The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-04

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Geo. Bradsna,w. rotter. nf Trenton y J..
Alfred Crooi ~ Trcuton " j. and William |
Hugcr rty i.wclier of ~ Tust Houston street
testified substantially as had tho previous wit |
nrssps
Mr. George bliss. Jr.. said: " It may save /
sOme question ns to The uertinency ~ evidence !
N state in ten words our view Of this tnsc
Our view is that thor, provnilrd nj Gilmore's
easily might hnye Ir"tnn out mi" - ynrv 60.
rious disturb anrc which might have resulted
in great dnmnre nnd oven i0ss ot life II re-.
Qurcd stern and judicous treatment nud il re-
ce.ved that aud. nothing more. aud nobody
thought Of making a complaint in this case un-
Ill three or four days after the occurrence. On
tho nth the thing was insticntod and stirred mn
40 industriously thnt i'm some vnv or other tia
charges wore sent 10 the uewspnt,ers two dnys
before they were made"
Mr.. Bliss road "A long deposition from Mr.
Atkinson Rowelrs refercr' tosiifying 10 tho
efficient action uf Cant. Williams and the police
force under his conlmnnd: and nyrrring Tint
Mr. Rowrll's life wns threat med and thnt the
crowd i'm Gilmorns Gnrtion wns one thnt rn
quired stern treatment A depnsiti1n hy Cbns
Rowell WINS ais, rend I'm which he am rn,ad that
during the match especially before OLcnrys
retirement there wns manifested n strong Irish
feeling against him tl{ow"lO ns nm Fna,lislinan:
that his life was threntened; that rIisslles we're
thrown nt his house TO iniure him nu, trevent
his sleeping, and that on tho night Of March ii
and renirI wIs strG,, meiss @r
Edward Plumm~r. one oi The iu,lses in tho
vnikin, p,ot"h f.sfifr,i. - IN, Z, ,,,trnfiisf.
was lately connected with the SioyisjoGg Was
H. u, e rnirac anu , so IVA Wt ~ s y
sencr: was in tho Garden nii the time 81 the
match cxcont ebout t,vo hours 4" not re-
,,,,, 81 ~ o,P,. =, . ,ia, Nj pintn H.. ,,o
nut ont mi rnrolIncf tbs ",rurrarr. n"rfnrtiy
II was about Q o'clock. was going along the
27th street side Of t6e builiinr anJ heard nm
uuroar and hissinc which snenird to come from
the INNER nart oi t5e sents almost onuosita
ss Ge STaS csms g' aohs the 10 w a
very pronounced indeed The crowd saw was
watching and stopped. / went along the track.
and ieer th, c"ntest,,n,s saw Cnnt Williams
md fold him there were signs there II
the nr,.son"a ~ nnorie Vvho nni,,hf rafsc
n riat Tbo ulseS baI nall, ruin
befnre the match H,,,on thnt hissing wouIi
v IL, ii'd's an tss ~ LIN iiSs,Is WIZ Will
oe .,, e uisp1uety conuucs' ana irrson
f ffu.,.5 " II ~. u, w. NY o'. ~. Wy 'lulHN.
lcame hohR on lne tlach lg"ln. anu sile nlssing
5 ',..u ' y ~, ~ ~ ~ - a. w,
sh auu S.ppu up anu S,,,u' uen,.'.hvn. tnls ish
,ne, ng kinI 3i o TefCsno C1ni 2 sVs sFnnsr
saw this Young man Mr. biakel hlsslnR. anl ne
VII 49, 70 S.vS , Nm ,n u" nhu sutn vi '',p ornc'
Ho W. Minv WI Win niim mn M f9'ASu ~ a NH 'nvn,
Smt ,nn bnnd nn III .,ilar ma s,it W "'IG"'tn,"
W,t,an1 nnnu % 4n "is co.'nI "1, III, sniu; & NHpt;;
tbe 10Y Nb.,sor nu vi, ~ nun , GUY say 81
ss sy,.nt a,sgv Gart Wiiio,,s r,sroi, - ~ III
r. VIZ VIZ aNay, AN MI "i'nti's lnel.il puso'i
n,S. @ H..l h NE M Tiuu, @ I,'&nE & MN 10 sS' HoMhi
,h, nii W su 'ioo VI iVui s'eIs' al" 'noh ios'
Fdwin ''Is"i iGoodricb ,os,inad. ct UNA s,,,ir,
In ~ r ,.,,, ~, ~, NJ a., ~ ~ ""s h SUNS M
~ Dortb f Cii CtH, ", @ 5i
night of March IL SAW Cant. Williams 20 nm
into the gallery. | first saw the little man
Plummer and Capt Williams in conversation
ten feet south by the inner rail of the track
MIR. pummpr was seemingly pointing out per-
sons directly in the rear OF the box in which |
sat. think / heard Cart Williams say. IN
attend 10 you directly. undressing the words TO
some one in the gallery Mr. Piummer and he
had some further conversation and then Cart
Williams crossed the track and climbed up
into the box where | was sitting.
gave him my hand to help him up. and
he tapped the edge OF the box behind me
with his dub and said to somebody In the gal
lery Come down The man responded will
inGly and came down into the box whore was
lieve ne and Capt Williams club were In my
iuli view az the time and ne simply tapped MN
nshtly w!th II as ns was gong over NJ 'front.' ot
tn" p,N, say NJ u3 on hnq ouI, III" man
w W '',nH i w.nt up VI, W".u@ WI @ ~ VIZ ,ta,G A StN
o,, Pc e'uoDing nor SrrslnS' % nnu h"Iud
hspt}n,int - ond and ' dJ not ne onr
D,,itrnatrnen, ""N AG"r tbe nam ",,
became Known tbroueb tho nrwspapars / called
Dr NJ H,rI,. " ~ Sir y i p S,,
Wiliin',.is . ma b .Jid dt mo- y, "p,, ~
and 49,, Il h,,,,iI iil ~ 80 I'M, a. =, -
n,,i 0f nn,l % ,hi ~, M, ',,.,, o nc
r,s 49, b,,,i,ss s M boys n,cr -, ~ H..
cty ~ ~ ~ INV, toon n r.s,'i.r, ~, ''i -
New York twenty years and have i'',c' seen some e.
was Ini ~ out NJ t S,le i nor, ~ he Gnr
Gen yrc 90 ,tiiy me P",1 os.ociii =,
rni..t ,rir., Ta,,t II i', nm - ,,,', - tsr1
no had amg,,a,,ae - nssd by 1,9t Wiilinms
~ D"u N"s u"No uso" " N"p'' "'''"'"''
Thomas Davis thought the occurrence took
Then the roughs outside began throwing
stones through the windows OF the gallery on
the lw"nty seventh street SIDE. whlch landed
on Nowell's cottage. The attention OF the track
men was called 10 u. in Few moments Capt
Nlliams and a HE OF men came up. They
passed behind where was 20 where tne roughs
were, ana l saw Capt Williams tell young
man IN the crowd 10 get NJ and go out. lie lust
pushed ms cluo against MN ana SAID, Now. l
want you 10 go The young man turned once.
and Nilllams repeated tho order. Ihat was as
the young man Jumped down IRON the box, ana
as ne "a SO he turned round as II 70 speak. and
Capt. Williams salu: want you 10 keep sun
| and 70 on The, young man went on. and all
was quiet around there after mat
+. T. Walton. owner OF the ST. James Hotel.
! testified: | was Interested in the walking
match. and was present Ave days out Of the SIN.
| There was a very large crowd there all the
| time--ten or twelve thousand persons | should
say. Part of il WAS a pretty wild audience"
John Thompson testified that Capt Williams
| simply called the man down. and. hnding that
| he would not come voluntarily went up and got
! him He did not see amy clubbing
Police Oflcer A. H. Rowley testified that
Pmmmer pointed out To Cant Williams "A man
| for him The man turned very pale when he
! saw the Cautain appr0aching him. He was
| eJected very gently Somebody threw a quid of
| tobacco at Cant. Williams and somebody es.
| said Shoot the ----" After the man
was nut ont there was no more disturbance.
bid not hear Can't Williams use any bad Ian
| guagc to ANYBODY Did not sec hi m use his club.
| H. II Brockway of tho Ashland House saw