The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-30
Night Scenes In the sixth yyaxa.

r-H. SWINGS IN The Sixth Ward
m obiSd AFfRAY--A DESPERATE ITALIAN
Asrale.. N sherlock, OF the Sixth precinct, was ps
troll og ., ha.. 7ear the corner Of Worth and Bsxe
S"u"s us Wa ~
ct ee'Y aos nj I'VE o'c morning, be was OF
AL, by The CRY Of "Mus. W. am stabbed" and Ia
moment Afterwards he discovsre man running toward
Il wi Anife in bis hani The oE. " aproAoned tn
fugn'o Tor the purpose OF Stopping him. Whea the .e'
MADE nge at him with the knife bot the blade coming
N conhct with some hard substance In Sherlock Goa.
POCKET ben cIube and did fura or damage than cut.
Jug the cio'c The policeman then oienched with the
desperade but after struggle he wrs compelled
toselo 10 me su er tslpgh Of The enemy and fell 70
tae Hdev AK Frustrated by blow on tho head Sherlock
son gsined hts feet however and promptly pursued tho
ugn Worth street. and from thence TO the entry
way NO. ID Baxter street, but before the officer came up
tao fugitive dated cut Of the entry way and fed towards
Chatham street. At this juncsure policeman Donohue
joined IN the pursuit, and adopted the novel plan Of
prc6Ds 1t the fugitive for tho purpose Of stopping
hn ngnh Luckily one Of the missiles TOOK effect upon
he mead OF the desperate and brought him to the ground
ING onoers then rushed upon their man. and after des
being brought 10 the station house the prisoner gave his
name % carlo Vnetta, and asid he was an Italian by
Dn. SUUn alSr me capture Of the prisoner man
nasv wiAn breun appeared at the station house and
loenaned vne ID the person stabbed him In the
arm Inc man found be severely wounded
ucCc6ohty
Yo,k hospital where he now lies Subseou anethar
Italian named Carlo DonAto was arrested by ofcer Soer
lock on euspcon Of having been concerned In the ARRAY
ana On oeing brought before Bfeun the latter identified
MIN as man he saw In company with vueta whom the
etaDbng TOOK place. The prisoners both committed
TO tho Tombs TO await the result Of the wounded msas
injuries vinetta says works IN chocolate IA IN
BROADWAY and Donate gives YGfk vile % his place OF
residence Breun lives at No. lit Baxter street.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF GERMAN RAGPICKER.
About quarter before six o'clock yesterday morning,
policeman Golden, Of the Sixth precinct discovered the
dead body Of rsgpckef lying IN the entry way Of the
tenement house No. ii Baxter street, under
which led h to believe that deceased had been robbed
and rdere'. The body WIS quite cod showing ths.
Death had taken place 70 hours previously severe
cut the ear and several bruses about the head
st ait acted the attention Of the officer, and caused
suspcicn in ha mind to the nature Of the Gaze
Wren he xa% ined tho clothing however and found tina;
deceaeeds pockets had been red Of their contents and
were turned inside out Blu; little doubt remained
to ,he cause Of death. The body removed
I, tee station house snd efforts were made to
ascertain the name and residence OF deceased,
but in vain. No one In the house whars tbs body
was found knew anything concerning the matter,
which leads 10 the belief that been assauled
n the street, aud crep into the hallway for refuge and
Coroner scnrmer was in attendance at an early hour
and investigated the occurrence In concert with the police
I'll
decided 10 postpone the inquest until eight O'Clock this
morning "A post morton examination Of the body, made
by Dr. George Bouton went to show that death had
caused by rupture Of the spleen from fracture of two Of
the left ribs The head covered with bruses as in
Go!ed With club or some dull Instrument, and blood
flowed from laceIaed wound about inch in length,
just above the The fracture OF the ribs and the rup
,ure OF the spleen had probably been produced by
kick or blow from atone or club. Broken frag
mens Of the ribs we're forced n.o the Spleen showing
evidently that great violence had been resoried 20.
During the Gay German called at the station house
and identified the body but was unable 70 give the
residence Of the deceived He said had often
Rim upper part Of the city, but never knew wha.
his name was. IL Ii 10 DO hoped, however, that the
friends Of deoeased VIII come forward 70 day and claim
the BODY else must necessarily be sent Potter's
Field for ntefment Deceased about fifty years OF
age, and apparently German by birth. he dressed
ia dark brown clothes and boots much A bag con-
tanning few pieces Of rsg and old rope belonging 70
deceseed was found In the hallway, and can be
application At the Sixth precinct station bouse.
Laet evening TIRE ;oce received inf6rmation which will
probably lead TO the detection Of the nurderers During
che hight the officers following up tae clue but with
what succees We have been unable to ascertain. 1t ID
very probable, however, that the Investigation before
Coroner SohirEer to day will lead to important de-
veiopemens and that the mystery surrounding the fate
Of the poor ragpickex may DO fully cleared up.