New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-25
NEW YORK.
Riot Victims-Verdict of CorOner's Jury
Mace and C0burn Agree to Fight
Governments Steady-State Bonds
Dull-Arrivals-BrazIl Expedition.

DuH-Arflvais-BrRZl Expedition.
New YORK, July 24-The following is
the verdict of the coroner's jury on the riot
victims: I'VE find that those parties came
to their deaths on the twelfth instant by
gunshot wounds at the hands of some par
ties to us unknown"
The jury having signed the verdict, forty
two cases were discharged.
Mace and COburn met to-day and agreed
to fight on the thirtieth of November, within
100 miles of New Orleans. The stakes are
S2500 side. The articles are to be signed
in New Orleans. The stakes consist of the
$4,000 already in the Shareholders hand,
each man to put up $500 additional
Evening.-Money closed at 203c. Elk
change irmer at 110A Gold 112B. Gov
ernments steady. State bonds very dull.
Tennessees y; new 72ls; Virginias 65; new
70A; Louisiana skies &c. new 62; levee
skies 72; eights "a; Alabama eights SO, fves
6S; Georgia skies S31h sevens 93A; North
Carolinas A; new 2Sl9; South CarOlinas 70;
new 81.
Arrived out: Nemesis and HISTORIAN.
Professor Charles Frederick Hautt, OF
Cornell University, sailed to-day on the
scientific excursion to Brazil.
John jeffrey, seventeen years old, has
been missing since the day of the riot, and
is supposed to be killed.
The Coroner addressed the jury, 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
He said it was their duty to make a true in
QUESTION 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 gunshot
wound in each case Two names were not
ascertained, the bodies not being identified.
Several witnesses were then examined, all
of whom testified that they could not
identify any one who had fired.
Stephen j. Meany appeared as counsel for
Coroner Young decided to conduct the in
quest without the aid of counsel, and said
he would do so in his way.
Nearly all the witnesses testified that the
shots were fired by the crowd before the
military fired on the crowd. DIR. G.. V.
Lordly testified that when the procession
passed Twenty-fourth street he saw
woman wave white handkerchief, with
an Orange border, when man walked up
to her and shot her. Several other shots
were fired, when the military fired into the
crowd. One of the wounded had pistol.
Several of the wounded were taken to his
store, three of whom died there. Officer
James McGraw heard one shot from house
on Twenty-fourth street. The military
fired in about three minutes afterward.
James II. Bonner, merchant, saw
man, dressed in linen suit, fire pistol
into the air at the corner of Twenty fifth
street, and run off, the military firing soon
afterward., He was satisfied that was the
only shot fired 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 said he had
endeavored to discharge his duty impair
tally, and was ready to postpone the in
luiry if the jury thought necessary.