New-York tribune., 1874-12-17

get tho guns and get Herman FRANK UP. cav r ,hn
pssc and then went over Herman Frank
went a ac%s nhS sHn'0 h .o%Ssodv %" was in tho
Judges house; he gave me dou6leOarfelpra anu ~,
gum and snNS took 10 is With mo to where
Scott gave Scott tie douoleoarf,s,en gu" a a1
@ hd ao ssS' ci vnnr 6"r1S% iner %s "''s saSs sick
won't do for him 10 come out :" he saii, we must @
saG SsSf ho G Gpt think MS" wOnd DO for him to 60
tho damp ground I told him 1t would not DO
he dressed himself and handed me his double
hdrrrled Gun; told me 10 take 1t whoie scoti hnu
Frank | handed father MS doublc,narie'd gun,
aud went NJ TO SCOTS house after srotVs ghn ihcn
came back w5eio they were, and father
told 10 20 around TO the small gate be and scott
stayed at the rear Of the house, father toll MS nov 10
run under any consideration We waited ABOUT
half an hour ali this tme we saw the isnt' wers s
after we had been there about "A llaif an hohr
we heard n noise as OF some ono khochlhg as"ihSt
door about three four minutes after that we heard
two small reports; said TO Herman Frank; ""hdt
does that mean ~ and hadn't the WOrls lliy oal vi
NV mouth wIcn we heard three louder reports ono
right afcr tho other; the first seemed ike ristol
shots and the last three Ike gun reports tmcn my
father savs There thcy come give Il 10 t1em thcn
heard some nose coming toward ne, tnOugH didn't
anything; said, "Stand!' ana thrh 81" ,nP ou'
line OF something mat to9H TO Ge man n1 red win he
fash my another man coming ,.w iu ,ne ~,
cried, Gye 1t 10 themV ne anu spo d nT, eIirst
then after tho shot this second man staGsreu aSna.
the fence crif A. held him. with that there came
bullet rlght past ny mead from behind; tui heI az
amu ahe Su ~ w. m h man so could Gee him distinctly
about two feet of TOOK up NV gun, anu s u, . ~
be put the pistol up within about 1901 ol my Ia.c
BIT him on ibe arm with my gun ani his arm iell ihe
gun broke Ia two halves; ne sdld lou " as ; SoI =
"a HIT his arm dropped ID aud uTe" my IUN"i''i
ared IA nuck az could raise ii the mao started to
run told him stop. and ran after nih ton nun ~
sop alter fred q sCcc4t time says, ID you led.
stop' and l fred the thlrd Nho lu'' W.
wav with n gun, ana said. I'm give him Que /;
the younger nau staggered against tAe ftncS ahd u
around rom the south side, having cotne ont OF the
house the east side; father says 0oh opt lor ha.
man. hs has gq. n5io.; s@Fen ., n .ad frc ~ "' IT.
and handed II 10 my father; my lath'r caue over 10
where was standing over the older man t0iu nu'
he would better sand bac The man might DO play
inc possum;" In tha mcal time scott h%! gne aiter
iigit; When he cano blc with it the oder man aP,
aid look there What's that i" and reached do and
picked up the mans revolver which lay unler ms l't
side: by tnat time the two ;rgens had go there,
what occurred there, Theodore and went Oh a'II %
coroner he SAID he souJ not az ,aI lc o
BILE and DOCTOR stopped AID got the custaoic o tis
wav hack and tho doctor got there soon after got
home: afier coming back from the coroner bear
Doug lass taking about Charley Ross; D'art MA sdy
want some water" some one gave u TO MN oniy
heard him say something aDJut CIaIiey ilS-, auu
cannot give YOU the wOrS; George Bergen SAIL h; had
IL all w1tcn down, and tIon went ior tue consllD, an
The doctor; was gone pOisibly bf IN hOhr ar the
coroner doctor arrived aocut minute OF Two Dsore
Hftsr tnis direct examination the Coroner prt num-
her Of questions, IN the answers to which y0ung van
Brunt SAID The house Of JIde NlI Brnht was pacPu IN
lie charge and care of Lis father with wngs; room II
WAS connected by burglar-alirm. me lock OF the
house had broken and doors mad been pred open
send rho ~ men To that house, Tue lock that force
had not been examined particularly for several days.
lock gorg up from cellar had tac taken
so that the door could be opcned. INSIDE tho house
SGfrye5s Sgfrae paoe r lie aPSs% the @9S
before. Mr.. Van bfhnt sad thrlr house h'l otel
visited by burglar 10 years ago "ihougn mol lns was
taken. Fjr their protection ihcJ Kept firearms about
their premises.
wM. SCOTS TESTIMONY.
The next witness was Wm. Scott, Judge Van Brunts
gardener an honest Intelligent LOOKING IrIshmau, OF
perhaps as years OF axe. His story was as follows:
live at Bay Ridge. and a gardener; have been in
the employ OF sud2c CaIlos Van Bguut five re-
side in the barn tho premises OF the judge was not
day afternoon IL was then all II Sht wen thr0u@h me
cellar door Sunday night aud 1t was then all right
remember locking tho paddock, and noticed that the
inner d0'r leading from me cellar up SaIs was secure
have known the Judge TO snd strangers TO the
house for anytning no ono one eonid get IN the house
the keys tha, day or night tle Ism or J. In never
ing about o'clock Albert Van Brunt came to mo
ana raped on tie doos; iooAed out of the win
and 10 come down and get tho key; when
opened the aud came ont - him, he gave me tl+
went 10 tue small door ana 1t Was AL i2li a'd got q
glimpse the cellar door and 1t hif OPEN Albert
there a light; then tucked my lantern under my
coat and told Albert TO arounh 10 the house and get
the gun; then he back; Mr.. Frank was with hin
him back for his father; Albert said he could not
come sal he must come with gun, and Albert went
all four together, and Mr.. Holmes Van Brunt pnt Albert
~ front OF the house and We stood at tao real-
light go The parlor and he went up
and looked in and came back to me- saying. There arc
two Of them - tnen We wena 10 m e cellar dSor am1
waited few minutes and Ie sald nc couIdu wait any
longer, and mnst go and start them ont; wont To
the kitchen door and canked II w3 or ree u"es ana
the nght Ia the house went out heid teen conlhs
down stairs, and went and toll Mr. Van Brunt they
were coming; then saw lght Roing across the
dlnng-room and coming down stairs INFO the cellar
then they came out close together, ana Mr. Van Brun
pistol shots from tho CELLAR Mr. N'n Brnnt and
fred In return they ran from here 10 tho south side OF
and around In front; Me- Van Brunt ran after
them; went around the other way auG u. was gplnS
around the older man met noe AMI said, give up y
aud fell down that Is all saw OF TINS transaction
afterwsrd saw the Oter man ylAg near the fence on
the south OF the house the fc.ce is ab0u ten
up with toe night; the elder man whom passed with
the light on my way thero was dead We asked the
panoD; he told us his name was Douglass and his com
panon's name was M0ser; went up aud got papOr
and pencil, and George Bergen wrote dowa what he
SAID and heard Douglass say that the Ross boy would
20 right hOms that the other man knew where NJ wis
where he hVed and lie said, NJ pace :" that Mosi'r
lived in the city asked him the number amt 'ie street.
homo 10 MJsiers WIFE," bat aid not sag wnero.
TESTIMONY OF HERMAN PRANK.
The other hired man. Herman Frank, young fellow
Of foreign birth, and who 10 rather ndistinct bis
accent, testified as follows:
live at Bay Ridge at the place OF Mr. Van Brunt on
Monday morning about o'clock Albe N4n Bfunt came
TO the barn ana awoko saying the alarm had
sounded aud there somebody In the house. and got
up as quick coud and went down tU the house aud
Albert out aud gave Ine gum then went down
to the judges house, we three were there together
sitting the grass we saw htn the house going up
stairs and down stairs Scott told Albert 10 20 aud get
his father; Albert went and brought his father,
with gun; then Albert went down 10
Scotts house and got gun: then his father
sent him 10 the front OF the house 10 watch AT the
email gate went with him; were sitting there
about half hour. and we heard noise Of somebody
hitting H the door; little while after heard
cry Stopp and then We heard what sounded like two
small pistol shots and immediately aterward three
him - as they around the house Albert and !
then came up close TO the house aud Albert ared ono