The New York Herald Newspaper, June 25, 1868, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1868—TRIPLE SHEBT. NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. WAITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT—IN BANKRUPTCY ON APPEAL. Before Judge Nelson. im appeal having been heard in the ‘Court in the two subjotned cases, Judge Nel- delivered judgment in each case as follows:— Soca er Sia ees Ema “tat aah ‘presented bankrupts goth ema 1867, and several quits iad, Oe seed eines Set an: gen ‘among all the creditors, made an assignment fendants conve » debts, and in case the fund fell short or ran thetr debts tt should be-distributed eq among all of the creditors The assignmen' made and by New York, and within the time prescribed the signors eae and filed under oath a full and com- plete inventory of ali their est real and personal, and of all their debis and liabilities. The were it and the assignees were required to enter into bonds with good and sufticlent security for the faithful discharge of their trust to the amount of $320,000. The assignees are engsced in the execu- tion of their trust and have already in deposit tn the United States Trust Company some §45,000 awaiting distribution among the creditors, At the time of this assignment the insolvent debtors had no intention or expectation of applying for the benefit of the Bankrupt act, nor had the assignees any reason for the belief that any such intention existed. All intention to defraud — reditors or to prevent the pro- perty of the debtor coming to an assignee la bank- ruptey is denied by parties, and there i8 no proof in the case tv the contrary. The insolvent debtors not being abie to make a settlement with their creditors, and apprehending the provisions of the Bankrupt act might cease relative to voluntary app/ications, unless by the assent of the creditors or the payment of fifty cents on the doilar, applied in February follow- ing, by petitions, for the benefit of the act, and were adjudged bankrupts as copartners on the 7th of that month. The motion upon this state of the facts is, that the assignment under the State law be set aside, and the assignees render an account to the complainant as assignee in bankruptcy, and that they be restrained from any further execution of the trust. Assuming the assignment in question to be untainted with fraud, either against creditors or against the Bank- Tupt act, which ig the present position of the case, we find nothing in the provision of the law which would authorize us to take this property out of the hands of the assignees under the State law and turn itover to the assignee in bankruptcy, and must, therefore, deny the motion for a preliminary injunc- tion, Motion denied. John Sedgwick, Assignee, vs. Wiliam Minck and Charles B, Bostwick.—The bill in this case is filed by an assignee in bankruptcy to compel a receiver in creditors’ bills against the bankrupt appointed before the Lica in bankruptcy, to de- liver up the property in hands asreceiver. The case is this:—On the 6th of January, 1857, Andrew Betser, the bankrapt, being insolvent made an as- signment of bis preety. real and personal, to Wil- Ham Minck, giving nees ainong his creditors. Creditors’ bills were filed Beiser, the debtor, ‘and Minck, the assignee, and Charles B. Bostwick, one of the present defendants, was inted re- ceiver; and on the 16th of March, 1868, he com- ‘menced a suit in the Common Pleas of the city and county of New York against the debtor and ver of the assets; to recover possession 3 and such pro- ceedings were hed that ‘on the oth of Decomber following a ji was rendered in favor of the receiver, e assignment fraudulent and From this judgment ‘kK, the assignes, sppenied to the rt of I, whore the case fs still pen » In January, 1! = toma 3 be A sd Ln ant complainant appoint e sasign now Teceiver the creditors’ bilis, The filing of under Dills, to the law of New York, gavea hhen upon’ the aasele ofthe debtor in behalf St the ent creditors, and the Receiver, resentiny thelr interesta, has, it seems, been diligently engaged tm endeavoring to reduce them to and apply them to the payment of the ju: alfoult to see whi LR, bankruptcy to this Property thus devoted by law to the payment of debts of these judgment creditors some ten years been subjectod very considerable expense al eul a ex] al- ready in the litigation and have succeeded in the lower courts in sett aside the assignment as fraudu- effect to their $ perio: thereby gi ents the property. they will derive an: benefit from their expense and trouble must depen: late court. It seems to us that they are entitied at least to this chance, and that the bankrupt’s assignee is neither entitied to it himself nor in a position to deprive them of it. The question involving the right to this property ta in the tate court, where it belongs, and the decision of that court will be conclusive wu) the If, in affirmance of the aeeent of the court , the roperty will be app! to the satisfaction of the judgments on the creditors’ bills; if in favor of the Validity of the assignment, ft will take the direction ven under the trusts created in the assignment. ie right to this property attached long before the assignee in bankruptcy appeared, and before even she passage of this Bankrupt law. The motion tc dissolve ‘le injunction granted. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN BANKRUPTCY. A Trial By Jury. Before Judge Blatchford. In the Matter of E\t Hoppock.—I1n this case a jury trial was demanded in order to ascertain whether or not Eli Hoppock should be adjudicated a bank- rupt. The hearing was begun yesterday afternoon and resumed this morning. The facts of the case, a3 alleged in the pleading on the part of the creditors, are that he has concealed or conveyed away his property, with the intent of defrauding his creditors, and that he has concealed and secreted himself for the purpose and with the intent of evading the ser- vice on hii personally of @ legal process to compel him to come mto court; and that he has b, those acts committed acts of bankruptcy. [t was stated on the trial that Hoppock had originated the Atlantic Coal Company, which turned out to be an unfortunate speculation, in which capital and liabilities to a considerable amount were involved and ti which he and some stx or seven per- sons in Philadelphia were principally yo . ‘The period laid in the writ and application for trial ‘was from the 9th of March to the 20 of May in ‘the present year. in eliciting testimony counsel en- deavored to extend the period to six months ending the 2d of May, and proposed to give evidence of acts of Koa ted on the 4th of March; but the Judge re fused to allow him to travel back anterior to the 9th of March, oe ~? laid in the writ for trial. Thevjury found @ verdict in favor of the petition- ing creditor, thus declaring that the ‘etendont, had committed the act of bankruptcy alleged against UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—CRIMINAL CALENDAR. Forging Papers to Receive Prize Money and Arrears of Pay. The Onited States vs. John H. Egan and William Martin.—A jury having been sworn to try this case, Mr. Bell, United States Assistant Districtgattorney, opened the prosecution by reading the indictment and the section of the act of Congress upon which it ‘was founded. It appears that John Martin, a coal heaver on board one of the United States ships-of- war, died in the Naval Hospital at Philadeiphia, in August, 1865, There was then due to him prize money and some arrears of a we charged against those (wo defendants con- #pired to defraud the government by false represen- tations and forged letters of application for those ar- rears of moneys. The defendant, William Martin, is charged with having represented himself to be the only surviving brother of the deceased, John Martin, and his sole administrator, The o*her defendant, Egan, charged as @ co-conspirator with William Martin in this alleged fraud. The i rendered @ verdict of guilty against both defendants. Conviction of Mlicit Distillers—Disappearance of the Convicts, The Uiited States vs. Ferdinand Sulsberger, George Strauss rles Heiman, William Silver, Jacod Fluischa: er and Jacob Hess.—The trial of this case lasted five days and the result is: iiiam Stiver is not amenaljie, never having been arrested; the jury acquitted Jacob Hess and found the other four guilty on ail the counts of the indictment. The, jury were out from one o'clock until about nine on evening. The defendants, being on bati, were allowed to at large, and were not present when the verdict of guilty was given at nine o'clock, nor have they been seen or heard from since. Deputy mat 6 and other smart fellows are out in all directions, but no trace of the missing de- fendants can be found, SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. The Greenleaf-Mumford Case Again Before the Courts. Before Judge Ingraham. Greenieas vs. Mumfora.—Mamford was a stock broker and creditor of the plaintift, and failed to the extent of about $200,000 in gold, After his defalcation attachment was issued at the suit of the plaintit against funds belonging to Mumford, but before the attachment was served on him he had paid the fands over to a third party. An attachment was tsaued in & second suit, and before service the money had been paid by (his third party into wae Lands of an assiquee ‘SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. against the defendant, who claimed to have sold to the plaintiff and others one hundred and fifty barrels of whiskey in bond. The plaintiff, however, alleged that the sale was rescinded, inasmuch as the whiske: in question was not in bond, and, therefore, cat the arrest.of the defendant, for whose discharge an poElipeHon. was now made. The court reserved its ecision. COURT CALENDAR—THIS DAY. SuPREME CouRT—CIRCUIT.—Nos. 758, 987, 3086, 1088, 3890, 3892, 1610, 1872, 1127, 982, 1500, 412, 4416, 1351, 1452, 1161, 1236, 1492, 1356, 1550. MARINE COURT—GENERAL TERM.—Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, SUPREME COURT—OHAMBERS.—No3. 83, i, 121, 127, 144, 145, 146, 177, 219, 228, 247, 249, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 276, 278, 283. Common PreaS—TRIAL TRRM,—Part 2—Noa. 735, 1090, 824, 1858, 87, 486, 1101, 557, 483, 2009, 2098, 1313, 1314, 431, 597. CITY INTELLIGENCE. THe WEATGER YESTERDAY.—The folowing record shows the changes In temperature for the past twenty- four hours, as indicated by the thermometer at Hud- nut’s pharmacy, 218 Broadway, HaRALD Building:— eae temperature........ Average temperature Tuesday. Tae DANGER oF BaD STREBTS.—A man named Bernard Hart was yesterday severely injured by being thrown from the wagon which he was driving, ia, cqayemnence of one of the wheels getting into a rut. KILLED BY A FALL.—Abont half-past eleven yes- terday morning a Prussian sailor named Martin Albreck was killed by falling from the ae ard of the vessel Heness, now lying at pier forth river, was only thirty-one years of age. HEaDLEss.—The returns from the Thirty-second Precinct yesterday announced the finding of the > of an unknown man in the North river, near Was! ‘When drawn ashore it was found to have no head, The body had the appearance of being in the water some time. PaTaL ACCIDENT TO 4 SAILOR.—Ooroner Flynn yesterday he!d an inquest on the body of Martin Al- brecht, a sailor thirty-one years of ‘Whose deat! result of ib siend received h was falling from the topsall yard of the bar! lying at pier No, 2 North river. ‘Was Nor Inpiorgp.—The statement made in yea- terday’s issue of the H=Ratp to the effect that Mr. Joseph Durand had been indicted by the Grand Jury at the Court of General Sessions was incorrect, inas- much asthe complaint was dismissed after a brief but searching Investigation. Tas RECENT SreaMruG ExPLosion.—The body of William Lynch, the pilot of the steamtug F. Lever- ghue, who was blown overboard by the explosion of her boiler, on Saturday last, off the Battery and was drowned, was found to-day floating at 35 East fron, Lynch was a young man and resi: in West Naw YORK OALEDONIAN CLUB.—The eleventh an- nasal picnic of this club took place yesterday at Dud- ley’s Grove. A steamer and two barges con- veyed the club and thelr ‘host, of friends to the SS ro As usual, the day was one of continued pleasure, @ statement that all present seemed to endorse. New YorK [uSTITUTION FOR THS DBAF AND DoMB.— The public exercises at the close of the annual ex- amination of the puptis of this institution took place yesterday. The proficiency of the pupils waa very marked and commendable, and received the hearty endorsement of the very select audience present. ANOTHER DR¥ Goops PaLace.—The property on the northwest corner of Broadway and Eleventh street, having a‘front of seventy-seven feet on Broad- bio | and 222 feet on Eleventh street, was recently sold toa dry goods firm in this city, upon which they pi to erect a magnificent building. John Kellum, the well known architect, will supervise the construction of the edifice. HONORABLY DISCHARGED.—In reference to the charge of fraud published in the papers of yesterday, in which Alexander B. Kayes was the alleged de- fendant, upon an examination of the affair before Justice Dowling, at the Tombs Police Court, yestet- day, the complainant failed to establish his case, and the defendant was honorably discharged. A CANDIDATE FOR HapRs.—James H. Donnelly, twenty-four years of age, residing at No. 76 Catharine atreet, attempted to commit suicide last evening by jumping overboard from pier 24 East river. Omicer Bi, of the Second precinct, witnessed the affair jumped overboard and rescued the would-be suic! While in the water a at le took piace, Donnelly requesting the officer to itm aloue as he Wanted to go to the lower regions, Mi.iTaRyY.—Company D, Seventh regiment N. G., S. N. Y., under the commana of Captain William 4. Kipp, will visit te Highlands to-day in celebration of ite sixty-second anniversary. Returning to the city in the evening, tt will be received by Vompany G, Captain George Moore Smith, at the foot of West aoe my street, at half-past seven o’clock. Mem- bers of the other companies of the regiment have been invited to Wye oomegeey. LA in ieee reception. They meet n o'clock, in full uniform trousersh. Route of march will be through ae street, Sixth avenue, Twenty-sixth street, Fifth avenue, Four- teenth street and Broadway. SOLDIERS AND SatLons’ Democratic Union OLuB or Naw Yor« Ciry.—A meeting of this club was held last evening at 406 Broome street, when the organization was effected by the appointment of the following oficers:—Major Charlies W. Kruger, Presi- dent; Captain Timothy Waters, First Vice Presi- dent; Captain James McGuire, Vice President; Major James M. chert,” Correspond chert, ling ’ meet next Saturday in the Moffat Mansion, East Seventeenth street, when arra: te will be made for the reception, on the $d of July, of the Old Key- stone Club, of Philadelphia. POLICE TRIALS.—President Acton sat in his accus tomed seat yesterday and listened to the charges pre- ferred against members of the police force by indig- nant citizens, There were only nine cases on the calendar. One nice young man—a City Hall official, Judging from the diamond ) pin that sparkled on his Manly breast—made a complaint against a Fifteenth Precinct man, Of the two storles—the policeman’s nd the diamond pin man's—the oMcer’s waa de- cidediy the most plausible, at least so thought the astute President of the Board, as he cautioned the young Man when he was in the street again ‘not to put on airs’ and he'd get along better with the police, Hupson River Bartist AssoctatTion.—The pro- ceedings of the eighteenth anniversary of the Hudson River Baptist Association were continued yesterday in the Calvary Baptist church, Twenty-third street. ‘The committee appointed a year to consider thé subject of & Union with the New York Assso- ciation submitted a report, which set forth that @ united body would ‘be more successful in Evangelt: the city of New York and recom. mended @ union forthwith. Rev. Dr. Corey delivered a very forcible address on the subject of church eet ap he discountenanced union. A de- te on the su finally took place, when the measure wae lost by @ majority of two clergymen out of six. Tas Fins COMMISSIONERS.—This Board met yes- terday. Alexander Shaler occupied the chair. There was a full board and little or no business to be trans. acted. The late explosion which took piace in the Bowery, sending @ gumber of unfortunate victims unprepared perhaps before their Maker, was med worthy of @ paasil notice. Mr. T. Bay- y Meyers offered a resolution to the effect that the board of Engincera, to whom was referred the investigation in relation to the explosion of first class (') Amoskeag steam engine No. 1, be instructed to make a thorough examination and report as ex- peditiously as possible. ‘This resolution was adopted and the Commissioucrs’ wookly session was brought Wa clowe and which was the means of" POLIOE ENTELLIGENCE, | DISOPARGE OF ALLBORD FuaiTive Captain Young, of the Central office, Moon brought before Justice Dowling usenet nandina, Fis., and asked that they there was no evidence against ALLEGED AtrEMPrep MUBDER.—On January 4, John Johnston, a colored at No. 121 West Twenty-fifth street, Anderson, also colored, got into an Sea oF ihe former, when Johnston @ ragor across his before last the premises of Heary Fifth avenue and Twenty-sccond street, by forcing open s rear gate, but while were working into thedw: fled. About the same hour of of the Twenty-ninth innocence. e evidence cused is merely circumstantial. THE STEAM FIRE ENGINE EXPLOSION. Continuation of the Coroner’s Inquest on the Bodies of Six of the Victims. Coroner Keenan yesterday morning, at the Oity Hospital, continued the inquest on the six bodies of the victims in the recent fire engine explosion in the Bowery. Patrick W. Hand was too ill to speak, his jaws having been recently set by the surgeon, TRSTIMONY OF EDWARD ROVEL. Edward Rovel testifled—I live at 74 Henry street; Tam foreman of Engine No. 9; came down from the building, and she was blowing off steam from the safety valve, and the engineer asked me to help him; he was tying down the safety valve with a strap; Hand said, “The safety valve screw is broken;” so he sald, ‘Give me a hand with it;” he asked meand John Conway to assist him in holding it down; at that time he jumped down and went round and turned the engine off; she was going at the time; Conway and IT in the meantime took hold of the valve; said I, “What are you going to do,” and he said, “Go to the tender and get a strap and fasten it down;” the foreman sung out of the burning build- ing to start the engine slowly; Hand did so; the steam was still escaping from the valve after being tied down; said I to Hand, “Had you not better make It tighter?” he sald, ‘Yes, pull it down one hole lower if you can; I said I not think there was another hole, and jumped up put my foot on the ground again when she e: not nothing peculiar about the working of the engine before; did not have time to do so; he did not remark that the engine had given any trouble; don’t know whether she had @ full head of steam on or not; she had not full fire; the door washalf open, T think; she had not a big fire in her; we eat five minutes more to work to wash the bu ing down; was nt at the test, when she seemed to work well; the foreman say she was leaking; we had used her six months before, when she seemed to work well. TESTIMONY OF JOHN M. John M. Clarisse testifi 1 am licensed to run went and the engineer of No. 12 until the stoker came; went from there I went to No. 0 and stood i H 5 i e explosion; he wanted ling on the steam gauge; he used it; Iwas standi: uptagainst tne ¢ with my wet coat in hand, motion with his hand and handtere py rewing th ii Roach as if he was sci up the 5 aaw tnd Contor terey they were fix res ; the en- saying that he could hold no st with — was safety vaive; did not notice anytht about her working; he said the spring on th was too weak; they have regular steam gauges; the pressure when I got there was between sixty and notice particulary jadge that tou tne postion ot not icularly ; tl mn of the hand; it not more than that; when he stopped tf T do not know whether it ran up or not: he had two cocks of water, I am sure; there might have been three; he had his’ hand on them while 1 was there; do not think they were rata think there was trouble with the bot- tom of the bolier two years ago: heard that Stilwell and another man had to in the boiler one night and press out one of lower sheets which had been baiged'in; ha Doo Pind the part Foe want she was leaking; ler was pressed back then and has been used at different times since then; Still- well wanted to get a new sheet in; there had always been trouble with her; she was sent to the Amos- keag Works, but don’t know whetherfshe was fixed or not; they put on a blow off cock there to take out the sediment; few knew what this was for; did not know whether blow off cock was there when ‘unusual on @ valve she ¢: ; that is an unusual place to put it, and an eer would not know it was there unless in- for of it; if the water dirty this blows off the sediment which would keep the water foaming: this might create an explosion; this blow off cock was an extra one On the bottom of the boiler, ONY OF COLIN LIGHTBODY. ‘TRST! Colin Le ao testified—I reside in Sixty-first gen between First and Second avenues; machinist and engineer by trade; am employed on the Second avenue dum oe eee was in the Bowery iz before the explosion talking to our starter of the Second avenue cars: this was Thurs- day night, half an hour before the explosion; the steam blew out from engine No. 9; noticed carried the engine No. 9 working; it blew out and glass face straight out from the gauge; then went ‘out to the ie and saw @ man strapping down the safety valve; spoke to the engineer about it, and he said the scale balance spring was weak; told him it ‘Was wrong; be made no rent; beard Bf the ry steam; did hear lower but only heard any water; thought then it was no place for me tostay, 80 I wheeled about to leave, but as I went I got tt the head, and that is all I know; had got ey feet off when she exploded; the boiler exploded becanse ers out of water, and when sne ees hea dane eee been full and such an ex- ace am great undreds would have been sca) fred; as it wae, WOR? wornie sage eee did not seem to be right; she w very unsteadily; this, think, was'on’ account of the. vi Sein tat left then to go: ireland. Mrs. Annie, Keating testited- ‘Thomas O% Thomas O'Connor, one of the de , was my son; he was fifteen as city; live at No. 9 ey ~ last . Lay o'clock on : n where he was ; Gity Hosp wife ‘and ea hin next morntag a in e as that ; he was crushed in the ribs,” ©* that OF tay son; TESTIMONY OF FRANK CLEMENS. Frank Clemens testiNed—One of the deceased was Charles Schildknecht; he was eighteen years old; he was born in ee I reside at 144 Norfolk street; he was a lockamith; he went out shortly after supper; next | heard his brother say Charles was not home, and learned he was at the Tenth precinct sta- pad i Rd ory eerate be his legs were crusl nd bia was injured; he was dead; swear It Was the same boy.” dor TRSViMONY OF NORMAN WIARD. Norman Wi: “«t testified—I live at the Westminster Hotel; am @ practical engineer and machinist; ex- amined the exploded boiler of engine No. 9 in the Bowery since the explosion; found that the sheet of the furnace had been ruptured; it is an upright boiler; water spaces are very narrow; it has a fer. nace at the bottom, with tubes running through it and from the tube sheet at the top of the the smoke pipe; Occupied by where there seemed to be an old fracture; the sheet fire and then bent he Werk I can conceive manner of ruptore that the inftiatory breaking pressure of the steata then tore up the sides of the the Water surround! the boller is very narrow; the rupture was at a point Graig lea of the furnace broke away from ‘the rivets poe hase of the sheet was thei inward, towards tl wer’ 80 a8 to lap over the Sheet at the lower t the piace and of the sheet came from the contact of water, which was colder than the sheet, which cracked it; the ruptured part; think {t was evident from. progent ap. pearance of the boller that the water was driven out of the water space and.either fell back again to sud denly cool the sleet which waa heated while the water waa = alsorbed, or else by U atartli of the pump some water of @ lower temperature Wan We suock Was tected to look, pee test xploded ; repaired, wé por pressure; the leaking of steam would have no effect; those boflers ought to wear ten or twelve years, unt they are rusted thin or burned; the material in bolier seemed to be of very superior quality; an engine three years old, like this, is comparatively a new engine; the leakage would not assist in causing this accident. TRSTIMONY OF HENRY A. GILBERTSON. Henry A. Ciibertson teatified—I reside at Sixty- seventh street, near Broadway; am superintendent of the repair yard, Metropolitan Fire Department; my duty is to take charge of the shop and superin- tend the men; have the hose, harness, wheelwright, blacksmith, machine and paint shops to take charge of; keep them furnished with stock and make re- turns to the Board of Fire Co1 joners and fur- 5 work myself; have two examining engineers; cause fire engines out of repatr to be taken in the shop and repaired; the district engineers send them to the re- pair shop to be repaired; do not examine them; iy examining engimeer is ordered by me to examine them; am not a Bo ae engineer ; am a carriage maker; have repaired engines for the Fire Department; Kept a‘carriage TEAR MR OTE an notin that place on account of knowledge of engines; they have engineers for that purpose; en- gine No, 1 I first knew of on the 14th of August last, when I first went to the yard; the engine was turned in to me because the company was put out of ser- vice; caused it to be repaired in the yard; it was a little out of order; it was put in order; kept her for the use of any company whose engine might be out of repair; the first company I gave her to was Oom- pany 33, while their apparatus was being repaired; they had her to work once at the fire of Barnum’s Museum in Broadway; they worked her for thirty-six hours without stopping, and throwing two streams of ; caused her that to be examined and Tepaired in every: way; complaints heard no er before; she then went out in piace of é! 16 No. 7; heard that the tubes in the centre leaked; was after the Barnum Museum fire; don’t know who made the complaint; think it was in March or April; she left then with foreman of oie atl not r to Com- i 8 Z i : g AG i : F 3 3 3 if i i i z 3 foam if foul; these and must be close! watched; did not know anything was the matter wi! the safety valve; the te shay | aright; the stem the conc mn of the engine; do not should work trregularly unless or the throttle; did not long standing; tested the apparatus the 10th and 15th of May to test some hose; tested to one hundred and twenty pounds the aafet, rare Sail tigts tana h meee steam; the Ive was all right then; the spring valve 1s ail it even now; there was no occasion for strapping {t down to hold the steam; it is not weak @nd has not been injured; never used to run over one hundred pounds; within one hun- ds the steam gauge would have been safe; watched his gauge the tying down of the valve would not affect this explosion; the in- dications are that the fire sheet was red hot; over the lace fractured, with one cock of water there would ave been twenty-four inches, and with three cocks there would have been thirty-six inches of water; it could not have been heated so much with one cock of water. The further examination was then adjourned untt! one o’clock Monday afternoon, at the Sixth precinct station house. ‘THE FIREWORKS EXPLOSION IN BROADWAY. Inquisition Before Coroner Keonan and Ver- dict of the Jury. Coroner Keenan held an inquest at the Sixth pre- cinct police station over the remains of Lawrence L. Lyon, the young man who was burned to death by the explosion in the fireworks establishment No. 294 Broadway on Tuesday afternoon. Several witnesses were examined, but the evidence elicited failed to show in what manner the explosion occurred. Subjoined will be found the most important por- tions of the testimony and the verdict of the jury: ‘TRETIMONY OF THOMAS 0. LYON, Thomas C. Lyon, residing at 232 East Forty-ninth street, being sworn, deposes and says:—Deceased was my eon; about s quarter before four o’clock on Tuesday afternoon I was getting my dinner at 202 Broadway; I had previously been in the store 204 Broaaway, where I am @ salesman; it is a fireworks establishment, William J. Lyon & Co.; after I had been in the restaurant about five minutes I heard an ;.1 ran outand found it had occurred in explosion tani Seva ee feat ay was soon all Tac was Soaitinge t about minu! I not go to the bull rh learned ie CET removed from the building and it to this station; I have no idea from what the: ion occurred; the first floor only contained fi TRATIMONY OF MONMOUTH LYON. Lyon, residing at No. 232 East Forty- tree’, Swi ‘was my brother; en for? at No, 204 Broadway; yes: terday about a quarter four o'clock, I ‘was standing at the back part the store talking 0 and two other. boys; Mr. Horton ee ts the front part of the store, standing by the desk; at about the middie of the store I noticed sparks coming from what appeared to be a flower ; very soon afterwards | heard a note like a jarge fire cracker, when I ran towards the front of the store; I reached the desk, and the next I remem- ber I was in the street; we all ran together. ‘TRSTIMONY OF SYLVANUS LYON, Sylvanus Lyon, residing at Milburn, N. J., being sworn, —| was ita nephew; am a salesman at the fireworks establishment No. 33 Cort- landt street; | know ye 4 what fireworks were contained in'204 Broadway ; there were about six hun- dred boxes of fire crackers, several barreis torpedoes, miscellaneous fireworks about $300 to $600 worth—a small stock, about one-fifth the quantity allowed to be kept by law; from my experience of freworks T should sey that there waa nothing there that would explode spontan ;.1 was there some five min- utes after the fire, and from my examination I can form no idea of the origin of the fire or of the explo- sion; some light might have been dropped or some- thing from the street might have been thrown: in; everything was dome in the business in the most careful manner. on youn onsen, THSTIMONY . John Smith, residing at No. 2045, Third street, be- ing sworn, Aays:—I am a truck driver; yesterd ernoon, about twenty minutes past four o'clock, was standing in front of 200 Broadway; I heard a re- port of fire crackers and torpedoes at about the middie of the fireworks store; [ heard these reports for about ten minutes; very soon after 1 saw amoke and fire in the place; I had been where | was about three minutes before; when I first heard the report [saw three boys run from the store; they appeared very much excited; [ looked in before that, but saw nothing but a mi working at a deak about aix feet from the front door he tried to but waa sufocated by the amoko, Lau aot sure What was (ie One What was suitocated; : 4 : = ip i & ef Bis 3 ei Another well attended meeting of master masons and bricklayers convened yesterday afternoon: at the Mechanics and Traders’ Exchange Roonis, No. 61 Liberty street, Mr. John T. Uonnover presiding and Mr. W. H. Jackson in his place as seoretaty. At the suggestion of Mr. Ross the president asked all ‘who were present to remain, especially those con- nected in any way with the building interest; but he hoped that none would actively participate in the proceedings, by voting or otherwise, except mem- bers of the association, After the reading and adop- tion of the minutes of Monday’s meeting the roll was called and fully two-thirds insoribed on the list answered to their names, The first business in order was the report of the committee appointed last Monday to wait upon those master masons who continued to work their men at eight hoursa day and to influence them to join in stopping. Mr. Sares, one of the committee, stated that he had called on Mr. Cron, but when he got there Mr. O. had already dis- missed his workmen, having seen the owner with with whom he had contrac: and he consenting to extend the time of the contract for as long as the strike may last. Mr, Sares then sought out Mr. Wil- liam Fettretch, but he also had dismissed his mon and was determined to hold out a, it the eight hour system, join the Association of Master Masons, and pay whatever he ned be asseased as his propor- tion. He then saw Mr. MoOormick; this gentleman had but seven men at work on Tuesday, but said that he had no control over them, as he let out all the brickwork to two of his journeymen by contract, who took tive more in with them; he might, perhaps, stop furnishing them materials, but did ‘not yet know Others, Mr. Sares said, he did another member of the commit- imself and his associate on the tee, revorted that committee, Mr. Banta, called on Mr, Hull, who told him that he had a very hurried job which must be completed, but he would see what he could do. \d he talked own hook, Anotier mason, Mr. Bogart, they saw, like a wild man; that he would go it on that he had offered resolutions at former strike meet! which were never carried out, and so forth, . Le Forge, on the other hand, at once to dismiss his men when he heard what the master masons had resolved on, and it was since ascertained that Mr. Le Forge done so and dis- chi his men. Mr. Banta confirmed the iy al of and added that Messrs. Hull and at work yesterday with their mon at eight hours pee Oey. Mr. Tostevin spoke of the gratifica- tion he felt that 80 few of the master masons had submitted; that he had seen reports of a num- “ #) who are sald o have eomp! the demands of the journeymen, but most of them were not master masons, but only “front lum} ?? were men! , and of this and other master mason were referred to as baying, set ee more or ens evaded resolutions lately passed, common assent it was made to be understood that hours a day et tve dole oul toate ee and no latitue construc! on who are fom ie cperetien, is to be allows Mr. then proposed the following plan for a more perfect temporary organization: to appoint and pay an assistant fn the decharge of theit ‘Resolved, That four members be ho shall, with the ‘President, and Treasurer, be ah 6 come mittee to take charge of all matters of interest connected with “Sai sesctings hens in foes Se aneae goes gacy, and that te ond qomnition mot dally tight F. Me af 7 i p i ments are made in the issue in which we are now engaged. These resolutions were ted unanimously, after an inquiry by Mr. Volk whether it was intended to disband the old permanent organization of master masons and plasterers, was negatived, it being stated that it was hoped all now joining this society would also become members of the other. A mason from Hoboken, N. J., then stated that the action here would influence their conduct, and they wished solved, on motion of Mr. Tostevin, that all master masons from the vicinity of New York be made honorary members of the organization. The Execu- tive Committee, under the above plan of organiza- tion, was annou! by the chair as follows:— Messrs, Tostevin, Ross, Banta and Sares. Mr. remarked that some boss bricklayers, to his certain knowledge, were apprehensive that if they were to stop longer than three a the owners would de- olare the contract forfei! and give it to some one else, and to aliay their fears he would offer the fol- lowing:— o° Resolved, That no master mason,« member of this assooia- tion, wil take oF tinish any job that has been commenced by any member of this association, and which has been stopped in Consequence of the eirike of the brickiafers, without the consent of the frst contractor in writing. Objection was made to the last clause, providi for the written consent of the first contractor, an an amendment moved to strike it out, which was carried and the resolution as amended then adopted. Mr. Voik arose and stated that it was well under- stood that the journcymen bricklayers could not hold out were they dependent on their own resources alone; but they are supported by other trades untons and he whole National Workingmen’s Union of all Pon ule a and Las ge ae countr, A and that made organizati very strong. was therefore nece that the master masons should procure the active sympathy and support of all others connected with them in business or inter- est, and to invite them to associate themseives with = pete, With this object ia view he offered the following:— Resolved, That all master mechanics connected with the building business be invited qe ‘and to confer W by the bricklayers. pod the preseat unjust Mr. Tostevin wished that all the different branches be mamed in the body of the resolution, such aa brown stone, biue stone, marbie and granite cutters, carpenters, cellar plumbers and the Itke, but no motion to amend to being: the resolution was, after a lengthy. nem. con, In the course of his speech Mr. referred to the fact that injustice was being done by the to the carpenters and rers, and that the symm; of the journeymen ¢s the latter two branches ct easily be gained if en. ‘Tostevin, after that town, city and vil- in the country was ly concerned in their it movements, offered) the following series of whereases and resolutions :- Whereas the strike in which the bricklayersof this of fre now engaged iC auccesa(ul, "will increane the coat 0 butt Nally ‘tedi hours of labor and tn —y fy hy lax on buliding Inter. consider strike the turning point in the great labor movement that has agitated this country [or several years, and that our country will be weakened by any ay that ita productive powers se the eight hour system would reduce it} and whereas we, the master masons of the cetty, hi wit any di es '2 serra cet mre, retend be comply i we consider thelr anjust and unnecessary fore, be ‘That we call for an expression of opinion from omen wh ‘ ie chy with beautiful and the men wee bare adorned this ctty clan) @ public enemy whi ‘ase! this was matter merely of dollars and cents, that there was no principle Involved, aud be thought It & matler of very Hue Resolved, That the owners for whom we are building be requested to extend the time for the completion of thetr build: Inge until the men return to their work esolved, That the editora of our dally papers, who have for been depreciating high rents, justly sympathizing with the poor of our city in the high retite they have had to pay, be called upon to express freely and fully their opinion on thin important question, and {f they do not jotn bands with us {a doing what we consider @ public, good ‘that they fore low the ren fit ead “And whereas the present loss (hal we tay sustain In holding out against our men is small compared with what we shall hereafter bear ; ‘whereas we conalder the issue matter of prigetole ‘and not matter of dollars and cents; therefore, be it ved, That ench bein; nted (being about eighty) peribesaa tna SP eA St jetermined by a committee o} by this body, and that fund be devoted to soa! mon who are under forfelture to pay the #ame should the owners demand tt ts payment. After a warm speech from Mr. Tostevin, during which he implored the | heed that it owed them a hearing, It was quickly Qiscernible that the — red to vote his resolutions ai once and en blocque. Particularly the Inst, about the payment of from $100 to $600 by each firm represent- ed, appeared to be obnoxii and noarly all wished to sleep over it and vote on {t only after mature re- flection, It was proj to lay the whole series over till next mee! and have it published in the meantime, but both Mr. Tostevin and the meoting agreed to postpone only the last rosolation with tue “whereas” Samoan oe it, and all the others were then ay and i. ae Ceeetee, ie ‘ Styles, from Larlem, mac mn wuich ho declared — blmaelf opp’ New Yor, June 24, 1808. To Tae Error oF THR HeRALD:— " I read the grievances referred to by thé bom masons of New York) in thetr card: to) the pmpitc of this date. They state in reference to the advance of Wages since 1862 that on the Ist of June, by the ction of the unions, the rate wasraised from $4 §@ to $6 per day. ‘This is true, but it isthe only: time the Union demanded an advance of unless: the majority of its members were already receiving ft, With regard to the statement of the number ef bricks laid by a journeyman, it brings as dt- rectly to the apprentice system. @ boss having jummer’s work employed as m boys. as thought proper, and as cheap as he could get them, in the and disch: them"in~the fall. If those mon poe wea citet eam ee C) ol necessi ay who isto eons reo corel fraud on the pabito. Pa ea avo! in the market that Wa haveradopred the at me apprentice system of which the Rossen compisin. In rd to not allowing bosses to work on their own jobs, it is a well known fact that, foaroey, of those who crave for the boon would thou hands with work. Those bosses who do work are Satisfied that eight hours is sufficient to work under @ hot sun, notwithstanding the theoretical bosses are earns $5 50 and $6 per day for ten houra’ work. J. DALY, 204 First avenue, New York. New York House Framers’ Society. The house framers of New York, who number about three thousand, have never had a ‘regular organization, and as one of the results of non-untem the highest wages now paid for ten hours is frou $8 to $4 per day. With a view of forming a union the framers met at Bergen Hall, Thirty-second street, on last Satur- day evening, to the number of four hundred, but owing, as they assert, to the plots of the bosses the a? night th anal led at the same piace, Last 1 hey assembled at the same when an Organization was effected and over @. hua- Geet members enraled ett marae A Coo ust ler, utz, Conrt Gerio) George Meltchier, Sona Abhauer, Valentine Sohaffer and Frantz Ruth—was appointed to draft a constitution. The following oficers were elected:—President, J. Li. franta itutns” Recording’ Secretary, august sn 5 ny Uy Treasurer, ‘Googe Meltshiery Trustoos, Foun Jacob Heisler and Henry Kessler. The meeting wi @ very orderly and enthusiastic one. United Cabinetmakers. The United Cabinetmakers’ Society held a mats meeting last Tuesday night, June 23, and resolved te assist by all the means in their power the efforts ef the Bricklayers’ Association in their strike for the ht hour . The numbers avery ea system. sootety WAR ON LOTTERY DEALERS. ‘Three of Thom Arrested and Held to Ball Sixteen Complaints. On Monday iast Mr. Adam Boedeger, residitig a No. 640 West Forty-seventh street, appeared vefere Justice Dowling, at the Tombs, and made 6 com- Plaint against Peter and John Molntyre, Ohartes MoBrien (ex-Alderman), James McGill, Joum @. Fratice and James Smith, whom he charged win violating the lottery laws of this State, in Gonse- quence of which he (Roedeger) has tebe defrauded out of a large amount of money. The magistrate issued oa warrant agaimet the parties complained of, and yesterday afterticen officers Palmer and Mcarthur, of the Tombs Poltes Court squad, arrested the two McIntyres add MoGt and took them to court, where ex-Judge Stuart, counsel for the complainant, appeared with ‘no leas tot $30,000 Within, tho last three, years out wil (Stuart) has hundreds of tokets fr amounts from $1 mee that keep and back or offices in this city, and thus Spee, ont of tena of thousands of doliars fails. =e are the managers of the Shelby ee in Kentucky, a fraudulent concern, on pose to furnish numbers upon which to issue tickets in this city. Below will be found @ copy.of one of the affidavits against the defendants:— TEE dcponent cars ths tyre and James McGill and at divers times ein ‘said, for the considera i press ‘the ram! AI, wn from a certain the rises " isin violation “of the statutes of this Biato.” this de- t further that be is ed and Ren be and John Moiniyre, Peiet Metutrre, Onedies Momee fn, Wm. ©. France and James Sialth are on te Sas Re wo diuprager's tery taba anne fhe Salo, tote, . yal , hope a eet i city, im violation of t that'the above defendants be law directs. The prisoners were held to pyc to awalt the result of an examination. it i8 proposed not to in vigilant efforts are made to secure the embraced in the warrant of arrest. In phon] ra fotery pe ie) y deniers of the city created among the potte; to whom the arrests had become Known. A very large and fashionable audience assembled last evening at the Church of the Messiah, corner of ‘Thirty-fourth street and Park avenue, to witness the ceremony of the opening of the new organ. The programme was as follows:—Extempore voluntary by Mr. Howe; introduction and variations on the Rus- sian national melody, ©. G, Verrender, by Mr. Browne; prelude and fugue in E flat, Bach, by Mr. Morgan; larghetto, from the Second symphony, Beethoven, by Mr. Browne; Hallelujah Chorus. from “The Messiah,’ Handel, by Mr. Howe; ‘The Mo- nastery Bell,” arranged for the organ by H.E. Browne: from “The Creation, (a) The Marvellous Works; (0) With Verdure Clad; (c) The Heavens are Haydn, by Mr. Howe; andante, Hui Browne; sonata fn A minor, A. G. Morgan; overture, ‘William Tell,” yy Mr. rowne, These performances were well recetyea by the audience an wee Wo advan’ the merits of the organ, the tones which, th not powerful, are clear and full. It seems that this instrument has some peculiar improvements, among which are the “reversible couplers,” acted on bya knob in front of the key slips of the manuals; @ series of knobs called composition knobs aged at equal distances bet ween the manuals, and also a self- acting crescendo and diminuendo pedal. WESTCHESTER INTELLIGENCE. TRIAL ON A CHARGR OF MURDER.—A Special torm of the Court of Oyer and Terminor for Westchoster county was held at White Plains yesterday for the trial of Michael J. Canta and Charles Burke, accesso- ries of Thomas Fitzgerald tn the killing of Miss El- len Hicks, in the town of Westchester, on the morn- ing of the 2d of August, 1860. The parties were sol- diers of the regular army of the United States, sta- tioned at Fort Schuyler. On the night of Auguat 1 they had had a dimculty with one Alexander Elliot. After the diMculty they went to the fort and returned in an ambulance, being re-enforced, and on retarn- ne by, Be the house, in search of Fl ling to find Blitot, Fi rald deliberately raised his musket and shot Miss Hicks. After the shooting the soldiers all fed, but were arrested in the morning, A jury was se! from twenty-two called, The prosecution closed ite testimony yy five o'clock. Benjamin Batley, without introduo- ing any witnesses, then comme! to sum up the to the Jury, and in an able and el nt appeal, ogeapy ing about half an hour, presented the cause ‘his clients to them. After a receas for rapper the Disirict Attorney, John 3. Bates, — case to the jury for the prosecution. The Oourt th in afew and pertinent remarks about the {we testimony, gave the cage to the jury,