National Republican., 1875-07-20
BLOoDsHED IN new YORK.
A WASHINGTON ROUGH on YHR WARRAIH.
His SlEGUlNARY SUNDAY PLEASURES.
TWO OR THREE INNOCENT VICTIMS.
YOUNG BAILEY SHOOTS HIS FATHER.

| Deed-AduItery and Desertion the
Cause-An italian Stabbed for
Defending n Woman from the
Brutality of q Fellow Conn
tryman, &c, &C., &C.
The Eighth ward of the city of New York was
last Thursday evening the scene of most des-
perate atfray between cOlored roughs, In which
one man was instantly killed and another fatally
wounded. Conspicuous in the fig ht, and the most
desperate Of the negroes, was the notorious Tom
Sorrell, well known In this community for hts
many brutal deeds and bloody encounters. He
formerly hailed from Baltimore, Nd, but came
to this city during the war and made 1t his home
until forced to depart by the authorities. In
June, 1855, he married here q woman named Ella
Coleman, and she afterwards went with him to
for divorce on the grounds of cruel treatment,
and obtained It in January, 1871, and came back
to her home. A few months afterwards Tom Sor-
rell returned to this city, and one night became
charged with belligerent whisky and went in
search of his divorced wife, whom he found and
made terrible assault on her with razor. For
this he was indicted Jure n 1872 for assault with
intent TO kill, and that Indictment stlll hanging
over him has served to secure his absence from
this city. He now figures in q bloody ARRAY in
which, as leader, he killed one man and danger
ously, II not fatally, wounded another, and has
placed himself IN u shadow OF the scadold, on
which It has be, n frequently predicted he would
some day close his worthless career.
There also figures in the same traR edy another
colored man from this city, named Henry Baugh-
naugh of whom little is known, and It is fair to
presume that little can be said in his favor else
he would not have been found assseiatlng In such
disreputable company.
THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT
is taken from yesterdays New York Tribune:
The colored population in the Eighth ward and
s ySG n yes ons 9 an
another mortally wounded, and several others cut
and otherwise injured. The btray grew out of an
al In Inn laf6 IF1..
l5s West Thirtieth street. On Saturday night
twelve or fourteen colored men assembled there
"BalIy" Henry-who has inst returned from Sing
Sing prison, where he had served out five years.
sentence for felonious assault upon policeman
Daniel Matthews, Jefferson Sanders, Thos. Sor-
rell, of Baltimore, and Henry Baughnaugh, Of
Washington, and Thomas Hicks. Sorrell and
Bsugbnaugh are servants of Colonel McDarieIs,
the wellknown owner OF race horses.
Henry and Sanders played against Mathews
and Sorrell in game Of cards known as spanish
Monte, which is common in the South and Far
West. quarrel arose over some point in the
game, and Sanders accused Mathews of cheating
Mathews retorted and struck Sanders in the face
with his fist: Some supported Mathews; others
defended Sanders. The fight began at 1890
O'Clock yesterday morning, and was kept up for
nearly half an hour. Sanders seized a heavy
crockery beer pitcher and struck Mathews upon
the head With such force that the pitcher was
shiyered to pieces. The alarm was then given
that policeman was coming and the fight was
stopped. Mathews was bleeding profussly from
the wound made by the pitcher. Ohicer Rhoades
IOCk nlIn 10 Luo pTeCllCL police sLa-
tion, and there his wounds were dressed He re-
fused to make complaint, and no arrests were
made.
Most of the men
ENGAGED IN THE FIGHT
were from the Eighth wdrd, and about noon yes
terday they were again together in Everhardt
Dilger's lager-beer saloon, at No. 52l Broome
to Settle the quarrel Of the early morning, and to
make peace with Sanders. Sorrell interfered,
and the quarrel was renewed in q violent dispute.
o-AA and haalr 18th a. 1.I .II,-rf
Henry, who was armed with o butchers clesver.
Henry sprang forward toward Sorrell and a.
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Daugh seized sorrel BY the arm and urged him
rG Ra'S a
and "BaIy" Henry then ran UP the steps to the
street. Ihen sorIen doiioWeo. Inere ne turned
cut SorTells left arm TO the bone. "Bally" Henry,
Sanders and Mathews then ran up Thompson
pain and excited by what he had been drinking,
Drew a elasp-kn 'and followed. The eolored
ehmrcS mnS s9 d SncT srsd aRnn
Sorrell. He struck about him like q maniac, yell
ing and cutting wildly in all directions. Seeing
Henry, he sprang upon him and drove his knife
through his heart. The man dropped to the
es ane sasp h Sna
eral persons in the crowd and ran out toward
Spring street. Seeing q man who looked like
penter's shop, Sorrcll sprang toward him. The
man turned to fee; but the murderer shouted
kill him. and seized the man By the naPe Of the
and drove his knife into his back, through the
spinal cord. The wounded man staggered q few
front Of No. lOs Thompson street. Alfred Stanley
Of No. 40 Wooster street, then seized the mur-
derer, and his knife was Wrenched from his hand
THE MURDERER ARRESTED.
RoundEman Crook arrested Baughnnugh, and
nfRear Mcnonald S0rralI trh vaa ha
ginning to be faint from loss Of blood, and the two
were soon afterward locked up. Capt Mcdonald
ARRAY, and arrest ali who had seen or taken part
in the struggle. The following persons were
brought IN By the Of Sticers M and Locked up: Warren
lngton Brokenby. OF No. 1853 Greene street; John
W. jackson, Of No. $50 West Houston street,
Richard L. Slater, Of NO..42 Wooster street, Al.
freq Stanley, OF No. 40 Wooster street; James
Smith, Of No. IS CLARK street; Annie L. Elliott, OF
No. 251 Broome street, and Thomas Hicks, all
colored; L. Dilger, the saloon keeper, and David
J. Davis, Of No. 5lI Broone street, white men.
The dead man lay in Thompson street, between
Prince street polics station and laid out in the
back room. The man whom Sorrell had stabbed
in the back was found where he had fallen, in
the police station On o stretcher. Police Surgeon
Cook reached the station soon aiterWard and ex-
from the shock, but the knife had penetrated to
the spinal cord, and the lower limbs wero para.
lyEed. The wounds were pronounced mortal and
NLc AnaA Nao hAehspOkbON w VIZ OSAACNuO
hospital.
THE KNIFE USED BY soRRELL
was o white handled clasp knife with a blade
three inches and o nalf long. The blade was
Sorrsl aid not not deny that he had killed the man
He said that Sanders had cut him on the steps Of
the When no s nt0 The ,ss street Sn h:
iainting. He then drew his knife and endeayored
to cut his way out. A brick, he said, had struck
him on the head and the man whom he had killed |
attemDtfnU arrest MIN. He did not know |
the name Of the man whom he had killed. The |
other he had believed TO be Jef. Sanders. He |
but another man who resembled JEFF. "Look at |
my arm" said he, showing q cut two inches long;
was then AIKEN down stairs and locked up.
Thomas Hicks, who was in the saloon Of John
M. Lyle at No. 15s West Thirteenth street, gave
an account Of the fight there. He then added /
that all the men who were engaged in that fight
were in Dflger's about noon yesterday, and the
Coroner W Gilman was summonded as soon as DOS
sible. He reached the Prinee-street police station
at about l:so p. m. and took charge Of the body.
snd they viewed the body. The jury were then
dismissed subject to the call Of the coroner. The
., npe Of nsons om tSs y
called TO identify the body If possible but no one
recognized the murdered man until evening. He
was then Identified as Samuel Peterson, Of El-
mira, II. Y. He was young man, about thirty
years Of age, and has always borne good reputa-
tion for honesty and respectability.
The wou Mid MANS STORY.
The wounded man was taken to Bellevue hos
pital, and at night had partially recovered from
the first shock. He was unable to move his legs
at all, and his arms could be moved only with
great difficulty. 1
The attending surgeon said that he believed
that the knife either had enetrated the spinal
canal, or that the blood was causing such press
ure upon the spinal cord TO produce this exten-
sive paralysis. Sanders is in the same condition
as II his back had been broken. He said that he
had lived In Philadelphia until three months ago.
Then he had come to this city with his wife, and
they had rented rooms in the rear Of No. 90
Thompson street. He was sitting in chair in his
doorway about noon yesterday, and he heard the
cry, "Theres fight In the street," He paid little
attention to the cry, through many Of the tenants
however, increased SO rapidly that he went out
into Thompson street. He was borne along past
the distillery, and was leaning on the railing in
front Of the carpenters shop, when he saw Sorrell
within three feet of him. Sanders said that he
somewhat resembled JEFF. Sanders whom be
knew slightly, but who was not a relative OF his.
SorIell in his madness, took him for JEFF. Sanders
and when within three feet from him exclaimed,
"Kill bimr' Before he could retreat or any OF the
crowd interfere, Sorrell seized him by the neck
and twisted him around so that his face was down.
ward and HIS neck under HIS arm. Then he drove