, 1869-07-23

How tho Affair Happened nnd Who
were The Perpetrators Of tho Ont
rneo-The Excitement In The ViE-
lnKc-The Sheriff and His officers
on Hand 10 Prevent n Disturb
AnCes
Ffous tAs yeap FORK Ueyald, July IL,
Ies %psaeIoas ss,aHt xh!ee va made Ipoa
bs1keepeT, sui continues 70. b Ias theme oI con.
reason o. another, best known - the parties
concerned In The zt1rsy-sae Assatled AZ Eeu ns
the .sasil1nts-knowIed4e Of the outrage vas
condition Of one Of tho injured parties had
reached such critical point that farther coz
n r. T0r.a na1e ,,e oesn soa laden nc
aratr has yet been published.
The facta cau be hEietJ stated: On the alght OF
Wliissn:nurg sad oven, of ke1sIk s~ho hsd ar
fiscd IN the company Q! two other priests bat =
few hoars Previous 10 the asssnlr and had put up
srrolI Wh1e Walking along III unlreqGentcd
la1t Of the shore, Father Pngan suggested that q
foed s5.n xould 70 stns refTssan9
after assuring themselves that there was
no other person IN theit I1cinity, .quietly
They had scarcely begun tnls very ordinary operl
lion Mnen two girls, Afterwards ascettatnen 10 be
q miss Fanny Carroll, q niece Of BENJAMIN Mott,
snFubpery worI near 81. Mis- Carroll ut oncs I'd.
d1e aed 6ersell 10 she Two priests and remarked
That naked bathing On the beach WIS not allowed,
gentlemen should act accordingly. It was 10 dark
at the time that the priests we're unable 70 dzcern
who their iuterlocutors were, but one os them re-
without bathing clothes 1t 70 late an hour Il was
entifelt improper for young ladies' 10 bc out IN so
lonesome place ~ they were At 80 Late m hour
spot, mu!murln9 something the priests did not
hear, and to wh..ch they paid no attention About
hall an hour after tails occurrence the latter left
tel when Just opposite Ben}amln Motts Aoase
ne9 Mso nss n g. ,as
aoft nd se' ou, p0p corst
Mott wns the n1st to strlte blow, and Fsther FL
En wa1 nsppsDsd, e BE- iew sps ahsaa Of
}cctiye point He was !e!ed md partially stunned
By The force Of Tho blow, but quickly recovered
Mott Struck him aorn win H. foot Not knowing
who his nssailant was, he cried cot, III Al Cath
ole priest. " When he rece!7ed another blow and a
the Papist priest" Father Owen had, meanwhile,
buried no 10 where the scufHlnV wzs going on,
than be was se!xed b.. the tals, BY Corser, who
struck him In the temple with somc instrument
lIe fell from the violence Of :he blow. while the
blood EuBbed profusely from the wound cauBet BY
"Im stabbed, % be fell, when the two men
s@S Mho 1es Il Mo,
hAd done al IN bis power 10 keep Mott and his Ear-
Keeper from doing the priests further injury.
adray, siates that bis a.sentson Nas attracted 10
the row by hearing Mn. Mott CT out: =. Stop II
stop It, Bent" and snother votce, For Goda
kpkt STOP" He also states but that for himself
and Corser Mutt would have murdered Father FL.
R,p-that q, hs Judges 70 from the savage manner
Il nGt sv o5 Rss snS tho II, H1t
e1nent can be FrcoDci!ed with the fact Of Cofsers
brutality toward Father O~en Is rather nyate1i'
ou1, 2 kay The least hut as ihe gentleman u ques
posed 10 BtatnK all be knoWs about tho matter the
mystery may not be 10 deep that It cannot 1e IN.
rsyelied BY proper Investigation. II vas rumorcd
day or two ago TINT Father Fn9tu Has under the
impression that Mott had nothing whatever To tlo
with The attack On him. and that be felt certain
t.sal he and hls fellow priest had been assaulted
no secret thing o! his participation to The attack,
md has spoken to serczni pcEsous on the sao}eci
II ase to
Ia needless 10 state that tho excitement ovc1
tho ouirngc la running very high lust nov u Fai
tearinR down % nss house We over his head have beer
frequently made, md yesterday especially the ia
d!ca1lous pointed very strongly towards such q
tso viiiaEc noticcs we1c posted Up. pa1poltins
be elgned by "yieilaoce committee ortienan
all the guests at Motts hotel to ieare before noon
The house, It il sa1d were ordered BY the same
authority 10 consider Mott no longer thcn
"boss-' The lew guests who Wcro Ht hi
house did not comply with the order Of Inc
vigilance conmit.ee' before noon, aud Up to 4
o'clock no disturbance had taken plsce In the VII
lagc. The Sheriff Of Queens County, accompanied
By three Of hs oflcer arrived at the plsca late IN
the day to prevent any breach Of the peace. It L
contended by many pcrsont that the "ylgtlancc
committee order WAS Int an tngcnlLus Dodge Of
Mott to gain the sympathy Of the puuc, aud ns .
proof Of thls suFrnso they point 10 the fact That
after the prescribed hpnr for the departure OF the
disturbance whatever. This however, ID only Rtycr
As a GuEulse aud can be takeu for Whist II Is worth,
The man Corser, It may be added, has dissr-
peared from the village and no person secu1s tc
know nyth,ug OF his whereabouts.