The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-07


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Fsarss Ward STATES Isssse-rke iss~sss-
xasiss "a be Hess~~1 Ts-D~y-<sseat later
81 Manifested In Pssisivst ssrri~s.
The inquest upon the heiy u Daniel Frssl vho wss
shot a. the corner q Frsakon ssi Pear srests vas
commenced Yesterday 81 the yssrs prcelnss station
house before Coroner sehmmsr Long before The boar
appointed fos inpansisg shs jury. sns station house
va. besesed Win the fnsnas % me decessed ana sns
alleged murderer. Jeremiah Hard ysa no less thaa from
two 10 three hundred beas present. is fact .
strong force Of police csssled % keep ths
crowd outside tho oailalas. There vas . large
representation OF politicians smong whom vss Alder.
man Conan. Fatty welsh, Coauclsnaa rIynn Billy
Walsh the late eaniidae for cosny clers, aud osbers
The inquest was held In the snns room in shs rear Of
the station house. Tho following lsry -Y snpss.
elied:-J i shultr, 500 CHI street; Ambrose X Eiy.
l03 Gold street; George Pscn. ~ cola street. r. A
Fercva, 3a3 Pearl street; James Murray, as3 Pearl
street: W o~eos' 5sl Pear street; samuel
Chichester, 36s fear street: Thomas a. Murphr.
sI2 Pearl street The PRISONERS jeremiah liar.
digan James Mccsbe, hays ana necully ..rs
brought in and seated IN the little adjoining
directly behind the jury They all seemed deeply la1.r
ested in the evidence given py the ~lnssas naragan
manifested great anxiety throughout the whole proceed
inga
Hugh Friel being duly sworn, dspossd AMI sald:-i
reside at No Oxford street. Brooklyn. the deceased
my son; he resided in this city with his sister No ~
Jacob street; the last time him The 3ls OF
October last; know nothing about tie shooting Of the
deceased.
Elizabeth Rorke being duly sworn sad-i reside At
357 Pearl street, about twenty minutes past twelve
o'clock yesterday, as was eating my dinner on the
third floor, front room OF the above buding got up
and went TO the window hearing the report Of =
pistol: saw a mau without whiskers running. the
1 n1ssn' ,h how present Identity TIE man -
following young man named McCabe; each
side Of car that was passing Al this time Har.
dgan got around and fired shot nj hcCAbe, just
McCabe stopped his head McCabe then got up after
the first shot, and then down Frankfort street
did 80 Hardigan fred second shot ~ McCabs no
other persons by at the time except the
and driver Of the did not the shot nred the
the deceased fall just first al the window
the horses attached TO the and going down into the
learned that the deceased had been shot:
McCabe's hands
Mary Duny, being duly sworn said IL reside Al No
OF the matter was about twenty minutes past twelve
o'clock had just sat down to dinner when heard The
report OF pistoij on going to The window heard
second shot, and looking out into the street
stopped 1t tho corner man was lying on the track,
and the driver was turning the horses
Are shot down Frankfort street at another man who
running; identify jeremiah Hardgan, the prisoner
now present. a. the man who fred the pistol the shot
be fired was while he was standing the crosswalk;
after firing he put the pistol In his pocket and walked on
Andrew Hanley, being duly sworn says:-I reside at
No. 1856 Pearl street. am in the book and stationery
business between twelve and O'Clock was coming
up Pearl street, and when opposite Frankfort street
saw party OF men who were quarreling; was In
Of the Blocker street at the time heard the de-
ceased say, Are you prepared; he was addressing,
think, Mr.. Hays, one Of the prisoners present;
Hays made no reply Mr. Hardigan Zone Of the prsonersl
said, 'Come down to the corner, have little
moro excitement; the deceased said, 1--WE here let
us have II here" Mr. Hays said, 1--WE have no time
now but we are the best three little citizens that come
into this ward he Strengthened himself up and
moved back about three feet; Mr. McCabe stepped
forward 10 Hardigan. and another gentleman he
unable 10 identify stepped up and pulled McCabe away
Mr. Hardgan had bag 10 bis hand he put the bag
left hand in his pocket, and drew his revolver and
pointed the pistol ~ deceased, who fell the rail-
road track then be saw Hardgan the street.
ostlsd against witness and he In the drug
store the that ostled against him after and
fred revolver st Mr. Hardgan, and quick As he bred
he towards Frankfort street; could not say what
kind OF weapou he had could not identify the man
heard two shots afterwards; remained In the drug shop
I'LL be shoags. the nrng was all over he knew all tho
prisooers except Gallagher; had no personal acquain
with Hard.gsn; knew hcCabs for ABOUT ten years
Ellen colI!nh. No. 50 Warren street Brooklyn, an
ploysd At No $50 Pearl stree:wa sitting IN the win
dow abou, twsvs o'clock Jaw . man with . purple
coat, identified man With hts hand in a sling as being
corner ~ Pearl street her attention was attracted 70
man tai:ug in the strsct In front Of the drug
she stood ~ Al the window and saw man with :
dark brown coat on standing In the middle Of Pear
| stree, WITH pistol IN his hand. raised and pointed
| towards another man, who was behind car in tho
street. the mar thai had the pistol raissd ran back
| sioor 70 Trankn street, and the other pursued
him Rard!gan went down Pearl street; could net 70
sa,ss Kane 30 sdcsm.n. sworn stated b. was going
70 inpeY AFTER twelve o'clock heard report Of
three shots In rapid successon he started to
BE- eas Of the prisoner Hays with bis arm
Tired and drop In front OF him. cried out
STOP 'hs murderer. who was Fastening awsy; pursued
The murderer, gv.ng the alarm a. be went along; saw
Ore from hays PISTOL but observed his hand raised
snd could not ywsn that there wa anything his
hand; . bystandW bandsd the witness revolver; q
man came up a'tss The orng and SAID be would have
shot the sccused n he bad his revolver about him
recognized Hays by his cioihing cniy.
Charles Nurrpy IL Jacob sest worn testified that
he passing up fasg;ort street With anchor
be mes three men ia Gn3w vhe ibey were; .
pistol II ms msn rsnas Sd res know the
that had the plstc' rs hand sa~ ths shot;
him fall; sbere wss fs.:'oad along at the
time; my way 20 iinnsi ~ ths time; never saw
the rrsousr peors sent for by Freis frienta to
appear - . wtnen; the suy words heard one Of
them say, wm ds,ioo. Dan, had 40 words With them
Frel snd myself had just from the polls in PecS
slip. where bad voted drive for Jonp Kennedy. u
Brooklyn