The New York herald., 1862-12-01
the SHOOTING or TOM sYRNEs.
Additional Particulars OF the Tragedy
Excitement tM the First Ward
day-Coroner'sI OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NOR
teNa Examine tion OF the Body-skstcn
OF Deceased's Life, &c, SC.

may have been the events OF the last twentyfour hours
show that he had firm hold on the affections Of the
masses Bill Poole the idol or the Ninth ward and
carried the Of the people his breeches pocket
The same might hc said with regard 10 Tom Pyrncs
position in the First ward. He uuquestonabiy
the most influential man in the ward, and among the
Irish population especially his win At the polls Law.
The tragic affair happening such tmeon the eve OF
exciting clection-caused considerable excitement in
gene ally During the day the late
residence deceased Morris street thronged with
politicians from all quarters Of the city, who nocked
thihcr the purpose OF condong with the relatives
upon the unhappy event The Twenty seventh precinct
station house. Cedar street, where the inquest
going on also object of interest and Il was not
until darkness bad set that the crowd Of sympatAizers
departed for their homes.
CoRoNER's INQUEST.
The investigation into the circumstances attending the
death OF Mr.. Byrnes commenced AZ the Twenty.
seventh precinct station house, by Coroner Collin,
two O'Clock 2. NJ. Tae room crowded with the
friends Of the deceased well those OF the prisoner
and the deepest interest manifested in the progress
o. the case The prisoner (Suiivau) attended by
counsel and appeared to ;ake the matter quite cooDy
The following named persons acted as turors.
John Callahan Pat Marr,
William Lahey, John Hurley,
Joseph a. Gardner John j. Matphy,
Richard Or pheus, Jeremiah Collins.
Thos. Brennan,
John Moore OF No 90 Trinity place. the first wit
ness examined He testified as follows
On the morning Of November 20, about two oc,ock
in company with deceased in Greenwich street,
between Gear and Liberty streets; had
been at No. 1903 Cedar street, in company with
Mr. strip: we left there about half past one
| O'Clock, and proceeded down Greenwich street
GONG up Greenwich street deceased said We win take
walk nn towards the Third ward; when GOT far
the Of Liberty he looked at his watch and
said it rather late said then, 'Let US 70 down
4 nnth nff th1r
making music as il with bones; Mlr. Strip crossed
over, and heard him say something about betting dc
cess said Let go and who those just
we got up to them heard them offer to bet f20 heard
The prisoner say he would leave the in Mr. Byrnes
g' Mrs. and
! ne woald bet that twenty times, the prisoner
answered him saying You b, vs got more money than
not remember Mr.. Byrnes thereupon turned round and
Sid What have you got tina, thing in your hand for2
that is very dangerous thing young man You ought
not TO carry that pistol, may do hurt with g.
the prisoner then got angry with deceased and SAID
with the prsoncr seven number) got around deceased
and became noisy; moved up close towards deceased
whcnI saw him in the crowd Mr. Byrnes 10 * hold OF
oil So there were two policemen standing beside us
at the lime; the rest Of the patty, when they
! Piled Yes I have got pisto' Mr Byrnes hal hold Of
him all this time. saying he would give him IN charge OF
the police when The proner red the piso! at deceased
then tried to get the pistol away from the prisoner but
whether the police got il away from him or not cannot
the pistol hred deceased placed his
hand on his abdomen n he had been shot there; the
police then ookdeceascd and the prisoner 10 the station
house, and tn prisoners companions OF; when
got The station house deceased said et carriage
and Mr. strip went IN search of then went TO lie
ccascds house to acquaint his people with tae 'cts and
when ! returned I found that decreased had
been taken to the hospital no cnching when
the shot fred deceased merely had hold OF the pri
soe, for the purpose OF handing him over 10 the police.
tho police close beside us, aud think Of them
had hold OF the prsonef at the moment the shot was
fred provocatcn for the assault more than
ha.vA xeSI fha f'asro
| arrest tbe prisoner before the shot was fred.
Mathew strpp Of No % Trinity Place, dcposcd as fol-
lows:--On the morning Of the 20h November between
and o'clock. was in company with deceased and
Mr Moore No los Cedar street; left there about
/ street. we went up Gre nwinb street towards
| Liberty, when Mr. Byrnes hauled out his watch
ward, proposed TO turn back and so home on the way
b,cS heard the other side OF the way aud
sed to see what wa. saw the prisoner there
In company with seven eight persons Sdivan had
ladder his shoulder at the time addressed the pris
oner asked hlm II they had been putting up bills
the party said Yes asked the prisoner what
bills they were seine ol them said .Smith s-thc
Alderman - said "Smith won't b. the rext Alderman !"
cau'u say positively whether wanted bet him $50
he wanted me, then oered to be, sullivan 500,
and put my hand into my pocket Mr.. SUI
BIT did not haul out any money by this
time and Mr. Moore up Of tho prison
ers companions then took one side and said, "Nevef
mind him. he is tle tight said that was all right,
then heard some remark that he had pistol. |
heard some say that he had pistol and mmcdste
u /
stepped side and saw the deceased the prisoner Mr.
More and two officers talking together; heard Mr..
Byrnes say he would have the prisoner arrested two
policemen then caught hold Of the pris nrr; then
looked around and saw the fash OF the pistol;
I was within five or SIX feet OF the prisoner
when he fred tue night was dark, and
not near any gaslight | could not tell exactly how
near DECEASED was the prisoner when the pistol
fred the Cash seemed 70 down towards the ground;
deceased and the prisoner were both standing pos
ton when the shot nred Mr. Bysnes walked hstIo
distance after beng shot, and then told me TO got him
"A N lha nj Inn httmo
where found deceased sitting on the doorstep; then
COM eyed deceased TO the hospital in company with
for the shooting: could tell how many minutes
elapsed from the time met the prisoner up to the
been twenty minutes mot say positive.
iy whether deceased had hold Of The prisoner
prisoner OK by any OF your partyY A. did not L.
Did you any blows struck A. did not.
Robert ". Johns u, being sworn, said he lived at 1876
ch street between haf past one and two O'Clock
on saturday morning closing up his place Of
business he heard some loud taking outside. aud told
his bp, hurry aud close up, lest they might
ana v.ep him up by got up the steps he recos
uiycd Mr. By ,oice and told witness Of IT. he up
The sic and ssed over the street at that time witness
was on the sidewalk himself and. missing the boy, called
to him and 90 TO bed as the boy was In the act
OF corng towards him the shot was fired witness only
saw the fash and heard the report; milk wagon, with
cans in II, was between him aud the parties, alter the
shot was red he heard from his window parties search
ns Ter the pistol
George Brundage being duly sworn. deposed that he
lived ia Liberty street; the morning IN question he
ia his room reading tne wlndow OF whch fronts on
Greenwich street; u u the rst oor about ten feet
above the sidewalk the ARRAY took place opposite his
window he heard loud talking, and stopped to listen;
heard somebody say, III ! pretended to DO
q white man would not work or vote
for niggers (" witness then got up and took the lower
sash and somebody sad Look out-he's got ps.
,ol recognize any voice, somebody then said
Yes, he showed once before tonight" somebody else
said. yes, I've got pistol, and going u use u ~
necessary; I'm not afraid OF ANY man ia the fifsi
ward; If your party tackles I'm gong TO Try and
! defend myself there then appeared 70 be rush AS
they were koiug take the pistol from HIM they ap-
Ieared TO be all IN bunch and two or three o them
dowt; witness then heard shot. u appeared TO be
very close 20 the ground. could net say whether the
then scattered and some jumped up and said, po.
i,ccmsn I'm n your charge and some one said "roce.
man fetch him along party went towards CEDAR street
and some half DOZEN stayed the spot though looking
for the ps.ol ard remarks were made amongst them,
who fired the sbo' "Who hrcd The thottp appeared
as though none OF could tell they got tired and
went away did recognize any of the party dad mot
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