New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-26
THE ILLEGED MURDER BY 4 Police
NAN IN BBRGEN CITY.

CORoNERs INSTRUMENTATION OF TIE
JURY-TIIE POLICEMAN ARRESTED AND COM
MITTEU FOR TRIAL.
The investigation in the case Of the German,
Frederick Lau who died at tho Bergen Police Station
Monday morning from injuries received by being struck
over tho head with club by Farrell. held
fore Coroner Warren ut the Bergen yester
day Tho excited great deal Of interest and quite
large crowd Of spectators was present Tho following
JOIN Kent .ssaI Police osceri BERGEN City on 10
roIn,g ice. IN vent ont 10 es c,yier ~ Ss,ss
AID Oasr Fsre Of Monticello ssd Bsuonsys
T, d lat il We, he Rogsinan BOXED out add saw ths sa
,rt ~
tas under bis ,ul told One Farre rather singular
What he bal hest Do told bin be bad better overhaul the and
% @ 0asr F,T to 20 on and hat YOU'D follow im when be
-, byt t,f boss Of hid lin hal The p.oueTs The osss
raped she ruurng uk for assistance, up sud found
tie prisoner sitting the street aIOus,ds tbe officer
tact Ia Of and hni I up he 60 si,ionIIoue
we os'a n s n Sgt ,rr tUs uut E eo { ~ az
Of Mogieo gd there We me. TIE round;HAa Mr.
oacer tod him gt Up; be Ia, sgaa Farrs
@sf House. vi" ne pr p s he wanted go SG (. could not Is
he would m tie citizens Will, hs DH,oH, ,bont to star.
hold Of hi, assist him he meant Pierce and Farrell
minutes before then went when the
40 $1,000 re G cow S s s So " @ n g' F S " ED. pa IF
stop when 40 ofeer orders 700 he said he voud have
.houi being t6oeiea down when tie deceased pad down ,4 Es
deceased said he gOag to iObOkeu on board of ship
At2p. m the Court took recess for half an hour.
,n,., w,cb ,woH reside ia lie city Of Bergen .nd At. po
m,n was ns ny s i' Sa I as 3 r ss
road standing stick Of timber placed keep people
from Sitg I tt Gss .lsl bm 5eTe he gobs bo
stepped Of a s ,'T ?s, ag Ina ,a s.,e& a. h where B.
hight ARM 'a a coat Turning toward me- pot ogt my
e and after going 200 yards lost sight o! bun this before
ocsr Parre he did spear be under the influence Of
3 dr.tl al m 10
an the morning Of the ag Va, .ps.Lrg 10 Oce Pierce on The
SoS,r Of Boa ssG Goasore s1d at tie time here spp,si to
b, BersHve about ore block away NJ Pierce said be
Would 20 up What amounted TO- s14 he wanted assistance be
zap beard nothing more Of n1u heard sight zap Of ne
ks9' llt ava the P 10 h. SSg Hood rom b nos S
wav and the oGcer examined him oheer Fare proposed
or, aud NJ Fa tool hold arm Remaining prisoner
could run s enough Viii. asc he prisoner SAID he woad
g When be go upon Ms feet he seemed to lie weak and staggered
Fns M Pierce then went toward The station House Mr. Farrel
said that he had ai h man 10 ne see q, suspicious eaAaeer
With the club be man vas running when he struck
Nicholas Pierce ,"0rI so police Gn.r y Bergen ci:yi on The
T"rd.e me. Oacer, and Kent Moutcsoae; Farrell said
be who acted 'psGq ha be halted BIN ana ,Sd PIN
could get hun he said he bad much trouble aud iG. be could
ceased lay aooP lad NY hand on the man aud @ nun 20 get
and told bin he bad get up and come down 70 e
statonOui be got uri zoe prisoner Hsn'.o 70 axe n
so Of b, arm and omsr other side oncr Fael
he d shy he could not wk be vas able to u while
and walked quite cos be appeared TO A9r and sagge
Al, lqu0ri once IN while he waited 10 stop ana
said that be wanted
al he would that he would 90 10 the Prus
charges 70 hm be SAID mat he would get
German ship to take om this country that be did not wan.
,o nor. TO be KILLED. asked him how he bad been this
cp and replied eight coming close TO The statonhou,e
h. b,oord for pocei when he into tue sauonh0use he
~, dop on that behind the dek 10 take the necessary
oncsr Farrell told the be did aud b..
Officer searched him and found 80 and some papers 10 d
moi give The papers T then TOOK charge Of pm ana
was groufg making considerable noise Win MS eet on
Inc hoard bunk sitting aud appeared to want 70 WON'T
under the impression that prisoner bad been dnkpg put ne sd he
10 not, washed head before he locked upj there
va, hut lille blood, and the cut could hardly be
,sea /. had no idea coming down rom MonteeHo1yel
st was hurt the prisoner made no complaint Oe fHs dd
& M, n O'Clock When the came Oh duty some of the
among Officer Farrell In and heard the prisoner moan
and Ohcer Farrell not Hiking the condition DO was ~ came 70 me
nd told Ohcer FaTTtl De BAD
80 90 Tor be Doctor he did vert home ten minutes ater
L die locked tho cell OJ my oderi when let
Al len minutes the prisoner vas SUI 10 the cell -,
Bergen thyi on The
nsL q m the brought by ohcer Farrell, and
pTsous usually got pail Of water and Mr. Pierce
looked the WOUND ard did not think there
up aud NOS more than twenty minutes
s called drink OF uater puta cup Of water the usual
Ne and he could not get up tor ~ went 10 and gave 10
mi he only about swallow thought be was trying TO
than be In ie" minutes no called again Tor
.nI gave him sonei went In again and called 0fser
pisres- he then yonited 90 the foor
Inc further Of witness was eoroeorsivs Of that Of Oheer
PeIee.I ,.-, M, ar, rr,pxr or opprcrp plpprr
oNcs ohu Farrell being cautioned that be not bound to
following voluntary statement: On the
- of no Kent the Monticello aud
and walked with bin far his house, stopped there
auk dduk OF water no told me to To come iu'de tho
sae; uhe theIs IeM6 iAs ualsT, We hstl E9 ~ as