New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-21

needed IA here retired, and the examination OF
s,.,h. ,;ne Gilman Yves ieeumeu' 49,,
The police ran toward Fourth street; oI9
,ot zee this man any more a''erwaiu' ID" ~ we're
n, n Fourth street and come back again; they W. W.
S;Sa, hack three four times heard alter waIu U
.aa ~ ffeen shots; did not know where my a,,e.
fom seemed to come from the west side OF a;nsrsed
On. near Fourth street; the crowd 'hen .;da affsy
tW ;nr dawn Avenue A and tho police hunting a,'e.
shem: saw one officer shoot among 'ue g. T,nstsr
KarIs then saw the officers, twei'e VI ho. IN laird
toeether; saw another officer dschas runniop in;
street toward ooca "c"ed into their ranks; four OF
me onre's "e nonmsnced TO load their revolve.s
sg.;n. vbeu the crowd saw 'nls sS. .!,sv after
6isper.e III Oh shot fired by an officer
WINS go after the shot the once ,
70 No. - and commenced 10 use ' . a,roo,
Iusnec u then saw the officers run across the suee',
very ireey -, sav a. there is the man-knock hun
ena he At the corner of Second street ana Avenue
0oSn' man named Kline knocked down Dy tne omceisi
he ofcers returned again ana Witness ie'eu .u'y
H.. and Jaw no more; all this tiae witness wasiook,
~: ort of the window; ssw no stones hred; hesrd
Liant twenty shots altogether; don't know the name OF
me officer who hit the man by the lamp post tanK
was one If the new men, oil wihess WOMB nave Ano"
Dim. A.. oa;,.r.
O. What were the people doing when the oihcers
sreS7 A. They were not doing anything some
were walking along the streets coming from WAN Vi
the church. -,:.., ,o.5.5 thai,
Esyolversl A. Because saw them take somstnins
out of their pockets and put 1t In their pisIos'
Jacob Gumbel. on being sworn, SAID thsI nc resiueu
Of NJ 1876 Third street, corner OF Avenue a; was
~. not in Avenue on the i2th inst. between anu
paeoct in the evening he stood at the second house
from the corner of Avenue and Third street; while
standing there two men had little dispute; one OF
Them took of bis coat and hit the other in the face
when he vented to strike second blow, the man
Nicholas resisted him and wsrded of the blow;
.poher man came to the assistance OF the hrst man,
and thew both knocked Nicholas down; they then ran
down Third street; when Nicholas arose ne Wiped
Che blood of his face and went into the aer"oeer So
loon: about eight or ten minutes afterwaTd TWO OH
cers came up Third street. but the fight being over,
the officers took their stand the corner of Avenue
and Third street; soon aterwaro crowd assempied
on the four corners; nobody knew toe reason, ano
everybody wanted to know it; some disturb tnen
arose in the crowd, and the people rushed toward
Fourth street in Avenue A; witness asked ms helgn,
bor 10 90 and what the matter there ne found
collection of several thousand people, Dut the people
stood still and were quiet; he then saw two officers
approach the crowd; they marched down rour'o
street to Avenue A, and then back TO the Ihester;
the officers then halted as he thought to await com
,napds: then they run toward the crowd with their
clubs. knocking down whoever stood there; did not
see people knocked down but the police hit the
people on the head it Is impossible to say VINO was
struck how many, the crowd was SO great; saw no
blood flowing from the heads Of those struck at the
time but saw il q few minutes aiterward; not one
stone was thrown by the crowd at that time; when
the crowd did EOt dsperse as quickly as they wanted
them on; when the crowd heard the firing of revo
ves they fed quick they could; the officers pur
sued them all the time over Avenue A, down fourln
street. boating them with their clubs; when the OIL
GERS returned he of them aim his pistol at the
west corner of Avenue and Fourth street aud
fire his pistol; there were no people there then;
don't know the officer, it was little man; don't know
Officer Lock then the officers commenced clear
ing the sidewalks with their clubs and revOyers in
horrible manner soon aflerward he saw Officer Bou-
SAINT who told him to go home; he Is on the new 20
lice; then be commenced to go home slowly, but while
going home three or four officers having a man 10
Their custody, were hitting him with their clubs while
the man cried, " For Gods sake what do you want
Ihsve lust returned from an excursion; the ohcerS
would not hear what he said aud called the man they
were striking ed id s. Of a b" after the
officers had knocked the man down witness went as
far as No. AZ Avenue A, when he heard man halo
(" Fire." when this command was given the reviewers
" ere redin all directons while the hiring was gong
on he met lady with book in her hand, aud both OF
them fed into the entry then the officers ran as iar
as Third street; he and this woman then starte& 70
20 home when he saw two officers beating Man
right before q butchers shop; the man whom they
we've beating begged to be allowed TO 60 and SAID ne
had just come from excursions before reaching home
he saw crowd of people the corner OF Third street,
and small officer was frlDg INTO thehi witness ca"
enough and went home.
To Juror-It was not his business to help the man
the four officers beating; the man 30 Drutauy
beaten had hat and coat on; saw no stones hreu Dy
the crowd; did not tue officers stop ID load ther
had straw hat on.
Lawrence Blank, OF being duly sworn, deposed that
he resided at No As Avenue A. the first thing he sew
was An officer knock a man down on the corner OF
Third street; saw him just he WAS In the act OF
knocking him down; the man got up aud ran toward
Kars; the officer gave the alarm rap and went up
Fourth street; the crowd followed the officer to see
which way he went; about five minutss afterward he
saw twenty men march down Fourth st to Avenue A
they then marched back until opposite tha IheateI,
whore they halted; they then rushed on the crowd,
clubbing all that came in their way they then drew
their reyOvers and fired six shots al the corner OF
Fourth street; when the firing commenced the crowd
hed the officers in pursuit. keeping up the hre; saw
man fall down in Fourth street, with his feet on the
street and bis head and back on the pavement inc
man was in his shirt sleeves; the officers pur.
sued the crowd to Third street, clubbing and
firing all the time; two Of the officers pro-,
ceeded to Kar.'s; meantime another crowd
had ccngregated the corner OF curtin street. wnicn
was dispersed by the police; witness then Went 10
Third street, when he saw man iall, Dut can say
whether by a club pistol; the officer then went as
far as Second street. and saw the officer re again;
stones or missiles were thrown by the crowd;
don't know any officers, either old or new this man
bng in Fourth street bleeding at the head; was
standing on the roof the house the COR
pex If Fourth street and Avenue A.
Q. Had any one guns or pistols on the top OF the
housed A. No, Sir taere was nobody on the roof
but myself and wife and two three Others soon
az the man was knocked down III Fourth street went
down TO the fourth story window; when witness came
down all the others followed him; on the next house
there was q man and wife, but the firing
commenced they became frightened and left the roof
August Mohliet sworn--l reside at No. II Avenue
b. saw this platoon of men marching down Fourth
street; heard the first shot fred il was fired by
officer who discharged it against the corner house;
thinks lie would recognize the officer who tired it, it
was a small man with whiskers; thinks at was the
officer who was here this morning LOCKWOOD; after
ward saw the police fire into the crowd; that was
enough for him. and he fled into the garden no stones
were thrown.