The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-11

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Stntcmcnt--Thc Coroner's Inquest--t oi.
LcSendre's Statement, Sc.
A terrible affair occurred wilcus Point ou Mon ay
night near the encampmcnt of the New York Rides, 10
volvng the killing Of two soldiers and tn wotrd
ing OF four or Ave others. Iuring the earlier ART ~ yf
terGay number of incorrect runners w,rr u a. NJ m
city relative to the revolt, some OF which involve "a
entire regiment These several stat, al fecmd T.
impcate Capt. sego Of Company + as the rnfcad'r
and prime mover Of The en,etc Subsequent ard mere
correct Information, however enables us g. cNnnefa'
that officer from tn part Of the charge an
to impicate another The following statement, drawn
from various sources, to be the correct version 81
this st lamcntabe affair -
Captain Cresto, OF Company b. is Italian by birth.
and says he served the French army under Napoleon
also in Sicily under Garibaldi II seems that he hai
some dispute with lhutenant Of his company, who
claimed to have borne the major part the expenses
cden to the enrolment Of the company. In consequence
OF this disagreement he was about to embrace an orcr
10 leave the regiment with his company an to proccd
I New York to join Colonel Fadclas regiment, THIS M
ransement happening to reach the of Col Logcndre
| On Monday night, WHOM the dcscrtion to have
been effected, he stationed guard of twenty-five
thirty men, with loaded arms to prevent the departure
| oil the men from the camp.
Pursuant to the arrangement entered into Captain
Creso left the camp at about eleven O'Clock AZ night with
| some forty men, most OF whom members OF his
company, Wine the rest belonged to other conninic~
Some OF them were just from ard duty and according
TO some accounts they had been placed guard at the
request 81 captain Clesto himself, though 1t L scarcely
probable that il Colon el L,gendre had received the
NATION concerning Crestos int, ntions which nducct
HIM 10 take measures TO prevent their fUilment, he
would have yielded to the request OF the Captain. BE
this rs it may Is asserted 10y these that theii
mskets were not oaded and II ~ said that ne her
any Of the arms Of the intended icsertcrs They had
succeeded IN leaving, and had arrived at point in thu
! ntprcpptcd
OF Colon Leg ndre, WHO stopped the and oroIed
them back to the camp This they refused to 10, Captain
Cresto demanding the privilege Of passing, which tn
| guard would not permit
The antagouistic parties were drawn up across the
road facing each other, and remained in that position
some time in alteration when, unfortunately apistobe-
longing to Sergeant Thompson OF Captain CrcstoS
lary went on as the Sergeant says, by ac' dent. on
this il is said Lieutenant George in command the
guard, gave the word to Are, when voley discfR
ed, killing Ferdinand Markoe aud DominIc>
| SASH two Of the dtsertors. the spot, am
wonnding four-namely: Henry Thompson, the Sergeant
wh' So pisto went OF, in the thigh; Alexander sloane
who was shot through his left shoulder: Ami andine in
the head, and Lewis German in tn RIBS the bah pruc-
tratng ms bowo.s he not expected to Late
yesterday afternoon it said that one Of Ia wounded
men in dying condition. II is probably Gernail
but ms nnnlc could not be ascertain tot rtainty.
Two physicians from Flushing dressed the wounds Of t
men, and all were doing well brt German il does not
| appear whether any arrests were made that night.
| At all events, Captain Crcsto succeeded IN making Wis
escape for the time The Intelligence sp ub -oaa
ana the excitement was most intense. The most cXagsc
rated rumors were soon aiat aud the utmost alarm pc
| vailed within several miles Of the camp. Guards were
stationed immediately ut the several steainb at landings
| TO prevent doserti0ns from the gtmeut.
1t seems that Captain Cesto, e'iectng his escape
after the fusiade made his way Flushing and at lo!t
three O'Clock yesterday morning lie called at the house
Of Mr.. Harrison, and asked for lodgings, which
| were refused AZ daylight he perceived by
Sergeant Brush completely unvcopcd IN blanket, walk
" and down before hotel accompanied by Of his
m'n. The Sergeant ADVANCED, and ordered him to halt
! upon which the Captain drew back, and made move
m2ni with his hand under the blanket, rs if he were
graspng weapon On perccvng this the Sergeant pre-
scented his pistol, and commanded him to surrender The
private, who accompanied Captain CTcsto, hearing
this surrendered his muskct which he had with him,
| the s.rgeants guard, which was near by, when the
Captain, throwing or his blanket and disclosing ms uni
FORM said, Il am an officer You have right to arrest
me, am Captain Crest1, Of the New York Rifles" 10
this address Sergeant Brush replied You are the very
man want" The Sergeant then stepped forward, with
his finger tie trigger, upon which Captain Cresto
rendered, delivering his to the Sergeant and, to-
Reihcr with the private WAS conveyed % Flushing Jail
On examining his revolver, five Of the barrels II the
found to be load ID. Two other men, belo ging
TO Captain Crcs:os company have boen arrested Their
| names are W. H.. Masee and James Dyer. IT is said
that fifteen Of Company b and twenty belonging
| Company f., Captain Seige!'s company, have made
their escape from the camp at Wett's Point Captain
Robinson, OF the Hamilton Light Infantry, has st tioped
guards at the railroad depot and steamboat landing at
Flushing well as at Strttonprt with orders to
every soldier coming from the camp at Wiiletts Point.
The Coroner of ucensGounty, Dr. Trunk, called together
n0on 10 sit upon the bodies Of the deceased soldiers The
| jury is composed as follows
Edward A. Lawrence, foreman Isaac Edwards viii
liam Turner Patrick Clark John Mdhrr, Tncs L. Frame,
II. q. Barton Charles Row Joseph Thalcr j. NJ. Steube
pauh, Charles Miller, James keeie.
The jury examined ia; bodies viewed the ground, and
made sundry informal inquiries in regard to the details of
camp life; and, ai,cr preparing list OF ses, ad
ourned 10 meet at two O'Clock to-day Edwards Hotel,
IN Flushing to commence their inquiries. IL rs OBJ bic
that several days viii be consumed before verdict is
reached. From appca yesterday that pub
Tic opinion IN the vicinity oi Flushing is favorable To Capt
Creso, and is probable that the verdict of the jury viii
shallow forth that phase Of public sentiment From
versation with member Of Company G. VINO was in the
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fred without order, but not until the shot from Ser
geant Thompson struck Lieut. George and then The mo-
tive seemed TO be one OF self preservation purely
CAPTAIN oREsTos STATEMENT.
On being visited yesterday Captain C,csto appeared to
be aboring under considerable excitement but he be-
sufficiently calm make statement of the terrible
affair in which he is involved. The following the
principal points gathered from his broken English:
He says that when the enrolment Of the regiment
commenced he associated himself with another Italian
named Barbet'a, to whom he awarded the FIRST Icueu
ancy. About week ago Baibetta left The camp at
Nllcts Point pretefce of coming to the city pri
vae business, but really for examination before the
Military Board where ne succeeded in beng passed as
Captan He then called upon Colonel Fadelia at the
Havana Hotel and offered to transfer his company the
Colonel But, secretly rs fatbctta thought he pro
ceeding the matter lenkcd out and reached the OF
Crcsto through his orderly and other members Of the
pauy whom Bar beta CGeaYorng to induce 20 leave
One Of these told him that in the Of Barbetta
obtaining the command he would have to 30 into the
ranks private, upon which he sad that as he
poor man, and had family he could not afford to fight as
private and that if he lost the company he would have
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to Colonel Fadea and entered into arrangements
with him, the Colonel agreeing to take the whole
pany consisting Of forty four men, condition OF his
mbursing Barbeta $50 for expenses incurred by him
In organizing the company. He solemniy protests that
he intended TO make nothing by the TRANSACTIONS except
the captancy. Matters being thus arranged
Monday night determined on for the desertion to
tnke place. At his request his company placed
guard and pickcs stationed Rocs tavern but
before the time appointed Col. Legendrc heard Of the
plan, and ordered Capt Gossamr and Lieut. George to
take charge Of tho camp these officers sent patrol
out, and before the dsailectcd bad time TO leave
the camp the loyal patrol posted themselves on the
way, and ordered every back to his quar-
tcrs Cresto requested the officer in command to show
him his authority: upon which the officer called out,
- The first who passes shoot; and hardly
the words uttered when voley was fired, and the
wcltering in their blood Crestos men then charg
cd blyoncs; and in turn charged upon by the
troll. He then OF for Flushing, travelling all night
through the woods; and yesterday morning he was ar
by Sergeant Brush, Of the Hamilton Artillery as
he was passing down tho main street Of the village
He was taken to the jail, but there was
charge against him known to the civil authorities
the justice of the peace refused to commit him and
turned him to Capt Robinson, who holds him under
an order from Col egcndre Capt Cresto further says
pieces, and noe one of them fred
Yesterday the command mustered into the service,
which, II is expected will put end to further difficult
ties IL Is said that Capt Sege late Of Company F. who
has left the regiment has been also endeavorng to induce