New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-16
TIE LAYE FATAL AyFRAY At NEw-HAvEN
CorTospr sdcI CO a The " Y. TrihuIe.
New-H.vry, Saturday Fob. 10. 1888


NEw-H.vrH, SATURDAY. Fob. 10. 1873.
Tie not which occurred hero on Tuesday evening
between the students and fremen has, R, was cS.
pcded, resulted fatally. William Milo died ou Thur
dav moIing at p O'Clock in great pain that the
Justice was unable To take lis dying testimony \
Coroucr'r jury was Immediately summoned, Of which
Hiram Camp. ,he Chief Engineer -! the Fire Depart
meih wa. chosen the foreman. The 'oroners In
quest aud the Court Of Inquiry now being carried
on AT the same time The result of post .mortem ex-
animation ha. shown that inflammation Of the bowels,
caused Ly the pi-tol wound, the immediate
of death. The evidence elected before the COut of
Inquiry kept private but thus far, as said good
authority it is general that will be difficult 10 fix
upon the particular person who was the cause Of
Milcs's death. The visual difficulty in Obtaining tes
iimory from students s here renewed. Those who
not present cannot Of cOuise. he required TO give
lumorr aud heGrsay. Those who were present when
tod by their counsel that they are not required to give
testimony which VIII impcac themselves, invariably
answered to all but the most tlfing nterrogaores,
" can't sn,wer that question, Sir On the whole,
il seem. doubtful whelc, they cas fasen upon who
fired the pistols for there several shots fred
from different pistols, or, il they succeed 10 that, who
fired the one which Allied Miles; and finally, whether
il not done in selfdefense Al of these difficulties
stand in the way of a conviction of any one and II
seems very doubtful whether tley can be overcome.
On The other hand the fremeu are much eHasperated
and demand justice, saying that students are never
convicted. They appeal to the ONeil affair which
happened here about four years ago and the inves-
CATION of which resulted in no conviction One Of the
resolutions Of the Are company of which Miles was
member, passed last evening, and published 10 the
morning Iap"rs, reads as follows:
in ts sbo iH wh % s m ea. snd G i o
casnity and feeling c.rtGu that heh and justice win Be
Hs' the T' @ 'cF% : . Ss@
The funeral, which took place yesterday tFrdayJ
afternoon attended by about two thousand people,
including nearly the~hole of the Fire Department in
uniform. Tie corpse was laid ont in the fire clothes
of the deceased and the dTess he had upon him when
he was shot was laid upon the coffin. The bier
mounted by freInen's emblems. The services were
performed in the liowcstreet church II he pulpit was
occupied by Mr. Hamilton, the minister OF the church.
and President WOosey OF Yale College
member of the Junior Glass, Henry Wnn of
Whitingham, VT, was arrested yesterday ON charge
He broke cane over The shoulders Of one Of the fire.
men, and hence the arrest. No fremen have yet been
arrested VIM gave bonds in 500, and WAS released
The fears with regard to an attack upon the Col
leges have mostly died out, ard students are getting
tired of sitting up all night with hanger in one hand
ana a revolver IN the other, listening To all sorts OF
bOCdy rumor-.
On the night OF the af1ray party came of at which
several students were present One individual came
armed with hatctct. One of the carriages coming
home late from the party, with two ladies and stu
dent inside, was stopped by party of men. who de-
manded to know whether there any student inside.
In an instant the ladies with remarkable presence of
men looked in, student, and permitted the car
riage TO pass on. Niye la crlnOllne ;.