New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-26
THE SHOOTING or THE BOY Frederick
STORY OF A WOMAN WHO WITNESSED THE AT.
rArR-LIEUTENANT cAsSIDY's STATEMENT.


| FArR-LIEUTENANT cAsSIDY's STATEMENT.
GENERAL DisrArcnl
Buffalo. Aug. 25.-An Associated Press reporter to-
| day visited the place where the boy Brodcrfck was
shot BY soldier OF the 22d Regiment and found Mrs.
Lee the only person beside BioicTick and tho solder
who did the shooting who witnessed the occurrence.
| Mrs. Lee, who IN state OF great excitement.
took the reporter to the Of her house and pointed
ont the ruins Of narrow fence ut the end Of alley
which separated her house from tho adjoining one.
There she said, there Is where tue poor boy was
| shot. lie came runring through the alley and was
trying to get over the fence wien soldier rushed
| through my house, and standing In my kifclI,n shot
| the boy he upon the fence"
The distance from the Kitchen door to the fence -
not over two Yards and II Mrs Lees story Is correct.
the soldiers gun must have been near BrodericRs
body Mrs. Lee said the boy after being shot fell on
the other side OF the fence. crawed distance OF
few yards aa fell. She declared that the sodicr
| then drew revolver and fired another shot ut the
boy he lay on the ground. lie then took an axe,
which belonged to her. and broke down the fence on
which the boy had been shot.
Other women living I'm the vicinity saw they ncari
ono shot In the meantime the other soldiers who
had been chasing the boy arrived and gathered around
the PROSTATE body. The police OF the neghborhood
also collected but wore kept nj a distance, the women
saving that they had been driven back at the point
of the bayonct. The soldiers would not even lot tho
against the soldiers They said the youth had not
hs,n throwing stones rs the soldiers charged, and
declared that tho militia had slot the wrong person.
one woman said that when BrOdefck went into the alley
ne had in each hand piece OF Ice, which he had
taken from an ice wagon. These pieces OF Ice were
on either side of him as he lay upon the ground.
They said II the boy was being chased by soldiers
he would not have stopped to steal ice. The woman
said that after the boy fell he cried God love the
soldiers who shot me! l did not do IT, He then
asked that priest be sent for. They described
the man who cid the shooting as rather tall
man. with n smooth face ard prominent chin lie
acknowledged that he did the shooting. He was cry
ing and seemed to be sincerely sorry Tor the "ouhod
boy at his feet.
A sergeant OF police in civilians clothing was
attracted by the shooting and went to the spot lie
told who he was, and said TO Lieutenant 'hssuy'
who was In charge OF the soldiers that the shooting
was serious piece OF work. This the Lieutenant
admitted and said he was sorry 1t occurred
stretcher procured ana the wounued pos ""'
taken to Fitch Hospital.
From Mrs Lees house the reporter went to the
quarters OF the I'D Regiment at ONO and Louisah
sts and obtained Lieutenant Cassidys version OF the
shooting lie said that a telegram was received from
the Erie officials this morning saying they wanted
protection at the Ohiost. freight yards as gang Of
mon had been throwing stones at their workmen. A
detachment was accordingly sent there. and LIEU
tenant Cassidy placed In command OF II. They
had not been at the yards long when four
persons began throwing stones Mt the
switchmen. Chase WIS given at once and three
Of them captured. The other enc, who, the
lieutenant says was Broderick. refused 10 surrender
when called upon. and The lieutenant and sew
cral soldiers followed him for two three blocks when
the fugitive lodged into Of the houses on Louis
lanasi Some Of the soldiers went around the corner
and entered open lot In the rear OF the house ana
others entered a house through window ana gained
the open 1T by way Of the back door. Here they
found the boy lying the ground wounded one
soldier who was In advance OF the others. Ind gone
through Mrs. Lees house and he II was who shot
Frederick The lieutenant sad the man had no orders
10 shoot and did II on his own responsibility. lie
WIS forced 10 do it, said tie Lieutenant.
But the boy was not making any resistance. was
he - asked the reporter
"No.- replied Lieutenant Cassidy. The lieutenant
Insisted that only one shot fired. He refused to
give the name OF the man who shot Broderick.
The surgeon at the hospital operated upon Brodcrck
this afternoon which operation. II successful, may lead
to his recovery but the chances are decidedly against
him. There are three ragged holes In the boys body
two OF them made probably by the same bullet; the
third looks II II might have been made by II bayone
Coroner Ransom attempted TO secure an ante-m0rtem
statement from the boy. but was unable to do so
owing to the patient being partially unconscious