New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-17
TIE BERGEN RIOTS.
NO 0NEKHLED-TWOF FATALLY WOUNDED.
EXAMINATION BEFORE THE MAYOR

rated. About four hundred o. The Iaborers were
engaged in Il. -Four shantes were burned sn6 three
were somewhat damaged in an atsmpt 10 tea, them
down. The fremer quered the not, and the military
kept guard during the night and yesterday but no life
has thus far been sacrificed. Two men, che named
James Kelly ard the other James Barnard, sre 80
badly injured that they probably cannot survive.
fiity-on arrests were made on Saturday night and
Sunday, and yesterday two more were arrested at the
jersey City Ferry, charged with participating in the
ARRAY.
An examination into the disturbance was commenced
yesterday at the Hudson County COur-Hcuse before
Mayor Van Reipen.
The Washington Volunteers were drawn up iu the
Court House yard as a guard and the prisoners were
conducted into the Courtroom BY the special police
soon after IL o'clock.
The investigation commenced at l2i O'Clock. The
Court room thronged with the police and specta-
tors.
Mr.. j. d. LitteT District-Attorney for Hudson
County conducted the examination. He stated that
he had requested Mr. j. W. Omsted to appear for the
prisoners, but he declined.
Samuel Rotins, the Chief of Police then called the
! names o those arrsigped as follows:
James Barrett Philip Ginartin, John Sullivan, Jas.
FlsLnigar, Timothy Corbtt Dennis Falvey, Thomas
| MullcDey, Owen Connely, Thomas Stokes, Michael
Nsnahan, John Quinn Patrick Coleman, Jerry Delay,
John Hanly, Morris Lee. Thomas Mccarthy, james
Bosn, John Ccrbtt, Thomas Costello, Patrick Rey.
nolcs Thomas Morrison, Patssy Poo.e Michael Dowd,
Charles Tsnly, James Brsnnan, Thomas Farrell Thos.
Crosby, Michael Burns, John MeCireeney, James An
Lin, thomas Sharkey, Martin Hunt Michael Dolan,
Thomas Riley, Michael Csugh, James Donly, John
Morsn, Edward Gimartin, Peter Cahlll, Patrick
Tracy, Michael Poden Patrick Dolly, James McDer.
mott Thomas McMahon Patrick Cullen.
James H. Mallory testified in substance as follows
I no oor thp he
here present are employed by me most of them
paid off on Saturday; believe that the riot com.
menced at shaft No. 3, at about o'clock on Saturday;
90 rot know personally of any facts il the
near as can ascertain it fight between the Cork
onisns and landowners there was no strike fer wages
the fight that saw lasted only few moments; the
man attacked was james Barnet; from fifty to one
hundred men attacked him don't know who inflicted
the injuries upon him; l asked the cause and told
that they attacked him while he was on his way TO
work; do not know of any one in custody who was
engaged In this fight there fight in which tive
or six were engaged which lasted three minutes they
fought with clubs and stones; Patrick Coleman was en-
gsged 10 it, | do not see him here at 5 o'clock the
fight broke out again and the attack was made upon
the shsnties they tore them down and set four or five
oil fire. | saw them tearing down the shanties; do
not think any children burned TO death in those
shanties; believe the riot continued during the most
Of the night l can't give the name of any one who
fred hanty nor the name OF any who inflicted the
| injuries upon Gilmartin.
u.
that he did not know who was engaged in the
disturbance Of the 900 men in Mr. Mallorys employ;
frsm $50 to 400 we've in the disturbance, but witness
was at q distance
Kelly stabbed in three places; DIR. Milford has
attended him. and it lie his opinion that he cannot live;
he has one wound in the breast the right side
and the left side beside two bruises from kicks;
the doctor says the wounds were inflicted by dirk.
knife; nay husband worked that day he Is employed
in shaft No. :: be quit work at o'clock and came to
dinner he then went to get his pay my husband was
sober; at about 81 O'Clock he came running home and
said, 80 am stabbed" saw the crowd below but did
not heed them much; he ran away from Them be hiss
not been out since and cannot moye Re has been at
work about seven months on these works; do not
know by whom he was stabbed, but MIR. Terry Bird
came and told me on Sunday night that he knew the
man that stabbed him; Patrick kesrns and Patrick
Conner present when Bird told me this; on SUD-
day my husband thought he would live but to day he
thinks he will die; he says he don know who stabbed
him; be says there many around him he could
not tel DR.. Koch was in the house attending to my
child that was sick when my husband Jeanne IN, and
the doctor examined his wounds.
Terry Bird testifed-I know James Kelly and have
known bin about three months; l saw him at his
house last night keys wife went into the room with
ne; saw kearns and Conner there; L was there
few minutes: Father Coyle, our pastor, came to my
bouse at 10 O'Clock Saturday night to go and show
him Hartigans shanty on the patch, near Pallsade
avenue; met man on our return who wanted us
to come to kellys house, and we came there Mr..
some Of Mr.. Kellys connections accused man named
Coleman of stabbDg him; / asked Mrs. Kelly if she
knsw who stabbed him, and she said "No;" | told
her knew Coleman who was accused OF stsbbng
him; | went TO jersey City at about o'clock on
Saturday and returned at about dusk | met james
Barnet one of the prisoners, No. shat, on the
temporary railroad track who had been beaten, and
told by him and Others that there had been some
fighting; there disturbance at that time; there
were about fifty there; when returned home went
TO my house there shots fired out Of my house,
but there shots fired around the house. and there
was come fighting do not know any one who shot; l
left my house after dark having heard threats by
those outside to burn my shanty and came to the
Sheriff and asked him 10 afford projections told
him the assalants lived in the shanties the patch;
| do not know any one who was engaged in the row;
have not heard any one say that they were in the
row. have not heard that Kelly one of the ring
leaders; did not hear that il Coleman that
the red shirt that stabbed him. the Coleman who l
heard il the one that stabbed Kelly is about five feet
nine inchee in hight, about twenty five years of age
wears no wbskers-caDnot tell the color of his hair;
be was in my house on Saturday afternoon; do not
know that be had anything to do with it; cannot
name single man engaged in the riot.
Mrs. Kelly recaled-My husband told me on Sun
dsy morning that the man that stabbed him was biz
fellow and wore a red flannel shirt The Coleman in
custody answers that deecrptonl. Ny husband Gays
be waz kneeling at the time he stabbed which
good luck else he would have received the wounds in
the bowels; after my husband stabbed went out
crying and q woman whom I see now in the court
room told NE 1t good for me, and cursed me, and
told me my shanty would be burned aud myself in it
before morning.
The Coleman one Of the prisoners tall man with
red shirt rose up, by request from amoug the pris
ouers and stated that his Patrick Coleman,
and said that there is another Coleman named David
who worked in the same shaft.
Patrick Conner testifed-I was in Mr.. Kellys on
Sunday night and heard Terry Bird say to Mr.. Kelly;
" Poor Kelly, have great compassion for you, and
know the man that stabbed you;" heard no one else
"a ANYTHING about who stzhhed Kelly. Haa not in