The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-01
JOE COBURN, THE PUGILIST.
nv TRTfI FOR SHOOTING OFFICERS
TOMAS AND JERfIES.
Anrxeiting wight Encounter In Uprcr Urond-
,,,v-The Wounded Mems Account OF the
I,sm The Testimony ngaiust the Prisoner
,.,npIe,rd- Great Interest In the Trial.

Itsm The Testimony nuatust the Prisoner
to,npie,cd Great Interest In the Trial.
r,r Cplurn rode from the Tomhs to the
,,cn.ai1ue Court House in u street car. In
char.e oi two on 'crs yesterday morning
several hundred men AMI boys who had been
r,,tu. ,o got sight Of the pugilist. sur
,~...i th, car and ran alon side Of it all the
v,,tn Chambers street, where he nlightcd. IT,
,,.,.nr.d tn hav, nearly recovered from the
on Is NJ IA, police pound NJ. and was splitting
,t,.a, ,u.., with vim. H. WAS hurried into
,. Court House past tn OIL .crs who had
h,n rn4t.l %. On 3 'ors to prevent the entrance
ottbn rabhir. AMI taken 10 the General Sessions
,,,r, in fls third story. There he WIS soon
ioinoi hy his hr'thnrs. Mike and Jim. and his
coun.. The i've lawyers originally as-o lated
IN his a.. fsnao had pga tHally DIV indicd 10y W tn
drlwai- to Mr.. Brooke. Mr. Chapman. and Mr..
Spencer The prosecution was led by Mr.
Rollins. assisted by Mr. Bell and Mr.. Lyons. all
young Assistant District Attorneys. judge
Sutherland presided. Tho room WIS not
crowded 10 discomfort. adm ssion being Judi
clus-y restricted. tut the turons outside the
luulins sunt 'uurd for hours. In the audience
w'r.. Mr.. Henry u rsh, Mr. Henry y. lle.mbold,
rnl Mr. Tony Pastor.
\ iur, having boon secured on Tuesday. the
=. "'d me- trlay begun W ia ur op,n M
Illr.s-Nl Mr. Rollins. lie hai mot ttik'd ion.
lH.nrt There WIS AN exciting mt 'tru III ON. MIR.
lfHuhc arose and said. un-rlly. ask your
Honor to make an order regulating part uf
tlrroudu.t OF this cuse that hus bHn at lrust
rcrurNaulc Michael Column. "a btothrr of the
Prisoner. IL refused adm ~ .un. aul has been
cuUi,d is the ON ,,rs ut the door d WIN 4ttirs"
NJ iko hHd gone out at the huildrng. AMI on r.
iuruing had brcn rriu~' d adn-siun. The On
cets say that They dt not Know nim, ana that.
NJ iic had no suhItrnn ~ a " tn ~. tury Simply
oh"ycd orders in keeping him out tie was
bQi-t'rous. and tho clubbing consisted only
OF pushing nun huck.
In reply H. Mr. Brookc's complaint Mr. Ro.
Inns ~ nngrtly sad that the counsel Tor the
PRISONER wore masking an exhibition Of tnom-
iheinry. How dd Mr.. nra"'K" Know tGat the 'i''
had he'rn amy rluhhlngf MIR Brood, answered
tini the witnesses We're pres nj Judgc Suthrr-
lanl said, 50 near a-r'Iatlpn of the prisoner
ought tO br admitted | order that h. hc allowed
T. mt r." Soon a't"rward Mike came in. bear
81 no marks OF clubs
The prosecutors address embraced a dis
ciaiincr 81 any llNntion To- procrcd AGAINST me
OF the encounter rs he proposed 10 prove il.
There are separate indictments against Coburn
Tor shooting Officers Jcrilrs and Tobias, and 1t
II the Tobias cusr that IL now beng tried. The
other viii afterward be prosecuted.
Officer Tobias WIS the first witness He Is
young. athletic man. and in test ing he dis
played superior intelligence. He carried his
right arm in n sling.
raifelns in BROADWAY between Thirty third and Thirty.
below fhStS AK .trc sa0Sn s n s' r.
l.n ~ ne .alcon talking WIN comlanlcns iota. had
g, q ScS ,a He s S ad main gS
I.i,' man came from the back part OF the salooi,
ant aid that he The cabnan The officer said that
valk. Coburn ami several companions then emerged.
f .ad VIC coGSp Te S wSa dc. . msan 2s ra
Ihod that he had before hcen increred with there IN h-
All IN. nicuds. tohurn rctori,d with abu.. aud lhc
~nccr threatened To arrest him, SAYING at 1t he not
tsAeu away by his friends and hr Saloon cloci he would
ha'r 1t closed a. disoricrs house Couurn slsht,
intoxicated and his friends induced hun to 20 back into
liz saloon. Tobias walked To- Thirty tird str'ct Soon
SSa and na saS rs it To- 5u 'a 5 @ y f S
kn,ked his arm away by throwing np his elbow. ani
tIlt d D. LIE take 4UI
away, or ~ lock you "" THIS Alteration gathered
.nuc, took hold Of Cohurn and showed hun irmn Tobias
isto from pocket pointed il at foIa, at distance Of
only three cot and nrcd The bullet pin the lc hrcns
"a, fie.h wound 1"Glas started q ana cSclaimtd
In own pistol from hi. trousers pockri-an sct,n Of
some dihcnliy because he wore long o,ercost-whcn
hight arm Y AMI in Il pasd GoSSfn eeonG IRE on
% w sS 1 Ma T ps sSi Sd As s
.o'ed yiih cVrgrn am there Ma hard ,!raf.s BE-,
shots fired during his fellow ong,rs ~ ami coiurn
iwcnty.nn,h Precinct .iaIoR where hi wounds were
dressed lie saw no nrins by anybody except Cobugh
Under examination Tobias said:
There had been IN feeling between him ami cohurn.
the 9 9 ee' ~. 1srgsd MAJ he d no, w
va. no quarrel The 6sclmsn drove away Wien or
fsred The witness had P,sst91sy Ind 'rP9os ru "a,
,rke toburn at any time during Tie difficulty although
.en H.as q. ,ns asr;l aa sc. ' W. nor
O us shooting and he nrs shot nrsd a distances
object Of the defence in brng. cut point
hs s H. Ga ,I ss; ,rae M r gs iii no
tn''r the nesh, but SIMPLY made slight wound
Officer Jerfies was the next witness:
He was duty in Thirtyihird the nisht Of
S ,' ,ssrsfs nrosSt VIXEN h herI m.
a .nl ran =. 'ssi a. he could 10 'e a>,i-an,, ~ NJ
arw re ~, ega nreG a. i''s scg ,
lra.f innctius a slight wuuud Three more -io'-
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