The New York Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1867, Page 7

—<———— BRIDGET DURGAN,. | wee BER EXICUTION AT REW EROASWICK eens History of the Murder of Mrs. Coriell. Trial and Prison Life cf ?ho Condemned. Confeasion of the Grime end! its Motives. THE LAST FOURS O} EARTH. The Crowd and the Scenes at the Modera Tyburn. A woman ttood yesteréry morning ‘neath the rude ‘qellows in the jal yard 8 Now BrunswAek, N. J., where, @ few weeko ago, the vero Williams Ibad bis last rel! gious ecstacy, A miverable, coarse, @reak minded spect- ‘wren of ths fair sex iruly, but one veo had relatives and fends scross the eran and a home where she once prattied and played-nn innocent ct@d. Of all the crimes tbat have been committed in New.Jorvey, the murder of Mro, Coriell by hia wretebed wOsamn, Bridget Durgan, Js, perhaps, the most airocloum 4 kind mistress, a Weauliful, accomplished woinay, a loving wife and ‘Mother, wen ernelly butchered Ove nignt by the servant Giri to whom eho and her busané, Dr. Coriel), bad been ‘wo kind B¥w cases im the orknimal calendar bave ex. “ited se much atientio) and borror, MORDER MET FOUL, The scenes of tho nls of Febrnary 25, 1867, ‘wM never forgotten by the peopie ef Nowmarket. ‘Fhe doctor's eervant girlciaunoring at a ueighbor’s door for admivtance and bolting the Little child of ber vic- fim in bor arms: the dense cloud of smoke issuing from the room where ibe horrible tragedy took place; the loud clanging of tne alarm beli and the hurrying te and fro of the villmiers; the bed, with its ports black med wad charred; the bed clothes, which bed been @rozged to the floor amd lay buddied here and there fm ragged beaps, stained with blood and gore; matied “feathers toro from tee pillows; the keroseue lamp bro- Sen into fragments under ine baif consumed crib ia ‘Which the lithe child had that night been pot to sleep By te mother; the broken chairs, with the splinters eared with coagulated biood ; and the upturned, Wangled face of the unfortunate lady, are all indelibly Photographed on the memories of the peaceful vil- Dagers of Newmarket. OW THE MUPDER W48 COMMITTED, Dr, Corleli lef: the house that afternoon to visite pa- @ent ani returned to ud bis beautiful wife a bideous @orpse, Sot an inch of flee trom the forehead to the Dreast but was covered with frightful gashes; the jug far voin was tora out, pot cut, and twenty-three stabs deft their bloody marke on the mutilated body, Thus Periabed a lady whose gentle nature, goodness of heart, Peavy and accomplishments endeared ber to every one ‘Who Koew br, ‘TOS PRCOVETY OF THB DXEADPOL DEED, ‘The murdereas gave tbe alarm and concocted a plausi- ‘We story about two mon visiting tue house aud commit- Wag ‘he drosdful deed; but the cireumsiances were too @eepicious tor ber to escape, The verdict of the core- Per’s Jory gave her into the hands of the Jaw, and the Brz0n doors closed upon her evil countenance, ‘THE TRIAL OF BRIDGET DURGAX, ‘The trial of tne accused commenced iu the Court of @yor and -erminor, New Brunswick, May 20, and resulted $a ber conv.cuien. was @ circumstance connected ‘With her tris) which may be related here. The shocking ‘ature of the crime so expited the minds of the New. ‘Market aud New Brunswick p-ople that they looked ‘With susp cion upon every servant girl of her religion 9nd country. This prejudice was so strong that when it Decame known that the foreman of the jury was Bewbman, or of Irish descent, a murmur ef dissatizfac- Ben was raised. The dissenters were therefore surprised oe they found that he was the very first to condemn and throw the wuole wright of bis aubority ip she janes against her. [he feariul sentence of the court Wes pronounced vpon her, aud Brioget Durg | ged back to the el! from which sie camo, Dever again leave it except for the gailuwa WAS THR ACCUSED PARTIALLY INSANE? There (a one winguler c-rcumsiance connected with the fetroduction of the turderess into Dr. Coriell’s tamily Which has vever been explained She was subject to Heptic Ota tor come time, and it ia stated tbat Dr. Coriell attended her and prescribed for her while ehe war suffering under the influence of these fia Kaow fez the trrrivie naure of tis disease aad how ft some- Himes lads to insanity and deeds of violence, i is Gertainly sin-wier that a merical man would adinit ber feto bis family. His attentions to ber, as medical ad. ‘Viser, it Ix thourht, worted o touch on ber weak, vacii- Inviug “ud that ‘the became atrached to bim, and thougnt his wile was removed she might take hor Diace Tdere t» still & mystery about (his part of the @read’ul tragedy which baad oot yot beou saiiafactorily Bienes up. WORD CURIONITY OF THR PROrLA ‘The summer paswed away, sod the conge:nned woman @acg to boo tin feet The usuat worb.d «ymprthy Bed absurd pity of a coriain of peopie were excited, Gnd every wrens to procure ac mmuta'lin of Fentence was ined. Que by ove, however, earn plank of hope Was ewept away, and (Le last days of August found vor Sting ip her bleak coll, with the dread reality before Ber tuat sue most die, 2 sts TO PAVE THE CRIMINAL. Her coun-ei, Mr. Adraim, made a bard dght for bis thet, aad te: 00 mes’ to seve ter from id. 1 ms ali Acommusation of ven- eave 10 the state of 4 rare as (ue epeody Sowp.e.uuy of a p in this eity. Sderiff Clark fer, bad au wren: a, who charge of the enti esterday, aud eae which And res iutio Applications for adi waren, eveD oO deaieged bi payer repor! aHy BOLe | low faced (ormers, freouolders aud wea curiosity of Bary whas icremetivie py . women au feliow being co Be carocsice eli | od aosbin, Her spiritual edv and retnained jong ome, Hie ear Boriativns secmed to Deweficial erect uy Bited, for «i was perfooiy quiet git Toe worthy clergyuam had Perform. for tne weak or gion amd He sonsolaiior aniered (or ee lustaus | git a Newm, form of her predecoss uliawe, Were protured oo her 02 OF TRB CONDEMYED, doped arms aud =. rumors On Bridget Durg Slant be supposed ow ot ing bis black face, w ber porition to (rensy. at Bemi-id ont of, hardly foosing tue fu! ke | foros ORKING OF TOR fhe slept roundly fore tow bow d swokeat Ove fe ine ery Spyarenily rer tata boarty reautast, wad immediately atvor vated by Fa cnm, Mogers aod Mistzol, who rewaioed with Boi! tho execuLion took place aud These cierkymea, by their pri prortes bee the the trying © lored showed sy mptome Of an aiiack of epil pay, invetered to ber ta lerge qasutt Thon whiskey was ed tina, t© jodge from her appearance beneat fhe vad an Interview with Mary Giiroy at b ort, duriog which wbe bade ber farewell end expreased ope that there would be be! ished for of » % * wards that te go the eame Way 60 thas 04. thet she woo dered where Bridget was im the other word. At balf- past vine o’elock the cra poured mio we jail yard, And ab ieast eight bunds g were ad witted. Ov THE Jam. YARD ‘day with them, for they spent coarse jest and humorous d on one side by the jail there are two brass pi.cos Of ean- BoM, aod, too oher vy a0 uBsavory slablo and «till more any gvory dung heap rome of the prisoners in the C61!8 OW srlooking the piace of execution had their faces Pr d close agalust the bare sud seemed to enjoy the ees very The deputy sheriffs, who were gifted ¥¥'n pro esterously long jogs dangled them from the ¥ of of the ahed, which One jocosely remarked *was the dress circle mo of the red shirts of the State rifles Were vivo to be xen in the erowd. One of them said ‘he crept ip nicely and made believe he was on duty.” The faces of the majority of the spectators wore en air of whet m ght be termed stupid curiosity, and many of the worthy deputies bad primed themselves with “apple jack” aud “Jersey lighting” to keep up their spirits. TES BOUR OF DOOM, At length the noisy crowd ceased their boistereus | remarks and became hushed into silence A sudcen chad passed through each 5 the mrssive iron ate rolled Dack on ite binges and the unhappy woman nied tho stone etepe of the jail. The thro» atergy- men atiended hor—one holding a crue fix, on which her eyes were fiacd, another reading tha service for the dead according to the ritual of the Roman Catholic Church and the third whisp:ring words of consolation in herear, Her arma were pinioved to her side, the black cap as drawn over her bead, ready to elose her oes forever on thia world, and the fatal noose was sround her neck, There was uot much change io her appear. ence, except that ber face was flusied, prob- ably with the hquor ehe hai taken, and \bat @ etight nervous agitation was perceptibie m her face. he stowt under the deadly treo for the space of threa miputes only, during which time ane never lifted her eyes trom the crueiSx exeent Once, 10 shake bauds wis tho clergymen aud sberif aud to kiss tue turnkey. Bhoraid once in alow wuisper vo the priests, ‘fon's bet any doctor t ach me,” ant od hely me! Lord have mercy on my poor was about turning ber head around and Afting her eyes fiom theeground, when we aberiff ste Ped: into tho title wooden encigeure moar the a 1 and severed the rope that heid the frow weight wilh an axe. Instant ¥ there was a convuletve jerk of the Tope web exciroied the neck of ihe condemned woman, the daré body sauny ta tho sualight, aud the soul of Briuget Durgaw went before its Maker. There was a siichy motion ef the lower limbs and ope of the bands was cienened, but these were mu-cular workings, Death by strangulation must b: sued instantly, as the neck was not broken, Tho Did, after han ing for the space of th-rty mifiutes, taken down and placed in a col Then a hearse drove in and tbe body was taken to the Catholic cemetery. ‘The turee priesta never leit the place for @ moment until the hearse departed. Docters Deusen, Young aud other physicians were in attendance, The. executi admirably managed in regard to denpatcs, for had the unbappy girl raived her eyes for a moment while she stood under the scaffula and seen th: eignt undred taces that peered at her from the jal yard ine would have falien into fit Bat the execution was dineracefully managed to admitting a crowd of idia curiosity seekers whero bad vo business, How any one can wish to look 0n Whily one of their fellow beings is. being launened ito eternity, we are at a lose tor imag’ Those whose duties compe: thom to be prevent should alone be ad- mitted, and a half dozen policemen to preserre order. Lhe rest, chosen freehoiders, judges, military oMevrs ‘and county pol) icians, should be sen’, bag and bout their business, There was not the slightest d onsiraiion made by the crowd, however, Tyburn hit was, Areong the New Brunewickers this was of no ordinary tm; Ce, e give a skeich anner in which they apent the day. NEW BRUNSWICK AT MORITNG, jeantime, early in the ning, all Jersey—which 6 waa never known to Jet elip au opportunity to hang ellow mortal—or, at least, all that part of Joreey in the jcint y of New Brunswick, was ta commotion. atreot “Bridget Dargan ts tobe hanged to- Itute girls by the dozen tisped It; elderly watrons ntioved the matter able thing, id Sher ff, jailor and deputies smirked and looked atmi- able, and reju ced in the atmost zenith of their populari- ty. Everybody who came to town was cad in his beet, rybody who lived im town donned the Sunday sult aad put on the most complaisant of holiday faces, DETUTING BY TUR HUNDRED, Of deputies there waaa singularly large numb *r—say about five hundred —all dvlegated io keep the ce and assist in the very dengerous experiment of hanging a woman ; in fact, so great a number of deputy sherlits Was never before kn:.wo to be neces-ary in the execution of aaybody—man, womao or highwayman—<ine> the days wheo everybody who bappened to attend was s deputy, when public executions were the ‘asricn at Tyburn. There were deputies from the ooun'ry at lar; and deputies from he city; there were dojuties who carried long pores about six times the lencth of a pitice- man's club and deputies who carried no visibie wands ot office; there deputies from Philadelphia and deputies from every city in Jersey, and there were deput es with book and pencil 1m haad prepared to Jot down accurately every strugcie that the poor victim might make in the act of atranguiation ; to count the exact Bamber of minutes she was in dying, and io print tt for the delectati a of that indefgite body to which nobody belongs, called the reading public. There were also several deputies, who were delegated and detailed to waik to and (ro spoon the outer wail ne and warn the crowd below uw keep the peace, hy oml. pously shaking the jong poiva which constituted badves of oiliclal position and informing the Spectators who were denied affair had progresso’ and exactly how th looked and bobsved at every critical siag: the proceedings, This Information the erowd. whica was moiley enough to hi satisfied the tas Mr. Dickens, ved with nd odd comments, somo of enouch in their way, and others somo- What more remarkable tor le a for any qnaiity Deiitting 90 grave an occasion as the execution of the death penaity; and one indivdnal whorejoiced int Father uvenviabie uickname of “Lobster —whether in allusion to the ciaret coloring of a large bottle nose, or to lis unkempt, uncleansed 0 nails, which had all the appearance of clave, could not be kept the bystanders half Inughing and With the oft repeaed remark that it was day upon wuch to be banged—a very Guo di Nobody disaereeing, “Lobster” bad bis own -ay in re- gard to the favoravienoaa of the weather. and contisaed to repeat the comment aatil {t became almost to siale bo be witty, rial dicrusted THE SCENE WrmnovT, To uanderstend the relation of the crowd without to the gonerai scene it is necessary to give some account of the arrangementa made for keoping the canaiile wi bia the Inuite of propriety and without the limus of the jal yard, About haif-past seven o'clock im the morning some bait @ dozen policemea—whe, in point of cos’ams, seem to have been improvivet. aud in poiot of manasr were dviously wnaccustowed to the busines—Weariag a ple dingy star as wkens of office, were ordered by the Sherilf to ciear the streets adjo ning the square, 1a whico were situated the Court Howe, the jal end a building devoted (0 county offices Within this shaded court wobedy Was allowed to pass, notwithsanding the crowd cast wistful glances in that direction aod evomed to be airicken with & sort of vague wonder al £0 convenient, comfortable and eligible a lounging Place should be denied them #hile ths execution was soimg Oa, Notico was eivea that no deputies with pen- Cila and ote books—in fact, mo deputies, who did not carry tho wand of regular deputyship, would be admitied bofere bait nh some few worked their way 19 by at to pat anyoody cand (Lert s one8 in and refusing by rosorting to pro. few who got police endeavored to Vigilavce hy keeping out the ro- no for ther want of matuder, IN RED AND WHITm, however, the few tmprovisad-loo eve! of duty by the arrival of the wmposed of a couple of compantes boys, aud 4 has remarked ct home town except in case of lnvason, Both companies were formod dowm town at baif-past seven o'clock, not in full uniform, the one wearing the fireman's red abirt, without other’ sttompt orm ity, aave ia beite and bayon: ‘Sring io hoe wrth the same approxio ty in other particulera Afier some trampioz a d ab ovolution, both companies were marshalled id Court House square, forming 8 comple Uries, and bela square by; of protecting the @ wo the Jail yard f stators without, mow bungry with corions menting, wotil o'olock ther were, possibly, three hundred perso - mil.tery, disposed la koote and greups, Massy Ou the wont side of the yard. FROW AN FLAVATED POSTION, On the oppow'ie side Of the atreet, several roofs were alee Inpreased into service and Diossomod lato Knots of peo- ple all ously f ing in the Crection of in the west corner of the enclosure, Loria tragedy beneath the gidbet, trees saving within the Amie, of course, noagh to report to the expectant mi ders of the (acully of Jaques the exact rituation of affaire At diferent teoutlon, Possibiy Oifty per- ravea on the bust of a, gebornood of the eoven buodred rmed wih a cart bordered in ppolaung him to easiss a4 We execu. Tie seen at erowe, A visit to the jai) on tm ing before the exsention deputies wi Diack aed del, tion. elicited oth) the Olly manvered r of ta) posses. though of course the fonds wore te be applied to the bonelit of the victim, The gallows, geuat, shadowy and full of iliteae, Stood ke @ StEDg® spectre tn the rioon- gata spectre composed of two wright posts » bout jwonsy feet ta Lie ge ey 1 @ heavy cose. deem, whieb had Gused for erecetion of tures at once, probably a6 & sort of warning to the of couns, fac tities were ter ar of vara On the right of ibe had been erected thin which the fatal was to be cut, whieh, ry that vaturally one gaivered tie im [rye yo oael ‘would be very possible to walk through thao n a, ignited moon, withio which it seemed rather 10 have curdied into form thao to have been ers 04 @ veritabie edifice with tren and barred windows for the holding of a crimiaal tonontry, Dering thie time the prisoner was locked in her ceil was toleratly quiet, being attended by the priest; end at ten o'clock at night, when ail visitors wore dismissed. tho jail was quiet asa tomb, save the paciog up and gown ofa single guard la the corridor, Atien o’ ‘k the prison was closed, aod from that time untit gunriso eileuce and darkness reigned over tie prison aud over the tail, ghastly and spectral gibb: the repose of ihe vight, save within a sing was no indication of the tragedy about to be enacied on the morrow. In the meantime, owing to an influx of stranzers, mostly depucy aberiits, it was difticult 1 New Brunswiek, aud at midnight many no! where to lay his bead, and waa compelled to “8 ,4or from hotel to hovel, seeking for some sort. of 80° sino. dations-—though i sould be onty a blanket vom some friendly floor. The greater iuflux of strang’ 3, nowever, din the moruing, There camo géople in car. and people on foor and people a every coucetva- tyle cf travelling—ail canvas-\og im various Englien aod various mood the history a the murder and ihe euning tate of te doomed merderera, nd gt a8 vi-initg bad woke up with Qcreat yawn, like Lonaon in ene of the novels of Mr. Dekens, with a sort of consciousness that som fans: ppen at the jail-yard, and very etre yen wending thelr way thither u secure furtively and before sue police came Bore kind of a position, or, if possible, 10 elicit from the Sherf, prayers or greenba: ki Th ne hundred and BtLy conuterfeite: ip the way of tickets bad already zot intoscirealation, and that the Sheriff would po-itively iene no more for any corisic- Few, indeed, I'ke Milton's ideal of a literary the genilemen wih th colored iquitows and efficient aa ally curdled on tie west aud dowa on the grasa near the jail yard wall » assurmii a listening attitude, and others cepending on the vort hunaan telegraph which had been by thre aid of the depuiies for information of woat was within, AT TPH TS THM MORNING, At ten o'clock it was announced by the éepniies that the prioner wae benesth the galtows, and the rensation among ‘to four hundred outside waxed flereo and feror- ong Vain attempts were made to pass the cordon of and the square, and some few, eer, to find that obtaining a climpas of what was going on within closure, Some half dozen also, 1p spite of the fact the deputies s)ook their wands ominously and sronied, “Keep off,” effected a landing on the wall tn full view gidbet a few minntes berore the signal was given. inutes seemed to lag on lazy feet from ten o’chnck to ten o'clock ten minutaa, so utter and breathiess was the suspense, ‘Lob-ter”” had ceased to ejac: “A very fine day upon which to ised,” and seemed to be awed tence by the general hush of the assembiage. GONE OUT WITH THE TIDE, One, two, three, four, ve minutes. and from five to ten one mizht hi jeard the rustling of a Ince veil, one had been mutes a statae whispersd, or uttered, ao that the few nearest could hear, Bridget Dorgan had gone out with the tide—out toto the A corrse, a bia the dra drama, with far too many de} ates, ‘THE CONFRHOR, The following i@ the only authentic confession mate by the condemned. There bave been manv in circula- tion, rome of which were for sale, like the confession of the a Williams, The f one comes from ber own lips:— Lam nearly twenty-three years of age. My real name fe Bridget Dacnan, My father’s name is Patrick anid my mother's Hannah, My father 1g dead; my mother i3 living, | She Hyves ia the —_ of Dancliffe, county Bligo, Ireland, I was boro there, I have two brithers living at that place, Patrick and Joun T have also two sisters, one who ts young- er, and: lives with my mother; the other 's married and lives in Envland, Ieame here two'vearsago, I lived with Mr. , 10 Brooklyn; then Mr. Knapp, at Bull's Ferry, N. thea with Davton, of Piscateway, N J.; then with Mr. Coriell. of Piainfeld, and Snaliy with Dr. W. W. Coriell, of New Market, While I «as liv pg wth Dr. Coriell I was taken rick, and I did not feel able to do the work, and thought I would leave. Mra, Coriell seemed gratified to hear that I was golng to leave; but the Doctor became ennoosoniy eoenne’ im 1, al Re my case. The weather being quite the Doctor thought the room too cold for me to sivep in; so he bad me tu make my bed and He io the stiin’ room, But I sas not satiefied im lying there, Then he wanted me room to take the front ure, winten 1 . said watch me, night he broagut tue lounge fro! the aitiing reom and lay upon it to watch me, At thie remonstrated with bim, and said that he 16 lounge remain in its place in the sitting. well as to pull ft ont en the Doctor got mat out of the way I would would be ke bore and” baby. 1 about four months, Mrs Coriel? was T never had any quarrel with her. she was a verv preity woman, At abont ten o'clock on tho 25th of February tast (I will pot be positive as to time) Mra. Co- rieit was lying on the lounge in tho sitting room. Ba. fore lying down she compiained of not feelag well and said she would not revire, bat would throw herself on the lounge, and wished me to sit up to take care of little Mamy, who was lying im the crate fa the smati bedroom, As Mrs. Cori !! was lying apparently asieep, [came out of the kitcven with the bread knite io my band that was exbibited on the tral, and picked ep ‘be kerosene lamp on the table In the sitting room not lighted, and coming up to bor struck her with the Jampon the neck. She #arted up im a bewildered mancer and immediately went into the small bedroom adjoining the sitting room, and I tol. lowed afier, She was siiting up at the sid» of the bed, and as I came pear she grasped the kuife out o” my baud. 1 torned roand and picked vp another knife with @ white handie that lay upon the tabla in the hedroan, conceaied by a (ablecioth winch I nad thrown over it This knife I had placed there, having fond it in one of the drawers in the bureau in the bedroom; 1 (hen turn- €d upon Mrs. Coriell and poshed her back on tne be and with tals white-hand'ied koife streck hor repeat. edly, The other knife had fallen upon the floor, so she could mot use ft aud I did not that ulzht and cannot toll how tt became bent. Sho made ell (he resintance she could, detending bersolf wih the pilows. After sirikiog ber very olten as eho lay on the bed, and sap: ag she wes dead, I picked up litue Mamy out of the cradie and went with her jute the sit- and sat upon the lonnas for a few mniies, T then rose and went into the » having samy in my arms, and washed ty hands in tho Iron pot of water on the stora, I then cone back into the sitting room, went Inte the bod. room, snd found that srs, Coriell had left the bed and gone out of the bonse, I tmmediately went outand fowsd ber govng aloug to tho gate in frost of the house, I wld her to return. She said nothing, but went beck; Anas she was passing throngh the sliting room she stooped dowa and kissed little Mamy, who was standing by the lounge where I b ced ber when I went after Mrs. Coriell, Mrs. © then rat down on the floor between tho aitting room and the bedroom: and while © was (bere T took the small eniki’s chair which was exhidiied on the tra, and Riruck her two or three time L never bit her on the neck, Dr, Coriel'a ry kind to me drow ber into the bedroom and on the floor, I then came ck into the sitting room, I them took Mamy’s dress 90K fire aod lit it, Mrs, Coriell ot fa the bed, nthe floor, Idd pot change y's dresa, but her ont of the house with clothes she hen 1 put her tp the crad went ont ting room door down to the Fi houre and si fro , Tepresenting that robbers were thers. Thad on that night, when I killed Mes. Coriell a white ekirt, and that akirt waa not produced on trial, although the progs- cutor, Mr, Herbert, hed it in bis possemsion, Tbed taken my frock off about ten o'clock, before tne der. T went to Israsi Cortelt's store that night and over to the Rey, Wr. Little's house with the game ekirt that | wore w ne marder was LT never changed my om, Bor fixed myself in any way except to wash my Diood on my clothes was not Mra Cortell’s biood. I mover rd Mrs. Coriell may that nieht, “© my " I did not hear her make eny noire after she it out of the Roure and down to the gate. I never weed the words to Mra Coriell ‘Take Etien Stairs that aight where ihe burcaa wes apect, Neither waa Mra Coriell or aay other per. Dr, Corneil was up there 04 Mra. Coriell to got kod ma, 1 said, “ impatient, and aid If the bureau was upset 1 I bere Fecollection of saving, after the mar- now whether the bareaa was op Mary Gilroy wae met there that hing of the mardor, ho te knew hor before she came ent Washington Market (es feiss. Knife tiem house, nor ean I se) other Rolfe with the white baodie, wi threw tots the sore that wigs That w Dr, Cor eli left the bourse, for bie wi ' ‘Mag Mre. Coriell did not come upon me enddeniy that night, T hare told e true tory, am sorry, God hope thas Ged wil) forgive ma THE ROYAL INSURANCE BOND ROBBERY, Examination efere Juste togau Yester- da3—Tae Evidence. ‘The examination in the case of Daniel Noble, charged with belng implicated im the “obbery ef bonds from ihe Royal Iusurance Company, which occurred about a year ago, was resumed yesteray before Justice Hogan. tbe following testimony Wg taken: — Cross-oxawinano’, of Mra GriMa continued—Don't know on what count my felatives objected to my marriage Wi! , Griffin; it was pol because it was stated that Gil" 4 was @ criminal; have never sung at a con- cert * oon; have never becn employed in any capacily at , concert saloon; have sung at concerts tp ehurciies “et charitable purposes at Miford; do not know Mra Tooault; boarded at Mrs, 0’ Uriea’s, in Montreal, some four weeks; ber Rouge 18 somewhere mm the centre of knew 8 man a slog plunoforte play 5 a 5 KDOW hire, Dut not 5 boarded at the same bouse; did uol get a beating or have my eyes bincked while at that house; peard that Mrs. Knapp got struck iwere; I was ou at’ New York at the tame, sect: Nobvia;” don’s know who sizuek or beat is was Mra Penault; dre O'Brica Ago nleicuridiag with Mr, Pensuit; bira, O'Briea bever ebarged we wish ii jatiuwasy with Mr. Penauit; KRow @iady Damed Ais, Whice; meta lady named Mra Grezg at Mra. Nobie’ i kaow Mrs, Crewman ; doa’s reculiect that] paveever tola any uf these leiies thas I would ge: evea with Noble for b.aiing ny husband: poight have »aid tat my busband ‘was dispteased with Noble and intended wome- thing; stayed at the nam Hotel twe or tusee days at the tune FT made tule deposiiion; I paid :ny own bill, win my own money ; thas money was not given to me by any ‘une ip behalf of th beeu out of pocket lo any great dag here aud woify ing aga.nst Novie; I my fare comiog bere aud wy Hoel paid any money ab the Col ; Mr. Bowdow has two brit thero for me; to go thre, he dia mot weet me by appol he met me es I arrived wi the depot; lett St, Cata= on Lueaday week and arf.ved mere the Dext day; have a sleoping rom aud » -\stiag rou at tue Coveman House on the second story; dou’s know bow much wat costs per day; havea come here io; buve pot Doon tid uot to restrict unyself in auy exjo, ments there; conser that I bave @® Fut to get enougn to eas wud a piace to sleep at ine expense of te company while here; I bad ony one apartment at the Mviropoitam Hove); dia pot use any carriages tuere; have ad @ carrage a, tue Coleman House as often as wecewary, but cant tell bow of-en; lave uot r.dden to the Park mor bevw to avy piace of amusement; don't kuow whether I expect unyiuu, from tue company for ious of timo; don’t know suat she prosecut.va could not compel me to come situin ihe limes of tbe State; have seep sone of tbese ailexed ulen bond’; mean that] uave sven the bougs them- ves; Wave Se2n WD Of thew; on one of them open, hat was for a thousand duilare was the ouly iT saw; Know tia: the vs! were bouds, b= cause my bu-baud to.d me tuey were; saw them, while at Dauvile, im tue possession of my husband, abou a 0 uF three days before 1 left tur St Cu he- know where tuuse bouds are now; saw in Be Catuesimes; have aut seen tuem since the S& Catueri houve was paid for; have not eon them siroe I p..t $3.00 ta the bank; dow't know what bas become of t 3 my bu-baod bas nos wid ne what Las becum. of them; Lave never asked him; don’t Know that the compauy know tnat I have seen tiese tem Donds; may bave void tucir colichors, or tod Mr, MeDonaid; advised my Busbaud very often te give the bods vack te the company; be said ** s20;” tuat was all be said iat I cau remember tod lar Rackets about tue teu bunds; the bunds in my band; ran my eyes Over tempt tv «ake them from wy busband where these bonds wers kept, or wieiuer he kept tuem upon tis persou id Bet seem tw mind whetuer I suw (bem or mot; when I first saw them I don't recoilect what be said; don’t know thas be liweeli suid thew; beneve uc opened a taro bamx at Don wie; Lave bever understood trom Bim bow man} of these bonds made tue capil Of nis faro bacd, be did mot teli me that ne had lost ‘of these bon faro; don't know tow loug he deait faro at Danville; be never wid m much he won and lost; Ubar! Baver assisted running the faro bank, but cun't say how lowg; did not go W Danville With tue ineviion of ving pormaneatly Abere, but dou’t know bow luug we were tw wiay tuere; dou’s recollect bow many werks we were there; think it Was @ mouth; we stopped at the Am-ricaa Hotel; was entered thre as Griflin’s wie; be enieied by the came of Wiliams, 1 inok; bave never passed aa anything ee than bis wile; have pever parsed as bis sister or other relative; nave never been 1D ibe sane bouse wih iu: and assumed not io know Bim; delure | was mare ned to him I pretended not to kuow tim whils im the same place, but net since marriage; at Mr. Mor. io «New Haven, I was known as A. (ooney, my mivides nane—or Miss Counsy, es they usually culled me; iin, Rackeu bas Leen in the city im re(eronce to this maticr; ho eame down with me wbhon I made the ailidavii; dun’ kaow how jong be was bere; be stopped at ihe Metropolitan; don't know whe pu'd uis exp-mses; doo’ koow why ue came down: I went home to wy father’s; don’t Know where the affidavit | made in =, Catharines in now; my Lusoand ant Mr, Rackett wre pre-ent whea I made it; Mr. Ravkett seat for me; did pot kaow exactly wuat be wanted Of me when he seul for we; ne sent for me by my husband; have seen Nir, Bowdoin two or three tmes in this water; bave seen otier sulxiiers ol Lae com- pany, but have never been at sbeir vilice; the depost- tion f made at the sietropolian Ho ei was drawn up by Mr. Lerocque; Captain Young aad mr. UcD nad were giso there; a:i that I did thers was + oluntary ; Capiaio Young was ls:ening. Is ppose; he did avi ask me any quesions; Se, Lerocque quesduued ms; told bin all L remembered; he read over to me wba be wrote dow: can’t remouber when the warrant was wide vat; dor rem mber any piedge being wate to me when | mado the affidavit tuat If N prosecute my hu-band, come to him; Mr. Grutin did noi order meto be a wit- ‘am not under compulsion im donee, vor rel out of this difouliy; dva’t knew Mr. Noole gave wi y xpenscs $1,100 1a Decemuer, aud i gar © my Husband ; doa 200 Nobie gave b m whea don't know wasiner be iad any lef migut have for necessary usu betweca Dees u- Schein she Use ick 1 tue paper, read tust iso & was ne, Luaveceeu Dim mi nde, rene bad; dou’ 000 uf Tegis.ered stock what was iting for Mr. ijerney tow) back to Cauda wita me, where [ was gummy in order to gt my b .svand wut of trouo'e; Dan Nubile cod have auue my busband if he vad o £000 and vo.nyromised of eet: un mpaoy ; be had orders to go & ver of (he whe taswu sasisty thew; be liad Less orde: Wwrough me; my husdaod teiegr: Noble to give (ne compauy $1 did not satisty (hem to satia y could obey those ord Kersey sold mv, tue Wa MuMbeF to Fed ow buw imany d Griffin; Know that tue wacame from the sae of Ovo ch Mr. Koapp had ave Dy PeCaliecti oa uf Bir, or Aira, Knapp thas that $1,100; hav koowa Bake was living ta Dene ville; Baker worked for iny busbeod, dealing faro; vad @ porwentag:; be borruwed my uusband’s watcu > wear; be asked my busbaud, aud my hushacd gave it to mo, and L handed it to him; be borrowod te et St, Catherines, and left without returning it; this waa abo 6 Ovo OF a Weeks ago; saw him at Columbia street tw or three weeks: saw Tiorney as well as Baker thors; bot get the wateb [| bot got it with hi Bake $2,500 whico the stolen bonds. Werte $200; my hasbend, 1 th ceived a watch aud chain, know that my busbaud was Qued ior «tricivg a ‘waicer with a pitcber; be was arrested for striking am omicer from Hamilton, who made remarks about mo koow chat he gave tese bonds out fa Danville; kuown that he jose bonds ww weli Little Dene. ‘The Board of Acdit met yostorday ta No. 19 Chatham street, There was quite a large aten lance at the meet- ing. All the morabers of the Board wore present, Mr, Depew announeed that the Gres case was that of Wiliam Alloa, Ricuane O'Gonwaw ea'd thet litigation bad left the ety much as it was on this eybjoc:; there are cases of work aud labor that ougut to be settled at once; but there are cases involrti of fact; be wished aot & top © proce dinva, cause there are cases which ought to be ‘This was his position, and therefore he every faciitty tor investigating the Counsel for Mr. Ail ‘led Up unoxpectediy, DOKL Case was that of At the request of counsel, blo Lowchen themed ty but we one apgearea 2 came was the fact in the case of John Barke To tbe case of Richard MH Bishop, wh mod ~“ assed for aa atjouruncat, It was be ad- for a deGciency of the Sa- me Court, he sald that ti ars bad pared & resiudoa ag him the amount of salary he claimed. He had no other fang fl at hand, but wae willing ae prove bat be bad rendered the services that ‘ture and raised by a rocsretica of tee, Beane of Buyer. a0 ‘Yuora The amount claimed w @ Board Th Te the case of BM. Baidwin NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1867. ___NSW_ YORE HERALD, SaTURDAY, oS?’ = Basteil, the Caxronatios Counsrt Sarat Rea carats the Peter Bostick the claimant stared that gel waa ok, and be asked for aa adjourement, ted peared and claimed bonaty fora soldier, the city, amounting to $50, The ConrorAtion CouxseL objecied to the cam, be. = ATS noton the calendar. The Board decided objection was final. ‘Mr. Nasu then applied ve have it placed eartv om the @lendar, The case was then adjvurned watil the @ext mneetiug. The case of James J, Bovina wse noxt called, but the CorroRarion Counsst said that there war no notiee given him of the case, and be con!d not goon with tt The Board was then declared adjourned, and Mr, Depew stated that unless some recson was #uown for cases on the calendar not being brought forward, thoy wil be placed at the bottom of the list THE COURTS. SUPREME COUNT—CHAMBERS. The Vinton-Wynne Will Case. Before Judge Barnard. In ve the Pe'ttion of Charlotie A, Wynn: vt, (Dr.) Fran- is Vinton, Executor, &e.—This care, which bas bean be- fore the conrts very frequentiy, in various phases, cane ap yesterday morning on motion to compel the guardian of the petitioner to pay to her a quarterly insialiaeutof $200, alleced to have been agreed upon a year ago for her support, end claimed to have bee due on the Ist day of July last; to tmerease the annual allowance 10 her from the ertate of her father, deceased, from $800 per avnam to the full extent of she income of the estatc, and for the amounting to tween Mies Wynne and her counsel and the executors of the entate, Ho further stated that during ‘he past -ix- een months she had been paid over $3 600, aud th) has incurred debte iw Paris, abe beving been travel- Mang 09 the continent ef Europe for some time, and in Naw york, of $3500 additional, eurred io a phase of Parisian society, which, he w sorry to say, was more fully entered into by a | ‘umber of persons than it ko 4 onrt society of France. Mr. Shea then 1 of the second marriaze of Wvone’s mother to a Captain Anderson,»of the British army, and her induction into French society, and the efforis her friends and paster to bave her at Pelham under in etion. lore, tha tien ‘wea fe. thon comsendga tat the court had not the power to grant the relief sought, end sf it bad it wes not proper under the existing circam- stances—the income from the estate and the purposes to which It would be applied—that it shouid exercise its Prerogaiive, Another action was peodieg invoiving the ‘upon by him. Counsel for the peti- Woner ciarmed that the allowance referred to as having doce paid wan pot ti The questioa in the suit pendin; jnent beiore her departure for Eirops, he allowed ber $700 to $800 per annum—before tie war and the consequent and succeeding high prices nad at- might be filed that it was withheld from Miss Wynne, When tis girl deemed it her auty to go to Earope with ber mother Dr. Vinton opposed it, and out her allowance down te $500, and in consequence his coguardian, Mr. Voin, protested against it, and asserted that she had Bot anfficient to clothe herself or stay ner hunger. He allowed her $500 from his private fortune on one ooca- sion, Then there was a sabsequent agreement for the payment of $800 per annum, and it was this settlement which was now songht to be en’orcet, But for the purpore that by some hocas tion of abunt $17,000 might the Sm fa the court took the papers and reserved ‘The Bertrand-Werey Imbrogiie Again=Me- t Charles Hi. Bertrand ve, Samuel A. Brown dé al.—This rernarkably complica ed and bemudidied case came up again before this court yesterday, on motion to discharge Gefendanie from errest, The original suit, ft will be remembered, origineted in a diMculty concerning the transter of a house tn this city from Elise Altenbeim to Merey, and in which Bertrand was em- Breotine. Beste her nor tae deeds deliv court re.) counsel for the latter. and on the case being jowa that eaaiast bim for purpose of ® curia: some bonds of of about $3,' 00 would necesita jeek’s careful exumination to understand, oo its compl: voter, it |eated char having been before three of the Polio» Justices’ Couria, the Supreme Court, the Court of Common Pleas, the ne Court, and the United States Courte, Tne court took the papers on the present motion to discharge the defendants (rom arrest, and reserved its decision, SUPERIOR COURT—CHAMBERS. The Murder of Colonel O'Brica—Motion to Discharge the Alleaed Murderer, Kealey. Before Judge Barbonr, Inve the Habeas Corpus of Themas Kealey.—A motion ‘was made before this court yesterday for the discharce on habeas corpus from arrest of the petitioner, who wa commited on the charge of murdering Colonel Jobn T. O'Brien in the July riots of 1863. Mr. Barnaby, of coun- scl, stated that tho pr soner was committeion the 3d day of July, 1867, 09 the charge above sta'ed, and had been held since that time for ¢ being detained by virtve of a commitment Tn iaw the petitione’ i. Tho allie daviia charged him wiih having killed Colonel O'Brien he 1éth day of July. 1863. 19 the terrible nots which occurred at thar time, and th» murder was stare! to have brea perpetrated im the viciuity ef Se-ond avoane Thirty-fif-h or sixth street, Tyo prisoner was by @ neigbbor—a str. K!\patrick—noariy four years after the ocourrence, with having comm tted this erime, and this anne. bad seen bim day after dey since th time, and now sought to acquire for himself norori and to bring the prisoner int» jeopardy at this late h for the gratification of « revenge, charged Kealey with being concerned and asns'inz In the perpecration of the outrage upon Colooe! UO Briea at t ime of bis death, by having hold of him at t as airuck with a goa and when be received the last Viow from a stone, Ii was well known tbat no man probsbiv Withetood as severo a Deating as that man O'Rei ceived before be died, and the Infliccé the kil the ern to murder Colonel 06 2. ie been invected with @ command to which bo had not fuliy reesived his title, be was in command of a regimont, and was were for tho proverva- Mon of the peace againat tue rioters Instead of pre serving the peace, however, and mastering his own pas. sions as well as those of the mob, he became the vic im Of the most violent passion and of the most degraded one—ihat of drunkenners, Ridin, with a drawn pistol in his band, tid upon ite mother's breast, and the mother through her child. Whoever saw that would have boon tose than a man if ho did aot 1 tur assault that unkillable beast and rend him where he ought to havo been sent. Counsel asked the court te take judicial notice of the events of that day, and the case woult be found to be the discroiton of the eoort and eatirey baliabie in the event of the court decliai bim absolutely, The return to the writ that the prisoner was bold for exami: commitment of Justice Kelly. The time withio hich a should have beon had had long since expired, Mr. Binnt appared for the District Attorney to oppose the motion, and claimed that the petitioner could oot be discharged, Dut that the court might direct the exam) tion to Lake piace ~ isaia @ reasonable toe, (aliiug «och it might bave such examioation before itself, Jud x Baroour said that it was contrary to the statnte and the spirit of ihe comstitetion to deprive the citizen of his Uberty without du@ process of law. and in the praseut instance he would direct such examination to take place At once, and that the prisoner be brought up on Monday proceed of tt participaied in by the mob It murder, was all wero guilty of no crime BOXE UpoR certiorari to review tbe MOVEMENTS OF THE TURKISH SECRETAAY OF WAR, Tonoxto, C. W., at 867, Genera! Horio, Secreta Ww Aaee bp Fone of ‘Turkey. last eveniog, oing at the Row eral and mute Intead spending Seun, 4 will then proceed ‘Thelt Visit to America will occupy three moniha NG RACE ON LAKE ERIE, Kaspcent, Obie, Angast 90, 2867. Pipe neag last, John McGreem and yd ney, olly’s Irani, rar Sandusky, ewam & o Take Brie from Keily's Isiaad torards the mainiagd at Marblvnend, « distance of four miss and @ baif After awimming three miles Kinney cave out wae takeo into @ boat §MeGreen aceorp! shed in two and @ half hoors feating, aad seemed very little fatigued. This te enid to be the most remacka- ‘Die em ianoaing ices ow record, Poas-ssion .wag ever given to RECONSTRUCTION, ,, we eat ll , Letter from Wade Hawptom, of Sesh. Carolina, The following te the Concluding portion of Wade Tiampton’s loiter to various citizens of Columbla, @ G., who asked bis advice “with regard to their action ia the very important matters soon to be submitied te the people of the State:”— F * © © Toreturn to the consideration of ibe Re construction acta, What inducements do the advocates of (hese measures Dold out ve os 10 scoept ipem t Ga they promise us peace? Look at Teanessco, and what kind of peace we are to have. <n enw geen us an accep!able Stale conHtatioa—one that will not be iuterfered with bv Congress? Delaware, Mary- lana and Kentucky—throe ‘loyal’ aovereign States—— wisich are to be put on trial bo‘ore a Star Chamber com- mittee, on the charge of not having repabcnn samety thoas, Can they promise a resoration of the ‘4 ‘The radical rulers expressly declare that thelr mesures” are not ‘finalities” Can they promise even that. doubt ful good represemiation im the Congress of the Unived States? refer you to Ke A whore representatives are ignominiously because rebels voted for them, But suppose the Siate accepts the terma proposed by the mi itary bills ie at to an from her eounelis Fee ureeet, the experience; ther w sdom and the pasriotiem, which, in times past, gave bor lustre; that, imstead of these uoble quali'iea and vir'nes, i of ignorance, mexpericnce, that she adopts a consiiution disfrancnisicg forever (he men who, tmobeying her command to defend her, be Moved that they were serving God; that she Bu ’s—ignomin‘eus purchase—h: With dyit Trses anc Yhat served and loved, «nd put in Suppore ahe does all these-things, a1 then graciously permit her to send te ‘Vashingtoa, from what cia wih inl + wio are to Sil the places once Lowndes, Calhoun, McDuffie, Havne, Hucer and their Is representation mm Congress so very desirable that should and men there who can tuke the oath, q than that we should remain unt presented Can the people of the Statetrust thoue who could oF: wonld take it? For the boner of our pre’er that she shonid not be reoresen’ed Congress nati! her delegates can +1 Tenre-enting a sovereign State, wit antity and rights unimpa red.’? When that day comen- ‘a restoration of (he Unieu in fact as wer when North and South ‘ormving the past, some common the a both can be apected. it neti thet dav words of Patrick oe Porat 72 rg aera prare! but there ta no peare /” A for me to say that, entertaining the views that T ressed, 1 think it far preferable the Sate should. fn 1t3 present eondition, under m: itary rul that ft should give its sanction to maasares wi wer Delieve to be illegal, unconstitationsl and ra nou, It ta mv honest and firm belief that the ‘oluntary of these measures by our people would aurely bring, nor onty to the South, bat the whole Cig faa 2 i 8 i i 2 HH harmony and exercise forbearance. Let our people moraber tart eo negroes have, asa gencral haved admirably, and that they are in no manper aponsibie for the present condition of #fairs, they, in the future, be misied by wicked or men, let os sommes. how Seporen ear necessarily 4 let us, only the more, wince them ra their best friends, Deal wth them with Justice, and thes show that you wish to their advaneement and enlightenment. Do the negroes will not eply lears to trot Te bie will soon appreciate the tact eo evident to can do be es New far better than they a «late where a lifs HH placed this fact bevond ail retail. reongn' the same frank an be soir pat mat inegare also. For af conten war perfectly willing toate a y adopted by our Stare ferring the elective franchise Serie Oy thes Serr cnarest, thet oo 0 wi or this privilege by estabiiahae @ slight educational Property quai jon for all . WADE HAMPTON, Corvuma, Augnst 7, 1867, \ a —$ $$ CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE'S WEALTH. {From the Colambas (Ohio) Crista, Angus 28.)" 7 ‘The circumsisres that Te man has been able seamen a hoge stra eg ry ee short umé vtmate business, is not ef crest vogenae singular occurrence: that a wan ike mon FP. Chase, at the end of @ term of office in ferent Foes partmeat. wh oh he ent-red without weal. should be reported as returning an emarmous :ncomne, is oe to excite astonishment and sugges remark, wi sensitive man than he te eould not tail (0 feel. known that several families have been enriched by theis connection sith Ly ment, and financial system of whith he fs the paren trend ts not 0 like Caaar’s wife, that an in: bs ex'raord:nery moome coord be made «thous exeft! reffect on. Mf. Cooke and bie family: with ir palatial residences at Washington, deiphia. and Gibraltar, and the ostentarious weal in which they roll, are well anier toot to be thevorsa: tions of Mr. Chase's fivwnctal wand; wovlettl@ also and-retood ibat the increasing poverty of the pone and the distress of the laboring masses all over the the reenits of the ase of the same tentras tated—albols the expense of a beading country—it 1 not beheved the cht € operator iw the Ataditin palace escaped whit tone of $100,000, ' His salary dur og that time was than $30,000. This remarkable increase of fortune, furly given, shows that Mr Chase exerc set a degree economy m bis expenses at Washiny itowether ‘common amoug public men, easpect from the frequent repurte of given by him to ths Chase is the author jnanctal pe-tilence whiew bag rained thousands to elevate a class, enhan ed the price of living, reduced the comiorts of life to rhe most tim fred aumber, and pronses universal hank: werishment. 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