New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-31
RIoODSHED m THE CITY HALL.
Brutal Fight at the Mayors Door
KICKING A MANS HEAD TO PIECES

4 mos. di,srs.efll scene occurred in the veiif
bu'e .he City Hall yesterday; brutal, bloody
ssb., which ie.ulted % .l appearance, In deli 'er'
a.e murder TIE particulars are detailed oy our
reporters as follows:
During the lsst tso or three weeks the ely
Hall has been beseiged By garg of ro~dy pofciatS
who bave filed Il halls and the ont steps, and even
eyed he Park in the Of the oui ding. Per-
sens having business at the various offices 10 the Hail.
have met with serious intteruptor, and not unfe-
ouert y have been obliged to leave with their business
up,snsac.ed. S nee the I'd Of July last when Mayor
Wood di.barded the Police, nopolice men have been
allowed abe ut the City Hs and Throughout. the bid-
i1g there has bsen confusion worse confouneed. The
main halls on tie upper floor have been converted
1to sort of change for poll icians, and here they
NAV bs ouId from 10 to O'Clock discussing the news
of the day in general aud political masters In particu-
lar The Mayors Office hss been the headquarters OF
the Msyor Wood faction, and none others have dared
to enter Shortly affsr noon OF yesterday ternoie
felt took place in the hal. which resulted
in man being SO brutaly beatenthst but little it any
bopes are entertained Of bis recovery The particu-
lars of this affair are as f.ows near as our re-
porters could ascertain: At the time above men
tiored a an uamed Tom Corners, foreman Of Hoee
Company No. l6, and ,Tedd Donovan, said to be the
Fighting msn' of association called the " First
Ward Buccaneers, met with 9 number OF Others OF
like stamp in frcnt Of The Mayors office. Tn account
of scme old political jealouses an cid grudge
has Hong existed between Corners and Donovan,
and they 10 sooner met yesterday than their quarrel
was resumed. In few moments the parties were en-
gagged in a furious fight. 1t IL sad that Corners was
knocked down by gsrg Of rowdes headed BY Don
oyan and beaten In most barbarous manner. The
unfortunate man fir ally succeeded in escaping the fury
Ct his assalar into the County Clerks ofoe, COW
cred with blood from head to foot. Some OF the
Clerks barred the doors ard Corners proceeded to
wash the blood from his person. Here he waited
s,me time, and finding that he was not seriously in.
lure concluded to make his escape, and 10 company
with friend named Robert Mcintyre cautiously left
The Office.
TIE two had sooner stepped into the hall than
Corners was again attacked by five or six Dead
Rabbits" who knocked him down, and after he was
PROSTATE kicked him in the most barbMous manner
about his head and body. Two or three Of the rut-
fans, more bood;hty than the rest, stamped upon his
head with their heavy boot-hees until his excl was
fractured and he ley otionless upon the Boor Some
parties here nterterred ard drove the rufisns away,
but Corners was so fishtfuliy Injured tina. there is
scarcely hope of bis recovery. Two or three OF the
clerks conveyed Corners to the office OF Mr. Valen-
tine, where his wounds were temporarily dressed by
surgeon, after which the unfortunate man was con.
yeyed in q carrisge to the New.York Hospital
Mcintyre, who accopra panied Corners from the
County Clerks Office for attempting to interfere, was
also attacked by five or Fix Of the ruisns. 30 de-
termined were they to hi Ii as their companions
did Cenners that they got in each others way, and
Mcintyre, awaiting himself Of the confusion. stepped
into the County Clerks Office sgaiu. He was badly
marked about the facs, but not seriously irj Ired
De.mng discretion the better part Of vsor Mcintyre
rem aimed in the Office until the crowd bad dispersed
For an hour or two after the fig htthe City Hall W.,
complete. " IN the hands OF the rufsns who with their
hoctirss and ceilings serousy interrupted the busi.
ness Of the day in the edi6ce.
Both the parties above named were ct Tsmmsny
Hall on Thursday evening for the purpose Of having
fight but for come other it dd not come of at
that time. At late hour last evening Corners was
better though he stl remains 10 a dangerous cOnd
ton.
1t appears that Donovan was formerly fore I an OF
the ZANE company Of which Corners Is now foreman,
and the original grudge, it is said, account Of
Donovan levyipg money from the boys for political
purposes, and instead Of 20 u,iDg the morey sppro-
priated 1t to his own use.