Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 4, 1875, Page 6

1] JOHN C. COLT, Did the Slayer of Adams Escape the Gallows? Lo IMarvelons BStory Recsntly Pat Forth by the Paris * Figaro.” Slatement by a Gentleman Connected with tho New York Press at ihe Time. Thers Can Bo No Doubt that Oolt Com- mitted Suicide. To the Editor of The Chicago Tridune: CuicAau, Deo. 1,—Tho strango “taking-off " of Jobn C. Colt, who murdered Adams, u book- binder, in & room corner of Droadway and Chambers street, Now York, ovor thirty years 8go, has excited the futereet of the public at different poriods ever since it occurred. ln brief, TR FACTS WERE THESE: John C.Colt was the author of a svstem of book- kosping, living In New York, sud ho gave lus work into the Liands of ono Adams to bind in Iarge quantities. Onoe Saturday, Adams eslled at Calt's roony, on Broadway, sud urgeutly preased tho payment of Lis bill. Colt was liviog in ratber a looso way, with a mistrces, and hod not the mosns (o dofray tho amouut presented. Colt disputed the bill, angry worda eusued, and from this they camo to blows, Colt, in his cou- feesion after his conviction, alleged that thoy fell on the floor togother, and, as Adama had bim lu o tight place, griping bim iu a tender part, bo roanched a hatchot, lying on tho tioor, near at hand, and dealt & blow WHICIH DID THE DUBINES3 for his smealaut. Alarmod at what ho bad doze, ho cast about to sco what he liad botter do to conceal what ho now, in & cooler moment, deomed a ctime of horrid magvitude, ile con. cotved tho ides of packing the body in 8 dry- goods box, in bis room; which Le did, After epending tho afternoon m wiping up tho bloody flaor, hie went nut at nightfatl, and walked inthe pack, near tho City-Ilall, mediatiog what bis mnext course should be. Ha sayw, 4 At ono time I resolved to go tomy brother Ham and tell him all about it; but this I was afratd todo.” 11is brothor Bamuel boardod at that tumoe at the Astor Htonse, and had not then so. cured & patent for the sls-shooter pistol (of which, by tho way, bo was not the inventor, but only the one who utilized the discovery of an- other), but was engaged in portuership with a Mr. Iiobineon, iua ship-news entorpriso snd merchants’ roading-room nest Wall streat, Adams was s married man and had o family, Hin absence from bis busimoss and homo eoon created an anxious kearch for bir whoreabouts ; but no ciow for & woek was found, uutl the hox mlzhlch Colt bed placed his vichim, packad in eal WAS TRACED TO THE BRI FALAMNAZO0, Ising at or near tho foct of Wull nireot. The scovery was mado by traciug tue box through the carwan who took it from Colt's rooms where Lo tanglt boakkooping. Tho box was not ** con- veyed to New Orlenus,” su stated in tho follow- ing uarrative. ‘fhe wiiter of this rkocch wau at that time on tho editorial siaff of tho old New York Times, 8 Democratic paper then, sod remembers very woll - tho dise covery, mado on s Hundoy oveninr, just eight” daya from the Baturday Adams wis Lii- dered. Ho was Also engaged in assisting the re- portera at the trial befuro Judge Kout. No murder committed in Nuw York in thoss days—not oven tho trisl of Richard P, ltobinson for the killing of Helen Jewott, 1 a hiouso of {ll-fame in Thompeon eireot—created ¥o groat and_ wide-sproad » sonsstion as tiat of Adams by Colt, Bheriff Gultck, afeer Colt's conviction, received $1,000 from an anonyuious source to ald in Colt's escape, ‘I'his ho handed over to the Mayor, A plan was set on foot to anable Colt to ESCAPE THR GALLOWS, after Gov, Boward refused bis pardon, It was 10 ot fire to tho Tombs, 1 which he was incar- cerated, and. by disguising hita as & flieman, Lo would casily escape. Bub this, owiug most like- Iy to the Shorif's integnity, fuiled, 1t was waid, at the time, that 8 plav of Jegal ac- uittal was entoita.nud, to 0o brought sboat ju this wiso: It was to appeal from tiov, Buward's refusal to & Judge of tho Hupiemo Court, ana by bringing the watier botoro um, gob an order 10 delay the execution ten hours, waile it was Le- ing s1gued, and, If the result was not favorable, then Lo bribe the stoamor Lo run ons bar 1u the Hudeun, aod thuslet the time go by at which the oxecution was (o take place. Yhore wasuo tolegraph in thoro daya, ‘I'be Rev. Dr. Authon, Rector of St. Mark's in the Bowory, was Colt's apintusl advirer, sud he marsiod Colt to bis mistress io \he cell tho day “beforo the exocution was to taka place. Colt profosaed repentance, and tho clorgyman catled uoxt mornivy to have a roligious servico with tho doomed man, ‘I'he Sberiff unlocked the door of Colt's cell, and the Doctor entored first, But ho shisnk back o horror at the scene whica pre. sonted iunelt! There Colt lay, Bt wral stark, with & KNIFE STICKING IN UIB ILEANT, The Doctor turned aud came out and burst into tean. “flis day appointed for the oxccution was datk and dreary, in November. Crowds gathered at tho street-coruess in the lower part of the city, aud it was not generally known that Colu hait aobbed the gallows of its victim. Hoon the City- Ha.l bell bovmed out an elarm of fire, and, suie enougb, it broke out in the Tombs P’rison. From this circametance aroso tho story which Is re- peated below, aod probably nice ous of ten of the old lubabitauts kuown (o tho wrtor be- Lioved that Colt did escapo in the guiso of a fireman. lu a conversation with Mr, Robinson, Bamuel Colt'a pastner, who died two or thrae years siice, Lo informed mo of 8il the circumutabces which came under his own personal observation. 1o sald, *“There iy HOT A WOID OF TRUTH about Colt's beiug alive. We," continued le, *lisd made sn arravgemont with Dr, — and Dr, — [leading physiciang i the clty} to be at the bhakepears Hotel, oun lgunuu streot [s few blocks from the prison], with a galvauio battory, bath, eto., to resuscituto tho body, which we weie to sscure immealatel; that the surgeon sbould pronounce him dnd’. Bat Colt kliled himsell, and there wasan ond of tho matter, He wua buried luSt, Mark's ground, ou Tonth stroat, noar the Bowery, where lio now ies. 'Ibls is written to oxpluln the following lettor from * Graco Gresuwood” to the New York Tames of Nov. 24, dated Parts, Nov, 1’,:1:9l15.'r L BT, A STRANOE AND DISTORTED BTORY. Apropos_of murder and Hyarg, 1 s teingtod to ou, for the benefit of yuur Now York readers, o slation of u most astonisbivg sud sensstivual 40 story, which appesrod Liero & fow morulugs sltice,~of cougve, in thn veraclous journal of which I have spobou, Hartford papers will please copy : * At Datiguolles, tup lo Mer & wmsn who once had a criminal celébrity in New York, United ntatus died tho othier day, After mauy viclsuitudes, be bad rowne Lo our grest city to hide and to be forgotien, This man was Charles Colt, fatber of the jnyentor of * Coll's revol 1u 16547 lved in w York, on Lo foute 30 Marlewm, fu & frame Louse surrounded I:I a garden, snd separstod from all other bubitativus, o Lad wilb biws Lisro & mistreas, wilh whom b ditets guarteled ; and one sveuing, in & mowent of snger, bie killad this wouan, by striking ber & Wow on the bemple with & casafe. In pirsolce of the COTPM tho uplappy man was forced to ccualder LOW Lioa upeedlly to rid Limself of i, An iofernal thought er his mind ; ke cut the body in picces, and packs o {0 8 case, salting It very strougly, Thien bo placod thin cuse 0 & socond, sud shipped ty dreadful jack- age o Now Orleaun (o falss sdilcesy, giving blieslf alta & Bctitious usive as the sendor, Ho had, more- taken tie precaution to keep the biead, which he bad Intarred Ln the gurden of the bouso, ‘Arrived wb ita dostitiution, the case could not, of course, b claio #d, as the address was fuvented, aud after 8 littlo dulay sy sopt back Lo New York, whero it was opesicd, an the porpse discoversd aud {dentifad by s peculiar mark DU L Lock, ‘Llie burtid Lesy was fuund [u the garden, sud as susj iciun pointed to Colt he was arreated, bried, and condeiunad to Lebung. 11 is uosdleas W eay tuat the (rionds of the criminad 100k all Lo steps posaible to elear it but witbouk succoss, On the @1 euig bew the dey on which he was 0 be vzscuted, s fire o out ju Lhe iuterior of Le Tombe, that Culew Lestod prisou of te Egypilan atyle lu New York i tiis Grewmen penetrated info tho fail, whers one of thein, Lilted Ly the family of Colt, carriod {0 Lt a tire. wan's drius, by tbe sid of which be cscaped in the tumult, When Lis L was discovercd It wus too late § be Lid left New York aud wes lust o the Awer. fcay deserls, He went attcrwards 1o Utab, (o Saa Fralicisee, 10 Meadco, and (ot thers L0 France, where o lived iguord 10 Firis, by L naie of Kavabuagh, which was that of Lis motber, Defore bis desth, Colt, who was a Protestaut, sent for 8 pastor, sud, In big presence sud before oue of Liv neiglbors, who vel U Uicao datalls, revealod tho Lrutls conccrs ark culiwnian ', Lbe ca- vcfe, the Lirth-piark, the hosd burled in the gardea, 26t abaurd a4 la (his story, Docdloasly falss ang TI N Improbable fn most of lis circumetances anl detifis, 1L will remind nany of the atesuge rumora which wers afloat fn New Terkafler the muidds of youug C.lt, which ocenrred, T bellave, on the eve af the cxeeution to which hie had been condemned for the murier of, not hiis mistress, but hin creditor~rumors of tho crim- il having oacaped through the connivano.f rerialn uniiet-aflicers of tho Tombm, aud of the body of an- attier prisoner who had cpportinciy died in” the Hos. Sital, Daving been subatituten for his, 1talao romiu I e of a atory which wa folt me fn THartford some fii- teen vears agn by Felative of mine, and » nelghtar of the Colt famil¥, Tt was suggested by our ieeting on the ateeta 0l Mr, Colt boweil withs Yoira and sorrows, My rel rticd me by expresaing the helief that the unfortunate younger aon of this vonerablo man was not deal, but then livipz in_ Earope, and told me that % old acqnaintan-a of the homiclde—wha, by the way, had never belleved Lim guiity of deiiherate mur- der—had confided ta him (my relativo) a strango fact, Teing in Parin & short tima Lefore, ko had come aud- denlyupon his old friend, Ho reroguized hitm in- atantly nnd perfectly, anil exclaned, 3y Gol, Coll, 18 this yout" 1o aaid tho poor fellow, flicown off his uard, did not for fhe mament attempt to deny his fientity, and even smiled, then. surn-d palo ae da stanimered out ** You are mistaken i the per and burrlod away, 1 certainty do not indorse this story, but 1t was told tomoln perfect gool falth, Certainiy it In strange that the whiripcol of time, which han ainro nwatlow el a0 many horriblo crimes and myaterious evenis, sbould cast up from ita daptha upon this distant rhore this ghuntly and fearfully distorted. fragaly of tho Now World. ——— e MED M'VICKER’S THZATRE, - Mr. Bullivan's Jamlet is full of intereat, but it is not tho best of his imporsunations. As scoms tobo nsual with Lim, be has mado & careful study of tho charactor. 1{o has ascortained to hia own satisfaction that Jamlel mmulates mad- ness, and thag all his *antic dispositions,” how- ovor strainod and wild thoy umy appoar, admit of a reasouablo oxplaoation. Ile iings tho in- terviow with Ophelia into tho line of his theory by ingenious staga busiuess, which s A Lo us warranted by the text of tho play. Thus ho tnakes Solonius and tho King londvertently dis- closo themsolves whilo eavesdropping, nud his cruel specclies aro addressed rathor to thom than to the wretched Ophelia. Bo alao in tho sceno with Jioratio and Marcelius, sftor the deparinto of the Ghost, bo takes ouly the former fuily into Ius confidenca: and thoe ribatd allusions to bis fathor'a sohiit as *old twopenny " and ** old molo ™ aro soomingly in- tendod to doceive Marcelius. 'This interprotn. tion of tha passage is not usual, but it has the merit of offering somo explavation of & perplox- ing eceno. Mr. Sullivan pursues his controlling ides throughout the play, and ono who has wit- nesaed it may riso at tho close with the couvie- tion thiat ho haa scen, for onco in his ifo, a sans Uawlet, 1nit a good Hamlet? No; not entirely eo. In tho most impassioned speechiea it wus oasy Lo mit uiotly by sud Lo caldly critical. Not onco did tho actor wholly sink out of sight. Tlero wae al- ways the cousciousnesy of beautiful olaention ; tha soft cadencos of tho spoaker fell with perfect roguiarity upon the lwtoncr's ear: but the words were mot venetrated through and through, as thoy sbould have brou, with most intenso foohug. It will be easy to jndge of the nature of the performanco when itis said that thio spoeeh_to tho plavers was tho best of tho evening. Tho sohloquies, for the must part, Iailed to strike a respunsivo cbord, though the comjany present spplauded theta loudly, and soomed” to mlmiro them ne soparato works of art. Mr. Sullivan also failed to realize tho ideal Hamlet tn s moro outward appenrance ; and thin is no trivial detall, ns it may at first thought goom to bo, For cntire cujoyment of Shak- speare’s moat poetic ideal wo ‘muct have poctic harmooy pervadivg it cverywhera. —There sbould bo poctry in the figuro and tho facoe of the melancholy Dane a8 well as in bia worda aud actions. Jflamlel was about 30 years of age ¢ r, Bullivan is noar 6). Bloro- over, Mr. Hullivan not uul{ fails to look tha character, but lio far's to bo it. Ho dues noc lot it take possossiun of lum ; bho attempts to taks possossion of it, and adupt it to his uses. No ‘woudor be succeods but partiallv. Somo brief nutes on the peenliaritios of the performanco Jast nlght romaw to bo made, and # more particular notice must boe deferred until nnother day. o have spoken of Me, Snllivau's beautiful iocution. 1t was so, {udeed, in the first act of tho play, and at timos thronghout tue ovouiny ; at otbor timea the slight huskiness and the evidences of wear and tear of voico, to which allusion Les befors been made in THE TuDONE, were too much even for tho urt of tho actor {0 concest. r. Bullivan's voico has beon. and occasionally Is still, a magnificont organ; but it is no longer what it ouco was. An instsuce of faulty elosution occurred in tho soliloquy begioning **O taat this too too soud flesh would molt," cto., etc. At the scutonce 0 Gnd1 O Goit 1low woary, stalo, flat, and unproftible Seorn o nic all the usea of this world, AMr. Sullivau shrank away aod cowerod a8 if in 1he very prosoiice of tho Deity, aud festing Hin wrath, “We never saw the passago &o interpreted before, sud fu iy dificult to seo what forco in added to it by ridiculous posturing. The “ U Uod! O God!" Is moroly an invocation, or, at tha most, a cry of anguish, not & shrick of des- palir aud terror, Something romaing to be eald of AMr. Bulli van's staye-busiucss, which {8 genetatly adwira- ble. Wa ke his nsar approach to the (#hosl, as & belog whom ovou mn u strangs guise sud under unususl circumstances ho loved. Mr. Sullivan does not draw out his tableg, and writo his unclo down avillain, thinking, vorbaps, that #0 sotic a performance as tual, when slone, would be as g.od 88 a confession of madness, Polonfus is made to refor to tlie tires actor, not to Hamlel, when bio says, after the firet actor's npeech : ** Look whother ho has not turned lug cnlnr.‘lud has tenrs in s oyes,—pr'ythee uo more,” Iu tho laat apesch nith Ophelia, Mr, Sullivan motkcy several axits snd eotrances, rushlug off » moment, sud roturning to launch at ber & crael sentonce, after whioh he rotires, oolv to returu again, ‘The discovery of tho Kiug and Polonius during thie interview, alroady roforred to, is romewhat awkwardly made by Dbav- ing them walk Loldly across tho stage; so that, when iJamnlet aske Ophelia, ** Where's your father ?" he Lav & very obvious reference to the tirenome old counnelor whon bie haa just esplod, In the scene 6t the trial of Gonzago, the King and Quocn arsnot scated on thrones, but ou chaird; Jlamiet works gradually over to them duriug the progress of the mock-play; and ot tho denouomout he ciutchea tle mautlo of the Kivg, and, toaring it aay from lus {ace, looks boldly at hia tell-tale eyes. - Mauy moro instaoces of peculinr ** business ™ migbt be given, but thoso aiready nouced will wuttice to ahow thas Mr, Bullivan docs not lack ingenutty a4 an actor. It will bo observed that i oua place ke bay been obliged to do violence to Shakspesre in order to presorve the uuity of his ldeal, snd fu otbers lus actiona aro of comparativoly small importance. ‘The performance, on the whole, is an interesting atudy, but not & roalizatiou of the dreamy, contewplalive, and spliitusl Prince of Depmark. Mrs, Murdoch made a pretty and intelligont Ophel ‘I'bero wers masuy web eyos i tho house at tho closs of tho mad-scene. If it iy not ungracious to eAy 80, we may awsert that sho moro than answered tha general expectation, 3L, Rainford an Jolomusand Mr. Hoymour nu the Gravedigger wers very well, and Mr, Barron aa Horatin was suficiontly subducd aud wodeat ; too yest wore but us thoy might be. TTiere have been bettor Sm!nl hero—as, for instance, Birs, Cowell—and bettor IKings, ics, Guildensterns, Rosencranzes, and Mar. To-night ** Richard LLL.," which prom- iwentobe » vurg ploselng I‘mrlnrmunm: this siternuon *The Btravger,” 'Luo audiouce last ight waa very lazgo, THE EDDY ORGAN RECITAL. The twenty-fourth of 3Mr, Eddy's serles of OrRsu recitals will be given this sfternoon at the Union Park Congregationsl Church, with the following programme ; 1, Orerture 1o the * Uccaalonal Oratorio ™, 4, * Andsute favuri ™ Buitn: op. 118) 3, ¥antasie (n C i & 4 Night Bong* “ Yom Uiminel hoch da ki 1<) 6, “ Marcip TAGUpULS oo 10 BT ol . dony~ e Wanderod "o U ibuntuiu «Handel s Jeaaia 4 8, * Avo Maria,” o1, 6 arlatious on * Wi O Toancnasnnn THE ADELPHI, The Kiralfy brothers Lave fulfilted all, aud more thau all, they promised whou they fist came bere with their spectacle. I'no wuake. charming scene, which is enlivenad by the iutro- ductiou of & resl cobrs, aud & uow batlet are at. tesctions 4l avo been added thiy wee! are worth sseiug., This alterncon snd eveui u will ba tlie last performance of ‘*Around ua.i World." e, BILLIARDS, New Yoax, Deo. 8.—Albert Garnler bas chal- lenged Oysille Dion to play fora gold medal and tho billiasd cusmpioaship, 117 CITCAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1876.~TWULVE PAGEN, CRIMINAL NEWS. Disappearanco as a Defaulter of a Cincinonatlan of Previously Iigh Standing. Termination of ths Carear of an Ex- tensive Polygamist and Ac- comylished Scoundvel. Flendist Attempt fo Murder a Messenger= Doy in San Frauclyco, A School.Girl Murdered in tho Woods Near Watertown, N. Y. FRAUD IN CINCINNATI, Specral Disvateh to T'he Chicaza Tribuns, CixcaNyati, Doe. 3.—Tho seneation of the day hero {8 the disappearance of Charles E. Cist, a Iasvor of mididla ngo, born and ralsed bero, and one of our hest-known sud trusted professionsl mon. Ile hias been kuown for yoare a8 tha bost- posted man o titles fu the city, and han for his own clients and the cllenta of mavy other law- yers douo the most of the Lusiness of mokivg abstraots of titles, Ho has bocn trueted implio- itly by oversbody, and on his abstracts millions of dollars hinva been loaned on mortgago accuri- ties. Ou Iast Monday hodirappenrod. Iio was last leard of at llarsisburg, P'a, Now that ho does 0ot return, it loaks out that ho has failod to can. cel mortgagoes tho wmonoy for which was Intiust- ed 1o bim. There aro all sorts of rumors, tho sum total of his defaleations beivg placed by somo at as high a figure us 380,000, \lev)mmd parties namo 87,000 ju ono cass, 6,500 in anvtber, aud $10,000 in suother. o loaves fioro about 250,000 1n roal caswate, bosides a larga and valuable faim i Ilivois, which is said to bo mortgaged. o hag boen a speculator in real cutsto and ftock for many yenrs sud has made and loat fortunes, Nine yearssgo he lost £100.000 at ono blow. ilis disapposrance has startiod tho citv. ilin fuends clum that lus mind must bo shatterod and that ho has not planned any courso of fraud. Thoro continuo rovelations of fiaud In build- ing nssociations hore, Quo has wound up with a licavy losa to all, and to-night another had to caltou ity treasurer to account for tho sum of £18,000 of which he is short. Ilo roported him- solf sick sn bed sud unablo to attond. A POLYGAMIST AND SWINDLER. New York fimes. Deorentowy, N, J., Dec. 1.—Ia 1563 Matthew . Vau Ostrand, a young mau of good family sud cducation residiug In this township, was married to Illa Pouncy, tho daughter of a sealthy farwer living fu the vicialty of Warswick, Orango, County, N. Y. Some timo sfterward Van Ostrand failed fa businces, which failure was accompanied with circumstances o Bus- picious that Vau Ostrand fled to Canads beforo investigation could be made. 1o was followed by Ina wife, who remained two years with him 1o the Provinces. Durivg that tlme ho was repeatedly started in Luswoess by bis fricods in this B8tate and in Orango Connty, Ilo ®o shamofully abused tlus kindoess, bowever, by squsudering thousands of dollars thar advanced him, sud taxing the re- wources of hia friends to reliovo Lim from ths c¢onsoquences of Illegal and criminsl trausnc- tions, that thay flally witndrow their support, His treatment of bis family becamo such that Ius wife lefs him, roturning to her fathoer's in 1868, with her two cluldren. —Buortly after this Van Ostrand waa forced to loave Canala to os- capa arrest, on chargo of forgery, sud wont to Lockport, N. Y. Leing 8 mau of fine appoar- auce, Ingh onlture, and winniug address, ho was not long in getting into the host wociety of the pluce, atil, gaiting tho confidence of loading business men, securod s positiou of prent trust aud rospousibiity. ‘Teking advontage of his pomtton, Lo formed the acquaintance of a Miss Tuoker, au secomp lishod young lndy of Lockport, and sitbuojaontly macs ried her. " Not lung atterward rumors of Vun Ostrand’s past career reacned Lockport. Tho rumora boing investigated aud fouad Lrue, Van Ostrand wag forced to leave tho city Lo again os- cape justice, loaving different parties minua sevaral thousand dodare, which had been in- trusted to bis care. ¥ From New York Btate Van Osirand went to Ouio, bringiog up in Columbus. As in otber inces, his mannera and assurance word not long n gaining Lim tho contidence of Lusine 8 cir- gles. At Columbus be won the afections of 8 voung ludy namod Blies Georgis Vail, thoe ddaughter of a gonuoman wno was Van Ostraud’s flnancial backer in certan wpeculations to & large amouus. ‘The marrisgo of Jlias Vail and Van Ustiand waslooked forward o 88 ona of the great events in Columbus sooci- oty. A short time befors tho wedding-day, how- avor, n busineas nesociate of Vea Ouscrand's dls- covered the existence of uegotiated notea to the smount of #5,000, tv which the former’s nome was forgod. Too passing of the notes was tracod back directly to Van Ostrand, sud he way chsrgod with tue crime by his partnor, xod sub- wequently arreated, IHe atoutly donied the crima, uwnd was wsupported by tnany friends, among iom the father of s bLetrathed, who wont g bail for appearance at court. BShortly before tho trinl it was ascortsined that Vau Ostrand way propating 10 leave the city, which causod his bondsman to deliver him up ta the authoritien, 1o was tited, convicied, aud esn- tenced £ four years iu tho Obio Penitentiary, ‘I'ho youug lady to whom ho was to bave boen nraed died “during the first voar of Vou Ostrand's imprisonmont, it 18 said of grief and shame. Van Ostrand served two yeara in prison, when ho was, for somo reason, pardonod out. BHoon afiorward ho appoared 1n tho Villago of Dels- waro, 0., under the name of Ryerson, I'rofess- ing profound pioty, ha took au active and load- |u5¢ part iu church affaire thero, aud n October, 1874, was martied to tha daughter of tho Prosbytorian minister of Dglaware, a beavtiful young Iady buy 18 {om of ago, Tho counle lived togetuor, to all outward sppear- ances happily, but rumor aaid that Van Ostrand wus unkiad 1o his innocout vietim, which was given foundation by tho faot that in August last sho returued to her fathor's Lousa with a child 3 weoke old, Almost simultsucourly with this, thres young ladios. of the bLost familics of tho place, charged Van Ostrand with haviog accom- pliehod their ruju. ' escape tho indiguation of the peaple ha fled tho place ju the night. I'hve wtory reccived lisre of thiu alfair states that oue of tho sbove unfortuoata vicums of Van Ostrand died in giving birth 10 his child, and that suothor desertod Lier homo aod s loadiog & ifo of shame in Cincnatl, From Delaware Van Ustrand went to Bpring- flold, O, and nt onca Iaid his plans to vusnare a wew viclim., 1lo foxmed the acquaintanco of a youog, woslthy, aud accomplished widow of that glnc, sod ¥ iufatuatod her that sho clupad with im snd warried m oo the 27th of Hoptember Jant, 'They returned to Springlield, and were liv- ing u style tuore whon sn odicer srrived in the iece from Dolawase, about the middle of Ooto- o, for the artest of the scoundrel, Van Ostrand, be baviug Loen traced to Bpriuglield. e man- aoad Lo eycape the ofticer, and fled from tho place, sud no t ace of him conld be found. The friends of bla Springlield viom and of bie luckless dupes In Delaware uow determined to bring bim to justico, if poasiblo, aod omployed detec- tives 10 take boid of the casa. They followed bim to Cauada, sud found bitg 1n (ho "early part of the presont monty suugly epsconced in the villsgo of Windsor. Altnough he bad been thero il but a fuw days, it was found that he had al- ready formed the acquaimntauce of a handsome Freuch millner named Jean Dubois, Deing eat- istied by mquiry that the did not look with {avor on the advaucos of Van Ostrand, tho do- tectivos dotermined to take her into their confl- dence, sud wako her, if possible, & decoy to bring Van Ostracd into' thelr power. Bhe readi- ly congented to aid in trappiog the villam, sod played her part so arifully that the plan worked to porfection, It soewms thas Van Os- trand had repeatodly solicited Ler to graut bim iuterviews at a rendezvous appointed by humself, but she bad steadily refusod. Wuen sho fell juto the plan of the detoctives she re- plied to » note rocoived from Vau Ostrand she could uot meot Lum anywhere 1o Wiuduor, s bor people wore watohing” ber, Lut tLat she wu go- 118 to Cleveland on the 20th of November, aud would mee$ him at the United Statea Hotel iu tbat city ou the 22d. Vso Outrand agreed Lo the propossl, aud ou Monday of Iast week sppesrcd at the hotei ju Cleveland. whers ofticers were nmut, aud whero Lo was arrestod ot ouce. was taken to Np ingtiold, and Is now in jail awmting trial for his crime AN UNFAITHF oL SERVANT, Spactat Duapatch W T'ks Clicauo Jribune, LeaveswonTit, Kao,, Deo. 3.—A woll-kuown fn. surance agent by tho wamo of . B, Casile was arrestad 1u this city -day on & requisition from the Qovernor of Missourl, chargig tha said Castle with embezzlemont. It sacms thal Castle, wbile residing in 5t. Joe, acicd ay tho sgeut of J the Nurdhwostorn Mutosl TLife-Inaurance Com- rany of Milwaukeo, Wi, amd (s ho collocted targo s of monoy, but wailed to turn over tho full amount to the Company. DBut ther, boing element with Caatle, lio prom sing to make up tho deticiency in a whort time, twk no lega) ntaps againet bim. Ho, howaycer, failed to pav, aud tho Compnany got out the roquisition with the above resutt, * Ifo leaves & wifo nod two clilidren ™ in thus aity, AN ACT OF DEEP DAMNATION. 8ax Fnascisco, Dee. A bold attempt at robbery and murdor occurred at the Palaco Hate! this afternoon. A young man calliug bimself 8. H. Hatrington raquested Hopkins & 1aley, money-brokers, to send 81,750 in greon - backs to his room at tho Talace for exchaume. The firm sont a boy with the money, accompa: niod by oflicers, Susplcions being excitod, the ullicers walted ontside. Tho boy went fn. Wlnle counting the monoy, ho was attacked by Harriugton wita a tatchet, ‘The olficors rushed in and arrosted bim, Harriogton had praviously unsaccesafullv nttomptod to lure Aichaol Reoso to his room on the pretext of negotlating a loan, From entries in his ncto-book bo soma to have beou of geod conuections, KANSAB CITY CRIME. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune, Ransas City, Mo, Dee. 3,—After working five days the jury who are to try Edward ‘Furner for tho murder of (. Giraves, which took placo in Leoxington, {n this Stato, over two years ago, wero to-dav sccursd. ‘Thoe jury is componed of n fine-tooking aet of men, and will, no doubt, bring iu & verdict in accordauco with the teutis muny. James Wagnor, a German who was arrested in g city Wednesday for horsc-stealing, wan bronght befure Judge Whita of the Criminsl Court this artornoon and sentonced to tho Penijtontiary for three yoara. 1o isan old of- fendor, ana bas hoou out'of tho Innsas State’s- Prigon but & short timo. ALLEGED KIDNAPPING. Spectat Insvateh to £'he Clitcavo Tribune. Lixcory, Neb., Dec. J.—Dlair, the man ar- rested hiero by Chicago datectivos a month ago on n chargo of perjury committed in Chicago, and by them taken to Englaud without authority of law, has beon heard from. By proper ropre- sentations mado to Secretary Fish, and throngh him to the English Governmont, Dlair is roportod released, and lus peraccotors uidor arrest. All tho parties aro now on their return to this place, If the caso proves 10 bo as it uow appears, Dlair was & victim of coneplracy, and was foully kignspped. An jutoroating triat will probably follow their roturn Lo this country, aud things will be lively hore over 1t. SIOUX CITY ITEMS, Special Inspatch to The Clacage Tribune, Broux City, Ia., Deo. 3.—Burglars entored tho store of T. Ejliott, at Onawa, last night, and carried off goods to the amount of £5,000. Ofticors nrd on the track of the thioves, and tuey will probably soon be captured. tiowe, the young thief who stole his employ- or's watch and mouey, was brought hore last night, had &n oxsmination to-day, and in dofault of bail was committed to awnit thoaction of tho Giand_Jury at tho March term of court, It trauspires that though young in yoars heis old in crime, this being the second or third timo he bns been in jw! for stoaling, INHUMAN BRUTALITY. Svecial Dispateh to The Chicago Iribuns. Dersorr, Mich., Dec, 3.—This ovening Patrick Wheelaban, ono of the ¢rew of the lately-burned steamar Phil Sboridan, was talling with & friond in a sailors' boardiug-house on Woodbridge stroot, when Pug Campbell, a sailor, came up behind bim and struck bim undor tho car twice sud Licked tim in ths stomach onco, intlioting injuriea which proved fatal in ten minutos. The altacs woa wholly unprovoked, as Wheolalian was not spoaling to Oampbell, and was nol evon faciog lim, The murdarer was noy arzested. ALLEGED MURDER, Special Dispateh to t'he Chicago Tribune, Apniay, Mich,, Deo, 3.—Joseph Uolph, of Al- bion, to-dsy offers a public roward hore of 81,000 for tho aiscovery of his slater, Maria Louise, wifo of DMaj. Bolah Riley, who mysteriously dis- appoared 1n November, 1371, while returning from & visit to s macriod aistor in Balem County, Indi- ana, Iloy ot a divorce, and mariiod again in 1874, 1o was soan after arrested for murdering hig miesing wifo, buc the ovidenco was tod sien- dor to hold him, Tho rolatives still sdhera to tho murder theory, and honco the reward, THE LAMP-POST VICTIM. Special Diputeh to The Cnicaao Tribune, DesMosys, In., Dac, 8.—A fow months ago & lotter was Mled with Gov. Carpenter, in which tho writer inamuated that at Jeast throo of the men who were engaged in tho laoging of Howard to s iamp-post in thia city wero known, and tnat the guilty pardoes conld "be brought to light. ‘I'ne Graud Jury, now in sesslon, gave tho mattor & most searching fuvestigation, but failed :Jo ‘r!lmlon anytuiug wolch could implicals any- ody. HELD FOR BASTARDY, Bpecral Diapateh o The Chicasn Tribune, Dasvitte, lit.,, Dec. 5.—A young man named Frank Huchioe, who waa recently marricdin this county, was arrested st bia fatbor-in-law's residence in tho north part of the county vester- day for bastardy. The complainant, Miea Ann Courud, hails from Fruukfort, Ind.. and arrivod here vestarday, accompanicd by bor brother. Hochinyg was hold to bail in $700 for his appear- auce. ARREST OF AN ALLEGED FORGER, Nzw Yons, Deo. 3.—Chatlos Bchullz, a timber- merchant and mill-owner at Mecklenberg- Bolwerin, was arrested to-day oo board tho steamor Idaho as that veesel arrived in the loaor bay, Schultz {s charged with having raised money from tha Mecklenberg Bavings Dank, ‘I'heodore Nautzman, snd others, by means of forged assigomonta of morcgages.* The sum ob« taiued is stated at about 17,000 marks, A DRUNKEN MAN ROBBED Special thspateh to T'he Chicago [y ibuna, CanranviLre, 1L, Dee. 3.—A Bt. Louls drum- mer, giviog bis vame aa Ford, and claiming to represent Richardson & Co., wholesale druggists, of 8t. Louls, was robbod of 5,000 at the depot at this place whlle under the jnfluence of tiquor, ‘T'he suppossd robber was caught this tmotmng, bug the money is stll missing. AN AGED GAME. ToLepo, 0., Dec. 3.—Abont 1 o'clock this af. tornoon & mao stepped into the oftice of the City Auditor and informed tue clerk fn charge that a Iady o a carriage nt the door desired Lo see bim rolativa to the purohase of some bouds. Whilo theolork was thus encaged, the stranger ab- stractod a box condgluing ¥2,100 cutroncy sod 1nade good his esca, THE HOMESTEAD HOMICIDE. Bperial Dupiteh to I'he Chicago Lribuns, Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 23.—Tho farmer who shot the paramour of Lis wife, near Homestead, [ Charlea Boad, fonmerly of thls city, Ile was marriod hers, and his stepfather has been sum. moned there, 1t will bo ditticult to iad an Jows Jury to conviot Lim of murder, VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL. 8pecial {hapateh ta The Chicago Tribune. Axdova, Ind., Deo, 8.~In the Pierce murder trial the cass was given to the jury as 10:40 last night, and fu twonty minutes they returned jnto court witt a verdict of acquittal, which seems to Eive general satinfaction, COUNTERFEITERS' OPERATIONS, Bigciat bigputeh o The Chicaae Iriouns, BrmixarieLy, I, Deo. 8.—Advices received hera this ovening etate that counlerfelters wero oporating at DuQuoin. Federal detectives bave guue tu mako arrests. ANOTHER SCHOOL-GIRL MURDERED. Warentowx, N. Y., Doc. 8.—Sarah Couklin, aged 14 yearw, was murdered on Tueadsy while returniog from school through m piece of woods 10 Rutlacd, A boy namied ltutay, aged 16, has beon arreated. RCBIED THE MAILS, Rocnester, N. Y., Dec. 3.—Natban Sprague (colored), & clork iu o Post-Onice for about 40 verry, was arrested ¢blu moruing for le iy lottory, aud ploaded + guilsy,” L PORT HURON MARINE NEWS. #veciat Disvateh to The Chicaya Trivune, Ponr Hunon, Deo, 3,—The Belle Croas snd barges returnod here to lay up, bolog uaablo to reach fisginaw on account of theice, The propoller Jumes Fisk and the steamer Keoe wenaw passod dawn this ovening. Tho barge Suporior and conanet, biund up for Chieago. The Wonovs armved np. [ho propellor Koans ol is agtound on P'echy fslaud, snd ia about 2 fect ont. RAILROAD NEWS, MICHIGAN CENTRAL, WOY THE CAVITAL ATOCR MAS RHRUNK TEN MILLIONA, Spectal Carrespondence of The Chieado Tribune, Bosrod, Deo. 1.—An article appears in tho Jonrnal to-day glving a caroful roviow of the bislory of tho Michigan Coutral Rosd with a view to showing tho causss which bava led toa dopreciation in tho market valne of tho stock from $118 por sharo in tho fall of 1972 to §64 por share in the fall of 1875 a shriukage amonnting in the sggrogate to nearly $10,000,000 on the capital stock of the Company. 'Tuo calculation is based on the decision of tho United Btates Hupremo Court lo tho caso of Thomes it. John va. Erio Rajlway Company, which defloes not enrnings proparly applicavle to the payment of dividonds on stock tu bo the balance remaining, aftor deducting from gross oarnings the ex- peuses for o;-umnu‘.; and maintonauco, tho pay- ments for rents undor lonsos, and the intorest on bonds, The statemont thou continuos as fol- lows + LIAMLITIES MAY 31, 1871 Capttal stock accouut Tionda— Micbigan Contral, Michigan Central Air ‘Lina, Kalawnazoo & Houth Havon, Joliet & Indiana Uraud Riger Vailey $14,05,848 oo 80,020,089 e 100 * 000 « 800,000 + 1,500,000~ $8,234,083 & T lelf)‘ "?fk bout sui’cuou plfn' spuum, niunal intereat on above bonds, together wif Jare antees on &tock, $081,009, 5 il LUSINESS OF MAIN LINE AND BIANCIIES TOR TIR YFAN ENDING MAX 31, 1871, o8 5,420,123 Gross earnings, . wrees o Uperating ezpen inciuding taxes, 3,861,011 Not carnings, . Deduct interest su Disfdend Dee. i1, 1570, 5 per cenl$ 657,103 Dividend July 3, 1871, 3 per centu, 1t that a 10 ¢ aisiiond o ting t appoars that a 10 per cent distdend amouating to H.".‘.‘,pn%.wu mtado for that year, while the -m.{‘.ml really earned and propesly applivable o the payment of dividenda was only §375,U63, or the equivalent of a G per cent dividend, AT 3L, 1 Oapital stock account,,, Bonds— $17,987,048 Jolie\ & Indiana ... Grand Riyer Valley, 800, 1,610,0 0 Jackuon, Lansing & Bag + 9,043,000—$11,078,088 Total, veaeenionna s $20,060,000 Guaranteca on Joliet & Indiann, Grand River Vaillay, and dackson, Lansing & Baginaw stock, about §9,600 Fot sunai, Annual {nterest on abovo bonds, together with guar- antecs an stock, $938,560, BUBINESS OF MAIN LINR AND BRANCHES FOI TNE YEAR 4 MAY 31, 18 Not OATOINGA. +oeverrirsonn Deduct tnterest and gusrantees as ato 81,007,000 Nebivassrarssosarencrssasasasansassane Dividends— Jau, 8, 1472, d per cent, 8 767,10 892,445 July 6, 1874, 8 per cent. 1,667,115 Tt appeass (hat 5 10 per cent divldend smounting to $1,667,115 wan maddo in this year also, whi.o the amount roally earned and properly applicable (o the payment of dividends was only $1,007,640, or tuo equivalent of G yer cont dividond. Tcro wo havo two 10 per cont dividends doclared whilo only G was earned, and besi@es that the capital atock and debt of wmuln lioe and branchea had beoa - creased 35,000,000 Lu ono {fi.lr‘. 7 MaY J $16,738,304 Loudds Michigan Central mortgiga. Micligan Central mortg:go. Michigan Contral Alr Lino. Kalamazoo & South Joligt & Indans.... Grand Biver Volley, ..., » 1,500,050 Jaokson, Lansing & Saginaw. ... 2,435,000~$17,380,000 v+, 836,818,204 ve boudn, logather with guar- antees on st ek, amounted to §1,241,000, the fnterest on $:,600.00 of the ncw Michigan Ceatral honda tliut ware isauod sutsequantly to Dec. 1, 1473, not belng ine cluded, LUSINESS OF MAIN LINE AND DRANCUZS YOR THE 1EAR ZNDING MAY 3, 1873, Gross earainga ... 0, Operating exponses, 1Bciuding taxes, ... 980, Net €arniOgs, vesereorsousnrsenoronsor S13181 Deduct {uteress anil guarantecs aa above.. 'xhu,wo Net... . ,183 No cash dividead was k $1,0 A e 6l oc! diyldend of $710,050 waa made, paysble !IIL 21, 1874, ‘Tho number of milos run Ly engiues during the {ur was !.Ulfli?}) ylml the expenses ou road repairs ! hat year $ildi7, equal 1o 103 ceuts per milo run by englues,—not suflicicnt to maintala tho roads sad suporetructirs withaiit dopreciation. MAY U1, 1874, Caplial stock account,, esenieees $16,708,204 Bouda— Michigan Central mortgage, 12,735,000 Michigan Contral moptgsge Grand Riyer Valey,.. 22,500,000 Juckson, Lanalog & Biyinaw. 4,253,000—810,008,000 $38.836,201 Annual intorest on above tonds, together with guur- 45603 00 Bi0ck, BOURIS 0 41A0TAL, - BUSINERS OF MAIN LINE AND DRANOHES VOB YEAR ANDING MAY 3l 1Hid, Gro8S O3TDINGS.vaesevsonsrecs Operating expenses, including fazes, Net earnings. Deduct tntercet ang Nef Buarantecs, as above..., 1,607,140 Nod o, umber of miles 7un by edgiues during the year, 110,05, Tuo awnount charged in account of operating ex- ponses to roid ropaire was $203,571, a sum equal fo 8 canta per mile run by engines, which {8 not oae-sixél the spiount necessary to keop up the rosd-ted sud sus pentiructuse. 11, tuerclore, & proper amoun Led n_charged in' tho account of ojerating expenses that year thio expense on raid repsirs would bave been 0,000, or an incresso Gf noasly 81,000,000 above the amount chiarged, and £he rosd, Justesd of carning & surplus of $502,699, would Lave fallen nearly §500,000 fhort of esralug enougli to pay interest i Seitnd 204 fseed Hock Snd aesreaoos on [ and Lines and guarsatses on Wa'now como to the Iateat roport lssued ; Y , 1475, 818,736,204 Micliyau Contral mortgage. Michigen Central mortgago. Michigan Central Alr-Lano.. BMlchigan Central, South B Michigan Central, squipment... Kalamazoo & Souths Huven,,, Jollet & Indlan; Grand River Valiey.. £00,000 Jackson, Loualug & Eiginaw 250, 000--$20,008,000 Total, asenaheies Tha anni e i ‘onds, (ogethier with gusratoes oa slack of Joased or braach ines, sraounte 31,665,440, . Tha sluking.fund iu hands of Trustees $1,60,07%, with {ta acoumulations, 1s eatimated to pay Hioking-fdud bonds at muturity'in 1892, ichigaa ntral joust weanwhils—{or sevon ears—pay jnteses| thereon from eataings, o ingse BUPLNESS OF MALY LINX AND DRANOLKS YOI YZAN ENDs ING MAY 31, 18,6, o $7,102.268 oes 5,008,097 Gross earning: Operating vxpes Net earnings., 33,004,169 No futerest baving sccrued an dmllol-\l bouds iseued, We sunual lutercst aud guar- antyes would be sanie as previous year. .., 81,607,440 Nebioeianss .o On pago 33, (s gross earuings ars sisted #1200, - On page 23, th ;fw recalpts B0 sipiubation sppairing 1o 150 Siport, o milca run by sagioes duriug the n,.i'}' Polise on road renairs (pago 43), §315,138 10 8 centa por mils run by engites, flero, e provious year; s sum e cliarged in acovunt of op- erating oxpo d ropairs uiterly lna Ui mbsatansnca of Fasd-bed and supsFatFaCHEe, Driefly : Mey 81, 1871, the Compavy has & fiuuung’ debt of about €200,000 ; I‘l’! szgnnu capital and fuuded dobt tiability smounting to $12,900,000 ; makivg sunusl dividends of 10 por cout when I\m) were not fairly earning over 8 por ceut., and their atock rogarded aa a tirut-clsss inveaiment at §114 per sharo. Now, sfter an los terval of four yeais, tho tloatiug debt has in- oreased to 770,000 ; the sggrogate capitsl sud funded dobt Jiabilty'to €39,436,000, with no divie dende made for thres years, aud the utock Huctue sting 1 the wmarket from 54 to $61 per shiare. et MISCELLANEOUS. A SUIT BROUGHT. Spectal Duvatch to T'he Catcaao Tribuns, Druoque, Ia., Deo, 3.—The Cbicsgo, Clinton & Dubuque Rsilroad Commpany bsought suit in the Dubuque Circuit Court against the Obioago, Burlington & Quinoy Rsilroad to recover $2,500,000 damagos by ressoun of the neglect on $he pors of tha latter to comply with tho terms of sn alloged copiract between the two roads b] whica, in consideration of the plalntid nonmleb‘-’ ing {ta road from Dubuquo to Clinton, and aleo tranaferring to the defendant 4,800 ehiares of ite capital atock at tho par value of £160 each, the dofandant agraed to guarantsa tho honua of tho Plaintiff to the amount of £1,500,000, aud atsota counact with tho plaintifi‘a road st Clinton, and to 1eceive and transport all fraight carrlad ovor plaintift's rosd bound bayond Chinton, and to de. livor to piatatifall fraight from thoir road bound north of Clinton, snd aiso Lo give 40 por eont of tho gross rouifl from suel: froights for the re- domption of the bonda and the iuterost on tho coupons. Plaintiff allogos that all of tnoir part of the contract was fullilled, but that dsfondant, aftor moptmf tho shares and guarantesing tho boods, haa falled to fullfil the othor part of the agresment, thus ignoring plaintiT's cradit to tho amount of the damages claimed. STRIKE ON A NEW ROAD. Spectal Lispateh to The Chicado Tridune, TAPAYETTE, 1nd., Deo, 3,~The forco of men employed grading and filling for the Lafayetto, Muncio & Bloomington Raiiway traok just south of Lafayoite Junction struck to-day atmoon, Thera woro about 300 moen and 100 teama o the work. They have boon recoiving 91.50 for la- barors and €8 for tesms por day of ten hours, The days woro eo shors that it was found im- possibloto work more than nine hours, and tho men wero notified that, hereafter, thoy would have that ono hour por day do- ducted in “ sottloment. , Aftor dinner they refusod to go & to wark on these terma, The teams were hitched up and a trocession formed, driving through the principal siroets of tho city, No further demonstration was made. It ia oxpocted that there will bo vlenty of Iaborers to fill their places, so the work will not bo dolsyed materially, Tho track be- tween Lafavotto aud Muncio 1 sl Jaid oxcont 4 miles immodiately cast of ths Junction. A large forco In ongaged ‘in graveting and puitivg the track in a condition for businoss. ROADS AT GRAND HAVEN, MICH, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicaao Tribune, Gnaxp HAVEN, Mich,, Deo. 3.—The Michigan Lako Bhore Raitroad has applied for the privi- logo to run through the city to the harbor, whero a dock {8 to bo bnilt on Jand purchased by the Ponnosylvania Railrond Oompany. Thisscems in farthorance of tho original dosign of oxtending & branch of tho Penusylvauia Contral to this city. Tho Chicago, Ssginaw & Cauada Railroad haw also spplicd for a like privitege. RECEIVER APPOINTED, LorsviLLg, Ky, Deo, 3.—Goorgo McLeod, an engineor of experience, and & well-known rail- road man, was to-day appointed Recoiver of the Lontaville, Cincinnatl, & Lexiogton Short-Lino Railroad, Lo succeod Bamuol Gill, who is now sufforing mental aborration produced by brain fover, MIOHIGAN UNIVERSITY, ; Alleged Corruption {n the Chemical Departments Speciat Dispateh to Tha Chicado Tribune. AxN Anpor, Mich., Dec. 3.—The special from Dotroit ta Tur Onicaco Trisusk in yestorday'’s edition, futimating corruption in tho manage- tont of the Chemical Department of tha Uni- versity and embezzlomont of funds, created pro- found excitement hose. Whilo tho secrot inves- tigation of matters which hos been going oo for woolis {8 atill incomplote, it wag intonded to re- veal nothing Ll tho guilty patty or parties wera definitely fxed ypon ; but Dr, Douglas, Diractor of tho Chomical Laboratory, was very willing 1ast night to rospond to the inquiries of report- ory, sud Lo plainly assorted chat bis nesistant, Dr. Preston B. Ross, wan tho gullty party; that ho had made & full confession of his dofalcation, and hod made restitution by burning over Lis proporty to the Begents. Buch and other siato- ments tending to show tho guilt of Dr., Rose woroe telegraphod to the Dotroit Fres Press and Post, aud tho excitement wa incressod g theso rapers reachod this city. As Dr. Rose is o man supposed to be of the highes. integrity, no one beileved the statemonts could be trns, To get both sides, I calied upon this gentleman and asiod him what ho bad to say. Lo denied tho charge whally, and #3id his Ingocence would ba cloarly shown when the investigarion is com- pletod. Tho manaer in whioh the ombozzlemont was offected 18 rolated aa follows: Biudeata io s departmont pay for the iomerial thoy uso, and esign vouchors when they pay their moaney. Dr. Rose rocoived theso vouchors and tho mouey, and it waa his daty to Land both over to the Director of tha Laboratory, It is claimed that ho failed to deliver all j that Douglas only diecuvered this by chauea, Dr. Raose ¢iaims, on the othor hand, that everything has teco poid over se 1equired. Unforiunately, Le never took rocolpis for thess amounts, Homo- body a8 mads way with the vouchers, so that they wera never reportad to the Regenta, Who did it iw » question, Dr, Rose has made no con- foamon of dofaloation, s olaimed. o donies afl the charges. Tho dishonesty, it Is thought, is traceabla to another party, Dispateh to Detroit Fres Preas. Axy Anzon, Dec, 2.—Tho artiole in Tre Cine cago Trinuxe of this mornivg, headed * Pevu- lation by an Under-Offioial of the Ohomical Do- partment of Michigan Uoiversity,” daused con- siderable surptlse here this uvnn[nq. It is not too muoh to say that iv is a most unexpected Tevalation to alt in this city, including the Pro- fonsora, with the exception of those who bLave been directly on&sgud n forroung out the mate ter. Tho Fres Press cortespondent visited Dr, Douglas, Director ot the Cbemical Laboratory, this evenivg, aud laid the article soferred to befors bim, and asked for sn explauation of the chargen theroin made, Dr. Douglas eaid that the cnarges were, in the main, true, nnd that ooe of the uoder-officials bad beon discov- ered defrsuding the Univeraity. Ho bal hoped thas the affair might not be made puhlio just at present { but, since 80 muoh had transpired ss bad, he thoughe that s full statement of all the facts should be given, let the blamo fall whero it would. He then datailed at leogth the manger 1o which tbe dighonesty was detectod. 1t is well known that each studout of the La- boratory ?flil forsll chemicala and spparstus used by hin, The student pavs to the Acuistant of the Laboratory, Prof. Prestou B. Hose, tho sum be is charged with. The Assistant mskos out a youcher, and on the back the studont cer- uties ¢hat the sum wamed 18 coirect The vouchers, with the money paid, are turned over to the Director of ~the Laboratory, afcer being ontered on tho books, About s moonth sgo, Dr, Dougias, in making out his acoount, {o be reported to the Begeuts, in accordance with the voucliers ro- oeived from Boso, discovered that the names of certain mmonn working io the Laboratory were not to bo found op any of the vouchers surned over to him, He first dissovered four names not accounted for, sud the pext dsy inspected the books at the borstory to find if $hoir mo- counts were unpaid. Tho boaks showed that thev bad boen ;]:‘-ux Prof, ose waa askod lo He acknowledged th: oxplaia, the accounta bad beso pald, and that, if uo vouchors had been susned over, 1t was his fault. Us immedi- ntoly offersd to make good the deficiency. Though atill nuwiliog to beliovo that fhese named had been intontlopally left out, Dr. Douglas was convinced by tho actions of Prof, Hose that was notb right, sod callod upon Prof. Prencott Lo asaist him in mak- lng an oxamination of the books. A mearch of ono night revealed s discropanocy of $048.63 be- tween the books and vousliers, ‘ba resuls of the exsmiuation was nade known to Presidant Augell, and, at hls suggestion, the pames of tho parties whoso youchers biad been witbheld were prosented to Praf. Rose, for bim to scknowl. edgo whotber tholr accounta had bcen paid, Ac- cordlngly four or five names wero bauded him oach day, and be uniformly -nknowladfnd that vouchers should Lave been made, Afier the .third fnstallment, Prof. Roso voluntarily offercd 0 out = list of all vouchors omitted, His R howad thtt ho bad held back 340 far §ae year onumg July, 1876, Prof, lose rused the smount Dy morigage oo lus houde, sud paid it to the Directors, About two wesks sgo, Ilogents Walker snd MoGowsn, of the Exeoutive Committes, came bers and made sn examination of matter Prof, Ross was confsouted with the charge of defalcation, and u:knowledEmJ it, bat gaveno suswer a4 to how far back the defalcation ex- tended. Presidont Anga Dr. Douxlss, Btows ard Devoet’, and J. W. Knight, Iressurer of pointed to make & further ox- sharatar amination of the Committes is now cui ploted, snd showa that tue dafalcation com- meuced iu 1868-'69. The total amount js pearly 4,600, The report is uow ln the bhaods oorre.tine which ho way wish to make. Prof., llose wmukes oo defoose whatever. Ie ouly ackuowiedzcs what 1 proved sgefust tim, aud docs not seom b0 deairg to mako a compleio confen:ion of tha whole, He bas esecuted a trust deed oo his property in this city to coyer his defalcatious, whatover me{o amount 10. From 1861 3 Prof. Bosp was Assistant in tho Laboratory. In 1483 ho was agsin made As- sistaot, sod baa siuce continued 10 hold thas po- sition.. He hss always shown bimsolf an able tructor, and 13 quits Dapular with the stu- of flor any T —— dontn. Ilia downfall will be roce 10 by all wha know im. LRt e ‘o imputations whioh are mada Ditector of the Laboratory in l'ng ';:»‘:“’::‘::‘:—: quito uojust, Tho asysterm of vonchers snd ae. countability {a quite perfact, and has afded much in dotecting fraud when oncs sus).octe:l, Te Dr. Douglan an errod, it hat beon in trusting tag much Lo the lisuenty of his Asuistant. -— ASUALTIES, . A CREW FROZEN, Special Dispatch to The Chicano Tridung, Ponr flunox, Mich,, Dep, 8.7 bargo Bolle Cross and tow -nlver‘luh:::.x nighit, having on board of the bargea Clemoni and Littla Joko the erow of tho wrocked barge Waurecan, all of whom aro frozen, Goorge Courter, of Farmington, Opkleod County, wi)) noconsarily los both feot, Williama T. Wilson, of England, will probably asufter ths Ton of one foot, Josoph Ilowall, of Distroit, Ia uol 20 badly feozon, although hots faet ara’ fn. jured. Anthony Wood has both oars {frozon, Capt, McKenzln hns omo foot badly frozan, which muy nood ampatation of the toes, Ars. MeKenzio, tho most hetploss of all, fs so badly frozon that both feet will have to be lmpn(lted’ Aor Infant was paved by boing placed under hor on the top deck-load and a pleco of canvay thrown over thom. Tho neas washin, froze tho canvas mo fast that it h:zdu&o{':h;:: looso. The shipwroched crow wora all st the morcy of the waves from 6 in th - tug “untll & in the ovening 2 \x;“n%?a bein rosancd, Thoy wers taken by the tug Homo {o Rand Leach, whore me wlgtanco was obtained. It s lunsrtedd::nv“lt: Captain of the barga Cloment that Capt. Hack. oit, of Detroit, tolographed the steam.bs RS Burlingtoo to leave for tho roscua of the Wag. recan, throwing the npmmmuz"g caro of thts halploss crew RAILROAD ACCIDENT, Svectal Diapaich to Ths Clicaao Tridyne, Drs Motnes, Ia., Doc. 8.—Baturday night, on tho atrival of the Chieago, Burlington & Quiney trafn at Creston, thoro was found a portion ot & man's vost on the pilot of tho locomotive, and blood on the {iracks, Puriber tnvestigation disclosed the remaing of a porson manglod to pulp 8od scattorad along tho teack, about 3 milos woat of Osccols. Thoy wore gathered into & Lox and taken to that place. FATAL EXPLOSION, Nrw Yorr, Dec. 3.—An oxplosion in Oharles Nelson's pyrotechnio factory, at Est Now York, thig morning, killod ope man, alight| sovoral, aud demollshed o side of ta pro i ——— THE INDIAN REVOLT, Tho Trouble nt Cimarron, Mexico, Cimarron (N, M.) News and Press Inour last Issug, in roferonce to the Indian oxcitoment, wo left tho roader at the point when Agent Itvine, on bolialf of tho (Jovernment, bad domanded the brioging {o of Juan Julian aod Chino, the other offending Indian, Juan Barrila haviog been lodged iu jail. On Bunday mormng thirty mon, cavalry and fofantry,—part of Company R, and a postion of tho Fiftconth Infantry, ompany I, witn Capt. McOleavo and Liout. Coruish,—arrived, having mado n forcod morch from Fort Unfon on the night provious, aud joined Lieut, Lafforty's de- tachment of Campany B, Eighth Cavalry, ot the Darn, makiug forv-tivo mou iu all, Nothing transpired during the day of an oxciting natura. Ou Monday murufng, while the Jallor, Mr. Coleman, with sovoral soldiors. ware attompting tho romoval of the Indian Barrila from ona call to another, Barrils muado a murdorous onslaught oa piivate Charles I, Kellor, who was in the aell with nim, with a koifa given to bim by bis squaw,—who wag pormitted bo visit bim the ovening provious,~whotoupon Corporal Fred- orick Bowsmith sud Edward Bauer fired three ulmlt‘lmm rifle snd pistol st the Iidian, Baw- emith's sliot taking effoot in the neok, esveilng the jugulsr veln and killing bin [nstantly. Esquiro Samuol 8, ‘I'rauce was potifled of the killmg, when a Coronor’s jury Wwas s.immoned, and tie Jaller and tho three ecldiers wore exon- erated from all blamg in the verdict. Tho death of Burnla created somo littlo ex- citemant smong our citizans, but when the facta became Lknown the foeling prevumled that the Now right tbing bad veeu doue under the ciroumstances. ‘Khat ovening, Hauw Pablo, ous of tho Chiofs, bad a talk witn Agent Irvins and Capt. McCleavo and Lieuts. Lafferty and Uornish at the Agent's otfios at the Natloual House, where Pahlo mads strong pro- fesslons of peace, hut sald bo had not the pover to oring tho two offonding 1ndisng, Tuesday wau tha regular issnioe day, but ths Apeot had notified tho Indiana that their sup- rlicswould be atopnod until hus terms wore plied with, aud thers wors but fow Indiane n towu, 5 On Wednesday, Agent Ivving tfolegraphod to the Interior Dopartmont at Washington the cir- cumstauces of the affair from tho commonce- ment, about E‘l luvlm‘ beoy stiot in tho laud by an Indiao, that the latter in try.og to escape was shot by tho guard, and that hostilied might vogin at auy moment; also, recow- meoding that the cootrol of aflaus be vlaced In charge of the mulitary suthorities, e Secretary mada snswer as followa: *'Put the military authorities in full control aod give them hoarty co-oporation tn bringing the Io- didna to subjection.” Acting under these in- atructious, Agons Irvins imwedlately travaterrod tus suthority to the military, aod when 1t be- cama genacally knowa much satisfaction was ex- pressed by our citizens and & feeling of botter afeumy eviuced, copecially by the outaids sei« tlers. KEROSENE VS, OAS. Svecial Dispatch to The Chicaqo Tribune, Des Morxes, Is., Deo. 8.—The City Council are trying the oxperiment of lighting the city with kerosene-oll inatead of gas. Boveral lampa havo beon ordered in different parts of thoe citr and the fodications are that it will not cost A0 conts # mooth per Iamp to light the oity, Large numbers of business-bouses Liave discarded gas, and usooil. Oue dealer informs mo thst Lo now gota a battar lizht (n hiu storo from twonty Jamps at 15 conts a night than bodid from gas st 81.25 & night. Geas horo {4 84 por 1,000 cublo foot. OBITUARY, Davrotong, Md, Dec. 8.—Chagles 8. Abell, aged 27, tho sou of A. B. Abell, the propriotor of the Baltimore Sun, died this morniog of typlold fevor. 1l was a graduate o1 Georgotown Col Joge, and & favorite contributor to the columos Sun. O e Bonk, Dec. 5.—Tho well-known billiard- olayar, Chris 0'Cobuor, died suddeuly thizatter noon. z CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION. NasuvirLe, Tonn, Doo. 3.—A special to tba Amerfcan says tho Democratic Conveution in the Fourth District to-day nomiuated F. RB. Riddie, of Wilson County, for Copgress, to suce cond J. M. Head, deceased, The nomlination about equivalent to un election. Thero were o1kt candidates, aud tho excitoment zan bigh. FINANCIAL. New Yorx, Dec. 3.—The suspension of the vamnish bouse of Adolphus O, Msadel, No. 257 Poarl straet, 1s sanounced. The officsrs of tho Mutual Benefit Bavioga Dank bave dsclded togo ioto liquidation. The dupositors will receive 93 centa ou tho doltar. EARTHQUAKE, Bax Fraxcisgo, Deo, 8.—A dispsteh from Grass Valley reports o heavy shock of earth- quake this afternoon, lasting teu seconds. Tue vibrations were north sud south. OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. New Yorx, Doc. 8.~Steumehip Yictoris bss armved from Glasgow, SR SN The Meancst Thict on llucor;il.‘". A Boston paper saye lhat & prominent 3 chusctis uurxuhctur-r. who bas Jong baen noied fur bis geoerous gifta to religious and buwnl)- leut euterprives, but who Las moro regeat! { sined sopsiderable notorlety as » forgar, no! fu ‘wince waa oalled upon by a clergyman Who w coyring pledges for the building fund Ml. chureh. After prosoutiug bik case Le was tflh to call upon suother xum)nmun‘ with the promiss that tho wsnufacturer wou d thou do ad well as he could. The clergymau did s, secur ed s ok for ©1,000, sn4 returnod to the oflice of the manufucturer, who copsidered tho nuulnf soms titne snd then eadi.v L oan't give you ¥l 000, but L tol} you what I will do. I wilt give vou & check fof B1,600 foF the check you bave. Tho proposst was scceptad, the new mo:‘ towf wostlless, and tho enterpelio oufo 0 Joas, ¥