New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-29
WHO STRUCK sCnWAhALAH!
CONFLICTING TESTIMONY ~ THE CASE
SWEARING THAT tn MAN Wa p-UNn -',r,'a

,,,.,., r,,,.i THAT Tus MAN Wa D-UNh-cEi'4@i'
THAT NE ONLY HAD -FOUR GLASSES OF BIN
J,.!ioc White. at the Harlem Ponce to"1'
Yesterday heard tho evidence III TIC '''0 -" -
=, ,var.!er who was assaulted on D'ceH''i 80 10
entity by Matthew McInerty, a = tih POM o'i'. t
bv Joln J. Mcdonald an e2-p0Hcehan' ''" 49,
,o,a his own story in broken English saying So
a.. f,,,,ou took al uptown car alone an" E"' '
-, E,lty-sixtn-st walked through that street "n''
crosscd Fifth-aye then started up lhat p"cA y" '
mark side TO SEQ whether the windows were 9'i''y -
in the bouses which / was building opposite AZ ""
safe and | was about to 20 on, Nheh '"o h''' w
uniform iuulpea over the park wall THIS noise ina"e
~ ,,r, NcInerty tho one in uniform, knocked
go dovr with a blow behind my cay i'0
tbcn held nv mouth though Just man
ored TO call Murder. Police! felt their nah' " y
RIGHT rocket where there were 70" SILVER uo'i' ~
as was on my LEFT sids they dd not get the F'o III o',
in nv left rocket called Police! repeatedly, anu
,ho mon lcft mo. Mcdonald got mp on the wAI DnI
held McInerty against it until! ohcer ferguson '' ~
and arrested them" ,..
The cros,cxamnatlon brought ont the facts thaV "'
the visit TO the Eighty cichh-st Police station
Ter made no complaint nf rohhelJ AZ ~ -, ~ M,
schwnrLler pulled out his pockctb00k ana throw ~
me table Sergeant Flack counted Tue iloueS' ai,,1
ing only so IN package marRtl -, ~ Nv sa,i ho
Schwarilcri he hal been robbed ScaWArIrr sun t
,d not know Officer Ferguson subsequently sor
,r1pentIy those winch schwarzlcr Hftcrgard clane
to nave lost l. was proved that SoAwarLeF hIu I'm
coiupla!n aut had that Fcrgl '"n caI,ed -
to come off tho wall Mr. Lipmau asked II McDonaiu WT
bloody when no cane into The police station. no '
a streak OF blood his nose replied SchwaIIel,
August Dn Gotta. JOnn Bender ana LOUIS 'iS
fed rs 10 correctness or ~cu"dT/ or a.,
about his drinks and added that they knr" MN ~
perfectly that afternoon James a; LrlIIIo cor
officer who assisted M ScnwaIIier III US oupl'; ~
rob0ratcd his statement except rs 10 the IaOt tbat
lstters holding Nclnery against the wall Nv 49,, m
Ter wa. gong toward Ncluerty Wheh ne ch W
mo r.cue BEFORE they started for the station frBuSo
asked Mcinerty's number, and McIueriy replied ~
Striking match Ferguson discovered that II
lie certain that no one ran away lI ron, Ia any
above the place OF assault, ana ala n"l oeIeN.
one did hy running Town the avenue On ms I"tIu ~.
point Jacob BOclbel, night Waterman wa E,t
rain Ie was ~ Fifth-ayr. ana ElCly FOUR ST., IL
had RIM TO the place the cries ana had seen hOo
running thence. He would not swear lhsL ho ,Is
gone down the transverse road that runs tiouhn Wy
Park at El.hty hfth-st. II was quite le lno"S """
he would probably have seen anybody near ~ hl,u.
Matthew Mclnerty beg the case Tor the uclch
lie said that no walking win hcD0hHlu III IN
PARK a, The time OF tho cries IIe rushed across tnu
wall found Schwarzer bshind tree. evidently VIZ
| drunk and caught u glimpse OF two men VINO Wctc
rapidly walking down fiftl.aye ana "io tt ,r ,hcn
| ferguson wa, tho ground. There Was no '""''"
| business" whatever. .. r. tom ,
Odd you have hold OF Schwarzlcr AGAINST W.
Al did was trying to hGd out WHAT was 'Ho '"'''
! "0-Wby do you think schwarzlcr accused you; A.
lie was dazcd and drunk, AMI rs Aanpeh'n u " Nc
| first man lie saw he accused me. "heh ho "a" ~
| Donald on the fence he accused him. ... .,
| Mcdonald corrobOrated ms hlehds S'a'eI.eN''h a
! every particular. He stated n3i,, nG1 u,tiI
| Ierrust,u came M. There 40 blood Oh ny hoso
Nv hand been bleeding all the afternoon Oh account H
the cutting OF war; ne etI.Asui ,goI stii, on
W,Donr,d's nose ard that Schwar7ler told strtIu,
! story Sergeant England ho"'Hrr' llu 70, ,,'J
Conroy and Murphy Of The rara Poo9 ,gGS M
| To Schwarzicr'' coupete s.ateo' in'oN'"'o'
! The case was then adjourned.