriff Susrt the messenger sent, will dcposc
70 biz having been sent in search OF Coroner Perry 70 bring
him TO he My But sucn The confusion In regard
70 he matter at NOS andng Coroner Perry, he brought
another IN his stead
ATNDAUr or DEPUTY sHnuur M'KrBBsy
Depu., sheriff McKinben viii teetify ha having also
been sont in search OF Coroner Perry and 10 the fact that
he was not 10 has ONCE or in The court He viii also say
horsh, 70 the Nay who voluntarily entered tho neoes
AIRY bail
AFFIDAVIT on THE MAJOR oyuczn.
Ofcer Dueter, who has the duty Of announcing
he yi>iieTs and admitting tnem W tho Mayors
ner oluce viii testify that be announced Coroner
pe,ry's name 10 the Mayor, hut no other
act IN hat connection fhe Mayor remarked
merely hs after lhe business hours two O'Clock.
wher efore the ocer wihdres ~ once and refused ~ al
nit the Coroner, IN ,hs officers accustomed respectful
The Coroner then repeated ais demand 10 be ad
mued saying be bah "Oil iai business wi the Mayor
iu an I'm pnaic Danner, he must be ADMITTED. II will
be that be OH nu state the officer that he had
process warrsn, H. aims, the Mayor The interview
riin the officer Of formal and gill be deposed not
~ the naiae Of 81 alteration whether Of words or cher
st-e.
tlri% ltzssyiS's AFFIDAVIT
Ia the afndavt Of Coroner Perry IL Is alleged that be
violently elected nv Captain Acsermau. In oppos
Don TO this the snidavn Of Captain AcSerman viii
De suhmutd, IN which IL Is tworu that the Coro
lends and acquantanoes ana that nothing paseed 90
tse' them more than cordial shaking or h~nls Tue
AFFIDAVIT OF Cap ain Aokerm,n "a tat contradiction OF hai
gnc1 BY coroner Perry aud ssofn I, by HIN.
sNEryss ArIDAy1s
general statement co,roborauye OF cart Ackerman's
AFFIDAVIT made and sisnei by nineteen per- ops, VINO
tRa., A.gu
others nj ibe door Of the MAJ rs private Office They
aa anioon or the U6f6ner TO his saying
% be bad warrant to arrest the MAYOR. or his having
been iorcibly elected, as stated 10 bis sifdaviI
Notice had been ven tor the sssembase OF thee par
ues who bad been IN the room The OCCASION TO
there ags'n at O'Clock yesterday afternoon, when
accordingly they came Captain Ackermans andsv, was
hsn read aloud TO them BY the Mayors counsel for their
rcmarks ana their statements put IN general form vhsb
thew signed hno swore M On the spot
Ibis proceeding was all had openly In the Mayors pub
nc onao Tor The convenience Of reporters
CoRorKR PKRRY's LATITUDE AND IoHarrUDR.
Tie whereabouts Of Coroner Perry. after his nrst v.
The Mayor the day ~ the riot, will doubtless be ELECTED
The stand wheu the up. lie could not be
found by the ensers whom the Sheriff and the Mayor
In all directions for him Esen when after tho lapse
hour he appeared the City Hall stops at tho mead II
bis MY Metropolitan policemen, he ~ little understood
70 be Coroner with ctv posse there AZ be hld been
Coroner With civil process bis previous visit Il isa
mot unusuai mstter for Coroner to APPEAR in such
lection At ell AID the mis- axe In bis connection would DC
natural enough will be urged before tue Court that the
epre proceeding q tie cay tnstTated BY parties
bottle 70 the Mayor, upon bitter personal and mriisau
grounds will be put tina, the Csruper etaer was pov
lively IN The counses Of ihosc parties or had been made
their tool The animus Of the entire business viii Be eli
minated NJ Plan 20 entrap the Mayor upon unusual
preceding, into act which he hal sirepuousy aert
cd "a avoid The cousion OF the Recorder the Police
Commission, and OF the counsel of the latter will be
urged and detailed, IN show tina, the avoscd atm
vas, on the one hand to force tho Mayor into some
color of Illegal proceeding, that the rover OF the
Governor N remove him msht then be invoked will he
argued that the whole proceeding NJ the C~oner in his
first VISIT when he admitted 70 the Mayors ONCE and
upon his second when he led squad Of Metropolitan DO
gus pu,ce was pre- arranged prog ANNE, specially pre-
pared for exciting n riot, spilng the blood Of citizens
and so compromising the Mayor.
Had the matter rested upon the circumstances de-
veoped during the day ~ the collision and the Oororers
subsequent sdavit, iuereuoc would be warrant
ed IN Tho suppost1n that the Coroner had been made
TOOL o. 10 the comhlnauA remove the Mayor but In
view of the manner Ia which that AFFIDAVIT will be met by
ctbers the conclusion to be drawn will be materially DIFF
ferent
ANOTHER ocCuIThr1ON or GOV. KING At THE AsroR.
The statements already published in the HxRALB In re-
card "a the seeeious of Ioxcrnor King nj tbe As,,