The New York herald., 1871-07-14
4 POLICE PROTEST.
What Capitals Petty Saw During tho Fight In
Eighth Avcnue-Ihs Eighty y.i0urth Rcgi-
ment IndIcfed by the PoIics.


Eighth Aveuue-Ihs Eishty-iourth Iscgi-
ment Indicted by the Police.
A HERALD reporter called at the Thirteenth pre-
cinct station house. corner Of Attorney aud Delaney
streets, to make inquiries in regard to the firing Of
the militia companies upon the police, while they
were engaged with the mob, corner OF Twenty
fourth street and Eighth avenue The reporter
found Captain Petty sitting In the station house with
his sergeants In answer to the question Of the
porter, Did the Eighty fourth regiment fire on your
men while in the discharge Of your duty % the Cap
tain bluntiy answered. "Yes, and made the follow
ing statement -
had sep arate detachment OF forty men, all Of
whom belonged to my precinct but two Another
the east side Of Eenth avenue. p Ne had crossed ed
Twenty-fourth street and were At the drug store.
Two shots were fired from the third story Of he
building on the southwest corner OF TwentY.fOurtn
street and Eighth avenue; do not know whether the
military replied to these, A very aisorderly man
nim away and said. III you do not 20 away wll
shove You up the street" TWO Of my men ran him up
dozen OF my men 20 drive them up the street.
they did it with the most perfect ease and we were
heard the firing Of scattered and straTgiinE shots
notin atoous. itold my men 70 drop on the side.
dropped Stumbled ana M S length
/ turned 1T proved TO be of1cer John oron:
firing was over we rose, and UConnor
that he was shot, but Immediately he discovered
blood or his person. and we carried him Into drug
ball, and it made nesh wound. Then turned my
head and distinctly saw the company the right
the LETT OF the procession aud they wheeled
about, turning their muskets on the people on the
the line OF the Twenty second so that you could not
sss order o, among them rasy
was ws.e an "mMs" mas" WSen .os cu, SAND and
looked round saw & hye men lying
Sa me sns sad %
black bas :ue. one man attempted In plulul way
70 rise several times from the street on hts hands
writhlns IN pool OF blood. Another era wled from
the edge OF the street. at the curbsfone, 70 door
way, where he died. In front OF the dru9 store,
the walk. lay very tall man, stout IN proportion.
lie shOt the chm, the ball coming out at the
t sscny would SAe1 not ~ allow Si@ 70 :reSa
grl, len twelve years Of age who shot before
on the souih sce ,Srs es Vest Of ESn.S
We drove the crowd away nom here. man at
Ss e 1a
away. Somebody else Who had red biIth-mark or
Sasa rss s s s wi" s t %
nv men carried the big man. who looked 40
appe,i,nsiy X 81 n. me. INTO the drug store I ran
ElRnty-fourth, feeling 50 OUTRAGED at the wanton
firing upon my men, as n they were mob that I
on my side than men who acted like them. ca ling
themselves soldiers. Several ran out, presenting
the locks Of their muskes TO me from the front ana
showed me the caps on the nipples, which were not
broken. "Capta,n," they said, 1T was not Com.
pany which fired on you, anyhow Then General
expostuated with HIM BECAUSE his soldiers fired
on my men. nii he .n answered me. ~ is too
Eighty fourth regiment had no business be placed
there; !! never intended that 1t should be placed
there II WAS against my desire.
REPORrER-what reason do you suppose he had
for not wishing to have them placed thereS
Captain PgTrY-l don't know; suppose because
they are Protestant Irish regiment.
REPCRTER-what happened then, Captain. after
you spoke to General Narian.
Captain PErTY-Generai varia,then called for
the commandant and ordered the regiment TO
be 9s,r sent ana e Ss is Nnb came m aT go 70 tue
and when that was all done we marched on. had
no fear about my men being able to take care OF tho
lie down from the tire felt as II there was lump
OF cod steel In nv heart. l said TO officer SmOcks,
heaven aud = nre from hell" Whenever we attacked
the mob We drove them, and the mob always
sns we fell baes neSsr saw wn such cSe rs
ened lot OF towards as the military proved. had
to place guard OF police on their rear to prosect
them from the mob, while they were marching In
column nc, Of Snn ionrs pr, projecting the oransemen The
bile block OF houses rs was four years In the pre-
REPos ER-Did you notice any other signs OF cow
ardce on the part OF the troops during the dayf
Captain PETTY don't know what you cali cow
Will Ni you wHnt SAW ADOuL Tue tifDe
that the Orabgenen dispersed at the Cooper Insti-
tute company OF the Seventh reeiment--Company
X, belcve-was stretched across Fifh street, east
OF Thi avenue, In picket line. East again OF TINS
picket line small crowd Of djsorderly persons had
congregated; my men went for that crowd ieid
drove them. AZ we we're coming back the officer IN
command OF the company said to me- ''Dont take
away your men; we want our rear protected, I
walked on without answering MIN, seeing that
there was no crowd or essemblage 10 moiest him.
TO be certain Of whom the officer was ] sent Ser.
geant Quinn, OF my command, Dack 10 ascertain.
lie came back In q few moments ana said, THAT
IL company B, OF the Seventh regiment and the
oilccr who spoke 10 Nou Is Its captain.r
The following was received st the HERALD ofice
last evening"
PoLfcr DEPARTMENT or TBE Cry or NEw yo-Kj
PFEofNuT No. IL, Nfw YORK, July IL. 1871. (
Al meeting OF The members the
police, who present nj the Eighth svcpu and
twenty fourth street. July H. 1871 held this day tbe follow.
ing resolutions were adopted. -
Resolved, That the hrng of the Eighty fourth regiment Of
N Y. N, o. on the afternoon Of July L. ls7l upon tho
police OF precinct and the that police were
.rlrll h.nl IuCa.