The New York Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1869, Page 4

THE ROGERS ; MURDER. Investigation Before the City Judge, Gun- ning S. Bedford, Jr.—Interesting Tes- timony of Tallant and Others—Tal- lant Discharged on His Parole. Gunning S. Bedford, Jr, the City Judge, com- menced an investigation into this most mysterious case at the Fifteenth precinet statton house on Mon- day, and continued the proceedings yesterday, The Judge mstituted the investiganon at the request of | Mayer tall, which was made to him a few days ago m an ailidavit concerning tae murder of Mr. Rogers. Assistant District Attorney Tweed appeared for the people during the proceedings. The evidence which | was elicited during the investigation, the greater por- tion of which will be found below, was of a very intereating character, that of Tallant in giving an account of his whereabouts, in particular, At the | close of Tallant’s testimony Mayor Hall moved for | the discharge of the prisoner on the ground that there was no evidence against him which would in angwise connect him with the murder, to which re- quest Judge Bedford very readily acceded, in dis- charging Tallant, the Judge remarked with empha- sis, that he feit it his duty, after having heard the evi- dence, to aischarge the prisoner on his parole. He had been kept in confinement for over forty days, without the slightest evidence bein found against him, and he for one could not give his consent to the persecution of any citizen merely because he was suspected of having done something which could not be proven, After the testimony of Logaa (the one who surrendered himself) had been taken, the Judge expressed his opinion that there was no evidence against him to justify his im- prisonment, and informed his counsel, Mr. Town- send, that his client was at liberty to go where he pleased on his parole. Much to Logan’s disgust, Mr. Townsend refused to avail himself of the oppor- tunity offered by the Judge’s decision, and intimated that he would prefer to await the result of the habeas corous argument in his client’s case, which is soon to be argued before the -Supreme Conrt. Logan was therefore, thanks to his counsel, sent ‘am back t his Gell, = The following are the proceedings of the investi- yation:— Mayor Hall read the following affidavit:— CHAMBERS OF THe City JupGE.—The Honorable Gunning Bedford, Jr.—City and County of New A, Oakey Hall, being duly sworn, deposes iat he is Mayor of the city. of New York. comes and causes the City Judge, here present, a magistrate of the city of New rork, to be informed that, a8 deponent has information and be- lief, on the inorning of the gist day of December last, betweéii the hours of Mialf-pagt six a seven o’clock, one Charles M, Rogers was 10 fromt of his premises, No. 42 bast Twelfth street, near Broad- way, and while there, on or near the sidewalk, he was killed by violence ai the hands of another. De- ponent furtiier says that the said death was consid- ered by the Coroner and a jury (which have jurisdic- tion, however, more especially to ascertain the cause of death), ‘That although the Coroner used the most vigorous efforts to discover the perpetrator of the said killing, he did notg and not having time or jurisdiction for a tracted investigation, has been compelled to remit the same w the judicial authorities. That déponent is informed and believes that a great many persons are now detained who are supposed to have knowledge (connected with the affair) of various circumstances. And to give an investigation proper shape, after con- suitation with the District Attorney, deponent makes tis adiday had. He has in bis possession a large number of facts and circumstances and names of witnesses, which he will produce ff an investigation be ordered, whicn he prays may be ordered. A. OAKEY HALL. Sworn to before me this Sth day of raary, A. D. 1599, GUNNING 5, BEDFORD, JR., City Judge. Judge Bediord ordered the investigation to pro- ceed. TESTIMONY OF CHARLES W. CAFPREY. Charies W. Carey, sworn and examined by Mayer Hail, testided as follows:— Q. You are Captain of the Fifteenth police precinct of the city of New York? A. Yes, sir. Q. When were you informed of the wounding of the late Oharles M. Rogers? A. On the morning of the Sist of December; the hour I will tell p: because I was marked when I came in from hom aud the sergeant then informed me right av tunk 1 got in that moraing about ten o'clock; twenty minutes past ten i came mon the morning of the ist of December. oe gave you iuformation of it? A. Sergeant Q. On receiving the information what did you do? t, and prays that an investigation may be | NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1869—TRIPLE SHEET. Fourth avenue and Broadway; I told every’ the precinct as he went out én his beat every house; | ordered 10, Sir. did reporters come to ‘0 tall’ Gon the trath, they . How early were they here? A. Immediately ie telegraph was sent to the Centrat Office, Q, About ten o’clockt A. No sir; later than that, eleven or twelve; there were some of them here all the time; they appeared to relieve each other almost. Q. Do you know whether the affair was out in the first edifion of the alternoon papers? A. 1 think it was, about an attempt at murder; I will not be cer- tain;-lwould like to say, since I have been sick I have left the things. in the custody of Sergeant post- were here alt the time, Lowery, but they have been here locked up. Further examination of Captam C; y oned. a ‘the Mayor—I put on the minutes the aMfdavit of Dr. Maxwell, taken before the Coroner and now rnade on exhibit; also the affidavit of Mrs. Marie Rogers before the Coroner; also the affidavit Benjamiu H. Rogers before the Coroner. “ TESTIMONY OF LUCIAN P, PIELD, Lucian P. Field, sworn. By the Mayor—Q. You are sergeant at this pre- einctY <A. Yes, sir, * Q. You were in charge of the station house on the morning of the 3ist of ? A. Yes, air. a What time did you go in charge? A, From lg! it o'clock tll one, ). When you took charge at eight had any in- formation been sent to the station house of the stab- bing of Mr, Rogers? A, No, sir, . Q. At what time did information come? A. About twenty minutes past eight, g Upon recetving that information what did you do? <A. Lsent a detective up where this letter was directed, in Third avenue, Q Named who? A. James Murphy, Q. Sent him where? A, T ig the number—the number that was on (his letter, James Logan. Q. Who else did you send—any one else? A. No, air, Pa ep you telegraph anywhere toanybody? A. jo, sir, * os Let me ask, between the hours of half-past six and seven was there any one having charge of the Co in which Mr. Rogers’ house 1s situated? Q. es, sir, See o z Who was that? A. His name is Burke, . What is the boundary of hts beat? That morn- ing he had Tenth, Eleventh. Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets from Third to Sixth avenue. Q. Had he returned from hia beat when you re- ceiv iabemaloent A. Yes, sir. 5 th me did he leave his beat? A. He was re} 301 ere neur eight o'ciock. . And he went on when? A. He went on at six; } eee et at aust hae . | By Judge ‘ord—| understand you to say | that he had retarned tb ths station house before the murder was coinmitted? A. No, sir; before] had infofniation; he had returned before I had received mformation to the station house, Q. You commanicate? the fact to Captain Caffrey about What time? A. I cannot exactly tell; but somewhere near ten o'clock the captain came Lp; it might have een a quarier past ten. fom Q. Mr. Murphy 1s one of the w; detectives? A, Yes, sir; he went somewhere in Third avenue. Q Before seeing Captain Caffray had you done anything els than send Murphy? A. No, sir, | think Tseut Burké up there right alter Murphy to assist him in some way in finding him. «q. Were you relieved? A. At one o'clock. Q. Who relieved you? A, Sergeant Ferris. . Did anything occur up to the time that Ser- geant Ferris relieved you except what you have stated ip relation to the matter—did you hear any- thing or do anything? A. Captain Caffrey went up there immediately after he came in; I forget whether | telegraphed it or not; I cannot say; 1 think I did. The Mayor—I find on the book, quarter before ten o'clock A. M., December 31:—‘Notified Central Onice, about half-past seven this A. M., that Charles M, Rogers, while sweeping off hig sidewalk in front of his residence, 42 East Twellth street, was dan perously stabbed by an unknowa man and is lying in a dangerous condition. Coroner notified.—Field.”” The following entry is upon the police station house blotter, page 171:—“‘At ten minates before seven o'clock this A, M. Mr. Charles M. Rogers, residing at 42 East Twelfth street, Was sweeping out his area, when two men who were passing stopped on the opposite side of the strect and the shortest one took ion, ro his overcoat off, handed it to his compan! then, crossing to where Mr. Rogers was, struck hi on the ree beer a short eee — hat to pieces, and then grabbed for wat a ocket- book and succeeded in getting them. Mr. rs ie LP ONOR OTe) SEES ‘Andou kept tne balancer A. Yes, sir. bid have supper? A. Yes, sir, Al come to see you ‘afternoon? A. Yes, sir, Who? A, Edward Munday. Did he come before you got supper. A. Yes, sir, Q. How did he come, knock at the door or what? describe how. A. He came and knocked at the door and called me oat in the hall and told me that he heard the officers were looking after me; I asked him for what; he satd he understood it was some cutting afeir; Tasked him when it happened, and he said he did not know; I said to him, “When was it, last night or the night before?” and he couid not tell me. Q. Who was cut? A. He did not say, Q. Nor are it happened? A, No, sir, nor where it happened. Q. Did youask him? A. I asked him when the thing happened and he contd not tell me. a Did you ask him who was cut? A. No, sin, I did not ask him who was cut, By Did you ask him who told him the police were Tooking after your A. He said a man named John- mgs Did he tel! you where he Remind had come from? A. No, sir; all he told me was that this John- sorsent him up; I thought from that that he came up from Nineteenth street, How long did he stay? A. He only stayed while he was telling me this. Q. Did you ask him anything? A. No, sir, it Did he leave any message with you? A, No, sir, &. Did Pig ask him what he thought you ought to do? A. No, sir. eee you ask him what ane were after you? A, He told me the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Twenty- uinth precincts were looking for me. & Didn't it surprise you 8 little tohear this? A. IT did not think anything about it; I know [ had been out of the house only Monday night; I was out till eleven o'clock; Tuesday and Wednesday nights Thad not been out at all. Cy? to this time had you heard of any 8! t wt had ataa'te toe Acre | See » Q. About wi a was somewhere about five alee 4 & Was it dark? 4. it was coming on dark, Did you %o back again into your room and eak to your mother and sister about it? A, other was ont. ‘oth Rag you speak to your sister about it? A. I old her. Q. What did you telher? A, I told her that the officers were looking for me. Did you tell her what for? A. I told her it was cutting somebody, Q, Did she express any surprise? A. I do not know is she did; mother felt bad about it; I told her it would not amount to anything, to keep still. Q, Did you get a newspaper? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you get it in order to learn about the stab- bing? A. Yes, sir; I got it with the intention of see- ing ‘whetber there was anything about the cutting In it, Q. What did you find init? A. I found the stab- bing affair in Twelfth street. Q. Mr. Rogers? A. 1 do not know; I couid not say positively whether it mentioned the name or not, Q. Did you find any other account of the stabbing affair in it. A. No, sir. + Q When you read the account of the stabbing in then grappled with him, when a fearful struggi took B ace, during which the man drew a large knife and plunged tt into his (Mr. Rogers’) abdomen, in- flicting a dangerous wound on the left side, from which the intestines protruded, a portion of which seemed to hav frehao rertiant — up by r the murderer had escaped. Dra. Waxwell Parker were called deately to the Coroner's office. No person in the or on the block can be found who saw occurrence. Mr. bt ne en ive no dednite desert of either of them, nothing ex- cept that one Was taller than the othef. During the A. 1 tramediately left for Mr. Rogers’ house. Q. And reached there about what time? A, I reached there shortly after half-past ten o'clock. Q. What was the first yousaw in relation to the ‘wounding’ When I got to the house I saw one of my officers there who introduced me to the brotuer of Mr. Rogers. think it Q What was that officer’s name? A, I ‘was officer 7 go Q. And then T told him that I wanted to get as rapidly as possible @ description of those men that had perpetrated this stabbing. Who were you taken to? A. Mr. Rogers took the back parior; 1 sat down with my pencil Sennen OL a8 he gave it to me to write it own. Q. He gave a descri ? A. Yea, sir, as much as he could do. aes Q What did you then do? I then went into the front ‘ior to see if Mr. Rogers, who had been wi led, could speak or tell me anything himself; he was in tie front parior, | hy hae exhauatel that he did nor appear to notice alsbody Wa. eiohon that had were tol per vious WO on been told he scene? A. oF by nis brother. ms . Well, in your police capacity, what did Al immediately said to my mea, “Beaming tmae. diately every house from University to Fourth avenue, to see if they know an: thie ee saw fo thing about this 37) Mr, fhogers immediate! made answer and said he had taken one side of the street and my a nad see the sae and t! ‘a8 HO eXCure over it again; t gone every house there ugly, as jar as ‘hats distance concerned; before t there that been by Mr. Rovers and my oificer. Q. Wellr I then went myself to piaces where I thought there might be of their Camp ney, BI was @ live ‘Tweitth street, none way another e corner road wy, Abd 'wel(th street, hagaeny manatictony nel of them saw or knew dhything with reference to it.” nonce?” A Yeb sir; probabiy twas belts Sete A 5 tw eck whe Pen as iy \¢ was before eleven iy jayor—Were you shown ai i tnduiter of we offence? i Not at tat tiyoe. wenn Q. How long afterwards? A. After I had been sround eet different officers to go to diterent laces; I think it might have been probably before b aie o'clock When Sergeant Ficld hauded me those ings. . What? A. A piece of a coat, a hat, a sheath and an envelope; he said Mr. logers’ brother had brought them down for me, but I was not in. Q. What did you do with those things? A. I im- mediately took those things and fet them in my private room; in the meantime (I had forgotten one tung), 45 soon as we jound out that there had been two men that were ¢ in this murderous as- Sault we telegraphed the fact immediately, and I aiso ordered the Coroner to be telegraphed for to take she deposition of this man, that I knew could not live; 1 could see, from the evidences that I saw there, that it was impossible for him to Itve; a piece of his entrails had been cut off aad his brother bid “Hit up tn the entry way. 4 bo, &% appears from the station house re- cords, was the first one attac’ to the force who knew of the saobing? A. S ut Fieid was in charge of the house when he was informed by Mr. Rogers’ brothet, who came here, Q. What does the book show? Does it show what | he dia? ay Tg bpok does not show what he did, but he ti@l 16% &h opportunity to do much besore I came; I asked Lim what he had done; he said he had sent immediately one of the detectives up (Mr. Murphy), and was waiting for further laformatton. Q. TWO hours elapsed between the slabbing ana the taformacion heret A. Yes, sir, all of that; it was ten minutes before seven, ahd we certainly could not have Known it betore nin Did you at any time have any conversation with Charles M. Rogers? A. No, sir; he was past speaking; he Was 80 bad afver uat and | was ao ith the other things that we were trying to put in motion, in order to ferret thi+ ting out, that the man died betore | could possibly get ab opportunity to go there again. Witt ume did he die, a4 you understood, that afternoon? A. 1 think he died the folowing morn- ing. at about ten o’clock—somewhere thereabouts; brother said he could not make auy further ement (han he had, q The envelope represented to have been in the coat of the man who ped, What did you do in ree ference to tuat? A. L kept it with the other things, 23 gas? E 2 iW Heh but marke: it. Q. It bore on it the address of James Logan’ A, Yes, sir. a tow oon did you begin to search for any James Logout A, Immediately, sir. Q What kind of @ search dia you institute? A. I sent officers Barker and Gillen to searen particularly for the Logan tuat we suppose to be the man, and brought to our aid eWo Of the officers of the Sixteenth reciact; oo of them Was the means of sending the fooas we thought perpetrated this thing to the State Prison, . Whiet Loxan did you first eu itto be? A. We sapponea te tobe the Logan that we now have in custo’ ye 4, Who surrendered himself? A. Yes, sir. | avenue, melee the taller one called to his coi ion, saying, Sum, don’t do it.” In the struggle Ar. Rogers toro om the lower Fn toto of the murderer's coat, in the pocket of which was found the stolen watch and etbook. He ulso left his hat in the area. ir. Rogers isa brother of oificer Rogers, of the St. Nicholas Hotel. In a pocket of the coat was found an envelope addressed to James Logan, New York city. Tie Mayor—I also find on 100 of the h book the following:—2:15 P. M., General Central Office. out for two men; one aged twenty-two, it overcoat, black pants, smail tee, five feet and six inches; the other; thirty- hat, very heavy long wbiskore; charged wita stabbi Charles M. Rogers. Field.” ” -syigaate oO you wes in charge of the station house ‘ou went ol ir? A. I went on at eleven o'clock on the sone of the 3lst of December. E if While you were in of the station Se eer ea me right, at forty-five minutes after one A. M., uary 1, @ mad came into the station house the many being busy writing ate’ time; it sisack ime; is ‘very forebiy that Knew him; I then said. him, “For what?’ he said, “I understand the police want me in this Rogers case;” him, ‘What is your name, sir?’ he said, “| 1s James Tallant;” the moment he mentioned the name it immediately came to him! hevaid be was informed hy men damed Bawasd Bese pun Salt Sat a1 cous oll isk "~. Did anne: t101 ir? A. Ne : conversation occu . nat time; T ‘ihink “be told te ‘ho had “Just test Johnson. Q. Did he ask any questions? A. None at all about the murder; said he been informed that the pol pee knew hiin as soon a& he came into the house, still 1 ey him by a on nt . an; when you ordered him de- tained? a. Ho 7 will come any tite, Ser- sa) geant, to-morrow;” T said, “No, sir, I cannot let you G0; I sali hotd you.” Q. Did he state where he lived? A. Yes,'sir; he stated where he lived; he said, ‘I can prove that I was y Need wh wd morning;” I said, That is to ‘our advantay ‘ou can do $0; Peerage y ‘knowing the man, Q. You left offat what time? A. I went off the neXt morning about seven o'clock. Q. Nothing else occurred at that time? A. No air; My got Ferns relieved me. . Do you know aman named TI Ido not know that man. ee ee TRATIMONY OF JAMES TALLENT. James Tallent, sworn By the Mayor-. thirty years next March. ¢ aameceieat ph sir, | ere did you live on the sth of December? | fty-third street. Bisa Near where? A. Between Third and Lexing- ne With whom? 2. How old are you? A. Iam A. A mother and sister, . Where were you on the wth of December turoug the day? A. Working. Q. Where? A, Fifty-seventh street and Thira » Por whom? A. Michael Cory. . At what? A. Atlathing. Q. What tnve did you get there on the son! A. 1 ree Kd — oe gente Q. What time did you get home we knocked off, . You went where? A. Home. |. How long did you stay at home? A. Stayed at home all night. Q Did not go out on Weanesday evening? A. I went out. And stayed at home that night with your mother sister? A. Yes sir. Q. What time did you A. Five o'clock on Thursday morn- ing? Now you Sad ole eey, before New Year's. £5 oe Cerro oun eh tore at get out of bed till seven o'clock, on account of working $0 late; 1 had only to go to street. mee eee it take wo half an ar ie a dg Q. After you were did you do? A. Washed myself and eat Tl you went to work? A, Went to w Q. What time did you reach your work? A, 1 should judge it was about twenty minutes to eight ofclock, Q. Who was there with you working at twenty = to cight o'clock? A. Four men worked e Te. Q Give me the ni ? A. James Gallagher, Martin Riley, Thomas Morrissey and another young man named Thomas Kearney, Q. How png cid you work there that day, Thurs- day? A. Worked What Uine of day did ci send Barker and to seaveh fortum? A, Ido not recollect the recine time, bub it was almost immediately upon Bainking the thing over and after looking at the vevooe; Barker, in the meantime. | told to J Jo Up to three o’clock; fin! up Pald? A. Yes, str, Th night, Row mach? "k: Tweasr-iwe dollars and some con + . After what did youdo? A. Went 8 being paid ‘Twa! Aye ie you think that was the one fe ? A. I couid not tell; I knew that was in the Fifteenth ward, but I could not tell whether it was that or not. te 4m. Q. After reading the paper what did you do? AT sat in the house. ARs Bi Q. How long did you stay there? A. Well, I stayed there till nine o'clock; it might have been ten o’clock before I left the house. Q. Between the time of Munday’s coming and your leaving the house did you think the matter over atall? A, No, sir, I did not think anything about it. Q. Did you think of going and inding out the police? A. Yes, sir, 1 intended to go to the station house. 4 Q. Did you go to either the Twenty-ninth, the Six- teenth or the Fifteenth precinct station house? A, No, sir. Gy What did you do? A. After 1 left the house I took the Third avenue car and went down as far as Spring street. i Q. You got out at Spring street? A, Yes, sir. Q. Where did yougoto? A. As far as Mercer, Q. And through Mercer? A. To Prince, and dowrt Prince; I met a yoting man named Campbell and asked him if he had seen Jimmy Gallagher. Q. Why did you ask about Jimmy Gall: A. Because I thought he was to be down town that night, on account of promising fo meet him at Bry- ants’ Minstrels that night, and I did not go. Q. Why didn’t you go to Bryants’ Minstrels ? A, I stayed up town too late. ok You made an appointment with Gallagher at be iy 1 er? ’s to meet him at nts’ that night? A. Yes, Q. Why didn’t ‘he! go? A. I changed my mind, and I stayed in the house. Q. And when you rode down in the car you passed yr You didn't tink to get Off and go to Bryan . You didn’t thtnl off and go ts? to see whether he was there? A. No, sir. Q. Whereabouts did you ask Campbell for Galla- gher? a Corner of Prince and Greene streets, at a porter house. Q. Who did yon seein there? A. Idid not goin; the walk. he was there, standing on ‘ Q. What other conversation did you have with him? A. J asked him if he scen Gallagpe?, and he ‘| said not; so | waiked up to Mercer st met a he went in the water closet and [ sat in a chair ti he came out; so then this Wes Allen camé out with us and went as far as where Jake and we were about going in when aout 's ball is, of men er q ‘tide knew this Allen; he took us down plage on ay yj came Se ot Sa are venue car; so thi Q. What time did you get in here? A. I should Sar, between twelve and one; [could not say ex- actly. 1 was ing to knew that I hadn’t done anytni knew stabbed anybody; hadn’t used no knife on anybody, and I was going to give myself up. Q. Didn’tit sirike you as singular, knowing that you hadn’t done anything, that the police should be looking for you? A. No, sir, tt didn’t strike nowheres siagalar, (. Did they have a description of either of the yeople Who Was said to have stabbed Rogers? A, sir. y. You are sure of (hat? A. L think there was only four or five amall li “Aman stabbed in front of phenig door;”’ I cor pt exactly say what was in now. «. Why did you come here instead of going to the Twenty-ninthor Sixteenth precincta? bag Py was on account of being down town; Lheard the Fifteenth ward policemen was looking for me. @ Did you hetr his name? A. No, sir; I did not hear any name mentioned, 9% tid you talk wrth Brennan about giving your- seilrup? A. Yes, sir, Itold him I waa going to give maysell up. Q. Did you know James Logan—th¢ one who is confined here? A. Yes, sir. Q. How long have you known him! A. To the Vest of my opinion I Know him fourteen years. Q, How long before the ist o1 rir had you seen hin? A. Itis over three years suice I saw him =e saw him here. }. Had you heard of his he was home, being around? A, I heard | Q. ‘Two or three weeks before the 1# of January? A. I could not say when it was; 1 think @ haw | jo i tot hen in Ninetgenth street (' d 4 was rner) on ‘im Up, aa on the bol ') about Jou know of @ policeman wolir ss ws not not’, ko aien Print 6 man by eyesight if mi Know ha by tate na! Vsdw him, bat 1 do . you rd from Logal three past No ry in within years nt him any pressage engage from i@ While before the fi you heard him talked about? A koe ann tae ony tine Theard about it was this time he was up to the @. When was that? A. It was tae Croton’ . an faspoctation, the Croton ‘auaran oe ae . You heard that Logan was up t , ? A. Yes, sit; this man [ Heart talking about it} 1 think it was Patrick Kurney; he sald that he him @ dance with his wife, and that he acted as if ‘was loose in the head, or had a screw loose. That Logan did? A. Yea, sir, Had yon been up tn Ninetee nih street enth avenue anv time the wook befure the = zs ie 4 wie wlilng to go Jampary A. Lwagthore om the Monday mjght-be- Q. Who dia you #ee there then? A. Isaw George Johnson, Witilam Dowd and John Smith eround there. Q. When were you there next? A. I had not been there since; that was the last time I was there. Q. Have you talked with Logan singe he has been here? A. Yes, sir, I have been talking to him, Q. Taiked about this Rogers mavter? A. Yes, sir, we have taiked about tt, Q. What have you taiked about? A, Different sub- jects on it, Q, Weil, what about the Rogers killing? What ee of it have you talked over? A. Talking about ‘he men that done it, about the arrests that are made on it, aud such things as that, Q. Well, what was said? A. We said, one thing, of the time we were iocked up, innocent, keeping us too long for nothing, and ought to have an examina- tion or something. * Q He talked about the envelope found in the pocket bearing the name of James an’ A. Yes, sir, we have taiked over that. Q. What did he think about that? A, He could not think whether it was sent to him or not; he says if it was sent to him he never received it. Q, Have you any idea who the Tom ison it. A. No, sir, not ag I know of, Q. Did he about that? A. No; he oGivney; he did not say says heard about this mn hey seen it or nee re were you the Tuesdi ht before the Taran ALT yo tome, ne ‘nen you Were at work all day Tues and at yea § ni; ps <9 Yes, sir id work al y Wednesday? A, Worked all day Suey, Wednesday and Thursday up to three Q Did you work Monday? A, Yes, sir. Q. How late did you say Monday night over at Seventh avenue? A. I should judge it was between eleven and twelve o’clock when 1 got home. THE LATE GALES ON THE ATLANTIC. ‘The Perils of the Sea=A Hecord of Mariue Disasters—Three European Steamers Expe- rieuce Heavy Weather—The Crow of Wrecked Brig Rescued—The Effects of the Storm Upon the Vessels, ‘The dangers of the sea and the perils of those that “go down to the sea in ships and do. business in the great waters” have been more than usually proved during the past months of the pres- ent winter. The Atlantic Ocean has been visited by an unusual number of violent storms, and as a seonsequence a very long list of marine disasters has been recorded, some of which have been among the most terrible ever known, While the weather on shore has been more than usually moderate and hardly such as is generally experienced in the win- ter months, at sea the elements seem to have con- spired together to be more than usually stormy, a3 if tor the purpose of keeping the meteorological ac- count fairly balanced. Yesterday three European steamers—viz., the Europa, the Queen and the City of Baitimore—arrived in this port, and each of them experienced very stormy weather in the course of the passage, All of them also passed through a very heavy storm, which struck them respectively on the 24th and 26th of January. The wind at this time assumed the char- acter of a hurricane, blowing more particularly from the northwest, and did not moderate to any degree for some thirty-six hours. It is supposed by the offi- cers of some of the ships that their vessels must Q. Since you have been thinking this thing over haven’t you thought it odd that Munday should have come Ey tell you that the police were looking for yout y “Q We Naik, @ great friend of yours? A. Nota a; only he was acquainted with me. Q How long before this had you seen Munday? A. I ow pie a Mons ad [ahead dg ly did you je .Btation house ve yourself up instead of wait for the police to come after you? A, Well, because I heard they were look- ing r me, and as long as I knowed I had not done anything I would give self up, and if there A wi hing wrong they could look into it. 9 thé time you came to the station house you had not heard that any policeman was looking after you? A, 1 heard the policemen of the different Wards was, ¥ Q. You only heard some people say that they heard so? A. Yes, sir; Munday'told me that Johnson told him to come up. Q. And Johnson told yon he heard ttfrom some one else? A. Yes, sir. Q. You only heard that the police were looking after you? re did not know that they were? A. ‘That 1s all; I thougnt there would be no harm to give myseif up anyhow and go and find out the se it 1s Kind of rough being in here so long as I we been. . Suppose the Judge should ‘let you go, what woud youdo? A. I would go to work; I don’t care so Much about myself, but to have my mother and gster turned out of their home and I am locked up for nothing; God khows, maybe they are starv- ine hy pls IT don’t care for myself; I would not care hie rox glx months; I told officer Gillen I (@ anything to tind out if 1 implicated; the old gentleman said that morn- ing I was not the one, tee Nan . Were you taken to Mr. Rogers’ house? A. Yes, sir; taken New Year’s morning. . About what time? A. I could not say; it was eight o’clock in the morning. e Q. What occurred there? A. Mr, Rogers’ brother went in the room first and leftoiticer Gillen stand ing m the hall; then he came out and brought me in; I went in with my hat in my hand and stood there; the old gentleman iooked at me and shook his head that way (showing) and did not speak. Q. Were you lool athim? A, Yes, sir, looking straight at him. vind Q. Had you your hat on or off? A, Thad my hat off when I first went in, and then I put my hat on. Q. Could you get anybody to go bail for you as a witness? A. I do not know, sir; nob that I know of. I can safely guarantee for myself, if there 1s anythi about it, if any time [I was wanted, I would be found; I would never run away. eDhe prisoner was here allowed to go on his parole, whert the investigation adjourned. WEDDING IN HIGH LIFE. Ourpouring of @B\Wenlth of Israel in Gotham—Marriage of # Wealthy Jewess to a Hebrew Merchant. mee , ‘Yesterday will not soon be forgotten among those of our population who profess the Mosaic faith and enjoy the reputation of being the possessors of wealth, or, at least, a comfortable competency. For weeks among this “upper circle” of the Isra¢lites or New York the coming marriage of the daughter of one of the millionnaires of their denomination was being talked about, and great expectations were taised by many-tongued Dame Rumor as to the splendor, the wealth and the liberality of ornamen- tation which were to be exhibited on this “the most interesting occasion.” The lady was Miss Pauline Schloss, daughter of Mr. Moses Schloss, Of the firm of Schloss Brothers, of tus city; and the gentleman who took Miss Pauline unio himself as his wife was Mr. Sigmund H. Stone- hill, of Cheyenne, in the Territory of Wyoming. The wedding presents sent to the house of the bride's parents were very numerous and costly. It hold, only the material changes with the wealth py the —_ in society of the ne Bhod food srr to actus agente were over two Bavitgy been, purchased at Haaay'& Cos, coat onst nine undred The ceremony } formed at the Temple een fh two and three Mian petsgne being in attendance. ‘This was because Mr, Schioas, father of the = Rev. ae Hit re if if ae i i : Hf ik iE : ef al 5 4 if - 4 : ; : E ui Bu : fl 5 fl : 5 ag, i Ee fi fs 25 He 52 broken ws stamping on it, a8 @ token ry is eternally rent, so the union then formed shall be eternal. All these cere- monies of the orthodox Charch were omitted, and after a hymn, sung by the chotr, a short prayer was said, followed by a solemn address to the bride and the vow of eternal troth and faithininess, the groom handed to his bride the ring, andgwhile pronouncing a stinilar vow, the bride placed the ring on her fin- ger. Aprayer followed by the priest, who, at the conolusion, blessed the newly wedded pair, piacing his hands upon their heads, and a hymn by the choir closed the religious ceremonies. ‘The family and all guescs specially invited to the dinner then entered their carriages and proceeded to Trenor’s Lyric Hall, on Sixth avenue, near Forty- second strect, where dinner for 160 pei provided. ‘ihe company were seated o’clock, the orchestra of Professor Kietzel entertat ing the assembly with operatic morceaux from M wart, Beethoven, Meyerbeer, Halevy, Offenbach, Peta Herve, and mi others. Judge Rosen- dale, of Albany, and Dre. Adier, Guthiem and sev ral other gentiemen were called upon to make ad dreases and answered the calls, the laymen in hu- morous and the reverends in earnest exhortations. ‘The whole affair concluded with a splendid recep- tion in Lg on eee Pariors of Lyric Hall and @ bail in the jarge hall, at which nearly a thoasand invited quests participated. WWTZANAL REVENUE. The Broker and Bankerw Capital Question. Assessor Webster still remains confined to his house under an attack of pneumonia, which, how- ever, 18 not of a serious natare, and it is thought he will be able to resume his duties ina day or two: In the meantim colaborers, Messrs. Wadsworth and Lewis, are compiliyg material of all the inter. esting facts possible in reference to the great bank. 9 institutions of this city, whose directors corporators have for so long a time succeed in adroitly evading the law and piling w ‘untold mailions of greenbacks to their own cred ‘axes that weigh #0 heavily upon the indus try as well a8 upon the laboring poor ot the country demand that the parties who control and wield large have fallen in with a cyclone, as the gale was of the most furious character. The storm was accompa- nied by a very high cross sea, with billows of almost mountainous proportions. All three steamers were full of passengers, and it is 8 matter fordevout thankfulness that they were able to outride the storm and arrive at this port without any loss of life. The nature and extent of the gale will be best, gathered from some account of the voyage gained on board the steamers from their written logs. THE BUROPA, ‘This vessel, belonging to the Glasgow line , left that city on Saturday, the 23d of January, the weather being fine. On Tuesday when in open sea she en- countered a very heavy gale blowing from the southwest, So heavy was the wind that she could only DI a at speed during that day and also the” “tex en =the ~=«weather continued very tempestuous. On Thursday, the sth, the wind moderated a little and got away more to the westward; but. still a very heavy, confused sea was running and the ship labored considerably. While making small headway the Europa discovered the wreck of the brig Brilliant, and took on board the captain, first mate and five of the crew of that un- fortunate vessel. During the next day a westerly gale prevailed, with very heavy head seas, and a considerable quantity of water was shipp with- out, however, doing any considerable damage. During the next three ‘3 the wind continyed very from __ the ere Oe a ad the ship lal a deal in a short, chop- ping sea. m Friday, the 2d of February, ‘when in latitude 45 22, longitude 48,31, the steamer encountered bi fields of ice, through which she assed Without damage, and on the 7th tnst. she ok on board her ye arriving at her pier yester- day. Throughout the passage the le blew from the west and southwest, and the only sails which could be set were the fore and aft, which were early all the time reefed and sometimes close Ra . Togive some idea of the strength of the hurricane of the 26th of January we give the story of te ae Se AR moneyed mterests, deriving therefrotw immense ain and protit, should likewise be competied to bear if just Las a] ere Bye amenable to the ed their position may be. ‘To this end the whole cnergics of the proper officers there 8 an wndoabted dispo- are now directed, ax oy Fi that “justice shall be done thongh night (of the 20th) it blew a rect cane from the southwest. veral boarded the brig, staving our best boat and water casks on deck. At half-past seven blew away foretopmast orient at half-past two blew away main rtopsail. Between twelve and four A. M. several heavy seas led us, reaking in cabin windows and shutters and putting la quaupities of water into the cabin, At five minutes of foyr A. M. a tremendous sea boarded us over the ste: the mate and second mate overboard from break- ing off both standards of the wheel and b: wheel all to pieces. The mate hauled himself on a tow line, but the second drowned. yesselgbroached to on the and lay down on her side almost under wate?) the sea making a clean breach over her; cut away the foremast to ease her, and the wrec of it holding on forward ty the wire stays made her lie with her head more to the sea. More heavy seas ed us, breaking the /Orecastie doors and the cabin with water; were ol to lash the men at the pum In_the afternoon the lee Spahr off the bow paid out about ti thomas of chain to keep her more to the sea, wind ‘wag moderating, and we had been constantly at the pumps for ix hours without a dry stitch of clothes or anything to eat Dipcaite and water, and over forty-eight hours without sleep, sho having four feet of water in the hold. At tef A. M. on the 28th we saw a steamer to the eastward which proved to bethe Europa, which took§us off.” How tt was pool widen ha diegrs Sealed Ug tale phiined i supposed tury was spent To tne westwara of her course, - ogi the wind in the morning “4 stiff, Later, however, ithwest and blew heavily. heavy head sea deal of water forward. with was r, d i i z E g i z i Sz iF 5. i 8 ai j f He § if A : Be if Hf A the galle; light, and finally found retuge in the nee pa Sha HY filed wih water. and being no less than the captain’s room. The gale continued all night from west-northwest, the good ship laboring hard, with but poor prospects of weathering the storm. In the early morning of the 27th another heavy sea struck her foreward, earrying away the topgallant bulwark and sweeping along the deck with great force, without, however, doing any material damage. About noon on the same day another heavy sea struck the laboring vessel amidships, staving in the starboard bridge boat and breaking up the after hatch house, These two days were anxious ones for all on board, but Captain Grogan was confident that his ship would outride the storm, and was all the time giving such orders as he. thought best, One of the most remarkable facts in connection with the storm was the great fali of the mercury in the captain’s barometer. At six A. M, on the 26th it stood 30.10, and at seven P, M. it had receded to 28.20, @ fail of nearly three inches. ‘The fact that the sea should have struck the funnel is also very remarkabie, no such circumstance ever having been previously recorded of a stip that lived through a storm. During the rest of the pas- sage the vessel encountered heavy winds, generally from the north-northwest, accompanied with heavy hail and snow squalls She » shipped much water, but no damage was ¢Xperienced after the ‘27th mst, “The mjured men were cared for by the shrp's doc. | nd all are considered in a fair way for recoyt poor fellow, Who was thrown by the w rough one of the broken ventilators, This poor man was very severely hurt, and was yesierday conveyed in a carnage to the City Hospital. THE CITY OF BALTIMONS. ‘This steamship, one of the Inman line, which sailed from Liverpool on Wednesday, the 20th of January, was moored at pier 44 about Six o'clock last even- | ing. Throughout her passage she encoun | tered heavy west and northwest gales, with & heavy, ‘cross, coninsdd On Sunday, | the 24th, she was steuc’ hengin lave tude 49 O4, longitude d4:31. About o block, whtie laboring under streas of the Weather, sh by ® heavy sea, which carried away and aii ber hendgear, Nothwithstanding the force 0! condition of the sea, 1b 18 asserted that sue did not ship any water, but that her decks rema i dey throughout the entire parsage. Owleg to the prevalence of head Winds and the pecutior cross sens, toe City of Baltimore was unabig to make much headway, and was so long making hor pe 6 tha fahe bec short of coal, On ruary wi she evtered TH x harbor, but owing to the ‘valence of a weave (om waa WHAble lo eater unt tie ane und the next day. Ha’ coaled up she resumed her voyage and arrived here on Monday afternoon. The looks as if she had been in heavy weather, waprit and headgear all torn ‘away, bub rode well all the voy and did e distressed by at any um OBITUARY. James T. Brady. On Saturday evening last Mr. James T. Brady, while on a visit to his friend, Mr. Edward T. Young, of No. 14 West Sixteenth street, was suddenly taken ill by a stroke of paralysis of tne left side, and after lingering for over two days expired at a quarter of an hour before five o'clock yesterday morning. ‘The parents of the distinguished dead were natives of Ireland, who emigrated to the United States in 1812, and for awhile took up their residence im New Jersey, where Thomas A. Brady, their eidest son, was born in i813, He became a lieutenant in the United Siates Marine Corps and died at Tampico, during the Mexican war. Subsequently Mr. and Mrs, Brady removed to this city, in which the sub- ject of this sketch was born on tho 9th of April, 1815. He received a liberal education, studied law and in 1835 was admitted to the bar. His great natural ability and legal attainments soon placed him in the list of the most eminent lawyers of New York. As 2 pleader tn crimmat cases he was dis- tingut 8 happy manner in which he would combine the most artfal arguments without de- viating once from the truth. In the great “India rubber” case, between Day and Goodyear, Mr. was associated with Daniel Webster, and that statesman was profuse in h1s praise of the able manner in which his associate conducted the pro- ceedings. It would, of course, be impossible to nar- rate all the important law suits defended or prose- cuted by the deceased, The last case of more than ordinary interest in which he was engaged was the recent trial of General Cole at Albany for the murder of Mr. Hiscock, and which resulted, a3 will be remembered, in the acquittal of the accused, While auite a young man Mr. Brady attached him- self to the democratic party, becoming ay time one of its acknowledged leaders in this Sta ‘The only office he ever held, however, was 2 local one—that of Corporation Counsel for this city, He waa fre- juently solicited to become the democratic nominee fora judgeship, but always declined, his practice being too valuable and lucrative to be abandoned, At one time he was the candidate of the democracy for the office of Attorney General of the State and was defeated. In 1860 Mr. Brady supported the claims of John O. Breckinridge for the sidency, and became the candidate of that branch of thade- mocracy for the office of Governor. He Ribeg the candidate of the Douglas democrats, defeated by the republican nominee. After the of she por fo Tid Wi a sir Bd Li ar ‘. coln’s administration, and even went 80 far as to join the Union League organization, in defence of thé non-partisan character of which he wrote and ponaned a letter at the time. As soon, however, as @ discovered that it was partisan he severed his connection with it. Mr. Brady’s political career dur- ing the past few was unmarked by any impor- tantevent. He is said to have supported General ga for the Presidency, but of this we are not ood ive. gens Asa public speaker the deceased was one of the most eloquent men of the time. He was polished, fluent, witty and ever entertaining. Whether at the bar bicading for 2 Ment on the stump advocating his pol! ea8 or in the social circle engaged in conversation or replying to a toast, he was ever the same—charming his hearers by a ready and bappy flow of language that but few men are possessed of, Mr. Brady was the president of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and also president of the Dramatic Fund Association. And here we would state that there was no more liberal patron of American art, literature be drama than he. In him the American artist, writer and dramatist found a warm iriend. Taken all in all, both aa a public man and as a private character, the death of Mr. Brady leaves a blank in New York life that will be difficult to fill. As a lawyer but few members of his profession can be fotind to fill the position he occupied who are not already his peers. Asamember of society bis loss is irrepar- able. eee ees The rematns of the eminent lawyer have been con- veyed to ,his late residence, No. 124 West Tweniy- third street. To-morrow (Thursday) morning, at half-past ten o’clock, a solemn high mass for the re- pose of his soul be celebrated at the Roman Catholic Cathedral on Mulberry street, to which all of his friends are invited to attend, James H. Duncan. The Boston papers announce the death of this gen- tleman as having taken place at his residence in Haverhill on Monday last, after a brief illness, of pneumonia, Mr. Duncan was born in Haverlill, ‘Mass. on the Sth of December, 1793, and had conse- quently passed his seventy-fifth year. He was alaw: Yer by profession, and st an early age entered into political life, his first public service embracing four successive years in the lower house of the Massachu- setts Legisiaturé, In 1828 he was elected @ member of the State Seuate, and served as such until 1331, when he returned to pri lor. er cet ae ae 1851., At the ex- pe of his second he neatly m political life. Mr. Duncan bore the reputation of being a gentleman of ability. Personally he was poasessed of many amiabie ities, aud was much respected by all who had Pleasure of his ac- quaintance. William Pitt Angel. Mr. Angel, for many years @ prominent politician of this State, died of heart disease at his residence in Morrisanis early yesterday morning, aged fifty-six years, He was born in Otsego county on the 2 of February, 1813, studied law io the village of Cuba and was admitted to the bar during the year 1830, being then less than eighteen years of age. He sub- sequently changed his residence to Cattaraugus county, where he soon obtained a large practice, and becoming popular with the masses was elected Dis- trict Attorney. On the accession of Mr, to the deceased tion at Princeton College, whence he graduated with honors. He studied law and practised for some time in this city, but eventually abandoned the profession and became connected with the New York press. He was for several years an assistant and for some time managing editor of the Courier and Enquirer of this city. This paper he left for the —— of taking the m: ment of the Yonkers jesman, which has been fora number of years the most in- fuential republican newspaper in Westchester coun- ty. Mr. Smith was a man of marked literary ability and was a skiifal and successful journalist. He possessed @ large number of friends, ali of whom will sincerely regret hia death. James Cooper Lord. We regret to learn the death of this philanthropic merchaut, which took place tn this city early yester- dar morning. For the purpose of aiding the morat progress of the poor in the First ward, where he transacted his business, Mr. Lord, some nine years ago, formed an association of six personal friends and founded the “First Ward tndustrial School,’ which was the means of training ap to honest, in- dustrions lives many children who would have almost inevitably been added to the criminal, or at least immoral, population of New York had the schoo! never existed. He snbsequently established & free reading room, and did mach towards improv. ing the social coudition of the workingmen em- ployed at his tron works In New Jersey, and was actively engaged in erecting two churohes and estab- lishing a library for them and for other poor per- sons at the time of his death. Mr. Lord was a noble hearted, generous patron of the lower classes and an active ally in all deeds of philanthropy. LETTER FROM SENATOR WiLSOH. The Austin (Texas) Republican pablishes the fol. Jawing letter from Senator Wilson on the proposed division of that State and disfranchisement;— ‘ON, Jan. 4, 1800, fon of the Lith ult, iwetts this morn. el in the subject ng the project of ing, lean be but deeply imp matter of which It trea rf dividing Texas 1 @ink you have no reason of appre- hension 46n that seore; for Laaraly think there are twenty members of Congress who would look with fave 16 proposition. Aso ror Cisiranchisement, that wil be left to the Si but T would be sorry to see any- thing more the fourteenth article, The fewer «its ‘ wit saiely, the troubles. ore may eniiety convenience, but the principw Et and on the whole bot, . 1 hope the people of Texas will adopt & good con- stitution, and be soon represeated i Congress. Very truly, yours, H, WILSUN,