The New York herald., 1872-10-05
THE PATENBURG RIOTS.
SIXTH DAY OF THE INVESTIGATION.
Important Evidence Adduted Relative to the
Breaking Out Of the Fray.
A Speedy Termination of the In
quiry Looked For.

FLEMINGT0N, N. j., Oct. 4, 1872.
AT nine O'Clock this morning the investigation
was resumed and the prisoners were marched into
the court house. With one or two exceptions they
all looked hopeful and clean shaved faces and clean
shirts impaired to them decidedly decent appear
ance.
The examination has now continued several days
and not the slightest evidence has been produced
against any Of the prisoners. II is evident that the
ringeaders in the hght have escaped justice and
that few of the unimportant hangers-on, most Of
whom are innocent of the disturbances, are all that
have been captured. The prosecution somewhat
Jagged In the absence OF Mr.. Allen, who Is absent
In New York.
Henry Hoppock was the first witness sworn this
morning. He said: -
rs "a two %ss east o s The morning
:s%s ty sss%;S S''S; ss.';S Ss
ana ss Sa,nIs
the noise was aiier saw w. the he wSs mem
Mrs rSTs Eey des went inc 0
the white men Aen in the direction Of the negroes had
Tor some distance as far the railroad track wcnt
hese
e
see Where they had gone everything seemed to be quiet
s ny ns1 yfn a e onS
sitting on he porch said to them Yo have e lad ns
his they Yes and told me som some !ii had
iSaH ;Ss ss assS
nsn wsns wsT
Two ssss e iS,% %s Snas H. S
s" a as a e s e See % up at ne and
asked Inn, were You in that Company s ri m"rmins
as SAID hs%as not; asked Him, looking nm pretty
to s Oh ess t Msy the one way h he had
bodies G os @ a'
S y Sa Mna he said Wsn
house lane and then came back it is quarter OF a
mile from GalIaghcrs shanty to the lane canrot
the nooth OF the lane and the negro shay think it
Gross. examined When saw Mccoy at the shanty, I
had suspicion he had been in the riot had been told
no III feeling against Mccoy had good opinion Of him
Ss told NE he sSSFSSs
there.
Mrs. McFadden, q respectable looking old woman,
was next called. She objected to kiss the book as
she had never taken an oath before; but her obiec
tions were not needed by the District Attorney,
complied WITH The following Is the evidence:-
M s of % aa e Sa i
don't know their onne' names cannot read or write
coming asas going eysy sy
Ss xse ss sSf 4 e ss their sy ass
NJ table and did no. ask them their names they nigh.
@ ss
oSs his @
ali the names She knew These all the names can
s
sdH ay my sf hsa M the e s 5
woman and it was with dnieuity she could answer the
fcannot tell What day. '' W. "'' "'eA ''"' ''''''
and some in daylight cannot tell how many went away
at night; don't know whether any Of them went away
negro shany am no Judge OF the like OF ihat in
fire;
At this point Mr.. Bird energeticay protested
against the useless waste of time in accumulating
evidence which had no bearing upon the prisoners
lie stated that II 1t was continued he would be COM
PEELED to enter his legal objection and endeavor to
nave the investigation conducted in legal way.
Examination rcsnmedaI saw nothing OF the origin of
the riot, and can tell nothing about it. 81
The witness was not cross-examlned, the counsel
Evidence had no Connection with the rot snd hts ts
hearing was only wasting the time or tile Court
unnecessarily.
aboas two
on Sunday morning, the I'D, was awakened by
sss a Sas re seG John hr
ans Of S9%n or ol s1ss ar
hlss they recognized Kelly who asked them what was
shantcs and were chasing them about two hundred eo
nss SeH aS Sn Knives 9 a"d se
nized john he had pick handle in his hand.
WILSON ONE OF THE CoLoRED puRsuERs.
Wilson, the giant negro was brought into court
to be identified, looking nothing the worse for his
weeks confinement. fie was attired in a blue
'ikickers' on his feet. lie was fully identified by
the witness.
when met the crowd some were hallooing and some
earns and heard hm SAY to The ren
he wen s Se
yers house but did not go back to bed; aher
and and ws Two Up to the !anssl and 0SSnsi fS!nd
hp In ia
@ s sns an rSw no rank T s nE s %s
{, was
we the direction of the noise and the man was
Sn sfss es
vas about four ossI|oss; Sss %xpAensa The he
sGssm with Ss aq d
ro o " U"hsa s ns a
was syrons oonaht m nlsh' 4 rodosss asked Wilson what
ssss e. 9si:
were aEo" hundred feet rom the burning s"niiesy isy
ins nS sSorfs @ sas soS who E ss
sye Sd al 0ut the rO
%.e wanse aer Jaessay sa'hsGr s
SHI cns and Sys Jim
other men worked for me but hese We're The steady onss
balance OF the eighty ninety from the Car
ter farm.
Neal McNulty swornI live at the tunnel; all saw of
the riot OF very little accounts; had been that
night until about eleven o'clock; Twas watchman at the
mouth Of the tunnel; went to bed and heard The crack
ling OF the burning shanes; then got out OF bed aud
went out; Frank McFadden standing in the door OF
his shanty said TO him, Frank, what Is all This
aboutfn he said he did not know, asked
him knew where could get n
ladder saving these shanties will be ali burned;n /
don remember the he made asked HIM II
there much powder in the powder house beyond the
santy; said there three four halt barrels
went 10 the powder house with the intention OF
moving the powder away Frank got to the
powder house bolole / got there ; he was com
Ing back when / going forward he said IL
to attempt to do anything, as there was no.
helps one other was there his name Patsey
Ryan; we turned around % go back again and as we
Used the burning shanty we heard
Patscy started to and said to him, what Is thaf"
he said 1T the niggers, and towards the
nel after him; crossing the track going
up: heard the firing about two hundred yards