New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-15

thc Eh ard Stallion Beysc when arrested lin he
' Ia, isi 1c ':lSd Pc IT. Is @ ri &C. so va de;d ard td
M def % The blood on the in he said ' e.nc from oi
nose whe Wa bleeding e., blow which the a..t. had
s,rk him al not any ON the nose bn he niaht
have Lrd on did No! ask bin why decJ last night having
sinclair Lthgow being duly sworn. depo.es and
sayf-I live in Mercer street door from Brcckcr Wiz d.
cfcc. oof ,,and: paste tn,, a. ha'c boer with bin
parro.c Of cne vists Doctor Philip. i. Jciy qac
sn s.9cT GSye hid yh hin n hf,s f Shs" aC
and Mercer ,trc't.; did down Mr. Phillip. oGce
Philip. do the oic' centrally closed about O'Clock in the
T c .n n l Tf1 to Sa a.s % sii IT, s be-
the time raped nd he ogsoed the door .I mt and wen,
sm,time. soe- to thc hod.e 70 sleep; he had hi,
p%'soTn' on %h%d ." @H"ned the ,b door ts M;
these le attacked him nssu he going his
coffee; he hsa been attacked before he said white
ss lin t he them said h. s,rr AZ ,h vi, ei asu With
h- dirk when they sl started and OF. and he called
Watch" have had conversation with any in this
except young Mr.. Phillips did no, tel tn
scattered sier he used his knit and that one ran
when he In did not notice tia, there blood On lis
Thomas c. Finnen, NJ. D., being sworn, says-I
have ado pos, notc examination body ofdecra+ed a.
the Third ard spio House found two incsed wounds IN
t aNilsry region the first ,u1ETtcia merely h'o
the skn otcr wound hall inch In lengt snd
=, . ,hg SHa . { and spd rom below upward avn
Of opinion that d,a'cd cane to ms Gcah py m sD from
There being no further evidence, the accused was
brought before the jury in order that they might ex-
anime his person. to If he bore any marks of yio-
lcncc.
II wa. found that he had received blow under hs
nose, a he had stated TO the officer.
Tie Coroner then delivered brief charge to the
Jury who retired for few minutes and returned with
the following verdict:
I'VE the Jury believe ihs, James L. Rob"s the dccea'd
come to b. death at -, hand. o. Gosa H. tp IT., wa
jury, think him justifablc III 50 doing"
After the verdict was rendered, Coroner C0nnery
announced that he believed to be HE duty to require
Mr. Phillips to give bail in the of 81 900 to insure
hi. future appearance, should it be desirable by the
authorities. Mr.. Phillips procured q bondsnan and
lie was liberated from custody. The deceased was
about 81 years of age, and native Of Philadelphia
lie was a large athletic man, and is said to have
been a desperate character. lie was well known to
some of the police and if reports concerning him are
true, he has been on Blackwels Island once or
on conviction for crime. He was recently witness in
favor of two men charged with mutiny on board the
brig Falmouth. lie followed the sea for a living, but
when on shore had no regular occupation. He left a
wife, but has not lived with her for some time past
The following is the statement made by Mr.. Phillips
during his sojourn in the Sixth Precinct Satonllousc
yesterday forenoon:
STATEMENT OF THE PRISONER.
left my Office No. Pa Chambers street to 90 and
get some refreshments; i walked around the Park
unit / came TO Beekman street, about half way be-
tween Beekman and Ann in Nassau street-it was
quite dark and no one TO be in the street, was
attacked by two three men; one of them was lad
he came up from behind me and said. Phillips what
are YOU tearing down my bills for - replied, am
not tearing down your bills; says he, You lie, at
the same time he struck me; turned around and saw
he had Others with him. took out knife in order to
defend myself and at the time retreaed across
70 fine opposite side of the street toward light, IN
order TO see my assailants; this cOlorcd man, who
came toward me as returned said, "Nhat l. the
matter? have nothing to do with ii; he then struck
me in the face to defend myself put out my knife
toward him. told him he had better leave me alone;
after he struck me put my knife against him to de-
fend myself and he made spring toward me, at the
same time striking in the face, and his body was
brought in contact with my knife they all three then
ran toward Ann street. followed them up Ann street
tow ard Broadway crying stop thief" when lost
sight of them gave up the chase and went back to
nv office in Chambers street. but did not go III;
then went down Chatham street. and then to Broad
way and then to Chatham street, and from there to
Civ Hall place where met Officer Bell and told INN
that had had difficulty with three men, and had
used nv dirk to defend myself; Officer Bell knowing
me. thought nothing of it and let me go; went home
and slept in my house last night and was arrested
this morning on my way TO my office.