New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-21
hHE MURDER OF rOLaCK OFFICER
DUKYKA,
Grial Of CshiiI Ccn,iBusd - uscertain
ChRracters- 300, $50 Revoivers Sold
Annuaiiy-The Evidence fer the Pros
seutiau COmpIetxd.

The first witness culled was
VIM II. Thomas. a city weigher and cuegcr who
fest6od thai he witnessed the shooting Of Duryca on
nhe 10th Of Nay 1854. rar fire pistol from the
S6ilroGd tack at the policeman. VINO had prisoner III
kusody. The man who shot he policeInan ran az ~
ahls occurred between SiXty-sec0ud and Shy
Cross e1amined-A very short time e'"p'ou O'
tween the two shots.
Augustus Miller pointer next called and ex'
summed. lie testified that he was ai Jones Woo on
tne 10th Of NAV aud OF leaving theFe saw mn h'lI
Sixy.GNL.st two pOlicemcn went ~ 10 Inc man dhu
brought linn down Second.sye.; There was crowd Of
about ten or eleven men there VINO ran away ia diIeF
eut directions when the policemen came mp; OuC ol tfe
pOhoemen followed some o! them. iliaE t.fcc shots
after them aud the other poLcenhN ARRESTED orc Wbo
was pointed out by The bleeding man middle sized
mau who ial an umhttiia ~ Lls manu. ucn came up
snd demanded The release Of 'hc prisoner the police
officer refused surrender hin. and the yorns uan
then stracI HIN in the face with the umbrella. ana sub
seqncnfl, fred to- shots toI bright shining pistol
CrOss.exaUiued--I first saw the bleeding nun III
Sixty.siKtb ST., there was a woman witH lm ~beG
first saw ilr the wounded man met the Cc.-~ on tbe
of S'StF-s'xtlst aId Second-aye.; crcwd co
leced around them Immediately. was about fro sttIs
behind Duryca when &c was ShOt the man Wh' hIea
bad lis face turned toward me- IN" oihcer gnt Is Adno
Ia lis pocket alter the firing OF the hrsi shot when ih@
mnn fred second time and the police otccr cll' was
examined OCCASIONS by the CoroLc. Wien iw0
ersOns in custody aud failed 70 ideDtr! ethcr oi
Them the man who killed luFyHa.
Mr.. BOramiu {. Sparks. contractor, testified That
he resided the vciny o. the scene Of the occurrence
AID witnessed of At he was IN his stable ID tie
corner Of Sxty-sccOnd-s and Second-ave. and slw
man a.
sye.; WAGNER was running after him; tie iosiv was
a young mtu.
Officer ScJfald rccalIed--On the evening Of the 9Th
May was duty al tie corner OF Sxiy-siAihst and
SeoOnd-sve. Oihcer Duryca aud myself were together
near the Sycondaye. Depot when citizen complained
10 him that he was assault I'd. and pointed out the
sailehts Chased them. and Ofcor Duiyca followed
behind ne SKY fourth ST. portion Oi the crowd
ran across Ire lots toward irstaye. followed them
and left Du'yra behind me fred sIOs az the party;
one of item drew a revolver and sackened his pace;
dred and lie threw away hs IeyOiver on hearing Of the
disturbance j ret1rncd and run after COpren whom
srrested 90 Secondaye.; found rofoNer on his
person.
Objection made to the last answer and oyorruled.
Win ss-l examined the revolver and found all the
chambers loaded about neal n-dozcn were In the group
30 which the bleeding man pointed did not know the
prisoner Ca i'll at that time.
CrossexamLed-Q Between the time OF ConneIs
escape and drrsst by YOU had hs ample time 10
load lis resoyet A Yes: three or -four pistols could
DC loaded in that time.
Thomas Hart testified tAat he was examined last
Autumn before Justice Dodge bur not before the CorO
uer; IN JOnes's Wood the 10th MAY, and there
saw Cabii ana John Connel saw Connc arrested and
heard Cahl tell the officer 10 leave the prisoner go,
~hch the officer refused to do Cahl stepped back and
took box of his pocket and pistol olt OF The box
sShich be pointed at the officer wh0 fell, Cahiu ran
across the lot and Council TaL down the venue.
q. Why did you not &c and tell the authorities al
this
Objected to sud Withdrawn.
The witness answered before the objection was made
o. Because I afraid
Cross.e,ami instiuu-Wen up TO the wood early in
the mOrnii in OOat VIII some young men whose
90 not Know; they were in the rl'er IN toa
end asked them TO iesve me H. which they dd; ola
rot know az the time h't they had stolen Tic boat
earted th them when VIC r0 10 the wood and dd Lot
see them afterwards remained NJ the place Tor iDr or
five hOurs and saw Chh.ll erd COHncll there; cannot
cell the name Of any Oiber pJrsOn whom met IN the
wood that day. was IN company with different par
ses, but DO not TecOlcct who they were; do not
know what pic mic il was ionceman sald II belonged
90 church in FOurtceAtbsi. and said that was the
fmmHcuale Conception Church; might have sitended
other pic-nics Of Jones' VI oOd; had some refresh
uVsHu Hn|fv nlnu flfr
parties but caunOt now rcCOllect their names got
home shout O'Clock that evening. and was at liquor
that night; hrst mentioned the shooting 10 my
brother and ,iterward at JeiIereon Market, know
BARLEY OLonuvr.
o Did you say 70 him that you knew nothing about
the shooting Of DuTyea, but that you were gong 10
ssear t was Cahill no did II az any rates A. No.
sir; mentioned 1t, or anything ike IL am II
years old volunteered to make TIE hlhdaVh before
sbs mag istrste; asked me 10 make one after
making the affidavit was sent 10 tie House OF Deten
ton; was imprisoned twice once for stealing dog
and rgain FOR committing o. outrage on HOmani Ton
nell aud were perfectly good friends at the time Of my
making the affidavit; neIer asked him ior money.
O. What do you do for liFingf A. / live with my
mother: I worked with tLem, with my .athei and
EOther .
Q. Mention anything you e'er did for them a. Ny
Gather key two thee h0sts and used 10 help hm
20 work with them; that two OF three yeSlE ago;
have been feeding hogs fo- ny mother; she keeps fl
teen o. twenty Of them; my brother was charged Win
larceny Nj thc time | mace iiis anidayt.
Q lid ,Ou not understand tnat morning when yOu
saw CoDncl that be the person who preferred the
shhTQel \ Y 10 NAL NOltlLg IN INC ptltIhs i
did not understand that my broth'l was under arrest
on charge preferred by Cornell, Cd MOI krOw Inst De
10 be OF the witnesses against m brotner that
morning: that Afternoon / heard thot there
were three charges against my OrOthcT-two for
grand larceny, and for assault and battery;
am OF Irish descent; cannot tell whether most Of
abe people at the picnic were lrish OF German. or
Trench. American; II had known that il was the
picnic Of aCsiho.c Chu ch siould say they were
Irish never spoke TO OhceT Harris exoep when !
met hin u Jefferson Market Police COuu
Redir,ci-Q. This fling u witnessing Of jefferson
Market question OF whether Cornell snou.d blow
vOui tsiiy. party Council ffstf A The
fact OF seeing Council thore that morning induced me
tell ofChJ II have known the prisoner six
year.; CIhl ffeGuentcd the liquor store alluded 10.
Tbome, II. DOlan, pis;ol-manuiacturer
1mincd IN reference 10 The pistol Drcach.ioGdiug re
rolver ~ 800 Of which he tcshed were annually sold
10 the cOuiuy.
Owen Han testified that he knew Connel and Cahil
for YEAR; saw CahIl in uouston-st. near Broad
way d few nights after tie murder committed .
Cshl told bin thar be shot Dury ea with pistol which
h. took cr. c bis pocket and that he WAS going to
Boston he said be would give the pistol 10 the Jersey
man (HhgLes); | saw Cahil about six weeks aery ard
witness sick on the day OF the pic.lic AZ Joncss
Wood.
Cro>s-rxnmination-The conversation occurred under
awning IN HousUn.st. there were some persons with
nc and IaAili called me aside and told about the
dtsd with Bom for some months preceding: them
some weeks aterw ard passing IN and Out Of liquor
store theI'; DO not remember their names, CAhil
left IL oct 10 minutes amer telling the
until ap carCd before JuitcC Dodge the Clerk tOlG
Iue that COnpell had made charge o! larceny
sgsnn iae and then ! made the affidavit;
two charges of grand larceny and Of
assault aud battery were made against ne;
do noi Know that other indictments pending
against Ile COW; am in cu,tOdy IN the IODhh at pre-
sent officer has ever spoken 10 me on te subject Of
,hs murder. do not know anything about the ndict
ne,fs araaf 1 believe have counsel aud expect