The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-10

ent portions o his body, the most dangerous wounds
being in the spine of the back and in the left breast
reaching the lungs. He is lying in the Western
district station, where DR.. Maund is attending
! him. Welsh is one of the best officers OF the dis
trict, man of family, and lives in Pine street. near
| Franklin. Private watchman Ford, who was also
| shot, received only flesh wounds, and was not Sc
riously hurt. He was present at the examination,
| and testified to the facts given above.
ANOTHER MUIR DER-A MAN KILLED IN A
| DANCE HOUSE ON THE POINT
Between ten and eleven o'clock on Monday
night, man named Jean Marie Cabaret, one OF
the crew of the French ship La Vile de Dieppe,
| lying at this port, was killed. The affair took
place in house No. l6S Eastern avenue, kept by
Daniel X. Allen, alias Yankee, as a dancing and
| drinking house. After Cabaret received his iniu-
ries be was conveyed to the Eastern police dis
trict, where he fingered until half past six o'clock
yesterday morning, when he died. DR.. Healey was
in attendance during the night but could afford no
relief Yesterday morning at nine o'clock Coro-
ner Sparklin held an inquest over the body, when
Sthe following testimony was elected:
Francois Chana, Zone of the crew. sworn-Mr
Louis Todzwer acting as interpreter.-Wit with
| hive comrades, among whom the deceased,
went to the dance house of Mary Wilmington,
danced cotillion, and it being warm, asked some
OF the girls to take walk did so; on returning
one of the party, Guiaume SoIigny, stayed be,
hind, and on coming up went into the wrong house,
| and in few minutes he came to Whittington's 5
bleeding at the mouth and cut on the head; wit
| ness, with his five comrades, went to see
| who had struck Soligny; they entered Aliens
| house and asked the cause of the assault; woman
| then made much noise, and those in the room at
tackled witness and his friends; Cabaret was struck
In this house; don't know who struck the deceased
chairs, spttoons and bottles were used by those in
the house. This witness identified Allen alias
| ankee, as one of the assailants.
| Jas. w atSOn, sWOrn,-Was standinu in his stnra
corner of Caroline street and Eastern avenue; heard
| the cry of ''watch,' and saw the crowd running
went to the dance house, but did not see any blows
struck; saw the wounded man: he was bleeding
profusely; saw James Snyder there; did not see
Stykes; don't know anything about the fight
Michael Tireli, Zone of the crew sworn.-Wit
ness testified to being at Mary Whittington's
dance house; to having taken a walk and return
ed; one OF their number Soligny stayed behind and
IN few minutes came to where they were bleeding
at the mouth and head witness and his friends went
to Aliens house to inquire who had struck their
companion: as soon as they entered they were at
tackled, crowd rushed to the door and closed it
thus preventing their escape; thinks Cabaret was
struck outside can't say he was, but thinks so when
witness and his friends got out they went into Ma
rY w Whlttington's, where they washed their wounds
after washing, witness came out:in the bar, and
there saw man named Sykes and Charles jump
quarrelling with a woman witness told them not
to light, when the two men made assault on wit
ness beating him badly; don't know who struck
Cabaret.
William Jones, sworn.-Lives in Petersburg, Va;
was in ankee'S house when the fight took place:
saw sailor come in and without any words, throw
chair at Jimmy Snyders head; at the same time
man called Little Jack knocked the sailor down
with chair; the deceased was on the outside; did
not see him struck; there person in
fankee's except three boatmen, Little Jack
Jimmy Snyder, Yankee and witness: went
there to see the girls; had been in about
five minutes before the fight teok place;
staid in the house until the fight was over; only
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bottles thrown; did not see Yankee after the fight;
came up to the station house this morning and was
told ankee wanted to see witness saw him, and he
told witness that he wanted him for a Witness wit
ness told him what he could testify to; Yankee did
not tell witness what to swear; did not see the man
struck at the door, but afterwards heard that man
had been struck before the fight, which witness saw
took place.
Officer Ensor, sworn.-Was at the corner of Car
oline street and Eastern avenue when "watch'' was
cried; ran across to Yankees and saw there was Il
fight; gave the double rap and at the same time a
man reeled across the pavement and fell into witness
arms; when witness came up, heard some one say
"take that man away, he has broken nv furniture;'
a man was standing in Yankees door with a chair
raised; thinks it was Yankee; thinks the deceased
was struck in the house; saw Jimmy Snyder and
Sykes there; can't saw how MANY girls were pres
ent; did not see a blow struck
Officer Hutton, swOrn.-In reply to a doubl
rap witness went to the house of Yankee where
considerable number Of persons were gathered;
the arms Of officer EnsOr; EnsOr started to the po
lice station with man, and in few minutes wit
ness heard disturbance in a house kept by Mary
Wilmington, No. l6l Eastern avenue; went in and
found general fight; spitboxes, chairs bottles
DC, were freely used, and witness went to the
assistance of some French sailors; did not make ar
rests for fear the riot should increase when witness
gone; don't recollect any of the parties enUao-
ed in the fight.
Officer Meads, sworn.-Testied to having accom-
panied officer Ensor to the station house with the
wounded man; second fight took place while wit
ness was absent; saw Jesse Lancaster Jas. Owens
and William kes there; Saturday last heard
some women say there would be a fight with the
sailors; don't know who the women were that
used the expression that there would be fight
with the sailors
about the fight in which Carabet was injured; saw
the sailors leave witness house and go to Yankees;
heard the fight going on but did not know who par
tcipated in it; after the fight at Yankees was over
heard loud talking in witness bar-room; found
VIM. Stykes and Chas. Jump quarrelling with
Michael Tirel; told Tire to go into the dance-room
and as he started Jump seized him oy the hair and
he and Sykes struck and kicked him; the fight be-
came general and witness ran; spttoOns and bottles
and chairs were used; while the fight was going on
heard Emma Scott cry, ''they have drawn pstols;''
Sykes and Jump the two who commenced
the spree in witness house.
Emma Scott, sworn.-Two of the sailors came TO
the door, and one whose mouth was bleeding point
ed at Jimmy Scott and said F'him," '.him:" Jimmy
tried to get up, but his girl held him; witness ran
out and cried "watch; knew there was going to be
a fight; the girl who held Jimmy Snyder is named
Mary Sheckles; Jimmy is her lover; did not see
Snyder have anything in his hand; when witness
out she went to the crib on the corner did not
see anybody strike after the fight Little Jack showed
witness where he had been stabbed in the breast; he
was not cut much; don't know who was engaged in
the fight.
Eliza Hines, sworn.-Saw Jimmy SNYDER in Yam
KEGS; he was close to the door and the man who
Killed n m Marxr Sbaol olrols,
behind Snyder trying to pull him back some per-
son struck the deceased with chair, and he stag
gered out into the street; can't say who struck the
blow; can't say it Jimmy SNYDER ALTHOUGH he
was close to him.
Mary Sheckels, sworn.-Was standing at the
window on the pavement at Yankees house; sailor
came along and stopped; a whom witness did
not know came up and slapped the sailor in the
mouth; the man who struck the blow was tail and
dressed in black cloth coat and pants. and glazed
cap; never saw him before; it was not Jimmy Sny-
der who struck; Jimmy was not there; in a few
minutes the sailors came to the house and the fight
commenced; witness ran and cried ''Watch;" before
leaving the room was struck with chair: did
not hold Jimmy Snyder because he was not there:
he did not engage in thefght; am sure Jimmy Sny-
der was not there; did not see Stykes or jump in
the hight; was too much scared to observe who was
fighting.
Michael Tireli stated that Mary Sheckels was
the woman who made the noise when the sailors
went for explanation, and that she was the
cause OF the second fight.
Chrlstlana Miller, sworn-Was passing up East
ern avenue about halfpast ten o'clock and as wit
ness passed Yankees door saw Mary Sheckels and
Jimmy Snyder standing at the door; sailor went
up to them and Jimmy Snyder struck him in the
mouth; did not stop but continued up to an eating
saloon to purchase pie; in a few minutes heard
the light and cry f'wach" but was afradt 90 out;
am sure it was Jimmy Snyder who struck the sailor;
when the fight was going on heard them cry ''they
are killing the sailors"
Daniel X. Allen, sworn.-Was behind the bar
and the girls were out on the pavement Little Jack
and Jimmy Snyder came in and asked for bottles,
saying the French sailors were going to attack
tbem close their heels two of the sailors entered
and following them came Bud Ecceston and Charles
Jump; witness jumped the counter and told
them to go out in the street. if they wanted to fight;
the hight commenced with the use of chairs, bottles
and splttoons; saw one knife exposed and saw Lit
tie JACK cut IN the breast; can't recognize the man
who cut little Jack; when Jump and Eccleston came
IN they pitched right into the fight; Mary Sheckels
was holding Jimmy Snyder to Keep him from fight
ing.
&. Soligny, sworn.-ln returning to Mary Whit
tngton,s witness stayed behind his shipmates and
stopped at Yankees door; several men who were
there struck him; he fell to the ground insensible
has no recollection of telling his companions of his
injuries; all he said to the at Yankees was to
ask for his companions: the witness identified Yam
kee as one of the men who struck him.
Manuel Jacinto sworn, Zone of the crew. Went
with his shipmates to ankee's; saw jump strike
the deceased in the breast with bottle; there was
man With a sore lip and bruise under his eve
who also struck deceased; did not know him.
Jesse Lancaster, sworn.-Saw the deceased reel
| out of Yankees house stapper and fall N the