New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-13
FATAL AFFRAY At NEW HAVEN
FIGHT BETWEEN STUDENTS AND FrRENEN.
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YALE CoIITsR, Feb. 10 1874
A not has just occurred here between the Students
and FRENCH resulting in the death Of one g. the a.r
from wornd In tie abdomen by ball from re-
waiver. The facts, a. near as can gather them IN
the prc,en; excited state OF the pubic mind, are as
follows:
The Fine Company No. have recently purchaseds
new mac hine which has been visited by plumbers 81
the FIR, Department from time to time, so that mere
has always been more or less Of crowd around tho
Fl bouse within the past two or three weehs' ~
the eucine-house is in the immediate vicinity Oh mo
College students often passing by II, more es-
peciay at meal times. One OF two sight disturpAnees
had already occurred between them and me crown
| assembled there, in which the students wereIuaeiy
jOsed, insulted, &c. On Monday night, While body
OF students were returning from supper, they were
salutod with pail u wafer from the engine house.
Waxing fierce at this, they resolved to tho
next evening aimed. Tuesday night, therefore,
| they carried weapons -dirks revoyers, &c
with them when they went to supper. Returning
they pa sed by the enginehouso very slowly, singing
| Alma Mater" at the top Of their voice. A. this
| fireman came ont, with trumpet in hs band, and
| said Look here Youv provoked fight, snd now,
| "d-n you wen have it," The students made 10
reply but struck up another song. This fireman and
| another then followed them, calling them "eowards
| ard rcatenng that when their crowd came they'd
give them fight. Presently several Of their
| crowd" were observed running toward the studenS
| with wrenches, hammers and wheeEspokes. A. shey
| GENE up these two men cried ont, Here they are
| BOYS, Now we've got 'em. On Il, give u to
lem and one rushed at the students, and seiIing
one OF them by the thioat dealt blow at hun with
| fire trumpet which he held in his hand. The blow
warded of, and the Others coming up al the same
instant gene al melee cnsued. Most OF the Students
scattered in all directions but thoee who were armed
stood their ground and used their dicks freely dong
no more damage however, than the ripping up OF ono
mans coat. Finally the studerts, fndins taI sney
| Three or four shots were fired multsneoosy, at
| which the fircmen fell back. One OF their namocr
was found to be wounded in the hip, man named
| William Miles from Westville-the one Who had ueed
| the trumpet in the first part OF the ARRAY. The
fight instantly ceased when this discovery was made,
and the woundedman sascarredinto the engine.n
The students withdrew, having suffered no eamAso
except in the of one who was struck IN the scs
| with wrench. In few moments an alarm OIL uro
| was raised, and large and excited crowd OF Town
| boys gathered around the house surgeon vas
| summoned who pronounced the wound TO be o mortar
one ltwas found that the ball had entered the right
bp-passed through the hip bone, aud lodged IN the
| abdominal cavity. When the wound wac announces
10 be fatal the excitement grew Intense and Tor tho
remainder of the evening the Students for the most
| part, kept in their rooms. IN,
Some fears were entertained that the College build
| pgs would BE- attacked and preparations were maae
n
street with a doube.baneled gun loaded with heavy
| charge A Senior who had been out to make esit
| was seen marching back, holding out before HIM
dnk MS long as q scythe blade.
This mo,ning the affair is the general topic ofdscas-
| sion No arrests have yet been made. You shat
hear whatever further facts the investigation, Whica
will probably be held immediately, elcns:
The above statement may DE feiied upon 7s o"Iec.p
| for it was given by an eyewitness
The Ner. Harcn Palladium of Wednesday evening
gives the following account Of the examination before
Justice Bennett:
An examination was commenced this morning, be-
fore Justice Bennett into the circumstances VI the Al
fray last night Mr.. Wilson IL. Clark being proeecu-
| ting Grand Juror The first witness examined was
Edward l.. Smith--Went to the sngine.house last
nn Smv sr1 hs student. eaSe oSs s.t The
emcrs house In body them they 'nsae ard
&. % a .n S SS with Ta .
g ,sG iss% s Ssa NIX. had s
. s '' Est them rem CON come Sst iss e.d q
ss .Hd ss is'' :S% .."s s s.s
the matter bad better be- dropped hut Willis istrs Mnss
sSl the ~ STUDENT. cried Yale" sud we cried FIe" p.,y
Meswus shot i wa. between the sns sou's ,sd No No
.,S am "V .Sot and couple q our
lm Sp S the do : ant, X s S sy
ddSy nor of any Ti Ssa ME-. h n
h.n he W.. shot did not S.n see what be had HE A'
Charles Davis-Does not belong to the company; l
ssI tea he ;den. went ~, By nai No . ss'a
sy ' ts. ssi Sci VS.: among them I.r
the brick heard student say Lets 90 DAN Mpss -,
Ly wen. 81 oS and %s chatting with them
the sid hadnt bet er have sflst h!hsy
they got fighting bu, heard blow .,geL ana aso bo
parties to 1t; the students SAID SboD, in2 the1
snd the fremen and into the engine house
heard three shots and Mile. SAID a.. hgt ~. ey~ 49,. -
came from students. side q the street Que hen .:}as
ehoot that son Of b-h that's the want 20 sho' tho
fen running to the engine hou. and .sn q We 30.
bundled students altogether did no, snow any q
asm I S.G s1sn Sied . pco.ss the blow
with club heen minutes hi.f tos rsasnss
came by the shot fired during Chat time one Of tb:
boys went sitter Hayward boys and they ca1 down. and
| just after they got there the dsht besan.
| Alexander Beecher-Has been member OF NO.
three years. came to the house a night ssose
6ocock and Mr. Mills tSns the boo ms The vent
the house singing and NJ smith, Be.fn .na Sss .s,e
Lets 20 back there with Smith and Nss. and Sons
.. the s ss or sSe . MINUTES t IS ss ss
the left hand side and Mile. Va r. The ohss
over over iss as Smith and with bun %
spoke Of being thrown them and tod Miss hst
with trumpet lDGsled down one q xe 0ns cd u:
.Sasn '9 .s think eooitd i.pa .e'' %
ed could nS' ' hoy sb SsH nm s down e s
chasing the sudent Of the sudenas ssd We
,S a aS s. S' my as OF s:s .sS
In stop ours" pretty Of the students saa sh
Mes When BE- wa. .So, not feet from him, 5:
coming behind me Nile. said student had ,s.s hn .sS
Ike different pistols, and could not BE- revolver Abss 49,
shot before be started for the ho.e one ball vh.ssA
by NV ear and thought would got shot, ~ted;
should think that started before the shots were fred sueA
had wrench, aud Miles had wrench oe.o' Ia: trsmp.sS
dents know Of no difficulty before that heard our bcys
speak being tAOwD before thu but heard VI W hchs
Adjourned till q p. m.