Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-24
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NEW YORK RIOT.
The GOrOUer.s InuueSf-

NEW YORK, July 2i.-This forenoon Coroner
noung commenced an inquest on the bodiSs OF
ihose who were shot during the recent riot The
inquiry took place in the sth district court room
but lew were present when the inquest com
henced. ASSISTANT District Attorney Sullivan
Hss present; The following Jurors were present
John A. Dnganne, Marshall I.efferts, j. b.
Demorest. VIM. A. Prime, Henry Comstock
Algernon Neoble, and John Duane.
1ns coroner then addressed theJury, instruct
ing them to inquire how and in what man
ner and when and where certain persons
named to them came TO their death, and
also the circumstances attending such death;
and SAID II was their duty 10 make a true
inquisition according to the evidence offered
them. They must act upon the evidence without
excitement, passion or prejudice. The deputy
coroner then read the names of the persons who
met their death, and described the nature of
each gun shot wound in each case. Two names
were not ascertained, the bodies not being iden-
uhed: Several witnesses were then examined,
ali OF whom testified that they saw shots fired,
but could not identify any one who had fred
stephen y. Meany appeared as counsel for the
relatives OF some Of the dead, but Coroner Young
OF counsel, and said he would do so in his own
way. Nearly all the witnesses testified that the
shots were fired by the crowd before the mill
tary fired on the crowd.
DR.. c. V. Lordly testified that when the pro-
cession passed 2ith street he saw a woman wave
white handkerchief with an orange border
Mhen man walked up to her and shot her; sew
eral other shots were fired when the military
hred into the crowd; one of the wounded had a
pistol; several wounded were taken 90 his store
three of whom died there.
George MeMurty, No. OF, Sth avenue grocer
saw one shot fred from the sidewalk: the pro-
cesslon halted and the policemen cleared the
corners; a return fire from the military took
place in about five minutes afterwards.
Charles Smith, No. SD sth avenue the keeper
OF lager beer saloon, testified all he saw was
when the procession was passing, woman throw
some garbage al the military.
VIM Clark, police officer, searched several
OF the mob that day on the sidewalk and took
arms from them.
Oliver Tens, a police officer, heard n pistol,
discharged from the window of a house on the
southeast corner of oath street, and i'm two or
three seconds afterwards heard two or three
shots fred from houses; saw missiles thrown.
the military fired about two minutes after: saw
the crowd going up Sth avenue at II O'Clock
some OF whom were armed.
Officer james McGraw heard one shot from a
house on 9th street, the military fired in about
three minutes afterwards; the police were dis
persing the mob, which was retreating when
the military fired; the police only used clubs saw
fired.
John III. Banner, a merchant of No. 32g west
4lst street, saw a man dressed in linen suit fire
pistol into the air at the corner of 25.h Street
was satisfied that was the only shot fred before
the military fired.
The Coroner said he had Tried to Obtain all
the evidence he could which would throw light
ON the subject, but failed in obtaining anything
more than what had already been testified. He
had endeayored TO discharge his duty Impair
tally, and was ready TO postpone the inouiry III
the jury thought il necessary
Ihe jury saw no necessity for prolOnging the
invest gation, and retired at . O'clock and re
turned the following verdict in FIVE minutes
" We md that these parties came to their deaths
on the 18th instant, by gunshot wounds. at the
having signed the verdict in forty-two cases,
were discharged.