Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-24

fall into the rivers He did not know who
the man was who gave utterance to the re-
mark. Mr. Wilson described how tine boat
was lying at Port Perry.
Cooley Did Not Fall or the Lock.
1t was in the lock and the passengers
stepped from the boat onto the gates OF the
lock They then walked on it to the shore.
Wilson thinks person could have fallen
off the gate, as the footway was very
narrow. Captain Klein was recalled. He
said he had watched the passengers land
and had seen no one fall into the river.
CAPTAIN Lud Keefer, of the tug which towed
the boat, saw no one fall at the lock. He
said the boat entered the lock very smoothly
and there was no jar sufficient to throw a
man overheard.
Harry kirkpatrick and John Davis were
in an Allegheny hotel last Tuesday night.
They there talked to a man who said he
knew who had knocked Cooley overheard.
The fellow gave his name as S. j. Buchanan.
This name does not appear in the directory
and he could not be produced at the in
quest
John Daley, one of the principals in the
fight was q witness. He is a barber in
Manchester and an owner of dogs He
knew nothing of the death of Cooley. He
said that Ziruth had come to him before the
excursion and he had agreed to furnish his
end of the performance.
Ziruth Denies He Managed the Fight
Gus Ziruth, of 16 Anderson street, ALLIE
ghenv. was sworn and said: II hired
the boat in a kind of way. do not
know who was the manager l did not hire
the boat from Captain Klein. l did not
pay an installment on the price of the boat.
/ made the round trip 1 was asleep when
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Perry. say positively that
did not hire the boat 1 do
not know who owned the dogs. 1 say
positively that I did not know there were
to be dog fights. A stranger gave me the
ticket to the excursion. The object of the
trip was like any other one-to go up and
down the river. In no way directly or in
directly did have anything to do with the
hiring of the boat. 1 room at Mrs Arm
old's 16 Anderson street.
Then closed the testimony, and the jury
after little consultation brought in a YER
dict that Cooley's death was due to vio-
lence and drowning 1t also says the boat
was hired for unlawful purposes, and it rec
commended that the authorities of the two
cities should put stop to such unlawful
practices.
Ziruth Arrested for Perjury.
The Coroner believed that Ziruth was
periuring himself and at once turned the
testimony over to the District Attorney.
Information was made against him
for perjury by Coroner's Clerk Miller
before Alderman Gripp. The man
was arrested last night and committed to
Jail for a hearing this morning. The
Coroner knows the mans history well, and
will push him hard. 1t is known that
Ziruth was giving out tickets for the
excursion. They sold for 81 each, and
the number was limited to 200. They were
good for the voyage, admission TO the pit
and liquid refreshments. The case now
passes out of the Coroners hands, but he
will aid the District Attorney in catching
the guilty parties.
The dead man was very respectable citi-
zen of Allegheny. He was one of the head
rollers in the Carnegie mill at Thirty-third
street He was man not in the habit of
visiting evil places.
The Humane Society Takes Hand.
Agent Samuel O'Brien, of the Humane
Society, was at the hearing. He was a
close observer of all that was done. For
several days he has been working on the
case and has secured the names
of g. persons who were at the
fight Informations have been made
against these men before Alderman Braun,
of Allegheny. To-day his constables will
commence making arrests. Mr.. O'Brien
intends to push all the cases as far as he
can.