The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-08

body OF Maurice Long, VINO died from the effects or
pistol shot wound received at the hands OF ofeer
Campbell, OF the Twenty seventh precinct police, In
Greenwich street on Saturday night last
The following is the evidence taken:-
TESTIMONY OF MARGAREr LONG
Margaret Long, sworD-I live at II Washington
street; the deceased my father; he was killed
last Saturday; did not see him when he was shot;
1t was after ten O'Clock in the evening when first
heard he had been shot; he at home up to eight
O'Clock and then left; ] don'r know whether
ne went to take q walk on bust
ness; about ten O'Clock ] saw policeman
clubbing my brother; at first did not see that 1t
was my brother; II was on the staircase IN our
house; heard the noise, and when went out ana
discovered 1t was my brother being dubbed told
the policemen there were twO) 10 let him 30 In with
me, Us he was my brother; both the policemen were
clubbing HIM; tried to pull my brother away and
begged the police not to kill him; they showed me
from them toward the door; then wen: into my
room and don't know what became OF my brother /
that night; don't know why the police were club
bling my brother; about eleven O'Clock ] heard my
father had been shot, did not him until he was
brought home dead
TESTIMONY OF LAWRENCE MORAN
Lawrence Moran, swOrn-I reside ut lbs Greea-
witch street; was acquainted with the deceased
Mr.. Long; was present when he was shot, at the
time, quarter past eleven O'Clock on Saturday night
~ was coming out Of 116 Greenwich street, saw
q policeman coming along having boy in custody
and Maurice Long running after them; he caught
up to them opposite l16 Greenwich street, and then
asked the policeman what he had arrested the hoy
for; the policeman put up his arm and made pass
with his club at Long; the latter caught the ON
GERS and tore part OF the seeve Of the olcers
cOat Off; the Oricer then let go the boy and put
his arm around Longs neck and Tired Two
shots at the deceased; alter the second he FELL
q i
can't recOllect which, the officer then began 10 cup
the deceased about the head and neck Tor should
think about five minutes; after the first shot was
fired another officer came up and on seeing now
matters were raped with his clubs the two OF them
ninety yards should nix; nobody inter cred with
the officers before the snots were fired as iar az
able to see there were fifty or sixty persons on
the sidewalk and in the street when the first officer
was clubbing Long.
Patrick Curran, sworn.-I reside at lbs Greenwich
street; was acquainted with the deceased; saw
| the shooting; 1t was about eleven o'clock was III
Greenwic street, near No. lls; the first thing tlat
| attracted my attention was the policeman grabbing
mold OF the deceased by the neck alter getting hold
| of Long saw the officer put his right hand behind
him and draw revolver and fire twice at Long; the
first shot was fired into the heart ana the second
the second shot the deceased staggered and tie oni
Ger followed hlm with club and struck him several
,mes could not say what part OF the body the p0-
liceman struck HIM on; there was no disturbance,
either before after the shooting, that could see
TESTIMONY OF ADELINE REM son.
ingon street; the deceased lived next door to me,
| and knew him very well; saw him last saturday
eleven O'Clock tnat nlgnt, wnen saw Jimmy Long.
| little boy. running up tine steps next door, FOL
the ~ ocers oweI the ooy INTO the house,
then heard noise and the boy crying; ran up the
STAIRS and saw the prisoner clubbing the boy over
| the head; saw Jimny's sister come out OF her
room and beg OF the officer to not XIII her brOtner
the officer then dragged the boy down stairs and
took him up Greenwich street; when near Carlisle
| street Mr., Long, the deceased, came up
| in the same direction the officer was going
asksa ae one sS 81 me
| the boy had done; the officer made no answer and
not 20 away he would CLUB him; the onicer then
| struck the deceased over the head three or four
times, and then pulled out his pistol and snot uhe
TESTIMONY OF MARY LoUGHRY.
Mary Loughry sworn--I reside at rs Washington
street; was ACQUAINTED with the deceased; Satur-
day evening, about quarter to eleven O'Clock,
was sitting at my own door, when saw two police
men running up the stoop OF No. II; heard screams
in the hallway AMI afterwards saw jimmy Long
Washington street. through Rector to Greenwich
street; followed them; between Morris and Car.
e Maurice Long , eee o Se Of au s0r
him on the shoulder, ASKED him to please tell HIM
what his son mad done; the oliicer replied THAT Is
OF them struck HIM with his club on the BACK OF
the head; the deceased then fell, and one OF the
officers fired two shots OF him; the deceased was
then dragged along the sidewalk; walked up to
the station house after them, and asking to see II
| he was dead they cubbed me, dragged me into the
station house and locked me up ali night
| TESTIMONY OF JAMES MURPHY.
| James Murphy, SwOrn--I reside at 20 GreenW1cn
street: was not ACQUAINTED with the deceased;
knew prisoner by sight only: about eleven O'Clock
on saturday night was standing on the corner o.
| persons running towards 10 Greenwich street;
followed to see what was s,G up; w sa%
his two arms raised 10 prevent the officers from
striking MN with their clubs; think there were
into the gutter and one Of the officers drew his pistol
and placed It right against Longs body and 1red
the officers then pushed him back about two steps
ana the same officer who had fired the first shot fired
again at the deceased, who Tell to the ground; IN
firing the second time he placed the pistol In seye
| raj places against the body Of deceased as II try
ing TO find particular place to snoot through; the
sam Oficer struck him twice on the forehead with
his CLUB alter this the prisoner Is the onicer wnt
TESTIMONY OF FREDERICK HANAL.
Frederick = nanal sworn am house surgeon
J ted to the hospital about quarter past eleven
Saturday night; he was dead when irst saw Nm
made post-mortem examination OF the body;
found two gunshot wounds, one seven inches from
the left nipple ana another one inch to the right OF
the sternum on level with the lower end Of the
breast bone; the wounds were probed and was un
able to discover the bullets; the course OF the wounc
on the left SIDE was downwards, oacSwards and IN
| wards, ana that on the right downwards, forward:
, | and Inwards: the abdomen was flied with blood OF
dark color; IN my opinion death was caused by In
: ternal hemorrhage from the grnshot wounds.
Y TESTIMONY OF JOHN MURPHY.
: John Murphy sworn-I reside at 70 Greenwich
street; | was not acquainted with the deceased
never saw HIM before Saturday night; about q1ar
ter 20 eleven O'Clock heard somebody call out ina
| there was u 'muss.' when went across the street
| ] saw Long and the policemen struggling together
TESTIMONY OF OFFICER PIERCE.
Charles 4. Pierce, sworn--l am pau Gilman IN th'
| Twenty-seventh precinct; on saturday night, abou
eleven O'Clock, as ] was going down Greenwich
street, near Liberty street, heard cluo rap an
F. fastened down TO between Albany street and Car
= | Isle; there was q crowd OF men, women and Chi
!, dren and in their midst three or four officers tryin
- To keep the crowd back from some OBJECT IN thel
J. midst; pushed in TO assist and saw man lying o
= the sidewalk while we were standing about IN
man stones .were lung at us from the crowd
heardtCampDeil say, ave must take the man TO ti
l. station house;n grocer In the nelghborhood eI
= deavored to assist In carrying the body when IN
: crowd tried to push him awav alI the time stone
we're being dung; the crowd did all they could
h prevent US from doing our duty.
{ TESTIMONY OF DIR. BEACH.
4 DIR. Beach testified that he had found several eS
4 ternal marks on the body OF the deceased-one o