The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-08
PURIFIER PARTICULARS

Commissioners, who, eesn expected cut Stsas friendly
PURIFIER PARTICULARS.
On "Wednesday, In the dead Of The Hisht, at about
O'Clock somewhat later when all the inmates Of Mr.
joel Wclfes maps-r, ON Ssaten Island had retired y
rest mob consisting OF thirty forty ,sy duaf
upon psmses broke into tho house and 80, on arc
The servants at tho time nsleep In wing Of th'
mansion and the intention evidently 70 burn them up
together wtb the building notice given and TX
| alarm noise shade calculated 70 awaken them
and give them opportunity Of escaping from the dange
| IN which thoir iivos placed
At the ero time thu, mansion house are
be farm house. situated aAen, nine bpdrsd feet from ht
mansion, ahsos oa 0ro BY the incepdarses Here
oo there the evident intention to burn up ssyera
au,nsp beings tocer wiih tho buildings, insrnuoh ~
the farmer, Mr.. Morrison. las VITO aod two children,
grown l daughter and SOD, al thai nsc in bed and
o,..,, N ,bo building The hawkes. mob gave than no
| wa-sInr no, called then, out 20 cave their lives.
At sa sane zinc lhs. the mansion ana farm, house wcrc
set on FIRE, barns and the gables Of the mansion,
close adjoining, ato Set On Are. Thus there
were four distinct and separate buildings al, 30.
on iro and in flames together However, most
proyiep.sly tho pcope living in the house, who had been
left there D. sir. oo Wolfe 20 take " in his sb
sence, happily made their escape in tms Tho following
arc the parscIs OF their escape rbsro three in
coorej woman), sad James Murray. III three fast
ss,aep ia dEar CT, MONS The oolored wonsn woke ars,
and Immediately alarmed Tho two men who In
er room, crying ont that there robbers breaking
into the house. The two young men jumped up immet
atey out Of bed. sid 10 look ont Of the windows. There
they a number OF men--apou. sixteen seventeen
srosnd the HOUSE, wte they heard others In the ho se
who had broken open She doors Son after fire and smoke
were observed, AMI the wing In which they were was
flied with fncs 50 80 nearly 10 suhoca,e them There
upon, at TIE risk Of their hves they jumped out OF the
windows.
The following is the ,aisrasnt on AFFIDAVIT Of the young
man Samuel Fitzpatrick, who made his escape from the
Samuel Fitzpatrick being duly syorn ssys that the
night OF "Wednesday, 9Th Of May nt he was IN tho wing
Wolfe Farm Wos:aod. Richmond county, Staten Island;
was IN tho employment OF Mr.. Wolfe; was waiter IN the
house Staying tbero 70 take OF the house and f1r
turc was IN bed and asleep suddenly vas awoke by
tie coored woman, Mrs Atkinson, who sleeping In
sdnng apartment; rho cried oat that there were rob-
bers In the house; 90, Up and to he window and
saw number 81 men round the house; they seonsed 70
DO laborlng mer
They in iron: Of tho house, some walking In and
OF The house they had light inside tho house; could
TO, distinguish features though; they were Sing 10 set
fire 10 tho house. hoard tho rcghbOs some days DO
fore that there psrone who would blow up ell
the place when we were seen at tho windows and n
large itcno WIZ rcSn up against us, which hook tho
hose Ishui up the window and wen: dross myself leg
retgd !heE q spls ~ beard them walking down below
fo1e began toappear in the room csuio from the man
sicn part Of the use flames after 1at5aw crowd
Of lese mon walking up and down the ground, while
az them in the house, stad In he house III we
driven away by tie esnoke WHOM hcd the roo M,
and then jumped out Of the vindcs two story high WIN
dow) saw was iu,pos 70 get out by the rtairs
ran 70 tac farm house hoy were carrying out the farn
tbs al around TIC tsE house IRE; the
stable tho mansion wa burning: and the asion, too,
Tho men wcro al ethe; went % savc the wagons
noticed The flames from the barn spread 10 the farm house
the barn about thirty feet reIn the farm house, went
% work 20 save What vo oouil IN very sho ume saw
AL Inc farm buildings In flames with re mansion also; ~
ali continued 70 burn sail a, hcrrows I'D day agni
ali baInt dcsn Yong before hght the big boa:o wa
burned 70 The ground IN an hovr and quarter and na
4 ttf n
know Tor rccocn!so any a. the parties; the clthos,
boxes and al belonging 70 lho roo persons IN tho hocso
wero burned up; oLy jest eacsped with Our lives;
hYee on foar schocners lay tie factory nd
orng place. q. he beach: them there tho evening
q S sas saY 81 soSD ss S
whence they 5rso u or Is near &c house and
enc soop whca the doors were bun. cpen and cav
group Of about ten others Al distance OH, near tho barn.
ri NcTd gpo&eD by Gly u these meo, they moved
ss5al IN y,1a, come ben carried long oyster roiesi
on running rom the bodse ier iduirS OCT o. 'ne Tn
dow i,sSed back G. 70 the farm house, ard eaS
tho aamos burs;n- 0, Of tie windows o. the g-I.sen
the house snc al ts furniture snd cTerythns In il vas
bugIed Dr.: nTAIs va5 sayel, ~ clothes aud Tsnk
Gad al bad us burnt slth Tie house.
san MAS To tia;ssn al made by Samuel Fitzpatrick,
nEon down IRON lls NOUN ~ cur tepofeT, ena Gses
being traIsi.ea % .hc Governor he Destruction rs-
pSusgod by @ u-n s,roas outrage sie the ios " very
eolaitera6,c. fCfru~c - lie value O. 9 uOo oeloaGn
20 Mr. J1o, wo.fe, Vas burnt up IN The mansion NJ
woc h.d so car $50 house, Two carriages aud hSGt
WAGON allo sovu!yl pcs q barncssonc very handsome
eihol1f~l a. lhe cIfs.go. Trrr were also destroyed
sleigh ana n.L.oros elablc uloEs!s, a., AZ The COW
house one Saa burnt " doo1, npa er~cr poor cfoa
turc hal is oyos barni cat NJ. WoloS hofscs were,
happily, iayrl 800
purcalc lsney PAID the let q Msy. fortnight
had ,-en soei HIN IN which 70 roovc 81. furn ture
SUI goyr. All ti- scU8y On tbo way u re
move To fuisurc the morning sitter tae are lYe-ter
day), wi.u thcy rlt On Ac road - the express
b-,nr.ag auli q liz osLsTn Gre oonfaFrahon Tho
scr.auii hai been elg.-c isT TIC last Tow days 10 p1o
ny I'D o. fuTphuTo IA UfdcT " remove u . the ciy u
va yc rich AID o9ely furniture 4 The best kind and
of sres, value. Fso sna very handsome library 81
b. - was skO burBod up D. thcsc vsl.a u E ~
,ai s,g ino-Ddiafsm nl u oe aence q any ~ va
o. Bal feelng GyaRs q. Wolfe Suuga he IL groa;
Iror and sufferer ty La,s unlawful sAd w.sn coudsct
Iic siis' Ea.e hss bss sss-i TIC ssso and u sutno
r,tN.
M As .sc burned doryr. which nov q oourss, belonged
4 tbe taas s8 ..ario 20 have boea received % 70
sGelcc !or iho physicians. O. t1o vcry morning q mo
Day TIE u, u which wtaosgcd pcso ls"-s proceed
n- az adres ',gss-ri hal been sssged by The couns
rloITu ~ ne Quarantine for fropoaS foF tbs eTecb N ~
tie peo.sssry n..d.fss ai for he ocnsi-ucton o. TIC
WALL kc, for Sans ar,rc purpose secals LA, %. cd
Ve-8srle. JTec.risd tL0 vIoon. rroceedLss ss1 1ss
/ H. tbe i.eali.--s which we have relsiec-