The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-15
EIGurH WAND BLooDsHED.
One Sunday Morning in n Broomc street Dar-
room A Bi oodt thirsty Crowd.

In the oyer and Tormincr court room
yesterday Thomas Sorrcll a prisoner on trial,
wore a coat that had three long Sits In the
back and spots OF blood on II. That coat had
been worn by him In a street fight. and the cuts
had been made with a razor that had danger
ously wounded him. Another participant In
that occurrence was Killed, another Is In Belle
vue Hospital, perhaps mOrtally wounded an
other is a fugitive, and another has been sent to
Sing Sing. The facts Of this sanguinary encoun-
ter as givcn riecemeaI IN the testimony OF thir-
teen witnesses, are:
DiIcer's saloon, In Broome street near Thomp-
son, is iouneing place for negroes, and among
tbs customers was Bally" Henry, an Eighth
Ward rufhan. A Sunday morning congregation
Of men and women was there on the 18th II last
July. Tom Sorrcli and Dan Matthews entered,
the latter with his head bandaged. and both
avuwedly looking for the nssail nts who had
wounded him. Their expedition was hazardous,
because the two were strangers In tue city, beng
emuioyees Of McDanieis racing stables, ON their
waV from Long branch to Saratoga, and the
Eighth ward negroes dislike Southern
d rkics," AZ they call them. More than that,
ono Of the mon for whom they were looking
was Bally" Henry, VINO was regarded us ready
and willing To Kill anybody VINO onenutu MN.
7 he other was Jcn Sanders, desperate Of
slightly a less evil reputation.
THE seekers for rctaliatorN light did not have
long to wait. for within few minutes Henry
and sanders Joined the diereputable party Nor
WIS much time wasted IN quarreiling, onlv "a
| few angry words being spoken. Henry went out
| md rof n butchers 81 aver from a neigubofing
shuu Sanders went out and got razor. ihcy
! returned at once, aud then Sorfeh ana VI L
| thcWs changed their minds about lighting VI t.
! th, VS. rfn II. IN the saloon, unhurt 10y the
| cleaNer that Henry brands ned. Surtcu We
over'a In his flight Il the door by sanders,
who slasncd his LEFT arn ana back with tue
razor. making several dcep wounds. Then
| Henry and sanders He'd up Thompson street
| chased ny an officer, vino had seen Dilgcrs pa
irons eXciteuy ui-perslnc. Surrel ran after me
| policeman. anu a thrung followed MIN, MAINLY
melted hV curiosity. although some shouted
"kiil the niger T. - He's killed a man J. ant
"Lynch hin !" stone also thrown
| Presumably the crowd suppressed that the blood
| with which Sorrel was sWcated had come IRON
| somebody whom he had staDUed, and possibly
| some Of them knew ltm as "SUutberl
| darkev" After running hall block be caugh
| hold of a man who waa running at ms side an'
| st. bhVd him with "a kuiir m the back inu cum
body below II. \ little further along ne seize'
samuel Peterson, who had not been ia DiiGtr
saloon, AMI plunged the kuitc mo ms heart
killing nun Instantly.
Sprfel was tried under an indictment foi
man-lausht, In the first degree but A,sistan
Distr.ct Attorney Lyons tried only to cOnvlc
tue prisoner Of mansidughter iu the third de
gree. Councillor Mite ell argued that ms ellen
had regarded the crowd that uad followed hin
in Thompson street a. u tuOD anxious To lyucl
him. ana h d done the stahhing in intcnd''
-rsf defence. he prisoner aid not testify II
~ own ncu"il. d ""E. ,"' ~ V"aiA, ., :"
jury thNt they could convict ul granddaughter u
titncr the third oi the fourth d'efee. or acpuii
ANA. Il err au hour OF CONSULT .tiun. they rtt
/ drrDu a verdict ot IN usl1ughtcr in tine tourt
! drltcc. ma fducd To tDtir Verdict trcrou
u.,uIation t. mercy. lhe sentence was on
year iu NE pcnteniitrv
" Bdlly Henry Was confined 10 the House a
Detcuul 30 for q While alter The tragedy, ut D.
escaped one nignt. anu Wifhin two noun
stabbed man VIM mai. during ms lmtr-"r
ment. -utLlhitcl ilh ii "a woman atleh lui
For MT offence he Be- serving term In prisoi
JeG sanders Disappeared from his old haunt
immediately after that S.toath occurrence, a
been caught.