Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-25
NEW YORK.
COrOner's Inquest over the Vic
Tins of the Riot.
The Verdict of the Jury.
Died by Hands Unknown.

Died by Hands Unknown.
NEW YORK, July 24.-This mornin
Coroner Young commenced the inques
on the bodies of those who were sho
during the recent riot. The inquiry tool
place in the Eighth District Court room
But few were present when the inques
commenced, Assistant District Attorne,
Sullivan present. The following Juror
were present: John A. Duganne, Mar
shall Lefferts, j. B. Demorest, VIM. A
Prime, Henry Comstock, Algernol
Noebele, John Duane.
The Coroner then addressed the Jury
instructing them to inquire, and in wha
manner, and when, and where certain
persons named came to their death, and also
the circumstances attending their death;
and said it was their duty to make true
inquisition according to the evidences
offered, without excitement, passion OF
prejudice.
The deputy Coroner read the names OF
those who met their death and described
the nature of gun shot wounds in each
u.
the bodies not being identified.
Several witnesses were then examined,
all of whom testified that they saw shots
fired but could not identify any one who
had fired.
Stephen j. Meany appeared as counsel
for the relatives of some of the dead,
but Coroner Young decided to conduct
the inquest without the aid of counsel,
and SAID he would do so in his own way.
Nearly all the witnesses testified that
shots were fired by the crowd before the
military fired.
DR.. G. V. Lordly testified that when
the procession passed Twenty-fourth
street he saw a woman wave a white
handkerchief with an orange border,
when man walked up to her and shot
her. Several others shots were fred,
when the military fred into the crowd.
One of the wounded had pistol. Sew
eral wounded were taken to his store,
three of whom died there.
Officer VIM. Ward testified to search
ing several of the men and taking arms
from them. Officer Finn heard pistol
discharged from the window of the
house on the southeast corner of Twenty
fourth street and in two or three seconds
afIerward heard two or three shots fired
from the house. He saw missiles thrown.
The military fired about two minutes
after.
After an examination of several other
witnesses, all of whom testified that they
fired on the military first though some of
them stated that only one shot was fired,
the coroner stated that he had tried to OBJ
tain all the evidence he could which would
throw light on the subject before them,
but failed to obtain anything more than
what was already testified. He had en-
deavored to discharge his duty impair
tally, and was ready to postpone the in
quiry, if the jury thought it necessary.
The jury saw no necessity of prolonging
the investigation, and retired at two
o'clock. They returned the following
verdict in five minutes:
We find that those parties came TO their
death on the 18th inst. by gun shot wounds
at the hands of parties to US unknown.
The jury having signed the verdict in
forty-two cases, were discharged.
Views of the French XnternafIonoIs
A meeting of the French section of the
Working Mems Association
was held in this city yesterday and the
subject of the recent riots discussed.
Citizens Guillatel and Labruyere,
argued in favor of permitting all sects
and parties to parade in the streets, while
other citizens made speeches In opposi-
ton. Finally resolutions were passed
recommending the suppression of all pro-
cessions except those which commemo-
rate purely American National events,
and Censuring the authorities for their
course previous to the riot.
Views OF the Irish Confederates.
The Gen. Sheridan Club of Irish Con-
federation yesterday adopted a series of
resolutions characterizing the firing by
the militia on the mob on the 18th, SIS
the foulest blot on the civilization of the
nineteenth century.
Clubs of the Irish Confederation met
yesterday and voted to have a lecture at
Cooper Institute by Thomas Clarke Hubby,
instead of mass meeting as had been
One of the speakers, in the
course of his remarks, said in this country
the Irish were constantly craving for eX-
element. Unless you could hold meet
ings constantly and Baake inilammatory
speeches you could not hold the people.
Two persons wounded in the late riot
remain at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Serious Break in I'm Uptown Tunnel
a portion of the new tunnel over Har-
lem railroad IN Fourth avenue between
Seventeen and Seventy first streets caVed
in yesterday evening, burying the track
and seriously injuring two children. The
track was obstTucted for some time but is
now clear.
LATRR.-The break in Harlem railrosd
tunnel OF Seventy first street is serious,
and it is probable that it will have to be
entirely rebuilt. All trains Cd the Hsr-
lem and New Haven railroads arriving
his morning were blocked miles beyond
The break, and passengers suffered con-
siderable inconvenience.
Burned OFF the Battery.
The total loss by the burning of the
French schooner Nollie off the battery
asst night was one hundred and twenty
i've thousand dollars. The cause of the
ire was lack of proper ventilation.
Railroad Victims.
The services in commemoration of en-
gineers George II. Hill and Frank Herman,
killed by the recent accident on
he Newark and New York Railroad, was
attended by two hundred and fifty
engineers. at Newark, yesterday.
ON broadway at Midday.
A messenger of the Bank of New
York was knocked down at the corner of
Broadway and Warren streets, on Satur-
lay afternoon, at one O'Clock, and robbed
Of thirty thousand dollars in government
bonds. The thieves escaped.
A Village versus a Railroad.
The laying of the second track on the
5outhside Railroad on Loug Island through
he village of Jamaica, which will COM