New-York tribune., 1869-03-30
THE SING SING REVOLT.
THE KILLING OF THE CONVICT o'NEM-CoRo-
NER'S INYEsTIGATION-TWO WITNESSES EX-
AHMED.

THE KILLING OF THE CONVICT o'NEH-CoRo-
NER's INvEsTIGATIoN-TWO WITNESSES EX-
AHMED.
Coroner Flynn commenced an investigation
yesterday in the examination attached TO the coro
ners Office at the City Hail. into the circumstances at
tendant the shooting of Charles H. Lockwood alias
Henry ONei of the party Of convcts who escaped
from Sing Sing prison the morning of the 18th inst
and who shot by Charles sullivan. Of the prison
Keepers in the barn OF Capt Jacob Storms Tarry
town on the evening OF that I'd day the In particulars o,
witnesses were present, among whom were Coroner
Mckee Of Westchester County and VIM SKINNER OF Sing
Sing, counsel for the prison authO1les OF that place
The first witness examined was Capt Jacob Storms, In
whose barn the deceased was sH9 e s6S S
and Imer on THURSDAY March 49, one OF my sons came to my bed
horse thieves then went George and found ont from him
suspected the men came With the
that the men were dressed IN hghl ong A y Mee en IN e
the door t6; Ss%, that eo53
among The hay, but GuSG 5 no 0I I G s & vent into the
WOODS woo .no ssnO hon, % W to % jock @ M hat S.y man % lam, my
iSs road 5.. 95s GSP, @ h.d escaped from slug sing .i
Caleb that doubt the men George bad seen were the escaped
s e MY .Soa, ceo wen, BONE ,bd Sssbsr. tod br on
wdey there paa guards acting
insulting am III LEANED % @ that ~ ny % Two sons BAD & :eahog 3 .moSs
them aOsG 70 q: depot and there meeting The pSa M bad @ d
hanson had then the barn. and begun search for tie other
sDIs n, 3 ssS y S '9'S n e. s s s b% % Soe S '
get some cOS. my son: were W 1s in The barn ties. SsI
they would watch house that night with guard finding
their suspicious that The convict had gS' away from h, barn,
itod them Che guard the other bsHj
guards Charley Sullivan and another whose do know
away together with williamson hey gone
resolved to tale down tv.ry ,hs
hay this said for effect 80 that the man who s The bay should
.a during the day the barn by .bo generally al
about has minute tferwrd heard nsps voice coming fora
ifs ofSO use and that can't get away o. come
down. and ha. he should be cared r on 10y saving his be Jumped
down the floor sshng close by oil this time he held his lsnd.
hm to bow h got into tie brn ud be aid that b. i nv
p from II. otbe nsu asked bin what became the other so mem
thinking s.. meant The two & TPo we're r. ~ ~ % 0p9y he s' 'Su, our
the other Of The FIVE who bad escaped be told that they
sSied answering me- c williamson The Constable Of TtopG
so sS we Is 5or I sif on s oSSc S'' Of % $ @ % M
out with uphed hands Oh Carey for GG' sale don't shoot me
prison Charles Sullivan sd IOshus Mng spproshuE they
ONe noticed sullivan bad revolver bis hand in reply
9Ners begging not to be shot @ sai'.a said: %Ie, Cd
on the len de sbdmet being wounded Omen
feied BIN On tie bead and .ds Williamson a.ssd and tod &
not 20 murder TIE man snvAn saa VII M aot sLooi aa.g
get Up and dress hm'sf QNs was 10 bis ds.sr. lfs No 'e
him be bleeding death and showed them where t,
The keepers swore at hm and ssd D-n yoa that's where
bin sa /. sal, 5, was unable 10 Va being shot bsy aid be should
have no wagon that they wa taking held him. one
by each keepers started os win oSl 'ugssd that
take the wounded man ran ,sd & The os & T11 w 70 GoI % @ l' re-
other men asked Whsmso6 II tbsy right to shoot OSe
s:I had aTrsos5 be 1 s G bad & not IT.: 0 .na 3 y va, scsT &
made bin ss through p orchard about m @ when unable yak
Charles Sullivan the who shot the deeeed about o'clock
The witness was afterward recalled and questioned
relative 70 the finding OF some money belonging to ONei
ne stated na o me me- faS aer te o6 6eadg a e
tO and knife he searched the barn thoroughly but found
Of bills and currency amounting to " G these he had
to the prison warden The witness had been told
that Sullivan had tainted his son, Charles at the depot
Tanytown, with having found and kept $500 belonging
TO the prisoner The above was the only foundation Tor
the story.
Charles williamson a constable Of the town of Mount
Pleasant testified that he the prisoner In the Gus
soon ufterward a train came nm and the two Eeepers
Charles sullivan s1d Joshua Manning, got on; on seeing
was told from Capt stormss barn; Manning suggested
witness that they up there and 0o the others
on reaching the barn, they questioned Wdey aout the
prisoners. and he denied knowing ANYTHING about
snDpos,He that lawrence the village constable,
had given them wrong information, the party started
for the house Capt Storms but met him OH the
way witness found pair Of convict pants in the NOW
1.-THE greater portion OF the remainder OF hs testimony
ness received S33 the prison authorities for aiding
TO return oNe told Capt Storms that sullivan had no
considered It murder before reaching the barn Sullivan
Dr. Isaac g. Collins, physician Of Sing Sing Prison tes-
tifed that he had treated the deceased after being
the symptoms at length and added that death
on the 2th inst No examination was made by coroner
opinion Witness death caused by jaundice, acce
Grated by perltontal nhannaon aulaeSnI 10 the |eI &
prison officials did not deem necessary and tho friends
wanted 20 the body Immediately This also pre-
vented witness from making post mortem examination
Of the body. The was then adjourned until today
II o'clock During the examination Mr. Skinner objected
10 some questions prOpOunded by the Coroner. He
told that counsel would be allowed TO interfere unless
the Assistant Distr1ct-Attorney was also present
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