New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-15
COLLISION BETWEEN THE NEW AND
OLD POLICE.
A METROPOLITAN POLICEMAN STABBED.

Golce III w l'riciuhf
ference to the collision between officers of the two
factions and the subsequent sabbiDg of an officer by
| rowdy sympsthisers with Mayor Wood
| 1t is my painful duty to report collision between
some Of the officers Of this command and two Of the
| old force. The facts of the are as follows:
Messrs Tiden, Halett and Crum Of this command
had arrested prisoner for being drunk and disordery
al while on the way to the SationHouse they
attacked by Mallen Of the old force and mob that
had collected who rescued the prisoner. They then
arrested Malen and during the conflict with him and
tie mob. assistance was sent from the Saton-House
and on the way Castne of the old force, ran in and
attempted to rescue Malen. He also was arrested.
and both Of them brought to the Sta'ion-ouse.
News Of the collision spread with great rapidty,
and the most intense excitement prevailed. Our
force being small, we made requlsltion
on the Seventeenth and Fifteenth Districts
for additional help, which was quickly responded
TO- Capt. Squires also sent for the DeputySuperln-
endent who was present without loss of time. Judge
Anderson soon after appeared, and opened Court IN
due form; when the two prisoners were admitted TO
bail 10 appear at the corner Of Clinton and Grand
streets Monday, for examination, after which the
exciteme ut ceased and the crowd disappeared.
AT late hour, another of the officers of this com
mand by the name of Oliver Latin, was attacked at
the corner of Eleventh street and Avenue c. and very
nearly killed. He is shOckingy bruised and beaten,
and received a stab in the abdomen with an lce-pck,
which entered the cavity of the abdomen TO the depth
Kimbark, who Immediately called. Whether his
wounds will prove fatal not it il impossible to tell
as yet At late hour of the night the men from the
adjoining districts dismissed, and al remained
fO'' N''e JOHN CAMERON. Sergeant
1t appears that Latin was standing upon the above
named corner, and gang of rowdies insuted and
hooted at him until the officer finally attempted to ar
rest one Of the parties when they fell upon, beat and
stabbed him. The ioe-pick remained in the wound
4 =. otaafd
Guilty that DR.. Kimbark could extract it.
The rowdes gathered in great numbers, and threat
ened to attack the staonhouse which is located at
No 900 Sixth street. DeputySuperntenden Carpen-
ter was present nearly all night and had force of
over 50 men present with whom he intended to repel
the rowdes at all hazards should they make attack
Last night complete arrangements were made for
large reenforcements to assemble from various Wards
in case any demonstration should be made by the
rowdes who had thrown out threats during yesterday.
rrp1BER PARTICULARS BY ANOTHER REPORTER.
The old Wood force of this Ward, since the seces-
sion Of those in favor of obeyng the new Commission
ers have taken great pains to excite bad feeling
against the latter among the citizens Of the district
particularly among the most ignorant and evil dis
posed portion of them and given the residents to un
derstand that the Metropolitan Policemen have no
power to arrest any one; that they are all humbugs
and that the people should drive the id Black Re
publcans out Of the Ward; and thus nstgsed by the
old force, brick bats, stones &C., have been ire
quey hurled at the members Of the Metropolitan 20
lice, while going their rounds.
About II O'Clock on Saturday night, a well-known
oafer by the pane of Tracy, who has been repeatedly
dragged into the old Station House for drunken and
dsorderly conduct assaied of the officers of the
Metropolitan Police force and called them pretty hard
names whereupon the latter took him into custody,
and proceeded with him toward their Station in Sixth
street. After getting their prisoner as far as the
corner of Avenue c and Tenth street, Malon OF the
Wood Police between Officer Tilden of the Metro
politsn Police and his prisoner with view of releas-
ing the latter from custody at the same time telling
the officer that he had no right to arrest him. Maon
Of the Wood force, soon got crowd together with
whose assistance he succeeded in efecting the rescue
| of Tracy Officers Crum and Halett, of the Metro
politan Police force coming up at this juno
| ture assisted in securing NaOn, and whiIe
| on their way to the Station-liouse with
him. Frederick Castine another OF the Wood force,
came up and made desperate attempt to rescue Ma
Ion from their custody by the game as halon had
effected to release Tracy Officers Crum, Hallett and
Tilden warned him to stand Off but he would not do
il: consequently one of the abovenamed officers gave
him rap with a club which either brought him to
his senses or Knocked them out of him. At all events,
he fell down. and allowed himself to be taken to the
| Station House along with Malon.
| In the mean time, the news of what had trans
| PRED spread throughout the Ward with astonish'
! ing rapidiiy, and almost as suddenly the Station
| House was surrounded by thousands OF excited
| people. embracing the very hardest-loOking Gus
toners to be met with in the city, who threatened TO
tear or burn down the house and the prisoners
Messengers instantly sent off TO Deputy Supenn-
tende1t Carpenter and the Fifteenth and Seventeenth
Ward Station Houses for assistance. These requSl-
tons were promptly responded to by platoon from the
| Fifteenth Ward and men from tie Seventeenth
Ward Al this stage of the case Justice Anderson ar
rived at the House and opened Court and ad
tilted each of the prisoners to bail IN the SUN OF sUU
TO appear for examination at the Court room corner OF
Clinton and Grard streets at O'Clock this afternoo q
The prisoners after giving the required ball. were
charged and LEFT amid the hurras and yels Of the mob
Within an hour from thi. time several hundred Of
the mob came across four Of the Metropolitan police
| men in Avenue c, and made an attack upon them
ard not only beat them severely but one Of the mob
stabbed Officer Latin three times with an ice-pick,
which instrument was left sticking in the abdomen to
the depth Of about FIVE inches where ii remained IN
| Ill removed by Dr. Kimbard at Sands drug store,
from which be was removed in carriage to the Sta
ton-House, where he lies in crkcal situation.
| Shortly after the mmderous attack upon Officer
Latin, a German by the name Of Sass, who keeps a
grocery store a, the corner Of Avenue and Tenth
street and who has expressed himself fsvorsoy to-
ward the new police, went out to buy some meat for
Sunday dinner, and stabbed in the neck ald had
bis skull badly fractured.
Ninth WARD MErRoroLITAS POLICE ARRAseE-
NySTs-Sergeant Sebring has established three Sta