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cover DiiKwunu.Adjourned till Sunday afternoon.FIFTH DAY, (Nov. 12.)Pearson Brown testified as to seeing Harrison struck on the back of the head by a club in the hands of a man behind him, He fell, as he was backing up and defending himself from five or six Irishmen. Witness picked Harrison up and went towards 5th at. At the same instant he saw John H. Smith running from the west to the east side oi Second street and fell. Saw a man to him unknown strike him on the head before he eould get up. Did not see him struck beiore he fell. Witness immediately went to him. The man attempted to repeat the blow but he prevented him. Saw no one else strike him. Witness and Edward E. Brown (a former witness) took Smith away.Jsaac Sm.Uk sworn—Saw a man with n blue coat on, out at the elbows, with dirty plaid pantaloons with his boots outside, struck a man whom he supposed 10 be Harrison. Saw clubs thrown out of the windows of the house where the polls were held, both daring and after the riot.Adjourned till Monday.SIXTH DAY (Nov. 13.)WSndtrop Mang«, a deputy sheriff', arrested a man about 9 o’clock lor attempting to vote illegally, when a mob of Irishmen attempted to rescue him, but ho took him to the cells. He then corroborates the account already given of the attack onSilkworth at a subsequent time of the day; and also the attack on Hays, but without identifying anyAs he was retreating through 2nd street one woman threw a smoothing iron at him from the house next to the corner of north 6th street, west side oi 2nd; he was stationed at the polls by order of Capt. Perry (to whose division he belonged) to protect the peace, through officer Thayer.Boss W. Gardiner corroborated the last witness, and further deposed that Edward McCue was the ringleader in the attempt to rescue his prisoner. Edward Brown, John Lyons, James Reid, and Fiaker'.y (who struck officer Thayer), also assisted. Aid. Linsky said at, that time to John Nolan and Callaghan the hatter I don’t thidk these deputy eherifle have any right to arrest, if they should attemot to arrest me I would knife one of them; they have no authority fiom the city fathers;” whun the assault was committed on the deputies and whness was knocked down Aid. Linsky said *‘don’tRtrike him^-thai’B Gardiner” and the mob then
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn, New York, US
Sat, Nov 18, 1854
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