New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-28
TIE PATTEHBERG RIOT Trials.

DETAILS or THE MASSACRE IN sEPTEsIBER-sEYEN
or TUE mIsHMES INDICTED FOR MURDER.
IRON Al OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF TRIBUNE.
FLEMINGTON, n. j., April 25.-The trial of
the arragned the charge Of murder during
the Pattenborg riot begins on Monday next. The riot
occurred Sunday morning the 2d OF September last
and is attributed 10 the combaveness OF the Irshmen
or negroes according sympatbes with the or
the other On the night OF the 2Oth the Irishmen had
been drinking freely al miserable country saloon, and,
their return discovered that OF their number had
been brutaly murdered near the mouth OF the tunnel
This they charged upon n body OF negroes who
engaged with them in the construction Of the
EastOn and AmbOv Railroad az the tunnel in the Mus
eonetcOng Mountain. Revenge was Immediately re-
solved upon and on the following night about Of them
gathered together every. conceivable kind of weapon,
such guns, pistols, hammers pckaXes &C., and start
ed for tire shanes whore the negroes were quartered.
Their shouts and threats aroused the neighbors
who were still sleeping, and who, when they showed
Themselves Obliged 70 produce whatever weapons
they CHANGED to have. The negroes, hearing the ap-
preaching noise. and comprehcnding their situation,
Immediately deserted their shanties and fed the
farm Of Mrs Carter. One Of the fugdtves was soon
overtaken and knocked down number Of times, while
pleading earnestly for his hfe finally, blow from a
hammer fractured his skull aud he fell dead Farther
on they caught another and after shooting him. pounded
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being able 10 any farther, secreed themselves as
best they could about the buildings Of Mrs. Carter, who
refused TO admit any OF them, fearing that the lIlaA
the front moron where fbey ould have been toerabIy
secure, had the Irlsnnen suggested search
Of that very place after the crowd had already
passed They then turned back. and amid the neIceSt
ye ling dragged the unfortunate victim from his hiding
place INTO the open space In front OF the house. lie
then shot twice through the body and horribly beaten
with cluDs hammers, etc. IN the mean tme his COM
panOn Ia danger lay breathessy awaiting his fate; but
owing "A small board which partially concealed him.
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negro had entered small hen-house and Lay upon some
Stats lust above the door, where ne renamed uuharned
although several searched the interior or the building
The majority OF The egrues had by this time secured
eir back they discovered that me second VIC
tin spot where he FELL and. by the hgnt OF
he burning shauties which they had already bred,
they tracked his blood for short distance
murdered him. and thence repaired lesurey To their
quarters. Strange 10 appear, they we're allowed
nearly three DAYS % make good their escape owing 10
the cowaIdce Inhabitants who dared not INFORM
lives ana property. some. however. OF their number
were are ana lodged IN the County jan BAen
long preliminary examination was held before Justice
Durham AT the next meeting OF the Grand Jury they
were indicted for murder. JhleI-Ju,tlcs BcAs
lev decided that the indictments were Illegal
aud deceive because they were not lndOrseu "a
true bl ," and did not contain the words did kll
and murder Twenty mine OF the ~ counts were pro-
nOuLced defective, and tue case was postponed uls
this when the Prosecutor obtained three new dis
AGAINST David College Patrick Mccoy. JOhn BOgue, J0hn
Kelley, Patrick Delay, barney MCFd0den, aud john
COve The chef Justice then liked tue 15n as the DAY
trial, when 10 Is expected that Alto eleIh 1l
christ viii tine Prosecutor. The issue OF TINS Fia
viii be anXIOusy awaited, both these races Viii 90
frequently thrown together IN the construction OF Iai
roads under the general law.