New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-08

not say positively. went OF the front door 90 10
-four SpaniarJs Cubans with them. They all
cited AMI ndu cling in very oud talk They threaienedto
lick some person for having put them out o. some place.
could not understand what place. one OF the span
iards man Of low stature had something IN MS nand
that glsttned cannot say whether II was hhie OF
bottle They started lcisurely to 60 down Four
teen. hist. toward seyenthave, and noticed two men
ana woman loa""lhR lhrH i'll lut SAINT uI,ctiul.
then heard scuie ana down to see what was the
trouble A. J was running to where the scule wa,
met these persons coming back very fast ana
excited. Al about No. 100 West Fourteenth-st,
i'm ny and carry INN into Cofces place. went Into
an oystesalocn. which the only place open az the
con d not ind them. l nlly identify the prisoners
two of the men that committed the assault
Upon this identification of the prisoner, Coroner
Brady committed them both TO the city puson with
out bail The Coroner expressed the opinion that
these men could, if they would, give information
that would lead to the discovery of the Spaniards
who assaulted Kcely. For his part, he proposed to
leave the whole matter in the hands of the police
FOR solution and said that he would not bring the
case before Jury until they were ready to present
all Of the testimony in the case Tie prisoners
made 10 statements at the COroners Office.
TIL MEN IN THE TONES.
A TRIBrNE reporter visited Cusack and Finlly at
the Tombs Yesterday afternoon. Cu,ack was found
st ing III one OF the long corridors with his coat Oft
trying very hard to keep cool both physically and
mentally. He Is 4 young man. apparently about
thirty years Old Is Of medium size, with dark brown
HAIR. sIde-whiskers and moustache and of rather
rentlemaulike appearance. FInlay is probably
about the same age and j, of nearly the same height
a. Cusack He has very light blonde hair. side
whlskers and small moustache. Cusack seemed
very willing 10 talk ard explain ms connection
with the matter as fully as possible. lie made the
following statement:
MIR. Finlay and had been together all day on
.1,.L her
and dropped into Cohees Windsor Garden. We
had something TO drink there, and met couple Of
Young women and young man who was with
them / do not know the name of either of the
women or of the man. l had never seen any of
them before. We an went out OF Coiiecs together
and went from there 10 Ihei,,s place where
sat down at one Of the tables and had a drink. At
a table near where we were sitting were
four Trcuchmen-not Cubans or Spauiards, a.
the papers state-and one Of these men seemed
to BIZ &C uuanted with the women who were with
us. One of them called to him to coue over to our
table; We Joined ID the invitation, and he came
over aud stt down with Us. Then We all had some
thing 90 drink togethcI-tWO bottles Of wine, be-
lieve-and were sitting there talking, quietly enough
when OiiiccT keelv came along and roughly told H..
10 got out: that II was time 10 smut up the place
and turn ont the lights. Some OF the lights were
then being put out. We started 10 CO. ana our
party as lar a. >lXth-avc where Tho TWO women
and their friend got on car gong up town, ana
Fnlay and | were standing Oh the oorneI OF SIXTH
ave- and Fourteen hist, when we heard
sounds OF an alteration behind Us.
turning around and going back, !
stlg one OF The Frcnchnan down ou the pavement
with a colOTcd porter from Iheiss, standing over
him. apparently as II he had struck the rcnchmdu
and knocked him down. Onicer keeiy vas in the
party that had gathered about ana was using ll'
cluh ID very poiil-f nous udiIleI upon an ID ile
neigh bOrhOOd. l took II upon myself 10 act as
what j. al this ah0uiY just stop this now aud lei
Us cXPaIu Ma jers. put my hand upon the Oil
Ccr'- ann FIFE turned and said !: that's al right
] then Judged that he was oruuk just then Mt.
IluaN came up and was pushed aside 10y the Officer
utter hch Nee Is turned around upon me and caught
me boy tine throat and pushed me aside. i saw the
coudIlcn the policeman was IN, and concluded II
Wou,C b. better ior me 20 move on ana qld So
/ reached the corner Of Fourteenth-st. ana
>'Xth-aye, going first To Mays corner ana theh To
hehot's corner, where renamed "AIe TINS dis
turbauCc was stlll gong on. Httle WINE alleI
tins Ihe disturbance seemed 10 subslde, and called
TO Mr. Fulav who came To the corner where was
time. | suppose stood there Tor hVe minutes.
We were waiting for a car. Before any car came,
these FTenChmon came out 10 where we WcIe.
They came from the direction OF the spanish holel,
and stood and talked with Us Tor some time
tner, Oh the corner. Only one OF them spoke ing
h-h the Others talked among thelnselN' 10 rehcl
hc one who spoke En-Lsn suggested that on the
next evening the Whole party should 90 over ana
comnliiu 10 Nh Thesis OF the manner ia which we
had been treated III being in>uited by druuken
officer without having gwen any pOVccatlOn
" ia ever We all walked slowly down 10 Tie mddIG
the DOCK between Sl-ll anu Nt~ anu
], hearing he car coming aloh-' toHciuueu 20 'ahc
it, MI fmiay and ! were ahead OF the rest oi the
party, way 10 tho car, when We saw ohceI
kcciy coming along Win lis ulchQs-a man ana
WOMAN. | heard INN say: Well, now, I'm
the man; what d. You - - want !
l immediately sad to ny friend: Come, let us 20
there's going TO De trouble, ana we don't want TO get
mixed up III IT, Then, looking around, saw heey
iylnR Oh the edge OF the sidewalk | neither saw
nor heard any blow struck. flnlay and then went
to hehoe's; after that we went into johnson and
got cigars, and thcn took a car ana went hoIHe
"a hen we went away heey was stlll lylDg on the
pavement and the Freuchmen were standing there.
dId not see any u Tie party aItci coming ouO 81
~ hen Mr. Keely was il THESIS did he have any
woman with HIM - asked the reporter.
d" AID not notice any woman near hlIn then, but
hen Ac came out woman ana man "er" win
llu.'
What became Of them while this alteration
do ot know did not them after that ;
al least ! dId not notice them paItcua ry.
Inc tact is, after l san the policeman down. |
] ieit like getting away a. soon as possible dId
not Waut TO ct INTO trouble through The affair. ,
Cusack said that he dd moi know OF the death OF |
Detective kee y until Thursday evening and about |
the next thing he knew, he arrested t0I alleged
ia lie mans MURDER. Beng asked II ne |
had ever seen any IF these Frenchmen before, he |
re- phed that he had not, hut tnat ne should kno"
any one OF them II he slouIa see aim AGAIN when |
asked If he could describe The men. be SAID:
90 can tell You something about three Of them |
but cannot remember much about The fourth, |
though / should know him If / should see MN |
again. ne who spoke Englsh Vas evidently /
the youngest OF the party lie Vas a snort man ana |
spoke English very we'll lie wore hghI suli'
Another OF the men tall ana dark hdd DARK 1
brown halT small side " AIakeIs and mOustdcheani
was dressed ia dark business sult. Ihe-e Two /
men, I was told. were both from Paris. The |
tnTd was considerably the Oldest IN the !
party. lie Tiy-hNe years Old, or |
PNdrd, was short, stout and ihlck--ei. was lold
thdl he was RON Ioul01, and the other man, whose
appearance cannot now recolcct distinctly, NE |
Dung tOld came from A4Tsellle-. lie tod |