New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-09
IN THE FOURTH WARD.
Man Shot and Morally Wounded in n
Porier.IIonsc In Jnn'es-siip-Corener'
Inquest and Finding OF the Jury.

| Early Yesterday morning row occurred in the
low drinking saloon Of Peter Mathews No.e Jamessp.
more familiarity known Slaughter House Point
between party OF drunken ruians and the bartender
Peier ONciL Finally one Of them named Ricnrrd
OSuyan struck the bartender In the face twice win
hi- open hand. While he was in the act Of reaching
over the bar in order to seize bottle with which to re
new the attack OSeil drew pistol and fred M LIS
opponent tie ball taking effect in the abdomen.
One 81 the friends Of the wounded man, named John
Manning then fred AZ ONell. the bali missing hin.
| Thomas Hart then seized Manning and wreuched the
pistol from him. and Neil ran up stairs. lie was FOL.
lowed by HAT who. overtaking ONel at the head Of
Il ght Of stairs fired at him. This shot Just grazed
TIE flesh. ncting slight bruise. but doing 10 further
/ injury.
cincf attracted by the noise OF the came to The
place. and arrested ONeil. Manning ard Hart The
wounded man vas conveyed to New York Hospital.
and fingered until o'clock yesterday morning wien
be expired.
Later in the day Coroner Cover held IN inquest on
the body at the Hospital, and the following testimony
john Rogin OF No. - Jsmes.st.. testified that he
VS. d. 10. saloon In question AZ about o'clock yester-
lay rofniug and In company WIN me deceased MAJ
a l. Hart. Henry Runners, George Dowdell ana 9th
es the party had three four drinks each, and every
thing appeared friendly up TO this time; deceased went
into the reading room, m the rear Of the barrOo aud
commenced 10 sing I'm Lonely Tonight y Nell
interrupted and nsulted him. and deceased then came
out front OF the bar and asked for drink some words
passed between them, and deceased shipped ONel
lei side OF the Win DIS open lfhu
on the side Of the face and insisted upon having
q drnk ONeil then took large revolver (the one now
shown from behind the bar cooked II and held It in his
left hand deceased reached behind the bar and seized
a bottle and while In that position ONeil shot him IN
the abdomen; / asked ONei TO give me the pistol; h.
refused 10 40 So sayng be had acted 70 seidecnso he
went upstairs. and while there heard the report OF
pistol shot do not know who fired II; the officers
soon came In and arrested Neil; deceased and U Nell
were both under the influence Of liquor.
Harry R,mers OF No. 9Jamesslip. head bartender In
,ta rItc AZ foregoing
tho tine the shooting: he states that imme dately
aft the shooting he took the pistol from the hand OF
the prisoner Immediately after which Manning fired
pistol Il O'Neil; Hart then jumped upon the bar and
pushed him offs he then grabbed the pistol from Man
mag aud pursued OMEN up stairs; heard one or two
shots fired up stairs both were partially lnt9A,cated
number oil other witnesses corroborated the above
testimony. -
DIR. Thomas T. Sabine, House Surgeon Of tho New
York Hospital testified that tue deceased was brought
into The institution while suffering from pistol shot
wound about inches above the uinbllcun and inch
10 tie riht of the medan line; the Oal Led passed.
through and removed from the muscle Just above
the of the um; death was caused ny leAorruge
arising from the wound received.
The case was then submitted 10 TIE jury, VINO rem
dered verdict that the deceased came 10 hs death by
pistol sEot wound at the hands of Peter U Neil
On the rendition Of this verdict the prisoner was
committed 10 the TOmbs BIZ the Coroner 10 await tho
action of the Grand jury lie is native OF Ireland.
aged - years He insists that re acted Ia sefdeiense
Deceased native Of Ireland, aged 81 years. aud
has on several occasions been arrested by the police
During the latter part OF tho war he was bounty
broker but has lately been runner for an emlgfant
and sailors boarding house. aud shipping house. He
unmarried. resided in the house IN when 10 was
shot.
The entire party described by the police to be OF
very bad character Tho locality Of the shooting is one
OF the worst in the city, rows beng OF Almost nehty
occurrence Several cases Of stabblng and shooting
have previously taken place there.