The New York Herald Newspaper, June 20, 1867, Page 4

4 APPALLING TRAGEDY IN BROOKLYN. towards daylight when [ woke up and colled over, £ heard bim groan. @ You are confined in the same cell with him? A. much all night writing; I mes: he spoke to me as if an- wards daylight I roMed over on ‘witness here gave ab door, but heard Suicide of Skidmore, the Air- Gun Assassin. noyed at F may loft side whon f heard. this groan an imitation of the sound); nothing was there; I him again; T jumped up and saw “My gracious,’ I aaid, “be has out He Cuts His Throat in His Cell at the Jail. FULL CONFESSION OF THE PRISONER. The Goal and fearful act of one of the most appalling tragedios over perpetrated in the city of Brooklyn closed the career and existence of Skidmore, thi gen assassin, yesterday morning, and sent the criminal from the Court of Justice where man alone presides to judge his follow man to that tribunal before which the righteous and the guilty shall alike be summoned for judgment, But seldom do we find such apparent apathy for the guilty wretch whom misfortune befalls as is dis- played for the fate of this notorious murderer. Though the greatest excitement was occasioned throughout the clyy from an early hour in the day, when it. was first ge that Skidmore had committed suicide, still fas not one heard to express the least sympathy for him, though all regretted that the gallows should have boon cheated in this unexpected manner. Since his incarceration at the County Jail bis demeanor bas ‘been that of the most hardened criminal, seldom con- versing on the subject of the murder, and affecting an ‘air of indifference as to the result of the trial, which was opened in the Court of Oyer and Terminer on last Monday morning. It will be remembered that his counsel most strenuously endeavored to procure a post- ponement of the case, at the request of their client, but were not successful in doing so, This fact, it is believed by many, disheartened Skidmore to such an extent that he determined on maturing bis secret pur- pose of eluding tho penalty of the law by self-destruc- tion when all other chances of escape had failed him, HOW THE SUICIDE WAS DISCOVERED. From the statement of Mr. Thomas Giddings, one of the keepers of the jail, it seems that he was summoned by a loud knocking in the middle corridor while on duty about ton minutes before five o'clock yesterday morn- tng. On proceeding to the place designated Mr. Gid- ings was informed by a prisoner name King, in cell No. No. 12, that Skidmore, who was also an Inmate of that cell, had cut his throat, and was then bleeding to death. On ontering the cell he found Skidmore lying on the bed Opposite the door, on his loft side, with bis tace towards the wall On approaching the bed he found that his throat had beon cut from ear to ear, and the bed was saturated with blood, which was streaming from the gaping wound. Ho laid his hand upon tho unfortunate man’s shoulder and felt his pulse, which was not per- Goptible, though he was gasping heavily. Tho keeper Q conversation in relation to this charge that was preferred against him? A. All be onto. was that he felt well, would get the best A. That he was sure @Q. Did you hear him ever say that he would commit suicide? A. I never heard him mention a word of it. Q@ Was he in the habit of shaving himself in tho cell ? A. Yes, sir. Q ‘ow often was he in the habit of shaving him- selt? A. Two or three times a week. Q. Have you shaved while he has been in the coll? A. Yes, sir, with this razor. Q Whose razor is this? A. .Skidmore’s, Q Who brought it into the cell and gave it to him? A. I don't know, sir. Q. You were in the habit of using thisrazort A. Yos, sir; T ased it altogother to shave mysol{; he asked me to sharpen it good, for he wanted to shave good. Q@ When wasthat? A Yesterday. By a Juror—What time yesterday? Just after dinner, Q What time in the do you think? A. About three or four o'clock, asked you todoit? A. Yes, sir; 0 used to ask mo, in fact, every day just to rub tt up, go out. By another Juror—Did he shave bimself yesterday afternoon after he came back from court? A. No, sir. By another Juror—When did he shave himsolf last? A, Yesterday, 1 think, between fast and ni ‘By a Juror—Did you have any si it suicide? A. No, ry good naturediy ; ing the night once or twice, saying, “You can get to sleep well enough.” Q Had he ever made the remark to you before about sharpening up his razor.good? A. Yes, sir; once before he did; it was nearly two weeks ago. Q, You never had suspicion that he was going to com- mit suicide? A, No, sir. The Coroner—When did he commence to write these letters? A. After be ate bis suppor; he was up nearly ail night, and every time I woke up he was writing, and I wondered what he was writing so muoh for. @ Did vou have any conversation with him while he rit these lottors? what was it? A. I woke u) ‘What, up and yot writing?’ He said, “Yes, but [ will soon be through.” Q You don’t remember when he got through writ- ing? A. No, I was asleep, ‘by a Juror—What time do you think it was when he last spoke to you during the night? A. About two and the prisoner bering, f sion of this crime, and his life having been destroyed by bimeeif, it still will be a warning to some extent, at loast to all who may bo to viotate the law, I ae howover, that the law has not been permitted to take its course, Judge Barnard—You gentlemen who have boen sworn in this trial wili not be nesded. You have heard the request made by the Coroner, that you cail at his office. ‘You are not bound to do it; it is voluntary on your part, "iis Honor then diecharged. them, when they repaired jonor t om, when they ro} Reese Coronor Lymph and theace to the dead- use, MAURICE LANERGAN, THE WIFE MURDERER COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. The court room was crowded yesterday, it having been understood that Maurice Lanorgan, was convicted of murder in the first degree, would bo sentenced to ox- piate his offence on the scaffold. After some prelimi- Bary business was transacted the Olerk directed Lanergan to be arraigned, Mr. Kintzing, one of the counsel for the prisoner, moved for a new trial, on the ground of the verdict being inst the law and against the evidence, arguing that the yo of General Sessions had the power ie great new trials, District Attorney Hall replied, obsorving if the Court bad the power to grant the motion it would not be likoly to do so, inasmuch as the whole case would have to be reviewed by the General Term of the Supreme Court and also by the Court of Appeals, ‘Mr, Spencer renewed the motien, and Mr, Hall replied to the arguments adduced, Counsel for the prisoner asked the court to decide pre- | ap Raleep dha Bn br To Na " x for a new trial upon the thon foft tho oell and notified the proper oMficials,,and | “U°T Owns tie ume when he sald you could get | . The Recorder decided ho had aot that power, to which caused Dr. Willetts to be sent for. Atten minutes past | asleep? A. Yos, sir; that was the time. decision the counsel e: five o'clock Skidmore breathed his last, The razor with By a Jaror—From that time you didn't wake up until Lanorgan was then ordered to stand up, when the hich you heard this noise? A. No, sir; it was about daylight, | Clerk put the ‘usual question what he say why which bis throat was cut was discovered, aftor his body | gn I woke up and could see him; tho light was out then; | Judgment should not be pronounced jen? had been removed to the dead house, lying on the bed | I looked down on the floor aud saw it was bloody, and ir, Charles 8, Spencer said:—The defendant has near the wall. got up and began to halloo; then he bad not od | Tequested me to say most earnestly in his name, as ‘THE CELL roe ous ‘ane ry regres ern bres << that bad i dia Bad come in which the deed was committed immediately became | prosper this, (handling the Fase te niee Jet aiecuy | montailty; thas he feels conscious Of entire tanooence in an objeot of the greatest interest to the morbidly curious, | A. No, sir, Ido not; he had it when I first Oame there, and that with the utmost oon! awaits hereafter the prompt revorsal | Q How many days he been confined before he fn bis j dence he had of @ verdict which, commenced shaving? A. Idon't know; he was there ment and that of bis counsel, was to: a stench arising from the locality—being situated in the | before me. warraal maiddle tier—was almost Ie. The men' By @ Juror—Are you sure that’s the razor? A. That's ee een, eae 0 as 3m question (cell No. 22) is about fourteen Pree eee the fanor: he could not sharpen it good, s0 he got me to Lawangax—On the 7th oo ton Years since $rlent, and ia lighted by a small aportare at the end of nit, el my em ee ep meter virwealneel the The bed on which he was lying and the floor The.Coroner—Anything further, gentlemen, with this an humane which he minced i rn cae bra A ER ER aoe Are they sentence. at was a! Contact will clothing. arvanstaomme tienen Stas alolwod a light ia the cell? (to Mr. Giddings.» A Yes, minded man, should TEE FATAL WOUED, daubed with pictures and illustrations of various descri PA J. Willetts o a tions, the meee of whiob’ were out ‘from inal |” By You eres physician? 4. fam, closing one, ~ journals—ftting ornaments for sach an abode. @ Also jail physician? 4 Lam, sir, srnommnes. to which th body was vomoveay, Suge crowds were Suiuimore this morning, and what you fount ris by recep wi eo we amombiod during the day, and the servieee-of the police | called out of pes. gonionte. 8 eomewhore which must bo ‘were frequently called into requisition to keep back the | between five and six o'clock, that iene 204 ing massos, such was the eagerness evinced to catch | Prisoner Skidmore had out ‘his throat; I came immedi- was © glimpee of the deceased. body, which wae: taid ately, and upon examining the body found life extinct ; mths. re ota out On a table, had on a pel light ‘panta, while the | be was lying upon the bed which was placed upon the * ater a rs ne feet were encased n an old he face OT a Metal eon cane “ito love, Ticwe: boa tos cooon. ‘honor and to Keep, in slokness and ia health. Sleor contained a large | The ie date bende you aaa end en that cide was | Withal a murderer, Seas Eee nose ‘Bo. trace of | cide were recognized by the as crimes of the woul which modern jigatioa shudders, ? vice age seem to wile Feet eet | homloldal vice of this age would be ‘wound was infictod.| murder, In earlier times @ man who purposely and ‘on the right aide of | (rom malice Killed another, tho cities of refuge, or even depth of three inches, | ‘he temple afforded 2p pcatentian. 1 fally concer.with Tmoan to sey. oah | Sobataniially found that you, within’ fom houre before ‘wound cdf Cw og found that yoo, within ‘@ fow hours before while he was lying | ber death, to take hor life. She was found id it om the ‘bedana.| dead in the very matrimonial bed, exhibiting upon her the sscking | Person mass of bruises and of lacorated incised Pewee nlscdaen ‘the | wounds, Foals she ek Awe nesommaieming the hed deeper, panes — Cenk po banal io Sees nik nee poenane * wes con - Gauous cut, ’ po In expressing my concurrence with the ver- ‘nere ‘no other testimony Coroner the letters found in Skidmore's call, of which mediately ‘went to a court teuon, thas jastion en be told me that dhis man ah un ane inet ge} thou be sulsded. The ralloual ond of, punishivent 12 ~~ o ork sete ctr rst an nok erg tant ever combund the prevention of crime, This is evidently, the end t my hand on his pulse, but did not fee) £5, “rime for belag fond of woman and an) came out of the cell and sent a man Way tomay loads and the Pubs Yat Q Dr. Willetts? A. Dr, Willetts; the doctor came in ra penn tet ‘cod forgive tiers brought to jail yester- sould Judge it was Teiece four @ Did you let him in? A, I don’t know whether I let him in or not; I forget that, Q Did you lock himup? A. I locked him sa @ Did you have convorsation with him? Thad Conversation with him as I was conveying bim to his and bis cell, and asked him how he felt; he said “very well;” | to My Big tool chest the other. small ones to my little chests he made the remark that th jurors and were | one wat fhe'aight kay to Cie hous | lire i and he big Was as cacioone: oalses he baupaaeems tot ap | Geing te qeawrancther yand the bert dey, With Mr, Mount in hopkins tof whieh they will ell 2 ee ee ae iam inusual about it? A. Nothing carrying on. ell with him? A. Aman hat was the man who gave the Q He has been there since he (Skidmore) bas been ad- Now t will Answer Lemuel ai stated in the W! arg Urimes ( Times) of the 234 of May that | was Bora in New York that ta true but 1 was of irish Parents that 1s not true for they Both Bora here, and that 1 was the lowest class of loafers that te not trae, to the fre Departmont makes ® man one, lel about 1 Q. Did besay anythi ot al; r mitted? A. Yes, sir; since he bas been admitted. became aeyusinted with his sister Phe outside doors of the cells are locked every | ff) Oy (ee ee tr me welre, he night? A Yes, sir, ‘bas A susp.cion that op Ag No, ope can get admission to the cells after sun- | very strange for when bis Broi dan down? A. No, sir. started that SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. Maerice Lanergan, Wife Murderer, not me did you leave last evening? were 2 A. I was here all night, a. there had been Toul you hepaail night! ‘our ar ‘was not called to hice til you found ing that the Body should be take but when | pressed it he would not Q him this ar A. No, = . got bat semenonenece & mga ae >} to be Excouted on the Oth day of August—A ‘That kno relat ae then when! coroner lynch a ney opt Lheom sr fae errr who hing to jg Mag bog Sie Ukave the Boay tans Blouse. Error and Stay of Execution Coroner Ly jemen, you have heard the tes- | JP. 7 Kooper of the jail, have you any | {00° Before Judge Ingraham. timony of Mr. Gidi questions to ask bim ee meats. oo they come out on Seater ey went over to ace By 9 Jaror— What was the instrument be (Skidmore) | ever saying any i liam F. Kintzing and 0.8. Spencer, of counsel, for a Wari ight thon?—a. 10 was, His left hand was | Now twish ty fre See ort Gy Seon 5 ers 1@ condemned wife mu: 0 ere (near the face) and the right hand clasped the tty Ck, and kare oy. Morne he wont | was convicted at ihe Cours of General at the wasor. ‘eesint in th oe refused it should not it murder 8 wife, Lanergan, Q How came he with that razor in the o@ll?—A. I | done. do Mr. Morrie do have it done for the month, sentenced don't know, sir, Iam sure, cy ther nud tay children, for itis a base telech om Wie 30th ot heat, a and who wae by cor old mother an children, Row { will eng for the fast time. that ‘ere you aware that he bad the razor in the fis money, aed | wish to return collt—A, I was not aware atthe time, It has been 4 joesra. customary to allow prisoners to share themselves before pO ateey SpA Risteies is case tne snse to the Come of epee 03 a fou iy. certain exceptions taken during the trial, unless the By another Juror—How many cells haye you charge ww whould reverse the judgment. The slay Of, sir?—A. All the cella, Q How often do you examine these cells, in order to know {f there are any instroments of that kind in them '—A. I scarcely ever examined them for that pur- pore becanse the prisoners have these instraments in order to shave with them. It bas been the custom to = prisoners to have razors to shave themselves with, Q Do you allow any person tohandthem in? A. Not ross eball General ‘was served upon Sheriff Kolly yesterday THE CRIME OF INFANTICIDE. 1 hope yo —— ofa batt tired of Lite Tor i . a. Sum 4 Inqeest on Taxes StiLieone * Curtonen.—Coroner more, no hope bul & prisowors hope and that iss very | Wildey yesterday held an inquest at the Eighth Ward dear motser | do 00 Bie otters vse a tdost Want ou Station House over the remains of three stillborn chil. - ot mp folks or my friends and the pubiie to thin! jerveinibate LETTER TO MIs MOTHER, Brooxtrs J ait, Omit No, 12, June. it we know of it ‘moment for iam ne Vurgiar highwayman of evens | Sem which wore found secreted io an ash barrel, by Jule Do you allow persons to vielt prisoners without | pete thing, for! worked for my ving Now dear mother thay | Majorasey, 119 Laurens street Deputy er Tour presence? A. We admit therm inte the corridor to Was my dfot and thie ie my last cruns of which | aim ‘of | Wooster Beach, Jr., M. D., madea exam- wept tien ertene talk to frienda, Delng font of women and liqtor, for | mation of the bodies, and’ in his opinion the cbildren Q Doyou examine the cells after they leave? A. Wis that whet has it Me into this cell, so help me god, | were not born alive. The remains presented the ap- No, sit, we don't beve time eo. and {am very #0 Lever had aasthing to do with it. | pearance of having been preserved in aloohol, and the Gusylolon thet, Whey bane hada ee eae se Genk | oben | wi Seould undo that deed before ido this | Pregamption is that they have been in possession of kind wo-examina cimaymahe °'Sow Dear mother thera tld toyota of my etese wo | Some dontoror mente, who, through far of expoeury On| perro rested (fferen' eposed Beneft some leposi remains erezesure at treated Tce? ite capital pe beste nee ta) t Shem from all ont and you wilisiiapose of the ash barrel which stood in tront of Mr, Majorssey's house, Petit larceny, All alike? A The middie ter we use f0F | Shi'Kuta® charley wich to goin the country with inf dear | CHILD Mvnpan.—Coroner Schirmer yenerday held an criminals ‘wish to go im the country with iy dear together, take? {nings 1 wher 1 . to get those ent on the body of a mate child which was found By another Juror—Are all pri ina | inter Sen! srou my beuse Sy 7 howe llowed to Rave. razors ta their calle? "A That ie cos. my. re —, we pea mother dont orth pg ht saat vicecnee wes oppaseas er . eat act, prinow bare vinied anything to the contrary in aay fe isn Pert Froud Father than go there ferihelire the body, ahd death is eapposed to hare been she result ° Did you find «is at the name neglect and ox) eer a loan Kw mer ne ne OMe | Sie ent Catto taal eg — % gi Theee three? (mowing them to Wwitnean, A. Yom, | “Now Dear Moihor | wii va you and my children bro's MORE ILLICIT DISTILLERIES SEIZED, A friende Farew. me ey Yow made thorough search? A. Yes, str. tet have seked the lord Frompoir ech gS rao . Deputy Commissioner Isaac B, Mesmore having 4is- No @vidence was found? A. No other, slr, i 3 MORE. | covered that the business of filicit distiflation was being nit btidings, SonMemen, with thie witness ? | | Germeaey This 1 All te te mon oar’ aiaccod | CATled on to m vory great extent in the Righth and Ninth The pic confined in the same cell with * clearly shows the cause of death of | Internal Revenue Colleotion districts, set his detective force at work yesterday, and succeeded in making seizure of large number of these establishments, These selgures will result in the confiscation of a large quantity of Coceased was next examined, and testified as folio#s:— ERD. nly the Covoer—What Ms your name sir? A. Tar. berate ; but 1 think is ie neces. © es to you rei, a? A. In Now Fork. ae on deosteaive ae "Gato enka the Tory seco tat om tA preeye sree, Q Nowa mitted suicide, informed that an ‘ttl! was deing worked at No. Prisoner confined In this jail? A. Yos sir. CBs uy theraapon rendered the folowing vertok James street, feet 9 Bapeget en eee ee @ How have you been here confined in this jail? leaving the - tigation tnto the ‘whidh fr resulted A. Loan't say—about three weeks Bow-stwo or three ‘a eon te Pe We be at the Coot e stil, mash ee, morn! 1o ‘Purposes, Q Were you prone at the thme William 7, Skid. 1867, im Bie cell as the county entting nie Gea ande there waa ‘under the still, | pa bore? ‘oo a a P pa, oom mone" Papcuirene wit oa = ce) THE COURTS. UNITED STATES GISTRICT COURT. The Champagne Before Judge Biatahford. ‘The Onited States against 3,100 Cases of Champagne, Honry St. Marceaua, dairvant.—The hearing in this case : evi Nothing material from this direct or cross-examination of was elicited in the witness, Mr. Webster, Bre, Renieenioyen sae be dearme myg o—ahted eavorday as to wl you paid in ant 1864 for BL Marceaux wine? A. Yes; on ring to my book I find that we paid at the time stated, $13 70 in gold for quarts and $14 30 for pints for Carts Noir and Carve Blanche; this would make an average of about 814 in. gota, The average price would be, on this calculation, $14 per case instead of Fi5 us etated yee Tho reading of the depositions taken in France wore then jed with, the evidence being all on behalf of 1e jmant ‘The pain ys Dad at the usua! hoar, {mportant to Distillers—Motion to Bond a Distillory—Discussion of Oounsel—Motion Benied. The United Stales vs, Th: Hamilton Street Distitlery.— Tn this case counsel for the claimants, Mr. H. J. David, renewed his motion to bond the Hamilton streot distil- lery seized by order of the United States District Attorney, Mr. Samuel G. Courtney, for an alleged violation of the Internal Revenue law, and presented in support of his motion Qdditional affidavits, Counsel hoped his honor would grant the motion, so that his client might pursue his legitimate business, which through the seizure of his property he was unable to do. Mr. Courtney, United States District Attorney, on be- nalf of the government, said:—Your Honor, in opposing this motion 1 goon the principle that no distilleries should be admitted to bond at all. I take the grou also in‘this connection that no honest man can afford to article at $1 35 gallon, be done, Asd any ding by the court, muss, if the statement be cor be an encouragement to tllicit distillation, and I tat hereafter, your Honor, patten F i iE rete bee ? was before his was the ment established I! security am; foreseen fr powsibl ions as far ae Judge Blatchferd took the hour of the seasion motion. j TR Fast ‘The first compulsory potition was filed yesterd jonee Low & Co. thew counse!, Dupois cone, to deciare K. Sliverstein SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT—PART 1. Is a Corporation Liable for Damages Arising from the Criminal Actes of Its Servants? Before Judge Peckham. Oo. of New York, bankrupts. at an irom foundry nest the castern terminus of the route, , The plaintlf testided that he embarked at Broad- way and Twenty-sighth strest, and that before reaching ‘Twenty eighth street and Fourth avenue the conductor, John H. Lyon, became involved in a dispute with « pas- senger about the payment of fare, and was violent In his manner, Ab or near the latter place plaintiff was Gtanding on the front platform of the car with the driver, to the driver that as the conductor ¢ “neempeen taking charge of the car, he drive if be (the driver) would act as pli hon driver refused to comp! l iAnsiccsesee er sae maa ea Sa et is ay ry * :} Jury, the plaintiff proved that on the 16th of August, 1866, EE! COURT OF GENEXNL SESSIONS. Bofore Recorder Bh. wokett. LAROaNT ow yam“ pQarrs"’ Mary Thompson and Catharine Mor.\0 were coavicted of petty larceny, having been indicted fo.* stealing $10@ from Patrick Murphy at a low house of paostitution tm Park street om the 12th inst They wore ens.) sont (0 SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT—PART 2. Action to Recever en a Shipbuilding Contract. Before Judge Miller. William J. Decker & Charles Brown vs. William P. Wilkams.—The plaintiffs are shipjoiners and carpenters, and complain that in March, 1863, the defendant agreed with them im writing for the performance on their part of the joiner work of two ocean screw steamships, then Doing constructed for defendant at the shipyard of Van Deuson & Co., in thiscity; that the plaintifis were to furnish and perform the labor within « reasonable time, charged with burglary inthe tnird degree, having, as is’ alleged, broke into the dry goods store of Salvadore Wolf, 30 Howard street, on the night of the 13th inst, Ovor $5,000 worth of silk scarfs were tp the store, bus i i z malign eps Mmeemaeeatinan the exneutinn of Che wets; that the sum to be paid for the work to be per- or $16,000 for enoh vessel, pay- ments to be made as follows:—$1,000 on the first Satur- ry of “August, 1869; th day F satisfactory completion of fg if al E 5s Bs 5g h tltn & H : ij Fi 3 Pars if ‘The defendant answore by « simple denial of the ma- terial aad alieges that at the time the contract was made the gov: being eng: and used nearly all the sion of the rebellion, em shipyards in the country ite requirements in the con- DISOHARGE OF THR GRAND JURY. The Grand Jury came into court in the afternoom Noes ee aan aa any act ct dotendene, “o%? 7% | with w bach of indictments, and having faished thele ‘The case was argued the court without ajury, | >! were for the term the thanks PResiaton eeerenss For the pial, D. and T, MoMa- | of the Court. ; for the defendant, Lockw Reed, bs ‘ COURT CALENDAR—THIS BAY. SUPERIOR COURT—TRIAL TERM—PART |. The Erte Railway Cane. Before Judge Jones. John Lamb vs. the Brie Railway Company.—This ac- tion, which was reported in the Hemaxp of yosterday, was submitted to the jury yesterday afternoon. The plaintiff sues to recover $15,000 damages for injuries sustained in March, 1865, in consequence of the train Svraeum OCovet—Guwenat Tseu.—snumerated o- tions, —Nos. 95h OOF, OR Ty ST 1 16, 77, 18, 70, Part 1—Nos, 829, 1 11, 851, 602, 1195, 859, 721, 1301, 1 Lage! aay O83, BI eo? oot, 1011. ‘Part 248, 49, 53, 201, 251, 232, 257, scene ath, wee Toe! 198, 214, 21%, 200, 245° 259,"260, "204," 200; 20T, B08, 269, 270. in which he was @ passenger being thrown from the ‘Surreun Court—Cuammens—Nos, 26, 38, 43, 65, 7%, track near Susquehanna. For the defence it was shown | 92,96, 99, 100, 147, 166, 126. Call commences as No, that the rail was not flawed or defootive, although It | 168. Courr—Terat Terws —Part 1.—N 4000, 3080, 81 2121, 2637, 8201, 1071, 2800, 8090, sa 2119, 3083, 8183, Part 2—Nos, $320, ‘1428, 9296, 8212, 8326, 8326, 0338, S224, 9206, 3246, Sa5" S04n" B3ue, ‘was broken in four or five places, the fractured ends presenting a clean, sound appearance; and trackmon, track overseers and others who had passed over the road prior to the ocourrence of the disas:er testified that the Fail was not brokon at the time. In charging the jury tho Court remarked that if the rail was defective through excessive brittleness, and jwas broken by the groat weight brought to boar upon it ag the locomotive passed over it at the accelor- ated and onusual speed with which the plaintiff claims tho train was rupoing, the plaintif was entitled vo ro- cover; but if, on the other hand, the defects, if any, Were such as ordinary human skili and foresight could Rot guard against or avery tne Jury should render a vordict for the defendant, The jury, after being furthor charged in regard to the usual questions of ability and Gamago, retired, and on the uromont of the Court were dircoted to return a sealed verdict this morning. For the piaintiff, Mr. Wetmore ; for the defendant, Mr. BROOKLYN COURTS. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—EASTERN DISTRICT. Still Another Triangular Collision Case. Before Judge Benodiot. Patrick Quinn ws. the Steamboat Transport and the William EB. Cheney.—The libellant was the owner of the Luoy Pratt, a canal boat, which was being towed by the William &. Cheney from Elisabethport to New York laden with coal, om the 10th day of June, 1865, when Action te Recever Damages for Iajuries In- flicted by an Explosion of Powder. the explosion of some gunpowder which, it will be re- memberod, was thfown or dropped in Thirty-second street, near Second avenue, and which, being plckod up, some children who were Lve'igm 3 with a bonfire, ox- pleted ees injuring several of them aad resulting Battery Ratiroad Company.—This action was commenced in Angust, 1666, against the above railroad company to recover forty-five dollars damages claimed by the plain- tiff because of his having been, as he allexed, improperly @ected from one of the defendant's railroad cars by the conductor for refusal to pay fare. Upon the trial of the case before Justice Barret, of the Sixth district, and a of the parties in the above named case —Mesers, Devlin, Tappan, Levan and PEillips, ‘The detendants were m court, and were represented the was « passenger on one of the defendant's cars; that mo by sane en ane Allen. . Me. in answer to Mr. to the Oourt 1 postpoce ie Heating “in tis gute for tee can Sh prone Sa EXitopagne cases!"on tril belore duage Blatohe Pe. wale). vend. ceosty (ae Seen eeme eanoar twelve jr, and for the additional reason thas one of the important witnesses in the case wes on bim to proceed there, Mr. Stoughton, associated with Mr. Tracey and Mr, Allen on bebalt of the government, admitted the foree federal court, but he thought that no excuse on ee as to other engagements should ‘with the hearing of the cise immediately after close. of the champagne trial. Tt was also urged, that as the heer, agonal would occupy ton or twelve days longer, the e0-called Deviin case, when called on would occupy a consider- the case until the opening term in the fall. Jodge Beendict, though anxious for the trial of. the case, cor ‘ing the interests the defendants ned a& stake, and the expense the government was Put to, yoo a ream ty ope A the Seeds nod eben socordingly put off for the term, COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER. The Eastern District Marder.’ Before Judge Barnard and Justices Hoyt and Voorhees, ‘The trial of Ephraim Morris, who was indicted forthe 2 night of the 18th of March last, while on Ninth street, near Grand, Williamsburg, was to have come up for trial yesterday, bat was ostponed until next term, om motion Moore, counsel for ‘The court then adjourned. inane COURT OF APPEALS. The following ts the day Appeais for June 20:—Nos. 25, 135, 131 167, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 165,’ 105,34, 1 fal adaptation for bolster them. Two but littie exertion, work the mou! cone of these carriages, 40,000 pounds, with greater celerity and effect than = thy ap ih French aad English Sree oa one, asthe tickets could be forged ‘sim oe one balf, It is put recently it printing them; but if the main acntwion ibe toe. as besn trougne perfection, and atthe moment of Pons attached, had to be presented to the condactor, | ite i is im turned over te am- ‘and it was reserved to him alone to tear off the coupon, other nation, its authorities, ‘almost an aig wen aemraed Rist 00 see By tae teaeee the results ingenulty, Althoug! iA tion of the main ticket that each coupon received fora | have been Teason among naval men for diapos. vo This course of jure served to ‘the vessel Dunderberg there is not # shadow of j cred ot’ tes da of the si eee ee marrage te vam. ont of the hank an: the States, A leak has been in the Rareesensbie, The plainaltt Ruew. ot “ ony Lovage | age i ig tit