New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-27
BRUTAL ATTACK ON a SLEIGHIYG PARTY,

THREE MEN STABBED, TWO SERIOUSLY AND TWO
LADIES SEVERELY DEATEN-ARREsT OF Two OF
THE AsSAILANrs.
Frederic Hincson and his wife, Of No. so Third
ST. Peter Mathseu and his wife, Of No. l5l Aeadow-si
and Otto Kaufman OF No. 1i2 Washingon-st. In Ho-
boken started upon scighridc on Christmas evening.
They had hired two teams at Smiths livery stable ana
took pleasant drive into the country About ii O'CLOCK
IA they were returning along Wow-st, near the Wee
hawkcn boundary, OF the Indies was struck ny
SNOWFALL thrown by of n group of persons
| standing In the street Others followed and stop
ping the horses, the gentlemen Jumped out anu
| became engaged In fight with their assaii-
| ants Suddenly Kaufman felt sharp pain In his
| hack and shouted that he was stabbed Hneson and
Mathsen were also stabbed. The ladies attempted TO
interfere to save their husbands hye and they were
beaten and kicked Cries for assistance were heard 10y
Francis stone hagman at the railroad crossing near
BY and he ran toward the OF the conflict At the
sarnc time a Union HiI car along and the passen-
gers hasicned the assistance OF the sleighng party
The uGans fed through the neghborlng fields ana Tor
| tic time made good their escape.
Mr. Hncson was bleeding profusely from bad cut on
the right side OF his neck and his clothing WAS saturated
with blood that flowed from several stab wounds In his
| right side The hemOrrhage was checked as much as
possible and he taken upon the car and conveyed 10
| his residence Mr. Mathisen stabbed In tho night
side but his wound not very serious He took the
two ladies' into sleigh, and, after stanchng kauii-
| mans wound placed him In the other He then
started for IIoboken, leading the other team. When
they reached Smiths stable, word was Immediately sent
10 tho police station and Sergeant Edmons'on who was
in command haseued to investigate the case The en-
tire party were so excited that they disconnected
ucohereut account OF the ARRAY. Mrs HinesOn gave
good description Of one OF the rlans, which answered
that OF Patrick Mcdonnell, who lives in VIGOROUSLY
bad negborhood known az tho West HOboken "shades'
Taking several OF his officers the sergeant went 10 West
| lIoboken There hc found the uagInhn, stone, VINO
stated that the O. DOnne brothers had been IN the hgh
and that they lived In Romans cottage Tie "shadrs ~
Is one Of the neghbOrho0ds In HOboken The cot
t,ge yhere ODonnell lived IL under the brow Of the
| Palisades below the West HObOken Observatory. ~
was in this neighbOrhOOd that McDOnnOugh was muir
| dered by Cunningham several years ago u was
| here also that Roach with chlsel Killed one nan
and wounded another; Reynolds Of the Reynodsallcy
| pang I'm Muberry-st. killed here few years ago
| while robbiug man. The mysterious murder III the
snow three years ago committed In this neighbor-
hood and the most desperate CRIMINALS nave Always
the door and ordered ODonnel 10 open H. The officers
were Obliged TO force entrance INTO tue mouse ODOh-
nell had us arisen rOn bis bed, anu nndrcssed as ne
was he struggled violently 10 escape arrest lie was
taken the yard and placed la the snow ana Then he
became cooler and asked to be permitted 10 dress MIN
self His brothern-law, Thomas COsgroye, was also IN
the house. he also arrested The prisoners were
taken the switchouse and recognized by the hagman
Stone the who were engaged Ia the ARRAY Ihey
were taken to the police station aud locked up The
prisoners taken before Recorder BOhnscdt yeser
day forenoon, aud both were positively Identified by
Mrs IfinesOn the rliiians that had attacked the
slcghing party. At the time OF the hght both wore
white shirts. Dgent search was made by the police
for these garments but they could not be found The
police were also unable to ind the knives which had
| been used In the ARRAY