New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-03


After consultation with Mayor Graham and Dis
t1ict-Attorney Woodruff the Sheriff telegraphed 10
Sheriff John j. Toffey of Hudson County loF
solliefs and subsequently sent another telegram 10
Lieutenant-C Colonel SCbafer of the 4th hegIWen''
N G. N j. asking that the Jersey CITY compahles
of the regiment be placed under arms at once anu
await further orders Chief Graul got ont all MS
night-men, and with the special conStapIes
started again for the of the riot lie was ac
companied by the Sheriff, the Mayor ana the i'e'.
Father McNulty, of st. Johns Cathedral. who went
with the officials in the hope that he mleht nave
some influence over the rioters Theytook with them
n very fleet team of horses with n light car
raiCe to carry off the prisoners. 1hey
left this team some distance from inc
house. and drove up in another conYeyance
Tn the meantime the crowd had allowed Dal2eils
son TO be taken away by an officer and there dldnot
appear to be any particular feeling against HIM.
VAIN APPEAL BY PRIEST.
When Father AlcNulty reached the place OF tho
riot. he mounted the box of the coach, and re-
moving his hat made short speech to the crowd
of excited men which pressed about the house. he
smoke with moderation but showed much feeling
He begged the rioters to retire at once to
their homes, as it was Gods day OF rest
and their actions were contrary 10 the
laws of both God and man. My friends
added the priest, "you must remcm-
ber we are in Paterson, an orderly
peaceful community, and not in city on the lron-
tier, where lawessness and crime reign supreme
This man. who has committed this terrible crhhe Is
in the hands of the authorities, and we must leave
his punishment 10 Them AS laW-aDidlhg
and honest men it is our duty 10
aid tho officers of the city and State by
being quiet and orderly" He closed with advising
the mob to leave the place at once. when nc oe-
gan speaking he was oheered by few OF the rioters
but when he begged them to go home he was met
with jeers and cries of all kinds.
RUSHING THROUGH THE MOB WITH THE MURDERER.
The Sheriff, the Chief of Police. Mayor Graham
and Father McNulty held a consultation IN the
house as to what was to be DONE They concluded
that the prisoner must not be left there all night;
in fact it appeared doubtful II they coulu
guard him much longer, so excited had lho
crowd become. He must be rushed out, salu tho
Chief; so they formed the police into two lines eA
tending to the carriage, and hurried the murderer
out He fell fat his face on the floor OF the Ve-
hice and refused to get up. For the first few hun
drcd yards tie stones whised round and struck inc
carriage, but the police, by vigorous clubbing Kept
back the crowd, and the Chief able to get away
with the prisoner. When they came to the place
where the feet team was in waiting Dalzell was re-
moved to the second carriage and driven rapidly 10
Newark jail itbeing dangerous to attempt TO carry
him to Paterson, or to allow MN 10 Ic-
main IN the Paterson Jail. part Of the crowd be-
ieyed that he had been taken to the latter place.
and gathered about the entrance. They were
told that tho militia were coming
Let them come" they shouted. wen
soon show them the way out of Paterson" Ihey
were informed by the keeper of the Jail and by
Father McNulty that Dalzell had been taken to
Newark. and then they quietly dispersed. Last
evening the agitation seemed to have subsidized but
little knots of men were here and there on the
street talking over the occurrences OF the day.
The body of Van Houten was taken to an under
takers shop TO await the orders of Coroner Hurd.
The gun with which lie was killed IS at the police
station. and the barrels are loaded to depth of
four inches each with buckshot showing that after
his shooting among the crowd from tho attic win
dow DaZell must have taken an opportunity to re-
load the weapon.
The members of the Paterson Light Brigade were
mustered and stood under arms all day. They were
drilling all the afternoon in Washington Hall. but
| they had no cartridges. "What are you going 10
do. Major" some lnquisitive person asked. &" Oh,
we'll we can give the jersey City militia recep-
tion you know, and show them where the row Is"
TALKS WITH EYE-wTSEssEs.
Otto Stutzbacb at one time Editor OF Inc Pdssaic
County Journal was an eyewitness of the riotous
| proceedings He gave the following account of the
affair to O TRIBUNE reporter: For twcnty-seven
wears the Germans have held this annual
celebration of the Festival Of May Day. custom
brought from the South of Germany. / went to
| Garret Rock at o'clock this morning. 1t is the
custom of the people hold the festival at an early
| bopr in order to SEQ the sunrise. At
about o'clock 1 was trying to get out
| Of the crowd that was clbOwing and pushing. A
| friend of mine broke down the fence. Young Dali
| zell came out and told us TO stop climbing on the
| fence. Then the old man camO with bis gun which
he aimed at me. We tried to get away for lie looked
very ugly. But the crowd increased and we
could not move. Old man Ddlzell again leyelled the
gun which was q dOuble-barrelled one, and warned
the crowd off. We all thought the gun was not
| loaded and laughed at him. Then two shots were
| fired in quick succession, about ten seconds
apart. A men fell, and rushed to see
who it was. He was lying on his
back, having been shot in the back. lie died in Il
few minutes. His name was Van Houten, Hol-
| lander Only two weeks ago lie was married. DR..
| Brederodc, also a Holander, who was present, cX-
! ainned the man, and sad that life was extinct.
! q went with the crowd to the house of Dazcll.
| Everybody was shouting to lynch hlm. There was
and roast the - OUT some one shouted:
| The stones broke q window, and the old
man, rested his gun d on the, the sash and fired fired
| n boy who was standing at some distance from the
| bouse-about 200 feet. A little girl was also
wounded. went to summon moro policemen, Dali
| zlll is savage and brutal looking man. Ills son
began the disturbance by interfering with the
crowd. picking up stones to throw at them.
The crowd surrounded him, and then his father
came. Stones were thrown at the old man before
he fired He was not ON hIs own property when tho
shooting began, but was standing on the outside OF
the fence away from his house. After the first
two shots, he ran around the Rock, puT-
sued by Constable Riley and the people,
Riley took away his gun, but gave it to him-agaln.
SneciaI Policeman Diedermann helped 10 keep back
the mob There were fully 5000 persons on the
spot and 1000 more i'll the vicinity. Father Nc
Nulty has great Influence among the Irish, and did
| hnnse- little hoy NNaR fOrMnrd and get Ii