New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-18

pomts adlacent VIII DC present.
Rrprprrc.s ASSEMBLY NoMIHATIoS.-Tbe dele
ga,es 10 the First A. ssmby District Rspuohean 'on
yent;on comnrising Hoboken and the Foarth "afd Oh
- ~, ma, a, Harmonic Hall on Monday night
o,d dominated ex.Mayor Franklin Ii. Carpenter ior
Assembly.
Inn Tp,.1 OF McDERMoTT AID DowDAL FOR
ryr MuRpyR OF MAJOR KoPPER.-lhe Trial 'i rA"
,;ck Dowdal and Charles McDermott for tue murder
81 Major Hopper, Superintendent OF the "eena"keh
Esr,,v in NAV last, was continued yesteriay IN Tue
un5son County Court, Judge Ogden and Associate
judges Fink and Pope presiding. 49,,
Tbomss Havens, whose direct evidence WIS gwen
an Wnndav evening was cro.sex ,mined at consider
able length but the facts ELECTED did not vary nuch
from The direct exam nation. -
"n wni9Ved on The Weehswkea ferry deck hani;
were laying the Weebawk-n up when Nj Peel came down end
tandng the gate nd heard MI say ne
was stabbed Mr. Hopper inside the gate peInip ea O
some mans hands when he went ouie and struck Do~dl
over ad breaking the club DowdI started and ran tha
ran after him. but Psn the Officer caught hin INST ana We
TOOK him down to Mr Hopper Mr. Psrn ASKED M
RoP il S DO%d ,o %i outside int sn the Ss and asked for
some water; the officer and myself aiter"ad TOOK nun 70
Cross exanined-Could not say positively that saw MT
Hayeps toward ouT boat had nt made tns as 1
all hands went inside the ferry gate aud had sekh my
Noah w Rie tsed-I euy.maser az the time Of thi;
occurrence and duty the jersey side that da ana
box at the time the trouble took place. M Pd
the eping count the oney some one caea
his attention TO 6tubance and he out there was quite
time 81 Peel came in said he stabbed did not have
oppo nifty to Whist as going on outside some %
too heard Tkiug outside bit could not see some
Ho Srfn s SSSa f D%d
they brought down be sat down en- soo ana 10
DO dali 4 the man tina: stabbed me- the yow
coored handle knife found .ht up by the e 81 the iey
boz the torn m11 h1t ~. si &Rdpeo Out
examned-A patty Of tour men, two o. then eS
how many minutes aerws that the disturbance commenced
head Il blow given by Hopper; did the hne picked
up; when j heard the blow it before Mr. Hopper was
Wiam sabin .eied-Ive at weehswen and present
On that Sunday aernoon the first MI Hopper en-
deavong to pat some men outside The gate hs s9 %G o.
s sa e@ nut 6eT hands in their pockets aud made
Fah for tie cote Nj Dieman was standing and caught
one OF them think Doda and gave hin whir sending hia
in AID Mr. PIPER put him sg'iui be said, by Cd I'm
b when he got over the e. &c his partner powd.
last saw of the that went The gate the other one
stood me iest 9Itd o. g p .oeb,' ei he wheeled
snd fed they him and brought him back Nj kop
band on bis tide The word then tia: he stao5ed
stairs and assisted to dress s I've gouS Ala Io was snS
kyes wien ~ Dkepan gaogSt bold OF 81 Inv snd
| said to me- they want to stao me ..
Gershon seiIa sonnaw of Mr. Hopper testified to bis
death on Path May and the locality Of the wounds
District Attorney Scuddsr sisted that every EFFORT
had been made procure the attendance Oh the phy
| scians from New-York who made the post nortem
examination but SO far they had not made their ap-
Nj Peel reesed- the end Of the bridge and called
men OF the disturbance Delivered McDermott up to Mr. KoP
per and he Gng h11 toward the s f IN the hands Of any
persons the brdg cannot say who WA put out o. The gate
Jeremiah Ogden, testfed-At the time Of Mt Koppsrs
pjodes in the empl Of The ferry company " pot Of tue
called ashe by Mr. Hsven went down. and they told
Mr. Hopper sabbed be was in the ferry box and as he
swsys MI Hopper took club and going out tue gate stuck
s ae a 5ac wss DoSd
Mr. Hopper that was the man and De sid was ne was
%h he club think DOd that struck DO
Dr. Luther Vars wa called and described wounds
the Ig side and the other the left knife like one OF these
cent to cause death Internal perfectly healthy
the wound u. below the night shoulder acned owrdIhe
T6asd ana an the SIDE var the the light
The 95G d1s ssy SSS s q de con-
| The Court adjourned until u O'Clock m.
| AFTERKooS SESSION.
Henry p PaIln tes6ed-I Deputy Sheriff in the
poy Weehawken Ferry Company a, the time o. this
hid sent me over on boat previous keep dordey
crowd down when back sgaD saw M Hopper stand
gsd You ar come skod what tse meter and be replied
and he went outside the sae feet where Diwdsl
SANDING Mr. Hopper him with this club thown) be
Dewds dd not .tsb bim time but previous Dowdd
when srIestsG ard bro gh The ticket ocs Ia.kd
Mr. Hopper that the that stabbed him ne saiit
did not anything Of McDrmo the white haudled knife
| found whore caught DOwda- "
two bouts running that day the and Hsekn
os two %n bov, ee aid Hd @ sven a. p the ey box
| the club viii h is present beIonge 70 me .-,.,,
rested McDemo on the arrival Of the ieyb2at on the New
YC ae Be 5ystd the 5 him Ts e
TvGDEScE FOR THE DEFENSE.
Thomas Kelly testified have resided in about IS
years. lie to McDermo eDd have known BIN since he
York have heard snyhng sgsib hin before McDer
mott butcher in the employ Of JohE Fs3 YELL M
acquainted with Dowds the ps eleven years daring which he
| has worked for bell hanger.
what bis character peace and quieness A. There
never was better thought much OF him that
SS% 5 70 n BLOWN
owd eight years. as far as know his character is
Samuel Robbins testifed-I turnkey at the jail when
shirt was tom sscDeott gave the name Of George Mcdonnell
Dr. Josiah ROrnblower tuhed that he called to aend
9 SsU' q Te let tide Of Sy the which to the
skull blow Of that k1d ought to tao Tsn ep'ee.s ~
York and an butcher McDeimo has been NY employ tie
past llIee years have always found him very quiet mani do
not know that eher Of these knives The defense
| here rested.
Mr.. Wakemsn then arose to sum up for the defense
lie desired 10 know OF the District Attorney whether
he should prsss conviction for murder 10 the fret
second degree.
Mr.. Scud1tr replied that be should press conviction
for murder in the first degree.
Mir. Wakensn occupied about three-qusrters Of IN
hour in reviewing the evidence lie claimed ina from
the evidence the defendant could Do convicted of
murder in the first degree So il could not have been
pTeme ditated Neither wac there any evidence that
Mr. Hopper was stabbed by Dowdal. If the stlb0ing
was ne by Dowdal, then there were mitigating
circumstances the evidence showing thai Dowda had