New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-16
THE RIOT INVESTIGATION


timed. The evidence from the other eide will be
heard to-day.
The Coroner recommended, from statements made
. Lin; ,ba, the parties arrested at the no. be held to
bail for their future appearance.
Cns,ave Rtcher being sworn, said reside NJ No.
1876 Fast Fort first street, was on the corner u Ave-
nue md Third street on Sunday evening az P. m,
,bo time Of the riot / from fifty 10 eighty people
oni,ectef-nl peaceable; saw an officer who said 10
10 neonIe GO back" "go away; some went
thirty or forty feet back, and others renamed sai
afked the people what was the matter; everyoody
odd don't know" then went up TO TENTH stree,
s,ayed there fifteen minutes, and then came back
saw the same officer still there one Young man stood
close by NY side; man came 10 n n anu sad 10
German Go away from here, or it will give plenty
=" ,mnhie. hi. man was not an OIL csr Officer
went across the street aud turned; another man, who
was not an officer, spoke something to-an o'eer and
pointed to the young man who stood oy my sidei tire
officer went to the young man ana sara, 1ou son OF
a b-h. go away" he pushed the young man with his
land the yourg man staggered backward; i turned
around and saw three or four other men help he cn
Ger and tell him to fight the young man, VINO then ay
on his hands and knees; the ohcer siusk
him three times on the head with h's club;
the youpV man got up and ran away; his head was
bloody: the officer remained still little wmle,
snd then he ran after the young man; the peo-
ple about said he going into Kars; did not see
ANYTHING more of the young man or officer went up
to Fourth street; saw two or three oicers one AZ
Avenue A; they all ran back heard Laughing ana a
block, between Third and Fourth streets plenty OF
officers then ran at the people and the people ran at
them the people stood the sidewalk ana on third
street. saw the officers running away WIN sIaos ana
striking the people on the sidewalk the officers re-
tutped 10 Fourth street, and saw shooting there
think more than six shots were fired by the officers
went back to house in Third street, aud saw nothing
II ore hut heard shooting; heard no one give the or.
der 10 fire; heard no order for the people 20 dspere
before the firing there fifteen or twenty officers;
did not see any stones thrown at the officers; saw
one stone long way from the officers, rolling towards
them the order Of the firing was one shot, two shots
and one shot one trying to resist the officer:
heard no commands given to the officers by their
Captain; when the officer attacked the young man
before spoke about, he raised his hands % defend
himself or strike the officer; the crowd did not at
tempt to help the young man or resist the officers.
Jacob Nicholas, sworn, says-l live at No. III
Third street was at the scene of the riot IN sunday
evening last in the boarding house Ne. l40 Third
street. at o'clock; had left the house and had gone
few steps when man whose q name was Christian dn
his fists in my face, and then struck me my head
with supg shot fell down and called for An officer;
| saw officer on the corner OF Third street and
| Avenue A; l don't know the name Of the officer;
bed pousely in the face the officer came there when
called him ] went into the basement Of house No.
l26 Third street, after which saw nothing further.
Q. Why did that man come out and strike you2 A.
don't know, / did not speak word 10 him.
Q. Was be GeunanlA. He was German peddler;
| had had DO quarrel with him previously did not
the officer arrest him. did not know OF any fight
previous to this; this was the beginning Of the tight
Thomas G. Fennel, sworn, says-I made a post
moriem examination Of the body Of John Muller at his
residence No. q Avenue A, Monday, July II, 1857
was assisted by DR. Muot and several other German
physicians; deceased was large muscular man. with
n wel.developed body; found gun-shot wound
the left clavcle collar bone, two inches from
the sterDo clavicuar articulation; the ball, in Its
course fractured the bone into small spnters, several
pieces Of which were carried into the deep-seated
muscles Of the neck; the sub.clavian vein was lace
rated, and large amount of extravasated blood was
found in the surrounding tissues the direction Of the
wound, as indicated by the extravasated blood was
from before backward, and then slightly upward along
the anterior portion Of the neck; examined the head
carefully but found no evidence Of fraction in any
Pati the right temporal region was swollen and
blackened if the part had been injured by blow:
am Of opinion that his death was caused by this
gunshOt wound and not the result of juries to the
head; think that the bullet stood on level with the
person who shot it.
DIR. Rousler sworn, says-T reside at the corner Of
Canal and Elm Streets yesterday /, with four other
physicians, made the second post-mOrem examination
Of the body OF John Muller; found eaden ball In
the neck between the trachea and the resopagus the
course Of the ball was in an upward direction from
where it entered; the point where Il stopped was
about one inch higher than where it entered In all
Other respects the witness cOroboraed the statement
Of DIR. Fennell.
joseph Bishop sworn, says-I reside at No. 48 Ave-
nue. A; last Sunday evening stood before ny door:
between AMI O'Clock; l saw q few people running
up Third strent; went along there 10 see what was
saw man by the name of Nicholas; he had a blow
upon bis eyei while standing with Nicholas two
officers come along Third street; one was named
Cook, the other was an American or Englshmani the
email officer, whose name l do not know, jumped
among the crowd; he took old man and wanted 10
push him backward but the old man could not 20
back ward or forward on account Of the crowd when
the officer saw that the man could not 90 backward
he drew his club; officer Cook, seeing this officer
draw bis club drew bis also; young man was stand
ing neGr this old man, and the second officer struck
him heavy blow on bis head; after receiving this
blow the young man ran away to Karis, bleeding
feeiy the officer seeing that Karls house shut,
went up to Fourth street and gave the alarm
rap; the other officer went away everything had
became still and quiet again, when some other officers
came down Fourth street to Avenue A, where there
were great many people standing; a few boys among
them were baOing when the officers aporoac he'd the
crowd one of them-I don't know whether il was The
captain or not-commanded them ~ hale; they then
seeing great crowd took their clubs and went right
among them; after the crowd was dispensing in every
direction, driven by the officers, not like men, but
bru'es and beasts, saw officer standing near the
sidewalk, by the corner of Avenue A and Fourth
street, take out his revolver and fire three or four
tin against the roof Of the house, did not see any
penons on the roof OF that house; there some
looking out OF the windows, and few persons on the
roof Of the bext house; there some persons on
the roof Of the house Oppose of the officers ran
over and told them to go down he would shoot them
down; one Of the men that roof used Improper ex
pressons to the officer the officers then ran down Az
clue from Fourth 10 Third street. when Iheard three
more sbots fired; afterward the officers returned
and made an attack the crowd near Fifth street;
the attack was 80 violent scarcely had time 70 es-
cape into the honse; the crowd dispersed 10 all drec
tons, after which saw one while in the ACT OF
stepping over the sidewalk knocked down two ON
ces several persons went to his assistance while ne
was lying on the sidewalk while his wife, or the lady
who accompanied him ran away; the officers TOOK
several OF the men who went to the assistance OF the