The New York Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1869, Page 4

poison, After the incident noted t carpetbag be- | h came an 0! t of interest and was examined. [n a | | Jedthera satchel inside five vials Miled with poison | 1 Were discovered. Three contained 4 THE GALLOWS. Execution of Louis Lane, in Pittsburg, Pa. . History of the Wife Slayer and Professional Poisoner. Four Wives Murdered by the Negro “Bluebeard.” PrrrssuRG, Pa., April 29, 1869. Ataslx o’clock on Saturday morning, May 8, now almost a year gone by, @ Woman's corpse was lying on @ pallet in the basement of a rickety wooden building, 211 Wylie street, Pittsburg. It was the Haytien quarter of the city—a quarter where nar- row, ill-sceuted courts and alleys, grimy, weather- beaten houses, several thousand colored folk and & vast amount of squalor and misery existed. The corpse was that of a middle-aged female named Henrietta Lane, She had been married to Louis Lane, a negro woolpacker, for a@ period of ten months, was enceinte, and had died .suddenly on this bright summer morning. The roém where she lay was quiet. Louis Lane—thé Blue- beard of real life—the husband, at fifty years, of five wives (four of whom had mysteriously passed” into the grave), the bigamist and dealer in se- cret poisons, was its only living inmate, and he made no unnecessary noise. The murdered and the murderer were together alone in the basement of that rickety building. . THE DEADLY DOSES. This was on Saturday. On the Thuraday previous, when Lane came home from his work, he brought with him a bottle of whiskey. Ordinarily he was a temperate man, and on this occasion he surprised his wife by purchasing the tiquor. It was for her ‘use, however, She had not sougiit it, but at his re- quest she.drank of it. She was immediately seized with an intense, insatiable thirst, a burning sensa- tion inside, violent spasms and pains all over the body. “For God's sake send for a doctor” was the burden of her cries. From a dozen vo twenty times on the night that followed she uttered the appeal, so loudly and agonizingly that it was heard on each occasion by a family living on the next foor above. Some of the members of the family were so im- ee NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1! ened, she hastened bask to intend- aot throw ns of Every one “a swiniow. kver id the Jumped to the ground below, a distance of twenty ew dodo ‘On going to the rear of the burning she saw Lane step from an out office with a 13 hand. He did not chance to observe her, fled to the authorities, who arrested the 34 On the trial & appeared as though he wo-spatt oe wore im the event of her suc- ed in roug! e low. con- victed hefwas sent to prison for six years, as al stated. hile lying in the Wi r he attempted to commit suicide, his re! and his last mi he one day met with Emma, the wife who figured in the for She says that he failed to recognize her, but tl I» thi that in case she ing she was tn the city, he threatened should in any way interfere with him he would tind means to keep her quict. When arrested for the arson es uantity of aieyohinine and other poison was gun in and she incendi desi LANB TBIED AND CONDEMNED, From the date of the murder of his fifth wife, Hen- rietta, until the fall of last year‘Lane remained in prison—a period of five or six months. The evi- dence against him at hts trial was overwhelm! and a verdict OF aus. prom| returnt He was sentenced dh hung, his counsel court had charged the jury that in the first degree, if of murder at all, could be the only one rendered, both verdict and judgment were set aside. A new trial was accordingly granted the accused, but the result was precisely the same, and for the second time he was doomed to the gallows, During the legal proceedi he was constantly pre- sent in court—always cool andcalm, and at times apparentiy unconcerned, Even when listening to the sentences he showed no emotion, and it was gen- erally admitted that a less impressive culprit never appeared at this particular bar of justice. HIS BEARING IN PRISON, The death warrant, naming the 29th of April for the execution, arrived about a month ago, and Sheruf Cluley prooseded to the prisoner's cell for the purpose of reading it. Lane heard him com- posedly. In truth, he seemed to be about as deeply interested in the style and quality of the Sheriff's dress as the, contents of the paper. Aud when the Sheriff's tiand trembled, and little drops of water crept unadvisedly into the Sheriff's eyes, and when sometuing affecting was said by the Sheriff about sympathy and some other thing stern about duty—as sheriffs always say on such occa- sions—no responsive chord was touched tn the heart of Louls Lane. And if the Sherif did not then and there feel that he himself had alone a right to be agitated and nervous it was no {anit of the man pi in one brief month be was to lead to the gal- lows. The Sisters of Mercy and Roman Catholic priests visited Lane reguiarly after this date, He professed vo be repentant, and expressed no hope of escaping the galiows, He maintained a reticent disposition toward all save his religious visitors, Very fre- quently ‘reporters of the city press obtained admission to his cell and as frequently they left it without their stock of informa- tion being materially increased. He was courteous witn them to the extent of ‘ves,” “no and other monosyliables. Further than this he never took them into his confidence to any degree worth noting and preased with it that they came down and offered to go for a physician. But Lane said, “No, I don’t wan't any of you damned niggers to interlere; I'll doctor her myself”? And lest they should interfere he arose next morning and went into the city and bought a padlock. With this he returned and securea the door of the room. In the evening his patient grew worse, whereon he doctored her a little more, At six o'clock next morning, when we introduce him to the reader, he saw his design effected. He had had frequent quarrels with deceased, and had threatened once to burn her, It is believed he was jealous; for he frequently accused her of being crimt- nally intimate with other men. But a review of his antecedents will be found further on. LANE SUSPECTED AND ARKESTED, Lane, fearmg that saspicion would fall on him, and, with tue hope of warding it off, determined to be the first to inform the neighbors of his wife's death. He went among them and told them of it, assuming such semblance or grief as he was able, But it availed him nothing; for his movements dur- ing her illness had been the subject of gossip, and now rumors of foul play spread rapidly.. Lane, having heard of them, visited a physician intrusion, aVauable, he lumself sat down on the biack steam the peripatetic compendiums of local facts usual’ departed to write about the furniture of the cell. ‘The Pittsburg public were treated to descriptions of that furniture fully twice a week, und if tt be not famitiar with the low tron bed, the dusty shelf, the black pipe and tobacco bag of the condemned and the particular cobweb five and a half inches from the window on the left side as you enter, It 1s from no lack of publicity. But everything written of Lane was eagerly read, and your correspondent is bound'to state that the announcement on Sanday last under a portentous heading that the prisoner was ‘passionately fond of candies and cigars” caused a measure of excitement only intensified by the Snishing paragraph—‘And with a ‘God bless you,’ our reporter left.” . This will afford an idea of the interest fett in the case. Lane’s wife—the fourtt who is living—did not call on him once during his confinement, His lawyers frequently questioned him in regard to bis past re- lations with her, and perhaps expected he would make a confession; but he manifested no desire to do anything of the kind, persisting simply that he was innocent of what he was condemned for, Ris appetite was excellent, and until the last hour he ate heartily of whatever was placed before him. AN INTERVIEW WITH LANE. On Monday morning the writer had an tnter- view with Lane. Passing into the little cell, with ifs high and narrow whitewasned walls, he found the condemned sianding mm the centre of the apartment looking as though he desired an explanation for the Having motioned us to the only chair and requested him to go to the house and look | pipe used for heating the cell, as though he atthe body. ‘The absence of marks of violence, he | were unconscious of our presence. It was a gloomy probably thought, would sufficiently clear tim of the | sight, gloomy objects “about us, and the hu- charge of having killed her. ‘Ihe physician refused | manity squatted on the blac heating pipe to meddle in the matter, and Lane, discoifited and | in front of us the gloomiest object of alarmed, left. When he returned to his room he | ail. He had crossed his Knees, mechanically, found officers already awaiting hun, lhey bad heard the report that he had poisoned the deceased and took him into custody to bide the result of the corp- ner’s inquest. When going to prison Lane askéd leave to bring @ certain carpetbag with nim, stating that tt merely contained some clothes, which he feared might be stolen during his couflnmement. Tue permission was granted, and, afier having made a Vain effort to get the policeman in charge to drink ut a saloon on the way, the accused was lodged in tue county jal, Unusual commotion was caused Lurough the city by the spreading of the news, HIS PECULIEK MEDICINE. Whiie his commitment was being tiled in the jail ofice Lune turned to a tire under pretense of warm- ing himseif. Suddenly the warden heard # crash, and on looking around saw that the prisoner had dashed a small bottle against the grate. He was asked what it held and replied, ip vulgar terms, that | ¢ it was medicine for a private discake. The warden | 1 doubted and scraped the pieces glass tegether, | 1 the hiquid having crusted on their surface through the heat. Subsequently, when analyzed, it was found to be an arsenious mixture and a deadly | 1 potassium, 2 Compound frequently used @ hair dye, aud the remaining two arseuious ack. A week later the atomach of the dead woman was analyzed sulphate of | pants of corre: as it were, folded his arms over lis breast and drop- ped his head on them. Not once were the sharp eyes raised; not a motion did the man make, and it seemed as though he were gently falling asleep. Av ig we ventured to disturb: bim—asked iin how he felt. “Well,” was the reply. And the eyes which had been raised toward us dropped to the folded arma again, and Morpheus once more resumed the seu- biance Of sway over the wretched being, “ilave you any hope of escaping your sentence?" I inquired. After a brief interval the eyes again looked up- ward, and siowly came the answer, *Yes,’" “How ?"" usked we; “do you expect ar ‘No; expect death.” And then rieve ?"" ‘esumed the attitude he had first taken, with a sullenness that seemed to utimate that tae interview was over. nce afterwards, when an dental allusion wus made to certain publications respecting his carly jue, he laughed, or rather chucxled—meaning to sizuify how little was realiy Known of him. He was u queer, sirange littie ian, and never jooked queerer or stranger than on thas morning, as ie sat in tue shadowy part of the cell, wrapped ta a jong black coat that was ped with age and very nuch demoralized about the Ts and butitonholes onding shabbiness, and slippers that seemed on the Consiant pont of curing the com- pany of tits feet. the gallows | Only three days between him and llow the deep tones of the town bell and a large quantity of arsenic tound in tt, Jeaving | right over mst st have broken on his thoughts no dou she had been porsone Lane's | tn those three How they must have waked | guilt regarded us @& Oxed fa and the | lim from his sleep by night! As he dream coroner's jury found against him. Thea Virginia plantation, of tiree women bur rible tales respecting him were resurrected, Washington “unty, of cracking ps rising up into the nig't air from acabin whe vemg was mithar with poisons and was suspect riety of them constantly on hand. When quesiioned | 1 about them he was accustomed to remark that they | ¢ were hair dyes, cosmetics or other preparations of that Kind, though he never used such. fi anextended knowledge of drugs and th ties wile county, V them im secret, cannot be surinised, but some of bis exploits ta tat | lune are recorded below, | | acquired | ¢ 4 boy on a plantation ip Kockimghain and was always fond of handling liow many persons he potsoned jt h PouR PoRMER Wives “poctorrD.”* Lane appears to be aged about fitty years; he ts | 1 Short of stavure, of medium batid, has suort, blac wo tults of dr: moss, only grizzled , twinkling eyes and re- treating forehead, On the whole he 1a good look- Ing Negro, Cov! as a stone, 20 to speak, cuuning and reticent, Th rst Known of hin by residents here | ¢ ia that he lived on a farm in Washington county, I’a., about thirty years ago, and Was married at ihetime, He was apparently sover and industriow Hie wife | was a healthy woman, but after living 4 short pertod with him she drooped and died. Froim the symptoms exhibited it was rumored that she had been poisoned, bat she was buried, and the affair was forgotten. Lane shortly afterwards married again, and his part- ner in this instance proved as unfortunate as her pre- decessor. Your correspondent has no facts in regard to her death further than that 10 is reported she died under suspicious circumstances, The widower soon consoled himself with a thira “rib,” who followed tn the wake of the others. Marks were noticed on the body of this last wife, and Lane was accused of mnur- | der. He partially cleared himself, though the impu- tation still rests on him. The next wife he married immediately aiter the death of his third. He tried twice to poison her in 1857, and, failing in that, attempted to burn her by setting fire to her house while she was in one oj the upper rooms. She jumped out of one of the windows, however, and escaped. He was tried for | the attempt and sent six years to the Penitentiary, | from which he was released in 1864. He then came to Pittsburg, settied down at the shoemaking busi- | ness, and in due time was united in matrimony | again--on this occasion to Heurietta Butler, for wisoning whom he was sentenced to be hung. White no absolute proof exists of his having done away with his fires three wives the grounds for suspi clon afe strong. NARRATIVE OF AN BSCAPED WIPR. In his mutrimonial transactions Lane paid but Inte respect to the restrictious of the law. On | Jeaving tie Penitentiary he made no inquiry about is wife Emina, whom he attempted to burn, and | when he became a “Benedict” for the Mfth tine this | woman was living within five squares of his house, | and is yet living. Ina conversation with your cor- | Teapondent sie gave A graphic narrative of her own | escape. It was doubtiess colored somowhat, for she | hates Lanw intensely, but yet 1h Was strongly corrobo- rated, and the records show it is in the m She stated that while residing in Washington county he and she quarreiled, Next morning while at break- fast he nanwnvred about the cofee caps and sent her out of the room on some trivial errand, When | she returned he appeared to be in good humor aud was very attentive t her. She drank her coifee, as | usual, and ate a hearty breakfast, Later im the day | she became very sick and sent for a doctor, who in- | formed her she had *een poisoned, bat gave her an effective antidote. When Lane heard the doctor liad | been to te house he grew violent aud gave orders | tha one should pever be brought in the Future with- out lis couser he wife thought it best to say | nothing about ber know! of being drugged, but determined to watch fully thereafter. Two mornings subsequent, despite her vigilance, she was again (aken sick, precisely as before, but fortunately | recovered and made no rew This was on Friday. Saturday night Lan home from bis work and went up stairs, e bused himeelf for a vrief space, He then i aud sat down at the side of his intended victim, who was sewing by the fire. She says he spoke ina random way, and finally told her to go up stairs and fetch him some. thng he had forgotten. She obeyed. The article was aifficult to find. Ina few muuures there were fumes of smoke ing from below. The woman ran down and found the furnitare in femes. Sie rushed to the door, but 1b Was locked, The Beniish plot now flashed on her mind, and, greatly irighy horror trou r proper | .ANg’S LAST DAY ON PART! even cheerful. Sheriff, and that was, “When 1 go out to that yard to person there." Spoken to of death. him thro morning. to them, bat he made statements to no others. When encaged, When he dreamed of the corpse m that yasernent. when his whole past came back to him, did the beli thundering in the darkuess arouse lit io his tron bed as though his hoor had Very likely. come * SCENE GALLOWS. The morning of Lane's execution has come; come, hough for more than & mouta the wretehed man has been sitting and dreaming in the solitude of nis ‘aming, hoping, perchance praying it might rome. An unusually fresh and pleasant | noruing if is, With gentle breezes playing about one | AT AND ON THR as they seldom play, with a mild san shining from fleecy clouds a» it seidom shine: on Pittsburg, with ble showers, that seem to irapart fresh vigor to every animate object they touch. Your correspond entered Lane’s cell at nine yclock mm the morning. and found him resigned apd He made oniy one request of the pe hung | don’t want to see the face of a colored prostration of Wednesday and now smiles when The priests who watched with ‘hb the night were also with him in the je ts supposed to have confessed his guilt visited by the Officiais Lane said he hoped to see them all in heaven. He did not once assert his tn- nocence of any crime charged againat him, and be died with the blackest of records in the eyes of the public, redeemed only by his supposed repentance. After # hearty breakfast, Lane prayed for the last time; then he was attired in «black suit and his arms pimoned, after which he was led from his cei! to the fold. Two priests in winite robes mounted it with him, a8 did also the Sherif. few minutes past tweive o'cloc ane is asked if he has anything to say. He says no.’ Th is tightened, a white cap drawn over his ta trigger struck: then a twiteh of t nl Louis Lane, @ most mysterious man, passes into eternity The medical fraternity claim tis body, There were about forty witnesses of the tram finale, but a great crowd, fall of morbid exenenment, had gathered around the jail walla, A MISSING GENTLEMAN FOUND. Cheeks, Money, &es in His Possession, On the Sto of March last Mr. Peter #. Van Houten, agentieman well Known in the city, left hie resi dence in 124th street, nea Sixth avenue, to attend to his business down town, At that time Mr. Van Houten was thought to have had about $800 in Treasury notes and some $700 In certified checks in his possession, As he, did not return home He has wholiy recovered from his | It seems that e time last year the defendant in mane action against the \* NEW YORK CITY. this action commenced an ‘ Loh og age oa ot © eres ie and wagon is TRE COURTS. ving been fun ito by plaints horse and wagon rine Court rendered Ue STATES OSTwCT COUNT anmauLY. | ARM oie rat, The Maras at eee soe. day the Sheriff, by virtue of an execution which had - Salvage Case. been levicd upon bis ag rig? and threat- Before Judge Blatchford. ened to remove the same, uniess the judgment was he 4 the whole amount Thomas F, Marshall etal. vs. ‘The Ship Stratton | Pelt, The plaintitr thereupon Pale te oauenely he Audley, Her Cargo, éc,—This was an action brought | ay to the Goneral Term of that court, when by Thomas F. Marshall, master of the steamer Yankee, and David A. Wolcott, master of the steamer Rescue, and by the Atlantic Submarine rocking Company, agains: the Stratton Audley, an General term of tne Court of Common of reversed the juagment of the Marine Court. The question now was whether the pleiati could recover back the moneys paid by him to the Sheriff, a8 above stated. English for salvage, The circumstances, a3 stated in the libel, are as follows:—On the evening Judge Loew decided that an action will “4 of March 22, 1869, the vessel was approaching the | t recover back money paid upon & judgme' + of New York, the wind blowing from | Which is afterwards reversed. ana rendered judg- Pho‘ eastward, the weather threatening “and. a | Ment for the plaintiq for tne full amount claimed. snow storm com: on. The ship ran into the —_—— bar, but the weather being too thick and stormy COURT CALENDAR—THIS DAY. toenter she came to in about eleven fathoms of out the imme- ntil sbe Supreme Court—SrxciaL Taxm.—Issues of law and facl.—-Nos, 185, 166, 197, 321, 195, 104, 287, 100, diately let go, fetched ap in foar and a quarter fathoms at high water. The wind was then blowing very heavy in ie ‘The ship continued to drag, and on the following morning ae wtERC: on Ae bar and became reatly exposed anger. On the morning of th Ba the wrecking steamer Yankee went to her assist on but in consequence of heavy seas and squalls coul not reach her on titt occasion. On the next morning the Yankee started again and reached the vessel and offered her assistance. THe Weatner.—The following record will siow the changes in the temperature for the past twenty- four hours, in comparison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, Hexaup Bulldlog, Broad- way, corner — oo ‘The question of compensation, it was then dy, 800. should. be left to arbitration. ‘The Yankee was una: | 34. M.- ae a8 ble to tow the ship out, owing tothe breakers and 6A. M @ 6P. the heavy seas, and the Rescue sul juentiy came se no Be, M. to the assistance of the Yankee. By the united ef- forts of these steamers the vessel was towed from her dangerous position and brought to her wharf. Toe claimants, as alleged, have since then refused to submit the question of salvage to arbitration. ‘rhe clatmant, in answer, says that when the mas- ter of the Yankeo came alongside his vessel he was asked what he would charge for towing the ship from her position; thas claimant understood the answer to be $1,000, the ltbellant insisting that he said £1,000 for the service; that he said that was too much, but would pay $500; that finally tt wasagreed to sub- mit the question of remuneration to arbitration; that the services of the steamer Rescue were not employed by claimant, and that they have always Average temperature yesterda; ccccsee 6B! Average temperature corresponding day last y’r. 5314 Average temperature on Wednesday........-... 6914 Average temperature corresponding day last y’r. 54: COMMISSIONERS OF CHARITIES AND OORRECTION.— At the semi-monthly meeting of this Board yester- day alarge amount of routine business was trans- acted, but nothing of importance transpired. FELONIOUS ASSAULT ON SHIPBOARD.—Captain Hartt, of the Harbor Police steamer Metropolitan, yesterday boarded the ship Liverpool, lying at anchor in the bay, and arrested Richard Doyle, one been ready and willing to submit the question of | of the crew, for striking the third mate, William compensation for towage to arbitration, The ex- | Wallace, on the head with @ marlingspike, inflicting amination oe ining was Lis agg dear erp Bae) serious wounds. not concluded when the courtroge. For libellants,“| Mayor's OrFIcK.—The dull weather of yesterday eanae RCaroe hvtabaiy pam: race seemed to have the effect of deterring complainants ‘The New United States Marshal and His Ap- | {tom appearing or of compelling ltcensed people to pointments. te very Ace Hopson Bes alee inens tlds ma icenses hel jomas Norton for coaches Nos. General Francis C. Barlow, the newly appointed | ang 373, pa record has been very bad, and the United States Marshal for the Southern District, was | Marshal has determined to rid the city, if possible, this morning sworn in before Judge Blatchford, and | of scheming hackmen. he at once entered upon the duties of his office. His | WIDENING oF CuUuRCH SrReet.—Operations to- very first act has been one that commends him in | Wards the widening of Church street have com- the highest manner to all the United States officials | menced, The inexorable law of modern improve- in the Chambers street court buildings’ ana to all | ment has already reached a venerable structure whose business brings them into communication | where in the Road old times of the early history of with the United States Marshal's offices General | New York sucn congenial spirits as ‘Thomas Addison Barlow, wittont having to subinit to any of the | Kmmet, Robert McNevin, Judge Verp!anck and uanal Influence brought to bear in making appoint | others were wont to have their Attic feasts. menté to offices, has, with » wise and courteous recognition of the experience acquired by several | SUppaN DeatHs.—Henry Sauers, a German la- Joa service i. ste at the frp er peelgeeey in | borer, twenty-seven years of age, was taken from the discharge of his duties always evin y Mr. teen! Willatn Thompson, Oblef Deputy Marshal under the | ‘te ¥isteenth precinct station house to Bellevue Hoe- the former 7e7/me, reappointed that gentleman in | Pital and died a few minutes after admission. Coro- his old post. Mr. Frederick A. Thompson, the very oer eae eae bn oehed bala an Anaeees oe v4 obliging chief clerk, nas also been retamned in his a woman. dfty-four years gets mee autenty office. These reappointments are permanent under the new Marshal None of tne staf of deputies or | St 281 Mott street. An inquest was held on tue body by Coroner Keenan. . clerks have been removed, but their continuance is ouly teinporary. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S COUST—IN BANKRUPTCY The Valk Brother Bankruptcy Case. Before Commissioner White, The United States va, Abraham and. James Vatk.— Mr."McKean, counsel for the creditors, stated that the case for the proscntion was completed. Mr. Cooke, counsel for the bankrupts, opened the case for the defence by a brief statement, urging that no fraud was ever attempted by the accused, | blue meteor, much brighter than the planet Venus, and that the transactions could be easily explained. | shot into the atmosphere at a point about thirty-five Every dollar they had received had been paid to. | degrees above the east nortneast horizon. After their creditors as the liabilities became due, moving over an arc of fifty-six degrees in a north Edwin James was put upon the stand and ex- | norchwest direction tt suddenly disappeared. So plained the transaction of the delivery of the pro- | brightly aid this meteor flash that its pathway was perty to the amount of $36,000 to Marx Long and | apparent through the very deep haze with which the pect se bet was eae ee ee jerry ba entire sky was covered. an vise em upon his responsi! y that under % the circumstances such disposal of property was Fatal. RAtLRoAD ACCIDENT.—Coroner Keenan not @ fraudulent preference. Mr. Marx Long had | Was yesterday notified to hold an inquest at the the ae corn bag Preece —— to him sheet Morgue on the body of Francis Dignan, an Irish la- man security at any time fora large ayjpount of notes he had endorsed as accommodation hotes for | Pret twenty-eight years of age, who died from the the bankrupts, and the performance of such con- | fects of injuries ‘tecetved on the 26th instant (com- tract was not fraudulent. pound fracture of both tegs), by being run over by At the conclusion of this testimony the farther ex- | 1 express train of cars belonging to the Hudson amination was adjourned until to-morrow at twelve | River Railroad Company, on Eleventh avenue, be- o'clock, when it was intimated the counsel would | tween Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth streets, as hereto- sum up and the case be couciuded, fore published in the HERALD. Deceased was a sin- The Swift Bounty Case. gic man and lived at 232 East Fifty-ninth street. THR EMBEZZLEMENT AT STEWART’S StorE.—WII- Before Commissioner Ketts, Kodethe Mam H. Livingston, formerly @ delivery clerk in the SUICIDE BY TAKING Porson.—On Wednesday even- ing Henry Walmer, a painter by trade, while in a melancholy atid partially deranged state of mind, took @ quantity of Paris green for the purpose of self destruction. He was conveyed to Bellevue Hospital, where death ersued in less than an hour after ad- mission, Coroner Keenan will hold an inquest to- day. Walmer was fifty-one years of age and a native of Germany. He lived av 1874¢ Greene street. A SPLENDID Merkor.—At twenty minutes after eight o’clock on Wednesday evening a brilliant It was now a | i tion of the goods. The de the | dott sound, @ short | usual tn the evening the family of Mr. Van Houten became alarmed at his absence, and made search for him, No tidings whatever could be learned concerning tie missing gentleman, notwiths ing diligent search was made through- out the entire extent of the city, tll Weanesday, when bis remains were found floating im the dock foot of Canal street, North river, suosequently taken the body was charge by Deputy Coroner Wooster Beach and removed for inquisition before Coroner Keenan. On examining the re} marks of violen » discovered, an ve. lieved Mr, Van Houten accidentally overboard and was drowned, his possession was found the amount in eh to, other vaiuahie papers, & 0 1a amall amount of money. If decease uantity or Tre | ury noves with him on leaving home the last time he might have paid away the 4 After the body was discovered and secured to the pier It remained there tnguarded several hours be- iore the Coroner received notice, Considering this fact it Is alos! A miracle that the dock floaters and thieves tnfestiog that locality did not rifle the ynuy during the da ins no pockets of deceased and carry off the valnables they coatained, Deceased, who was captain of the steamboat Phoenix, was about fifty years of age and a native of this State. A jnry will be empan- elled Im (he case to-day, and the investigation ad- | Jowrued to await the production of witnesses. The United Slates vs, Fred. B. Sivift.—The defend- ant is charged with having défranded Henry Minge, pics | of A. T. pars & kas charged with embez- formerly a member of Battery F, First New York ar- : ij agente a 18 emp! ae: was arraigned tillery, of aportion of his bounty, The complainant | Pefore be aod ge at the Jefferson Market testified that Swift gave him only sixty-five dollars | Police Court yesterday morning, where a formal for his claim of $100, complaint was preferred against him by Jolin Mr. Sedgwick, wo appeared for the defence, | Van Gansbeck, superintendent of the carpet depart- raised the point that there was no statute to reach | Ment. Peter 5. Curtis, a bookkeeper in the same the case, as the man had agreed to sell his claim for | department, arrested upon the statement made by the amount he recerved. Cin ran! her he —— league with po Ay iy The case was then adjourned till Monday. ceived @ portion ot ie money, was rharged. ghee lage reer ott at “eat ‘The in meio DA bee the statement of Livingston " " was false, and made for the purpose of screenin; FIST DISTRICT CIVIL COURT. eo Ista ear that aban gang ry on seve . ede - eral occasions made ise entries on the books, Measures of Damages in a Replevia Suit. which were under his charge. Livingston, upon his Before Judge Quinn, informal examination, stated he was twenty-seven Dibble va, John Fiever.—Judge Quinn ha ¢ age, ge in ee py eat s: erin . <i N. J., is a clerk by occupation, and not suilty of the has delivered the f owing opinion in this case, charge. He was committed without bail to answer. which involves an Interesting question as to the measure of damages in a replevin suit:— This is an action to recover possession of certain boxes and trunks, contatning bedding and house- Tas GREAT PRACK FESTIVAL AND THE TWENTY- hold furuiture, wrongiully detained by defendant, SKCOND ReGimEN’.—The authorities of the city of Boston havo invited the Twenty-second regiment of ‘The property was proved to be worth £100, and the testimony of plaintiif ts mot contradicted on that New York to visit that clty during the great peace festival. If the regiment accepts the invitation, in [she sgh) an hecagpm cage at Long ree Hye int. ‘The defendant claims the right to hold the | July next, they will leave this city on the Mth of! eoperty: under a lien for torage. According to hia | June for Boston, via the Sound, and go through the own testimony he is not ® warehouse man, and | following programm: ‘articipate In the grand pa- there was no agreement on the part of the plam- | rade to be held on the Lith; attend the Grand Jubt- tf to pay storage. The facts provéd show that lee in the afternoon and a dress parade on the Com- the plaintiff hired tee parlor floor of defend- | mon in the evening; on the 16th make an excursion ant’s house, No, 20 North Moore street, and agreed | ®round Boston harbor; on the 17th receive the to pay rent ‘at the rate of thirty dollars per month, | Providence Light Infantry, participate in the parade and the plamttt® and bis Witnesses all agree | 10 honor of the anniversary of the battie of Bunker that in consideration of paying that sum he was 1) and attend the Jubilee: on the 18th proceed to we the privilege of sioring the boxes and in the coal cellar. The de- om the other hand testify that Henry B. Providence, where they will be guests of the Provi- dence military; in the evening leave for New York, In the event of the regiment declining this invitation, an encampment will be held at Long Branch ona more perfect and complete scale than that last year, with daily target practice, on the Wimbiedon plan, prizes for the marksmen, and a grand hop to be | given by the regiment at the close of the camp. \ ‘The plaintif and his family took possession in Octo- | ber, 186s, and remained unti! the 27th of February, | when they wished to move, and demanded permis sion to remove their boxes and trunks. The defend- ant locked the cellar where the boxes were and made an excuse that his wife was out and had the | key. When she returned the plainti made another | demand of the goods, aud she answered that her | husband was out and bad the key. | think this Was | (jose of the Case—The Prisoner Committed. | @ saMcient demand in law; and in thus refusing to | Coroner Keenan yesterday afternoon heid an tn- THE FATAL AFFRAY OV SHIPBOARD, =| allow the plaintiff to take the goods the defendant | ; was constructively guilty of conversion, unicas he | quest, at bis office in the City Halil, on the body of neta = ag a Nog = he Ba gehen nod Thomas Nissen, the seaman recently engaged on recogn! ° is clear, * e tex- timony “ot de ndant and iis wite even aiving it tiv | the steamship Lodona, who died from the effects of {nil effect and force, is Lae ape! Lowey mong to bem | astab wound of the abdomen, received March 27, lish @ lien for storage. and defendant does not clatin ife in the bands of Stephen Jones, the officers? to hold the goods by any othe: title. Therefore they mbar { Stephen Jones, the officers’ | cannot justify the detention on that plea. messinan. The next point to be decided 1s what damages the Lester A. Schofteid, clitef engineer of the Lodona, Plaintiff 8 entitied to for the ey aon, Aeposed to seeing the deceased and prisoner tn a nilant’s oo ie tend (citing 14 Jolinson, ji 5) that he cannot re Mglting attitude, near the fore hatch, and saw pris- er ior loss of Ume occasioned by his efforts to | oner strike deceased in the region of the chest, and recover the goods, ‘The plointi’s testimony on that | almost tinmediately afterwards noticed that he bad point is that he is @ practising physician aud drug- | a knife in iis hand, there beng biood on the kmfe: gist in this ety; that he lost our days in his effort | deceased then caught hold of prisoner's right arm Wo wet posvesgion of tis goods, and that finally he | and hair and partaily threw him down on the deck; had toseue and get them by process of law, and that | the mate interfered and wok the knife from the pris- his services are reasonably worth fifteen dollars per | oner. doy. ‘The rule. as | understand if, in sueh an action Thomas M. Smith, purser of the Lodona. testified 4. iss The plaintiff can yver of defendant | to seemg the deceaw prisoner quarreling on damages he has suffered and that flow | theday of the occurr blows passed between © proximately front the wromufal acts of nn 4 few minutes afterwards the witness saw | defendant In the case of Bennett ve. Lock- | the pris + ale @ thrast at I, 26). Chiet Justice Nelson, de- | deceased, but wl entered the body or | not he was unabl parties were separated, the Supreme Court, says: insisted — fe plaintia in error | but clinehed again and the knife was taken from the Cemme erred int swing | privoner; saw blyod on the kni i plaintiff? to ver for the time spent and | prisot eXpenses incurred, on the gronnd that the dam- | was be dl were not tie natural or necessary con- | think on the lett side re of the wrongini taking, Admitting the | doctor; the prisoner w peel for the plaimtf to be right in this propost- | ull given in charge of an officer | ) Lis ho objection to the recovery, if the dam- Orto Ropke sailor on board the Lodona, teatified | | | » fora d in the messroom tie ages Were proximate and not too remote, and were to hearing thigh words between the parties, during claimed in tie deciaration (1 Chitty R., p. 388; 1 | which prisoner calied deceased an opprobrious Sand pl. & Ev., 146.) Here the damages were duly | name; they then clinched and struggied on the deck: claimed they were incurred in the use Of reason- | when the witness fered to separate able measures on the part of plaints to repos- | prisoner said to him, “Get out, you Ductch son of a sexs themseives of their property, and were oc. h, or Viicut you through: prisoner then had a casioned by the wrongful act of the defendant.” | knife in his hand; prisoner and deceased, who had got Appiying the rule tims clearly laid down to the | up, clinehed again, when | saw prisoner stabbing at facts in the case at bur, the plaintif ia entitled to re- | deceased with # knife, and afierwards saw that cover the possession of the property described in | deceased had been stabbed tn the abdomen. } the complaint, or in default ot delivery thereof, the Omicer Farrell, of the Second precinet, deposed to sum of $100, the value thereof; and lie i# also en- | arres' the prisoner, who confessed to stabbing titled to damages for unreasonable and wrongful the deceased, and said ne had strack him: the knife | detention of said property to the sum of $40, with | the witness received from the mate of the ship the usual aliowance and costs, prisoner said belonged to ini. —— Dr. Satterth waite, Hospital, testified to making & post mortem examina. ally OOTRET 6 Wik couaT, tion on the body of cece f found an incised | A Collision Case, | wound of the abdomen, witteh pierced the intestines Before Juage 1 | and liver: i, In the doctor's opinion, was caused ° ze Loew. | by Internal hemorrhage, the resull of the injuries re- Charles EUs v8. Henry Darenport.—This action | one. was commenced by the volunt, e case Was then given to the jury, who found enema ot We pertien, wiehous ce navies oF and | nat the deceaset, Thomas Nissen, came to hindeath pl , Without the service of sum- Ma @ stab wound at the hands of Stepien Jones, on mons or other process on the defendant, The facts e mship Lodona, on the vtth day of March, were agreed on by the counsel for the respective 1 ecenaed Was twonty-sevon years of age and parties and were submitted to the justice fof his & native of Germany, decision on tue wuenion Of law arising therefrom, In his oxarninatiod Jonoy sald he waa seventeen years Of age. 4 LOWTe OF this State. and @ seaman house surgeon of New York | | in the asylum, them | 869.-TRIPLE SHEET. eres 1 by occupation. In relation to the he suid:— | seemed to the effect who "Deceased hit me first ana me do! sauntered stands, rarely ot called me @ son of @ b—h and threatened to articles | {nexhaustib'e, ant 7) The was ittea.to the Tombs Srey cue bad an opportunity of having some want for trial. ie two princi; witnesses were de- | fill pie Gnls exenee, for not the cause tor tained, but will be rel ‘on bail, Deceased i | which the falr ts being held that could be fatr'y said to have been a quiet, inoffensive mau. urged being non-inel to pr ‘Thus far tne thavthe friends of Cubs will rail, ory ony a oO THE FEMALE ROBBER OF HOTELS. disappointanent to the projectors aiid muitatners of : ais ane ay this effort to raise money to ald the auifering in the Grand Coterie of Victims at the Tombs aad More Coming—Proceedings Before Judge Dewling—The Alleged Receivers Admitted to Bail—Recovery of Valuable Diamonds. ‘The woman who, as Mra, Mary C. Miller, mrs. Con- ner, Mrs. Brown and other names suiting her tem- porary whim and fancy, has been for the past few Months boarding at our leading hotels and robbing the guests of their jewelry and other valuables, was yesterday at the Tombs, where she is at present boarding, the centre of quite a coterie of visitors, An exposé of her career in- yesterday's H#RALD and statement of her confession as to the dis- posal of a portion of the stolen property induced a hope in some of the remaining victims that by promptly taking time by the forelock they might also get on the track of thelr missing valu- ables. On @ centre table in the examination room were displayed the contents of her trunk found at the Ashland House, Diamond rings, expensive shawis, laces, parasols and uncut dress patterns made up the inventory of articles on exhibition. But few of the articles were identified by those present, but the owners undoubtedly will turn up in good time. Oficers McGowan and McCarty, who traced out the robberies to Mrs. Miller, have a quantity of other goods at the Twenty-ninth precinct station house, found in her possession at the time of her arrest, aud for which owners are wanted. ‘The proceedings yesterday before Justice Dowling were brief, but of a cope neae and important. character, First Mrs. A. B. Salter, boarding at the Coleman House, made affidavit of thé recent theft from her rooms of @ coral necklace valued at $226, coral pin and earrings of the value of $150, a thread lace shawl worth $325, laces, collars, ribbons, a para- sol, &c., of the value of $207, and charging Mrs. Miller with taking the same. Some of the stolen articles were on the exhibition table, and identified by Mis. Salter as her property. Mrs. Miller acknowledged to having stolen some of the articles specified in the aeearis but did not confess to taking the whole of em. Mr. U. Cespedes, a Cuban gentleman, whose wife and sister were also present with him, made an ain. davit as to the theft from their rooms at the Ashiand House of a diamond ring, valued at eighty- five dollars, and twenty-five dollars in United States silver coin. The ring was recovered and identified. Mrs, Miller acknowledged taking the ring, but denied taking the silver coin. There being no further afMidavits, Mrs. Miller was called up for examination. Up to this time she had kept her seat closely veiled, but was now obliged to expose to view her face, which she did with seeming great reluctance. She was plainly dressed in black, even to black kid gloves. In her modest-looking face, mild blue eyes, and quiet, lady-like bearing, one could hardly believe her @ confessed thief. In a subdued and tremulous voice she answered the Cal ge to her by the Judge as follow: . What is your name? A. Mary C. Miller. How old are you? A. Thirty-elght years.” Where were you born? A. Louisiana, Q. Where do you live? A. Ashland House, Fourth avenue. What is your occupation? A. Widow. . Have you anything to say, and if so, what, re- lative to the charge here preferred against you? A. Tinie the ion te of my coat aes to mate al 1e tio) power, an ave given the omoer the PO Roe which leads to the recovery of this Latea G The case of the alleged receivers was next taken up. Mrs. John Lynch, who, with her husband, keeps the jewelry store under the New York Hotel, gave bail 10 $2,000 to appear for trial at the Court of Gen- eral Sessions. Mr. Lynch gave bail in like amount to answer the charge of being one of the receivers in the case of the Lord bond robberies. It was shown that Br. William E. Keys had nothing todo with the house of Keys & Judd, 609 Broadway, but that Mr. Silas C. Keys was the part- ner of Mr.Judd. They produced their books to show regularity in their dealings with Mrs. Miller and proper entry of the articles received from her and the amount of money loaned on them. Thus arti- cles embracing two bracelets and a long gold chain, it was sald, would be given up forthe benefit of their owners. The Judge said thi at Mrs. Miller had told him that she had sold them several diamonds, of which no account was now given. After listen- ing to a statement from Mr. Judd as to how he first became acquainted with Mrs. Miller at a watering lace on Long Island, the Judge decided to hold r. S. C. Keys in $2,000 bailto answer the charges prefer him. The bail was promptly given and Mr. Keys set at liberty. Mr. Judd was released, OMicer McCarty was ordered to take Mrs. Miller in @ carriage on a search for some of tne stolen prop- erty, afler which she was to be remanded to prison. The result of the trip was the recovery ie! officer McCarty of thirty diamonds, which thus far have not been accounted for. Mrs. Miller has taken hold of the restitution of the stolen property with such determined spirit to make her promise in this regard that there is Dut little doubt that most of the losers by her peculations will recover the bulk of their valuables. Future aMdavits and deveiopments in the case, as well as the arrest of addtional celvers of the stolen property, are expected to-day. HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM. i Meeting of the Seciety—Condition auc Working of the Asylam—Election of Officers. At the lust annuai meeting of the Hebrew Benevo- lent and Orphan Asylum Society, held at the asylum butiding, corner of Seventy-seventh street and Third avenue, the reports of the officers upon the condition and working of the society during the year 1868 and up to the date of the reporta were received. These give a very interesting detail of the manag- ment of the institution and of the benefits it confers to the orp! is under its charge, Without going into ate «particulars it is suMcient to state that there are now at the asylum 158 children of all ages above three years, two-thirds of whom are boys. During the whole thine covered by the reports there was not a single case of death at the asylum, and for quite a pertod not one of the children was even sick. Besides this number there are about 100 infants under three years who are boarded out with families for whom the society pays. ‘The superintendent is Dr, Lonts Sehnabel, and Key, Mr. Rubin, cantor of the Temple Emanuel, on Fifth avenue and Forty third street, is the teacher of music and singing and also gives religious instruc. tion. For secular instruction the children are sent to the public school, and the re, ort shows it by statis tics that the children from this asylum are superior to some other nationalities as @ class in average ability and capacity of quick comprehension. One of the male orphans has lately been admitted to the New York nm ig and a young girl, also brought up 8 ubout graduating to become a teacher in the public schoo. The society own # house and low on Seventy sixth street, to the rear of the asylum, where such of the boys as show any parsuite commencement practical adrottness wil be taught @ was made with King, shoemaker is already tnstracting If this shall be succeastal other trades will hereafter be gradually introduced, Additiona, accommoda- tions are all ueeded, and it 14 Droposed to erect another buikling on the lot on Seventy-seventh street, west of and connecting with the maim struc- ture now occupied. Besides taking care of orphans the society has also charitable aims, and a large part of {ts income is spent annually in giving assist- ance to the poor of the Hebrew f: it bas @ nam ber of regular pensioners, too old to earn anything for themselves, who are entirely supported by tue society, The Committee on Charity visits Ward's | Island every month, and if they find any poor, deat!- conte Jews among the inmates they either send them back to Burope to their trends or procure them situations and work here. It i the intention to nm concert with all the other Hebrew caart. ovieties, a Central Board of Relief, so that the | for mechanical The assistance may be more regular and uniform, | and impostare be avoided. expenses of the asylum jast year were 0, derived partly from annual dues of mei ’ whom tii are 4,400, paying $6 each annually, and from volw tary donations and The donation wii the several gues in the elt, which—that of Emanuel—alone has o wards Of $17,000 during the past y a there were but few; the largest among the $25,000, bequeathed by the late Dr. Simeou Ab’ has not yet been paid, Anocher means to ene aaylom has tately been adept re | w the , Which ta that the wealthier members of the secrety procure an thsur- ance on their lives for the beueflt of the asylum, ta Which Manner Insurances i the amonnt Of $425,000 have already fected, At the election of | omeers, which t place at the Temple Adas Jeshu- ron, in Thirty-ninth street, all the old officers were reelected, a# foliows:—Pr nt, Joseph Fatman; Vice President, Myer Stern; Treasurer, Meyer: Henry tees— Inaae Rosenfeld. 4. Phill tenjaimio f. Hart and [saw TWE CUBAN FAIR, The grand fair for the benefit of the sick and wounded of the patriot army of Caba, at present being held at Apotio Hall, is now well on the way, Last night the butiding waa well Miled and business at the Various stands seemed to be very brisk. There are in all seventeen stalls, presided over by ladies who are anxious to do ail in thelr power to make the fair a pecuniary success. ‘The articles offered | for sale are of the nsual character, comprising all | pe, F Hoffman. sorts of merchanaise, tseral and ornamental and the persnasive tongues of the beautiful | ladies who are stationed behind the stalis | seemed to have the effect of drawing the money from the pockets of the visitors, If the fuir | is not a success it is certain that the fanit cannot be laid att joora of the fair saleswomen;: for thoir | exertions ingt mgt were great, and suit versunsions | his ranks of the patriot Cuban army, BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. FATAL RESUL? OF INJUAIRS.—Richard Them die? at his residence, No, 30 South Second street, £. D,, on Tuesday last, from the effects of accidental injuries sustained at the Brooklyn Navy Yard several weeks ago. One of the feet of deceseed the fall of a heavy piece of metal and amputation was found to be necessary. The immediate cause of death was mortification. ‘THs Water COMMISSIONRRS.—This Board met yes- terday and received several communications from property owners in relation to the filthy condition of the street. Aldérman Totans, of the Eighteenth ward, called particular attention to the anci state of that section of the city. The an referred. Cotonel Julius W. A‘ Chief Engineer of the Board. adopted instructing the Engineer to have Mont street repaved between Court street and the bri crossing Furman street, FUNERAL OF A JOURNALIST.—The funeral of floary McCloskey, @ well-known journalist of this city, took Place yesterday from St. Joseph’s church, Pacific street. The edifice was thronged by his friends and former associates, who assembled to pay the last mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, members of the St. Patrick’s Society were present in ® body. The funeral discourse was delivered by Rev. Father Keegan, who paid # fitting culogy to the virtues of the departed. The remains were in- terred in the Cemetery of the Holy Cross, Flatbush. SERIOUS SHOOTING ACCIDENT.—A domestic named Margaret Gallagher, in the employ of Mrs. Hauft, re- siding at No. 138 Water street, was severely wounded yesterday morning by being shot in the left side with a pistol ball. 1t appears that the girl was en- gaged in cleaning the hallway, when a small boy named Thomas Clark, who was standing near by Dlaying with a loaded pistol, let 1t go off accidental- ly, and the charge lod; in the woman's side, Medical attendance was procured, and her wound being pronounced of a serious character, she was re- moved to the City Hospital. ARREST AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A Howe ‘Tuier.—Bernard Shaw, 8 young man twenty yeara of age, was arrested yesterday afternoon at his cea‘- dence in Java street, Greenpoint, by roundsman Buckingham, on a charge of horse steal It is alleged that Shaw recently hired a horse ant from Messrs. W. & G. Petty, Fishkill Landing, and sold the Property in Danbury, Conn., a few days afterwards for thirty-five dollars. The prisoner on being taken to the Greenpoint station house at- tempted self-destruction by taking poison, but his condition was discovered in time to save his life by the use of antidotes. He was sent to the authorities at Fishkill Landing last night. Deapty Assavirs.—John Conlin, @ native of {re lana, forty-five years of age, was arrested yesterday by officer Hayes on a charge of felonious assault. Conlin resides at No, 19 ‘South Third street, FE. D, and his wife, a sickly woman, accuses him of beat- ing her upon the head with @ club and inflis severe injuries. The woman's head was terribly cu and bruised. Her inhuman husband gave as a rea- son for his brutality that his wife’s relations refused to Po him money to buy @ house and lot. John Hi a liquor dealer, doing business at tne cor- arth and Sixth streets, K.D., was ner of North Fot committed by Justice Voorbies erday fy puever ‘ol is Roomsed of acharge of feloniously assaul No. 149 South Fourth street.. Higgins smashing Foley's head with an tron wrench at a fire on Monday night last. Tur Rinakwoop Water SurPLy.—The number of gallons water used in the city of Brooklyn, on the daily average, during the past seven years has been as follows:— Gallons, 1862. « 5,249,200 1863. + 6,778,800 1864. 285,000 1865. . 9,643,150 he Nassau Water Department has paid over to the City Treasurer for regular water rates, extra rates, water permits (less paid tappers) and defaults the following suins:— July, 1859 to Jan 1860, 1$133,733 256,400 THE TRADE MOVEMENT—PLASTERKRS’ ASsOCTA- TION.—There was a@ regular meeting of the Plaster- ers’ Association of this city held at their hall, No, 22 Court street, on Wednesday evening last, at which the following communication was received from the association in San Francisco, Cal., in relation to the trade:— To THE OFFIORRS AND MEMBERS OF THR PLASTERERS’ ASSOCIATION OF THR CITYSOF BROOKLYN :— GENTLEMEN At a recular monthiy meeting of the Plas- terers’ Protective Association of the city aod county of ban ‘aneisco, held on Tuesday evening, March 2, 186%, it was that all the associations of th« ters presented in the International Conven- cago in July, 1868, be officially informed ned oa resolution on the 26th plasterers coming from the Eastern that thin not of June, 1968, that all States who may apply for membership to this society shal be adunitted free of initfation fer, on presenting «clear card m the association they belong to in the East, which law uk been strictly adhered to ever since. Requesting an om 1 acknowledgment of your friendly reciprocation, by ing our members going East, on similar terms, I have honor to be yours, respectfully, M- H. NICHOLSON, Secretary of P. G. A., of San Francisco, Cal. A letter was also received from the same organiza- tion setiing forth that the Commissioners of Emt- gration have issued a very exaggerated report of the state of the trade at that place, backed by the Pacific Mai! Steamship Company, the marked ending of the eight hour law, which ts calculated to deceive the working masses, and that the State incil have issied a circuiar to counteract such influences, tre the THE DEATH IN THE CELLS. Verdict of the Coroner’s Jury—Oficer Hen- nessey and Eagan Held. The tnqnest betore Coroner Whitehill touching the sircumatances attending the death of the late James Ifagyerty, a wealthy resident of Brooklyn, was con- cluded at a late hour on Wednesday night. The deceased, it will be remembered, was arrested on charge of intoxication on the evening of the 12th instant by officer Hennessey, of the Forty-third pre- cinet, and was placed ina cell in the Butler street station house, where he was found dead the follow- ing morning. The invesugation tecupied the at- tention of the Coroner and District Attorney for several days, during which time a large number of witnesses were examined, and the testimony showed that the deceased had been thrust out of the liqtor saloon kept by Dennis M. Eagan, corner of Simith and Union streets, and fell upon the back of his head; that subsequently he was taken tnto cus- tody by the police officer in question, who, as al- Jeged, “tapped tim on the head three umes’? with his club. Th Coroner, in his charge to the jury, reviewed ie verdict the testimony im detail, aud che folio was reudered:— That the deceased, James Haggerty, came to his deata by compression of the brain trom clots of ex- travasated biood, caused by a rupture of the menin- | Vessels or veins or membranes of the brain, rough violence received upon the head at the hands of Dennis M. Kagan and John Hennessy. A) ury further find that Captain Rhodes, in not Hiately getuing when informed of the death and making f sog es Xamination of the case, and m —— he blood to be removed from the celi and directing the biood to be washed from the body before the arrival of the Coroner, manttested culpa. ble indifference, and was guilty of gross negivct of duty in thus removing evidence of personal vie- lene that in not tnstiteting an iminediate and thorough investigation into all the facts con- nected with the cause of death, as well aa to red inside and outaide the station plain Rhodes mantfested an utter disregard rative duty; that Sergeant Verry did not reful an examination of the condition of the deceased when brought to the station house as he should have done, the deceased being in a hetp- Jess condition at the time: that Serreant Meeks, in not examining the condition of the deceased when he saw him in the position he did during the night and not sending for a physician, one being near the station, when he examined him at twenty minutes past four o'clock, he having doubts as to whether he was dead or not, as appears by his questions to aptain Khodes, was guilty of inexcusable neglect of hia plain duty; that oMcer Connors violated duty in not reporting the fact that he saw blood on the back part of the head of deceased when taken to the station house. The jury refrain from expressing an opinion aa te ihe degree of criminal neglect, If any, the parties wd With the station house, and not included former finding, were guilty of, by their com missions and omissions, The jury, however, im con- usion, regret to be compelled to say that the idence establishes the fact that prisoners are fre- ently treated with the greatest brutality and in- nity while in the station house without the eat excuse Of necessity. Persons guilty of but that of intoxication are Knocked a n by the officers whose duty tt is to prot and are then thrown in the celis asif they were the vilest of brutes, with nothing but the bare Noor to lie upon, while others taken to the station house tn an insensible and dying condition, with evidence of violence upon them, are laid npon the bare stones or thrown in the cella like dogs, and this, In many instances, left to die without med eal aid, The freqnent beating of prisoners upon ther heads with clubs, the brutality practised in the sta- tion house, a4 revealed in this investigation, are disgraceful in the extreme, and should be stopvet at once.