The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-29

stopped me he told me to open the wagon house !;
~ HI HE HAD HAD SvTcHE ms KNIFE s6,s him 70
open it himself; he said I should go and
what he would DO o.bt did mot open
him; none Of the men present is the man who had
the knife; one OF these men was there pointing 70
naH seeD S did NOT his NAM un
now; saw him with other men passing by; did
not know the men; DID not hear College say any.
thing; don't think he saw the man draw the
church in Patenburs; that is the only time / had
seen him before; did not see Patrick Mccoy at
Cross examined do not think Dilley and came
nom the field exactly together; Dilley was little
made little halt in the nat; he stopped for few
secOnd Sin and sni NIX pey came between tine me
from the field we met two or three negroes in the
pasture field before got to the fence they passed
hundred S yards from the I building where we met
these black men; they were getting out Of the way
Of the white men as fast as they could; they were
other persons between the house and the barracks;
came after Dilley to the yard and we went
the SsTe ne
drew knife and threatened me; did not 60 In,
the man did; stood by the door and he came out;
don't know where Diiley was at the time; when
the man approached me must have been half way
nom the house to the barrack was going towards
twenty yards rom there; was but o little ways
rom the wagon house; did not say anything to
very close Of him. suppose was ten or fifteen
feet from him; did not say word to Dtlley until
we got in the house; did not ask him whether
should open the wagon house door; did not
notice where he was at the time; the knife was
little like butcher knife have one at the house
wagons In the wagon house; cannot tell how Da-
yid Collage was dressed knew his face and that
had seen him before do not remember every
thing; think saw him before the
NAN DREW THE KNIFE
on me- passing had not seen EN- him before , for some
ers at the Methodist church when saw
with Mr.. Canfield the minister, and another man
as
not say anything to any one about him, and no one
said anything to me; l cannot tell who was with
Of u.s.; you are asking me too much when
you ask me who was with David Collage at Dilleys
house that Sunday merning; he was passing
saw him, and that Is all ! know about 1t; he was
not over five or six yards from the barn when
more tnsn filteen minutes before we came out;
suppose told Dilley some time that Sunday morn
ing about the man drawing the knife; cannot
1t was before or alter Squire Anderson came to our
place was sent to look for Squire Anderson that
day but did not ind him at his place; however
line, about quarter Of mile from Dilleys farm;
did not talk with him more than minute; l did
me; do not exactly recOllect the firs time told
1t; suppose the Carter family were by when told
the story; have not been seen before in this mat
ter; saw other men besides the eight man stand
were we over in the pastures; think over
no means Of knowing that those eight or ten men
were with the Others except that they were at the
building; the men in the pasture field were
ing from the direction Of their shanties; do not
know which way the eight or ten men went when
they LEFT the buildings; as was going to Squire
don't know which; ] turned around pretty quick
and saw lot Of white men over In Mrs. Carter's
and the man they y'V were clubbing was black
!. believe there were about forty or fifty Of
them around him; went on my business; when
the colored man they we're clubbing; when got
back he was lying in the held suppose he was
e; ae 1er go TO and Mr.
CrOss-examined-The black man lay between our
house and Squire Anders0n's; his home Is not far
pasture field when first saw them they were fast
finishing the negro; the pasture field Is south OF
the house, and the negro was found north Of the
house; believe 1t was the same crowd saw In the
field who dubbed the negro; when I came up
they were all gone; 1t was about seven O'Clock
seen Anderson before dd and had told hy him ali
about the riot; cannot tell whether the men who
were in the yard were the same men who were
John A. Kelly, foreman of the road, was next ex.
amined. He identified all the prisoners as being
employed on the road under him, except the old
man Cassidy who worked on a different section; he
gave the names OF the gang bosses who worked
under him; John Kelly, one OF them, had charge
riot the others are Hugh McIauShn James Dem s
sey and John Reynolds. Dempseys gang in which
Reynolds gang, were colored Reynolds has not
masons. Daniel McKeon, Patrick McCasy are OF
the prisoners. John Lallely, william Mcintyre.
has generally about fourteen men. A
man named James Carr had charge Of
1--we hundred T om the
had no knowledge that there was to be riot pre-
vious to the time 1t occurred.
The witness then narrated the first intmaton he
animation before Justice bunham in the morning
He gave some further details relative to
men to abandon the fight, in which he
was partially successful; but one or two
to nSc of sm
When Mr.. Kelly found the body Of the murdered
Irishman he Immediately went to Squire Smith TO
quest held. The inquest was held and verdict OF
wilful murder returned against parties unknown.
man named Quinn carrying q gun, accompanied
by another laborer named Molloy; witness only
recognized one man, McFadden, as being present
where the body lay; saw q man named Michael
McKilroy fire gun OF opposite to the burning
shanties; he was directly opposite to them; after
the inquest Supervisor Anderson came up and re-
ported two killed and probably three and notified the
constable to procure twelve men; Mr.. Kelly could
give no Information where the white population
could be found, but he has received letters from
two colored men, william Pierce and James Gray,
who
FLED TO ALEXANDRIA, va;
no answers were sent to the letters; witness
could not give any information as to how Thomas
Col came to his death, and had no information on
the subject; the murdered mans father re-
sides IN Carbon county, Pennsylvania; he
death; McColl had two wounds on the top of his
head; they were cuts inflicted with blunt instru-
ment-a matt0ck or grub tool; he had another
wound behind the right ear it was circular cut;
the reason assigned by the lrIshmen when they went
in pursuit Ofthe negroes was that they wanted to
have revenge; they went towards the Diey Farm |;
there are no buildings between the shanties
and Patenburg; there are some private boarding
houses between the burning shanties and the Dil-
ley Farm; on the farm there are colored mems
shantes, which contain about thirty men-two