New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-19
TIE CANAL STREET SHOOTING,
AFfRAY.
DEATH OF THE VICTIM.

Ladder Company No. t. who was shot in the lager
beer and billiard saloon No 10S Canai street on Mon
day evening last, died Wednesday evening sbout {
O'Clock. a his late residence No. 20 Elddge street
from the effects Of the ipjrries he had received
Coroner CoDnery yesterday imparnelled jury
and proceeded to the Tenth Precinct Police Station 10
commence hsinquison with The particulars connected
with the fatal occurrence. j. Frederick Budenkopp
was brought before The Coroner and took seat beside
his counsel, Judges Van Colt and Anderson The pri-
soner shows evident symptoms of the hard usage he
received during the fatal encounter; he has a bad
wound or two on the back Of his head, beside which
some heavy blows if with some sharp instrument
were dealt him across the nose, cutting and bruisng
the nasal organ very severely.
Aftr considerable time spent in getting the witnesses
together the taking Of testimony was proceeded with
Below will be found copy Of the evidence sdduced
thus far before the Coroner.
George +. Woodward NJ. d., being duly sworn,
dcposes and ss have made post on ne
& Sy Of d do. yGaed inch he
the night side four inches above the on opening ne
ifs found that had Penet, the lower portion
oo ~ fs M Of Ise bs lesser @ S csse Of e stomsch aud dFng itself
in the wall Of the dphsgm The wound caused BY the bal IN II
from was in my opinion. the cause Of death
Here Dr. presented FOR the observation Of the Jury
on put by Juror said amer showing the ball which toOk
life deceased the said ball could have caused the death Of the
then asked 70 look the wound the head Of
Se b.s "a a SGeT sS a. s' pa . hps s ooSd ho
eide blow from billiard might have produced such Gu!
as that on the head the the might have occurred
either iIorn the fist or billiard cue the of such blow
tle head would be TO stun.
Patrick Fl. Nally, being duly sworn, deposes and
the deceased his the ah, moon previous to
his being shot went In with the deceased into Mr. Mulers
No Can
ing last there six Of us in compsny w.n we went In to
j. DpySans SGPh as Sc seSs ss went pe
sTy to zee DHSkIcE and WLsd play cane o; 6a5d
and Twsddle brought drink while sitting the Of
table the right lsnd side Of the This table scpa.
rated about ten feet from the billiard table could observe all
prisoner and another were playing cards. this was st
two between Winfield and the DECEASED while playing
billiards Thoms. Logan went gP to Winfield and said joe
laugh then said to Logan Tommy let play the game
out then went up him and tried to shove him away whc
both OF fell upon tie floor; the decea. up
separate he picking me hand. rushed up and
had ne on bis back when schnedc came
Up fn S1 S @ believe s S9sa wa. STt Tos
ea did not strike any previous to the man taAng me
Oh his back don't think the PT'"ncr struck me previous to
hat, when l heard the deceased .sy -, q gentlemen
.d sS you GG 3 ocs the 10 them e went TO Ss
front and placed bis back to ii all then wont
h pSS Sa by1s d IA
one reply Immediately after this heard pstoshot, ana
pistol the hands Of the prisoners Duycknck then walked
walked back with both his bands his abdomen and said,
'Gen.lemen am shot dead open the door then walked
with the deceased toward the door and cue Winfield
pointing s0mns out said OPen the aoST or H W5 dg5 Ts Ss
1d SHS% Dysnss %ii hold S
myself both struck the prisoner but Dyoknek did not strike
saw blood on the prisoners Lead previous to the
shot having been fired the " wounds ,5 o on the P P'Sn on,
bisrdtsble heard glass Of the windows boken there was
nobody outside then but my the me s.a was ~aSS Is s%sy
alone Winfield Logan and myself went to The drug On ie
% % s s, S" Stfe aG woe then down the Bo%e
and having found the deceased we went to s
house and found him there old closely the sc 81 Ie
pistol which in the prisoners hand the p,o1eh It. nhns had
Inc who fired the pistol because ne had pistol IN ms naIa M
pistol cannot when the prisoner ed me sho whether hs
threaten body the deceased was Wts toward the prisoner
when e fired Winfield lives ia Fourth street T@sdde lives in
when toward The door when the shot was fired bee
moving toward the door to g out than to attack
cannot say whether the pIiso wasin liquor not
Joseph Winfield being duly sworn, depOses and
ayI at No 475 Fourth street my thai Of sn
always knew him to be temperate never saw the de.
y o'clock o tic day on which he shot his house
drank few glasses Of beer in he did not
d he nion the Of the prsoncr was company with
him M the day up to the hour went to Muers saloon 10
=
Na Thomas Logan and self started from the hclse Of the
deceased and met another man-Lou Schneider we all
saloon Division street of the company did not
& ~ S ,iGs Va s nons SiGI Ms in there w e
went TO saloon in Canal street and drank glass d lager beer
were crossing the street Let have game Of billiards for
es,s Of beer this remark addresd to Duyckuek we went
% canno n9 ..y What quantity While
Of the party who with M u.s. XII n. , "o 4a n
Iay named Ny over and p1shed Logan when theJ
caught hold each other aud both fell they ala not seem 70 Dc
in two men then came table where tue prisoner
who they were as my attention was on .ne
Oh his back; blows struck but cauno, say VINO struck
the SoTs s ~S 5S,sni IS1 F the u bd b
he went to separate the parties who were qsrlene ne
ssd the who were in the house. dd ho' COM nete
to uake disturbance he repeated the expression, when he
prisoner then and put his back to the door the prisoner
nck then moved toward door Others also novel
toward the door Duyckinck then remarked Ii you want TO
bot the deceased DuyCkhck and myc three
apart hn he shot the others were about three or four ee
on at the time the shot was fired minute after uycAncA
said, want to fight you shall have did ee the prs
ooo wa. previous to The pistol being fred saw blood
the prisoner took the pistol from the prisoner and pointed at
| caught hold Of the prisoner and pulled him from
the door, when the deceased went out did not strike
the prisoner before he fired the pistol he hit while
Srs. head G struck him with the Intention Of getting the
door open when the door opened Duycknck aud the 9th
out stopped after the party all went out ga not
why he fred poyocaiion sufficiently strong to in
duce the prisoner shoot Duyckinck the Ps0rs Wa, not u
,oxcsed IN nv opinion drank about six times during the time
Of our association that day; of the party brought Ia beer
twice in the Of deceased Of thu party drank In Mu
ler's house moe than did QUE drink spiruous
liquors. the In which we were in IN puycklaek
house was used a fire % hold hrc meetings
Maurice Traddle. VIII, lives n Wdamsburh was there
and the only know OF hi, being there IT, that ne
acquainted and Newl ors for WORK no one went
where the prisoner during the melee but the pone al
thou gh did him 20 where the deceased Wa
at the billiard table did know that OF party had
pistol with him heard the deceased My 0Vd aui
s and he the went toward the billiard table none Of my
party attempted out without paying for drinks never 81"